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Two Cities Television Bosses On The “Heartening” Success Of ‘Backrooms’ & Why Now Is The Time For Their TV Reimagining
Two Cities Television is developing a contemporary TV reimagining of Jean Pierre Melville’s 1969 French resistance film 'Army of Shadows' for Channel 4
Key takeaways
- Jean Pierre Melville’s 1969 film Army of Shadows is being adapted into a contemporary TV series about a British resistance.
- The Day of the Jackal adapter Ronan Bennett is overseeing the Army of Shadows TV adaptation.
- The Army of Shadows TV series has secured greenlights from Channel 4 and Canal+.
- Two Cities Television is producing 'The Yank' starring Kate Mulgrew and Colm Meaney for RTÉ.
- A24's Backrooms has become the studio's top-grossing movie of all time.
Two Cities Television is developing a contemporary TV reimagining of Jean Pierre Melville’s 1969 French resistance film 'Army of Shadows' for Channel 4 and Canal+, adapted by Ronan Bennett. The series, currently filming, updates the story to focus on a former British Army officer building a covert resistance cell in a politically febrile UK. Additionally, the company is producing 'The Yank', an original Irish drama for RTÉ starring Kate Mulgrew and Colm Meaney, and is developing a terminal illness short film titled 'So You’re Going to Die'.
In their words
“We live in a very febrile political atmosphere and we live in an atmosphere particularly in England where violence on the street can happen very quickly.”
“Its heartening to see the success of Backrooms and the failure of The Mandalorian and Grogu.”
By the numbers
- 1969
- Release year of the original Army of Shadows film
- 10
- Years since Two Cities Television was founded
- 6
- British Prime Ministers in office over 10 years
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