Billy Zane, Miranda Richardson, Harriet Walter and Michael Biehn join the cast of the new Sky One street race thriller Curfew

Billy Zane, Miranda Richardson, Harriet Walter, and Michael Biehn are joining the list of stars in Sky One’s exhilarating street race drama Curfew, a Sky original production.

The show, which follows the story of ordinary people and extraordinary characters competing in the world’s fastest, most furious illegal night-time street race, will see Zane (Titanic, Zoolander), Richardson (Stronger, Churchill), Walter (Atonement, The Crown) and Biehn (Aliens, The Terminator) join previously announced cast members Sean Bean (Broken, Game of Thrones), Adrian Lester (Riviera, Trauma), Phoebe Fox (Blue Iguana, Intrigo: Samaria), Malachi Kirby (Black Mirror, Roots), Robert Glenister (Hustle, Spooks), Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Troy: Fall of a City, Peaky Blinders), Rose Williams (Reign, A Quiet Passion), Elijah Rowen (Vikings) and Guz Khan (Man Like Mobeen, Borderline).

Zane said: “Joining the immensely talented cast and crew of Curfew as Joker Jones fulfils many cinematic and literary fantasies all at once. Playing a gonzo cowboy, member of a viral video performance art troupe, on a healing hell-ride, just about falls square in my wheelhouse right now.”

Richardson said: “A childhood of soaking up westerns has finally paid off, except that the horses are replaced by cars! I’m feeling lucky to be interpreting Matthew Read’s Lou: kind, tough, brave, practical and romantic, - someone you definitely want on your team. All this and the chance to drive two wildly different vehicles. Curfew is covering a lot of new ground for me which is always fun. Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!”

The eight-part series from Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Moonage Pictures will be available exclusively on Sky One and TV streaming service NOW TV in 2019.

Curfew is written and executive produced by Matthew Read (Pusher, Hammer of the Gods). The series is executive produced for Tiger Aspect Productions by Will Gould and Frith Tiplady in association with their new independent production company Moonage Pictures. It is directed by Colm McCarthy (The Girl with All the Gifts, Peaky Blinders) and is produced by Simon Maloney (King Charles III, Peaky Blinders).

Curfew was commissioned for Sky by head of drama Anne Mensah, director of Sky One Adam MacDonald and director of programming for Sky Entertainment UK & Ireland Zai Bennett. Sky Vision will handle distribution rights.

For more information, please contact:

Una Maguire and Richard Dobbs | Milk Publicity

una@milkpublicity.com / richard@milkpublicity.com / +44 (0)20 7520 1087

Sophie Jones | Sky Entertainment PR

sophie.jones@sky.uk

NOTES TO THE EDITOR:

About SKY

Sky is Europe's leading entertainment company, serving 23 million customers across seven countries - UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. The company had annual reported revenues of £12.9 billion in 2016/17, and is Europe’s leading investor in television content with an annual programming spend of around £7 billion.

From exclusive partnerships with HBO, Showtime and Warner Bros. to Sky Original Productions, Sky offers the best and broadest range of content along with the best viewing experience to suit each and every customer. Whether that’s through the multi-award winning next generation box, Sky Q, or Sky’s contract-free online streaming service, NOW TV, customers have access to the latest movies, drama, sports and kids entertainment wherever and whenever they like. This is all supported by Sky’s best in class customer service.

Sky’s success is not just based on what the company does but how it does it. Three new major commitments have been launched for Sky’s corporate campaign Sky Ocean Rescue; the reduction of our own single-use plastics by 2020; an investment fund of £25 million over five years in technology solutions; and support of marine protected areas across our markets.

Sky has over 31,000 employees and is listed as one of The Times Top 50 employers for women, as well as being recognised in the Stonewall list of Top 50 LGBT-inclusive employers. Sky is listed on the London Stock Exchange (SKY).

About TIGER ASPECT PRODUCTIONS

Tiger Aspect Productions is internationally recognized as one of the UK’s most successful and prolific independent television producers. Producing high profile, multi-genre content for both UK and international audiences, key productions include Peaky Blinders (BBC TWO), The Good Karma Hospital (ITV 1), Ripper Street (Amazon), Bounty Hunters (Sky One), Benidorm (ITV 1) and Mr Bean (CITV).

About MOONAGE PICTURES

Formed in 2017 by Will Gould, former co-MD of Tiger Aspect Productions, Frith Tiplady, former co-MD of Tiger Aspect Drama and ex-BBC Drama commissioner, producer and writer Matthew Read. Moonage Pictures (whose name is inspired by the Bowie classic Moonage Daydream), is focused on creating, original, unconventional, inventive programming. The company will be officially launching in March 2018.