{"id":18112,"date":"2022-05-17T11:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/two-rivers-options-simon-kupers-chums\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:14:46","slug":"two-rivers-options-simon-kupers-chums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/two-rivers-options-simon-kupers-chums\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Rivers Options Simon Kuper\u2019s Chums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Rivers Media has acquired the film and TV rights to <em>Chums<\/em>, the new best-selling book by Simon Kuper.<\/p>\n<p>The book examines how a group of well-connected young Tories at Oxford University went on to dominate and shape contemporary Britain, taking a close look at the likes of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have all heard tales of the infamous Bullingdon Club and witnessed the influence of Cameron, Johnson, May, Gove, Mogg et al. in the tumultuous decade for British society, which they have largely overseen,\u201d said Alan Clements, managing director of Two Rivers Media. \u201cWhat makes <em>Chums<\/em> such an interesting book is its all-encompassing look at this era of Oxford University students and their alma mater, written by someone who was actually there. 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