{"id":597333,"date":"2026-09-11T17:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/597333\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T17:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:52:11","slug":"exclusive-trailer-for-ashley-walters-directorial-debut-animol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/597333\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Trailer For Ashley Walters’ Directorial Debut Animol"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years now, Ashley Walters has been a stalwart of British screens, in cinemas and acclaimed TV dramas too. In more recent years, he was one of the headline performers in the all-time-great Top Boy, starred in two episodes of instant classic Adolescence<\/a>, and appeared in Steven Knight\u2019s A Thousand Blows<\/a> too \u2013 a show on which he also directed three episodes. Now, Walters has made his directorial feature debut with Animol, a tough and tender prison drama, in which Tut Nyuot\u2019s Troy finds himself facing up to the harshness of life behind bars. Check out the trailer exclusively here:<\/p>\n

Walters has long proved himself a talent in front of the cameras, and this looks like a striking and stylish film as director. As well as Nyuot \u2013 who you\u2019ll recognise from The Long Walk<\/a>, and the Cillian Murphy-starring Steve<\/a> \u2013 Walters\u2019 film features the ever-great Stephen Graham, in something of an Adolescence reunion, as well as Dune<\/a>\u2019s Sharon Duncan-Brewster. \u201cI\u2019d always make a movie because I want to entertain people but it\u2019s important that it creates a conversation, and I really do think Animol will,\u201d says Walters. \u201cI want to show this genre of film in a different light to what we\u2019ve seen before in the UK. I\u2019m incredibly proud of what we\u2019ve created and I am excited for audiences to get a taste of Animol in our new trailer ahead of the premiere at London Film Festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the official synopsis: \u201cBehind the walls of a juvenile detention centre, Troy is thrust into a brutal world of gangs, loyalty, and violence. From the moment he arrives, he is tested. Paired with a volatile cellmate, Troy is forced to deal with daily threats and power struggles. An unspoken bond with a fellow inmate offers solace in the oppressive environment, but their growing connection becomes a dangerous vulnerability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Animol is coming to cinemas soon \u2013 and will be screening at the BFI London Film Festival on October 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For years now, Ashley Walters has been a stalwart of British screens, in cinemas and acclaimed TV dramas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-597333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}