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K.J. Yossman “Candyman” star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and “The Prince of Persia’s” Gemma Arterton find themselves battling a mysterious assassin in the first trailer for Disney+ U.K. original series “Culprits,” which drops in the U.K.
and Ireland on Nov. 8. The series, from filmmaker J Blakeson (“I Care A Lot”) tells the story of a group of elite reformed criminals who have left their old, bad selves behind.
Just when they thought they could start afresh, a ruthless mystery assassin turns up to pick them off one by one — and they begin to realize not everyone is willing to let the past go. “Why are they being stalked, who is behind the mayhem and will they be able to find one another in time to protect themselves and the people they love?” reads the logline. The eight-part series from Character 7 was created by Blakeson and he directs alongside Claire Oakley (“Make Up”).
Morenike Williams (“Killing Eve”) produces while Blakeson and Stephen Garrett (“The Night Manager”) are exec producing. Johanna Devereaux exec produces for Disney+. Ahead of the trailer dropping Blakeson sat down with Variety to discuss the project.
How did you come to work on “Culprits”? Stephen Garrett optioned a book called “Culprits: The Heist is Only the Beginning,” which is like an anthology story book. It had this very interesting set of open questions — because it was set after the heist, like this one — so some years later there’s all these people who are living their lives, all of them have this secret, they’ve all had this question put to them: if you could be whoever you want, anywhere, with your big bag of money what would you choose? And I started just spinning off ideas from there. How did you approach the story? I love heist movies, I love
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EXCLUSIVE: The first call Stephen Garrett made after acquiring the rights to suspense-fuelled book Culprits: The Heist Was Just the Beginning was to writer and director J Blakeson, who he hailed as “the real deal.”
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Culprits kicks off where most stories end, after a high-stakes heist.The Disney+ show follows a crew of elite criminals who go their separate ways after their mission – that is until the gang find themselves being killed off one by one.The eight-part series picks up with one member of the crew, Joe (played by Misfits star Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) who has since relocated to the States.Three years after the heist he’s living with his two kids and fiancé Jules, who has no idea about Joe’s previous life or UK identity. Canadian actor Kevin Vidal plays Jules and says it’s life imitating art between him and his character.
Filmmaker J. Blakeson, the writer/director of the acclaimed elder scam dark comedy “I Care A Lot” starring Rosamund Pike, is back with a brand new series focusing on high-stakes heists taking place in England.
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Since his breakout performance in “1917,” George Mackay has surprised audiences with several challenging roles. Sure, he did “Munich – The Edge Of War,” another historical drama, two years later.
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What’s next for the Legendary’s Monsterverse? Apple TV+ brings the next chapter of this popular property to life with “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” The series picks up after the events that saw Godzilla and the Titans destroy San Francisco; now, there are major questions about the organization behind it all — Monarch (and it’s a fascinating choice to set it after the events of the first film and not deeper into the canon). Before ‘Legacy,’ the franchise had big screen outings with 2014’s “Godzilla,” 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” and 2021’s “Godzilla vs.