British thriller Jackdaw, which stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman, is coming to cinemas 26 January.
Jamie Childs’ bold British thriller Jackdaw acquired its world premiere on the 2023 Fantastic Fest, however UK audiences gained’t have an opportunity to see the movie till 2024. Jackdaw is now scheduled to be launched on 26 January.
Starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman, the movie revolves round a former motocross champion and military veteran who agrees to ship a mysterious package deal on behalf of an area prison, however issues don’t go fairly as deliberate. Do they ever?
There’s a trailer too, which you’ll watch under.
Jackson-Cohen and Coleman lately starred collectively in Prime Video’s thriller sequence Wilderness, which discovered the couple enjoying married couple. In Wilderness, Coleman’s Liv fantasised about killing her dishonest hubby Will (performed by Jackson-Cohen) however evidently the actors have a friendlier chemistry this time round. Coleman performs a mysterious character referred to as Bo, however not a lot else is understood concerning the character.
The solid is rounded out by Thomas Turgoose, Rory McCann and Joe Blakemore. On high of directing, Childs has additionally penned the script for this homegrown thriller. Jackdaw was filmed within the North East of England in Hartlepool and the Tees Valley.
“We see so many American movies set in atmospheric cities that don’t tie themselves to native, kitchen-sink tales. I believed, why don’t we do that in Britain? We got down to push the envelope of what was potential stylistically and tonally in our area. Its conflict of pastoral and industrial worlds is the right setting for an thrilling, pulpy chase thriller. I needed to show to an up-and-coming wave of potential filmmakers that we are able to reap the benefits of what’s proper on our doorstep and nonetheless attraction to a world viewers. I’d prefer to thank North East Screen and the Tees Valley Combined Authority for serving to us make this all potential,” Childs mentioned of constructing the movie.
Here’s the synopsis: “JACKDAW is an unrelenting motion thriller set over the course of a single evening in opposition to the backdrop of North East England, an space the place breathtaking coastal landscapes meet the brutality of business. Jack Dawson, a former motocross champion and military veteran, returns to his hometown to take care of his brother after their mom dies. Hoping to begin a brand new life, he takes what could possibly be a life-changing job for an old style good friend turned native prison, Silas. What ought to have been a simple pick-up of a package deal within the North Sea turns right into a nightmare when Jack is double-crossed, and his brother is kidnapped. As he fights for survival and searches for solutions, Jack encounters associates and adversaries previous and new throughout a violent night-time odyssey by England’s Northern rust belt.”
Jackdaw is in UK cinemas 26 January.
