Danny Boyle joining the US TV revolution with FX kidnapping drama
Trust will focus on the life of Getty oil heir John Paul Getty III
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Danny Boyle is the latest name to be added to that list with the British filmmaker signed up to produce Trust, a limited series for US network FX about the heir of Getty oil.
Variety reports that the first instalment of the ten-part series will take place in 1973 when John Paul Getty III is kidnapped by the Mafia in Rome who hold him for a multi-million dollar ransom.
This project will see Boyle reunite with producer Simon Beaufoy following their work on 127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire.
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