

Malachi Kirby and Delroy Lindo have been cast as Charlie and Anansi, with Whoopi Goldberg in the role of Bird Woman. It’s the story of Fat Charlie Nancy and his slippery brother Spider, sons of Mr Nancy, the folkloric spider god and trickster famed in West African and Caribbean mythology.

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Anansi Boys (tbc)įollowing on the heels of Good Omens‘ surprise second series renewal by Amazon Prime Video came the announcement that the same team were to adapt Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys novel into a television series. We’ll keep this list updated as air dates and new commissions are announced. Davies, Steven Knight, Gwyneth Hughes, Abi Morgan, as well as a host of new voices.

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All that, plus Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Tom Hiddleston as a scandalous politician, and new writing from Jack Thorne, Steven Moffat, Russell T. Look out for Ten Percent, the English-language adaptation of French hit Call My Agent, from the creator of Twenty Twelve and W1A. There’s room for romance and comedy too, from Netflix’s Heartstopper graphic novel adaptation, to Conversations with Friends – a new Sally Rooney adaptation following lockdown hit Normal People and One Day. Streamer Netflix also has adaptations of YA fantasies Cuckoo Song, Half Bad and Lock wood & Co, plus a supernatural murder-mystery in The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and a new take on the Greek myths in Charlie Covell’s Kaos. 2022 will welcome a host of supernatural and sci-fi series, from Neil Gaiman adaptation Anansi Boys, to Joe Barton’s sci-fi action-thriller The Lazarus Project, BBC Three teen horror Red Rose, Sky dark comedy The Baby, Netflix superhero series Supacell, and a new telling of John Wyndham’s spooky children classic The Midwich Cuckoos. If police drama remains the bedrock of British TV commissions, with new crime series Karen Pirie, Marlow, Magpie Murders, The Responder, Sherwood and more on their way, then a glittering seam of fantasy and horror is also pleasingly visible.
