Former NBC Entertainment Chair Paul Telegdy Launches New Shingle, Developing Falkland War Drama
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFormer NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy has launched a new shingle with his cousin, Berlin-based advertising exec Stefan Telegdy, and they are pitching their first TV project, a 10-episode series about the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1982.The Telegdys’ The Whole Spiel production company has partnered with Lone Wolf Pictures and Infinity Hill to produce “The Islands,” which tells the story of that 1982 war, from the perspective of the soldiers and civilians on both sides of the 74-day conflict.Argentine writer Sebastian Rotstein (“El Presidente” Season 2, “Morir de Amor”) is writing the screenplay for the show, which will employ writers and directors from both the U.K.
and Argentina to tell the full story. Lone Wolf Prods. has secured rights to several published works about the war to use as source material, and is also working with military and civilian consultants including war correspondent Sir Max Hastings and Sir Simon Jenkins (“The Battle for the Falklands”); Cdr Sharkey Ward DSC, AFC (“Sea Harrier Over The Falklands”); Cpl.
Mark Ashton (SAS) and Stuart Tootal (“SAS: Sea King Down”); Lt Cmdr. David Morgan DSC (“Hostile Skies: Battle for the Falklands”); Pte.
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