Out this summer, Keeley Hawes (Rebecca) and Max Beesley (The Outsider) star in The Midwich Cuckoos, a modern-day reimagining of John Wyndham’s science fiction classic, which finds the women of a small town becoming pregnant over one day.
Watch the trailer here…
Midwich is a quiet commuter town where nothing much happens. That is, until the twilight hours of a late summer’s day, when everyone within a set area of the town falls unconscious. The curious incident seems temporary and those affected regain consciousness, but every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As the children of the phenomenon grow, it becomes clear they are not of this world.
The Midwich Cuckoos was written by David Farr, Sasha Hails, Namsi Khan and Laura Lomas, with Alice Troughton (A Discovery of Witches) as lead director, and Jennifer Perrott (Doctor Who) also serving as director.
The Midwich Cuckoos will be out this summer on Sky.
