Right here’s a primary take a look at buzzy Sky/Starz collection Sweetpea starring Fallout’s Ella Purnell.
Penned and EP’d by Pure author Kirstie Swain, Sweetpea follows Rhiannon Lewis, who doesn’t make a lot of an impression – folks stroll previous her on the street and not using a second look, she’s regularly neglected for a promotion at work, the man she likes received’t commit, and her dad is de facto sick. However when she’s pushed over the sting and loses management, the wallflower is gone, changed by a younger girl able to something.
The collection, which can launch in October, is predicated on the cult novel by C.J. Skuse. Starz jumped aboard as U.S. co-producer final month and Energy of the Canine maker See-Noticed Movies is producing with its new Patrick Walters-led label fanboy.
Purnell is likely one of the hottest TV abilities on the market at current, having impressed as Jackie Taylor in Paramount+’s Yellowjackets and subsequently led Prime Video’s Fallout online game adpatation. She stated she “really can not watch for the world to satisfy Sweetpea.”
Sweetpea forged consists of Nicôle Lecky (Temper, Sense8) as Julia, Jon Pointing (Massive Boys, Smothered) as Craig, Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) as AJ, Leah Harvey (Basis) as Marina. Additionally starring are Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) as Norman and Dustin Demri-Burns (Sluggish Horses) as Jeff.
Sweetpea is a six-part collection produced by See-Noticed Movies and fanboy in affiliation with Sky Studios. Swain is writing with Krissie Ducker (Killing Eve), Laura Jayne Tunbridge and Selina Lim (Intercourse Training, Hanna). EPs are Purnell, director Ella Jones, Swain, Walters, Helen Gregory, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman. Zorana Piggott (Heartstopper) is the collection producer. NBCUniversal World TV Distribution handles worldwide gross sales of the collection on behalf of Sky Studios.
