Jeremy Irons and double-Palme d’Or winner Bille August are gearing up for their highly-anticipated Count of Monte Cristo series but when offered the chance to work on the project, they had certain red lines.
“I wouldn’t have taken it if it was a movie, it had to be TV,” Danish director August told Deadline at Series Mania. “The story is so rich and deserves TV. For this one it was obvious.”
Oscar-winner Irons said TV series can do “these great novels justice” in a way that some movies can’t, referencing his breakout work on 1981’s Brideshead Revisited, which was across 13 episodes. Both stars have skewed towards movies during their decorated careers and Count Of Monte Cristo has never been made for TV. A 2002 movie version saw Richard Harris play Irons’ role.
“With TV’s insatiable appetite for material it seemed for this great novel, we needed to...
“I wouldn’t have taken it if it was a movie, it had to be TV,” Danish director August told Deadline at Series Mania. “The story is so rich and deserves TV. For this one it was obvious.”
Oscar-winner Irons said TV series can do “these great novels justice” in a way that some movies can’t, referencing his breakout work on 1981’s Brideshead Revisited, which was across 13 episodes. Both stars have skewed towards movies during their decorated careers and Count Of Monte Cristo has never been made for TV. A 2002 movie version saw Richard Harris play Irons’ role.
“With TV’s insatiable appetite for material it seemed for this great novel, we needed to...
- 3/21/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s Heartstopper, known for its fantastic guest appearances in the first two seasons, has another exciting addition in store for the upcoming Season 3.
Hayley Atwell, famous for portraying Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Grace in the latest Mission: Impossible film, will be joining the cast in Season 3.
Atwell has previously appeared in Netflix’s Criminal: United Kingdom and an episode of Black Mirror’s second season. Notably, she is set to lead the upcoming Netflix animated series, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, where she will play the role of Lara Croft.
Continue reading this article till the end to know in detail everything about Hayley Atwell Joining ‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 As Diane.
Hayley Atwell Joins ‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 As Diane People
Hayley Atwell is set to appear in the Heartstopper Season 3. It seems she will be playing the character Diane.
After checking fan pages for the Heartstopper series,...
Hayley Atwell, famous for portraying Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Grace in the latest Mission: Impossible film, will be joining the cast in Season 3.
Atwell has previously appeared in Netflix’s Criminal: United Kingdom and an episode of Black Mirror’s second season. Notably, she is set to lead the upcoming Netflix animated series, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, where she will play the role of Lara Croft.
Continue reading this article till the end to know in detail everything about Hayley Atwell Joining ‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 As Diane.
Hayley Atwell Joins ‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 As Diane People
Hayley Atwell is set to appear in the Heartstopper Season 3. It seems she will be playing the character Diane.
After checking fan pages for the Heartstopper series,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Om Prakash Kaushal
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
This article contains spoilers for "Saltburn."
Outside of Luca Guadagnino, nobody is making "vibes" movies like "Saltburn." Writer and director Emerald Fennell's follow-up to "Promising Young Woman" is just as provocative as her Oscar-winning feature directorial debut. The film is ostensibly a cross between "Brideshead Revisited" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" ("Brideshead" author Evelyn Waugh is even named-dropped at one point), following a student at the University of Oxford -- one who goes by the Dickensian moniker of Oliver Quick, as played by Barry Keoghan -- as he latches onto a rich, popular peer named Felix (Jacob Elordi). However, for all its high-art influences, "Saltburn" is much less interested in themes about wealth and Britain's crumbling aristocracy than it is in luxuriant close-ups of its characters' body hair or montages of people glistening with sweat as they gyrate, party, or merely lounge about half (or fully) naked.
"Saltburn," in other words,...
Outside of Luca Guadagnino, nobody is making "vibes" movies like "Saltburn." Writer and director Emerald Fennell's follow-up to "Promising Young Woman" is just as provocative as her Oscar-winning feature directorial debut. The film is ostensibly a cross between "Brideshead Revisited" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" ("Brideshead" author Evelyn Waugh is even named-dropped at one point), following a student at the University of Oxford -- one who goes by the Dickensian moniker of Oliver Quick, as played by Barry Keoghan -- as he latches onto a rich, popular peer named Felix (Jacob Elordi). However, for all its high-art influences, "Saltburn" is much less interested in themes about wealth and Britain's crumbling aristocracy than it is in luxuriant close-ups of its characters' body hair or montages of people glistening with sweat as they gyrate, party, or merely lounge about half (or fully) naked.
"Saltburn," in other words,...
- 1/6/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “Saltburn,” in theaters now.
In 2006, I was an English major at Oxford alongside “Saltburn” director Emerald Fennell. While there was a peripheral overlap in our social circles, as far as I remember we never officially met. Like the protagonists in her new film, we existed in the same orbit but our experiences at Oxford could not have been further apart.
So I wasn’t entirely surprised to see Fennell’s dark satire get some flack since its release, particularly in the U.K., for failing to adequately skewer the upper classes while depicting scholarship kid Oliver Quick (played by Barry Keoghan) as a vampiric con artist. His mark, the blue-blooded Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), is kind-hearted and guileless, a cross between Princess Diana and Harry Enfield’s comic creation Tim Nice But Dim.
Even when he realizes he’s been deceived, Felix behaves...
In 2006, I was an English major at Oxford alongside “Saltburn” director Emerald Fennell. While there was a peripheral overlap in our social circles, as far as I remember we never officially met. Like the protagonists in her new film, we existed in the same orbit but our experiences at Oxford could not have been further apart.
So I wasn’t entirely surprised to see Fennell’s dark satire get some flack since its release, particularly in the U.K., for failing to adequately skewer the upper classes while depicting scholarship kid Oliver Quick (played by Barry Keoghan) as a vampiric con artist. His mark, the blue-blooded Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), is kind-hearted and guileless, a cross between Princess Diana and Harry Enfield’s comic creation Tim Nice But Dim.
Even when he realizes he’s been deceived, Felix behaves...
- 12/1/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The mixed response to Emerald Fennell’s 00s-set thriller evinces a movie-going conundrum: how do we assess entertainment that is predominantly indexed on vibes?
By now, the buzz around Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s sweaty, lascivious sophomore feature about a middle-class interloper in a vacuously rich family, has begun to settle into two camps. On one side, viewers and the plurality of critics who find the film, which had one of the most successful limited releases this year in the US before expanding nationwide last weekend, to be a flashy, self-satisfied mess of empty provocations. And on the other, those who see Fennell’s remix of Brideshead Revisited and the The Talented Mr Ripley with a dash of mid-aughts Abercrombie & Fitch as a successfully absorbing erotic thriller with titillating shocks. Depraved, but in a fun way, to summarize the predominant sentiment on TikTok.
Everyone agrees that Saltburn, for the most part,...
By now, the buzz around Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s sweaty, lascivious sophomore feature about a middle-class interloper in a vacuously rich family, has begun to settle into two camps. On one side, viewers and the plurality of critics who find the film, which had one of the most successful limited releases this year in the US before expanding nationwide last weekend, to be a flashy, self-satisfied mess of empty provocations. And on the other, those who see Fennell’s remix of Brideshead Revisited and the The Talented Mr Ripley with a dash of mid-aughts Abercrombie & Fitch as a successfully absorbing erotic thriller with titillating shocks. Depraved, but in a fun way, to summarize the predominant sentiment on TikTok.
