THE BURNING GIRLS

1 X SEASON FOR PARAMOUNT+

The Burning Girls is currently in post production and will be available to stream in 2023

Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead) is to lead Paramount+’s The Burning Girls alongside Bridgerton star Ruby Stokes.

The series, which is adapted from a C.J. Tudor novel, has entered production and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history.

Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.

The Burning Girls has also set the rest of its cast, with Conrad Khan (Peaky Blinders), Rupert Graves (Sherlock, Emma), Stranger Things star Elodie Grace Orkin, Janie Dee, David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), Paul Bradley (EastEnders), Jane Lapotaire (The Crown, Marie Curie), Jack Roth (Bohemian Rhapsody), Mollie Holder (Sanditon), Safia Oakley-Green (The Origin, Sherwood), Beth Cordingly (Learning to Walk Again) and John Macmillian (House of Dragon) joining Morton and Stokes.

“We couldn’t be happier with The Burning Girls cast as we start production this week,” said Buccaneer Media CEO Tony Wood. “The depth of talent is substantial.”