Unchosen
Release poster
Genre	Psychological thriller
Created by	Julie Gearey
Written by	Julie Gearey
Directed by	Jim Loach Philippa Langdale
Starring	Asa Butterfield Molly Windsor Fra Fee Aston McAuley Alexa Davies Lucy Black Olivia Pickering Siobhan Finneran Christopher Eccleston
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Iona Vrolyk Myar Craig-Brown Julie Gearey
Producer	Nick Pitt
Production company	Double Dutch Productions
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	April 21, 2026 (2026-04-21)

Unchosen is a British psychological thriller television series that stars Molly Windsor, Asa Butterfield and Fra Fee. The series premiered on Netflix on 21 April 2026.

A wife and mother in a religious sect begins a journey of female emancipation following a chance encounter.^[1]

• Asa Butterfield as Adam
• Molly Windsor as Rosie
• Fra Fee as Sam
• Aston McAuley as Isaac
• Alexa Davies as Hannah
• Lucy Black
• Olivia Pickering as Grace
• Siobhan Finneran as Mrs Phillips
• Christopher Eccleston as Mr Phillips

Initially titled Out of the Dust, the six-part series is produced for Netflix by Double Dutch Productions, part of Banijay UK. The series is written by Julie Gearey. Jim Loach and Philippa Langdale are directors. Iona Vrolyk and Myar Craig-Brown are executive producers for Double Dutch Productions alongside Gearey. Nick Pitt is series producer.^[2][3]

Unchosen draws on real-world accounts of high-control religious groups.^[4]

According to The Sunday Times, the series “borrows from the Plymouth Brethren and other ultra-conservative groups” in shaping its fictional community.^[5]Reporting by Esquire notes that the production drew on testimonies from former members of similar groups, with creators aiming to reflect those experiences accurately while preserving anonymity.^[4]Additional reporting quoted Asa Butterfield saying that he watched documentaries on the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC) as part of his preparation for the role, noting its patriarchal structure and limitations on technology.^[6]

The cast including Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Fra Fee, Siobhan Finneran and Christopher Eccleston was announced in August 2024.^[7]

Principal photography began in the United Kingdom in August 2024.^[8][9]In interviews, director Jim Loach stated that key "Fellowship of the Divine" meeting hall scenes were filmed in a former assembly hall previously used by an organisation that had since vacated the building. He described the structure as having no windows and a single electric sliding entrance that could seal the space, elements which contributed to the atmosphere of control depicted in the series.^[10][11] He noted that placing hundreds of people inside such an enclosed setting, led by a single authority figure, created what he described as an “unnerving” sense of power and control. He also highlighted Christopher Eccleston’s performance as the group’s leader in reinforcing that dynamic.^[10] Additional reporting has identified the filming location as a former Plymouth Brethren Christian Church gospel hall in Harrow, London.^[12]

In March 2026, Netflix released a trailer and a set of images along with an announcement that the series would now be titled Unchosen.^[13]

The series premiered on Netflix on 21 April 2026, and consists of six episodes.^[14]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 60% based on 5 critic reviews.^[15]

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian gave the series two out of five stars writing that this "creepy cultshow is a total waste of" Asa Butterfield's talent.^[16]

• Unchosen at IMDb