Everyone agrees that Saltburn, for the most part,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers.]
“Saltburn,” Emerald Fennell’s savage depiction of the British upper class in the mid-2000s, is a cross between “Brideshead Revisited” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” only told as a vampire black comedy. It revels in voyeuristic repulsion and the fetishization of beauty through the Pov of cunning Oxford student Oliver (Barry Keoghan), who becomes infatuated with his aristocratic schoolmate, Felix (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to stay the summer with his eccentric Catton family at their titular estate.
Fennell had bold visual plans that began with shooting in 35mm to capitalize on the rich color and contrast, and using the 1.33 aspect ratio to enhance the voyeurism. She wanted to convey the hot summer and foggy night, influenced by the legendary landscape painter Gainsborough, as well as more dramatic lighting inspired by Hitchcock, “Nosferatu,” and baroque painters Caravaggio and Gentileschi.
Fortunately, the director was introduced to Oscar-winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren...
“Saltburn,” Emerald Fennell’s savage depiction of the British upper class in the mid-2000s, is a cross between “Brideshead Revisited” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” only told as a vampire black comedy. It revels in voyeuristic repulsion and the fetishization of beauty through the Pov of cunning Oxford student Oliver (Barry Keoghan), who becomes infatuated with his aristocratic schoolmate, Felix (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to stay the summer with his eccentric Catton family at their titular estate.
Fennell had bold visual plans that began with shooting in 35mm to capitalize on the rich color and contrast, and using the 1.33 aspect ratio to enhance the voyeurism. She wanted to convey the hot summer and foggy night, influenced by the legendary landscape painter Gainsborough, as well as more dramatic lighting inspired by Hitchcock, “Nosferatu,” and baroque painters Caravaggio and Gentileschi.
Fortunately, the director was introduced to Oscar-winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren...
- 11/18/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Savannah, Georgia is an appropriate setting for a conversation with filmmaker Emerald Fennell about her newest film “Saltburn,” which follows an Oxford student who becomes enmeshed with a wealthy classmate’s eccentric family during a summer at their country estate. “It’s fully Gothic, especially at Halloween, so it’s really my favorite kind of place,” said the director to IndieWire during a recent interview. Though, in an interview setting that featured walls that alternated between hard, slate gray panels, and thin, beaming bars of fluorescent lighting, Fennell joked that the whole thing felt a bit like “a ‘John Wick’ interrogation.”
In town to accept the Spotlight Director Award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival, Fennell denied feeling a daunting amount of pressure around what to follow up her Academy Award-winning debut “Promising Young Woman” with. “I usually have a few things going on, but I don’t write them down.
In town to accept the Spotlight Director Award at the Scad Savannah Film Festival, Fennell denied feeling a daunting amount of pressure around what to follow up her Academy Award-winning debut “Promising Young Woman” with. “I usually have a few things going on, but I don’t write them down.
- 11/16/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
A winner of Oscars, Emmys and Tonys, Jeremy Irons has been delivering top-notch performances for four decades now, and as he has been turning his sights back to television in recent years. I suspect that we are in store for many more great performances to come.
Irons is one-for-one at the Academy Awards, winning for his only nomination in Barbet Schroeder‘s “Reversal of Fortune” as suspected murderer Claus von Bülow, considered by many to be one of the definitive performances of the ’90s. It also brought Irons his first Golden Globe Award. Irons is also perfect at the Tony Awards, winning the Best Actor award for Tom Stoppard‘s 1984 production of “The Real Thing”. And he was won three of the five Emmy Awards for which he has been nominated, both as an actor and as a narrator (especially with that voice).
Irons last graced American TV screens in...
Irons is one-for-one at the Academy Awards, winning for his only nomination in Barbet Schroeder‘s “Reversal of Fortune” as suspected murderer Claus von Bülow, considered by many to be one of the definitive performances of the ’90s. It also brought Irons his first Golden Globe Award. Irons is also perfect at the Tony Awards, winning the Best Actor award for Tom Stoppard‘s 1984 production of “The Real Thing”. And he was won three of the five Emmy Awards for which he has been nominated, both as an actor and as a narrator (especially with that voice).
Irons last graced American TV screens in...
- 9/14/2023
- by Tom O'Brien, Misty Holland and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Emerald Fennell likened making Saltburn, her dangerously dark comedy of class and lack of manners, “to taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”
The filmmaker, who won an Oscar and BAFTAs for her debut feature Promising Young Woman, clarified that the “transgressive” material that she’s interested in working on means “that you have to spend a lot of your time as a director saying, ‘Trust me, I think this how we’re going to do it.’ And so then people watch it, which is so thrilling. But yeah, you are showing yourself. You are taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”
She added that Saltburn, while made on a big canvas, is a ”very intimate“ movie.
She told me during a long conversation at the Telluride Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere, that this is a film “about needing and wanting and desire and sex.
The filmmaker, who won an Oscar and BAFTAs for her debut feature Promising Young Woman, clarified that the “transgressive” material that she’s interested in working on means “that you have to spend a lot of your time as a director saying, ‘Trust me, I think this how we’re going to do it.’ And so then people watch it, which is so thrilling. But yeah, you are showing yourself. You are taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”
She added that Saltburn, while made on a big canvas, is a ”very intimate“ movie.
She told me during a long conversation at the Telluride Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere, that this is a film “about needing and wanting and desire and sex.
- 9/2/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
SaltburnPhoto: Amazon Studios
There has always been a potent societal thirst for stories of supposedly “normal” people infiltrating the lavish, revelrous lives of the stratospherically rich and famous. Even more so if, once accessed, that formerly inaccessible world reveals itself to be dark, dangerous, sexy, mysterious, and/or haunted. The...
There has always been a potent societal thirst for stories of supposedly “normal” people infiltrating the lavish, revelrous lives of the stratospherically rich and famous. Even more so if, once accessed, that formerly inaccessible world reveals itself to be dark, dangerous, sexy, mysterious, and/or haunted. The...
- 8/30/2023
- by Emma Keates
- avclub.com
Provocative Oscar-winning Carey Mulligan films, the British royal family, and Mattel. What do they all have in common? It's not a trick question. The answer is Emerald Fennell, the writer and director of "Promising Young Woman," who also played a young Queen Camilla in "The Crown." Fresh off her small role as (pregnant) Midge in Greta Gerwig's plastic box office sensation "Barbie," Fennell is back behind the camera for "Saltburn," her second feature as a writer and director.
Described as "a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire" set during the mid-2000s, the film stars Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick. A student struggling to fit in at Oxford University, Oliver unexpectedly finds himself being invited to spend the summer with his "charming and aristocratic" peer Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) at his family's massive estate. Now, as anyone who's watched "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" and/or "The Green Knight" could tell you,...
