Premiering tonight in the U.S. is the British mini-series The Woman in White developed by Fiona Seres based on Wilkie Collins’ novel, directed by Carl Tibbetts and starring Ben Hardy, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Vinall, Dougray Scott, Riccardo Scamarcio and Charles Dance. The 5-parter’s original music is composed by Jon Opstad (Black Mirror, Silent Witness, Safe House). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the drama, which premiered earlier this year in the UK on BBC One and is making its U.S. debut on PBS. Also visit the official show website for more information.
Premiering on Wednesday, October 24 in the U.S. is the British TV series Bodyguard created by Jed Mercurio and starring Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes, Gina McKee, Sophie Rundle, Vincent Franklin and Rowena King. Ruth Barrett (Victoria, Harry Brown, Collateral, Toast, Hunted) has composed the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the drama, which follows a war veteran is assigned to protect a politician. Bodyguard premiered in the UK on BBC One this past August and will be available stateside exclusively on Netflix.
Chris Alan Lee is scoring the upcoming Paramount Network comedy Heathers. The show is developed by Jason Micallef (Butter) based on the 1988 cult classic film of the same name (scored by David Newman) and stars Grace Victoria Cox, James Scully, Melanie Field, Brendan Scannell and Jasmine Mathews. The series is set in the present day and revolves around Veronica Sawyer as she deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Micallef is also executive producing the Sony Pictures Television production with Lakeshore Entertainment’s Tom Rosenberg & Gary Lucchesi (Underworld, The Lincoln Lawyer, Crank), as well as Josh McGuire and Trevor Engelson (Remember Me, Snowfall).