Max and ID have acquired U.S. rights to a Channel 4 documentary about Kevin Spacey.
The 2-part doc, titled Spacey Unmasked, is billed as a “forensic look” at Spacey’s profession and the allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct towards him. Spacey was acquitted in July 2023 of 9 costs in a U.Ok. legal case towards him.
The documentary can even embrace interviews with “a number of males unconnected to that case about their experiences with Kevin Spacey, nearly all of whom have by no means spoken earlier than,” together with different beforehand unseen archival footage and interviews with the actor.
Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner, confronted 9 legal costs from 4 completely different males in his U.Ok. trial, starting from undesirable touching to, in accordance with testimony from one man, performing oral intercourse on the person whereas he was asleep. The costs stemmed from alleged acts that occurred from 2001 to 2013; Spacey was creative director of London’s Previous Vic Theatre from 2004-15.
Spacey Unmasked is about to air on Channel 4 within the U.Ok. on Could 6 and seven. Premiere dates for the U.S. and different territories haven’t been introduced but. All3Media Worldwide is dealing with worldwide gross sales of the documentary and struck a take care of Warner Bros. Discovery for rights to america (the place it’ll stream on Max and air on ID’s cable channel) and a number of other different international locations.
Katherine Haywood directed and produced Spacey Unmasked. Dorothy Byrne and Mike Lerner are govt prodcuers. Roast Beef Productions (Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer) produces in affiliation with All3 Media Worldwide.
Channel 4 additionally launched a brief teaser for the documentary; watch it under.