Threads reboot confirmed as Adolescence team adapts cult hit for TV

‘Adolescence’ Director Philip Barantini’s Production Outfit Sells Minority Stake To Avalon

Starstruck producer-agency Avalon has taken a minority stake in the production outfit co-run by Adolescence director Philip Barantini. It’s All Made Up Productions joins the Avalon stable and has plans to open an office in Barantini’s home town of Liverpool, we revealed last year, with a number of projects in development. Avalon, which produces Starstruck and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and reps the likes of Rose Matafeo, Rob Delaney an…

Grim UK nuclear war classic Threads to be revived as new series

Threads was a grim post-apocalyptic psuedo-documentary about life in Britain during and after a nuclear war in 1984. Famed for its unbelievable bleakness and terrifying set-pieces, it is to be revived as a TV drama by the talents behind hit Netflix drama Adolescence and the BBC's Reunion. — Read the rest The post Grim UK nuclear war classic Threads to be revived as new series appeared first on Boing Boing.

‘Adolescence’ Director Philip Barantini Sells Stake of Production Company to Avalon

Philip Barantini, the multi-award-winning director of the 2019 film “Boiling Point” and recent Netflix smash hit drama “Adolescence,” alongside his long-time collaborator and co-executive producer Samantha Beddoe, have sold a minority stake in their production company It’s All Made Up Productions, to Avalon. The partnership, which began discussions last year, sees the emerging indie align with the British talent management and independent prod…

Threads: A look back at 1980s nuclear drama that terrified a generation as team behind Adolescence announce remake

A film which has been branded one of the most terrifying to ever be broadcast on television set being remade for a modern audience.

Adolescence team announce ‘harrowing’ new TV adaptation of acclaimed war film

‘Threads’ was the first film to ever depict what a nuclear winter would actually look like

Adolescence team to remake Threads nuclear attack epic

Sheffield-based Warp Films firm plans to turn the 1984 movie Threads into a TV series, it says.