Sexy Beast (TV series)

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Sexy Beast
Genre Crime drama
Based on
Sexy Beast
by
Developed byMichael Caleo
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Michael Caleo
  • Nicole Clemens
  • Antony Smith
  • Michael Scheel
  • Juan Acosta
  • Alastair Galbraith
  • David Caffrey
  • Louis Mellis
  • David Scinto
  • Daniel O'Hara
  • Sophie Gardiner
  • Rupert Ryle-Hodgesare
ProducerJames Levison
Production companies
Original release
Network Paramount+
Release25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)

Sexy Beast is a British crime drama television series developed by Michael Caleo that premiered on Paramount+ on 25 January 2024. It is a prequel of the 2000 film of the same name.

Contents

Synopsis

It traces the relationship between best friends and thieves Gal Dove and Don Logan, who together become involved in London's criminal world during the 1990s. Gal begins a romance with the seductively alluring adult film star Deedee, which proves to be a dangerous endeavour. [1]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten by [2] Original release date [3]
1"More"Michael CaleoMichael Caleo, Louis Mellis, David Scinto25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)
2"Donny Donny Donny"Michael CaleoMichael Caleo, Louis Mellis, David Scinto25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)
3"Won't Soon Forget This"Michael CaleoMichael Caleo, Ed McCardie, Jennifer Cacicio25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)
4"Always Wanted to See That Place"David CaffreyMichael Caleo, Lee Patterson, Louis Mellis1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
5"Trouble Is Real"Alex EslamMichael Caleo, Louis Mellis, David Scinto8 February 2024 (2024-02-08)
6"The Stag"Alex EslamMichael Caleo, Ollie Masters, Juliet Lashinsky-Revene15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)
7"You and Me"Stephen MoyerAlastair Galbraith, Michael Caleo, Tony Hamilton Shannon22 February 2024 (2024-02-22)
8"Think of the Money"Stephen MoyerMichael Caleo, Louis Mellis, David Scinto29 February 2024 (2024-02-29)

Production

Development

In August 2018, it was announced that a TV series prequel based on the original film, written, executive produced and showrun by Michael Caleo, would be made after Anonymous Content and Paramount Television acquired the TV rights. Louis Mellis and David Scinto, the writers of the original film, were also executive producing. [4]

Paramount Network ordered a 10-episode season in July 2019, with Keith Cox and Lauren Ruggiero executive producing for Paramount Network and Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay and Karyn Kusama coming on as executive producers, Kusama as director also, through their Familystyle company. [5]

The series was scrapped a year later in July 2020 by Paramount Network, allegedly because of budget cuts after the CBS–Viacom merger but with plans in mind to shop the series to another place. [6] The series was eventually revived at Paramount+, with Train a Comin' Productions, Familystyle, Solas Mind, Anonymous Content, AC Chapter One and Paramount Television International Studios now producing instead of Paramount Television Studios. [7]

Casting

In August 2022, it was reported that James McArdle, Emun Elliott, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Moyer and Sarah Greene were all part of the main cast as Gal Dove, Don Logan, Cecilia, Teddy Bass and Deedee Harrison respectively. Eliza Bennett, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Peter Ferdinando, John Dagleish, Robbie Gee, Paul Kaye, Lex Shrapnel, Cally Lawrence, David Kennedy, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ralph Brown, Nitin Ganatra and Alice Bailey Johnson were all also cast in additional roles. [8]

Filming

Set in 20th-century London, exterior filming has been in Liverpool. [9]

Release

On 4 December 2023, it was announced, together with first look photos, that the series would be released on 25 January 2024. [10]

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