Pictured: Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot for Bodkin
Netflix’s new darkish comedy collection, Bodkin, will premiere in Could 2024. Right here’s all the pieces we all know to date in regards to the collection, together with the forged, manufacturing schedule, synopsis, and extra.
As talked about, we first reported on the collection on Could twenty fifth, 2022, giving a broad define of who’s concerned with the mission and its goal.
On File was the working title identify for the collection, though Netflix has formally locked down the identify of Bodkin (Netflix code: 81423482) for the precise launch.
Right here’s what the collection is about:
“BODKIN [On Record] is a darkly comedic thriller a couple of motely crew of pdcasters who got down to examine the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic, coastal irish city. However as soon as they begin pulling threads, they uncover a narrative a lot larger and weirder than they may have ever imagined. As our heroes attempt to discern truth from fiction – in regards to the case, about their colleagues, and, most painfully, themselves – the collection challenges our notion of fact and exposes the tales we inform ourselves to justify our beliefs or validate our fears.”
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Who’s behind Bodkin on Netflix?
Jez Scharf will function the lead author for the collection and be a showrunner alongside Alex Metcalf. Scharf is maybe finest identified for his writing on shorts, together with Mister Biscuits and The Undream. Metcalf has been concerned in a number of high-profile initiatives, together with serving as govt producer on The Loudest Voice and HBO’s Sharp Objects. He additionally served as co-producer on Kingdom, which got here to Netflix globally after being licensed for a hard and fast time frame till Could 2021.
Mike O’Leary additionally serves as a author on the mission.
Pictured: Alex Metcalf and Tonia Davis
Tonia Davis from Greater Floor Productions serves as govt producer who has been concerned with Greater Floor’s Netflix output over the previous few years, together with credit on We The Individuals, Waffles + Mochi, and Rustin.
Greater Floor Productions is the manufacturing firm run by Barack and Michelle Obama and is engaged on a suite of upcoming Netflix initiatives, with Bodkin marking their first vital drama collection for the streamer.
Wild Atlantic Footage and Wiip are the mission manufacturing corporations.
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Serving because the lead director on the mission is Nash Edgerton, finest identified for Gringo,The Sq., and The Magician. Bronwen Hughes and Johnny Allan will even share directing duties. Cathal Watters serves as director of pictures.
Who’s starring in Netflix’s Bodkin collection?
Pictured: Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot and Chris Walley
Alongside the announcement on June seventeenth which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, we acquired phrase of the primary 5 casting additions for the mission.
Will Forte (finest identified for MacGruber and The Final Man on Earth) will play Gilbert Energy, described as an “American podcaster on the hunt for his subsequent huge story. Initially from Chicago, Gilbert’s household emigrated from Cork and is hoping to find his Irish roots.”
Siobhan Cullen (finest identified for The Dry) is in knowledgeable disaster because the collection kicks off. Her character, Dove, is described as “A tough-nosed investigative journalist with a fine-tuned bullshit detector and a wholesome disdain for authority and hypocrisy.”
Robyn Cara (finest identified for taking part in Kayla in Ackley Bridge) will play Emmy, the researcher on Gilbert’s podcast mission accountable for ensuring issues run easily. Nonetheless, Emmy is struggling to seek out her personal voice.
David Wilmot (finest identified for Anna Karenina and the Max collection Lies We Inform) performs Seamus Gallagher, a person who can activate the attraction when it serves his wants; nonetheless, he can simply as shortly snap into outbursts of violence when he feels he’s being threatened.
Lastly, rounding out the primary forged, we now have Chris Walley (finest identified for The Final Voyage of the Demeter) taking part in the function of Sean O’Shea, described as an area from the village of Bodkin and a typical Irish nation lad. He is also wrapped up in some fairly shady enterprise.
What’s on Netflix has additionally confirmed a few of the different recurring, predominant, and visitor actors/actresses to function:
David Pearse (FBI: Worldwide) as Frank
Clodagh Mooney Duggan (Purple Election) as Mary
Pano Masti (Payback) as Pablo
Charlie Kelly (The Dublin Murders) as Fintan
Peter Bankolé (Peaky Blinders) as Charles
Seán Óg Cairns (Discover Me In Paris) as Garda Eoin
Amy Conroy (Holding) as Fagan
Mary O’Driscol (Smother, The Go to) as Margaret
Frank Melia (The Normal, Love & Friendship) as Colm
Norma Sheahan (Primeval) as Dot
Claire J Loy (The Gates) as Breeda Gleeson
Sabine Timoteo
Footage courtesy of actors respective companies.
The place is Bodkin in manufacturing?
In response to a number of manufacturing listings seen by What’s on Netflix, the mission was resulting from start on June 27, 2022, and movie in Dublin and West Cork, Eire.
For individuals who don’t know, West Cork is a distant a part of Eire sometimes called one of many final bastions of “previous Eire.”
Southern Star in Eire additionally reported that an open casting name was being held for the manufacturing on June 14th. Additionally they cite that a few of the filming shall be going down at will happen in Union Corridor and likewise in Glandore for the seven-part up to date drama.
Manufacturing continued all through the remainder of the summer time of 2022 and wrapped in some unspecified time in the future in November 2022.
We’ve acquired a few of the behind-the-scenes footage for a major scene that occurred at Union Corridor in West Cork, Eire. The sequence had giant crowd scenes filling the streets for a Halloween Carnival, with dancing witches, wolves, skeletons, and huge transferring mannequins.
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The collection was additionally talked about in Netflix’s atmosphere report for 2022 for being “the primary ever manufacturing in Eire to make use of a hybrid generator and to make use of renewable diesel.”
In response to Paul Leonard-Morgan, nonetheless, the collection is due out in Could 2024.
Due to my pretty Bodkin crew for the tip of season current! Feels bizarre engaged on an American Netflix present, shot in Eire, soundtrack recorded in Scotland, and having my American put up group write Sláinte! Coming in Could to @netflix 🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸🎥🎬 #composerlifepic.twitter.com/TWD6UbuVXz
— Paul Leonard-Morgan (@PaulLeonardMorg) March 4, 2024
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