Lionsgate agree Man Utd deal to dramatise club history

January 23 – Manchester United are exploring how to monetise their storied history, without handing control of the present to a documentary crew with too much access and not enough mercy.

According to The Athletic, United have agreed a deal with Hollywood production company, Lionsgate, to develop a scripted television series based on the club’s history. This would be a dramatisation rather than a fly-on-the-wall documentary, with comparisons drawn to the drama series, 

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