Described as "a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire" set during the mid-2000s, the film stars Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick. A student struggling to fit in at Oxford University, Oliver unexpectedly finds himself being invited to spend the summer with his "charming and aristocratic" peer Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) at his family's massive estate. Now, as anyone who's watched "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" and/or "The Green Knight" could tell you,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The story of Nick and Charlie wasn’t new to the world when it first appeared on Netflix in April 2022, but it has become a larger phenomenon ever since. Author Alice Osemon first introduced the two beloved characters in Solitaire, a novel about Tori, Charlie’s older sister, way back in 2014. The author is a household name in the queer community for writing underrated, heartwarming queer stories for young readers. Heartstopper, originally written as a webcomic, got published as physical graphic novels after it achieved massive success and currently has four printed volumes.
Apart from having the most wonderful characters and a perfectly sunny plot, even with its difficult themes, Heartstopper has managed to garner huge buzz because of its positive storytelling. Oftentimes, gay media representation is rather dark and sometimes disturbing to see, and amidst all the bad representation (let’s not even talk about the overly sexualized shows...
Apart from having the most wonderful characters and a perfectly sunny plot, even with its difficult themes, Heartstopper has managed to garner huge buzz because of its positive storytelling. Oftentimes, gay media representation is rather dark and sometimes disturbing to see, and amidst all the bad representation (let’s not even talk about the overly sexualized shows...
- 8/2/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Laurence Olivier was an Oscar-winning thespian best remembered for his psychologically intense Shakespeare adaptations, both as an actor and a director. Yet his filmography extends well past the Bard’s work. Let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1907 in Surrey, England, Olivier first came to prominence on the British stage. A series of acclaimed theatrical performances, most notably in Noel Coward‘s “Private Lives,” caught the attention of filmmakers both in the UK and the US.
He earned his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor for William Wyler‘s “Wuthering Heights” (1939), competing the very next year for Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Rebecca” (1940). Having firmly established himself as a formidable talent in front of the camera, he stepped behind it to great success with “Henry V”, the first of three films he would direct and star in based on the works of William Shakespeare.
Born in 1907 in Surrey, England, Olivier first came to prominence on the British stage. A series of acclaimed theatrical performances, most notably in Noel Coward‘s “Private Lives,” caught the attention of filmmakers both in the UK and the US.
He earned his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor for William Wyler‘s “Wuthering Heights” (1939), competing the very next year for Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Rebecca” (1940). Having firmly established himself as a formidable talent in front of the camera, he stepped behind it to great success with “Henry V”, the first of three films he would direct and star in based on the works of William Shakespeare.
- 5/21/2023
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Superstar Taylor Swift hasn’t always had the best luck with romantic relationships, but that’s worked out well for her music career — some of her most popular songs are about heartbreak (and revenge). Prior to their recent breakup, her longtime Joe Alwyn didn’t seem to hinder her creative process, as he collaborated with her on her most recent albums.
Since Alwyn was so supportive of her career, was he traveling with Swift on her Eras tour before they broke up?
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn | Christopher Polk/NBC/Contributor Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s romance was kept largely under wraps
The timeline of Swift’s relationship with Alwyn isn’t exactly clear, largely because she kept it private. We do know that they’d been together since 2016. They got together during a time when Swift was trying to stay out of the limelight after a clash with...
Since Alwyn was so supportive of her career, was he traveling with Swift on her Eras tour before they broke up?
Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn | Christopher Polk/NBC/Contributor Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s romance was kept largely under wraps
The timeline of Swift’s relationship with Alwyn isn’t exactly clear, largely because she kept it private. We do know that they’d been together since 2016. They got together during a time when Swift was trying to stay out of the limelight after a clash with...
- 4/13/2023
- by Jessica Wick
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Evan Peters and his “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” dad Richard Jenkins are the odds-on favorites to take home the Emmys for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor and Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actor, respectively. They’re already Emmy winners in the opposite categories, and if they prevail in September, they’ll join a small group of men who’ve won both limited/TV movie acting prizes.
Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns supreme with five trophies total. He has four in lead for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984), and one in supporting for “Brideshead Revisited” (1982).
Michael Moriarty has four, but they come with an asterisk. He owns lead and supporting statuettes for “Holocaust” (1978) and “James Dean” (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys...
Just six actors have swept both categories, which have undergone various name changes over the years. Laurence Olivier reigns supreme with five trophies total. He has four in lead for “The Moon and Sixpence” (1960), “Long Day’s Journey into Night” (1973), “Love Among the Ruins” (1975) and “King Lear” (1984), and one in supporting for “Brideshead Revisited” (1982).
Michael Moriarty has four, but they come with an asterisk. He owns lead and supporting statuettes for “Holocaust” (1978) and “James Dean” (2002), respectively, and won two Emmys...
- 3/31/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Brideshead Revisited is an adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel. With a star-studded cast helmed by Emma Thompson, the film dives deep into issues of repression, love, religion, and class structure in Britain. Just as there was intense drama onscreen, there was a lot of controversy behind the scenes as well. Notably, Thompson stepped up to defend her co-star, Hayley Atwell, when the actor was body-shamed on set.
Emma Thompson and Hayley Atwell worked together on ‘Brideshead Revisited’
Brideshead Revisited tells the story of middle-class Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode), who meets and befriends wealthy Lord Sebastian Flyte. Charles and Sebastian become close, and Sebastian invites Charles to visit his family home. There, Charles meets staid Lady Marchmain, played by Thompson, along with Sebastian’s two sisters, Julia and Cordelia. Charles becomes entranced with Julia, played by Hayley Atwell. The two embark on an epic but ultimately doomed love affair that affects everyone in their wake.
Emma Thompson and Hayley Atwell worked together on ‘Brideshead Revisited’
Brideshead Revisited tells the story of middle-class Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode), who meets and befriends wealthy Lord Sebastian Flyte. Charles and Sebastian become close, and Sebastian invites Charles to visit his family home. There, Charles meets staid Lady Marchmain, played by Thompson, along with Sebastian’s two sisters, Julia and Cordelia. Charles becomes entranced with Julia, played by Hayley Atwell. The two embark on an epic but ultimately doomed love affair that affects everyone in their wake.
- 3/8/2023
- by Christina Nunn
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Italian Disney+ drama The Good Mothers has won the inaugural Berlinale Series award for best TV drama at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival. The U.K.-Italy co-production tells the true story of three women inside the notorious Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate who worked with a female prosecutor to bring down its empire.
Produced by House Productions in the U.K. and Italy’s Wildside, a Fremantle company, The Good Mothers is based on the eponymous novel by Alex Perry. Stephen Butchard adapted the book, and Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots, Brideshead Revisited) and Elisa Amoroso (Fidelity) directed.
The first two episodes of the six-part series screened at the Berlinale as part of the festival’s sidebar for high-end TV drama.
The first-ever Berlinale Series Award Jury trio of former Yes Studios boss Danna Stern, Moonlight and The Eddy star André Holland, and Danish screenwriter Mette Heeno, said Good Mothers “captured...
Produced by House Productions in the U.K. and Italy’s Wildside, a Fremantle company, The Good Mothers is based on the eponymous novel by Alex Perry. Stephen Butchard adapted the book, and Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots, Brideshead Revisited) and Elisa Amoroso (Fidelity) directed.
