Adolescence team to redo epic nuclear attack sons

Warp Films, the manufacturer of the world’s successful world television adolescence, has to develop a series based on nuclear war film sons in the 1980s, he confirmed.

The company based in Sheffield plans to transform the 1984 film, which follows the follow -up of an attack on the city, into a television series.

The film, written by the author of Kes, Barry Hines, gathered a cult after his dark script and his living representation of a post-apocalyptic southern Yorkshire.

A Warp spokesperson described the original 112 minutes as “revolutionary” and added: “This adaptation will explore the premonitory problems through a rich narration and focused on the characters.”

The founder and chief executive officer of Warp, Mark Herbert, confirmed to BBC Sheffield that the firm had obtained the rights to the threads for a new version.

“The sons were, and remains, a flawless drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people. This story aligns perfectly with our philosophy of powerful and anchored stories that are deeply connected with the public”, he said to the radio Times.

Produced at a low budget and directed by the documentary Mick Jackson, who was later going to direct the Hollywood bodyguard blockbuster, the sons managed to horrify people at a time when nuclear war seemed a very real possibility.

From a kitchen sink drama focused on a young couple in Sheffield, the film has shown that society is decomposed while nuclear winter settles.

It was only showed a handful of times Between its original transmission and 40th anniversary. It is now available on Iplayer.

Addressing the BBC in 2023, actor Reece Dinsdale, who played the central character of the film Jimmy, declared the film had a special projection in Sheffield In front of 500 people before she was broadcast on television.

“There was a complete silence and all you could hear was various people sobbing in the room,” recalls the actor.

“People blame me to date to crack them for life.

“People say that it is the more frightening thing they have ever seen in their lives and that it is to date.”

Warp, which also created the series of films and television This Is England, is also behind the BBC One Drama Reunion, which begins on Monday.

Adolescence has become the most spoken show of the year so far after its launch on March 13.

The first episode was watched by 6.45 million people during its first week, according to the body of Ratings Barb.

It was the most public of any streaming television show in the United Kingdom in a single week, beating the 6.3 million who watched me deceive me on Netflix in January 2024.

He won praise of criticism, viewers and politicians For his hard story of a 13 -year -old boy who is arrested, suspected of having murdered a girl from his school, the drama made more intense by turning each episode in a single blow.

The actors, including the newcomer Owen Cooper as a young Jamie, and Stephen Graham as a father, received applause for their performances.