PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS FANTASY THRILLER MYSTERY SERIES WITH KEELEY HAWES & MAX BEESLEY STARTING THIS JUNE

  THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS  

WILL UNSETTLE YOU THIS JUNE

The mystery starts June 2nd on Sky

Believe it or not June is almost upon us and the first major premiere of the upcoming month will be THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS seven episode fantasy thriller series which arrives to Sky Max and their streamer NOW June 2nd as a modern day reimagining of John Wyndham's sci-fi classic with Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley in the lead roles. It is an unnerving fable for our turbulent times, a thrilling, strange and at times horrifying journey into parenthood, which lays bare any parent’s worst fear: that the thing most precious to us – a child – might desire our destruction! You can check out the creepy trailer below and tell us what you think.

WHAT IS THE MYSTERY ABOUT?

 Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by nuclear families and affluent streets. A place where nothing

The series will air in seven episodes

much happens – that is until the twilight hours of a summer’s day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. And nobody can understand why. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality - except every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As news spreads and tensions simmer, it is up to gifted psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby to help support those affected through the emotional wilderness. Susannah’s own daughter Cassie has fallen pregnant and harbours deep concerns about who, or what, is behind this phenomenon. Local officer DCI Paul Haynes is tasked with maintaining order but unbeknownst to them all, a terrifying force is building in the comfortable streets of Midwich. These children – potential parasites - flourish under the very love and care that their families give them. Who are these children? And what do they want?

BREAKING NEWS: CREEPY FIRST TRAILER FOR SKY'S THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS FANTASY MYSTERY SERIES IS HERE WITH KEELEY HAWES, MAX BEESLEY AND THE RISING THRILLER SERIES WITH MATTHEW MCNULTY

  THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS  

1ST TV SERIES TRAILER IS HERE

Sky has just sent us the first trailer for their new mystery fantasy series THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS which will air sometime this summer starring Keeley Hawes! Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by nuclear families and affluent high streets. A place

The series is based on a popular classic sf novel

where nothing much happens and for a very good reason. That is until the twilight hours of a summer’s day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. And nobody can understand

Keeley Hawes plays the lead role in the new series

why. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality - except every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As news spreads and tensions simmer, it is up to gifted psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Hawes) to

Max Beesley also stars in Midwich Cuckoos

help support those affected through the emotional wilderness. Susannah’s own daughter, Cassie, has fallen pregnant and harbours deep concerns about who, or what, is behind this phenomenon. Local officer DCI Paul Kirby (Max Beesley) is tasked with maintaining order but unbeknownst to them all, a

Midwich Cuckoos will be a four episode drama

terrifying force is building in the comfortable streets of Midwich. These children, potential parasites, flourish under the very love and care that their families give them. Who are these children? And what do they want?

 

  THE RISING TRAILER  

FOR SKY'S NEW TV SERIES

Sky has also released a trailer for another of their new series THE RISING starring Matthew McNulty! Neve Kelly (Clara Rugaard) is dead. Understandably, she’s scared and confused by this new (non) existence, but

The Rising is arriving this March with eight episodes

moreover, when she realises she has been murdered, she’s furious. Determined to find her killer and get justice, she takes advantage of her new supernatural abilities to go where the police can’t and investigate her own

Matthew McNulty and Solly McLeod are also in the cast

death. In doing so, she uncovers deeply buried secrets and is forced to re-examine everything about her life and the people she cared about. The series arrives this March.

KEELEY HAWES, MAX BEESLEY TO LEAD MIDWICH CUCKOOS SF CLASSIC TV SERIES ADAPTATION FOR SKY! 1ST EMMA MACKEY PHOTO AS EMILY BRONTE, OLIVER JACKSON COHEN JOINS CAST

 THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS CASTS 

KEELEY HAWES & MAX BEESLEY AS LEADS OF THE SF SERIES

Joyful news indeed as our dearest Keeley Hawes is returning to the small screens as the lead in Sky's eight episode adaptation of THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS

Keeley Hawes will take the lead role

sf novel by John Wyndham. Max Beesley will co star! To shoot next month, it is set in Midwich, a small English commuter town that is liberal and aspirational, populated by nuclear families and affluent high streets. A place where nothing much happens – and for a very good reason. That is until the twilight hours of a summer’s day when a sleepy corner of Midwich is plunged into panic. People pass out on their feet without warning, without reason. Anyone who tries to enter meets the same fate. And nobody can understand why. When the mysterious blackout is lifted, life for those affected returns to apparent normality – except every woman of child bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As news spreads and tensions simmer, it is up to gifted

Max Beesley will play the cop in the series

psychotherapist Dr Susannah Zellaby (Hawes) to help support those affected through the emotional wilderness. Susannah’s own daughter, Cassie, has fallen pregnant and harbours deep concerns about who, or what, is behind this phenomenon. Local officer DCI Paul Kirby (Beesley) is tasked with maintaining order but unbeknownst to them all, a terrifying force is building in the comfortable streets of Midwich. These children – potential parasites – flourish under the very love and care that their families give them. Who are these children? And what do they want? Aisling Loftus, Ukweli Roach, Synnøve Karlsen, Lara Rossi, Lewis Reeves, Rebekah Staton and Anneika Rose also star.

 FIRST LOOK AT EMMA MACKEY 

IN EMILY BRONTE DRAMA MOVIE

In other news from UK, Frances O'Connor has unveiled the first photo from her directorial debut EMILY in which Emma Mackey is playing the author of the famous Wuthering Heights. Emily Beecham and Joe Alwyn

First look at Emma Mackey in Emily which is currently shooting

are no longer in the cast, but their places have been filled by Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Amelia Gething, Gemma Jones and Adrian Dunbar! Oscar winning costume designer Michael O'Connor is doing the costumes.

SF FRIDAY: SKY TO TURN VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED NOVEL THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS INTO SF TV SERIES! AMAZON TO TURN FALLOUT VIDEO GAMES INTO EPIC TV SAGA

  'FALLOUT' GAME

TO BECOME AMAZON SERIES

If you love sf you already heard this piece of news yesterday, but here it is again: Amazon Prime will make a science fiction TV series out of popular video game FALLOUT! Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy will adapt the story where the future envisioned by Americans in the late

The iconic game has been sold in dozens of millions of copies around the world

1940s explodes upon itself through a nuclear war in 2077. In Fallout, the harshness of the wasteland is set against the previous generation’s utopian idea of a better world through nuclear energy. It is serious in tone, yet sprinkled with moments of ironic humour and B-movie-nuclear-fantasies.

  'MIDWICH CUCKOOS'

TO BECOME SKY'S SF SERIES

It will be an eight episode mini series

Speaking of science fiction series, Deadline reports that Sky is teaming up with The Night Manager writer David Farr on the eight episode TV series adaptation of John Wyndham’s sci-fi novel THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS which already served as an inspiration for classic Village of the Damned movies. John Wyndham (most famous for his novel The Day Of The Triffids) wrote this one back in 1957 setting the story in the sleepy English village of Midwich, where a strange sequence of events culminates in the community’s women falling pregnant with alien children with glowing eyes and otherworldly powers.