FX has greenlit “Never Let Me Go,” a drama series inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 science fiction novel of the same name.
The thriller series will follow Thora (Viola Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. As she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.
Along with Prettejohn, the cast includes Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, Aiysha Hart, Spike Fearn, Shaniqua Okwok, Gary Beadle, Kwami Odoom, Susan Brown, Keira Chanse and Edward Holcroft.
This is the second screen adaptation of the book, as a movie starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield came out in 2010 from Searchlight Pictures. The film was written by Alex Garland, directed by Mark Romanek and produced by Andrew Macdonald Allon and Reich.
The series is produced by DNA Productions with FX Productions and Searchlight Television. Melissa Iqbal wrote the pilot and serves as showrunner. She also executive produces alongside pilot director Marc Munden, Garland, Macdonald, Reich and Maria Fleischer of DNA Productions, and Ishiguro. Kharmel Cochrane, CSA, served as casting director.
Prettejohn is best known for starring in HBO’s “The Nevers” as Myrtle Haplisch. She is represented by Insight Management & Production and CAA.
Ullman (“Mrs. America,” “Into the Woods,” “Howards End”) is represented by Hamilton Hodell and CAA.
Macdonald (“Operation Mincemeat,” “Line of Duty,” “Boardwalk Empire”) is represented by ICM Partners and Independent Talent Group.
Hart (“Desert Warrior,” “Mogul Mowgli,” “Colette”) is represented by Curtis Brown and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
Fearn (“The Amazing Mr. Blunden,” “Sweetheart,” “Tell Me Everything”) is represented by Alexander Cooke at Hamilton Hodell. Okwok (“Small Axe,” “Wolfe,” “It’s a Sin”) is represented by Tavistock Wood.
Beadle (“Small Axe,” “Wheel of Time,” “Around the World in 80 Days”) is represented by Lou Coulson Associates and link Entertainment.
Odoom (“Death in Paradise”) is represented by United Agents.
Brown (“It’s a Sin,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Iron Lady”) is represented by Hamilton Hodell.
Chanse (“Come Away,” “The Wheel of Time,” “The Capture 2”) is represented by Hero Talent Group.
Holcroft (“Kingsman,” “Wolf Hall,” “London Spy”) is represented by Independent Talent.
“Never Let Me Go is a modern science fiction classic that Melissa Iqbal and the creative team have brilliantly adapted for FX as a drama exploring timely and unsettling themes on life and the ethics of technology,” said Gina Balian, president of FX Entertainment. “We are honored to partner with Andrew and Allon at DNA Productions, Searchlight Television, Alex Garland, Marc Munden, Kazuo Ishiguro and the incredible cast on this exciting new project.”
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