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‘Luther’: Idris Elba Confirms Film Version to Start Shooting his Year!!

Idris Elba has confirmed he will be working on a movie version of Luther this year, after it was revealed there won’t be a sixth season of the hit BBC show. During an appearance on The All-New Capital Weekender on Friday, the 48-year-old actor revealed he’s preparing to go into production on the psychological drama, in which he plays the hard-bitten but brilliant Detective Chief Inspector … Continue reading ‘Luther’: Idris Elba Confirms Film Version to Start Shooting his Year!!

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‘Peaky Blinders’: BBC Series Officially Ending with Season 6!!

As production finally begins on the highly-anticipated sixth season of the Peaky Blinders, creator Steven Knight has announced that the acclaimed period crime drama series will officially be concluding its run and will no longer return for a seventh season. This announcement comes after Season 5 had made its U.S. debut last October on Netflix. “Peaky is back and with a bang”, Knight said in a … Continue reading ‘Peaky Blinders’: BBC Series Officially Ending with Season 6!!

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Jodie Whittaker Set to Be Leaving ‘Doctor Who’!!

Big things are afoot in the Doctor Who universe, including some reports claiming the current Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, is leaving the BBC show after Season 13. This year’s Doctor Who holiday special, Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks, aired on New Year’s Day. The game-changing holiday special saw the return of Doctor Who alum John Barrowman, once again reprising his role as Captain Jack Harkness, and the unveiling of a new Dalek design. Revolution … Continue reading Jodie Whittaker Set to Be Leaving ‘Doctor Who’!!

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‘Brideshead Revisited’: Luca Guadagnino to Direct BBC’s Remake With Insanely Star-Studded!!

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 Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Guadagnino has dipped his toes in … Continue reading ‘Brideshead Revisited’: Luca Guadagnino to Direct BBC’s Remake With Insanely Star-Studded!!

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‘Small Axe’: Steve McQueen’s Five-Film Anthology Gets New Trailer!! Check It Out!!

Amazon has released a new extended trailer for Steve McQueen‘s five-film anthology Small Axe, which will begin rolling out on Prime Video this month. McQueen is the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind 12 Years a Slave, and he has spent the past couple years working on this passion project, which was commissioned by the BBC. Small Axe is comprised of five films set between the late ’60s and … Continue reading ‘Small Axe’: Steve McQueen’s Five-Film Anthology Gets New Trailer!! Check It Out!!

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‘Small Axe’: Steve McQueen’s Amazon Prime Series Gets an Official Trailer!! Check It Out!!

Small Axe, the anthology series created and directed by Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years A Slave), will premiere on Friday, November 20 with the first film, Mangrove, starring Letitia Wright & Shaun Parkes. The four additional films will debut each Friday, including Lovers Rock (11/27) starring Micheal Ward & Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Education (12/4) featuring Kenyah Sandy, Alex Wheatle (12/11) with newcomer Sheyi Cole, and the final film, Red, White and Blue (12/18) starring John Boyega. Prime Video, in partnership with the series commissioners, the BBC, released the official trailer today featuring … Continue reading ‘Small Axe’: Steve McQueen’s Amazon Prime Series Gets an Official Trailer!! Check It Out!!

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‘Luther’: Idris Elba Says a Movie Is Moving Forward!!

Idris Elba has again teased the idea of turning his cult BBC detective drama Luther into a feature, more than a year after Season 5 aired on British television. The actor told a press junket for Season 3 of his Sky comedy In The Long Run that there are no “formal plans” for another Luther series, according to Sky News. But Elba added: “I’ve made … Continue reading ‘Luther’: Idris Elba Says a Movie Is Moving Forward!!

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‘Fantastic Flitcrofts’: Mark Rylance to Star in Golfing Comedy From ‘Paddington 2’ Writer!!

Oscar and BAFTA winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, Dunkirk, The BFG) is set to take the lead in comedy-drama The Fantastic Flitcrofts, to be directed by Craig Roberts (Just Jim, Eternal Beauty) and based on the adapted screenplay by Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2). Rylance will star as Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, who managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Flitcrofts’: Mark Rylance to Star in Golfing Comedy From ‘Paddington 2’ Writer!!

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‘Staged’: David Tennant and Michael Sheen to Reunite for BBC’s Lockdown Comedy!!

