EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome has picked up UK rights to crime-thriller Once Upon a Time in Essex, based on the iconic ‘Range Rover’ killings.

The film is written by Stephen Reynolds, produced by Jonathan Sothcott and Simon Phillips and directed by Paul Tanter. Shooting begins in June and casting is underway.

The deal was negotiated by Metrodome head of acquisitions Joel Kennedy and Jonathan Sothcott, managing director of Chata Pictures.

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