The first two episodes of the six-part series screened at the Berlinale as part of the festival’s sidebar for high-end TV drama.
The first-ever Berlinale Series Award Jury trio of former Yes Studios boss Danna Stern, Moonlight and The Eddy star André Holland, and Danish screenwriter Mette Heeno, said Good Mothers “captured...
- 2/22/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Whether you want to know about kitting out James Bond or sinking his claws into Paddington Bear, Britain’s most likable actor is here to tell all
You’ll probably know Ben Whishaw best for taking over from Desmond Llewelyn (and briefly John Cleese) as Q in the past three James Bond films. And as the voice of Paddington Bear, where he was brought in at the last minute to replace Colin Firth.
Whishaw brings something so very likable to every role he plays: John Keats in Jane Campion’s Bright Star, Sebastian Flyte in the 2008 version of Brideshead Revisited and the grown-up Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns. And that includes his TV work: Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal and junior doctor Adam Kay in This Is Going to Hurt.
You’ll probably know Ben Whishaw best for taking over from Desmond Llewelyn (and briefly John Cleese) as Q in the past three James Bond films. And as the voice of Paddington Bear, where he was brought in at the last minute to replace Colin Firth.
Whishaw brings something so very likable to every role he plays: John Keats in Jane Campion’s Bright Star, Sebastian Flyte in the 2008 version of Brideshead Revisited and the grown-up Michael Banks in Mary Poppins Returns. And that includes his TV work: Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal and junior doctor Adam Kay in This Is Going to Hurt.
- 1/26/2023
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
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Derek Granger, the British producer and screenwriter who served as the driving force behind the acclaimed 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited, died Tuesday at his London home, screenwriter Tim Sullivan told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 101.
Granger teamed with Sullivan and Brideshead writer-director Charles Sturridge on the grand period films A Handful of Dust (1988), starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Judi Dench, James Wilby, Anjelica Huston and Rupert Graves, and Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), featuring Graves, Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis.
A onetime journalist and frequent Laurence Olivier collaborator, Granger in 1958 joined Granada Television, where he was head of drama and produced the famed soap opera Coronation Street; the epic 1972-73 series Country Matters, starring Ian McKellen; a 1976 adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner; and, of course, Brideshead Revisited.
Based on Evelyn Waugh’s sprawling pre-World...
Derek Granger, the British producer and screenwriter who served as the driving force behind the acclaimed 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited, died Tuesday at his London home, screenwriter Tim Sullivan told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 101.
Granger teamed with Sullivan and Brideshead writer-director Charles Sturridge on the grand period films A Handful of Dust (1988), starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Judi Dench, James Wilby, Anjelica Huston and Rupert Graves, and Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991), featuring Graves, Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis.
A onetime journalist and frequent Laurence Olivier collaborator, Granger in 1958 joined Granada Television, where he was head of drama and produced the famed soap opera Coronation Street; the epic 1972-73 series Country Matters, starring Ian McKellen; a 1976 adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner; and, of course, Brideshead Revisited.
Based on Evelyn Waugh’s sprawling pre-World...
- 11/29/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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An involuntary snort of laughter escaped me just as the illicit gay union at the heart of My Policeman hit its most torrid peak. Harry Styles as Tom Burgess, the 1950s British copper who gives the film its title, has snuck off for a few days’ romantic idyll in Venice with his secret lover, urbane museum curator Patrick Hazelwood, played by David Dawson like he’s just stepped out of Brideshead Revisited. Patrick is draped across a hotel bed in what appears to be post-coital bliss, dreamily contemplating the sculptural curves of Tom’s buttocks as he stands smoking naked at the window. In precisely that moment, the choir singing Vivaldi’s “Gloria” explodes in collective euphoria.
It would be nice to think this was some music supervisor’s idea of, ahem, a cheeky joke, to direct a hymn of glorious praise at...
An involuntary snort of laughter escaped me just as the illicit gay union at the heart of My Policeman hit its most torrid peak. Harry Styles as Tom Burgess, the 1950s British copper who gives the film its title, has snuck off for a few days’ romantic idyll in Venice with his secret lover, urbane museum curator Patrick Hazelwood, played by David Dawson like he’s just stepped out of Brideshead Revisited. Patrick is draped across a hotel bed in what appears to be post-coital bliss, dreamily contemplating the sculptural curves of Tom’s buttocks as he stands smoking naked at the window. In precisely that moment, the choir singing Vivaldi’s “Gloria” explodes in collective euphoria.
It would be nice to think this was some music supervisor’s idea of, ahem, a cheeky joke, to direct a hymn of glorious praise at...
- 9/12/2022
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Plenty of us have experienced helicopter parenting, but how many have had their dad’s film premiere hovering over their own?
First-time feature director Mary Nighy, for one. On Sept. 11, she’ll attend the Toronto Gala world premiere of her psychological thriller “Alice, Darling” just hours after her actor dad Bill Nighy’s drama “Living” has its Canadian debut that afternoon.
“He was joking that I’ve got the ‘cool’ time slot — we were laughing about that,” she says. “‘Living’ is beautiful, and I’m so proud of his work. He watched ‘Alice’ and is really excited for me. I think it will be lovely to do this together.”
But that’s where the synergy ends. Nighy’s parentage (her mom is actress Diana Quick) had nothing to do with Lionsgate financing “Alice” at the script stage. Their confidence stemmed from her early shorts, episodes of the U.K. crime...
First-time feature director Mary Nighy, for one. On Sept. 11, she’ll attend the Toronto Gala world premiere of her psychological thriller “Alice, Darling” just hours after her actor dad Bill Nighy’s drama “Living” has its Canadian debut that afternoon.
“He was joking that I’ve got the ‘cool’ time slot — we were laughing about that,” she says. “‘Living’ is beautiful, and I’m so proud of his work. He watched ‘Alice’ and is really excited for me. I think it will be lovely to do this together.”
But that’s where the synergy ends. Nighy’s parentage (her mom is actress Diana Quick) had nothing to do with Lionsgate financing “Alice” at the script stage. Their confidence stemmed from her early shorts, episodes of the U.K. crime...
- 9/10/2022
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Luca Guadagnino has apparently created another interesting, must-see film with the upcoming “Bones & All,” if you are to believe the hype coming from the Venice Film Festival, where it received an eight-and-a-half-minute standing ovation. But his cannibal love story isn’t the only project Guadagnino is talking about right now, as he also is still beating the drum to get his “Brideshead Revisited” series off the ground.
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- 9/6/2022
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) hopes to revive his dream project to make a mammoth 10-episode television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited.
Two years ago the director had assembled an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara, to lead a 10-part prestige TV version of Waugh’s brilliant study of British upper-class decadence.
But the HBO and BBC production was shelved because of its cost. “It’s a very sad story,” Guadagnino told Deadline late on Sunday night, following a screening at the Telluride Film Festival of his latest film Bones and All, a shocking love story, starring Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, about cannibals searching, longingly, for their next meal.
Venice Review: Timothée Chalamet & Taylor Russell In Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones And All’
Guadagnino said that he and Benjamin Walters, a young British writer, spent 18 months...
