Boxing in Victorian East End London ‘A Thousand Blows’ Series Teaser
by Alex Billington
October 11, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I have tasted death – life is much sweeter.” Hulu has unveiled a first look teaser trailer for a series called A Thousand Blows, made for Disney+ in the UK arriving for streaming sometime in early 2025. The first two episodes are premiering son at the 2024 London Film Festival which just kicked off this week, hence this teaser dropping now. Created by Steven Knight, A Thousand Blows is inspired by the true-life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the violent East End of London in the 1880s. It’s about the fortunes (and challenges) of Hezekiah and Alec, two best friends newly arrived from Jamaica to the dirty & brutal streets of Victorian era London. Fighting for survival in the overwhelming melting pot of Victorian London’s East End, they come up against Sugar Goodson – a dangerous, veteran boxer. The cast includes Malachi Kirby and Francis Lovehall as Hezekiah and Alec, from Jamaica, along with Erin Doherty, Stephen Graham as boxer Sugar Goodson, Jason Tobin, and James Nelson-Joyce. This is an exciting first look, will definitely get your attention. Still no final release date is set yet – hopefully sooner than later.
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Steven Knight’s series A Thousand Blows, direct from YouTube:
A Thousand Blows is inspired by the true-life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the brutal East End of London in the 1880’s. Hezekiah (Malachi Kirby) & Alec (Francis Lovehall), two friends from Jamaica, find themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s East End. It’s there they meet Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as The Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham), criminal kingpin and notorious boxer. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new. A Thousand Blows is a series created and showrun by the acclaimed British screenwriter Steven Knight, known for writing Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises, Locke, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Seventh Son, Pawn Sacrifice, Allied, Serenity, Locked Down, Spencer, and Maria, as well as “Peaky Blinders”, “Taboo”, and other TV series. With writing by Ameir Brown, In-Sook Chappell, Harlan Davies, Yasmin Joseph. Episodes directed by Dionne Edwards, Katrin Gebbe, Ashley Walters, Tinge Krishnan, Nick Murphy, Coky Giedroyc. It’s executive produced by Steven Knight, Tinge Krishnan, Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters, Damian Keogh, Kate Lewis, Tom Miller, Sam Myer, David Olusoga, & Lee Mason. Disney+ will debut A Thousand Blows series streaming on Hulu in the US sometime early 2025. Stay tuned.
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