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added: Wed, Aug 8th '18
A teenage girl's life is turned upside down when she suddenly discovers that she possesses an incredible shape-shifting ability.
Check out the new official trailer for "The Innocents," a British supernatural thriller series for Netflix, which stars Guy Pearce (Memento, Iron Man 3) as Halvorson, a mysterious scientist tracking down a young runaway shape-shifter named June (played by Sorcha Groundsell) who has just realize she has bizarre superhuman powers, which puts a strain on her relationship with her startled, yet devoted boyfriend, Harry (Percelle Ascott).
Laura Birn (A Walk Among the Tombstones) and Johannes Haukur Johannesson (Game of Thrones) co-star.
"The Innocents" was created and written by newcomer Hania Elkington and professional storyboard artist Simon Duric, whose credits include drawing story boards for "The Crown," "Black Mirror," "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," etc.
Elkington and Duric are both serving as executive producers on the eight-episode Netflix thriller, in which British TV director Farren Blackburn (Daredevil, Doctor Who) has helmed the first four episodes.
"The Innocents" will be released Friday, August 24th on Netflix.
synopsis:
When teenagers Harry and June run away from their repressive families to be together, they're derailed by an extraordinary discovery -- June's ability to shape-shift.
As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June's love for each other is tested to breaking point and they're faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
directed by Farren Blackburn (various episodes)
starring Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott, Guy Pearce, Laura Birn, Johannes Haukur Johannesson
release date August 24, 2018 (on Netflix)
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