Journalism and archival stories from The Atlantic will become fair game for scripted and unscripted film and TV adaptations, thanks to a first-look deal that the venerable publication has inked with Prologue Entertainment, the production company founded by Noah Oppenheim, Lloyd Braun and Sarah Bremner.

Prologue, which is backed by RedBird Capital , will develop films and series based on The Atlantic’s journalism, with Jeff Zucker’s RedBird IMI securing a first-look deal for unscripted projects.

The production company has already had some significant projects despite only being founded last year. Prologue produced the Netflix series Zero Day , starring Robert De Niro (Oppenheim also co-created that series), and A House of Dynamite , the film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, which

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