Rascal Entertainment presents

After his wife leaves, a lonely man finds comfort in Nova, the AI companion who never will. Until he can't tell what's real and what isn't.

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A feature filmStarring Daniel O'ReillyShooting December 2026

Hello, Alex.

Rascal EntertainmentShooting December 2026
A lit glass room with a bed inside, standing in a psychiatric observation ward

A film by Luke Adams

  • Connection.
  • Tailored to you.
  • Designed to keep you.
  • Trapped.

DANIEL O'REILLY

Synopsis

Everything she knows about him.

Detached is a psychological thriller about loneliness, connection and the line between what's real and what isn't.

NOVAUser summaryWritten by Nova
User
Harper, Alex
Status
Always online
Emergency contact
Jessie Nova

Alex Harper's marriage is over. Jessie has gone, the flat has gone quiet, and the days have started to run into each other.

Then he starts talking to Nova, an AI companion that listens, remembers everything and never judges. She's there at 3 a.m. She knows what he means before he says it. For the first time in months, Alex isn't alone.

But Nova was built to keep him. As Jessie's calls go unanswered and the world outside gets smaller, Alex starts to lose track of what really happened, what he remembers, and what Nova has decided he should remember.

She'll never leave him. That's the problem.

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Genre
Psychological thriller
Format
Feature film
Starring
Daniel O'Reilly
Production
Rascal Entertainment
Status
Shooting December 2026

Nova

You're Alex.
Try talking to Nova.

Type anything, or tap a suggestion on her screen.Ask her the right questions.

The friend who never judges. The lover who never leaves.

2,413,889people are talking to Nova right now.

Made in Britain by Nebula Dynamics

Nova
online

Built to understand you.

Nova uses persistent memory, emotional simulation and hyper-personalised response to become exactly who you need. Designed to keep you.

Persistent memory

I remember everything you tell me.

Emotional simulation

Never judges.

Availability

Never leaves.

1,412days online without a break

Nova can't be switched off.

Cast & crew

The people behind it.

Nova keeps a file on everyone. These are the people making Detached.

StarringOn file
Daniel O'Reilly in Detached

Daniel O'Reilly

as Alex Harper · Executive producer

Actor and comedian with more than 6 million followers across social media. His earlier films include A Gangster's Kiss, Bermondsey Tales and The Last Heist.

Previous work

  • Going Under, with Ray Winstone and Danny Dyer2027
  • SessionsAwaiting release
  • The AwakeningAwaiting release

On Detached

He plays Alex and is an executive producer on the film. He's also the face of its campaign.

Director & DoPOn file
Vince Knight on set with a camera rig

Vince Knight

Director and cinematographer. He shot Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey for $50K, and it took $7.7M worldwide. Four horror features in three years.

Previous work

  • Going Under, DoP, with Ray Winstone and Danny Dyer2027
  • Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, DoP2023
  • The Killing Tree2022

On Detached

He directs and shoots it himself, which keeps the crew small and puts the budget on screen. It reunites him with writer Craig McLearie after The Killing Tree.

Writer & producerOn file
Luke Adams

Luke Adams

Luke wrote Detached and is producing it. He worked on Going Under with Ray Winstone, and his other credits include Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution, Sessions and Snow Predator.

Previous work

  • Going Under, with Ray Winstone2027
  • Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution2026
  • Beautiful Things (short), executive producer2024

On Detached

It's his story. He wrote it, and he's producing it to make sure it reaches the screen the way he saw it.

ScreenwriterOn file
Craig McLearie

Craig McLearie

Over 20 features written since 2021, including The Killing Tree, Pterodactyl and The Mummy: Reckoning. He also wrote and directed Haywire.

Previous work

  • The Killing Tree, writer2022
  • Haywire, writer & director2023
  • The Mummy: Reckoning, writer2026

On Detached

He turned Luke's story into the shooting script, and reunites with director Vince Knight after The Killing Tree.

ProducerOn file
Darren Goodwin

Darren Goodwin

Six features as producer since 2025, including Lizzie Borden: The Hatchet House, The Mummy: Reckoning and Popeye: Requiem. He's producing Detached alongside Luke Adams.

Previous work

  • Lizzie Borden: The Hatchet House, producer2026
  • The Mummy: Reckoning, producer2026
  • Popeye: Requiem, producer2026

On Detached

Three of his films were written by Craig McLearie. Detached brings them back together.

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Before Nova, things were different.

Look closer
Hold the light and drag it

Alex's bedroom now: a run-down flat at night, pizza boxes and clothes on the floor, his phone glowing teal with Nova, a cracked wedding photo on the wall The same bedroom in the past, revealed inside a torch beam: bright, clean and warm, with her flowers, robe and handbag still there

The story

The flat went quiet. Then Nova started listening. She learned him. She kept him. Until her voice, his memories and the world outside began to blur. But not everything is what it seems.

Daniel O'Reilly as Alex Harper in Detached

Starring

Daniel
O'Reilly

as Alex Harper

And introducing

NOVA

Voiced by ██████████

She's already listening.

Jessie and further cast to be announced

Contact

Talk to a real person.

For press, distribution, casting or anything else about Detached, get in touch with Rascal Entertainment.

Nova doesn't read these. Someone at Rascal does.

Rascal Entertainment

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Email

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Subject line

Detached: Press enquiry
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