David Farnor | On 08, Oct 2018

“I’m gonna risk everything I have to get out of this country.” That’s the sound of Adrian Lester going all Death Race with Sky One’s new racing thriller, Curfew.

The series screeches onto Sky One next year, bringing with it a seriously star-studded cast, from Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and Phoebe Fox (Blue Iguana) to Malachi Kirby (Roots), Billy Zane (Titanic) and Miranda Richardson (Churchill). The Sky original production follows the story of ordinary people and extraordinary characters competing in the world’s fastest, most furious illegal night-time street race.

The eight-part series from Tiger Aspect Productions is written and executive produced by Matthew Read (Pusher). And judging by the first trailer for the show, it’s as bonkers and mayhem-packed as you’d expect from a show featuring Billy Zane as a gonzo cowboy and member of a viral video performance art troupe.

Here’s the impressively high-octane video:

 

Adam Brody joins Sky One’s Curfew

29th August 2018

Adam Brody is the latest big name to join the line-up for Sky One’s street racing drama Curfew.

The Sky original production follows the story of ordinary people and extraordinary characters competing in the world’s fastest, most furious illegal night-time street race. Those characters include a whole host of familiar and impressive faces, from Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and Adrian Lester (Riviera) to Phoebe Fox (Blue Iguana), Malachi Kirby (Roots), Billy Zane (Titanic) and Miranda Richardson (Churchill).

Now, Brody has accelerated onto the starting grid. The OC star, who has enjoyed a more prominent return to the screen in recent years with fin-tech drama StartUp, will play Max Larssen, a mysterious, megalomaniac millionaire.

Brody says: “The Curfew scripts came my way and I couldn’t stop reading; I loved the outsized personality it had. It’s bleak, hopeful, violent, funny and tender all at the same time. It’s a joy to work with such a talented group of performers and downright lovely human beings. Max Larssen is unlike any character I’ve played and it was a thrill to try to access such an intelligent and remote individual.”

The eight-part series from Tiger Aspect Productions is written and executive produced by Matthew Read (Pusher). The series is executive produced for Tiger Aspect Productions by Will Gould and Frith Tiplady in association with their new independent production company Moonage Pictures. It is directed by Colm McCarthy (The Girl with All the Gifts, Peaky Blinders) and is produced by Simon Maloney (Peaky Blinders). It will premiere on Sky One and NOW in 2019.

 

Billy Zane, Miranda Richardson and Michael Biehn sign up for Sky’s Curfew

3rd May 2018

Billy Zane, Miranda Richardson, Harriet Walter, and Michael Biehn have all signed up to Sky’s Curfew.

The street race drama Curfew follows the story of ordinary people and extraordinary characters competing in the world’s fastest, most furious illegal night-time street race.

The show already has an impressive ensemble cast, including Sean Bean (Broken, Game of Thrones), Adrian Lester (Riviera, Trauma), Phoebe Fox (Blue Iguana, Intrigo: Samaria), Malachi Kirby (Black Mirror, Roots), Robert Glenister (Hustle, Spooks) and Guz Khan (Man Like Mobeen, Borderline). Now, it’s stepping its star power up a gear, with Titanic star Zane, Churchill’s Richardson, The Crown’s Walter and Aliens and The Terminator veteran Biehn joining the cast.

Curfew is written and executive produced by Matthew Read (Pusher, ‪Hammer of the Gods‬). The series is executive produced for Tiger Aspect Productions by Will Gould and Frith Tiplady in association with their new independent production company Moonage Pictures. It is directed by Colm McCarthy (‪The Girl with All the Gifts‬, Peaky Blinders) and is produced by Simon Maloney (King Charles III, Peaky Blinders).

Zane says: “Joining the immensely talented cast and crew of Curfew as Joker Jones fulfils many cinematic and literary fantasies all at once. Playing a gonzo cowboy, member of a viral video performance art troupe, on a healing hell-ride, just about falls square in my wheelhouse right now.”

The eight-part series from Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Moonage Pictures will be available exclusively on Sky One and TV streaming service NOW in 2019.

 

Sean Bean and Adrian Lester lead Sky’s Curfew

29th January 218

Sean Bean and Adrian Lester are set to star in Curfew, Sky’s latest original series.

The street race drama, from Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Moonage Pictures, follows the story of ordinary people competing in the world’s fastest, most furious, illegal night-time race. Desperate for their own reasons, the challengers risk everything as they speed through the night from London to northernmost Scotland in their pimped-out, weaponised vehicles to win the ultimate prize – freedom from the totalitarian government curfew that controls their lives.

Joining Sean Bean and Adrian Lester are an ensemble cast that includes Phoebe Fox (Blue Iguana, Intrigo: Samaria), Malachi Kirby (Black Mirror, Roots), Robert Glenister (Hustle, Spooks), Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Troy: Fall of a City, Peaky Blinders), Rose Williams (Reign, A Quiet Passion), Elijah Rowen (Vikings) and Guz Khan (Man Like Mobeen, Borderline).

Curfew is written and executive produced by Matthew Read (Pusher, Hammer of the Gods). The series is executive produced for Tiger Aspect Productions by Will Gould and Frith Tiplady in association with their new independent production company, Moonage Pictures, and directed by Colm McCarthy (‪The Girl With All The Gifts‬, Peaky Blinders). Curfew is commissioned for Sky by Anne Mensah, director of Sky One Adam MacDonald and director of programming for Sky Entertainment UK & Ireland Zai Bennett. Sky Vision will handle distribution rights.

Sky’s head of drama Anne Mensah says: “When Sky does dramas about car races, we do them like no other broadcaster. Funny, emotionally truthful, visceral and above all fast – Curfew is the perfect Sky One show. Matthew Read has created fantastically memorable, sometimes shocking, always fascinating characters. You’ll want every single one of them to win the race of their lives.”

Matthew Read, executive producer and writer, adds: “Sky have been incredibly supportive throughout the development of such a bold and ambitious show and I couldn’t be more pleased by the creative team that has been assembled to deliver a story that we have filled with as much excitement, emotion and dynamism as possible.”

Curfew will air on Sky One and NOW in 2019.

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