Sky & Starz Reveal Premiere Date For ‘Sweetpea’ Series Starring Ella Purnell
deadline.comSky and Starz‘ Sweetpea will drop October 10. The networks have also unveiled an extended second trailer for the six-part show to build buzz, which can be watched above.
From Kirstie Swain, Sweetpea stars Yellowjackets’ Ella Purnell as Rhiannon Lewis, a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder.
The series, which will launch in October, is based on the cult novel by C.J. Skuse. Starz jumped aboard as U.S. co-producer earlier this year and Power of the Dog maker See-Saw Films is producing with its new Patrick Walters-led label fanboy.
Purnell is one of the hottest TV talents out there at present, having impressed as Jackie Taylor in Paramount+’s Yellowjackets and subsequently led Prime Video’s Fallout video game adpatation.
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