Sundance Now has picked up Domino Day, the BBC YA drama a few younger witch with extraordinary powers in modern-day England.
Following its UK launch on BBC Three earlier this 12 months and a powerful vital displaying, Domino Day will premiere within the U.S. this summer season on Sundance Now and AMC+.
Set and filmed in Manchester, UK, the supernatural six-parter stars the BAFTA–nominated Siena Kelly (Adult Material, Hit & Run) as Domino Day, a younger girl on all of the courting apps. A younger witch with extraordinary powers, Domino is desperately in search of a group who will help her perceive who she is, however she doesn’t have to look far as a coven of witches is already monitoring her each transfer, satisfied they should cease her earlier than her powers destroy everybody and every part round her.
“Domino Day was destined for Sundance Now,” mentioned Shannon Cooper, VP, Programming, Sundance Now. “With our audience’s deep love of wildly popular series such as A Discovery of Witches and our recent successful coven drama, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, Domino Day is in perfect company.”
Other UK sequence on Sundance Now embrace the likes of The Long Shadow and The Fall.
Domino Day is produced by Fremantle-owned The Responder indie Dancing Ledge and penned by up-and-coming scribe Lauren Sequeira. Opposite Kelly, forged contains Babirye Bukilwa as Sammie, Poppy Lee Friar as Geri, Alisha Bailey as Kat, Molly Harris as Jules, Sam Howard Sneyd as Silas and Percelle Ascott as Leon. The sequence additionally stars Lucy Cohu, Christopher Jeffers and Jonah Rzeskiewicz.
Individual episodes are written by Charlene James (A Discovery of Witches, The Rising) and Haleema Mirza (Secret Invasion). The sequence is directed by Eva Sigurdardottir (Good Night, Rainbow Party) and Nadira Amrani (Extraordinary, On The Edge), with Nick Pitt as producer. Executive producers are Sequeira with Laurence Bowen, Chris Carey and Elinor Day for Dancing Ledge and Lucy Richer and Ayela Butt for the BBC. Fremantle sells worldwide. The deal was brokered by Fremantle’s Shirley Bowers, SVP of U.S. Distribution, with Sundance’s Cooper.