Daniel Kaluuya is moving behind the camera with his first feature writing credit, a futuristic dystopian drama titled The Kitchen. The Oscar-winning actor co-writes the feature alongside Joe Murtagh (Calm with Horses, Gangs of London) for Netflix.

Set in 2044 London, The Kitchen paints a bleak futuristic world in which the wealth gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its very limit. With all forms of social housing having been eliminated, London’s working class is now forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the capital. However, a place called “The Kitchen” is the first and largest of its kind: London’s last village harbouring residents that refuse to move on and move out of the place they call home. The story centres on residents Izi, who is desperate to find a way out, and 12-year-old Benji, who has lost his mother and is searching for a family.

As the cost of living in the UK explodes, this one might be hitting a little too close to home. Kane ‘Kano’ Robinson, best known for his starring role in Netflix’s wildly popular Top Boy series, has been tapped to play Izi. Benji will be played by newcomer Jedaiah Bannerman.

The Kitchen comes from an original idea by Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares, and Daniel Emmerson. Tavares will helm the project, marking his feature directorial debut. Talking about the inspiration behind the film, Kaluuya recalls: “In 2011, I was in my barbershop and there was a guy boasting about smash and grabs — kids doing million-pound heists in a minute, getting paid £200 to do it. I saw the potential to unlock a unique story door to the inequality, fatherhood, class, joy, resilience, courage, defiance and care of London. Now, nearly a decade later, Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Emmerson and I are about to start production, immersing ourselves in a dystopian London that interrogates what ‘care’ means, at home and as a society and the dangers in our future if we stay indifferent to everything around us.”

The Kitchen will release on Netflix sometime in 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

Lore is a brand new portmanteau-style horror feature film from the minds of James Bushe (Cannibals and Carpet Fitters) and Patrick Ryder. Among the cast are Andrew Lee Potts (Primeval), Ben Crompton (Game of Thrones), Rufus Hound (Doctor Who), Bill Fellows (Ted Lasso), Sally Collett (The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud), and Alana Wallace (The Assent), The film is promised to be a love letter to those classic horrors that have haunted viewers for years. The film is currently in post-production, and you can help get it finished by donating to the Kickstarter campaign.

Lore follows four close friends who take a creepy excursion to the woods where they meet their guide ‘Darwin’ – a man who is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time. Each of the four friends tells the most horrifying and haunting stories they know to one another around the campfire, but little do they know that these playful retellings will have chilling consequences for everyone.

An exciting mix of horror genres is explored in Lore, from haunting ghost stories to creepy monster thrillers, all the way to Shaun of the Dead-type slasher black comedy. Four stories, four unique visions – all wrapped in a beautiful twisting story arc. The filmmakers are looking to raise £10,000 to complete the post-production, and are already halfway there. You can get involved by heading to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/patrickryder/lore-a-horror-anthology-feature-film-post-production

Lore is produced by Adam Bouabda (Sea & Sky Pictures), written and directed by James Bushe (Fascination Pictures), Patrick Ryder (Little Glass Pictures) and Greig Johnson. Executive Producer Paul Andrews (Auk).