Both House of the Dragon and Fallout immediately became international hits, and they share quite a few similarities between them — they both throw immensely talented but ultimately underrated actors into increasingly dangerous situations in beloved fictional worlds that were once very niche. Speaking of HotD and Fallout’s stars, though, these series brought many of them the recognition they deserved.
And now, they’re ready to tackle their next big challenge: killer squirrels. What?
New Horror Comedy Stars Talents from Iconic Shows
As recently reported by Screen Daily, director Craig Roberts is currently working on a new project: a horror comedy movie with an utterly bizarre premise. In The Scurry, a band of deranged killer squirrels decides to seek revenge on the visitors and staff of a nearby eco-café, leading the mortified and terrified humans to defend themselves.
For his upcoming flick, Roberts booked two stars from the biggest sensations of the past two years.
And now, they’re ready to tackle their next big challenge: killer squirrels. What?
New Horror Comedy Stars Talents from Iconic Shows
As recently reported by Screen Daily, director Craig Roberts is currently working on a new project: a horror comedy movie with an utterly bizarre premise. In The Scurry, a band of deranged killer squirrels decides to seek revenge on the visitors and staff of a nearby eco-café, leading the mortified and terrified humans to defend themselves.
For his upcoming flick, Roberts booked two stars from the biggest sensations of the past two years.
- 5/16/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
Ella Purnell’s stardom is on the rise with the explosive success of the Fallout streaming series. Since the first episode itself, Purnell’s character of Lucy MacLean emerged as a fan favorite. The actress has experienced a burst of popularity around the world, and fans are eager to see her in more projects. The entertainment industry is capitalizing on the interest, and Purnell’s next project has been announced.
The actress will be seen in The Scurry, an upcoming film by Craig Roberts. Purnell will be playing the lead in the project, which is set to be a horror comedy relating to squirrels. While the rest of the cast continues to expand with fresh announcements, Purnell’s name alone will be enough to excite interest among Fallout fans.
Ella Purnell Joins the Squirrel-infested world of The Scurry
Ella Purnell in Fallout
In Craig Robert’s The Scurry, Ella Purnell...
The actress will be seen in The Scurry, an upcoming film by Craig Roberts. Purnell will be playing the lead in the project, which is set to be a horror comedy relating to squirrels. While the rest of the cast continues to expand with fresh announcements, Purnell’s name alone will be enough to excite interest among Fallout fans.
Ella Purnell Joins the Squirrel-infested world of The Scurry
Ella Purnell in Fallout
In Craig Robert’s The Scurry, Ella Purnell...
- 5/15/2024
- by Neeraj Chand
- FandomWire
Back in March, it was announced that Eternal Beauty director Craig Roberts was set to take the helm of a horror comedy called The Scurry, working from a screenplay by The Mash Report’s Tim Telling, with House of the Dragon co-stars Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans on board to star alongside Paapa Essiedu (The Lazarus Project), Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex), and Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor). The Scurry is now filming in the UK – but Screen Daily reports that Cooke had to drop out due to scheduling issues and has been replaced by Fallout star Ella Purnell.
McKenna-Bruce also ran into scheduling issues on the way to production and had to leave the project.
The story of The Scurry follows two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend,...
McKenna-Bruce also ran into scheduling issues on the way to production and had to leave the project.
The story of The Scurry follows two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Fresh off her starring role in the first season of Prime Video’s hit series “Fallout,” Ella Purnell (“Yellowjackets”) has booked a role in the upcoming horror-comedy The Scurry.
Screen Daily reports this morning that Ella Purnell has joined the cast of the now-filming horror comedy from director Craig Roberts, taking on “an avalanche of deranged squirrels.”
The site notes, “Ella Purnell will play the leading role of a park attendant who must use her unique skills and strength to survive a band of killer squirrels.”
“The film follows two pest controllers called to a country park café to investigate a routine vermin problem, only for an avalanche of deranged squirrels to descend at nightfall, wreaking mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park.”
Rhys Ifans (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Paapa Essiedu (Men), and Antonia Thomas (“The Good Doctor”) have all been previously announced to star in the upcoming movie.
