Cast and title confirmed for new James Bond movie

The title of next year’s new 007 movie is SPECTRE. The news was officially revealed live this morning from the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studio. As rumoured yesterday, Sherlock‘s Andrew Scott will play a Whitehall-based character called Denbigh. Monica Bellucci will play Lucia Sciarra. Léa Seydoux (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) will play Madeleine Swann. … >

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New 007 movie cast and title to be revealed this week

The cast and title of the new James Bond film will be unveiled live on Thursday morning. Albert R. Broccoli’s EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment will present a live announcement and photo call from the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios at 11am on Thursday 4 December. Principal photography on Bond 24 begins … >

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‘Penny Dreadful’ Season 2 first look

Sky Atlantic has released the first photos from the second season of Penny Dreadful. Ten new episodes are currently filming in Dublin, Ireland and will air on Sky Atlantic in 2015. Writer John Logan commented: “This season, Vanessa (Eva Green) and Ethan (Josh Hartnett) face new challenges, and old enemies, and turn to each other … >

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Win ‘Penny Dreadful’ on DVD and a bundle of classic books!

Sky Atlantic’s hit drama Penny Dreadful is available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD now. > Order Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got Season 1 on DVD and sets of Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula books to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For … >

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Filming start date confirmed for new James Bond movie

The 24th James Bond film will begin filming later this year, with Daniel Craig playing 007 for a fourth time. Principal photography on the follow-up to Skyfall has been confirmed to start on 6 December 2014, MI6 HQ reports. Sam Mendes will return to direct the movie, which will be released in UK cinemas on … >

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‘Penny Dreadful’ Season 1 episode guide

Josh Hartnett (Lucky Number Slevin), Eva Green (Casino Royale) and Timothy Dalton (James Bond) star in Sky Atlantic’s chilling new psychological thriller, which weaves together the origin stories of some of literature’s most frightening figures. Written, created and executive produced by John Logan (writer of Gladiator, Hugo and Skyfall), and executive produced by director Sam … >

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Making ‘Penny Dreadful’: Behind-the-scenes videos

Sky Atlantic has released two new videos looking at the making of Penny Dreadful, the channel’s original psychological thriller series. Featuring some of literature’s most terrifying characters in Victorian London and starring Josh Hartnett (Lucky Number Slevin), Billie Piper (Doctor Who), Eva Green (Casino Royale) and Timothy Dalton (James Bond), Penny Dreadful is currently airing … >

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‘Penny Dreadful’ will return for Season 2 in 2015

Sky Atlantic has announced the commission of a second season of Penny Dreadful. The recently-launched drama series will return in 2015 with ten new episodes – two more than the first season. Written, created and executive produced by John Logan (writer of Gladiator, Hugo and Skyfall), and executive produced by director Sam Mendes (American Beauty), … >

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‘Penny Dreadful’ preview

The horror genre has always been most closely associated with the medium of film, but in recent years it has made long over-due in-roads into television. The ratings behemoth that is The Walking Dead has proved that horror in the long-form format of television can be hugely successful, while other shows like American Horror Story, … >

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Video: Billie Piper chats about ‘Penny Dreadful’

Doctor Who star Billie Piper discusses her role in Sky Atlantic’s upcoming psychological thriller series Penny Dreadful in a new video interview. Featuring some of literature’s most terrifying characters in Victorian London, Penny Dreadful begins in the US on Sunday 11 May on Showtime and will air in the UK on Sky Atlantic shortly after. … >

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