The Team Behind Netflix's ADOLESCENCE Is Reimagining the Most Terrifying Nuclear Drama Ever Made, THREADS
The team behind Adolescence, Netflix’s surprise juggernaut of the year, is now diving headfirst into one of the most haunting films ever broadcast on British television… Threads.
Warp Films, the Sheffield-based company behind Adolescence, is developing a TV series remake of Threads, the 1984 BBC Two film that gave an entire generation nightmares.
Set in Sheffield, Threads presents a disturbingly realistic depiction of a nuclear strike on the UK and the bleak, soul-crushing aftermath that follows. The film’s grounded horror still lingers in the minds of anyone who’s watched it, and that something Warp is leaning into with this new version.
Mark Herbert, Warp Films’s founder and chief executive said in a statement: “Threads was, and remains, an unflinchingly honest drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people.
“This story aligns perfectly with our ethos of telling powerful, grounded narratives that deeply connect with audiences. Reimagining this classic film as a TV drama gives us a unique opportunity to explore its modern relevance.”
If you've never seen the original Threads, it’s available now on BBC iPlayer. The film is about impact and it forces viewers to sit with the horror, not just of the attack, but of everything that comes after. It’s brutal and unrelenting.
Warp is clearly not shying away from difficult material. Their recent hit Adolescence, a four-episode series following the shocking aftermath of a teenage girl’s murder by a classmate, shot each episode in a single take.
It stars Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper and dropped on March 13 to minimal buzz… until word-of-mouth turned it into one of Netflix’s biggest English-language hits.
Though Netflix confirmed there won’t be a second season of Adolescence, Warp Films is already making their next big move. Revisiting Threads as a series feels timely, unnerving, and eerily relevant in today’s world.
If anyone can do the story justice without losing the raw humanity at the heart of the original it’s probably the same team that made Adolescence so gripping.