Sky has released the first look at upcoming thriller Borderland from Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett.
Written by Bennett with Tom and Charles Guard (who also direct), the movie stars Merlin's Colin Morgan as a retired Irish paramilitary who witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer, played by I May Destroy You's Aml Ameen.
Morgan's character manages to evade the SAS and is presumed dead, but he decides to take his revenge to the streets of 1970s London.
Borderland also starts Rogue One's Felicity Jones, Kingsman's Mark Strong, The Witcher: Blood Origin's Sophia Brown and Avengers: Endgame's Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. It'll be released on Sky Cinema later this year.
Borderland was originally announced in 2020 with John Boyega in Ameen's role and Jack Reynor in Morgan's role. "The best ones take time. Ronan wrote the first draft of Borderland in 2012 and here we are," said producer Chris Coen of Upper Street.
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The thriller is part of an exciting slate of Sky Original movies announced at last night's (May 17) Up Next event, all set to hit our screens in the remaining months of 2022.
They include the critically acclaimed sci-fi After Yang, starring The Umbrella Academy's Justin H Min and Colin Farrell, moving drama Aisha with Letitia Wright and thriller Poker Face, directed by and starring Russell Crowe.
We also got the first look at political thriller The Independent featuring an all-star cast including Succession's Brian Cox, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Cena and The Handmaid's Tale star Ann Dowd.
The movie centres on investigative journalist Eli (Turner-Smith) who teams up with her idol (Cox) to uncover a conspiracy that places the fate of the upcoming presidential election, and the country, in their hands.
We're still waiting on official release dates for all of the upcoming movies, but they will be coming to Sky Cinema by the end of 2022.
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