Two years ago the director had assembled an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara, to lead a 10-part prestige TV version of Waugh’s brilliant study of British upper-class decadence.
But the HBO and BBC production was shelved because of its cost. “It’s a very sad story,” Guadagnino told Deadline late on Sunday night, following a screening at the Telluride Film Festival of his latest film Bones and All, a shocking love story, starring Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, about cannibals searching, longingly, for their next meal.
Venice Review: Timothée Chalamet & Taylor Russell In Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones And All’
Guadagnino said that he and Benjamin Walters, a young British writer, spent 18 months...
- 9/5/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s note: The following list was originally published in September 2019 and has been updated accordingly.]
Christopher Nolan has directed one of the most beloved film trilogies in history and has brought to life many of Hollywood’s most original visions, but what if his most prized script never got to see the big screen? Enter Nolan’s Howard Hughes biopic, which could have been a reality had Nolan not gotten swept up in Batman and Martin Scorsese not proceeded with his own Hughes movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Now, of course, Nolan is moving on to realize the life and work of another pioneer onscreen with next year’s “Oppenheimer.”
Nolan’s unmade Howard Hughes movie is no isolated occurrence, as the majority of auteurs working in Hollywood have at least one passion project that has slipped through the cracks over the course of their careers.
If you’re busybodies like Ridley Scott and Guillermo del Toro, you have more unmade projects than one can count with two hands.
Christopher Nolan has directed one of the most beloved film trilogies in history and has brought to life many of Hollywood’s most original visions, but what if his most prized script never got to see the big screen? Enter Nolan’s Howard Hughes biopic, which could have been a reality had Nolan not gotten swept up in Batman and Martin Scorsese not proceeded with his own Hughes movie with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Now, of course, Nolan is moving on to realize the life and work of another pioneer onscreen with next year’s “Oppenheimer.”
Nolan’s unmade Howard Hughes movie is no isolated occurrence, as the majority of auteurs working in Hollywood have at least one passion project that has slipped through the cracks over the course of their careers.
If you’re busybodies like Ridley Scott and Guillermo del Toro, you have more unmade projects than one can count with two hands.
- 8/28/2022
- by Zack Sharf and Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Emmy voters certainly didn’t spread the wealth around with the 2022 nominations. Five of the seven supporting actress in a limited series or TV movie went to HBO’s “The White Lotus.” Four of the six guest actor in a drama series noms were nabbed by HBO’s “Succession.” And HBO Max’s “Hacks” scored four of the six guest actress in a comedy series nominations.
But multiple nominations in one category isn’t anything new in the Emmy universe. In fact, Emmy history was made 40 years ago when NBC’s landmark police procedural drama “Hill Street Blues” earned all five nominations for supporting actor in a drama series. Michael Conrad won his second consecutive Emmy as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, who would end the morning roll call meetings with “Let’s be careful out there.” Conrad faced competition from the series’ Taurean Blacque, Charles Haid, Michael Warren and Bruce Weitz.
But multiple nominations in one category isn’t anything new in the Emmy universe. In fact, Emmy history was made 40 years ago when NBC’s landmark police procedural drama “Hill Street Blues” earned all five nominations for supporting actor in a drama series. Michael Conrad won his second consecutive Emmy as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, who would end the morning roll call meetings with “Let’s be careful out there.” Conrad faced competition from the series’ Taurean Blacque, Charles Haid, Michael Warren and Bruce Weitz.
- 7/16/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Is it possible that corporations can actually affect positive change in the world? Probably not, but while some throw meager sums at charity while earning profits off exploitative labor practices, others throw money at great artists. Which is why we have to thank Spanish apparel brand Zara for at least having great taste in filmmakers. The clothing retailer has hired Italian director Luca Guadagnino, maker of the lush romance “Call Me By Your Name,” to make a 43-minute short film called “O Night Divine.” If this is what it takes to get people to watch a short film, then deck the halls. Presumably, Guadagnino had full creative control, as he was able to enlist some other top-tier talent to flesh out this fanciful little Christmas treat. The film also features a score from Pedro Almodóvar’s trusted composer Alberto Iglesias.
“O Night Divine” stars John C. Reilly as a fully...
“O Night Divine” stars John C. Reilly as a fully...
- 12/14/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016) poses for "The Glass" magazine, photographed by Gavin Bond:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 12/13/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh has worked on a number of adaptations in her career, including “Brideshead Revisited,” “Love & Friendship,” the 2017 Masterpiece miniseries “Little Women,” and even contemporary thriller “The Rhythm Section.” But nothing prepared her for the galaxy-spanning scope of “Foundation,” the new Apple TV+ series based on the novels by Isaac Asimov.
“‘Foundation’ to use a much-worn turn of phrase, it is epic on every kind of scale,” Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh tells Gold Derby during the “Meet the Experts” costume designers panel. “So I just decided the best way to approach it is the way I do all my work: read the script and everything needs to be character-based.”
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“Foundation” stars Lee Pace, Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, and Clarke Peters, among many others, and was created by David S. Goyer (“The Dark Knight”) and Josh Friedman (“Avatar 2”). Apple is bullish on its future,...
“‘Foundation’ to use a much-worn turn of phrase, it is epic on every kind of scale,” Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh tells Gold Derby during the “Meet the Experts” costume designers panel. “So I just decided the best way to approach it is the way I do all my work: read the script and everything needs to be character-based.”
See Gold Derby interviews with 2022 Oscar contenders
“Foundation” stars Lee Pace, Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, and Clarke Peters, among many others, and was created by David S. Goyer (“The Dark Knight”) and Josh Friedman (“Avatar 2”). Apple is bullish on its future,...
- 11/13/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Hayley Atwell has been cast in Netflix and Legendary Television’s upcoming “Tomb Raider” anime series.
Atwell will voice the franchise hero, Lara Croft, in the new series based on Square Enix’s iconic game.
This upcoming series marks the character’s anime debut. The story will pick up after the events of the “Tomb Raider” video-game reboot trilogy, charting a new adventure (in new territory) for the globetrotting Lara Croft 25 years after her first game launched.
Atwell is best known for portraying Peggy Carter across the Marvel universe, in such films as “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Ant-Man” And “Avengers: Endgame,” as well as in her own TV series “Marvel’s Agent Carter.” Her other live-action credits include “Conviction,” “Criminal U.K.” and “Howards End” for TV and “Brideshead Revisited,” “The Duchess,” “Christopher Robin” and “Blinded by the Light” in film.
Atwell will voice the franchise hero, Lara Croft, in the new series based on Square Enix’s iconic game.
This upcoming series marks the character’s anime debut. The story will pick up after the events of the “Tomb Raider” video-game reboot trilogy, charting a new adventure (in new territory) for the globetrotting Lara Croft 25 years after her first game launched.
Atwell is best known for portraying Peggy Carter across the Marvel universe, in such films as “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Ant-Man” And “Avengers: Endgame,” as well as in her own TV series “Marvel’s Agent Carter.” Her other live-action credits include “Conviction,” “Criminal U.K.” and “Howards End” for TV and “Brideshead Revisited,” “The Duchess,” “Christopher Robin” and “Blinded by the Light” in film.
