EXCLUSIVE: Production outfit EQ Media Group has will produce unscripted series Hopwood’s Castle, based on actor Hopwood DePree’s journey from Hollywood to northern England to rescue his dilapidated 600-year-old ancestral home.
DePree discovered his descendants in England lived in a castle, Hopwood Hall Estate, while browsing his family ancestry online. This revelation compelled him to move overseas to save the building from certain ruin, with it having been abandoned for decades. Since then, organizations including Historic England, National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Architectural Heritage Fund have awarded funds to the project.