Following impressive ratings in the US and widespread critical acclaim, the series has conquered new key territories in Europe and beyond
Federation International, the distribution arm of Federation Studios, inks a new raft of major deals for the 6 x 45’ high-end thrilling drama series I, JACK WRIGHT, written by Chris Lang (Unforgotten, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe) and produced by Federation Stories, run by Polly Williams.Â
I, JACK WRIGHT has recently been snapped by ABC in Australia, HBO Max in France and Central and Eastern Europe, NPO in the Netherlands, Nova in Greece, Movistar in Spain, and RTS in Switzerland and by PCCW in Hong Kong.
These new sales add up to the long list of deals and pre-sales already concluded for the UKTV / BBC series: in the US, the series recently launched on the BBC owned streaming platform Britbox,as a BritBox Original.
Other pre-sales included SVT (Sweden), RUV (Iceland), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark) and YLE (Finland) as well as Belgium, where channel RTBF also acted as a co-producer.
The series has achieved record-breaking ratings in the US ranking as one of BritBox’s top five original series based on viewership. In Finland, where the series also premieres, the first episode was the most-watched series episode of the whole week on YLE Areena.
The press has also praised its sharp writing and exquisite cast, which includes Trevor Eve, Gemma Jones, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and John Simm as members of a wealthy British family imploding in the wake of their patriarch’s shocking apparent suicide.
Synopsis: Jack Wright is a powerful and successful businessman, whose shock suicide leaves his family in disarray. When the provisions of Jack’s final will and testament are made known, his third wife, Sally, and two sons, Gray and John, are appalled to discover they have been largely cut out of Jack’s enormous fortune. As DCI Morgan and DC Jones delve further into the case, they realize Jack’s cause of death was in fact murder. Their sights soon turn to the Wright family, where the mother of all feuds is beginning. As each family member becomes more reckless and desperate in their bid to own a piece of Jack’s legacy, dark secrets and resentments are revealed with explosive consequences. Federation International holds worldwide rights to the series.
About Federation International:
Federation International is the distribution arm of Federation Studios, Europe’s leading production and distribution group present in 8 countries through its 35 production companies, spearheaded by founder Pascal Breton and co-led by Lionel Uzan and Marco Chimenz.
Federation International is active across drama, documentary, kids and family content, as well as cinema space – through its dedicated label Ginger & Fed.
Over the course of 10 years, Federation International has been building up a unique lineup of both in-house and third-party premium content. It has established long-term distribution agreements with multi-award winning and prominent independent producers and with both traditional and new local linear broadcasters and worldwide streamers. It is jointly led by Monica Levy and Guillaume Pommier.
