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Channel 4 continues to make programming decisions that other outlets would shy away from, which is a very admirable thing indeed. The UK broadcaster has just announced Home, a sitcom centred on a Syrian refugee who lives in the UK. Home is written by Rufus Jones (who you’ve probably seen on screen in W1A, Camping and/or Hunderby), who will also star in … >
Matt Berry – who’s known for Toast Of London, The IT Crowd and many other hilarious projects – has a new series on Channel 4. It’s called Year Of The Rabbit, and it’s a detective series with comedy elements set in Victorian-era London. The synopsis for Year Of The Rabbit, which makes it sound like a real hoot, is right … >
The Escape, starring Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper, is a British drama movie that focuses on the mental health struggles of its protagonist, Tara. Played by Arterton, Tara admits to her husband (Cooper) that she isn’t happy, and that something needs to change in her life. A new trailer for the film has now arrived online, … >
Going from Lilibet Windsor to Lisbeth Salander, Claire Foy has swapped The Crown for The Girl In The Spider’s Web. It’s quite a hairpin turn of a shift in characters for the Golden-Globe-winning British actress, which provides even more evidence of how talented and versatile she is as a performer. And now, we have a The Girl In The … >
Peter Jackson has reacted to the rumours that he might be involved in Amazon’s in-development TV series based on The Lord Of The Rings, clarifying for his fans that he is not working on the project in any way. Jackson, who directed all of The Lord Of The Rings movies and The Hobbit trilogy, said the following to Allocine … >
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald may not have made it into cinemas yet, but J.K. Rowling has started work on the script to its sequel, Fantastic Beasts 3. This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, since we already knew that Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them was planned since the start as a five-part cinematic saga. But … >
The Willy Wonka film in development at Warner Bros apparently has a casting shortlist of just three names: according to a report from Collider, the race to land that iconic role is between Donald Glover, Ryan Gosling and Ezra Miller. In Solo: A Star Wars Story, the role of Lando Calrissian gave Donald Glover a chance to … >
Claire Foy and Benedict Cumberbatch and have been talking about the ‘guilt’ they sometimes feel upon landing a big role. This topic came up while the pair – who appeared together in a film called Wreckers, back in 2011 – were chatting at length for a new article by Variety. Foy was in the middle of … >
Aidan Turner and Max Bennett have been talking about Monk Adderley, Bennett’s villainous character from the upcoming Poldark series 4. He is an accomplished duelist, a sneering socialite, and a threat to everything Ross Poldark holds dear, which sounds like a lot for our long-haired hero to cope with. “They’re described in the novel as wild men, … >
Sharon Horgan is adapting Woman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, a comedy book with biographical elements by Lorna Martin, into a TV series for W (the UKTV channel formerly known as Watch). Horgan is also working on Catastrophe series 4 at the moment, as well as producing two projects at Channel 4. The plot for the Woman On … >