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- Susan Sarandon and Olivia Colman have joined the ensemble of 'Army of Shadows,' with the full cast also including Paddy Considine, America Ferrera, Alex Hassell, and Kit Harington plus Leila Farzad, Luther Ford, Amara Okereke, Patrick O'Kane, Anjli Mohindra, Ed Ashley, and Zoë Telford.
- Ronan Bennett, BAFTA-winning creator of 'MobLand' and 'The Day of the Jackal,' wrote the six-episode series, which is set in a near-future authoritarian Britain and inspired by Jean Pierre Melville's 1969 Resistance film and Joseph Kessel's source novel.
- Lisa Gunning ('Black Doves') is directing all six episodes, with filming currently underway in Paris and London; Studiocanal is handling worldwide sales while Canal+ will release across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
- The project marks the first series from Studiocanal's newly launched in-house production arm, co-produced with Two Cities Television (part of STV Studios) and commissioned for the UK by Channel 4.
- Deadline notes that Sarandon has spoken about being 'shunned by Hollywood' for her political stances, framing this as her highest-profile project in recent years.
- Royalties from Kessel's works are bequeathed to the Irish Red Cross, and the series is developed with the support of the Melville family and the Kessel estate.
Why it matters: The casting gives Studiocanal's in-house production launch immediate prestige, with two Oscar winners and a Game of Thrones lead anchoring a politically charged Resistance drama — and Sarandon's involvement carries extra weight given Deadline's note that she's been sidelined by Hollywood for her politics, making this her most prominent role in years.
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