Disney+ Sets Cast For UK Thriller ‘Playdate’ & Unveils First Look At Keanu Reeves In Formula 1 Series ‘Brawn’ — Edinburgh TV Festival
deadline.comDisney+ has set cast for UK psychological drama Playdate, adapted from Alex Dahl’s best-selling novel of the same name. The series, directed by Eva Husson (Mothering Sunday), will star Denise Gough (Andor), Holliday Grainger (Strike), Ambika Mod (I Hate Suzie), Jim Sturgess (Cloud Atlas), Bronagh Waugh (The Suspect) and Michael Workeye (This Is Going to Hurt).
Deadline revealed the show EP’d by Nicola Shindler and Tanya Seghatchian last month. General series synopsis reads: Elisa’s world is turned upside down when her young daughter Lucia is kidnapped at a sleepover.
Who is the mystery woman who took Lucia, and what secrets does she know about Elisa? The series is executive produced by Shindler (Nolly) for Quay Street Productions, Seghatchian and John Woodward (The Power of the Dog) for Brightstar, Johanna Devereaux, VP of Scripted Content for Disney+ EMEA, and Alex Dahl, Eva Husson, and Catherine Moulton.
James Dean (Better) will produce. Production began this summer in the UK and France. ‘World War Shoe’ On the unscripted side, the streamer has also greenlit World War Shoe: Adidas vs.
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