{"id":8824,"date":"2018-01-09T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jenna-coleman-ewen-leslie-star-new-bbc-drama-cry\/"},"modified":"2018-01-09T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T18:37:22","slug":"jenna-coleman-ewen-leslie-to-star-in-new-bbc-drama-the-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jenna-coleman-ewen-leslie-to-star-in-new-bbc-drama-the-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie to Star in New BBC Drama The Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna Coleman (<em>Victoria<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>) and Ewen Leslie (<em>Safe Harbour<\/em>, <em>Top of the Lake<\/em>) have been cast in <em>The Cry<\/em>, a new four-part BBC One drama.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Jacquelin Perske, <em>The Cry<\/em> was adapted from the novel by Helen FitzGerald. It marks the first scripted television commission for Scottish-based production company Synchronicity Films. Filming is taking place in Scotland and Australia, and the project is directed by Glendyn Ivin (<em>Safe Harbour<\/em>, <em>Gallipoli<\/em>, <em>The Beautiful Lie<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>In the series, Joanna (Coleman) and her husband Alistair (Leslie) deal with unthinkable tragedy under public scrutiny and in their private lives when their newborn baby is abducted from a small coastal town in Australia. It is the catalyst for a journey into the disintegrating psychology of a young woman, exposing the myths and truths of motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>Coleman said: \u201cI first read Jacquelin Perske&#8217;s script on a plane, it felt like walking a tightrope, racing page to page, unsettling, unknowable, uncomfortable and thrilling. I look forward to tackling this challenge and bringing it to the screen with such a talented team in Glendyn Ivin, Brian Kaczynski and Claire Mundell with Synchronicity Films and the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leslie added: \u201cFrom Helen FitzGerald\u2019s addictive and exciting novel, to Jacquelin Perske\u2019s beautifully written scripts, I\u2019m absolutely thrilled to be a part of the amazing team that has been formed to bring these complicated characters and thrilling story to the screen. Synchronicity Films have a great track record in producing high-quality drama and Glendyn Ivin is without a doubt one of the most exciting directors working today. I\u2019m over the moon that they\u2019ve asked me to join this amazing project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire Mundell, executive producer for Synchronicity Films, commented: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to have Jenna and Ewen as our lead cast, and to be bringing this emotional rollercoaster of a story to BBC and international audiences. I&#8217;m honored that Synchronicity\u2019s first scripted commission for BBC Drama is Helen FitzGerald\u2019s Scottish-Australian page-turner <em>The Cry<\/em>, brought to the screen by the combined talents of writer Jacquelin Perske and director Glendyn Ivin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, said: \u201c<em>The Cry<\/em> is an intense, psychological thriller which constantly surprises and I know that with the fantastic Jenna Coleman and Ewen Leslie leading the cast as the young couple thrown into haunting and exceptional circumstances, this will be a truly unmissable series for BBC One.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna Coleman (Victoria, Doctor Who) and Ewen Leslie (Safe Harbour, Top of the Lake) have been cast in The Cry, a new four-part BBC One drama.<\/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":[201,2321,1526],"class_list":["post-8824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-one","tag-ewen-leslie","tag-jenna-coleman","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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