Roads to Freedom | Ridley Scott & Steven Knight 10-Episode WWII Epic

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Ridley Scott and Steven Knight are teaming up for Roads To Freedom, a 10-episode epic that will tell the story of WWII from several international perspectives, based on Sir Antony Beevor’s books.

The intention is to tell story story using fresh and unique perspectives. While most Hollywood war films have focused on the American and British effort, Roads To Freedom will portray the brutal realities from multiple viewpoints, with characters not only from the U.S. and U.K., but from Russia, Germany, France and other countries across the globe. That includes women, and children struggling to survive. The emphasis is on humanity, the characters bound together by one dramatic story. Some of the story lines will be discomforting, but heroic, and the race between East and West to capture Berlin will shed light on what became the foundations of the Cold War.

Scott plans to direct the launch episode of the series, and Knight and Beevor will write all of the episodes. CAA, is spearheading the sale process for Roads To Freedom, and is already fielding approaches from a handful of equity finance players interested in putting together the series as a global co-production, sources said.

The roster of Executive Producers is headed by Scott and Knight. The series was originated and developed by executive producers PJ van Sandwijk and Michael Lesslie through Storyteller Productions. David W. Zucker, Marina Brackenbury will also executive produce for Scott Free.

[...] the WWII series is a major priority and deeply personal project for Scott, who’ll draw on vivid personal recollections of his childhood in wartime Britain and his journey to post-war Germany, where his father played a crucial role in rebuilding the country. [+]