Emmy nominee Cynthia Erivo will star in and executive produce “Steel,” a 1970s drama set in London about a fiercely ambitious arms dealer, for MRC Television and Civic Center Media.
Per the logline, Erivo, will play protagonist Madeline Crowe, a self-made woman who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues. Crowe, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants driven by an insatiable hunger to win at all costs, is also beholden to her son as a single mother. Through “Steel” we see how choices made by individuals desperate in pursuit of money and power shape the geopolitical landscape of our present, and how women like Crowe were the vanguard.
Matt Charman, Oscar nominated for co-writing “Bridge of Spies,” developed “Steel” under his Binocular production banner and brought it to MRC Television and Civic Center Media. Charman (“The Mothership”), will executive produce via...
Per the logline, Erivo, will play protagonist Madeline Crowe, a self-made woman who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues. Crowe, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants driven by an insatiable hunger to win at all costs, is also beholden to her son as a single mother. Through “Steel” we see how choices made by individuals desperate in pursuit of money and power shape the geopolitical landscape of our present, and how women like Crowe were the vanguard.
Matt Charman, Oscar nominated for co-writing “Bridge of Spies,” developed “Steel” under his Binocular production banner and brought it to MRC Television and Civic Center Media. Charman (“The Mothership”), will executive produce via...
- 8/23/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: All pieces have fallen into place for Steel, a thriller drama set in 1970s London, starring and executive produced by Cynthia Erivo. The project, teased by MRC Television President Elise Henderson in her Deadline interview in June, will be directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games franchise) and executive produced by Matt Charman. It is being taken out to the marketplace by MRC Television and Civic Center Media, the indie studio’s venture with UTA.
Written by Adam Gyngell and Fred Fernandez Armesto, Steel chronicles a self-made woman’s rise to power. It centers on Madeline Crowe (Erivo), a fiercely ambitious arms dealer who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, driven by an insatiable hunger to win at all costs, yet beholden to...
Written by Adam Gyngell and Fred Fernandez Armesto, Steel chronicles a self-made woman’s rise to power. It centers on Madeline Crowe (Erivo), a fiercely ambitious arms dealer who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, driven by an insatiable hunger to win at all costs, yet beholden to...
- 8/23/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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