{"id":118956,"date":"2026-02-01T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118956\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T12:44:25","slug":"queens-gambit-steal-actor-jacob-fortune-lloyd-leads-nfts-dystopian-short-cloud-99-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/118956\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Queen\u2019s Gambit,\u2019 \u2018Steal\u2019 Actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Leads Nfts Dystopian Short \u2018Cloud 99\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7066351\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Fortune-Lloyd<\/a>, known for his roles in \u201c<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10048342\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt32499731\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steal<\/a>,\u201d leads the cast of \u201cCloud 99,\u201d a dystopian short from the National Film and Television School written and directed by <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11204797\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leila Murton Poole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film also stars <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4180958\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Popica<\/a> and <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm9901721\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayda Eyles<\/a> (\u201cBreeders\u201d) as Fortune-Lloyd\u2019s on-screen family, with <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0077401\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Berrington<\/a> playing their eccentric neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>The story takes place in a community where residents pay for access to sunlight. A father goes to extreme lengths to support his daughter\u2019s entry in a school competition to grow sunflowers. The narrative combines intimate character drama with satirical social commentary on inequality, environmental disaster, and survival within exclusionary systems.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm16918856\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milly Pope<\/a> produces the project, her second collaboration with Murton Poole after their dystopian short \u201c<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0150433\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earth<\/a>,\u201d which received a best student short nomination at the BAFTA-qualifying Norwich Film Festival and was selected for Manchester Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m drawn to exploring real-world&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, known for his roles in \u201cThe Queen\u2019s Gambit\u201d and \u201cSteal,\u201d leads the cast of \u201cCloud 99,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2633,2634,1214,2635,2555,2558,158,9,24,12,63,122,124,123,2559,2556,1869],"class_list":{"0":"post-118956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-actors","9":"tag-actresses","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-directors","12":"tag-films","13":"tag-hollywood","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-queens","20":"tag-queens-headlines","21":"tag-queens-news","22":"tag-stars","23":"tag-television","24":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}