With its premiere set for later this month, Paramount+ has shared a trailer and promotional images for Sexy Beast, the upcoming prequel series to Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 crime thriller. Starring James McArdle and Emun Elliott in the roles of Gal and Don, played by Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley in the original film, the Sexy […]
Paramount Network scraps plans for Sexy Beast prequel series
Having granted a 10-episode straight-to-series order to the project last year, Variety is reporting that Paramount Network has now scrapped its plans for a TV series prequel to the 2000 crime drama Sexy Beast. According to the trade, the series was still in the scripting stage and has been axed due to budget cuts following […]
A Turn of the Century Cockney Gangster Double Bill
Tom Jolliffe double bills two cockney gangster films from the turn of the century in The Limey and Sexy Beast… Toward the end of the last century, leading into the new one, the British gangster film really seemed to take off again. We saw the emergence of a number of significant exponents of the genre, […]
Sexy Beast TV prequel gets a series order
Back in August of last year it was revealed that a TV prequel to the cult 2000 British gangster film Sexy Beast was in development at Anonymous Content and Paramount Television, and now comes word from Deadline that the project has received a series order from Paramount Network. The series, created by Michael Caleo (The […]
Sexy Beast prequel TV series is in development
Director Jonathan Glazer’s cult 2000 crime film Sexy Beast looks to be heading to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that Anonymous Content and Paramount Television are working on a TV prequel series. The potential series is being written by Michael Caleo (The Sopranos, Rescue Me) and is set to explore the origins of Gal […]
