Producers of globe-hopping series created by Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini from Misha Glenny’s book hope it will occupy international appealBBC1 will look to rival The Godfather and The Sopranos with a globe-hopping drama set in the world of organised crime inspired by the best-selling book McMafia.
Made by the producers of Film4’s acclaimed Boy A and BBC1’s recent Sunday night drama,Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, McMafia will repeat the yarn of the near 1bn “global gang war” through the eyes of a Russian family living in exile in London.
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Source: theguardian.com