Created by Harry and Jack Williams (Roman’s Empire, Full English) and directed by Tom Shankland (Ripper Street), The Missing follows Tony Hughes (James Nesbitt), a father whose five-year-old son Oliver goes missing while on vacation. Desperate to locate his son, Tony enlists the help of a local detective in his quest to bring those responsible for Oliver’s disappearance to justice, no matter the cost. Even if it means fracturing his marriage beyond repair and losing what sanity he’s managed to hang on to since Oliver disappeared.

The Missing will be the second fall series for Starz, as basketball comedy Survivor’s Remorse begins its six-episode run in October. The network has amped up their number of scripted hours in 2014 and should continue that well into 2015, thanks to the success of Power, Black Sails, and Da Vinci’s Demons and upcoming projects Blunt Talk and Flesh and Bone. Given the success of The White Queen and the fact that The Missing is a co-production with BBC, it seems likely that at least one international series will premiere on Starz sometime within the next calendar year, as well.

In addition to Hughes, The Missing stars Tcheky Karyo (Goldeneye), Frances O’Connor (Mr. Selfridge), Arsher Ali (Four Lions), Titus De Voogt (Any Way the Wind Blows), and Anamaria Marinca (4 Weeks, 3 Months and 2 Days).

You can check out a behind the scenes featurette centered on The Missing below.

Will you be watching The Missing? What will Tony ultimately give up in order to get his son back? Is there a possibility that, rather than being abducted, Oliver ran away from home?

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The project, which will allow the directors complete creative leeway (rewrites, casting, hiring of crew members), will be the first original unscripted series for Starz.

The network also revealed that comedy Survivor’s Remorse, their first attempt at original scripted comedy since Gravity in 2010, will premiere Saturday, October 4th at 9:00. The six-episode series tells the story of Cam Calloway, a talented basketball player who makes it to the pros. However, instead of being able to bask in the glow of a dream fulfilled, Calloway is forced to deal with the negatives that go along with being a professional athlete, including opportunistic friends. Executive produced by the likes of LeBron James, Maverick Carter, and showrunner Mike O’Malley, Survivor’s Remorse stars Jessie T. Usher (Level Up), Ronreaco Lee (Let’s Stay Together), Erica Ash (MADtv), Tichina Arnold (Martin), and Mike Epps (Being Mary Jane).

Finally, Starz released the first trailer for upcoming drama The Missing, which doesn’t have a concrete premiere date as of yet. A co-production between Starz and BBC, The Missing stars James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) as Tony, a man devastated by the abduction of his young son. He soon becomes obsessed with the boy’s disappearance, with his marriage suffering and his life threatening to cave in on itself. Written by Harry and Jack Williams (Honest) and directed by Tom Shankland (Ripper Street), The Missing stars Frances O’Connor (Mr. Selfridge), Jason Flemyng (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Arsher Ali (Four Lions), Tcheky Karyo (The Patriot), and Ken Stott (Rebus).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9WRPR4EGQE

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Carmi Zlotnik, Managing Director of Starz, said, “The Missing is a powerful and poignant story about a father’s determination to find his missing child, and that is something any viewer can understand.  The Williams’ scripts gripped us on every page, and we are glad to be working in partnership again with the BBC, Charlie Pattinson and Colin Callender on this very special project.”

The Missing tells the story of Tony (James Nesbitt), a man still recovering from the abduction of his son while on vacation. He soon becomes obsessed with the idea that the boy isn’t dead and spends years combing the world for him, fracturing his marriage and threatening his already weakening mental state. The series takes the place of Fortitude, a planned co-production between the BBC and Starz that fell through, and will become the fourth new drama of the year for Starz, following Black Sails, Outlander, and Power.

In addition to Nesbitt, The Missing stars Frances O’Connor (Mr. Selfridge), Tcheky Karyo (The Patriot), Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Ken Stott (The Hobbit), and Arsher Ali (Four Lions).

Will you be watching The Missing? Do you think the show will fit in on Starz? What type of shows would you like to see come from a BBC/Starz partnership?

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