A co-commission between Stan, Sky and Peacock, 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' is a six-part drama that stars Jonah Hauer-King as Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who is given the job of tattooing identification numbers on fellow prisoners’ arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War Two.
Production is underway in Europe on a series adaptation of New Zealand author Heather Morris' 2018 Holocaust novel 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz', with Australian scribe Jacquelin Perske on board as lead writer and executive producer.
British actress Charithra Chandran ('Bridgerton', 'Alex Rider') is attached to lead Synchronicity Films and Photoplay Films' TV series 'Song of the Sun God', currently in development with distributor Cineflix Rights.
Glasgow-based Synchronicity Films, which co-produced with December Media 'The Cry', the BBC/ABC psychological thriller directed by Glendyn Ivin, has opened an Australian arm.
Matchbox Pictures' 'Safe Harbour', Princess Pictures' 'Wrong Kind of Black' and Synchronicity Films/December Media's 'The Cry' have received nominations for International Emmy Awards.
After their first collaboration on the SBS/Matchbox Pictures psychological thriller 'Safe Harbour' Ewen Leslie and director Glendyn Ivin are teaming up again for 'The Cry'.