After starring together in last year’s Amazon Prime limited series Good Omens, David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) have officially set their next teamed-up project with BBC’s upcoming lockdown comedy titled Staged. The series will consist of six 15-minute episodes which will premiere sometime in June on BBC One. In addition, the announcement also came with the release … Continue reading ‘Staged’: David Tennant and Michael Sheen to Reunite for BBC’s Lockdown Comedy!!

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‘Great Expectations’: Steven Knight Working on New a Charles Dickens Adaptation!!!

Steven Knight darkened our holiday doorsteps in 2019 with a bleak and dour adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ A Christmas Carol. That limited series, which hailed from both the BBC and FX, embraced all of the small-minded, mean-spirited, and hard-hearted aspects that the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce) has become known for, but forgot to bring in the Christmas cheer, the optimistic change wrought by near-death … Continue reading ‘Great Expectations’: Steven Knight Working on New a Charles Dickens Adaptation!!!

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‘The Watch’: First Images Teases BBC’s Upcoming Discworld Series!! Check It Out!!

The sprawling universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, a comic fantasy series of novels that has long since reached classic status, is getting a television adaptation treatment courtesy of BBC America in the form of a new original scripted series, The Watch, but the show will necessarily narrow its focus to the misfit cops that inhabit a subset of stories in the beloved series. BBC America … Continue reading ‘The Watch’: First Images Teases BBC’s Upcoming Discworld Series!! Check It Out!!

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‘The Offenders’: Stephen Merchant and Elgin James Team For Amazon-BBC Series!!

After co-creating The Office with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant has had a versatile career, starring in HBO cringefest Hello Ladies and directing 2019’s underrated Fighting with My Family. After breaking through with the Sundance developed film Little Birds, Elgin James has gone on to co-create and run the FX Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans M.C. Now, as reported by Deadline, these two disparate forces are teaming up for a new Amazon/BBC show with the working title The Offenders. The series, taking … Continue reading ‘The Offenders’: Stephen Merchant and Elgin James Team For Amazon-BBC Series!!

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‘Dracula’ Trailer Reveals ‘Sherlock’ Creator’s New Vision!! Check It Out!!

Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming series Dracula. Based on the novel by Bram Stoker and created from the folks behind the BBC’s Sherlock, the new take on the classic monster sees Dracula (Claes Bang) up against a worthy foe. I’m honestly not sure what to make of this new series. Dracula has been done to death, but then again, so had Sherlock … Continue reading ‘Dracula’ Trailer Reveals ‘Sherlock’ Creator’s New Vision!! Check It Out!!

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‘Dracula’ Trailer Offers A New Look At The BBC – Netflix’s Gothic Drama!! Check It Out!!

BBC One has dropped a second trailer for Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ gruesome re-imagining of Dracula. The three-part drama, made by Sherlock producer Hartswood Films, launches on BBC One on New Year’s Day before making its way over to Netflix on January 4, 2020. It’s a gothic reworking of Bram Stoker’s 1897 story about a Transylvanian vampire who moves to England to find new … Continue reading ‘Dracula’ Trailer Offers A New Look At The BBC – Netflix’s Gothic Drama!! Check It Out!!

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‘A Christmas Carol’: New Trailer Further Teases FX’s Spooky Update!! Check It Out!!

Do you like your A Christmas Carola little less Muppet-y and a little more aggressively ghoulish? Then you should be hyped for FX’s take on the class Charles Dickens ghost story, written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and starring Guy Pearce (Memento) as Ebenezer Scrooge. The network just released a new trailer, which not only gave another glimpse at all that grimness but also revealed that … Continue reading ‘A Christmas Carol’: New Trailer Further Teases FX’s Spooky Update!! Check It Out!!

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‘A Christmas Carol’ Trailer Sees Scrooge Being Haunted!! Check It Out!!

FX has released the first trailer for their adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Guy Pearce leads the very English cast, which includes Andy Serkis, Charlotte Riley, Joe Alwyn, and Stephen Graham. Sadly, there is no Tom Hardy in sight but that’s okay because there’s plenty in this trailer to feast your eyes on. It seems like FX has found an interesting way to spruce up Dickens’ story for the umpteenth … Continue reading ‘A Christmas Carol’ Trailer Sees Scrooge Being Haunted!! Check It Out!!

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‘Dracula’: New BBC/Netflix Miniseries Gets a Trailer!! Check It Out!!

