Based on the best-selling books by C.J. Sansom. Starring Arthur Hughes, Anthony Boyle and Sean Bean
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London, U.K. (April 10, 2024) â Today, Arthur Hughes and Anthony Boyle announced the release date for upcoming Disney+ Original series, âShardlakeâ. The thrilling Tudor murder-mystery series based on the internationally popular novels by C.J. Sansom https://
Drenched in mystery, suspense and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in Sansomâs series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure, set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. Shardlakeâs sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery and it is now imperative for Cromwellâs own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery. He leaves Shardlake in no doubt that failure is not an option. Cromwell insists that he is accompanied by Jack Barak to Scarnsea, where the duo are met with hostility, suspicion and paranoia by the monks who fear for their future and will seemingly stop at nothing to preserve their order.
Arthur Hughes (âThen Barbara Met Alan”) plays Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, played by Sean Bean (âTimeâ) the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Anthony Boyle (âMasters of the Airâ) plays the cocky Jack Barak, who leaves Shardlake unsure of whether he is an assistant, or Cromwellâs spy.
The series also stars Babou Ceesay as Abbot Fabian, Paul Kaye as Brother Jerome, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer, Peter Firth as Norfolk, Matthew Steer as Goodhap, Brian Vernel as Brother Mortimus, Irfan Shamji as Brother Guy, David Pearse as Brother Edwig, Miles Barrow as Brother Gabriel, Mike Noble as Bugge and Kimberley Nixon as Joan.
âShardlakeâ is written by Stephen Butchard (âThe Good Mothersâ). The series is executive produced by George Ormond and Mark Pybus for The Forge (a Banijay UK company) and Stevie Lee for Runaway Fridge. The series was commissioned by Lee Mason for Disney+, with Jonny Richards serving as executive producer for Disney+. Justin Chadwick (âThe Other Boleyn Girlâ) has directed the series with John Griffin as producer.
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ABOUT THE FORGE
The Forge (a Banijay UK Company) is a UK based drama production company with an unrivalled reputation for high quality, ambitious and influential TV drama, working in collaboration with the UKâs leading and emerging creative talent. The company has produced a wide range of award-winning dramas including Jack Thorneâs âNational Treasureâ starring Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters, âHelpâ starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, David Hareâs âCollateralâ and âRoadkillâ, starring Carey Mulligan and Hugh Laurie respectively and Anya Reissâs âBecoming Elizabethâ for Starz in the US. Most recently, The Forge produced major 8-part series âThe Buccaneersâ for Apple TV+, which launched globally in 2023. Created and written by Katherine Jakeways, the acclaimed series starred Kristine Frøseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah, Aubri Ibrag, Imogen Waterhouse, Mia Threapleton and Emmy Award winner Christina Hendricks. The Forge currently has multiple, high profile new titles for both linear and SVOD platforms in production, including season 2 of âThe Buccaneersâ for Apple TV+; âGeneration Zâ, a six-part series and the first original TV project from Ben Wheatley for Channel 4 and âWe Go Againâ (working title), a six-part series from award-winning writer Janice Okoh for BBC Three.
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