Sean Bean is to star as a gang chief in Stephen Butchard‘s epic Liverpool-set crime sequence This Metropolis is Ours [working title] from The Crown producer Left Financial institution.
The 2-time BAFTA profitable Recreation of Thrones alum will play Ronnie Phelan within the sequence, which may also function James Nelson-Joyce (Chicken, A Thousand Blows) as Ronnie’s buddy, Michael Kavanagh, Hannah Onslow (Empire of Mild, This Is Going to Harm) as Diana Williams, Michael’s associate, and Jack McMullen (Hijack, Ford V Ferrari) as Ronnie’s son, Jamie Phelan.
Created by Butchard (The Good Moms) and directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings), This Metropolis is Ours follows Kavanagh’s journey working with Phelan as he falls in love for the primary time and sees in his future one thing to win and one thing to lose, which is ready in opposition to the backdrop of the disintegration of his gang.
Bean’s earlier BBC sequence was 2022’s Marriage reverse Nicola Walker. That very same 12 months he received a BAFTA for BBC jail drama Time. He additionally featured as Thomas Cromwell in Butchard’s Disney+ sequence Shardlake.
“It’s a pleasure to see cameras rolling on This Metropolis is Ours with a wonderful solid who’ve made Stephen Butchard’s elegant scripts much more thrilling,” stated BBC drama boss Lindsay Salt.
The sequence was unveiled on a 12-strong BBC drama slate that includes one other Left Financial institution sequence, Pricey England, because the indie plots a Crown-much less future. Talking to Deadline in February, Left Financial institution boss Andy Harries stated This Metropolis is Ours, which prices between £2.5M ($3.2M) to £3M ($3.8M) per episode and is being deficit financed by Left Financial institution proprietor Sony, is reflective of Left Financial institution’s technique to make reveals at lower cost factors.
This Metropolis is Ours is written by lead author Butchard with Robbie O’Neill writing additional episodes. Producer is Simon Maloney (Peaky Blinders, I Might Destroy You). Govt producers are Harries, Rebecca Hodgson and Sian McWilliams for Left Financial institution, Butchard and Dibb, and Jo McClellan for the BBC. Sony Footage Tv will distribute the sequence internationally. Extra funding and assist comes from the Liverpool Movie Workplace by its Liverpool Metropolis Area Manufacturing Fund.