FUGITIVE ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MO STUDIOS

London-based content company Fugitive has announces a new development and representation partnership with New York’s MO Studios.  The first project for the new partnership is "The Fugitive Game", a lavish period drama series set around the birth of the Dada movement, and the creation of The Cabaret Voltaire. Fugitive will be launching this to the international market at MIA (Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo) in Rome.

Alongside the scripted series, MO Studios and Fugitive are also developing a four-part documentary series – "Dada, The Mother of Protest Art" - which will not only examine how Dada turned artists into activists for the first time in 1916 but also how it spawned progressive and counter-culture movements and created a lineage of protest art that we see today.

Martha Swetzoff, academic, filmmaker (Theme: Murder), punk guitarist, and arguably the world’s leading Dada expert has created "The Fugitive Game" and will also be involved with the documentary series. Christian Baker ("Roman Empire") is attached as writer. Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer Ryan Cunningham (Inside Amy Schumer, Search Party, Horace & Pete) will executive produce, alongside Olivia Wingate and Anthony Kimble.

Anthony Kimble, Fugitive Founder says: “We are delighted to have established this new partnership with MO Studios. Olivia is an extremely talented executive with a real eye for a great story and standout talent – and we hope this will be the first of many projects together. I am looking forward to seeing the response at MIA: I think this incredible story, centered in war time Europe but with fascinating characters and themes that feel very contemporary, will be of great interest to drama buyers looking for something a little different."

Olivia Wingate, MO Studios Founder: “'The Fugitive Game' will blend drama and humour with an anachronistic score of 70s punk rock to create a truly memorable period series. The Dada movement has never been covered in this way before and it’s important to tell Emmy Henning’s story. She was a founder and its leading light but was written out of the history books over time. Thankfully, through Martha Swetzoff’s passion for Dada and the part Emmy played, we will be able to tell this incredibly colourful story and profile a smart, innovative and unpredictable young woman who was way ahead of her time and passionate about holding a mirror up to the horrors and absurdities of war.”