Screen Daily reports this morning that Ella Purnell has joined the cast of the now-filming horror comedy from director Craig Roberts, taking on “an avalanche of deranged squirrels.”
The site notes, “Ella Purnell will play the leading role of a park attendant who must use her unique skills and strength to survive a band of killer squirrels.”
“The film follows two pest controllers called to a country park café to investigate a routine vermin problem, only for an avalanche of deranged squirrels to descend at nightfall, wreaking mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park.”
Rhys Ifans (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Paapa Essiedu (Men), and Antonia Thomas (“The Good Doctor”) have all been previously announced to star in the upcoming movie.
- 5/15/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fallout star Ella Purnell has joined the cast of Craig Roberts’ comedy-horror The Scurry, which is now filming in the UK.
Purnell will play a leading role, of a park attendant who must use her unique skills and strength to survive a band of killer squirrels.
True Brit Entertainment is co-producer and UK distributor on the film, which is shooting on location and at Dragon Studios in South Wales.
Previously announced cast members include Rhys Ifans, Screen Star of Tomorrow Paapa Essiedu, and Antonia Thomas. The Mash Report writer Tim Telling penned the script.
Olivia Cooke and Mia McKenna-Bruce are...
Purnell will play a leading role, of a park attendant who must use her unique skills and strength to survive a band of killer squirrels.
True Brit Entertainment is co-producer and UK distributor on the film, which is shooting on location and at Dragon Studios in South Wales.
Previously announced cast members include Rhys Ifans, Screen Star of Tomorrow Paapa Essiedu, and Antonia Thomas. The Mash Report writer Tim Telling penned the script.
Olivia Cooke and Mia McKenna-Bruce are...
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Scurry, a British comedy film about killer squirrels, is in the works, here are the details of the new film.
There have been horror films about a variety of unusual killers over the years, from vengeful car Christine to a killer tyre in Rubber.
Squirrels are the next unlikely killers to get the spotlight, courtesy of the comedy horror The Scurry. The synopsis reads as follows:
Two pest controllers are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem – but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park.
With many fatalities the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. An eclectic mix of survivors include pest controllers, a sulky teenager, hypocritical vegans, and...
There have been horror films about a variety of unusual killers over the years, from vengeful car Christine to a killer tyre in Rubber.
Squirrels are the next unlikely killers to get the spotlight, courtesy of the comedy horror The Scurry. The synopsis reads as follows:
Two pest controllers are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem – but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park.
With many fatalities the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. An eclectic mix of survivors include pest controllers, a sulky teenager, hypocritical vegans, and...
- 3/21/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Eternal Beauty director Craig Roberts is set to take the helm of a horror comedy called The Scurry, working from a screenplay by The Mash Report’s Tim Telling, and Deadline reports that Olivia Cooke of Bates Motel, House of the Dragon, and Ouija and Rhys Ifans of Notting Hill, The Amazing Spider-Man, and also House of the Dragon have signed on to star in the film. Paapa Essiedu (The Lazarus Project), Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex), and Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor) are also in the cast.
The story of The Scurry follows two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park. With many fatalities, the survivors take shelter in the café as...
The story of The Scurry follows two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park. With many fatalities, the survivors take shelter in the café as...
- 3/20/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Animals are running amok in upcoming comedy-horror movie The Scurry. Deadline announced today a rather impressive cast set to take on an “avalanche of deranged squirrels.”
Olivia Cooke (“House of the Dragon“), Rhys Ifans (Spider-Man: No Way Home),Paapa Essiedu (Men), Mia McKenna-Bruce (“Vampire Academy”) and Antonia Thomas (“The Good Doctor”) have all joined that cast of the horror feature from director Craig Roberts.
The Scurry will follow “two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park. With many fatalities, the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. An eclectic mix of survivors include pest controllers, a sulky teenager, hypocritical vegans,...
Olivia Cooke (“House of the Dragon“), Rhys Ifans (Spider-Man: No Way Home),Paapa Essiedu (Men), Mia McKenna-Bruce (“Vampire Academy”) and Antonia Thomas (“The Good Doctor”) have all joined that cast of the horror feature from director Craig Roberts.