Count Dracula. Ever heard of him? For over a hundred years, Bram Stoker‘s creation has stunned and terrified us all. The mythologies and images behind Dracula have inspired not only direct film and TV adaptations, like Francis Ford Coppola‘s visually wild 1992 work, or the best movie ever made Dracula 2000, but basically wrote the rulebook for how we view vampires. Now, Netflix and the BBC has a … Continue reading ‘Dracula’: New BBC/Netflix Miniseries Gets a Trailer!! Check It Out!!

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‘A Christmas Carol’: First Look Images Tease the FX Miniseries!! Check It Out!!

A Christmas Carol will always be the gift that keeps on giving, but that doesn’t mean Andy Serkis (Black Panther) was immediately sold on playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in a new adaptation premiering on FX in December. “Do we really need another one?” Serkis remembers asking, especially since he grew up loving the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim as the heartless miser Ebenezer … Continue reading ‘A Christmas Carol’: First Look Images Tease the FX Miniseries!! Check It Out!!

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‘The War of the Worlds’: BBC Reveals First Trailer of the New Adaptation!! Check It Out!!

The BBC has released the first trailer for its new small-screen adaptation of the H.G. Wells sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds, which features a cast that includes Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, and Robert Carlyle; watch the trailer here: This tense and thrilling drama follows a young couple’s race for survival against escalating terror of an alien enemy beyond their comprehension. The War of … Continue reading ‘The War of the Worlds’: BBC Reveals First Trailer of the New Adaptation!! Check It Out!!

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‘The Last of the Mohicans’: BBC and Playground Developing a Series!!!

According to Variety, the BBC is teaming with Playground, the company behind Wolf Hall, The Spanish Princess and Howards End, for an ongoing series adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, which includes the 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. The five Leatherstocking Tales novels take place between 1740 and 1804 and chronicle the lives of the Native Americans and white pioneers on the … Continue reading ‘The Last of the Mohicans’: BBC and Playground Developing a Series!!!

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‘Discworld’: ‘Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer to Lead ‘The Watch’ Series!!!

Game of Thrones star Richard Dormer is set to lead the cast of The Watch, the BBC’s upcoming live-action fantasy series based upon Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld novels. Dormer is set to portray Sam Vimes, Captain of Ankh-Morpork City Watch, described as a group of “misfit cops [who] fight to save a ramshackle city of normalized wrongness from both the past and future in a … Continue reading ‘Discworld’: ‘Game of Thrones’ Richard Dormer to Lead ‘The Watch’ Series!!!

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‘The Watch’: Casting Begins on the BBC’s Discworld Series!!!

In March, it was announced that the BBC is developing an eight-episode TV series based upon Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, and now Deadline is reporting that the limited series has found its first cast member. According to the trade, British actor Adam Hugill (Pennyworth) is set for one of the lead roles in the series, which revolves around the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, “misfit cops [who] … Continue reading ‘The Watch’: Casting Begins on the BBC’s Discworld Series!!!

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‘Dracula’: First Look Images Steven Moffat’s TV Adaption!!! Check It Out!!

The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first official images from Sherlock creators Mark Gattis and Steven Moffat’s upcoming three-part TV adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula, which sees Claes Bang (The Square, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as the iconic vampire. The three-part series is being directed by Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas (KillingEve) and PaulMcGuigan (Sherlock) and features a cast … Continue reading ‘Dracula’: First Look Images Steven Moffat’s TV Adaption!!! Check It Out!!

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‘A Christmas Carol’: First Look Reveals Steven Knight’s Miniseries!!! Check It Out!!

FX and BBC have revealed the first look at Steven Knight’s upcoming miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Although Tom Hardy was originally set to star in the production, but now he’s only going to executive produce. Guy Pearce will lead the adaptation as Ebenezer Scrooge. The rest of the cast includes: Andy Serkis (Black Panther) as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham … Continue reading ‘A Christmas Carol’: First Look Reveals Steven Knight’s Miniseries!!! Check It Out!!

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‘Dracula’: ‘Sherlock’ Creators Event Series Fills out its Cast!!!

The BBC and Netflix have announced the supporting cast joining Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) in the upcoming three-part event series Dracula from Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. Jonathan Aris, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Catherine Schell, Youssef Kerkour and Clive Russell have all been cast in the drama, which is currently shooting at Bray Studios, the former home of iconic … Continue reading ‘Dracula’: ‘Sherlock’ Creators Event Series Fills out its Cast!!!

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‘Fleabag’ Season 2 Trailer Sees Phoebe Waller-Bridge Goes Toe-to-Toe with God!! Check It Out!!

