THE FADES - BBC3

BBC3 Announce casting for Jack Thorne's (This is England '86, Skins, The Scouting Book For Boys) new supernatural horror, THE FADES currently in production for transmission later this year on BBC3.

Natalie Dormer plays Sarah, Lily Loveless is Anna & Chris Mason is playing Steve.

Fin Walker is the Choreographer for The Fades.

Paul, a young man who is haunted by apocalyptic
dreams that neither his therapist or best friend, Mac, can provide
answers for. Worse still, Paul is starting to see the Fades – the
spirits of the dead – all around him.

They're everywhere but they can't be seen, smelt, heard
or touched by living beings. But now an embittered and vengeful Fade has
found a way to break the barrier between the dead and the living and
Paul, Mac and their friends and family are all right in the eye of the
storm.

But the most terrifying twist is yet to come – the fate
of humanity rests in the hands of the two friends who already have
enough trouble getting through a day in one piece, let alone saving the
world.

Jack Thorne says: "The Fades was born from a trip into executive
producer, Sue Hogg's office – she asked me what drama of the last ten
years I wished I'd written – I said the American cable show Freaks &
Geeks – I was wearing a Ghostbusters t-shirt, she said 'what about
Freaks & Geeks meets Ghostbusters'. And I smiled and nodded
enthusiastically. But the further we've gone along, and it's been five
years since that meeting, the more seriously we've taken the fantasy and
the mythology and so the comedy is subtler and a newer, fresher,
hopefully more exciting show has emerged. I feel so lucky to be part of
the team that's bringing it to the screen – everyone from our location
manager to our FX supervisor are so committed and we have such an
amazing cast – I'm quite literally in dreamland right now."

Kate Harwood, BBC Controller Drama Series &
Serials, adds: "The minute I read Jack Thorne's script I realised we
were in exciting new territory. This is a vision of great imagination
and I am thrilled that we have such a talented cast and that we have
director Farren Blackburn and a brilliant team who can bring this vision
to life... or half life!"