Mick Jackson’s BAFTA-winning 1984 apocalyptic thriller Threads is being given a brand new small display screen therapy.
Adolescence producer Warp Movies is making a TV drama adaptation of the nuclear film, which portrayed a fictional apocalypse within the north England metropolis of Sheffield.
The highly-rated film, which was penned by Barry Hines, was a world co-production between the BBC, 9 Community and Western World Tv and was one of many first initiatives to painting a nuclear winter at a time when the Chilly Warfare was raging. It starred Paul Vaughan, Karen Meagher and Reece Dinsdale.
The TV film was nommed for seven BAFTAs and received 4. It has been airing on BBC iPlayer since final yr.
Warp is using excessive off the runaway success of Netflix’s Adolescence, which the Sheffield-based outfit produced with Brad Pitt’s Plan B and star Stephen Graham’s Matriarch Productions.
Warp boss Mark Herbert mentioned: “Threads was, and stays, an unflinchingly sincere drama that imagines the devastating results of nuclear battle on odd folks. This story aligns completely with our ethos of telling highly effective, grounded narratives that deeply join with audiences. Reimagining this traditional movie as a TV drama provides us a singular alternative to discover its trendy relevance.” Warp didn’t give particulars of artistic workforce or casting behind the mission.
