{"id":69192,"date":"2023-09-20T08:59:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T08:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=69192"},"modified":"2023-09-20T08:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T08:59:28","slug":"vicky-mcclure-set-as-lead-for-paramount-uk-drama-insomnia-from-the-crown-producer-left-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/vicky-mcclure-set-as-lead-for-paramount-uk-drama-insomnia-from-the-crown-producer-left-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicky McClure Set As Lead For Paramount+ UK Drama ‘Insomnia’ From ‘The Crown’ Producer Left Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
Line of Duty<\/em> star Vicky McClure is to lead the cast of Paramount+ UK drama Insomnia.<\/em><\/p>\n We first revealed details of the Left Bank Pictures series, an adaptation of Sarah Pinborough’s sleep deprivation thriller novel, back in March and casting has now been revealed ahead of a planned 2024 launch. Furthermore, McClure’s production company Build Your Own Films has joined the production.<\/p>\n Also cast are Tom Cullen, Leanne Best, Lyndsey Marshal, Dominic Tighe, Jade Harrison, Corinna Marlowe, Robert Gilbert, Michelle Bonnard, India Fowler and Smylie Bradwell.<\/p>\n Acquisitions<\/span><\/p>\n Breaking News<\/span><\/p>\n It has also emerged Börkur Sigthorsson (The Midwich Cuckoos, Baptiste<\/em>) will direct Insomnia<\/em> and joins Andy Harries, Jessica Burdett, Tim Bricknell and Pinborough as executive producer.<\/p>\n McClure will play successful career woman Emma Averill, who fears she might be losing her mind, when her hard-won dream life starts to turn into a nightmare. A couple of weeks before her fortieth birthday Emma stops sleeping — just as her mother had done right before she suffered a violent psychotic breakdown on the night of her own fortieth birthday. <\/p>\n McClure is known for her role in BBC cop drama hit Line of Duty<\/em>, ITV’s bomb disposal thriller Trigger Point<\/em> and Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 show This Is England<\/em>.<\/p>\n Cullen (The Gold<\/em>) will play Emma’s loving husband Robert, while Smylie Bradwell (Wisting<\/em>) and India Fowler (The Nevers<\/em>) play Will and Chloe, Emma and Tom’s children. Leanne Best (Bolan’s Shoes<\/em>) is Emma’s estranged sister Phoebe, and Corinna Marlowe (Hysteria) is Emma’s mother Patricia. <\/p>\n “Myself and BYO Films are really excited to be working alongide Left Bank on Insomnia<\/em>,” said McClure. “It’s a very different role for me. Sarah Pinborough has written such an exciting script. We have a fantastic cast, crew and production team all set for a very fulfilling few months ahead.”<\/p>\n Charlotte Essex serves as producer. Pinborough is the writer, adapting her novel for screen. Left Banks producing in association with All3Media-backed BYO Films and Sony Pictures Television will distribute the series internationally.<\/p>\n The show forms part of Paramount+’s global strategy to commission 150 international originals by 2025, and joins UK originals such as A Gentleman in Moscow<\/em>, The Castaways<\/em> and The Killing Kind<\/em>, which launches earlier this month.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nRelated Stories<\/h3>\n
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