Paramount+ UK Sets 'Curfew' for Fall 2024
Paramount+ is prepping to drop a Curfew for the autumn of 2024. The series, which is one of the few commissioned after parent company Paramount Global, axed 95% of its in-progress slate of U.K. programming, is based on the novel After Dark by Jayne Cowie, set in a dystopian near-future where the Women's Safety Act has been passed, declaring men must stay indoors during the overnight hours, starting at 7 p.m. local time. The idea is that women should be allowed to walk the streets at night free of fear, and rather than teach men to do better, society has decided "Lock Him Up" is the best option. But of course, these sorts of freedom-restricting punitive measures never really work, no matter how well-intentioned. Instead, they merely start society down a slippery slope to violent authoritarianism.
The violence, in this case, begins when the body of a woman is dropped on the steps of the Women's Safety Center in the middle of the night, and the lead detective takes one look at the violence done against her and sees all the hallmarks of a male killer. But if there are no men on the street after dinner, how did she die?
Curfew's six-part thriller is a deep dive into how authoritarian regimes start, how those who believe they're doing right can be on the absolute wrong side of history, and how some cases wind up forcing a detective to work there way all the way to the top to find the true whodunit.
