ADOLESCENCE BOSS CONFIRMS "GROUNDBREAKING" NEW ONE-SHOT NETFLIX PROJECT AND IT'S COMING VERY SOON
Adolescence director Philip Barantini has been confirmed for a brand-new Netflix project that's coming very soon, and just like the NTA and Emmy-winning series, it's all done in one continuous take.
The streaming giant has announced One Shot with Ed Sheeran, sharing the first-look image and details about what the project is about.
The official logline reads: "Ed Sheeran has created a groundbreaking, one-shot music experience directed by Adolescence's Emmy winner Philip Barantini.
"One Shot — premiering 21 November and all captured in a single take — follows the Grammy winner on an unforgettable journey through the streets of New York City as he delights pedestrians with impromptu performances of his greatest hits."
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Barantini has spoken about how the one-shot format makes a viewer pay attention to the TV rather than their phone screen (via Radio Times), while Adolescence writer Jack Thorne told Digital Spy that "thing of the unblinking eye forces you into complexity, and hopefully forces the audience into complexity."
Of course, the idea of doing everything in long individual takes means that one mistake can mess up a lot of people's hard work. It happened to Ashley Walters during filming for Adolescence, and he admitted that he "was in bits" after his error.
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"In episode two, I chase a kid at the end, and I used his name when calling my son instead of my son's character’s name right at the end," the actor recalled to Capital XTRA Breakfast.
"You know when like you’ve dropped the ball? It's like you're dropping a ball for everyone, do you know what I mean? It's like a football team, bro. You're playing together.
"[Philip] tried to make me feel better by like, 'No, but maybe, you know, the character is so discombobulated… I was like, 'Phil, let's just go again. Let's go again'."
Meanwhile, Barantini also directed the third Enola Holmes film for Netflix in the summer, with the project likely to release next year.
One Shot with Ed Sheeran will release on Netflix on 21 November.
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2025-10-07T17:23:53Z
