‘Prisoner’ Drama Series From Matt Charman Greenlit At Sky

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Charman, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, has a new television thriller.

British pay broadcaster Sky has ordered Prisoner with Charman set to write and serve as showrunner. The series will be produced by Charman’s own production company Binocular Productions, which was the company behind Netflix spy series Treason.

The series is a relationship drama that dives into what a serial killer can teach an ordinary person about what it takes to survive in his world. Casting is underway. It is expected to shoot next year.

Charman is best known for his film work, which also includes Amazon original Killer Heat, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden and Oasis, which also starred Madden alongside Anil Kapoor. He also exec produced Operation Finale, written by Matthew Orton, about the hunt for Adolf Eichmann, directed by Chris Weitz. He was also set to make his feature film directorial debut with The Mothership starring Halle Berry but it was canceled by the streamer.

Having got his start in television with series such as the BBC’s Our Zoo and ITV’s Black Work, Charman has been increasingly moving back into TV.

He created Netflix’s Treason, which launched on the service in 2022 and starred Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin, Ciaran Hinds and Charlie Cox. He is also behind upcoming Netflix series The Choice, which stars Suranne Jones as the British Prime Minister and Julie Delpy as the French President.

Other series in development include an adaptation of Alice Feeney’s book Sometimes I Lie with Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice producer Tommy Harper.

Charman is repped by Untitled Entertainment.