Pictured: Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot for Bodkin
Netflix’s new darkish comedy collection, Bodkin, will premiere in May 2024. Here’s all the pieces we all know up to now concerning the collection, together with the solid, manufacturing schedule, synopsis, and extra.
As talked about, we first reported on the collection on May twenty fifth, 2022, giving a broad define of who’s concerned with the challenge and its function.
On Record was the working title title for the collection, though Netflix has formally locked down the title of Bodkin (Netflix code: 81423482) for the precise launch.
Here’s what the collection is about:
“BODKIN [On Record] is a darkly comedic thriller about a motely crew of pdcasters who set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic, coastal irish town. But once they start pulling threads, they discover a story much bigger and weirder than they could have ever imagined. As our heroes try to discern fact from fiction – about the case, about their colleagues, and, most painfully, themselves – the series challenges our perception of truth and exposes the stories we tell ourselves to justify our beliefs or validate our fears.”
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Who’s behind Bodkin on Netflix?
Jez Scharf will function the lead author for the collection and be a showrunner alongside Alex Metcalf. Scharf is maybe finest recognized for his writing on shorts, together with Mister Biscuits and The Undream. Metcalf has been concerned in a number of high-profile initiatives, together with serving as govt producer on The Loudest Voice and HBO’s Sharp Objects. He additionally served as co-producer on Kingdom, which got here to Netflix globally after being licensed for a set time period till May 2021.
Mike O’Leary additionally serves as a author on the challenge.
Pictured: Alex Metcalf and Tonia Davis
Tonia Davis from Higher Ground Productions serves as govt producer who has been concerned with Higher Ground’s Netflix output over the previous few years, together with credit on We The People, Waffles + Mochi, and Rustin.
Higher Ground Productions is the manufacturing firm run by Barack and Michelle Obama and is engaged on a suite of upcoming Netflix initiatives, with Bodkin marking their first important drama collection for the streamer.
Wild Atlantic Pictures and Wiip are the challenge manufacturing firms.
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Serving because the lead director on the challenge is Nash Edgerton, finest recognized for Gringo, The Square, and The Magician. Bronwen Hughes and Johnny Allan can even share directing duties. Cathal Watters serves as director of images.
Who’s starring in Netflix’s Bodkin collection?
Pictured: Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot and Chris Walley
Alongside the announcement on June seventeenth which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, we received phrase of the primary 5 casting additions for the challenge.
Will Forte (finest recognized for MacGruber and The Last Man on Earth) will play Gilbert Power, described as an “American podcaster on the hunt for his next big story. Originally from Chicago, Gilbert’s family emigrated from Cork and is hoping to discover his Irish roots.”
Siobhan Cullen (finest recognized for The Dry) is in an expert disaster because the collection kicks off. Her character, Dove, is described as “A hard-nosed investigative journalist with a fine-tuned bullshit detector and a healthy disdain for authority and hypocrisy.”
Robyn Cara (finest recognized for taking part in Kayla in Ackley Bridge) will play Emmy, the researcher on Gilbert’s podcast challenge answerable for ensuring issues run easily. However, Emmy is struggling to search out her personal voice.
David Wilmot (finest recognized for Anna Karenina and the Max collection Lies We Tell) performs Seamus Gallagher, a person who can activate the attraction when it serves his wants; nevertheless, he can simply as rapidly snap into outbursts of violence when he feels he’s being threatened.
Finally, rounding out the principle solid, we’ve Chris Walley (finest recognized for The Last Voyage of the Demeter) taking part in the function of Sean O’Shea, described as a neighborhood from the village of Bodkin and a typical Irish nation lad. He is also wrapped up in some fairly shady enterprise.
What’s on Netflix has additionally confirmed a number of the different recurring, essential, and visitor actors/actresses to characteristic:
- David Pearse (FBI: International) as Frank
- Clodagh Mooney Duggan (Red Election) as Mary
- Pano Masti (Payback) as Pablo
- Charlie Kelly (The Dublin Murders) as Fintan
- Peter Bankolé (Peaky Blinders) as Charles
- Seán Óg Cairns (Find Me In Paris) as Garda Eoin
- Amy Conroy (Holding) as Fagan
- Mary O’Driscol (Smother, The Visit) as Margaret
- Frank Melia (The General, Love & Friendship) as Colm
- Norma Sheahan (Primeval) as Dot
- Claire J Loy (The Gates) as Breeda Gleeson
- Sabine Timoteo
Pictures courtesy of actors respective businesses.
Where is Bodkin in manufacturing?
According to a number of manufacturing listings seen by What’s on Netflix, the challenge was as a result of start on June 27, 2022, and movie in Dublin and West Cork, Ireland.
For those that don’t know, West Cork is a distant a part of Ireland also known as one of many final bastions of “old Ireland.”
Southern Star in Ireland additionally reported that an open casting name was being held for the manufacturing on June 14th. They additionally cite that a number of the filming will probably be going down at will happen in Union Hall and likewise in Glandore for the seven-part up to date drama.
Production continued all through the remainder of the summer season of 2022 and wrapped sooner or later in November 2022.
We’ve received a number of the behind-the-scenes photos for a big scene that occurred at Union Hall in West Cork, Ireland. The sequence had massive crowd scenes filling the streets for a Halloween Carnival, with dancing witches, wolves, skeletons, and huge shifting mannequins.
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The collection was additionally talked about in Netflix’s surroundings report for 2022 for being “the first ever production in Ireland to use a hybrid generator and to use renewable diesel.”
When will Bodkin be launched on Netflix?
No official launch date has been introduced simply but for Bodkin, though Netflix did embody the title of their 90+ slate reveal for the brand new collection due out in 2024.
According to Paul Leonard-Morgan, nevertheless, the collection is due out in May 2024.
Thanks to my pretty Bodkin crew for the tip of season current! Feels bizarre engaged on an American Netflix present, shot in Ireland, soundtrack recorded in Scotland, and having my American submit staff write Sláinte! Coming in May to @netflix 🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸🎥🎬 #composerlife pic.twitter.com/TWD6UbuVXz
— Paul Leonard-Morgan (@PaulLeonardMorg) March 4, 2024
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