With a filmography that includes satirical high points such as Veep, In the Loop, The Death of Stalin and The Thick of It, you might not have guessed that a Charles Dickens adaptation would be front and center for writer-director Armando Iannucci, but The Personal History of David Copperfield is an inspired choice…
For Ben Whishaw, the star of Aneil Karia's Surge, the film was one that he could approach only based on instinct.
"In a strange way, it was something you just had to give yourself over to. It was not really something you could prepare very much for, except to understand, as much as possible, the kind of state that we…
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, the executive producer of A Very English Scandal, is setting up a drama production label with ITV Studios.
Treadwell-Collins is starting up at ITV Studios after more than three years as the head of television at Blueprint Pictures. He started his new role this week and will aim to create…
Ben Whishaw appeared subdued as he accepted his Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Norman Scott, the disgruntled ex-lover of Liberal Parliament Member Jeremy Thorpe, in Amazon’s A Very English Scandal.
Scott turned on Thorpe and started making threats when he broke…
Always a prestigious category, actors better known for their big screen work often find a place here, and that's the case again this year, as half the nominees are past Supporting Actor Oscar winners. In fact, one of them actually won two Academy Awards. All three have succumbed to the allure of a Limited Series…
EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has preemptively acquired North American rights to The Personal History of David Copperfield, the Armando Iannucci-directed drama that makes its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, to be followed by its European premiere as the opening film of…
FX has revealed the Season 4 cast for Emmy-winning limited series Fargo, toplined by Chris Rock. Production begins this fall in Chicago for premiere on FX in 2020.
Joining Rock in the next installment are Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Jason Schwartzman (Funny People), Ben Whishaw(Paddington 1 & 2), Jessie Buckley (B…
Nickelodeon, Studiocanal and producer David Heyman are teaming up on Paddington, a pre-schooler TV series based on the iconic bear. Ben Whishaw (Paddington 1 & 2) will lend his voice to the CG-animated series, which will follow the adventures of a younger Paddington.
The show will see the bear writing to Aunt Lucy…
After taking the Golden Globe for supporting actor in a TV series/limited series in Amazon’s A Very English Scandal, Ben Whishaw was asked by the press corps backstage if he shared the same acting philosophy as Darren Criss when it comes to playing LGBTQ characters.
Last month, The Assassination Of Gianni…
If you want to start your day off with a bang, just invite Mary Poppins. That is what happened when director Rob Marshall and the cast of Disney’s smash hit Mary Poppins Returns, the sequel to Disney’s beloved classic 1964 Oscar-winning musical, took the stage at the DGA Theater in New York City last month as the…
Fimmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga has reportedly announced that Spectre actress Lea Seydoux and regular 007 castmembers Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris are returning for Bond 25.Â
Seydoux played psychiatrist Dr Madeleine Swann in Spectre who works at Austrian clinic and has an affair with Mr. Bond. Of course…