EXCLUSIVE: Unstated, the Ukrainian battle thriller collection that gained the highest prize on the Sequence Mania occasion in 2023, has discovered its lead.
Paul Wesley, who stars in Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds, which is heading into its third season, and is greatest identified for starring in The Vampire Diaries, will star within the six-part restricted collection.
Created by Polish author Filip Syczyński, who wrote with Ukraine’s Zhanna Ozirna, the collection comes from Polish manufacturing firm Match & Spark alongside LA-based 5X Media, which has simply boarded the venture as a co-producer and marks the latter’s first European-based scripted collection.
Set in opposition to the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the collection follows the journey of Paul (Wesley), an ex-soldier turned taxi driver in Poland. After receiving a determined name from his spouse in Kyiv on the day of the invasion, he races in opposition to time, crossing borders to information his household to security amid chaos and unimaginable terror. Over the cellphone, he leads them by means of a panorama of concern and violence, intensifying the sense of urgency as they grapple with survival within the face of insurmountable odds.
Impressed by true occasions occurring on the day of the Russian invasion, the collection will observe Paul’s quest throughout war-torn terrain however by means of his personal internal battles of redemption and resilience.
David Straiton, who has directed episodes of Magnum P.I., The Good Physician and MacGyver, will direct the collection, which is a four-nation co-production between Poland, Ukraine, Germany and the U.S. Straiton has made quite a few volunteer journeys to Ukraine to help the Worldwide Legion.
It is going to be shot primarily in English with some Ukrainian and Polish. Manufacturing is about to start in Jap Europe within the winter of 2025-26. It is going to be exec produced by Anna Rozalska and Tarik Hachoud for Match & Spark, Alon Shtruzman and Limor Gott Ronen for 5X Media, Dmytro Sukhanov for Toy Cinema, Natalia Libet for 2Brave Productions and Saar Yogev for Electrical Sheep.
Wesley stated, “In a world affected by battle, I’m captivated with bringing the human aspect of this battle to life by means of the lens of 1 man and his household. I hope viewers join with Paul’s battle and take away one thing significant about life, values and resilience from his journey and a renewed understanding of the human spirit beneath strain.”
Match & Spark’s Anna Rozalska added, “Our producing companions welcome Paul Wesley on board this ardour venture. We’re thrilled to have 5X deliver its spectacular artistic and gross sales expertise to Unstated and assist ship this nice collection to the world. With David Straiton lending each his directing imaginative and prescient and his expertise on the bottom in Ukraine, we now have each aspect in place to deliver this gripping and significant collection to life.”
5X Companion Limor Gott Ronen stated, “5X Media is thrilled to affix such an unimaginable group of expertise to inform this extremely well timed story- Unstated captures a common household story in a world of battle, daring to take audiences deep into the non-public toll of contemporary warfare – and stand as the primary collection of its type to confront these themes inside the context of the Ukrainian battle.”
