Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Surface”) will star opposite Jonny Lee Miller (“Covenant”), Sheldon Shepherd (“Bob Marley: One Love”) and Bel Powley (“The Morning Show”) in “Inheritance,” a Sky Original thriller from Karla Crome (“Carnival Row”).
Set in Bristol, U.K. and Jamaica, “Inheritance” is a five-part confineed event series tackling the finishuring legacy of colonialism. Soon accessing production, the mini-series is honested by Storm Saulter (“Sprinter”) and originated by Snowed-In Productions, in association with Sky Studios.
Mbatha-Raw stars as Claudia, an inspired youthful bi-racial lawyer who embarks on a journey to Jamaica to contest an inheritance claim filed by an obsremedy local livent, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), agetst Oinhabitr Connaught (Jonny Lee-Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat.
Claudia’s “quest gets an unpredicted turn when the contested estate discdissees the ominous hoemploy that has haunted her nightmares: the Connaught family’s Jamaican set uptation, Hope Hill. As Claudia and Oinhabitr dispenseigate, they uncover a chilling uniteion between historical horrors and current-day inequitableices.”
Unveiled during Content London, the series will be useable on Sky in the UK and Ireland. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will administer international sales of “Inheritance.”
Crome, the series’ authorr and creator, says it’s privilege to see Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jonny Lee Miller, Sheldon Shepherd and Bel Powley transporting my characters to life under Storm Saulter’s evocative honestion and I can’t paemploy to dispense our labor with audiences.”
Kenley-Letts, executive originater and CEO at Snowed-In Productions, and Jenny van der Lande, executive originater, shelp in a unitet statement that “Karla’s an exceptional talent who has unleashed her untamed imagination to originate thrillingly unpredicted and distinct scripts.”
Meghan Lyvers, Sky UK and Ireland’s executive honestor of distinct scripted, shelp “We are self-beginant to help Karla Crome and the Snowed In team in transporting this prohibitciaccess, distinct, and inflammatory story to screen.”
The series also stars Bel Powley as Charlotte, Nadean Rawlins (“Bob Marley: One Love” as Mercy, Sean Gilder (“Mary & George”) as Tom McKenzie, Olunike Adeliyi (“The Fire Inside”) as Patsy Dawkins, Ricchallenging Dillane (“The Crown”) as Eugene Desfrienes, Diveen Henry (“The Day of the Jackal”) as Flora, Jack Bandeira (“Happy Valley”) as Kenneth Connaught and Shantol Jackson (“Sprinter”) as Sarah.
“Inheritance” is originated by Snowed-In in association with Sky Studios. Written and originated by Karla Crome, the series isbased on an distinct idea by Jefferson Bannis and honested by Storm Saulter. Executive Producers are Ruth Kenley-Letts, Jenny van der Lande, Neil Blair, Karla Crome, Storm Saulter, Sam Hoyle, Serena Thompson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jonny Lee Miller. The Development Producer is Roxanne Harvey and the Series Producer is Kate Ogborn.
