Netflix has released a first look at new crime drama, Adolescence, starring Stephen Graham and produced by Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B.
The four-part limited series is directed by Philip Barantini, with each episode being filmed in one continuous shot, holding focus on the main characters and the unparalleled drama as it unfolds in real time. Adolescence will arrive on Netflix in 2025.
Adolescence tells the story of how a family’s world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school. Stephen Graham will play Jamie’s father and ‘appropriate adult’, Eddie Miller. Ashley Walters stars as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, and Erin Doherty is Briony Ariston, the clinical psychologist assigned to Jamie’s case.
Adolescence reunites Stephen Graham and Philip Barantini, who previously collaborated on the feature Boiling Point, critically acclaimed for its one continuous shot. The series is created and written by Graham and multi-award winner Jack Thorne (The Swimmers, Joy). The Executive Producers are Mark Herbert and Emily Feller for Warp Films, Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions, Jack Thorne for One Shoe Films, Philip Barantini for It’s All Made Up Productions, and Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner and Nina Wolarsky for Plan B Entertainment. Carina Sposato (Plan B Entertainment) , Peter Balm and Niall Shamma (Warp Films) serve as Co-Executive Producers. The Producer is Jo Johnson.
Also starring in his first major role for television is Owen Cooper, alongside Faye Marsay (Game of Thrones), Christine Tremarco (The Responder), Mark Stanley (Happy Valley), Jo Hartley (After Life) and newcomer Amélie Pease. The series is produced by Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix.
Warp Films recently completed production of Reunion, a BBC-commissioned emotional thriller penned by deaf writer William Mager. Reunion follows Brennan, a deaf man on a journey of redemption, set and filmed in and around Sheffield. In addition, Adolescence, a four-part crime drama, will premiere exclusively on Netflix in 2025. The series brought together celebrated talents Stephen Graham, Philip Barantini, and Jack Thorne, offering a compelling real-time, one-shot viewing experience.
Matriarch Productions, founded by actors Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters, champions diversity and inclusivity within the entertainment industry. It produces both film and television projects offering opportunities for new and underrepresented talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Matriarch’s upcoming projects include Adolescence and A Thousand Blows.
Upcoming film projects from Plan B include Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17 for Warner Brothers Motion Pictures, RaMell Ross’s The Nickel Boys and Nia DaCosta’s Hedda Gabler for MGM’s Orion Pictures, as well as Wolfs from writer/director Jon Watts starring George Clooney & Brad Pitt, and Joseph Kosinski’s F1 racing film starring Pitt for Apple Studios. Upcoming television projects include a series order of Wytches for Amazon Prime.
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