If you haven’t watched BBC and Amazon’s spectacular, scathing comedy Fleabag, you don’t know what you’re missing. Created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of Killing Eve and the voice behind Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s surprisingly lusty droid L3-37, the BAFTA-wining series follows the titular Fleabag (Waller-Bridge), a disasterpiece of a human being who’s trying to move on from her sex addiction and the emotional spiral that almost sent her … Continue reading ‘Fleabag’ Season 2 Trailer Sees Phoebe Waller-Bridge Goes Toe-to-Toe with God!! Check It Out!!

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‘The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe’: BBC Studios Is Developing The Drama Series!!!

Variety is reporting that BBC Studios is in development on a new drama series entitled The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, which will tell the story of the final months of the screen icon’s life, and her relationships with the likes of Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy. The series will be based on Keith Badman’s book The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe: … Continue reading ‘The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe’: BBC Studios Is Developing The Drama Series!!!

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‘The North Water’: Jack O’Connell Joins the Colin Farrell Led Adaption!!

Back in February it was announced that Colin Farrell has signed on to star in a BBC adaptation of Ian McGuire’s novel The North Water, and now comes word that the Dumbo star will be joined in the cast by Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Godless). The four-part adaptation of the Man Booker Prize longlisted novel is being written and directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Lean on … Continue reading ‘The North Water’: Jack O’Connell Joins the Colin Farrell Led Adaption!!

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‘Fleabag’ to End with Season 2!!!

Before I start getting too upset that there will not be a third season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s exceptional comedy series Fleabag, I should acknowledge that it’s something of a miracle that Season 2 happened in the first place. (Well, it’s currently happening in the U.K. — we won’t see it until next month). It’s been almost 3 years since the series first debuted in the … Continue reading ‘Fleabag’ to End with Season 2!!!

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‘Runestaff’: BBC Announces Fantasy Series Adaptation!!!

The BBC has announced that it has snapped up the rights to Michael Moorcock’s Runestaff fantasy book series and has set screenwriter Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Doctor Who), producer John Yorke (Life on Mars) and executive producer Richard Stokes (Broadchurch, Torchwood) to develop a TV adaptation. “I am delighted that BBC Studios is developing the Runestaff series for TV,” said Moorcock. “I believe the team will … Continue reading ‘Runestaff’: BBC Announces Fantasy Series Adaptation!!!

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‘Black Earth Rising’: First Trailer for the Netflix Series Takes a Genocide Survivor Back to Her Roots!! Check It Out!!

Though the series already premiered overseas for UK viewers thanks to the project’s joint production status between BBC Two and Netflix, viewers around the globe will get to experience Black Earth Rising for themselves starting January 25th. Netflix released the first trailer for their original series today to tease the dramatic and difficult story about a survivor of genocide risking everything to discover the truth … Continue reading ‘Black Earth Rising’: First Trailer for the Netflix Series Takes a Genocide Survivor Back to Her Roots!! Check It Out!!

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‘Les Miserables’: First trailer for the BBC Series Adaption Arrives!! Check It Out!!

The BBC has released the first trailer for its small screen adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables. Directed by Tom Shankland, the six-part drama series stars Dominic West as Jean Valjean, Lily Collins as Fantine, and David Oyelowo as Javert; watch it here… Les Miserables features a cast that also includes Ellie Bamber as Cosette, Adeel Akhtar and Olivia Colman as Cosette’s guardians Monsieur … Continue reading ‘Les Miserables’: First trailer for the BBC Series Adaption Arrives!! Check It Out!!

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‘Luther’ Season 5 Trailer Teases a New Killer and the Return of Alice!!! Check It Out!!

It’s been quite a wait since the last true season of Luther (and it’s still been two years since the two-hour “Season 4″ special that aired), but the first trailer for Luther Season 5 released by the BBC is a reminder of why this is a better-late-than-never scenario. Idris Elba has always been electrifying as the titular detective, finding ways to make Luther’s “unorthodox cop” … Continue reading ‘Luther’ Season 5 Trailer Teases a New Killer and the Return of Alice!!! Check It Out!!

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A ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Is In Works!!!

As filming on the fifth series of Peaky Blinders continues, director Otto Bathurst has revealed to Yahoo! Movies that a feature film version of the acclaimed British period crime drama is in the works. “I think it’s actually being written,” said Bathurst during a promotional interview for his new movie Robin Hood. “I think Steven Knight the writer, I think they’re planning something, yeah.” Asked … Continue reading A ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Is In Works!!!

