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ITV has released the official trailer for the new psychological thriller, ‘Playing Nice,’ starring James Norton and Niamh Algar.

Adapted from the best-selling novel by British thriller author Jp Delaney the series is set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first, it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play. How far can each couple trust the real parents of their child – or even each other? As Pete and Maddie are stretched to breaking point, they realise...

A parents’ nightmare is captured via new ITV, Studiocanal and Rabbit Track series Playing Nice starring James Norton and Niamh Algar, and you can view the trailer above.

In Playing Nice, Norton and Algar are doting parents Pete and Maddie. They then discover their toddler was switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face a horrifying dilemma. Living a waking nightmare, they are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play.

Based on the Jp Delaney novel and adapted by Grace Ofori-Attah, Playing Nice was one of Studiocanal’s big sells at MIPCOM and comes from Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Banijay-backed Rabbit Track Pictures. The Happy Valley star spoke to us a few weeks back about the project,...

It looks like Sex Education star Asa Butterfield isn't quite done with Netflix just yet, seeing as though he's set to star in an upcoming Netflix thriller series titled Out of the Dust. More on his casting and the show below.

Butterfield is best known for starring in the lead role of Otis Milburn in the Netflix teen series Sex Education. He also had roles in the movies The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Then Came You, Your Christmas or Mine?, All Fun and Games and Your Christmas or Mine 2. His next project, other than Out of the Dust, is an upcoming animated sci-fi film called Rogue Trooper. Besides Sex Education, he has starred in one other Netflix project, the horror-thriller film Choose or Die.

Now that it's been announced that he'll be in Out of the Dust, this marks his second Netflix series and his third Netflix project overall.

Asa Butterfield (“Sex Education”), Molly Windsor (“Three Girls”), Fra Fee (“Hawkeye”), Siobhan Finneran (“Time”) and Christopher Eccleston (“True Detective”) will lead the cast of “Out of the Dust,” a new Netflix series from “Intergalactic” writer Julie Gearey.

A psychological thriller set in a conservative Christian sect, “Out of the Dust” follows the story of Rosie (Windsor), a dutiful wife and mother who is set on a dangerous path of emancipation and sexual awakening when she has an encounter with Sam (Fee), an escaped convict.

Butterfield plays Adam, Finneran will play Mrs Phillips and Eccleston joins as Mr Phillps in the six-part series from Double Dutch Productions, part of Banijay U.K .

“Rosie lives with her husband Adam and daughter in a cloistered Christian community,” reads the synopsis. “The fateful arrival of escaped prisoner Sam into her life, reveals the reality and restraints of her world; perhaps this hidden religious community...

Sundance Now has picked up Domino Day, the BBC YA drama about a young witch with extraordinary powers in modern-day England.

Following its UK launch on BBC Three earlier this year and a strong critical showing, Domino Day will premiere in the U.S. this summer 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 young woman on all the dating apps. A young witch with extraordinary powers, Domino is desperately seeking a community who can help her understand who she is, but she doesn’t need to look far as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move, convinced they have to stop her before her powers destroy everyone and everything around her.

“Domino Day was destined for Sundance Now,” said Shannon Cooper, VP, Programming, Sundance Now. “With...

The BBC has launched the electrifying first trailer and striking new images for the upcoming modern-day witchcraft drama ‘Domino Day,’ created and written by the BAFTA-nominated Lauren Sequeira.

The 6 episode new series is set and filmed in Manchester and stars the BAFTA-nominated Siena Kelly (Adult Material, Hit & Run) as Domino Day, a young woman on all the dating apps. But Domino isn’t swiping to find her soulmate – she’s swiping to hunt.

A young witch with extraordinary powers, Domino is desperately seeking a community that can help her understand who she is. Still, she doesn’t need to look far, as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move, convinced they have to stop her before her powers destroy everyone and everything around her.

When a dangerous figure from Domino’s past comes back to haunt her, will it be a fresh start for them all, or a final showdown?...

Exclusive: Happy Valley actor James Norton has been set to lead an ITV and StudioCanal adaptation of Jp Delaney’s bestselling novel Playing Nice.

Norton will star in the four-part limited series alongside Niamh Algar (Mary and George), James McArdle (Mare of Easttown), and Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey).

Norton, a BAFTA nominee who has been tipped to play James Bond, also serves as executive producer on Playing Nice through his Banijay-backed production outfit Rabbit Track Pictures.

