EXCLUSIVE: Newen Studios is jumping on the Cleopatra bandwagon by leading its Sunny Side of the Doc slate with a documentary about the last queen of Egypt.
Cleopatra: Cracking the Enigma helms an eight-strong slate being shopped this week at the La Rochelle confab, as Newen attempts to exert dominance in the international doc market.
The four-part show for French network RMC Découverte, which is produced by Label News, is based on unprecedented excavations and shows never-before-seen footage of attempts to lift the veil on the mysterious life of the iconic Egyptian ruler.
Cracking the Enigma comes fresh off the back of Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docu-drama, which generated headlines due to controversies surrounding the ethnicity of the lead, Adele James.
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