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Universal Picks Up BBC Series State of Play for Movie

By James Wray Dec 7, 2004, 14:34 GMT

Universal Pictures and Andrew Hauptman's Mission Pictures are to develop an American movie version of Paul Abbott's BBC miniseries State of Play.The BAFTA winning series is a political thriller about two friends, one a member of Parliament and the other a journalist, who find themselves on opposite sides of an investigation into two seemingly unrelated murders.Abbott is already writing a second series and will act as executive producer on the movie. You can read more about the series at the BBC.Source: Variety

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State of Play

Based on the BBC BAFTA winning series. A political thriller about two friends, one a member of Parliament and the other a journalist, who find themselves on opposite sides of an ...more

US Release: 2009-04-17
UK Release: 2009-04-22

In photos: 'State of Play London Premiere'

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