- 9/13/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Take a look at new images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for the Summer 2021 issue of "The Glass" magazine, photographed by Gavin Bond:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009)...
..."The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso'...
...winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 7/28/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
We'll be seeing more of Joe Alwyn on our TV screens. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Hulu and BBC Three confirmed the cast for its TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's 2017 novel, Conversations With Friends. This marks Alwyn's latest foray into television as he previously starred as Bob Cratchit in the 2019 mini-series, A Christmas Carol, and is slated to appear in the highly anticipated remake of Brideshead Revisited. On this casting news, Alwyn wrote on Instagram, "'Conversations With Friends' is one of my favourite books of the last few years. I'm so grateful and excited to be invited onboard, and to get to work with this amazingly talented group of people." Alwyn's girlfriend,...
- 2/17/2021
- E! Online
Sneak Peek new images of Brit actress Felicity Jones ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story") in The Sunday Times Style Magazine (UK) , photographed by Ben Weller:
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009), "The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso', winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
Since 2006, Jones has appeared in the films "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009), "The Tempest" (2010), "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014), "The Theory of Everything" (2014) and "True Story" (2015).
In 2016, Jones starred in "Inferno", "A Monster Calls" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" as 'Jyn Erso', winning the 'BAFTA Britannia Award' for 'British Artist of the Year'.
Click the images to enlarge... ...
- 12/18/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
In can what can only be described as dream television news, it's been announced that a new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is in the works, with Luca Guadagnino at the helm as director and writer.
The period drama will see the Call Me by Your Name filmmaker direct a star-studded cast that includes Andrew Garfield, Joe Alwyn, and Rooney Mara in what will be the third adaptation of Waugh's classic novel. The story was first adapted for TV back in 1981 as an 11-part series starring Jeremy Irons, and then again in 2008 as a feature film. The upcoming version, which will reportedly be a TV miniseries, will be a joint production between the BBC and HBO, as was I May Destroy You. According to Deadline, BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has been in conversation with Guadagnino about the adaptation for two years and flew to Italy earlier this...
The period drama will see the Call Me by Your Name filmmaker direct a star-studded cast that includes Andrew Garfield, Joe Alwyn, and Rooney Mara in what will be the third adaptation of Waugh's classic novel. The story was first adapted for TV back in 1981 as an 11-part series starring Jeremy Irons, and then again in 2008 as a feature film. The upcoming version, which will reportedly be a TV miniseries, will be a joint production between the BBC and HBO, as was I May Destroy You. According to Deadline, BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has been in conversation with Guadagnino about the adaptation for two years and flew to Italy earlier this...
- 11/30/2020
- by Eve Crosbie
- Popsugar.com
BBC is set to revisit Brideshead Revisited. But the British network’s new adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh classic novel has a few exciting things going for it: a prestigious director, Luca Guadagnino, who has just wrapped up his first TV project, and a star-studded ensemble led by Andrew Garfield that would feature a Carol reunion between fellow stars […]
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- 11/6/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Luca Guadagnino took a break from his busy feature filmmaking career to take a stab at a prestige TV miniseries with the recently-ended “We Are Who We Are.” And it appears that the middling reviews of the HBO show didn’t scare him off from the idea of doing another, as a report claims that Guadagnino is set to take on the literary classic, “Brideshead Revisited,” as his next TV gig.
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Continue reading ‘Brideshead Revisited’: Andrew Garfield, Cate Blanchett & More Eyed To Star In New Luca Gudagnino Series at The Playlist.
- 11/6/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
The BBC is planning the latest reimagining of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel Brideshead Revisited, with Parade’s End producer Mammoth Screen attaching Call Me By Your Name helmer Luca Guadagnino to write and direct.
Deadline has heard that a deal for the miniseries is close to being finalized at the BBC and Mammoth will co-produce with Moonage Pictures, which is currently making another ambitious period BBC drama in the shape of Lily James starrer The Pursuit Of Love.
BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has been speaking to Guadagnino about an adaptation for two years and has flown to Italy to discuss the project with the writer/director. Separately, Guadagnino’s Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are has also been picked up by BBC Three in the UK.
The Daily Mail reported that HBO and a stellar cast — including Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Garfield — have signed...
Deadline has heard that a deal for the miniseries is close to being finalized at the BBC and Mammoth will co-produce with Moonage Pictures, which is currently making another ambitious period BBC drama in the shape of Lily James starrer The Pursuit Of Love.
BBC drama controller Piers Wenger has been speaking to Guadagnino about an adaptation for two years and has flown to Italy to discuss the project with the writer/director. Separately, Guadagnino’s Sky/HBO series We Are Who We Are has also been picked up by BBC Three in the UK.
The Daily Mail reported that HBO and a stellar cast — including Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Garfield — have signed...
- 11/6/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Are we underestimating Jeremy Irons (“Watchmen”) at the Emmys? He’s nominated for Best Movie/Limited Actor for playing Ozymandias, a superhero with a supreme intellect and a major superiority complex. Based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users, he currently ranks fourth with 9/2 odds. But we might want to move him up in our forecasts because he rarely loses at the Emmys.
In fact, the only time Irons ever lost an Emmy when nominated was his very first bid: Best Movie/Limited Actor for “Brideshead Revisited” in 1982. That award went to Mickey Rooney for playing the intellectually disabled title character in “Bill.” After that, though, Irons went three-for-three, winning Best Voice-Over Performance in 1997 for “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century,” Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor in 2006 for “Elizabeth I” and Best Narrator in 2014 for the “Big Cat Week” episode “Game of Lions.”
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In fact, the only time Irons ever lost an Emmy when nominated was his very first bid: Best Movie/Limited Actor for “Brideshead Revisited” in 1982. That award went to Mickey Rooney for playing the intellectually disabled title character in “Bill.” After that, though, Irons went three-for-three, winning Best Voice-Over Performance in 1997 for “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century,” Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor in 2006 for “Elizabeth I” and Best Narrator in 2014 for the “Big Cat Week” episode “Game of Lions.”
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- 8/27/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
If you’re not one of the more-than-a-million people so far who’ve either bought Adam Kay’s blisteringly funny and poignant NHS memoir, unwrapped it as a gift, or both, then do please take the required action.
This is Going to Hurt is a short, great read with a vital message: childbirth is horrendous. Additionally: the people who make the NHS function, providing care to all that’s free at the point of delivery, do so under astounding pressure, working extraordinarily long hours without enough recompense and deserve respect, kindness and gratitude, not a continual volley of under-funding, government flak, and patients who insist on introducing objects not designed for internal use to their orifices without giving due thought to an exit strategy.
Drawn from Kay’s diaries during his time working as a Junior Doctor in a series of UK Obstetrics departments and published in 2017, the memoir is...
This is Going to Hurt is a short, great read with a vital message: childbirth is horrendous. Additionally: the people who make the NHS function, providing care to all that’s free at the point of delivery, do so under astounding pressure, working extraordinarily long hours without enough recompense and deserve respect, kindness and gratitude, not a continual volley of under-funding, government flak, and patients who insist on introducing objects not designed for internal use to their orifices without giving due thought to an exit strategy.
Drawn from Kay’s diaries during his time working as a Junior Doctor in a series of UK Obstetrics departments and published in 2017, the memoir is...
