Matt Smith is to star in and EP a Sky adaptation of Nick Cave‘s sophomore novel The Death of Bunny Munro.
Smith will play the titular function. Following his spouse Libby’s suicide, the intercourse addict, door-to-door magnificence product salesman and self-professed lothario finds himself saddled with a younger son and solely a free idea of parenting. Together with nine-year-old Bunny Junior, he embarks on an epic and more and more out-of-control street journey throughout south England as the 2 battle to include their grief in several methods.
An adaptation of iconic singer Cave’s second novel, the venture is being written by BAFTA-winning Somewhere Boy scribe Pete Jackson for End of The F***ing World indie Clerkenwell Films in affiliation with Sky Studios. Cave will EP with former Doctor Who star Smith and quite a few others. The Red Right Hand singer has written 4 books together with, most lately, Faith, Hope and Carnage, which was cast from a sequence of cellphone conversations carried out between him and author Sean O’Hagan in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“To work alongside Nick Cave feels like a great honor,” stated Smith. “It’s a brilliant exploration of love, grief, and chaos. At its heart a deep, difficult, and tender story about a father and son, coping with loss and change.”
Commissioning Editor, Manpreet Dosanjh, is EP for Sky Studios. Petra Fried, Ed Macdonald and Emily Harrison do the identical for Clerkenwell Films and Smith, Cave, Pete Jackson and director Isabella Eklöf (Industry) additionally function EPs. The Producer is Matthew Mulot (Ghosts).
The sequence will start filming in Spring 2024 throughout the south of England and can be obtainable on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW within the UK. NBCUniversal Global Distribution deal with worldwide gross sales of the sequence on behalf of Sky Studios.
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