MIPCOM: Sky Boards Tim Roth Drama ‘Last King of the Cross’
Comcast-owned pay-TV group Sky has captured the rights to the upcoming Australian crime drama within its European footprint Last King of the Cross.
In a deal announced on the eve of the international television market MIPCOM Cannes, Sky took over the exclusive rights in the UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany for the 10-episode series starring Tim Roth and inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography. about his rise from a penniless immigrant to Australia’s most notorious nightclub mogul. The series is set in the 80s and 90s in Australia’s mini-Atlantic city – the decadent half-mile stretch along Sydney’s Kings Cross where every kind of vice is on offer – starring Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbour, Callan Mulvey, Tess Haubrich, Maria Tran and Matt Nable.
Helium Photos produced Last King of the Cross for Paramount+ Australia, with Cineflix Rights handling international sales. Mark Fennessy and Karl Zwicky produced, with Fennessy and John Ibrahim serving as executive producers. Kieran Darcy-Smith, Morgan O’Neill, Jane Allen, Alastair Newton Brown, Matt Nable and James Pope wrote the 10-episode series, with Darcy-Smith, Grant Brown, Catherine Millar and Ian Watso directing.
“Last King of the Cross is a major launch for us at MIPCOM, so I’m excited to close this presale with Sky,” said James Durie, Head of Scripted at Cineflix Rights, calling the show a “a rags-to-riches crime story that is lustful and gripping, with an emotional family story at its core and a strong ensemble cast.”
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