coronavirus crisis in England will be dramatised for television, in a new series from Michael Winterbottom.The filmmaker will be teaming up with production house Freemantle, as well as True Detective producer Richard Brown via his company Passenger.
Winterbottom will serve as director and co-writer on the series.The political editor of the Sunday Times, Tim Shipman, will serve as a consultant on the show, while there is no news yet on any cast members.The show, still untitled, will follow Johnson’s journey from his appointment as prime minister up to his own diagnosis with COVID-19 back in March, as well as the birth of his son.Winterbottom’s project will also aim to explain and explore how Britain became the second-worst affected country.