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‘Bodyguard’: Richard Madden Confirms Season 2 Talks Are Happening!!

Those who survived the anxiety-filled first season of Netflix’s Bodyguard, which was also a massive hit for the BBC, have been awaiting news of a follow-up. The series, created by Jed Mercurio, was meant to be a one-off. But after it’s huge success, fans have been clamoring for more — even though the last episode seemed to have wrapped things up for now. Bodyguard follows a … Continue reading ‘Bodyguard’: Richard Madden Confirms Season 2 Talks Are Happening!!

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‘Luther’ Season 5: Idris Elba Is Back In First Footage!! Check It Out!!

It’s been over a year since we first heard tell of a Luther Season 5, and almost two years since Luther Season 4 aired as a TV movie. But it has been a whopping four years since we had a proper season of Luther, as its star Idris Elba has been pretty busy as a major box office draw. But thankfully for fans, Elba is … Continue reading ‘Luther’ Season 5: Idris Elba Is Back In First Footage!! Check It Out!!

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‘Death and Nightingales’: First Trailer Reveals BBC’s Three Part Drama!! Check It Out!!!

The BBC has released a trailer for its three-part drama Death and Nightingales. Directed by Allan Cubitt (The Fall), the series is based on Eugene McCabe’s 1992 novel of the same name and stars Jamie Dornan (A Private War), Matthew Rhys (The Americans), and Ann Skelly (Red Rock); watch it here: “Based on Eugene McCabe’s modern Irish classic, Death And Nightingales is a riveting story … Continue reading ‘Death and Nightingales’: First Trailer Reveals BBC’s Three Part Drama!! Check It Out!!!

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‘Watership Down’: BBC-Netflix Animation Adds Taron Egerton, Rosamund Pike, Gemma Chan and Peter Capaldi!!!

The BBC and Netflix’s upcoming animated Watership Down adaptation has extended its already hugely impressive cast, with Taron Egerton, Rosamund Pike, Gemma Chan and Peter Capaldi all signing on to the two-part Christmas special, while Sam Smith is set to perform the original theme song ‘Fire to Fire’. The new additions join a previously announced cast that includes James McAvoy, Daniel Kaluuya, Nicholas Hoult, Ben … Continue reading ‘Watership Down’: BBC-Netflix Animation Adds Taron Egerton, Rosamund Pike, Gemma Chan and Peter Capaldi!!!

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‘Dracula’ Miniseries from ‘Sherlock’ Team Heads to Netflix!!

Netflix and the BBC are collaborating for a new miniseries from Sherlock‘s Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, this time focusing on Dracula, and taking its inspiration from Bram Stoker’s classic novel. The three-episode story (where each episode will be feature-length) will “reintroduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who ‘made evil sexy.’” There have certainly been plenty of Dracula stories and adaptations over the years, … Continue reading ‘Dracula’ Miniseries from ‘Sherlock’ Team Heads to Netflix!!

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‘They Shall Not Grow Old’: First Trailer Reveals Peter Jackson’s World War I Documentary!!! Check It Out!!

Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson‘s latest labor of love, which he made for free, is the World War I documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. The stunning technological and historical achievement documents the lives of soldiers fighting in World War I brought to life using archival historical footage restored to near high-definition standards, complete with hand-colorized updates. The WingNut Films production, complimented with archival material provided by the … Continue reading ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’: First Trailer Reveals Peter Jackson’s World War I Documentary!!! Check It Out!!

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‘Stranger Things’ Star Charlie Heaton Is ‘The Elephant Man’ For BBC!!!

Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton is set to take on the role of Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man, a two-part drama for BBC One and producers New Pictures (The Missing, Requiem). Deadline reports that the drama biopic will “chart Merrick’s extraordinary story from his working-class beginnings in Leicestershire, through the work-houses, music halls and freak shows that punctuated 19th Century culture to his time … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Star Charlie Heaton Is ‘The Elephant Man’ For BBC!!!

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‘Les Miserables’: First look at Dominic West, Lily Collins and David Oyelowo in BBC’s Adaption Revealed!! Check It Out!!

