The 32-year-old half Brazilian actress has been cast in Netflix’s feature film adaptation of the Ruth Ware bestselling novel The Woman in Cabin 10.
Scodelario is among a roster of new cast additions for the Keira Knightley project that includes Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Daniel Ings, David Morrissey, Christopher Rygh, Paul Kaye, Lisa Loven Kongsli and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
The Woman in Cabin 10 follows a journalist who witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard a luxury yacht at night — only to be told that it didn’t happen as all the passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger.
Simon Stone is helming off of a script he wrote with Joe Shrapnel & Anna Waterhouse. Producers are Sister and Debra Hayward. EPs are Ilda Diffley for SISTER and Richard Hewitt.
There’s more gentlemen in Kaya Scodelario’s future.
Netflix has renewed Guy Ritchie’s series The Gentlemen, starring the 32-year-old half Brazilian actress, for a second season.
Scodelario and her co-stars Theo James and Daniel Ings will reprise their roles for the eight-episode second installment of the hit series, which was created by Ritchie and based on his film of the same name.
Produced by Miramax Television, the series earned Ritchie an Emmy nomination for his directing work in Season 1. He’ll return to direct and is co-writing season two alongside Matthew Read.
Commissioned by Netflix UK, The Gentlemen was an instant breakout when it was released on March 7, spending 10 weeks in the Top 10 for English-language series, the first three at No. 1.
Talks about another season kicked off right away, with James closing a deal to return in June.
Back in April, he explained why a renewal for the series was not straight-forward.
“It wasn’t genuinely discussed,” he said about a potential second season. “I think it would be a wrangling process with all of us and Guy. But also, I think with a show like this, if you’re going to do more, you need to come up with a really interesting concept for Season 2. Because as much as we enjoyed it and as fun as it was, it needs narrative drive.”
Set in the world of Ritchie’s 2019 Miramax film, the series’ first season centered on Eddie Horniman (James) who unexpectedly inherits his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it, with an unexpected ally found in the sophisticated yet ruthless Susie Glass (Scodelario).
Netflix has released the trailer for its Senna biopic, which stars the 30-year-old Brazilian actor and musician.
Premiering later this year, the project stars Gabriel Leone as the eponymous driver.
The trailer recreates his historic victory at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo.
The teaser also displays possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race that led Senna to where he had got to in his career before he tragically died in 1994.
The six-part series starts with the genesis of the three-time F1 champion’s motor racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, and runs until his tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.
Senna also stars Kaya Scodelario, whose mother is Brazillian, fresh off the back of her turn in Netflix’s The Gentlemen.
With Vicente Amorim as showrunner and co-director, alongside with Julia Rezende, Senna is produced by Fabiano Gullane and Caio Gullane with the support of Senna Brands and the driver’s family.
It also stars Alice Wegmann (Lilian Vasconcelos, Ayrton’s first wife), Camila Márdila (Vivianne Senna, his sister), Christian Malheiros (Maurinho, his friend), Gabriel Louchard (Galvão Bueno), Hugo Bonemer (Nelson Piquet), Julia Foti (Adriane Galisteu), Marco Ricca (“Maurão” Senna, his father), Nicolas Cruz (Leonardo Senna, his brother), Rodrigo Veloso (Flavio, brother-in-law) and Susana Ribeiro (Zaza Senna, his mother), plus an international cast including Matt Mella (Alain Prost), Arnaud Viard (Jean-Marie Balestre), Patrick Kennedy (Ron Dennis), Joe Hurst (Keith Sutton), Johannes Heinrichs (Niki Lauda), Keisuke Hoashi (Osamu Goto), Leon Ockenden (James Hunt), Richard Clothier (Peter Warr), Steven Mackintosh (Frank Williams) and Tom Mannion (Sid Watkins).
Head scriptwriter is Gustavo Bragança and writers are Álvaro Campos, Gustavo Bragança, Rafael Spínola, Thais Falcão and Álvaro Mamute. Amorim is directing with Júlia Rezende.
An Asif Kapadia doc about Senna won two BAFTAs in 2011.