The Scurry will follow “two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park. With many fatalities, the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. An eclectic mix of survivors include pest controllers, a sulky teenager, hypocritical vegans,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Rhys Ifans (The King’s Man), Olivia Cooke (House of Dragon), Paapa Essiedu (The Lazarus Project), Mia McKenna-Bruce (How to Have Sex) and Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor) have all joined new comedy-horror feature The Scurry from Eternal Beauty helmer Craig Roberts.
The project, which is penned by The Mash Report’s Tim Telling, follows two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park. With many fatalities, the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. An eclectic mix of survivors include pest controllers, a sulky teenager, hypocritical vegans, and a drug dealer – there is only an outside chance of survival.
Water & Power Productions,...
The project, which is penned by The Mash Report’s Tim Telling, follows two pest controllers who are called to an eco-café in a country park to investigate what begins as a routine vermin problem but as nightfall approaches an avalanche of deranged squirrels descend, wreaking revenge and mayhem on the staff and visitors in the park. With many fatalities, the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. An eclectic mix of survivors include pest controllers, a sulky teenager, hypocritical vegans, and a drug dealer – there is only an outside chance of survival.
Water & Power Productions,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Russell T Davies historical drama scoops three gongs at London event.
A Very English Scandal picked up three Bafta Craft Awards last night (April 28), beating Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, which each won two awards. Meanwhile, script supervisor Emma Thomas was honoured with the Bafta Craft Special Award for her outstanding contribution to the industry.
A Very English Scandal won for Costume Design, Director: Fiction and Editing: Fiction, while Killing Eve picked up awards for Original Music and Sound: Fiction. Patrick Melrose won the Production Design and Writer: Drama awards.
The awards celebrate the best behind-the-scenes television talent of the last 12 months.
A Very English Scandal picked up three Bafta Craft Awards last night (April 28), beating Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, which each won two awards. Meanwhile, script supervisor Emma Thomas was honoured with the Bafta Craft Special Award for her outstanding contribution to the industry.
A Very English Scandal won for Costume Design, Director: Fiction and Editing: Fiction, while Killing Eve picked up awards for Original Music and Sound: Fiction. Patrick Melrose won the Production Design and Writer: Drama awards.
The awards celebrate the best behind-the-scenes television talent of the last 12 months.
- 4/29/2019
- by Jake Bickerton Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
‘A Very English Scandal’ Pips ‘Killing Eve’ & ‘Patrick Melrose’ To The Post At BAFTA TV Craft Awards
A Very English Scandal, the BBC and Amazon co-production, scored three gongs at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards. The Hugh Grant-fronted mini-series beat two other high-profile U.S.-backed series, Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, which both won two awards at the behind-the-scenes awards.
The event was hosted by Episodes’ Stephen Mangan in London and comes ahead of the main awards next month.
A Very English Scandal, based on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal, won in Costume Design, Director: Fiction and Editing: Fiction, while BBC America’s Killing Eve picked up the Original Music and Sound: Fiction awards and Showtime and Sky co-pro Patrick Melrose received the Production Design and Writer: Drama award with David Nicholls beating Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Russell T Davies and Lennie James to the latter.
2019 Winners
Writer: Drama
David Nicholls Patrick Melrose – Two Cities / SunnyMarch / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic
Lennie James Save Me – World Productions / Sky...
The event was hosted by Episodes’ Stephen Mangan in London and comes ahead of the main awards next month.
A Very English Scandal, based on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal, won in Costume Design, Director: Fiction and Editing: Fiction, while BBC America’s Killing Eve picked up the Original Music and Sound: Fiction awards and Showtime and Sky co-pro Patrick Melrose received the Production Design and Writer: Drama award with David Nicholls beating Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Russell T Davies and Lennie James to the latter.
2019 Winners
Writer: Drama
David Nicholls Patrick Melrose – Two Cities / SunnyMarch / Little Island Productions / Sky Atlantic
Lennie James Save Me – World Productions / Sky...
- 4/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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