E4 & Netflix Team for The End of The F***ing World

Filming begins today on The End of The F***ing World, a production for the U.K.’s E4 and Netflix.

The darkly comic road-trip tale is written by Charlie Covell (Banana, Burn, Burn, Burn and Gap Year) and produced by Clerkenwell Films (Misfits, Lovesick, Not Safe for Work and The Aliens) and Dominic Buchanan Productions. Based on the series of comic books by Charles Forsman, The End of the F***king World follows the dark and confusing lives of teen outsiders James (played by Alex Lawther, Black Mirror and The Imitation Game) and Alyssa (played by Jessica Barden, The Lobster, Ellen and Penny Dreadful) as they head out on a road trip to find Alyssa’s father, who left home when she was a child.

Filming begins today on the 8×30-minute series, which will air on E4 later this year and be available on Netflix globally. The show is represented by BBC Worldwide.

Roberto Troni, commissioning editor at Channel 4, said: “From the instant we were introduced to the utterly original Charles Forsman graphic novel we knew it was something special. Reimagined by the multi-talented Charlie Covell, Jon Entwistle and the guys at Clerkenwell for this side of the Atlantic, it’s by turns funny, brutally violent [and] ultimately quite uplifting in a screwed up way. If David Lynch made a rom-com road movie about a pair of teen misfits in British suburbia it might look something like The End of the F**cking World. What could be more E4?”

Murray Ferguson, the chief executive of Clerkenwell Films, said: “It’s great to be partnering once more with both Channel 4/E4 and with Netflix on this new and ambitious project. This is a series full of originality and flair. We can’t wait to get started.”

Covell commented: “I’m thrilled that The End of the F***ing World starts filming on Monday—I can’t believe it’s really happening! From the minute I got sent Chuck Forsman’s comics to read, I wanted in. They’re beautiful, and they tell a dark, unconventional coming-of-age love story. It has been a massive privilege to bring Chuck’s characters to screen.”