EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video has assembled a buzzy forged for a heist thriller housed at Drama Republic, the UK manufacturing firm behind Netflix hit One Day.
Sport of Thrones star Sophie Turner, Saltburn breakout Archie Madekwe, and Our bodies actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd will headline the high-octane modern collection Haven (working title).
Turner will play Zara, an workplace employee at pension fund funding firm Lochmill Capital. Zara has her day upended when a gang of violent thieves burst in demanding she helps them steal billions of kilos of abnormal folks’s pensions.
Madekwe options as Zara’s finest buddy Luke, whereas Fortune-Lloyd will play DCI Rhys, a detective with a not too long ago relapsed playing downside who should preserve his personal cash troubles at bay as he examines the Lochmill Capital crime.
Haven marks the screenwriting debut of S.A. Nikias after he penned the Metropolis Blues Quartet crime novels underneath the pseudonym of Ray Celestin.
Drama Republic has paired Nikias’ script with I Might Destroy You director Sam Miller, who will helm the primary three episodes of Haven. Miller additionally serves as government producer. Amazon MGM Studios is producing alongside Drama Republic.
Vernon Sanders, head of tv at Amazon MGM Studios, mentioned Haven is a “uniquely thrilling trip” that can present a “gripping, addictive, entertaining” story for Prime Video subscribers.
Drama Republic’s Rebecca de Souza and Greg Brenman mentioned they had been “astonished” by Nikias’ debut script. “His rollercoasting, nail-biting and humorous scripts have fairly rightly attracted an amazing forged and top-tier inventive staff,” they added.
Haven will premiere on Prime Video in additional than 240 international locations and territories worldwide.