Climate Spring joins New Pictures as story consultant on TV adaptation of The Petroleum Papers
Geoff Dembicki’s book will be adapted into a drama series by David MacPherson, exposing how fossil fuel companies blocked action to prevent climate change.
We're thrilled to announce that New Pictures has optioned climate change exposé The Petroleum Papers as a drama series. Geoff Dembicki’s book exposing how fossil fuel companies blocked action to prevent climate change is to be adapted into a drama series by writer David MacPherson, and in collaboration with Climate Spring and Amy Westervelt.
MacPherson (The Rig) will adapt the book as a multi-episode drama, with Imogen O’Sullivan executive producing.
The Petroleum Papers was named the Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the prestigious Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Price for Nonfiction.
It draws on hundreds of confidential oil industry documents spanning decades, revealing how the fossil fuel industry joined forces with right-wing politicians to halt progress on preventing the climate crisis.
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