Exclusive: Welsh actress Alexa Davies, who stars in the upcoming UK series Dead Pixels on the CW, and White House Farm on HBO Max, has signed with Atlas Artists for management.
Davies portrays Meg in Dead Pixels, which was acquired by the CW from BBC Studios earlier this year. Based on his 2016 Channel 4 short, Avatards, Dead Pixels was written by BAFTA-winning writer, Jon Brown and produced by Peep Show’s Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. It centers on friends Meg (Davies), Nicky and Usman, whose world revolves around their obsession with a fantasy computer game.
Davies also stars in upcoming HBO Max true-crime drama White House Farm, based on the real-life events that took place in August 1985, when five members of the Bamber-Caffell family were shot to death at White House Farm, Essex. Davies plays Julie Mugford in the series alongside Freddie Fox, Gemma Whelan, Alfie Allen,...
Davies portrays Meg in Dead Pixels, which was acquired by the CW from BBC Studios earlier this year. Based on his 2016 Channel 4 short, Avatards, Dead Pixels was written by BAFTA-winning writer, Jon Brown and produced by Peep Show’s Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong. It centers on friends Meg (Davies), Nicky and Usman, whose world revolves around their obsession with a fantasy computer game.
Davies also stars in upcoming HBO Max true-crime drama White House Farm, based on the real-life events that took place in August 1985, when five members of the Bamber-Caffell family were shot to death at White House Farm, Essex. Davies plays Julie Mugford in the series alongside Freddie Fox, Gemma Whelan, Alfie Allen,...
- 8/17/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. streamer BritBox is planning for fall after boarding Keeley Hawes-fronted British crime drama Honour.
The digital platform will launch the two-parter, which is written by Vanity Fair’s Gwyneth Hughes, in October, as an original co-production with ITV. The series was filmed last year, so has not been interrupted by the Coronavirus production shutdown.
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The two-parter will see Bodyguard star Hawes play the real-life detective who brought five killers to justice in the true story of Banaz Mahmod, the young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man. It tells the powerful story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
The digital platform will launch the two-parter, which is written by Vanity Fair’s Gwyneth Hughes, in October, as an original co-production with ITV. The series was filmed last year, so has not been interrupted by the Coronavirus production shutdown.
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The two-parter will see Bodyguard star Hawes play the real-life detective who brought five killers to justice in the true story of Banaz Mahmod, the young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man. It tells the powerful story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
- 4/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Keeley Hawes will star as a detective attempting to bring a group of killers to justice in the wake of a so-called honor-killing in “Honour.” The two-part drama is based on the real-life case of Banaz Mahmod, a young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man.
It is the first project from Buddy Club Productions, the new production business set up by “Bodyguard” star Hawes. She will exec produce “Honour” and work on the new show as soon as she has wrapped on Netflix’s Daphne du Maurier adaptation “Rebecca,” in which she plays Beatrice Lacy. Buddy Club is teaming with U.K. indie Hera Pictures on the ITV show.
Written by Gwyneth Hughes (“Vanity Fair”), “Honour” will tell the story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
“In a time where honour killings are still rife,...
It is the first project from Buddy Club Productions, the new production business set up by “Bodyguard” star Hawes. She will exec produce “Honour” and work on the new show as soon as she has wrapped on Netflix’s Daphne du Maurier adaptation “Rebecca,” in which she plays Beatrice Lacy. Buddy Club is teaming with U.K. indie Hera Pictures on the ITV show.
Written by Gwyneth Hughes (“Vanity Fair”), “Honour” will tell the story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
“In a time where honour killings are still rife,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Bodyguard’s Keeley Hawes is to star in a British crime drama written by The Girl and Vanity Fair writer Gwyneth Hughes for ITV. Honour is to be produced by Hera Pictures and exec produced by Peter Kosminsky.
The two-parter will see Hawes star as the real-life detective who brought five killers to justice in the true story of Banaz Mahmod, the young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man. It tells the powerful story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
Richard Laxton (Mrs Wilson) will direct the drama, which is produced by Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures, which is making medical thriller Temple for Sky, and Hawes’ indie Buddy Club. Hawes will exec produce with Kosminsky, Marshall and Hughes. Alliea Nazar will produce. It was commissioned for ITV by Head of Drama,...
The two-parter will see Hawes star as the real-life detective who brought five killers to justice in the true story of Banaz Mahmod, the young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man. It tells the powerful story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year old Banaz.
Richard Laxton (Mrs Wilson) will direct the drama, which is produced by Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures, which is making medical thriller Temple for Sky, and Hawes’ indie Buddy Club. Hawes will exec produce with Kosminsky, Marshall and Hughes. Alliea Nazar will produce. It was commissioned for ITV by Head of Drama,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Keeley Hawes, the star of BBC/Netflix hit Bodyguard and upcoming films Misbehaviour and Ben Wheatley's Rebecca adaptation, is set to take the lead in Honour, a two-part drama for British TV giant ITV.
Written by Gwyneth Hughes (Vanity Fair, Dark Angel, Remember Me), Honour tells the real-life story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod, a young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man.
Goode, played by Hawes, discovered that Banaz had been to the police five times to report threats to her life from members ...
Written by Gwyneth Hughes (Vanity Fair, Dark Angel, Remember Me), Honour tells the real-life story of Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode’s passionate search to discover the fate of missing 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod, a young Londoner murdered by her own family for falling in love with the wrong man.
Goode, played by Hawes, discovered that Banaz had been to the police five times to report threats to her life from members ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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