Sky Growing Mozart Collection From ‘Giri/Haji’ Author Joe Barton – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Sky is growing a drama collection on beloved composer Mozart’s time in Vienna from Giri/Haji author Joe Barton and produced by Patrick Melrose indie Two Cities Tv.

Named after Mozart’s center identify, Deadline understands five-parter Amadeus has not but been greenlit however is in superior phases of improvement, with Two Cities’ Michael Jackson and Stephen Wright exec producing together with Barton.

The collection is ready within the late 1700s and follows Mozart’s time composing in Vienna. Casting is at the moment happening, with a number of understood to be within the body to play the lead position of Mozart.

The present will possible air on Sky Max, the Sky leisure channel that was previously referred to as Sky One.

Barton, who reduce his enamel on the likes of People, has change into one of the vital prolific British writing skills. He was lauded for the BBC/Netflix’s Giri/Haji and just lately wrote Sky’s Paapa Essiedu-starring The Lazarus Challenge, which was acquired by TNT, together with creating Netflix YA drama The Bastard Son & The Satan Himself.

He’s additionally writing the script for J.J. Abrams’ Cloverfield sequel from Paramount Photos.

STV Studios-backed Two Cities additionally drew plaudits for a Sky present, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring adaptation of Patrick Melrose. It is usually behind upcoming BBC police drama Blue Lights.

Sky declined to touch upon Amadeus.