Based on the book of the same name, the series follows two couples who discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up.

Set against the sweeping backdrop of Cornwall, they face an agonizing dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

Pete (Norton) and Maddie (Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple: Miles (McArdle) and Lucy (Brown Findlay). All four agree a solution,...

Exclusive: Boiling Point actor Ray Panthaki and producer Daniel Khalili have acquired rights to journalist Nick Pitt’s sports biography The Paddy & The Prince as they continue work on their previously announced biopic of former boxer Naseem Hamed.

The duo acquired the book through their new film company Le Bateau Lavoir. The biography charts the relationship between Hamed and his mentor, Brendan Ingle, in intimate detail from 1981 when a seven-year-old Hamed walked into Ingles’s gym, located in an old church hall in Sheffield. The book recounts their story, tracking their turbulent progress from that day on.

Panthaki and Khalili’s currently untitled film project will be scripted by veteran screenwriter Martin Stellman (Quadrophenia), with production scheduled to begin early next year. Hamed is said to have a buy-in on the film.

“Having Naz on board the project was one thing, but it became abundantly clear during the writing process...

Line Of Duty and Three Girls also score multiple nods.

Netflix dramas The Crown and Black Mirror lead the nominations for the 2018 Baftas TV Awards.

The shows, along with the BBC’s Line Of Duty and Three Girls, have three nods each.

The Crown and Line Of Duty will compete in the best drama category with Peaky Blinders and The End Of The F***ing World.

Claire Foy is once again nominated for best actress, with her co-star Vanessa Kirby up for best supporting actress. Both have been recast (with Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter) for series 3.

Joe Cole...

Line Of Duty and Three Girls also score multiple nods.

Netflix dramas The Crown and Black Mirror lead the nominations for the 2018 TV Baftas.

The shows, along with the BBC’s Line Of Duty and Three Girls, have three nods each.

The Crown and Line Of Duty will compete in the best drama category with Peaky Blinders and The End Of The F***ing World.

Claire Foy is once again nominated for best actress, with her co-star Vanessa Kirby up for best supporting actress. Both have been recast (with Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter) for series 3.

Joe Cole earned...

Born To Kill

Closing Date For Submission – 23Rd March 2016

Written by Tracey Malone & Kate Ashfield.

Born to Kill is a 4 part thriller about a 15 year old boy called Sam whose fallen in love with a new girl at school Chrissy But Sam is hiding something…..psychopathic urges. This series will have its audience on the edge of their seats, and question how we can like someone so much when we know what he is capable of.

Production Co: World Productions For Channel 4

Exec Producer : Jake Lushington

Director: Bruce Goodison

Producer : Nick Pitt

Shooting Location : Cardiff

New Overall Shoot Dates : 4th June – 14th August 2016

Casting Details – The majority of first round auditions, workshops and all the recalls will be in London, but we will also be coming to other cities including Cardiff, Nottingham and Manchester.

Please email recent photo (just one) and a CV if you have one to office@danieledwardscasting.

Casting Director Daniel Edwards is currently casting for three teenage roles in a new Channel 4 drama Born To Kill.

Written by Tracey Malone & Kate Ashfield, Born to Kill is a 4 part thriller about a 15 year old boy called Sam whose fallen in love with a new girl at school Chrissy. But Sam is hiding something…..psychopathic urges.

This series will have its audience on the edge of their seats, both terrifying and heart breaking as we watch Sam’s journey and question how we can like someone so much when we know what he is capable of.

Production Co: World Productions For Channel 4

Exec Producer : Jake Lushington

Director: Tbc

Producer : Nick Pitt

Shooting Location : Cardiff

Overall Shoot Dates : 9th May – 17th July 2016

Casting Details – The majority of first round auditions, workshops and all the recalls will be in London, but we will also be...

The drama about the last days of mankind will begin filming in late January

NBC’s upcoming dramedy “Apocalypse” has cast Rob Lowe for its lead.

Lowe, who will play the rebellious priest Father Jude, will be joined by Megan Mullally, Jenna Fischer, Matthew Baynton, Paterson Joseph and Joel Fry.

The 10-episode series follows an extended family whose lives intersect during the last days of mankind on Earth.

See photos: Rob Lowe Is ‘Killing Kennedy': 10 Other Actors Who Played JFK

NBC describes the series as:

A bold, adrenaline-fueled series. Set against a backdrop of apocalyptic chaos, the story follows...

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