A brand new tv model of David Bowie’s traditional movie The Man Who Fell To Earth had its world premiere in the present day at SXSW, and Showtime has adopted up by releasing the primary 5 minutes of the drama sequence.
Impressed by the Walter Tevis novel of the identical title and the enduring Bowie movie, The Man Who Fell to Earth will observe a brand new alien character (Ejiofor) who arrives on Earth at a turning level in human evolution, and should confront his personal previous to find out our future.
The brand new sequence stars Oscar nominees Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris, together with Jimmi Simpson, Rob Delaney, Sonya Cassidy, Joana Ribeiro, Annelle Olaleye, Kate Mulgrew, Clarke Peters and Invoice Nighy. The sequence will debut on Sunday, April 24 at 10 PM ET/PT.
The Man Who Fell to Earth is government produced by Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, John Hlavin, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers, Chiwetel Ejiofor and StudioCanal’s Rola Bauer and Françoise Guyonnet. The sequence is produced by CBS Studios in affiliation with Secret Hideout and Timberman/Beverly.
StudioCanal owns the rights for the Tevis’ ebook and the Nicolas Roeg movie withBowie. The sequence is distributed internationally by Paramount International Content material Distribution.
Watch the teaser above.