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Afua Hirsch’s First Look Deal With Fremantle, De Maio Kicks Off With Series on $2 Billion Scandal
Naman Ramachandran Fremantle and De Maio Entertainment have signed a partnership with Afua Hirsch’s U.K. based production company Born In Me for an exclusive global first look deal.The agreement will give Fremantle, in collaboration with De Maio Entertainment, the rights to co-develop, produce, and distribute, scripted and unscripted television and film projects with Born In Me.The first project in development is a TV drama series based on the true story of Kweku Adoboli, the Ghana-born former investment banker who was jailed in 2012 after unauthorised losses of $2 billion in what is now known as the 2011 rogue trader scandal.
