Sky 1 Commissions ‘Bounty Hunters’, An Action Comedy Starring… Jack Whitehall?
Continuing their onslaught of new Sky Original Productions, Sky 1 have commissioned a new action/comedy called Bounty Hunters starring Jack Whitehall and Academy Award nominee Rosie Perez. I think it’s fair to suggest, Whitehall is there to provide the comedy, not the action… ;)
Bounty Hunters sees posh, uptight Brit Barnaby Walker (Perez… no, I’m joking, of course that’s Whitehall) sorting out his family’s cash-strapped antiques business after his father is hospitalised following a mysterious accident. However, when he unwittingly buys a blood antiquity looted from the war-torn Middle East, he sets off a chain of events that nothing could prepare him for…
Cue help in the shape of tough New Yorker and bounty hunter Rita Morales (Perez – Do the Right Thing, Fearless), whose own world is also in turmoil. She’s on the run, having killed a member of a Mexican cartel. As the dynamic duo team up viewers will be taken on a comedy journey stretching from New York to London to Mexico.
The show is written by Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, who co-wrote Bad Education (both the series and movie), directed by Will Sinclair (Poldark, Vera, Misfits), executive produced by Ben Cavey (Bad Education, Benidorm, Psychobitches, Grandma’s House) and produced by Pippa Brown (Bad Education, Psychobitches) for Cave Bear Productions.
“We are very excited to be about to start production on Bounty Hunters for Sky 1,” commented Whitehall. “It’s a really ambitious show which brings together my and Freddy Syborn’s love of comedy and action movies, so we really hope we can pull it off. But mostly I’m excited about Rosie Perez joining us. She is an amazing actress, and I can’t wait to see the Queen of Brooklyn pacing the mean streets of Wimbledon.”
No news on exactly when Bounty Hunters land at the moment, other than 2017 on Sky 1, but we’ll update you when we know more.
