EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is transferring into the up to date UK thriller house with the greenlight of a collection primarily based on Alex Dahl’s parents-worst-nightmare novel Playdate.
The Energy of the Canine and It’s a Sin producers Tanya Seghatchian, John Woodward and Nicola Shindler are combining to provide the five-parter, which comes from the embellished trio’s Brightstar and Quay Road Productions and can begin filming within the UK and France over the summer season. Palme d’Or nominee Eva Husson is directing and Hijack’s Catherine Moulton is writing. Casting is but to be introduced.
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In Playdate, a seemingly extraordinary choice turns the world of Elisa, mum to 2 younger children, the other way up. When Elisa’s nine-year-old daughter asks to go on an in a single day playdate along with her new greatest good friend, Elisa agrees. However when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no concept that she is about to be thrust into each mother or father’s worst nightmare, and when Elisa goes to select her up, she discovers that the attractive home was a vacation rental, whereas her daughter has disappeared. What follows is a manhunt throughout Europe, whereas Elisa and husband Fred discover themselves the article of police scrutiny.
Playdate is American/Norwegian writer Dahl’s (no relation to Roald Dahl) fourth novel. It marks a transfer for Disney+ into the mainstream UK up to date thriller house, having to date primarily greenlit irreverent items resembling Extraordinary from Killing Eve indie Sid Light and comedy-drama Marriage ceremony Season, with high-profile bets A Thousand Blows and Sally Wainwright’s The Ballad of Renegade Nell nonetheless to launch. Final week, Disney+ ordered a factual drama from Philomena’s Jeff Pope about Jean Charles de Menezes, the harmless Brazillian nationwide shot within the UK as police hunted down a bunch of terrorists.
Shindler stated Playdate “tells the story of fascinating, relatable and complex women in a situation that is any parent’s worst nightmare,” whereas Brightstar’s Seghatchian and Woodward described it as a “very rare beast – a thriller that combines beautifully crafted edge-of-the-seat suspense with unexpected plot twists and truly powerful drama.”
Johanna Devereaux, VP of Scripted Content material for Disney+ EMEA, added: “Playdate is a brilliantly twisty thriller with a terrifying, instantly relatable hook. We are very proud to be working with celebrated producers, a visionary director Eva Husson and rising star writer on this must-see thriller.”
The collection is EP’d by Shindler, Seghatchian, Woodward, Deveraux, Dahl, Husson and Moulton. James Dean (Higher) will produce alongside Husson who will direct all episodes.
