‘Reunion,’ the Revenge Thriller Set in the Deaf Community and in Sheffield, Is Breaking New Ground

BBC Studios is launching sales of the Warp Films series from William Mager, starring Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan and Rose Ayling-Ellis, as a priority title at MIPCOM.

“Reunion is an old-fashioned thriller that I hope feels like a classic ’70s American thriller but for the present day,” signs William “Billy” Mager as we are seated in an office in Sheffield, just around the corner from the set of the four-episode series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. BBC Studios is selling the drama internationally and launching it as a priority title at MIPCOM in Cannes this week. It may be set in the former industrial city in Northern England but will appeal to a global audience, Mager adds.