The War Between the Land and the Sea's Gugu Mbatha-Raw is set to star in the new Sky thriller Possession as a chilling first-look trailer arrives, teasing the unsettling events to come.
The five-part limited series, created and written by Karla Crome (Something Very Bad is Going to Happen) and directed by Storm Saulter, follows Mbatha-Raw's Claudia from Bristol to Jamaica where disturbing events begin to unfold.
Sky promises the Doctor Who spinoff star's upcoming series, formally titled Inheritance, will be a "gripping supernatural thriller that blends eerie mystery with the vibrant energy of Jamaica".
The synopsis details: "Claudia, an ambitious young bi‑racial lawyer, travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares: Hope Hill, the Connaught family's former plantation.
"As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation's brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present."
It adds that it follows "one woman's journey into long-buried secrets, identity and the past's enduring hold on the present".
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The thriller also stars A Small Light's Bel Powley as Charlotte as well as Death in Paradise's Shantol Jackson as Sarah. Possession's cast will also include Nadean Rawlins as Mercy, Olunike Adeliyi as Patsy Dawkins, Richard Dillane as Eugene Desfrienes, Sean Gilder as Tom McKenzie, Diveen Henry as Flora, Jeff Crossley as Angelo, Jack Bandeira as Kenneth Connaught, and Safina Simpson as Betina.
Crome's adaptation of Possession is based on an original story created by Jefferson Bannis. The series is produced by Snowed-In in association with Sky Studios. Crome, Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jenny van der Lande, Neil Blair, Storm Saulter, Sam Hoyle, Serena Thompson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller will all serve as executive producers while Roxanne Harvey and Kate Ogborn will act as development producer and series producer respectively.
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