{"id":21228,"date":"2024-04-09T10:13:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/dash-pictures-matthew-lorenzo-productions-sky-prep-russell-king-doc\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T15:44:01","slug":"dash-pictures-matthew-lorenzo-productions-sky-prep-russell-king-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/dash-pictures-matthew-lorenzo-productions-sky-prep-russell-king-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell King Documentary in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dash Pictures, Matthew Lorenzo Productions and Sky have begun production for <em>The King of All Cons<\/em> (w.t.), a documentary on fraudster Russell King.<\/p>\n<p>Set to land on Sky Documentaries and NOW in 2025, the Sky original film is set in the \u201990s and recounts the exploits of King, who fooled a bank, bought a football club and negotiated a trillion-dollar deal to extract all of North Korea\u2019s mineral reserves.<\/p>\n<p>Former Sky Sports presenter turned producer Matt Lorenzo had been hired by Russell to handle his PR at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Oliver, head of co-productions at Sky, said, \u201cWe\u2019re very excited to be co-producing <em>The King of All Cons<\/em> which at first appears like it could only be a work of fiction. But it really happened, and Matt was there as it all unravelled. Working with Matt again after our success with <em>Hurst: The First And Only<\/em>, also produced by Dash, and <em>The\u00a0United Way <\/em>with Eric Cantona has been great. We can\u2019t wait to see this complex and character-driven documentary come to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo, executive producer, added, \u201cI\u2019ve been collaborating with Daniel and the Dash team for a good few years now. We work well together and between us we have the right skills to get the most out of a huge story: to bring out the drama and the emotion, and to give some of King\u2019s victims a chance to have their say. I think Sky have established a deserved reputation for making some of the best documentaries out there at the moment, and it\u2019s good to be working with them once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Sharp, executive producer, said, \u201cLeaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Russell King committed fraud after fraud, each one more fantastical than the last. 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