Netflix has released the official trailer for Guy Ritchie’s highly-anticipated television series The Gentlemen, a spin-off of the Matthew McConaughey-led film starring the 31-year-old half-Brazilian English actress.
The trailer introduces a wealth of new characters into theGentlemen universe, with the series set to be helmed by White Lotus star Theo James and drop on the streamer in March.
The eight-part show is created by Ritchie, inspired by the 2019 Miramax film.
It follows Eddie Horniman (James), who has inherited his English aristocrat father’s sizable estate and becomes the new Duke of Halstead — only to discover that it’s sitting on top of the biggest weed farm in Europe, which is owned by the legendary Mickey Pearson.
In addition to Scodelario and James, the series also stars the likes of Vinnie Jones, Joely Richardson, Daniel Ings, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Serafinowicz and Max Beesley, most of whom can be seen in the trailer.
Kaya Scodelario isn’t racing to leave Netflix just yet…
The 31-year-old half-Brazilian English actress, who recently wrapped the streamer’s Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen, will star in the Netflix limited series Senna.
The series will tell the story of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna.
Scodelario, whose mother is from Sao Paulo, will play a fictional character in the series, which is filming in Brazil and Argentina.
The six-part series will show the three-time Formula 1 champion’s trajectory of overcoming joys and sorrows, exploring his personality and personal relationships. The starting point of the series will be the beginning of Ayrton’s racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, until the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994.
Senna is produced by Brazilian production company Gullane, which was founded by Caio and Fabiano Gullane with Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim as showrunner. It’s directed by Vicente Amorim and Julia Rezende. The series is produced in participation with Senna’s family.
“Being half-Brazilian it has always been a dream of mine to work on a Brazilian Production. It is an honor to be involved in a project that tells the story of Ayrton, a true national hero who means so much to the people of Brazil and around the world. It’s a huge responsibility and I am so excited to go on this journey,” said Scodelario.
Scodelario is best known for her roles in The Maze Runner andPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, as well as breaking out via British teen series Skins.
Kaya Scodalerio has entered into a Gentelmen’s agreement
The 30-year-old half-Brazilian actress has joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen, inspired by Ritchie’s 2019 Miramax film.
Scodalerio is among a list of new cast additions that includes Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson and Peter Serafinowicz.
The eight-part drama series follows Eddie Halstead (James), who has inherited his father’s sizeable estate only to discover that it’s sitting on top of a weed empire owned by the legendary Mickey Pearson. Has this straight-up soldier got what it takes to master the dark arts of the British criminal underworld and take control of the entire operation?
Scodalerio will play Susie Glass, the yin to Eddie Halstead’s (Theo James) yang who oversees Mickey Pearson’s drug business; Jones will play Geoff Seacombe, the groundskeeper of the estate; Ings will play Freddy Halstead, Eddie’s older sibling who owes dangerous people a debt; Richardson will play Lady Sabrina, Eddie and Freddy’s mother.
Ritchie is at the helm of the production, serving as creator, co-writer and executive producer and will direct the first two episodes. Matthew Read will co-write The Gentlemen with Ritchie.
“The world of The Gentlemen is a little bit of me,” Ritchie said in a statement. “I’m thrilled that with Netflix, Miramax and Moonage we have this opportunity to inhabit it once again. We’re looking forward to bringing fans back into that world, introducing new characters and their stories and I am excited to be doing it with this extremely talented cast.”
Production begins November 7 in London on the series set in the world of the 2019 film but not starring the original characters.
“The Gentlemen marks a proud moment for Miramax Television,” said the head of global television at Miramax TV. “We are thrilled to partner with the always brilliant Guy Ritchie as he directs his unique cinematic lens towards television for the very first time. We are excited to partner with Netflix and Moonage in bringing Guy’s distinctive creative vision to a global audience.”
Scodelario’s previous credits include Spinning Out, the Maze Runner film series, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon Cityand Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Scodelario is among a roster of new cast additions for the Keira Knightley project that includes Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, David Ajala, Gitte Witt, Art Malik, Daniel Ings, David Morrissey, Christopher Rygh, Paul Kaye, Lisa Loven Kongsli and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
