’80s crime drama ‘A Town Called Malice’ confirms release date – watch the trailer!
Sky has announced when A Town Called Malice begins.
From the creator of Bulletproof, the eight-part British thriller is described as an “intoxicating cocktail of crime thriller and family saga in the early ’80s.”
Leading the cast are Jason Flemyng (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Jack Rowan (Noughts + Crosses), and Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives).
Watch the brand new trailer here:
Filled with “romance, obsession, violence, deceit, and swagger,” the show also features Tahirah Sharif (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Martha Plimpton (The Good Wife), Lex Shrapnel (Captain America), Daniel Sharman (Medici), George Jaques (The Third Day: Autumn), and Eliza Butterworth (The Last Kingdom).
When’s the release date?
A Town Called Malice will premiere in the UK on Thursday 16th March on Sky Max and streaming on NOW TV.
We’re not yet sure who’ll be showing the series overseas, but Sky have a close relationship with HBO, so we expect it may end up streaming on HBO Max in the US later in the year.
Watch the first teaser:
The official synopsis reads: “A Town Called Malice follows the Lords, a crime family of petty thieves from South London who have fallen to the bottom of the criminal food chain. And they’re not happy about it.
“Gene Lord is the youngest son in the clan, overlooked and neglected by his family who fail to recognise his killer instincts and keen intelligence.
“After narrowly surviving a gangland battle, Gene and his formidable girlfriend, Cindy, flee to Spain to evade arrest. The lovers quickly find themselves embroiled in the local underworld, and trouble starts to follow these two like night after day.
“When the other Lords join them on the Costa del Sol, the family realises this is a golden opportunity to re-invent themselves and re-capture their former glory – much to the annoyance of Gene and Cindy, who have a very different plan.”
A Town Called Malice isn’t the only 1980s-set British crime drama airing this spring…
Fans of the genre can also look forward to BBC One’s new heist drama The Gold, which begins this weekend, and the second season of Channel 4’s The Curse.