‘The time is right for it’: Adolescence team to reboot nuclear war drama Threads
UK producers share excitement for ‘bold’ remake of controversial 1980s film set in post-apocalyptic SheffieldWith several wars raging, powerful countries squaring up and the world seemingly tilting towards authoritarianism, it would seem a challenging time to expose television audiences to a notoriously bleak story of a British city experiencing the fallout from nuclear war.Yet a UK team of producers behind the global Netflix hit Adolescence believe it is precisely the right time to recreate Threads, a British film from the 1980s that had audiences weeping and horrified at its pitiless storyline. Continue reading...
UK producers share excitement for ‘bold’ remake of controversial 1980s film set in post-apocalyptic Sheffield
With several wars raging, powerful countries squaring up and the world seemingly tilting towards authoritarianism, it would seem a challenging time to expose television audiences to a notoriously bleak story of a British city experiencing the fallout from nuclear war.
Yet a UK team of producers behind the global Netflix hit Adolescence believe it is precisely the right time to recreate Threads, a British film from the 1980s that had audiences weeping and horrified at its pitiless storyline. Continue reading...
