Michael Sheen makes his tv directorial debut with a drama a couple of civil rebellion in a small industrial city. 

Up to date 15/05/23: The BBC have launched forged particulars for The Means.

After asserting it in February, the BBC have now revealed casting as The Means begins filming in Port Talbot.

The drama tells the story of an bizarre household caught up in a rare chain of occasions that ripple out from their house city.

The central Driscoll household are performed by Steffan Rhodri, Mali Harries, Sophie Melville and Callum Scott Howells Plus, Michael Sheen himself and Maja Laskowska, who joins them as a younger girls caught up within the household’s escape.

Luke Evans stars as Hogwood, a mercenary in pursuit of the Driscolls, with Tom Cullen, Danny Sapani, Mark Lewis Jones, Paul Rhys, Erin Richards, Aneurin Barnard, Catherine Ayers, Jonathan Nefydd, Matthew Aubrey and Andria Doherty all taking part in key roles throughout the sequence.

Moreover, youngster actor Teilo James Le Masurier will make his display screen debut as Rhys, the Driscoll’s four-year-old grandson.

Director, co-creator and government producer Michael Sheen says:

“I really feel very fortunate to get to work on daily basis with these phenomenal actors. We’ve all the time had a lot appearing expertise right here in Wales and I’m very grateful to have the chance to inform this extraordinary story with the easiest at work at the moment.”

We’ll hold you posted on The Means.

Authentic article (of 20/02/23) follows…

Michael Sheen and James Graham be part of forces for The Means

The BBC have introduced an thrilling new drama from a captivating triumvirate of creatives; The Means comes from Michael Sheen, James Graham (Sherwood, Quiz) and Adam Curtis (The Energy Of Nightmares, HyperNormalisation.)

The story guarantees to faucet into the social and political chaos of at the moment’s world, imagining a civil rebellion which begins in a small industrial city.

Right here’s the premise:

Meet the Driscolls – an bizarre household, in a rare story of life, dying and survival. Caught in a series of occasions and energy struggles that ripple out unleashing civil unrest, they’re pressured to flee the nation they’ve all the time known as house and the certainties of their outdated lives.

Will they be overwhelmed by their reminiscences of the previous, or will the Driscolls lay their ghosts to relaxation and take the chance of an unknown future?

The Means is an emotional and darkly humorous story about what it means to be confronted with not possible decisions.

The creatives of The Means

Director Michael Sheen says:

“I’m such an admirer of Adam and James’ work, so to create this mission with them in these extraordinary occasions has been thrilling. I’m so excited to be telling this world story by way of the prism of my hometown and its neighborhood as we dig into the rollercoaster journey of our latest previous and the mysterious depths that lay beneath.”

Author James Graham provides:

“Working with Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis on constructing this story has been a type of “pinch-me” moments within the lifetime of a author. To inform a narrative set in Michael’s house neighborhood, and tapping into all of the political and social themes of the second – strikes, division, chaos and a lack of management – all whereas infusing it, we hope, with humour, magic and creativeness has been probably the most creatively satisfying expertise.”

Co-creator Adam Curtis says:

“This can be a actually well timed option to study one of many nice puzzles of this second – why is it so exhausting to think about a greater, and even simply totally different, sort of future for this nation? What’s holding us again? I can’t consider two extra wonderful individuals to try this with than James and Michael.”

A ardour mission

Bethan Jones, government producer for Pink Seam, says:

“The event of The Means has been a singular course of – from the unique thought and idea offered by Michael to the challenges of exploring the authenticity of the story with Adam, and the enjoyment of seeing all of it introduced collectively by James by way of sensible characters and storytelling. It’s been a ardour mission for us all for a while and it’s very thrilling to lastly be making it with our sensible manufacturing crew and Little Door Productions’ invaluable assist.”

The Means movies in and round Port Talbot later this yr. The three-part drama comes from Wales-based firm Pink Seam, in affiliation with Little Door Productions.

The sequence’ producer is Derek Ritchie (The Seize, Physician Who.) Sheen, Graham, Curtis and Bethan Jones all government produce, with Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC.

We’ll hold you posted on The Means.