INSOMNIA Trailer (2024) Vicky McClure, Thriller

INSOMNIA Trailer (2024) Vicky McClure, Thriller

INSOMNIA Trailer (2024) Vicky McClure, Thriller Series
© 2024 - Paramount+

Emma Averill’s life starts to take a turn for the worse after she stops sleeping weeks before her 4oth birthday. Will she experience the same fate as her mother?

If you’ve ever struggled with insomnia, you’ll know how debilitating it can be. Now, imagine that you fear that the insomnia you’re experiencing will be the cause of something far darker in your life. Scary, right?

Based on Sarah Pinborough’s novel of the same name, Insomnia is a new six-part thriller coming to Paramount+ starring Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure in the lead role of Emma Averill.

With its release only a few weeks away, a first trailer has been released to reveal more details about this twisted, tense new show. Here’s everything we know about the series so far.

What is the plot of Insomnia?
everything you need to know about thriller Insomnia
Emma Averill has a dream life: a successful career and a loving husband, but she’s worried that she’s starting to lose her mind. A few weeks before Emma turned 40, she stopped sleeping – just like her mother did before experiencing a violent psychotic breakdown on the night of her own 40th birthday.

Her mother warned Emma that she would face the same reality, that she had the same “bad blood”. Will Emma turn out like her mother did?

As things start to take a turn, Emma begins to investigate the truth of her dark past. Will she be able to find the answers she needs to stop experiencing the struggles of her mother?

Is there a trailer for Insomnia?
A chilling first trailer has now been released, which sees Emma contemplate certain questions about her new found sleep disturbance.

We see Emma start to have blackouts from her sleep deprivation and wake up in random locations such as outside in the woods, as well as by an almost over-flowing bath tub, with no recollection of how she got there.

“I’m the one she said would end up like her, who had the bad blood,” Emma says, revealing her anxiety about whether she has inherited her mother’s sleep struggles. Before, Emma’s sister, Phoebe (played by her Line of Duty co-star Leanne Best) tries to stage an intervention: “You’re not sleeping Em, you don’t know what you’re doing half the time!”

She also hints at some trauma in Emma’s past that could have triggered this breakdown and insomnia, as she says: “Your husband doesn’t know what happened to us when we were kids. That isn’t healthy.’

But the creepiest part of the trailer is that it opens and and closes with one terrifying statement, which Emma initially makes to her son: “There is only one monster in this house, and do you know who it is? It’s me.”

everything you need to know about thriller Insomnia
Who stars in Insomnia?
Vicky McClure (Line Of Duty, Trigger Point, This Is England) stars as the lead alongside Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey, The Gold), who plays Emma’s husband, Robert.

The cast is rounded out by Smylie Bradwell (Wisting) and India Fowler (The Nevers) play Will and Chloe, Emma and Robert’s children.

Insomnia Paramount+
Insomnia Paramount+
Leanne Best (Bolan’s Shoes) joins the cast as Emma’s estranged sister Phoebe, who mysteriously shows up in town. Corinna Marlowe (Hysteria) is Emma’s mother, Patricia.

Dominic Tighe (Suspicion) and Jade Harrison (Wedding Season) play the Averill family’s close friends Julian and Michelle Simpson. Lyndsey Marshal (Inside Man) is Caroline, Emma’s friend and confidante. Robert Gilbert (Killing Eve) is Faisal and Michelle Bonnard (Unforgotten) is DI Hildreth.

Insomnia Paramount+
Insomnia Paramount+
When will Insomnia be released?
The series will premiere on Thursday 23 May, exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK.
Line of Duty and Broadchurch actress Vicky McClure's new thriller Insomnia has received an exciting filming update, as production has officially wrapped.

Click the link to see a photo of McClure sitting on the steps of her trailer, with a sign with her character Emma's name on it.

"Wrapped," she wrote with some clapperboard emojis. "Just spent the last 3 months with the kindest, most collaborative & talented crew and cast.

"This one was special. Now sleep x"

Vicky McClure
ANTHONY HARVEY//GETTY IMAGES
The six-part series follows Emma as she approaches her 40th birthday and stops sleeping, something that happened to her mother before she suffered a violent psychotic breakdown on the night of her birthday.

The only way to prevent tragedy striking again is for her to dig deep into her own painful past.

McClure, who is also producing the series, previously said: "Myself and BYO Films are really excited to be working alongside Left Bank on Insomnia.

vicky mcclure
GETTY IMAGES
"It’s a very different role for me - Sarah Pinborough has written such an exciting script. We have a fantastic cast, crew and production team all set for a very fulfilling few months ahead."

We don't know when next year the show is expected, but hopefully, it won't be too long before we get the first official teaser.

It's been a good year for McClure on a personal level as well, as she married her partner Jonny Owen back in August, with her Line of Duty co-stars Adrian Dunbar and Martin Compston in attendance.

Insomnia will stream on Paramount+ in 2024.

"The Boys" Explosive Season Four Official Trailer Revealed at CCXP Mexico - stream from June 13
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
NEWS PROVIDED BY
PRIME VIDEO
MEXICO CITY - May 3, 2024 - Fans attending the inaugural CCXP México were surprised today with the mind-blowing official trailer for the fourth season of the Emmy-winning hit drama series The Boys, coming to Prime Video June 13, 2024. Cast members Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford, Karen Fukuhara, and Claudia Doumit participated in a diabolical panel revealing the explosive official trailer to a packed room of fans.

The Boys will premiere its fourth season on June 13, 2024, with three episodes, followed by a new episode each week, ending with the epic season finale on Thursday, July 18. The eight-episode season will stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

In Season Four, the world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca's son and his job as The Boys' leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it's too late.

The Boys stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti. Season Four will welcome Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

The Boys is based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, who also serve as executive producers, and developed by executive producer and showrunner Eric Kripke. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Phil Sgriccia, Michaela Starr, Paul Grellong, David Reed, Meredith Glynn, Judalina Neira, Ken F. Levin, and Jason Netter also serve as executive producers. The Boys is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios with Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures.