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EXCLUSIVE: Chudor House Productions and Artist International Group are teaming on a collection adaptation of Truth is a Flightless Bird, the internationally bestselling crime novel from Akbar Hussain.
Banshee‘s Adam Targum will function showrunner for the drama, with Odiri Iwuji at Chudor House and Aleksey Ageyev at Artist International Group producing. NneNne Iwuji (African Queens: Njinga) is ready to co-write alongside Targum and can function an government producer.
Set between Kenya and the U.S., Truth is a Flightless Bird is a brutal love letter to the frontier city that’s present-day Nairobi: a studied remark of the failure of bare-knuckled capitalism, the inequality machines our cities have turn into, and — in the end — the profoundly irrational human capability to hope, to threat every thing with a view to have one thing by which to imagine.
“Truth is a profoundly authentic deep dive of a universally fractured society,” stated Targum of the e book, printed by Iskanchi Press in October 2022. “An immersive thriller, churning with energy and a frenetic urgency of life, tailor made for a gripping international series adaptation.”
Stated Iwuji, “When we optioned Akbar Hussain’s novel, we knew that we needed a very experienced and passionate creator to help bring it to life for the screen. Adam embodies both. We are thrilled to have both Adam and NneNne deliver Akbar’s uniquely captivating story to an international audience very soon.”
Ageyev added that “the landscape of television is evolving, with emerging territories and markets beginning to have a significant influence in the realm of scripted TV. With the potential for growth residing in these burgeoning markets, together with Chudor House, we look forward to creating a series that resonates not only with local audiences to further expand the local market, but also captivate global audiences.”
Previously, Targum has written on and exec produced collection together with NCIS: New Orleans, Outcast and Banshee. Other notable small-screen credit embody Syfy’s Deadly Class and CSI: NY. Iwuji scripted the miniseries African Queens: Njinga and Queen Cleopatra for Neflix.
Production and administration firm Artist International Group was based in 2017 by David Unger, who serves as CEO. Notable shoppers embody Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors), Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire), Gong Li (Mulan), Carolina Miranda (Fake Profile), Kev Adams (Retirement Home), Rafael Cebrian (Acapulco), Fan Bingbing (The 355), Rossy de Palma (Parallel Mothers) and Zine Tseng (3 Body Problem), to call only a few. Clients on the filmmaking entrance embody Ludovic Bernard (Lupin), Tony Kaye (American History X) and Michael Haussman (Edge of the World).
