London – FremantleMedia International (FMI) and the Oscar® nominated film director and writer, Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields, The Mission), announced on March 17 a co-development partnership for TV series Ugly. Joffé will write the retelling of the world famous French gothic Victor Hugo novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Played out against the political economic and social explosion of early 17th-century France, the series follows the life of Ugly, the physically … [Read more...] about FremantleMedia International to develop “Ugly”