{"id":12173,"date":"2019-10-22T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sir-michael-caine-lena-headey-star-skys-modern-oliver-twist-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2019-10-22T12:04:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:04:14","slug":"sir-michael-caine-lena-headey-to-star-in-skys-modern-oliver-twist-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sir-michael-caine-lena-headey-to-star-in-skys-modern-oliver-twist-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Caine, Lena Headey to Star in Sky&#8217;s Oliver Twist Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sky has revealed a new co-production called <em>Twist<\/em>, an original movie starring Sir Michael Caine (<em>The Dark Knight<\/em> trilogy), Lena Headey (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>), actress and singer Rita Ora, David Walliams (<em>Little Britain<\/em>), Franz Drameh (L<em>egends of Tomorrow<\/em>), Sophie Simnett (<em>Daybreak<\/em>) and newcomer Raff Law in the title role.<\/p>\n<p><em>Twist<\/em> is a modern interpretation of Charles Dickens\u2019 <em>Oliver Twist<\/em> in which Oliver is reinvented as a streetwise artist living on the streets of modern-day London. It will be available on Sky Cinema on the same day as its theatrical release.<\/p>\n<p>A chance encounter with a gang of grifters led by the charismatic Dodge (Ora) sees Twist (Law) caught up in a high-stakes heist to steal a priceless painting for master thief Fagin (Caine) and his psychopathic business partner Sikes (Headey). Drameh will play Batesey, Simnett will play Red and Walliams will play Losberne.<\/p>\n<p>Caine said: \u201cFagin is such an infamous character, it\u2019s going to be great fun playing him. I\u2019m really looking forward to working with Lena, Raff and the rest of the cast in London when we start shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Headey commented: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited to take on the iconic character of Sikes from <em>Oliver Twist<\/em>. Flipping roles without apology or character softening is a brilliant way to breathe new life into established materials and bring it to new audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Law added: I\u2019m excited to play such a well-loved literary character, and I\u2019m looking forward to working with Martin Owen to bring to life his new take on the character in modern-day London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Wright, director of Sky Cinema and acquisitions at Sky UK &amp; Ireland, commented: \u201c<em>Twist<\/em> is Dickens\u2019 classic tale as you\u2019ve never seen it before. Daring, modern and packed full of the greatest British talent, this co-production demonstrates Sky\u2019s ambition for original films. I can\u2019t wait for our customers to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky has revealed a new co-production called Twist, an original movie starring Sir Michael Caine (The Dark Knight trilogy), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), actress and singer Rita Ora, David Walliams (Little Britain), Franz Drameh (Legends of Tomorrow), Sophie Simnett (Daybreak) and newcomer Raff Law in the title role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1032,3429],"class_list":["post-12173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-sky","tag-sky-cinema","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Caine, Lena Headey to Star in Sky&#039;s Oliver Twist Adaptation - 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