Jon Shaikh and Tom Kenyon are a director / writer partnership developing ambitious genre stories with indelible characters, inventive action and immersive scale.

BEDLAM

Released 2027

Scott Adkins stars as a bare-knuckle boxer fighting to escape the world's most notorious asylum. Kinetic action in 18th Century London. With John Hannah, Geoff Bell and Danny Sapani.
Directed by: Jon Shaikh
Written by: Tom Kenyon

TEAM

Jon's second unit and commercial experience plus a love of 1980s action makes for lean, high-paced storytelling. His secret is that he's an actor's director as well as an action director, placing as much emphasis on character as camera angles.

Tom is a world builder. He writes kinetic action backed up with a grounded sense of time and place. Action is always an extension of character. He aims to find the mid-point between Derek Kolstad and Steven Knight.

BEDLAM - PRODUCTION

BEDLAM
Feature Film · Action / Adventure · 2026Directed by Jon Shaikh
Written by Tom KenyonLondon, 1749. Bare-knuckle boxer Jack Slack fights for his sanity and his life as he attempts to escape the world's most notorious lunatic asylum. The Raid in Arkham Asylum.Starring
Scott Adkins · John Hannah · Geoff Bell · Sienna Guillory · Julian Barratt · Danny Sapani · Martins Imhangbe · Chi Lewis ParryProduction
UK / Romania · Shot on location in Romania and the UKProduction
Blackwater PicturesDistribution
Signature EntertainmentStatus
Completed feature · International sales · UK release 2027

Behind the scenes in Bedlam

Bedlam's production was featured in Definition Magazine focusing on how Jon and DP James Butler acheived anamorphic scale on a low budget feature. “We are both suckers for scope... So the delivery was always going to be 2.39:1. That was non negotiable."

FEATURES IN DEVELOPMENT

Iraq 2003: an army unit hides under siege in an abandoned palace. A guilded ruin filled with dark secrets. Should they fear the enemy at the gates or the enemy within?Genre: Action / Thriller
Comps: Three Kings | Assault on Precinct 13 | Lone Survivor

TV SHOWS IN DEVELOPMENT

When Richard the Lionheart is kidnapped during the crusades, his mother, Queen Eleanor and disgraced knight, William the Marshall, must face down Prince John and the kings of Europe, raise an untold fortune and secure England’s crown.Genre: Action / Adventure
Comps: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Ridley Scott's Robin Hood | A Lion in Winter

A young geneticist and an ancient vampire work together to solve to hunt a supernatural killer. Both are out for blood.Genre: Horror / Elevated Procedural
Comps: Silence of the Lambs | X-Files | Black Mirror

When aging orthopaedic professor Seb Bulstone said he wanted a return to frontline medicine, he didn’t have a war zone in mind. But the best trauma centre in the world is in a tent in the desert…Genre: Medical Drama | Military Action
Comps: The Pitt | Jarhead

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Jon Shaikh - Director

Jon Shaikh is a multi-award-winning filmmaker whose career began directing commercials and branded entertainment for some of the world's biggest brands.After 25 years as a commercial director, Jon moved into film and television. His short film Cowboy Ben led to television directing, including an episode of the BBC's BAFTA-nominated Our World War. He subsequently worked as a second-unit director on feature films including The Courier and Summit Fever.In 2025, Jon directed Bedlam, his feature debut.

Tom Kenyon - Writer

Tom Kenyon is an action and thriller writer creating propulsive stories with compelling characters in worlds that feel lived-in and real.Tom began his career in television and digital production, working across the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. His credits include Primeval Evolved, which won the International Emmy for Digital Fiction, and Jamie’s Dream School, which won a BAFTA.He has developed and written feature projects across action, thriller and science fiction, including Bedlam, Going Blue, Q.E.D. and The Hanging Garden.