James McAvoy is leading a Sky adaptation of comedian Frankie Boyle’s novel Meantime.
McAvoy is joined by the likes of Benedict Wong, Mark Bonnar and Christopher Eccleston in Meantime, which follows Felix McAveety (McAvoy), a full-time addict whose best friend is found murdered in a Glasgow park, leaving him as the police’s most convenient suspect. In a fog of intoxication and paranoia, Felix sets out to clear his name, enlisting the help of an ageing former Detective Inspector turned crime novelist (Josette Simon) and a chaotic friend (Jamie Michie).
Boyle, a well-known comedy face on British screens, is adapting his novel with Neil Webster for Happy Tramp North and Expectation in association with Sky Studios. The show comes after Sky adapted Nick Cave’s novel The Death of Bunny Munro with Matt Smith playing the lead.
The series will be discussed at a Sky event tonight in
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