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A prequel series to the British crime film Sexy Beast is still alive at Paramount+
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The Sexy Beast prequel series, not to be confused with Netflix dating reality show Sexy Beasts, was first revealed in 2018. Paramount Network ordered it to series in 2019, but scrapped it in 2020. Turns out Sexy Beast is still alive as part of Paramount+'s international division. As Deadline notes, "the prequel to the 2000 cult British gangster movie will track the origin story of the Gal Dove, Don Logan and Teddy Bass characters, played in the movie by Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane, respectively. Writer Michael Caleo, whose TV credits include The Sopranos and Rescue Me, will write the adaptation."
TOPICS: Sexy Beast, Paramount+, In Development
