Mike Medavoy & Keith Chapman Join Producing Team For Charles I & II Epic ‘The Thorn In The Crown’ – Cannes
15.05.2023 - 15:09
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EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of Charles III coronation, Mike Medavoy and Keith Chapman are boarding the producing team for the Charles I & II historical epic, The Thorn in the Crown.
The Thorn in the Crown, by scribes Pascal Mercay and Morgan Smallbone, tells the story of John Cooke, a humble lawyer and prototype of the modern-day human rights campaigner, who in 1649 London accepted the unprecedented and perilous brief to prosecute King Charles I for treason. All but lost to history, this remarkable figure has been plucked from obscurity and pieced together alongside renowned,revered, and reviled historical figures, King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell & King Charles II. In 1660, that same crown which was recently bestowed on the head of King Charles III, was newly forged to rest on the head of his namesake, King Charles II. Eleven years earlier in 1649, Charles II’s father, King Charles I, was executed and the crown that he had worn was destroyed – and the monarchy along with it. Cooke’s aim was to change the world, against the odds and no matter the cost, and somehow succeed.
Medavoy and Chapman are part of a global producing team that includes Australia’s Smallbone for Quick Sticks Pictures, and Donna Andrews for Sticky Pictures as well as the UK’s Pete Coogan.
Chapman is the creator of the global multi award-winning kids IP, Bob the Builder, and Paw Patrol. His creations have generated global sales of $19 billion.
Medavoy, of Phoenix Pictures, has been involved with over 300 feature films during his career, 17 of which were Oscar nominated, with seven notching Best Picture wins, in addition to several international film festival awards.Says Medavoy, “Having now worked on 325 movies, I sometimes think about ‘the one that