(Paris) British Comedy Tea Full Montywhich was a worldwide success when it was released in 1997, will return in the form of a series on the streaming platform Disney+, notably with the distribution of the main actors of the original film.
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Tea Full Monty and its inseparable song HotStuffinterpreted by Donna Summer, is transformed into a series of eight episodes whose filming has already started in the United Kingdom, in Sheffield and in Manchester, announces the Disney group in a press release.
The original feature film featured a group of unemployed people determined to turn into naked dancers in order to earn a living.
The series will chronicle the life of these characters 25 years later, their struggle to “survive in Sheffield in the face of a flagging economy in all sectors” and how they “will find solutions as absurd as they are inventive to triumph over adversity. “.
The main actors of the film of the 1990s will return to service, including Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting), Mark Addy (Game Of Thrones), Lesley Sharp (Before We Die), Hugo Speer (London Kills) or Tom Wilkinson (Batman Begins). They will be surrounded by new characters, including their children and grandchildren.
“We are thrilled to reunite the Monty Men again, who now evolve in a chaotic atmosphere of children, grandchildren, pets and more or less harmful members of their entourage to show viewers what it is like their daily life 25 years later, ”said Simon Beaufoy, creator of the miniseries and screenwriter of the original film, quoted in a press release.