The Radleys – Starring Damian Lewis, Kelly Macdonald and Shaun Parkes

Production has begun for Sky Original movie The Radleys, a scarily relatable vampire thriller tailored from the critically acclaimed novel by best-selling writer Matt Haig (A Boy Called Christmas) and produced by Genesius Pictures (Good Luck To You Leo Grande, Mrs Lowry and Son). Coming to Sky Cinema in 2024, filming will begin in London and Yorkshire from the beginning of June for six weeks.

With wickedly humorous dialogue and real spine-chilling scares, The Radleys explores the turmoil which follows after we deny our deepest, darkest wishes. Far from being one other bloody vampire story, this can be a deliciously darkish drama that asks the query “What are you hungry for?”

Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Damian Lewis (A Spy Among Friends, Homeland) can be taking part in a twin position alongside Emmy® winner Kelly Macdonald (Operation Mincemeat, No Country for Old Men) and BAFTA® nominee Shaun Parkes (Small Axe).

Nestled in a quiet, suburban English city reside The Radleys. To their neighbours, they’re as abnormal as they arrive, but beneath the floor, mother and father Peter (Lewis) and Helen (Macdonald) are concealing a devastatingly darkish secret from their teenage youngsters, Rowan and Clara. They are abstaining vampires, selecting to not drink blood regardless of their pure cravings, but turning into increasingly more bloodthirsty by the day.

When Clara is unexpectedly attacked by a boy in her class and her pure instincts take over, Peter and Helen are compelled to disclose the reality. The surprising revelation encourages lovesick son Rowan and beforehand vegan Clara to query their very own id and suppressed wishes. It’s at this pivotal juncture that Peter’s twin brother Will arrives on the scene (performed by Damian Lewis in a twin position). A proud, training vampire who overtly embraces his hedonistic, bloodthirsty life-style, Will forces the household to face their repressed urges even additional. Can the household proceed to carry again their hidden bloodlust, or will they provide in to their true nature?

A Genesius Pictures manufacturing, The Radleys was developed with British Comedy Award winner Jo Brand (Getting on, The More You Ignore Me) and is written by Talitha Stevenson (Late in Summer). The movie can be directed by BAFTA® award-winning director Euros Lyn (Heartstopper, Dream Horse) and produced by Debbie Gray (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) with Lewis as government producer by means of his manufacturing firm, Ginger Biscuit Entertainment. Additional government producers embody Julia Stuart and Laura Grange at Sky, Mark Gooder and Alison Thompson at Cornerstone, Peter Touche, Andrea Scarso and Christelle Conan at Ingenious Media and Julian Gleek of Genesius. The movie is financed by Sky and Ingenious Media and Cornerstone is dealing with worldwide gross sales and distribution.

Julia Stuart, Director of Original Film at Sky feedback: “I’m very excited to watch Matt Haig’s The Radleys come alive on screen as it begins production with top British talent including Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald. Wickedly funny and darkly compelling, I’m so pleased to bring this film to Sky Cinema in 2024.”

Debbie Gray, Managing Director of Genesius Pictures says: “Delighted to be partnering once more with the staff at Sky Cinema on our adaptation of Matt Haig’s great novel The Radleys. An thrilling script to provide and a novel black comedy beneath Euros Lyn’s good course.”