Academy Award winner Daniel Kaluuya has set the futuristic dystopian drama ‘The Kitchen’ to co-write and produce for Netflix.
The production is set in London, 2044, a future where the gap between rich and poor has been stretched to its limits. All forms of social housing have been eradicated and London’s working classes have been forced to live in temporary accommodation on the outskirts of the city, The Kitchen is the first and the largest of its kind, it’s London’s last village harbouring residents that refuse to move on and move out of the place they call home. It’s here we meet Izi, a resident of the kitchen who is desperately trying to find a way out and 12-year-old, Benji, who has lost his mother and is searching for a family. We follow our unlikely pair as they battle to survive in a system that is stacked against them.
Kaluuya will co-write alongside Joe Murtagh (Calm with Horses, Gangs of London). Actor and musician Kane Robinson takes the lead as Izi following his recurring starring role in the Top Boy series, season 2 of which has just launched on Netflix.
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The project is helmed by first-time feature director, Kibwe Tavares, it also introduces young newcomer Jedaiah Bannerman, playing co-lead Benji alongside Kane Robinson as Izi.
Theo Barrowclough will serve as a Co-Producer, while Conor McCaughan and Michael Fassbender will serve as executive producers for DMC Film.
The shoot will take place in London and Paris and release globally on Netflix in 2023
