Andrew Garfield, from Spider-Man to a series about billionaire Richard Branson

American actor Andrew Garfield will star Hot air, a miniseries focusing on the life of the famous and eccentric English entrepreneur Richard Bransonfounder of the Virgin group, which started with a record label in the 1970s and diversified into the airline business in the 1980s, to include operations in multiple sectors.

Garfield, who received his first Emmy nomination this week for starring in the miniseries Under the banner of the skyjoins another production of the same format to be directed by David Leitch, who debuted with John Wick in 2014 and was also director of Dead pool 2four years later.

The specialized Hollywood portal Deadline reported that the Universal International Studios project – which will also have Garfield as one of its various producers – has attracted the attention of many streaming platforms that are currently contesting the acquisition of their rights.

Garfield’s stock is on the rise as, in addition to his recent Emmy mention, he just received his second Oscar nomination for his role in the musical. Tic, Tick … Boom!with which the composer and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda made his feature film directorial debut.

Screenplay by Jon Croker (Paddington 2), the series is known to have six episodes and will be based on the book dirty tricks by investigative reporter Martyn Gregory.

The history of the series

The story of the series will focus on Virgin Atlantic’s great rise in the British airline market, where in 1990 it threatened British Airways’ domination of Britain.

The plot includes the backlash from British Airlines, which launched a dirty campaign looking for information on Virgin passenger data to get them to switch to British.

Alerted by a British Airlines whistleblower, Branson complained to the European Commission about these tactics and the airline launched a media attack with false stories about Virgin’s service, after which Branson sued and British offered an out-of-court settlement on Virgin’s service. basis of advertising. the case, which included apologies, legal fees and damages.

Branson’s business continued to grow in other areas and in 1999 sold 49% of Virgin to Singapore Airlines for £ 1.2 billion.

More initiatives

In his famous story as an entrepreneur and billionaire, Branson began by founding a record company that was hugely successful thanks to Branson’s talent in developing the careers of artists such as Mike Oldfield, The Human League, Culture Club, Simple Minds and others.

He also founded a cell phone company in England, Virgin Comics, Virgin Animation and Support to fight global warming and find a way to make space travel viable.

As an athlete, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific in a balloon. He is such a popular figure that he has starred, often as himself, in such television shows friends Y Baywatch.

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