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[09/10/15 - 01:03 PM]
PBS, Ideate Media and Scott Free Develop New Television Series About the Founding of New York City
Ed Redlich will adapt the acclaimed best-seller "The Island at the Center of the World" by Russell Shorto.







ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD (PBS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/10/15
STATUS:
previously in development (2016-2017 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from PBS's press release, September 2015) PBS and Ideate Media announced today a new collaboration with Emmy-winner Ed Redlich ("The Practice," "Shark," "Unforgettable") and Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free to bring the acclaimed best-seller The Island at the Center of the World to life on PBS. The project adds to PBS' growing portfolio of original dramas in development and is the latest in a series of high-profile projects from Ideate Media. The Island at the Center of the World is a narrative history of New York City's origins as the Dutch-founded city of New Amsterdam, on the tip of Manhattan Island. New Amsterdam predated the "original" 13 colonies, but it nonetheless seems strikingly familiar: a cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic enclave whose citizens valued free trade, individual rights and religious freedom.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Arvind Ethan David as EP
· David W. Zucker as EP
· Ed Redlich as CRTR/EP
· Ridley Scott as EP
· Russell Shorto as BOOK
· Zainir Aminullah as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Ideate Media
· Scott Free Productions