Molly Manny Walker, who made a significant splash along with her debut function “ Have Intercourse,” is heading to the small display for her first drama sequence, “Main Gamers.”

The sequence has been commissioned by Channel 4, with A24 producing.

Co-written by Walker and Yasmin Joseph (“A Thousand Blows”), “Main Gamers” follows two ladies on the point of maturity and their mission to start out a girls’s soccer workforce. Impressed by Walker’s personal experiences at highschool the place the group management was extra pressing than the training, the sequence is described as a “a love letter to soccer and a humorous and wild exploration of younger individuals in London at this time, tackling subjects from friendship to gender politics.”

Walker can be the co-founder of Babe Metropolis FC, a London-based soccer workforce for ladies and non-binary individuals within the movie business — a membership of over 180 members.

“I can’t wait to convey ‘Main Gamers’ to life with this superb workforce,” mentioned Walker. “It’s a coming of age story, stuffed with old flame, grief and bicycle kicks set in your native cage. I’m excited to shine a light-weight on girls’s soccer which I’m an enormous fan and supporter of.”

“How To Have Intercourse” was developed by Film4 and received the Un Sure Regard award on the 2023 Cannes Movie Pageant and the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI on the European Movie Awards. The movie additionally earned two BAFTA nominations for Excellent British Movie and Excellent Debut by a British Author, Director or Producer. Manning served because the Un Sure Regard jury head on the recently-concluded 2025 version of Cannes.

“Molly is without doubt one of the most fun new filmmaking voices to emerge from the U.Ok. in years, and it’s a thrill to be persevering with our journey along with her on ‘Main Gamers,’ alongside Yasmin Joseph and our pals at A24,” mentioned Ollie Madden, director of Film4 and Channel 4 drama. “With its mixture of wit, coronary heart and fearless vitality, it’s precisely the type of contemporary storytelling we champion throughout Film4 and Channel 4 Drama.”

Casting particulars will likely be introduced sooner or later.