Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked, Jonny Lee Miller, Sheldon Shepherd and Bel Powley will star in a brand new Sky Authentic thriller Inheritance.
From writer-actor Karla Crome (Am I Being Unreasonable, Carnival Row) and set in Bristol, U.Okay. and Jamaica, Inheritance is a five-part restricted occasion sequence directed by Storm Saulter (Higher Mus’ Come, Sprinter) and produced by Snowed-In Productions in affiliation with Sky Studios.
Claudia (Mbatha-Uncooked), an formidable younger lawyer, embarks on a journey to Jamaica to problem an inheritance declare filed by an unknown native resident, Cudjoe East (Shepherd), towards Oliver Connaught (Lee Miller), a rich white aristocrat.
Her quest takes an sudden flip when the contested property reveals the ominous home that has haunted her nightmares: the Connaught household’s Jamaican plantation, Hope Hill. As Claudia and Oliver examine, they uncover a chilling connection between historic horrors and present-day injustices. Inheritance is pegged as “an formidable genre-bending sequence that boldly confronts the enduring legacy of colonialism, marrying shadowy intrigue with the pulsating vitality of the Caribbean.”
Alongside the principle solid additionally stars Nadean Rawlins (Bob Marley: One Love, Sprinter) as Mercy, Sean Gilder (Mary & George, Gradual Horses) as Tom McKenzie, Olunike Adeliyi (The Fireplace Inside, Mike) as Patsy Dawkins, Richard Dillane (Wolf Corridor, The Crown) as Eugene Desfrienes, Diveen Henry (The Day of the Jackal, Manhunt) as Flora, Jack Bandeira (Glad Valley, Black Mirror) as Kenneth Connaught and Shantol Jackson (Sprinter, Yardie) as Sarah.
“I really feel humbled to be working with such a superb group each right here and in Jamaica,” Karla Crome mentioned. “It’s a privilege to see Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked, Jonny Lee Miller, Sheldon Shepherd and Bel Powley bringing my characters to life beneath Storm Saulter’s evocative path and I can’t wait to share our work with audiences.”
Inheritance is produced by Snowed-In in affiliation with Sky Studios. Govt producers are Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jenny van der Lande, Neil Blair, Karla Crome, Storm Saulter, Sam Hoyle, Serena Thompson, Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked and Jonny Lee Miller. The event producer is Roxanne Harvey and the sequence producer is Kate Ogborn.
The sequence will likely be out there on Sky within the U.Okay. and Eire. NBCUniversal World TV Distribution will deal with worldwide gross sales of the sequence.
