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JP Delaneyâs The Girl Before begins filming in Bristol
By Safiya Bashir, Monday May 17, 2021
Filming for BBC One’s new psychological thriller
The Girl Before has begun filming in Redland.
The limited four-part series is adapted from JP Delaney’s novel, where filming was taking place on Woodland Terrace off Hampton Road.
The thriller series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Golden Globe and Bafta-nominee David Oyelowo, is centred around Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), who moves into a minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect (David Oyelowo). However, there is a catch. The occupants have to abide by his list of very specific rules.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is set to star in a different kind of haunted house thriller.
The Morning Show star is set to star opposite
David Oyelowo in
The Girl Before, a new HBO Max limited series co-produced by BBC One that follows a young woman who gets trapped in a house designed by Oyelowo’s architect.
HBO Max and BBC One are teaming up to co-produce the psychological thriller
The Girl Before, based on JP Delaney‘s bestselling book of the same name, which will star Gugu Mbatha-Raw as a young woman who gets trapped in a beautiful house by its enigmatic architect played by David Oyelowo. Emmy-nominated
might not be a movie people look back on fondly, two of its stars are teaming back up for a sci-fi thriller of a different sort that could very well give them both an opportunity to show the world what all they can do with a darker, more sinister story.
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In JP Delaney’s novel
The Girl Before, which HBO’s now adapting into a four-part-miniseries, a woman named Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) jumps at the opportunity to move into a gorgeously designed home crafted by a mysterious architect (David Oyelowo). Though the architect’s requirement that the home’s occupents live by a strict set of rules of his choosing initially unnerves Jane, it isn’t until she discovers that Emma, the last woman to live there, died on the premises in unusual circumstances.
The Girl Before: Gugu Mbatha-Raw & David Oyelowo to Star in HBO Max’s New Miniseries
HBO Max and BBC One has officially announced their new partnership with the development of a brand new limited series adaptation of
The Girl Before, based on JP Delaney’s global bestselling novel of the same name.
The Morning Show actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo have signed on for the leading roles with Emmy nominated-filmmaker Lisa Brühlmann attached to direct. In addition to starring, Mbatha-Raw will also be serving as an associate producer.
“I’m so excited to work with this amazing team on such a compelling story in my debut role as an actor and producer,”Mbatha-Raw said in a statement.