The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself

2022 - 10 - 14

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Netflix shares trailer for <em>The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself ... (hotpress.com)

The new spooky series, based on the Half Bad trilogy by Sally Green, is set for release on October 28.

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself is written by Joe Barton and executive produced by Barton, Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, Will Tennant, Phil Robertson and Colm McCarthy, who directed the first four episodes. As the show makes its premiere just in time for Halloween, Murphy is gearing up for the release of her sixth solo album, a collaborative effort with German producer DJ Koze. The show is produced by Adrian Sturges and Steve Clark-Hall and boasts an original score from BritPop group The show follows Nathan, as he encounters the boundaries between ‘good’ and ‘bad,’ alongside the mischief-inclined Annalise and charismatic Gabriel. The new darkly comedic Netflix thriller series from director Joe Barton of The Lazarus Project will launch at the end of this month and features Irish musician [Roísín Murphy](https://www.hotpress.com/music/happy-birthday-roisin-murphy-revisiting-a-classic-interview-2-22915917) and Vikings’ Karen Connell. - Film & TV

'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself' Trailer: Mysticism and ... (Collider.com)

Based on Sally Green's YA trilogy, Half Bad, the story will follow Nathan Byrn (Jay Lycurgo), the titular bastard son of Marcus Edge (David Gyasi, Interstellar) ...

You can check out the trailer for The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself below and head to Netflix to begin streaming it on October 28. [HBO Max’s Titans](https://collider.com/titans-season-4-video-mother-mayhem-fight-hbo-max/) will recognize Lycurgo from his current run on the series as Tim Drake, while Parkes holds credits for The Spanish Princess and Doctor Who. If you were looking for your Thursday dose of sarcasm, fantasy, and gore, look no further as Netflix has dropped a trailer for their upcoming witchy series, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself.

Titans star's new Netflix fantasy The Bastard Son & The Devil ... (digitalspy.com)

Alongside the Titans star, the series also features appearances from Starstruck's Nadia Parkes, Transferts' Emilien Vekemans, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of ...

[Black Mirror: Black Museum](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a41070695/black-mirror-series-six-casts-deadpool-star/)'s Colm McCarthy directs the first few episodes, with Rachna Suri and Debs Paterson also on board to helm episodes. Titans airs on 16-year-old Nathan (Lycurgo) is the illegitimate son of the world's most dangerous witch. [Motherland](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a36473420/motherland-season-4-release-date/)'s Paul Ready. "Fearing he will follow in his father's footsteps, Nathan is constantly monitored. [Netflix](https://www.digitalspy.com/netflix/)'s new fantasy series [The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41306698/bastard-son-devil-himself-netflix/) has unveiled its first trailer.

Netflix's THE BASTARD SON & THE DEVIL HIMSELF Gets Witchy ... (FANGORIA)

Jay Lycurgo and Nadia Parkes star as Nathan and Annalise. The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself, Netflix's new YA-horror-fantasy-drama series, gets a bonkers and ...

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself was written by Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project) and is based on the Half Bad books by Sally Green. As the boundaries between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fray, Nathan - along with mischievous Annalise (Parkes) and charismatic Gabriel (Vekemans) - will soon discover who he truly is. Sixteen-year-old Nathan (Lycurgo) is the illegitimate son of the world’s most dangerous witch.

The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself trailer teases magic, romance ... (Radio Times)

Netflix's upcoming fantasy series stars Titans' Jay Lycurgo as a teenage witch tasked with killing his father.

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Roísín Murphy makes her acting debut in the trailer for 'The Bastard ... (Entertainment.ie)

The trailer for the new Netflix series has landed showing iconic Irish musician Roísín Murphy making her acting debut. Based on the 'Half Bad' trilogy of ...

'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself' is written by Joe Barton ('The Lazarus Project', 'Giri/Haji'). Barton, Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, Will Tennant, Phil Robertson executive produce alongside Colm McCarthy ('Black Mirror: Black Museum', 'The Girl with all the Gifts'), who directs the first four episodes. I was a bit surprised to be honest and I didn’t believe I could do it.

'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself' Season 1 Coming to Netflix in ... (What's on Netflix)

The wonderful team of Andy Serkis' Imaginarium Productions is behind Netflix's latest fantasy drama series, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself.

Officially, Lycurgo’s role as Nathan in The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself is his first lead role in a series, and his Netflix debut. The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself is an upcoming fantasy-drama series developed for TV by Joe Barton, which is based on the Half-Bad trilogy by YA novelist Sally Green. The wonderful team of Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium Productions is behind Netflix’s latest fantasy drama series, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself.

Bastard Son & The Devil Himself makes "big changes" from Half Bad ... (Radio Times)

Joe Barton, writer on the Netflix series, says it's a "spiritual adaptation" of the novel.

For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the [Radio Times podcast](https://www.radiotimes.com/podcasts/). Netflix is also available on [Sky Glass](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?id=489797&clickref=radiotimes-1720264&awinmid=11005&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fglass) and [Virgin Media Stream](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?id=489797&clickref=radiotimes-1720264&awinmid=6399&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.virginmedia.com%2Ftv%2Fstreaming). Perfecting the first episode of The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself was "a really difficult task", according to Barton, since there's "so much backstory, so much lore" present in the book. [Buy the Half Bad novel from Amazon now](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Half-Bad-Sally-Green/dp/0141350865/?tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1720264). [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81258637) – [sign up for Netflix from £6.99 a month](https://www.netflix.com/gb/). It's a line of dialogue from the first episode, so that's how it got in there." It's more Nathan and Gabriel that go on this journey and then she appears at the end – we wanted to bring her in and keep her in it more, because I always liked the idea of these three kids and their interactions and the complexities of their relationships. "Like with any adaptation, you change a bunch just to make it fit, unless you're doing Harry Potter or something where people just want the exact book on screen – this was more taking the characters and playing around with them a little bit." "It's difficult and we had, like, 100 different versions of [the first episode]. We wrote about 20 different versions of a prologue and epilogue, which we didn't end up using... So it was exciting – I had to get my head back into the world very quickly." "I wrote the screenplay but we couldn't get it made – as most films don't get made," Barton explained.

Netflix to premiere 'The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself'. Check ... (Economic Times)

Andy Serkis is helming Netflix's latest fantasy drama, "The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself". The show is based on a book by the same name.

The bastard son of the world's most dangerous wizard, 16-year-old Nathan, is the protagonist of "The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself." The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). As tensions rise, the old line between "good" and "evil" is broken, and In addition, he will make his [Netflix Original](/topic/netflix-original)debut as Soul. [Rachna Suri](/topic/rachna-suri), and Colm McCarthy shared the supervisory duties. Additionally, he appeared in the sci-fi series War of the Worlds and Batman.

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