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Boy Swallows Universe 2024
Boy Swallows Universe is an Australian coming-of-age television series for Netflix. It is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Trent Dalton and was produced by Andrew Mason and Troy Lum. The show was written by John Collee and stars Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley, Zac Burgess, Simon Baker, Bryan Brown, Anthony LaPaglia and Sophie Wilde. The story follows Eli Bell, a working-class young man who enters Brisbane's criminal world to protect his mother. The series premiered on Netflix on 11 January 2024. Critics praised the tone, acting, and loyalty to the original material. It earned 10 Logie Award nominations. The show falls under the genres of coming-of-age, comedy-drama, and crime. It consists of seven episodes and is in English.
Cast
- Felix CameronEli Bell
- Zac BurgessEli Bell
- Auden RyanEli Bell
- Lee Tiger HalleyAugust 'Gus' Bell
- Jake CockburnAugust 'Gus' Bell
- Travis FimmelLyle Orlik
- Simon BakerRobert Bell
- Phoebe TonkinFrances "Frankie" Bell
- Bryan BrownSlim Halliday
- Anthony LaPagliaTytus Broz
- Sophie WildeCaitlyn Spies
- Toby SchmitzDetective Tim Cotton
- Christopher James BakerIvan Kroll
- Deborah MailmanPoppy Birkbeck
- BriggsAlex Bermuda
- HaiHa LeBich Dang
- Zachary WanDarren Dang
- Ben O'TooleTeddy Callis
- Rob CarltonBrian Robertson
- Emily EskellPC Daley
- Michael DenkhaGeorge Masoumi
- Eloise RothfieldShelly Huffman
- Millie DonaldsonShelly Huffman
- Matthew Knighta prison guard
- Isaac Strutt–StevensChristopher
- Drew MatthewsTitch
- Peter PhanTony Leung
- Kate BoxDr Brennan
Crew
- Director
- Bharat Nalluri, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Kim Mordaunt
- Writer
- John Collee
- Executive producer
- Andrew Mason, Troy Lum, Sophie Gardiner, Toby Bentley, Kerry Kohansky Roberts, Joel Edgerton, Bharat Nalluri, John Collee, Trent Dalton
- Cinematography
- Shelley Farthing-Dawe (eps. 1-5), Mark Wareham (eps. 6 & 7)
- Music
- Johnny Klimek, Gabriel Mounsey
Details
- Production
- Anonymous Content, Brouhaha Entertainment, Chapter One Pictures
- Network
- Netflix
