Jack Whitehall is to star alongside Academy Award nominee Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing, White Men Can’t Jump) in a new action adventure comedy for Sky 1 entitled Bounty Hunters.
The show sees posh, uptight Brit Barnaby Walker (Whitehall) sorting out his family’s cash-strapped antiques business after his father is hospitalised following a mysterious accident. However, when he unwittingly buys a blood antiquity looted from the war-torn Middle East, he sets off a chain of events that nothing could prepare him for. Cue help in the shape of tough New Yorker and bounty hunter Rita Morales (Perez), whose own world is also in turmoil: she's on the run, having killed a member of a Mexican cartel. As the dynamic duo team up viewers will be taken on a comedy journey stretching from New York to London to Mexico.
The show is written by Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, who co-wrote Bad Education (both the series and movie), directed by Will Sinclair (Poldark, Vera, Misfits), executive produced by Ben Cavey (Bad Education, Benidorm, Psychobitches, Grandma's House) and produced by Pippa Brown (Bad Education, Psychobitches) for Cave Bear Productions.
Jack Whitehall said: “We are very excited to be about to start production on Bounty Hunters for Sky 1. It's a really ambitious show which brings together my and Freddy Syborn's love of comedy and action movies, so we really hope we can pull it off. But mostly I'm excited about Rosie Perez joining us. She is an amazing actress, and I can't wait to see the Queen of Brooklyn pacing the mean streets of Wimbledon.”
It has also been announced today that Dawn French will return for a second series of hit drama Delicious.
Adam MacDonald, director of Sky 1, said: “We can’t wait to welcome Delicious and Bounty Hunters to Sky 1 in 2017. Delicious delivered our largest average audience for a Sky 1 original drama in 2016, so we knew we had to put it back on the menu. Viewers can expect more love, more lies and more lip-smacking dishes to be served up next time around. And with the unveiling of Bounty Hunters and its incredible cast, we’re set for an exciting series full of thrills, spills and laughter when it airs exclusively on Sky 1.”
Delicious and Bounty Hunters will be available to Sky and NOW TV customers.
Jack Whitehall is currently on tour. Details here.
