Sexy Beast TV series gets release date confirmed
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Paramount+ is finally bringing the Sexy Beast prequel series to air next month.
Exploring the volatile criminal world of '90s London where Gal Dove and Don Logan (played by Ray Winstone and an Oscar-nominated Ben Kingsley in the cult movie) originally came together, Deadline reports that the gangster drama will premiere on Thursday, January 25.
James McArdle (Andor) and Emun Elliott (The Rig) are playing younger versions of the two characters, while Stephen Moyer (True Blood) and Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters) step into the shoes of Teddy Bass and DeeDee Gove.
Paramount has revealed a first look at the characters in new photos.
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"I feel very fortunate to be a part of this world," said McArdle in a statement when the show was first announced.
"The original story leaves so much space for us all to wonder what happened within Gal and Don's friendship in the years prior.
"I'm looking forward to everyone being able to rediscover these characters and find out."
The ensemble cast also includes the likes of Friday Night Dinner's Tamsin Greig, The Reckoning's Julian Rhind-Tutt, Game of Thrones and Vera's Paul Kaye, plus Eliza Bennett, Nicholas Nunn, Peter Ferdinando, Lex Shrapnel and John Dagleish.
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A Sexy Beast prequel was first announced back in 2018, and was reported to have been dropped a couple of years later. However, it was revived in 2022 with Paramount+ in mind.
Filming, which mostly took place in and around Liverpool, wrapped earlier this year.
Jonathan Glazer, who directed the original Sexy Beast movie, has recently received acclaim for his new film The Zone of Interest, a World War II drama which examines the atrocities of the Holocaust.
The Zone of Interest premiered at Cannes, where it won the prestigious Grand Prix, and currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92% ahead of its US release date of December 15.
The movie is due to open in the UK on February 2, 2024.
Sexy Beasts premieres January 25, 2024 on Paramount+.
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