- 6/15/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Launched in November, London/New York book rights outfit International Literary Properties has acquired 12 literary estates from the UK’s Peters, Fraser + Dunlop. The eight figure deal sees Ilp acquire the rights formerly held by the agency for the estates of Georges Simenon, Eric Ambler, Margery Allingham, Edmund Crispin, Dennis Wheatley, Robert Bolt, Richard Hull, George Bellairs, Nicolas Freeling, John Creasey, Michael Innes and Evelyn Waugh.
Ilp was set up to acquire the rights in literary estates from those who have inherited them, or from living authors, and will work to exploit those rights through all media platforms including TV, film and theater. Many of the estates acquired under the current deal include the detective, spy and crime genres. Simenon is best known as the creator of French Detective Jules Maigret, for example. Bolt, however, was a playwright who also penned the scripts for Lawrence Of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Man For All Seasons.
Ilp was set up to acquire the rights in literary estates from those who have inherited them, or from living authors, and will work to exploit those rights through all media platforms including TV, film and theater. Many of the estates acquired under the current deal include the detective, spy and crime genres. Simenon is best known as the creator of French Detective Jules Maigret, for example. Bolt, however, was a playwright who also penned the scripts for Lawrence Of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Man For All Seasons.
- 6/2/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Recently formed rights business International Literary Properties (Ilp) has acquired the literary estates of 12 writers, including Evelyn Waugh and Georges Simenon, from U.K. agency Peters, Fraser + Dunlop.
The eight-figure multi-estates deal sees London and New York-based Ilp acquire the rights for the literary estates of writers Georges Simenon, Eric Ambler, Margery Allingham, Edmund Crispin, Dennis Wheatley, Robert Bolt, Richard Hull, George Bellairs, Nicolas Freeling, John Creasey, Michael Innes and Evelyn Waugh.
Their works spans books including Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited,” Simenon’s Inspector Maigret novels, and Wheatley’s thrillers such as “The Devil Rides Out,” and Creasey’s “The Battle for Inspector West.”
Bolt, meanwhile, wrote the screenplays for “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Doctor Zhivago,” and “A Man for All Seasons,” “Ryan’s Daughter” and “The Mission.”
Peters, Fraser + Dunlop will continue to act as literary agent for the twelve estates.
Ilp launched last year to acquire the rights and manage IP from literary estates,...
The eight-figure multi-estates deal sees London and New York-based Ilp acquire the rights for the literary estates of writers Georges Simenon, Eric Ambler, Margery Allingham, Edmund Crispin, Dennis Wheatley, Robert Bolt, Richard Hull, George Bellairs, Nicolas Freeling, John Creasey, Michael Innes and Evelyn Waugh.
Their works spans books including Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited,” Simenon’s Inspector Maigret novels, and Wheatley’s thrillers such as “The Devil Rides Out,” and Creasey’s “The Battle for Inspector West.”
Bolt, meanwhile, wrote the screenplays for “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Doctor Zhivago,” and “A Man for All Seasons,” “Ryan’s Daughter” and “The Mission.”
Peters, Fraser + Dunlop will continue to act as literary agent for the twelve estates.
Ilp launched last year to acquire the rights and manage IP from literary estates,...
- 6/2/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
To celebrate the release of Sulphur and White, which hits UK cinemas this week, we had the pleasure of sitting down the film’s cast, director and real-life subject to chat about its release, its huge importance and why the time is right for the story to be told.
Directed by Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisited), the film tells the true-life story of David Tait, a man who suffered horrific childhood trauma and found solace years later in the redemptive power of love and climibing Mount Everest for the Nspcc. Jarold talks about his friendship and admiration for him whilst Tait talks about watching the filmmaking process from afar and watching the final result.
In addition, we spoke to cast members Mark Stanley (who portrays Tait in the film), Emily Beecham and Dougray Scott about their response to the script and David’s story, the film sensitively and thoughtfully tackling the...
Directed by Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisited), the film tells the true-life story of David Tait, a man who suffered horrific childhood trauma and found solace years later in the redemptive power of love and climibing Mount Everest for the Nspcc. Jarold talks about his friendship and admiration for him whilst Tait talks about watching the filmmaking process from afar and watching the final result.
In addition, we spoke to cast members Mark Stanley (who portrays Tait in the film), Emily Beecham and Dougray Scott about their response to the script and David’s story, the film sensitively and thoughtfully tackling the...
- 3/3/2020
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We present our interviews from the UK premiere for the true story drama Sulphur and White, starring Mark Stanley, Emily Beecham, Anna Friel, Dougray Scott, directed by Julian Jarrold from a script by Susie Farrell.
The story follows City trader and mountaineer David Tait, a man whose professional success masks a series of traumatic secrets. The film also stars Aftab Shivdasani, Alistair Petrie, Hugo Stone, Sheila Atim, Max Befort, Ben Ashenden and Sofia Barclay.
David Sztypuljak and Scott Davis were our men on the carpet. Here are their interviews.
Sulphur and White is released in UK cinemas on the 6th of March, 2020.
Sulphur and White Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Based on an incredible true story, a moving and deeply personal drama of how troubled childhood experiences can destroy one’s future without the redemptive power of love. From award-winning and BAFTA nominated director Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisited and TV’s Red Riding).
We all carry secrets.
The story follows City trader and mountaineer David Tait, a man whose professional success masks a series of traumatic secrets. The film also stars Aftab Shivdasani, Alistair Petrie, Hugo Stone, Sheila Atim, Max Befort, Ben Ashenden and Sofia Barclay.
David Sztypuljak and Scott Davis were our men on the carpet. Here are their interviews.
Sulphur and White is released in UK cinemas on the 6th of March, 2020.
Sulphur and White Premiere Interviews
Plot:
Based on an incredible true story, a moving and deeply personal drama of how troubled childhood experiences can destroy one’s future without the redemptive power of love. From award-winning and BAFTA nominated director Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisited and TV’s Red Riding).
We all carry secrets.
- 2/28/2020
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Niall Tóibín, whose long career as an actor and comedian saw him in roles ranging from Tom Cruise’s father to a moonshine maker in the controversial film Poitin, has died. He succumbed at age 89 in Dublin earlier today after battling an undisclosed long illness.
Tóibín kept working until last year, appearing in the Irish short film Remains. His movie resume includes Tom Cruise’s father in Far & Away, Judge Ballaugh in Veronica Guerin; a poteen-maker in Poitín, and as islander Seán alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Nephew.
He also had television appearances on Rte’s The Clinic; and was also credited in Ballykissangel, Rat, The Ballroom of Romance, King of the Castle, Brideshead Revisited and Frankie Starlight amongst others.
Tóibín’s theater work included playing Behan in Borstal Boy on Broadway, and appearing in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the National Theatre in London.
Ireland President Michael D...
Tóibín kept working until last year, appearing in the Irish short film Remains. His movie resume includes Tom Cruise’s father in Far & Away, Judge Ballaugh in Veronica Guerin; a poteen-maker in Poitín, and as islander Seán alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Nephew.
