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Netflix has introduced when its “steamy” new British thriller collection Obsession shall be dropping on the service globally. Here’s every thing it is advisable know.
The new miniseries, described as an erotic thriller, shall be directed by the duo Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa (Ordinary Love, Good Vibrations) with Morgan Lloyd-Malcolm and Benji Walters behind the scripts.
First introduced as Damage, the undertaking has now been renamed and is now listed as Obsession. It was first introduced in March 2022 throughout a Netflix UK occasion in London, with the undertaking coming from Guamont UK and Moonage Pictures.
Moonage Pictures Matthew Read, Frith Tiplady, and Gaumont’s Alison Jackson are govt producers, whereas veteran Gina Carter produces the collection.
The new collection adapts the Josephine Hart 1991 novel of the identical identify, beforehand tailored right into a live-action function movie from Warner Bros. in 1992 that starred Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche.
The collection is predicted to have three or 4 hour-long episodes, making the entire runtime akin to an extended theatrical film. It was filmed in London, UK, between April and June 2022.
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What’s Obsession on Netflix about?
Netflix’s official synopsis for the collection is as follows:
“A respected London surgeon’s affair with his son’s fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.”
Variety expanded across the time of the present’s preliminary announcement saying (edited for brevity):
“Armitage will play William, a health care provider who embarks on a passionate affair along with his soon-to-be daughter in legislation, Anna.
Anna is already engaged to William’s son Martyn. She fights to maintain each relationships alive – one with Martyn and one with William – however it’s inevitable that the reality will emerge and somebody goes to get harm.
In the meantime, William finds himself drawn into an obsessive spiral, unbeknown to his spouse Ingrid.”
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Who will star in Netflix’s Obsession Limited Series?
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Richard Armitage and Charlie Murphy had been the primary two names to be connected to the undertaking in March 2022. They’ll play William and Anna Barton, respectively.
Armitage is a Netflix common, at this level, mostly recognized for showing in a myriad of Harlan Coben diversifications. He’s additionally lately been connected to the upcoming one starring Michelle Keegan referred to as Fool Me Once.
Murphy is greatest recognized for her position on Peaky Blinders and most lately, in Paramount+’s Halo collection.
They had been later introduced to be joined by Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Ingrid, Rish Shah (Ms. Marvel, Emmerdale) as Jay Farrow, Pippa Bennett-Warner (Elden Ring, Gangs of London), who will play Peggy, Celine Arden (Bridgerton) as Mimi.
Rounding out the solid are:
- Isla Jackson-Ritchie
- Gregg Barnett
- Francesca Knight
- Letty Thomas
- Victor Pontecorvo
- Kerim Hassan
- Sonera Angel
When will Obsession launch on Netflix?
The full restricted collection shall be added to Netflix globally on April thirteenth, 2023.
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