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When it comes to grumpy but lovable men, Bill Nighy has it nailed. He plays Simon Pegg’s grumpy zombie step-dad in Shaun of the Dead with lovable charm, and washed-up grumpy rockstar Billy Mack in Love Actually, for which he won a Bafta for best supporting actor. In 2006, he won a Golden Globe for TV movie Gideon’s Daughter where he plays an, um, grumpy publicist on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In 2022, he was nominated for an Oscar for Living in which he plays an, erm, grumpy 1950s bureaucrat. He plays a grumpy vampire elder in the Underworld series and, less grumpy because he’s near immortal, Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean. He’s fairly grumpy also...
When it comes to grumpy but lovable men, Bill Nighy has it nailed. He plays Simon Pegg’s grumpy zombie step-dad in Shaun of the Dead with lovable charm, and washed-up grumpy rockstar Billy Mack in Love Actually, for which he won a Bafta for best supporting actor. In 2006, he won a Golden Globe for TV movie Gideon’s Daughter where he plays an, um, grumpy publicist on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In 2022, he was nominated for an Oscar for Living in which he plays an, erm, grumpy 1950s bureaucrat. He plays a grumpy vampire elder in the Underworld series and, less grumpy because he’s near immortal, Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean. He’s fairly grumpy also...
- 3/13/2024
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
BBC Worldwide said Wednesday it has signed a major seven figure licensing deal with Australia's ABC Network for over 100 hours of programming. The eve of MIPCOM sales deal covers the cream of the pubcaster's forthcoming drama, factual and kids slates in addition to library shows that have already aired on BBC channels in the U.K. Headlining the deal is the BBC forthcoming adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective tale The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge), Ian Hart (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) and Richard E. Grant (Gosford Park). Other drama titles covered by the deal include international espionage series Spooks, contemporary fatherhood drama Man and Boy and returning comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen Pet. The deal also includes the BBC's landmark natural history series Life of Mammals and the Michael Palin globetrotting adventure series Sahara. ABC is also taking the kids animated show Ace Lightning. "The programs licensed to the ABC are some of the highest quality productions coming from the BBC this year," commented BBC Worldwide Australasia sales head Julie Dowding. "This line-up is testament to the ABC's commitment to bringing their Australian audience the best and widest variety of programming available."...
- 9/26/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Russell Crowe is reportedly set to take the lead in a film remake of 1960s TV show Hogan's Heroes. A script for the film version of the wartime sitcom has been written by Brits Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who wrote beloved British TV sitcoms Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen Pet. Hogan's Heroes followed the misadventures of an American colonel and his international crew who sabotaged German war efforts while imprisoned in a Nazi prisoner of war camp.
- 11/29/2001
- WENN
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