He also had television appearances on Rte’s The Clinic; and was also credited in Ballykissangel, Rat, The Ballroom of Romance, King of the Castle, Brideshead Revisited and Frankie Starlight amongst others.
Tóibín’s theater work included playing Behan in Borstal Boy on Broadway, and appearing in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the National Theatre in London.
Ireland President Michael D...
- 11/14/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Sales slate includes Patrick Stewart pianist drama Coda.
WaZabi Films co-founders Anick Poirier and Lorne Price have added the latest hot title to their slate and will launch pre-sales at Afm next week on Frankel to star Jeremy Irons as the legendary racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil.
Irons, currently starring in the HBO hit Watchmen, will also produce the drama about the late postwar trainer who battled years of setbacks and illness and discovered a new lease on life when he worked with the titular British thoroughbred.
Cecil turned Frankel into a legend in the sport, undefeated in a 14-race...
WaZabi Films co-founders Anick Poirier and Lorne Price have added the latest hot title to their slate and will launch pre-sales at Afm next week on Frankel to star Jeremy Irons as the legendary racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil.
Irons, currently starring in the HBO hit Watchmen, will also produce the drama about the late postwar trainer who battled years of setbacks and illness and discovered a new lease on life when he worked with the titular British thoroughbred.
Cecil turned Frankel into a legend in the sport, undefeated in a 14-race...
- 10/28/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Jude Law haunts Paolo Sorrentino’s glorious follow-up to The Young Pope, but Malkovich’s purring pontiff-in-waiting is divine
Anyone who was captivated by Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope will be relieved that his follow-up, The New Pope, is just as rich and ravishing and gloriously enigmatic. It provides another deep dive into the hidden world of the Vatican City, marvelling at its mystique with agnostic fervour. The Venice film festival screened two episodes of the forthcoming nine-part series, each preceded by an abridged summary of what went before. But even in this bowdlerised form, it looks splendid, like Michelangelo’s Pietà, which is scarred by a terrorist bomb at the top of episode seven.
The New Pope picks up where The Young Pope left off, with Pius Xiii (Jude Law) in a coma and the Holy See scurrying to come up with a replacement. The most viable candidate...
Anyone who was captivated by Paolo Sorrentino’s The Young Pope will be relieved that his follow-up, The New Pope, is just as rich and ravishing and gloriously enigmatic. It provides another deep dive into the hidden world of the Vatican City, marvelling at its mystique with agnostic fervour. The Venice film festival screened two episodes of the forthcoming nine-part series, each preceded by an abridged summary of what went before. But even in this bowdlerised form, it looks splendid, like Michelangelo’s Pietà, which is scarred by a terrorist bomb at the top of episode seven.
The New Pope picks up where The Young Pope left off, with Pius Xiii (Jude Law) in a coma and the Holy See scurrying to come up with a replacement. The most viable candidate...
- 9/2/2019
- by Xan Brooks in Venice
- The Guardian - Film News
Take a look at new images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for "Porter Edit" magazine, wearing Versace, Givenchy and a whole lot more, photographed by Matthew Sprout:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones...
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones...
- 12/11/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
After becoming the second youngest Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor Emmy winner in September, Darren Criss could join another youngest list at the Golden Globes. The 31-year-old would be the third youngest champ in the corresponding Globe category if he prevails for “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.”
Much like the Emmy category, Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor at the Globes, which was first awarded in 1982, is dominated by older thespians. Only two people have won in their 20s: James Franco, the category’s youngest winner at 23 when he won for “James Dean” in 2002, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who was 28 during his victory for “Elvis” in 2006.
See Darren Criss (‘Versace’) could easily sweep the Golden Globe and SAG after killer Emmy win
Criss would be the 10th person in their 30s to take home the prize and would knock back Anthony Andrews (“Brideshead Revisited”), who turned...
Much like the Emmy category, Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor at the Globes, which was first awarded in 1982, is dominated by older thespians. Only two people have won in their 20s: James Franco, the category’s youngest winner at 23 when he won for “James Dean” in 2002, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who was 28 during his victory for “Elvis” in 2006.
See Darren Criss (‘Versace’) could easily sweep the Golden Globe and SAG after killer Emmy win
Criss would be the 10th person in their 30s to take home the prize and would knock back Anthony Andrews (“Brideshead Revisited”), who turned...
- 12/6/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Follow the astonishing true story of an Israeli intelligence agent who brought Hitler’s deadliest lieutenant to justice in the intense and gripping film, Operation Finale, arriving on Digital on November 20, 2018 and on Blu-ray combo pack, DVD and On Demand on December 4, 2018 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Brimming with incredible performances from Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina) and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (Schindler’s List), Operation Finale is also backed by an amazing supporting cast including Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Lior Roz (Fauda), Nick Kroll (Loving), Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge of Seventeen), Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Pepe Rapazote (Narcos) and Greta Scacchi (Brideshead Revisited) .
Operation Finale is directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) from a screenplay by Matthew Orton. The film follows the gripping true story of the 1960 covert mission of legendary Israeli intelligence agent...
Operation Finale is directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) from a screenplay by Matthew Orton. The film follows the gripping true story of the 1960 covert mission of legendary Israeli intelligence agent...
- 12/4/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sneak Peek images of actress Felicity Jones, aka 'Jyn Erso' in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", posing for "Glamour" (UK) magazine:
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", directed by Gareth Edwards.
Jones started her professional acting career as a child, appearing at age 12 in The "Treasure Seekers" (1996). She went on to play 'Ethel Hallow' for one season in the television series "The Worst Witch" and its sequel "Weirdsister College".
Since 2006 Jones has appeared in numerous films, including "Northanger Abbey" (2007), "Brideshead Revisited" (2008), "Chéri" (2009) and "The Tempest" (2010). Her performance in the 2011 film "Like Crazy" was met with critical acclaim...
...earning her numerous awards, including a special jury prize at the 2011 'Sundance Film Festival'.
In 2014, Jones' performance as 'Jane Wilde Hawking' in "The Theory of Everything" was also highly praised...
...garnering her nominations for 'Golden Globe', 'SAG', 'BAFTA' and 'Academy Award' for 'Best Actress'.
February 2015, Jones was cast in the "Star Wars" spin-off feature, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", directed by Gareth Edwards.
- 5/12/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
She was well-known for her long creative partnership with husband Claude Chabrol.
French actress Stéphane Audran, who starred in The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie and Babette’s Feast, has died aged 85.
Their son, actor Thomas Chabrol, told Afp: “She had been ill for some time. She had been in hospital for 10 days and she had returned home. She died peacefully at around 2 am [on Tuesday 27 March]”.
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie and Babette’s Feast both won best foreign film at the Oscars. She won best actress at the Baftas for the former and was nominated again for the latter.
French actress Stéphane Audran, who starred in The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie and Babette’s Feast, has died aged 85.
Their son, actor Thomas Chabrol, told Afp: “She had been ill for some time. She had been in hospital for 10 days and she had returned home. She died peacefully at around 2 am [on Tuesday 27 March]”.
The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie and Babette’s Feast both won best foreign film at the Oscars. She won best actress at the Baftas for the former and was nominated again for the latter.
- 3/27/2018
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
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