Paramount+'s 'Curfew,' Starring Mandip Gill, Starts Filming in London

Paramount is not having the best of decades. The flagship film company is the sixth oldest film studio in the world, so well known the anti-trust ruling that broke up the studio system was named for it. It survived that lawsuit, the advent of radio, the move from silent films to talkies, from black and white to color, the explosion of TV, and the large-scale adoption of cable. But streaming looks to be its undoing as the company is in exclusive talks to be bought out by SkyDance. As part of making itself sellable, Paramount+ recently put the kibosh on its lofty aims of a global slate of UK-produced series. But it is still greenlighting one-off shows, like The Crow Girl and Curfew, the latter of which is officially filming in London. 

Curfew was initially announced only a week or so after the mass cancelation of Paramount+'s once-ambitious slate, making it a bit of salt in the wound around Hollywood. A near-future set U.K. thriller series starring names primarily unknown to U.S. audiences (save one), the show came with a sense of serious cost-cutting and leveling down that the industry found almost as depressing as Paramount's choice of suitors as the deadline to sell before its debts came due inched closer.

Hopefully, the new owners will see value in the show, however, as it stars one of Telluy Visiuon's favorites, Mandip Gill. She played Yaz on Doctor Who, the main companion to the Thirteenth Doctor, who stayed by lead Jodie Whittaker's side for all three seasons of the Chris Chibnall era. Gill stars as Sarah, the main suspect at the heart of the show's investigation into murder, alongside an ensemble that includes lesser-knowns, such as X-Factor UK winner Alexandra Burke, who is transitioning to acting.

Here's the show's synopsis:

Curfew is set in a society where all men live under ‘The Women’s Safety Act,’ meaning they are bound by a strict curfew from 7 pm to 7 am every night, with their movements tracked by an ankle tag 24 hours a day. When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered during curfew hours, and left on the steps of the Women’s Safety Centre, veteran Police officer Pamela Green believes that a man is responsible. But in a world where men are bound by the curfew system, her theory is rejected.

Gill and Burke will co-star with Sarah Parish (Stay Close) and Mitchell Robertson (Mayflies) as Pamela and Eddie, the cops on the case. Burke plays an advocate of the curfew. Joasia Goldyn (Britannia) is set to direct with Lydia Yeoman (The Haze) as lead writer and John Adams (Damaged) producing. Curfew's writing team also includes Jess Green (EastEnders) and Sumerah Srivastav (Manifest). Allan Niblo, Jane Moore, and Nathalie Peter-Contesse executive produce for Vertigo Films.

Curfew is currently filming in London and is expected to continue work through the spring. No date is set as yet for the premiere.