#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BURNING GIRLS” COMING TO PARAMOUNT+

A set of spine-chilling images have been unveiled today by PARAMOUNT+ ahead of the upcoming horror-thriller series – THE BURNING GIRLS.

The photography reveals multi-award-winning British actress Samantha Morton as Reverend Jack Brooks and Ruby Stokes as Jack’s 15-year-old daughter Flo in the series, coming exclusively to Paramount+ in the UK, Canada, Australia, Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and South Korea later this year.

Set in Chapel Croft, a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history, THE BURNING GIRLS sees Reverend Jack Brooks (Samantha Morton: “The Walking Dead”, “The Serpent Queen”) and her daughter Flo (Ruby Stokes: “Bridgerton”, “Lockwood & Co”) arrive in the hope of a fresh start. They soon find a village rife with conspiracies and secrets where uncovering the truth can be deadly in a community with a bloody past.

Morton’s character Jack is a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death, while her 15-year-old daughter Flo is a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum.

The images were taken at locations in the South of England, where THE BURNING GIRLS was filmed late last year.

Samantha Morton said: “I was immediately drawn to this character-led script, brought to life by a wonderfully talented and dedicated cast. On the surface The Burning Girls is about community, but underneath it’s every man for themselves. Untangling this intricate web was an absolute thrill.”

Ruby Stokes added: “It was a pleasure working with such a talented and dedicated cast and crew. A personal highlight; playing opposite Sam whom I greatly admire.”

The story of THE BURNING GIRLS starts when Protestant martyrs – including two young girls – were betrayed and burned at the stake five hundred years ago. Two teenage girls then disappeared from Chapel Croft without a trace thirty years ago, and just a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church.

Psychological horror meets small town mystery in this story of a troubled vicar, desperate to exorcise the demons of her past and find peace in their new home. The more Jack and Flo unearth about Chapel Croft’s past, the deeper they are drawn into the age-old rifts, mysteries, and suspicions of this insular village.

Alongside Morton and Stokes, the series also features BAFTA EE Rising Star nominee Conrad Khan (“Peaky Blinders”) as Lucas Wrigley, a mysterious alternative teen who Flo befriends in the series. Other actors featuring in the series include: Paul Bradley (“Eastenders”), Janie Dee (“Official Secrets”), Jane Lapotaire (“The Crown”), John Macmillan (“House of the Dragon”), Rupert Graves (“Sherlock”), Elodie Grace Orkin (“Stranger Things”), Safia Oakley-Green (“The Origin, Sherwood”), Beth Cordingly (“Funland”), David Dawson (Doc Martin”), Jack Roth (“Britannia”) and Mollie Holder (“Sanditon”).

THE BURNING GIRLS is the latest book adaptation available on Paramount+, following Beth O’Leary’s THE FLATSHARE, Jane Casey’s THE KILLING KIND and NO ESCAPE and THE CASTAWAYS, both by Lucy Clarke. The series also joins the expanding slate of UK originals for Paramount+, which includes A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, THE EX-WIFE and SEXY BEAST.

Based on the novel of the same name by C.J Tudor and adapted by Hans Rosenfeldt (“Marcella”, “The Bridge”), THE BURNING GIRLS (6 X 60”) is a Paramount+ original series executive produced by Richard Tulk-Hart and Tony Wood alongside Tudor and Rosenfeldt. Series directors include Charles Martin (“Skins”, “Wallander”) and Kieron Hawkes (“Intergalactic”, “Ripper Street”).

THE BURNING GIRLS will be available exclusively on Paramount+ later this year.