Natasha Lyonne and Matt Berry to star in new Sky Original action-adventure comedy ‘Force & Majeure’
Created by Tom Scharpling, Matt Berry and Natasha Lyonne, the new six-part series will begin filming early next year
Sky today announces Force & Majeure, a sharply funny and stylishly escapist new Sky Original series starring Emmy-nominated actor, writer, director and producer Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face, Russian Doll) and Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning actor and writer Matt Berry (Toast of London, What We Do in the Shadows). Created by acclaimed comedy writer Tom Scharpling (Monk, What We Do in the Shadows) alongside Berry and Lyonne, the sharply comedic series is written by Scharpling, Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners, Time Bandits) and Cirocco Dunlap (Russian Doll, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy) and is a retro-infused, playfully irreverent take on the classic TV action-adventure detective genre from Objective Fiction and Animal Pictures.
When British art expert (cum art thief) Thomas Force (Berry) and American mercenary Jennifer Majeure (Lyonne) are recruited by an eccentric, justice-obsessed billionaire Amanda Daventry, they find themselves tasked with defeating the evil plans of international villains operating in the most fabulous locations across Europe.
But as Force & Majeure team up to defeat the forces of evil, they must also work together to escape the clutches of Amanda, who may not be telling them the whole story.
Force & Majeure is produced by Objective Fiction, part of Objective Media Group, an All3Media Company, and Animal Pictures in association with Sky Studios. Objective Fiction’s credits include Toast of London, Year of the Rabbit and Feel Good while Animal Pictures is the Emmy-winning production company co-founded by Natasha Lyonne and known for Emmy and WGA winning series’ Russian Doll, co-created by Lyonne, and Poker Face. Executive Producers are Ben Farrell and Hannah Mackay for Objective Fiction, Natasha Lyonne and Max Ferguson for Animal Pictures, Matt Berry, Tom Scharpling, Iain Morris, Cirocco Dunlap and Alex Moody for Sky.
The six-part series will be available exclusively on Sky and streaming service NOW in the UK and Ireland. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will handle international sales on behalf of Sky Studios.
Further details will be announced in due course.
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