Ella Burnell in 'Sweetbee’
SKY STUDIOS LIMITED
Starz has acquired US and Canadian rights to the British revenge thriller starring Fallout’s Ella Purnell.
The premium cable outlet will telecast sweet peas Later this year. The drama is based on CJ Scouse’s 2017 novel and Burnell plays a quiet young woman who develops a taste for murder. Burnell is also an executive producer.
Series from See-Saw Films, Fanboy and Sky Studios are also set to air on Sky Atlantic in the UK.
„We’re thrilled to be partnering again with Ella Burnell and Sky Studios on a new, transgressive story,” said Alison Hoffman, Star’s head of domestic networks. „This darkly comic tale of revenge will leave audiences mesmerized as Ella’s performance as a woman finds her voice and demands her company in devious and shocking ways.”
sweet peas Stars marks Burnell’s return to starring in the network’s drama Bittersweet. He went on to star in Showtimes Yellow jackets And fall on Amazon Prime Video.
Sweetbee’s description reads, “Rhiannon Lewis (Purnell) doesn’t make much of an impression – people pass her on the street without a second glance. She’s constantly being overlooked for a promotion at work, the guy she likes won’t work, and her dad is really sick. Then everything in her life turns upside down. Rhiannon is pushed over the edge and loses control. Suddenly the wallflower is gone, replaced by a young woman who can do anything. Rhiannon’s life changes when she steps into a new, intoxicating power, but can she keep the killer a secret?”
Nicole Leckie, John Pointing, Callum Lynch, Leah Harvey, Jeremy Swift and Dustin Demrie-Burns also star.
Kirstie Swain (HBO’s Run) based on the novel and produced by Burnell, Chrissy Tucker, Laura Jane Tunbridge, Selena Lim, director Ella Jones, Sky Studios’ Manpreet Dosanjh, Fanboy’s Patrick Walters, and See-Saw Films’ Helen Gregory, Ian Canning, and Emily Sherman.