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Oscar Nominee Jeff Pope, Producer Xavier Marchand Set Series ‘Castle of the Eagles,’ Based on True Story of Daring WWII Prison Break
The six-part limited series featuring 'Archie' star Jason Isaacs follows a group of Allied POWs who break out of an Italian castle during WWII.
The series begins in 1943, with war raging across Europe and some two dozen Allied soldiers and officers imprisoned in Castello Vincigliata, a near-impregnable fortress perched high over the Tuscan countryside that has been converted into a prison by the Fascist army of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The screenwriter, who won a BAFTA for ITV’s 2006 two-part drama “See No Evil: The Moors Murders,” said the series would not only tell the riveting tale of the POWs’ miraculous prison break — which required them to dig tunnels beneath the fortress’ walls — but explore the complex forces that were driving the war effort and reshaping the political landscape in Europe. The veteran producer set up his London-based shingle Moonriver in 2016, with credits including the Lesley Manville- and Isabelle Huppert-starring “ Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” Paramount+ and Showtime’s adaptation of Amor Towles’ best-selling novel “ A Gentleman in Moscow,” and “ Nautilus,” the Captain Nemo origin story inspired by Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” which will be released by AMC and Prime Video.
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