Inspired by the 1970s British family drama of the same name, Railway children follows Lily (Beau Gadsdon), Pattie (Eden Hamilton) and Ted (Zac Cudby) as their mother evacuates them from a perilous life in Salford to settle in the Yorkshire village of Oakworth with Bobbie Waterbury (Jenny Agutter), her daughter Annie (Sheridan) Smith), and grandson Thomas (Austin Haynes). The kids soon discover a wounded American soldier (KJ Aikens) in the Oakworth Station rail yard and go to great lengths to help him.
Railway children is directed by BAFTA-winning Morgan Matthews and written by BAFTA-winning Danny Brocklehurst. It recently saw a successful release in the UK and won’t be available in theaters in the US until September 23, 2022.
Ahead of the release, we have an exclusive clip to premiere. “Nobody knows I’m doing this. Not even your mother and she knows everything,” says Richard (John Bradley). “Do what?” asks Thomas (Haynes). “Listening,” he replies, fiddling with a device with multiple cables and lights inside. “Listen?” Thomas asks as he is quickly silenced by Richard. “On messages,” explains Thomas, “I eavesdrop on my enemy.” He continues, “intercepting messages, cracking codes and returning my findings to authorities.” Thomas is impressed to hear this. “I’m a vital cog in the war machine,” adds Richard, “they say I’m too flat-footed to fight, but I’m here night after night fighting those Germans, like I had a gun in my hand.” . my hand.” Then it is revealed that there are cookies and a cup of tea on the table next to him. You can watch it in full below.
Exclusive clip for Railway Children starring John Bradley and Austin Haynes
Agutter’s role as Bobbie Waterbury is in retaliation for her, as she played the same in the original film. “The script has a slight touch where those references are if you know the original, but it’s not necessarily a requirement to get anything out of this movie. We hope it will get people to go back and re-watch the original , but this one looks perfect as a movie,” Agutter said in an interview with Yahoo Life. “We’ve tried to make it a tribute, but we’ve also tried to update it to make it relevant for 2022,” added Bradley.
Also starring in the film as Jessica Baglow, Hugh Quarshire, Neil Hurst, Tom Courtenay and more. It is based on a treatment by BAFTA-winning producer Jemma Rodgers.
Railway children comes to us from Blue Fox Entertainment.