The BBC has released thre first look images from its upcoming small screen adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables featuring Dominic West as Jean Valjean, Lily Collins as Fantine, and David Oyelowo as Javert; take a look here… The six part drama is set to air on BBC One in 2019 and features a cast that also includes Ellie Bamber as Cosette, Adeel Akhtar … Continue reading ‘Les Miserables’: First look at Dominic West, Lily Collins and David Oyelowo in BBC’s Adaption Revealed!! Check It Out!!

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‘The Night Manager Season Two’: Writing Underway for the AMC and BBC Series!!!!

Good news for fans of The Night Manager! Recently, The Daily Mail spoke with writer Charles Cumming about season two of the AMC/BBC TV show. The first season is based on the novel by John le Carré, which centers on a former British soldier (Tom Hiddleston) who is recruited as an intelligence operative to investigate arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). The cast also includes Olivia Colman, Tom … Continue reading ‘The Night Manager Season Two’: Writing Underway for the AMC and BBC Series!!!!

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‘Peaky Blinders’: Seasons Six and Seven in the Works, Along with a Ballet!!!

Peaky Blinders is far from finished. Deadline reports there are two more seasons in the works for the BBC TV show in addition to a ballet. The period drama, which airs on Netflix in the U.S., centers on a gang living and operating in 1920s Birmingham, England. The cast includes Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Tom Hardy, Annabelle Wallis, Sam Neill, Charlotte Riley, and Adrien … Continue reading ‘Peaky Blinders’: Seasons Six and Seven in the Works, Along with a Ballet!!!

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Mira Nair In Talks to Cast Tabu and Radhika Apte In Her Next!!

We all know that internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair is all set to begin work on a BBC-Netflix series based on prolific writer Vikram Seth‘s bestselling novel, A Suitable Boy. While everyone is curious to know the primary cast of the series, a tabloid reports that the award-winning filmmaker was recently in Mumbai to scout for actors for the screen adaptation and held meetings with … Continue reading Mira Nair In Talks to Cast Tabu and Radhika Apte In Her Next!!

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David Oyelowo, Dominic West, Lily Collins to Star in BBC’s ‘Les Misérables’ Miniseries!!

David Oyelowo, Dominic West, and Lily Colins have been cast in the lead roles in the upcoming BBC mini-series adaptation of “Les Misérables,” Variety has learned. Based on Victor Hugo’s iconic literary classic, the story centers on French convict Jean Valjean (West) and his struggles to escape his past while being hunted for years over a parole violation by Inspector Javert (Oyelowo), set against the … Continue reading David Oyelowo, Dominic West, Lily Collins to Star in BBC’s ‘Les Misérables’ Miniseries!!

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‘Luther’ Returning for Season 5 with Idris Elba!!

Buckle up, Luther fans—the show is coming back for a fifth season. Indeed, despite Idris Elba’s ever-growing schedule, the actor has signed on to reprise his title role in Luther Season 5 on BBC America, with showrunner Neil Cross back at the helm. The show tells the story of a highly talented detective working in London to solve high-profile murders. It kicked off in 2010 … Continue reading ‘Luther’ Returning for Season 5 with Idris Elba!!

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‘Doctor Who’: Peter Capaldi to Step Down after 2017 Christmas Special!!!

In a surprise announcement, Peter Capaldi, the reigning title character of the BBC’s Doctor Who, will call it quits later this year. Less than a year ago, it was reported that Capaldi was being asked to stay onboard for the upcoming 11th season of the series, but he made no promises one way or the other at the time. He’s played the role of the 12th incarnation … Continue reading ‘Doctor Who’: Peter Capaldi to Step Down after 2017 Christmas Special!!!

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Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’ Becoming TV Miniseries for BBC, Amazon!!!

Remember the days when it seemed impossible to get a Neil Gaiman adaptation off the ground? For years, American Gods got passed around with dwindling hope it would ever get made, and the Sandman movie is still hitting snags — the most recent being Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s departure. Now that Gaiman’s fantasy epic is coming to Starz, another title from the author’s massive library is heading … Continue reading Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’ Becoming TV Miniseries for BBC, Amazon!!!

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HBO Lands J.K. Rowling Series ‘Cormoran Strike’!!

J.K. Rowling is headed back to the big screen next month with the release of the highly anticipated wizarding world extension Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but she’s also heading back to the small screen in short order. Rowling’s first major novel after the Harry Potter series, the politically tinged The Casual Vacancy, was adapted into a miniseries by BBC and HBO in … Continue reading HBO Lands J.K. Rowling Series ‘Cormoran Strike’!!

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