EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios has developed a comedy series about medieval Essex The big one Author Ava Pickett and Big Talk Studios.
Pickett, who also writes for the BBC Right to wear Adaptation is behind schedule welcome to england, We learned that it is in the early stages of development The bandits Creator of Big Talk for Sky Studios.
Described as “The big one meet Shameless with a note game of thrones“,” Welcome to England Set in medieval Essex in the 10th century. Surrounded by war and bloodshed, the comedy focuses on a royal family that includes Evelyn whose psychopathic and angry 15-year-old brother Aethelred has just become king.
The project is at an early stage and has not yet been approved or awarded.
Following the departure of long-time comedy commissioner Jon Mountague, Sky Studios recently restructured the script, combining comedy and drama under the direction of the original series’ British and Irish director, Meghan Lyvers.
Big Talk was made recently Live the dream for Sky, a 2017 comedy about a family moving from Yorkshire to Florida, starring Philip Glenister and Lesley Sharp. It was also behind Sky Pilot peacock, about a PE teacher which became a BBC series directed by People just don’t do anything Allan Mustafa. Big Talk is also currently developing a drug-smuggling submarine thriller, a genre-bending BBC detective comedy starring David Mitchell, and a third series on Amazon Prime Video and BBC One The bandits.
Pickett is an up-and-coming British writer who has written about the recently canceled Hulu and Channel 4 shows The big one and is lead author Right to wearthe BBC TV adaptation of the 1994 Miramax film.
Big Talk and Sky Studios declined to comment Welcome to England.
Source: Deadline
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