Following an open-ended season two cliffhanger, Belfast-set drama ‘The Fall’ has been renewed for a third season by BBC Two.
Lead actors Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan are set to return as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson and serial killer Paul Spector respectively.
Creator/writer/director Allan Cubitt said: ‘We’d like to thank the BBC, Kim Shillinglaw, Ben Stephenson and Stephen Wright for showing such confidence in the drama we have created with Artists Studio. The cliffhanger ending of season two was conceived in the hope of further exploring the characters and the themes that are at the heart of ‘The Fall’. We’re grateful to be given this opportunity by the BBC.’
‘The Fall’ won Best Drama at the 2014 IFTAs while lead actor Jamie Dornan won for Best Actor in a TV series and the Rising Star award.
Dornan is currently starring in erotic thriller ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ which has made over $500m at the box office so far and is set to lead the Parallel Films co-production ‘The Siege of Jadotville’, which has been acquired by Netflix.
Besides Dornan, ‘The Fall’ also stars Aisling Franciosi, Valene Kane, John Lynch, Bronagh Waugh and Stuart Graham. DOP Ruairí O'Brien is also a key crew member, as is Northern Irish composer David Holmes.
‘The Fall’ is produced by Gub Neal for Artists Studio, part of Endemol Shine Group. The Executive Producers are Allan Cubitt, Justin Thomson-Glover, Patrick Irwin and Gillian Anderson.
The series was commissioned by Kim Shillinglaw, Controller, BBC Two and Ben Stephenson, Controller of Drama Commissioning, and is executive produced by Stephen Wright through BBC Northern Ireland.
Distributed by Endemol Shine International, ‘The Fall’ has sold to 200 countries including Netflix in the US, BBC First Australia, Bravo Canada, DirecTV Latin America, Globosat Brazil, Fox International Channels across Asia as well as a multi-territory deal with ZDF Enterprises Germany.
Check out our interview with creator/writer/director of ‘The Fall’ Allan Cubitt here.