Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Pivot Announces One-Hour Drama FORTITUDE, Stars Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sienna Guillory & Luke Treadaway

Pivot, Participant Media's network targeting Millennials, age 18-34, today unveiled a robust development slate, and a greenlight for FORTITUDE, a 12-episode Sky/Pivot original series starring Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sienna Guillory, and Luke Treadaway.

FORTITUDE is a dark drama series, with psychological and thriller elements, that follows the residents of the Arctic town of Fortitude, a place unlike any other place on Earth. Surrounded by the savage beauty of the polar landscape, Fortitude is a close-knit community whose future sparkles with the promise of Arctic opportunity, development, wealth, and discovery.

There has never been a violent crime in Fortitude but the town is shaken to its core by the brutal murder of a research scientist. Above-average temperatures lead to a record ice melt revealing secrets long since hidden beneath the frozen landscape. As the endless nights give way to the cold Arctic darkness of winter, the police find reasons to suspect and mistrust each other - and the community struggles to make sense of the terror that has been unleashed among its residents.

Simon Donald (LOW WINTER SUN) will be a Writer/Executive Producer. Patrick Spence and Frith Tiplady are the Executive Producers for Fifty Fathoms and Tiger Aspect.

The announcements were made today by Pivot President, Evan Shapiro, who said, "Pivot's first slate established us as a programming brand of distinction, with uniquely original, high-quality series, specials and films. Our second slate demonstrates our significant investment in, and commitment to, groundbreaking content for the thought-leading segment of Generation Y we call 'Upstanders.' We believe that a story well told can change the world. Pivot's programming is meant to spark conversation among the very people most likely to create that change."

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