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Off The Fence Strikes Development Deal With Investigative Journalists Robin Carter And Gloria Gomez & Lines Up ‘King Of Kandahar’ Doc

'My Octopus Teacher' producer Off The Fence has struck a development deal with investigative journalists Robin Carter and Gloria Gomez

EXCLUSIVE: My Octopus Teacher producer Off The Fence is going deeper into true crime through a development deal with investigative journalists Robin Carter and Gloria Gomez, and is making doc about an unsung modern warfare specialist. Under terms of the pact, OTF will develop and produce true-crime series based on the contacts, intelligence and access Carter and Gomez have amassed during their careers on the domestic beat in the U.S. The three-part series chronicles the life of Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Iqbal Selanee, a teenage interpreter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, who rose to command an elite, CIA-directed paramilitary unit.

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