David Kirby: Last News

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, The Apartment and Castlefield team on “Death at SeaWorld” series adaptation, Series Mania opens the call for series and projects, MTV U.K. commissions “Celebs on the Farm,” Love Nature announces streaming plans for “Nature of the Beast,” and ViacomCBS Networks Intl.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFremantle firms The Apartment and Castlefield have secured rights to David Kirby’s book Death At SeaWorld and plan to turn it into a ten part drama series with showrunner Simon Allen (Das Boot).Inspired by a true story, the book draws on events that preceded the award-winning documentary Blackfish, charting five characters whose lives intertwine then collide with the 2010 death of all-American SeaWorld poster girl by the captive killer whale Tilikum.The rights were secured by The Young Pope and My Brilliant Friend producer Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment and by UK producers Hilary Martin and Simon Judd for Castlefield. Production is intended to begin late 2021.