Tom Grater International Film ReporterFilmNation TV UK has signed a two-year development deal with Reggie Yates, the British broadcaster and director whose debut feature film Pirates was halted mid-shoot by the pandemic.Launched last year as partnership between U.S.
outfit FilmNation and Scandi major Nordic Entertainment Group, FilmNation TV UK is being headed up by Creative Director Kirstie Macdonald and is developing a slate of premium scripted TV projects.Those now include Patriarch, a four-part series written by Yates inspired by his short film of the same name which was shown on Channel 4.
It will tell the story of an estranged father and son who find each other at a turning point in each of their lives. Yates made his name as a TV and.
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