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ITV has offered a first look at David Tennant as Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in its newly-announced miniseries Des. The drama from Catherine The Great producer New Pictures was unveiled on Friday and ITV quickly followed up by releasing an image of Tennant as the man who murdered at least 15 men and boys…

Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great. New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the…

EXCLUSIVE: New Pictures co-founder and chief operating officer Richard Nelson is leaving the Catherine The Great producer after more than five years. Nelson joined New Pictures in 2014 and is listed as the company’s co-founder alongside Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, and Willow Grylls. He played an important role in…

EXCLUSIVE: When Sky and HBO’s lavish period drama Catherine The Great launches in the UK on October 3 and U.S on October 21, it will bring Jason Clarke’s biggest TV role in eight years. The star of Zero Dark Thirty and Everest has not had a major small-screen part since The Chicago Code in 2011, but takes center stage…

EXCLUSIVE: Zai Bennett, managing director of content at Sky U.K., has said hailed Chernobyl’s success at the Emmys as a “coming of age” story for the Comcast-owned broadcaster. Chernobyl was one of the big winners at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night, picking up three prizes, including outstanding…

The official trailer for HBO’s epic Catherine the Great has been released, offering an expanded look beyond the earlier teaser. Oscar-winner Helen Mirren portrays Catherine the Great in the upcoming HBO miniseries, bringing to life the monarch who ruled Russia for three decades and transformed its place in the 18th…

HBO has set 10 PM, Monday, October 21 for the premiere of Catherine The Great, the four-part limited series starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke. The U.S. premium broadcaster will be going after co-production partner Sky in the UK; the Comcast-owned pay-TV broadcaster is set to air it on its linear Sky…

HBO has released the first trailer for Catherine the Great, the upcoming four-part limited series that stars Oscar winner Helen Mirren as the monarch and politician who ruled the Russian empire and transformed its place in the world in the 18th century. The Sky Original drama made in conjunction with HBO — the two…

HBO/Sky have released a first-look photo of Helen Mirren as the titular character in four-part HBO/Sky miniseries Catherine the Great (see below). The image shows Mirren as Empress Catherine in her private quarters. Gina McKee (Notting Hill), Rory Kinnear (Penny Dreadful), Richard Roxburgh (Rake), Kevin McNally (Pirate…

EXCLUSIVE: Howards End star Joseph Quinn is in advanced talks to join Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke in the cast of HBO and Sky’s upcoming mini-series Catherine The Great. Quinn will play the role of Catherine’s son and heir, Prince Paul. Oscar-winner Mirren will star as the iconic 18th Century Russian monarch who…

Jason Clarke has been tapped to star opposite Helen Mirren in the HBO/Sky limited drama series Catherine the Great. Written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, Wodehouse in Exile) and directed by BAFTA and Emmy winner Philip Martin (The Crown, Mo, Prime Suspect), the four-episode  series is set against the politically…

The four-part HBO/Sky miniseries Catherine the Great is set to begin filming later year, with Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) in the titular role. Mirren also executive produces the project, written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, Wodehouse in Exile) and directed by BAFTA and Emmy winner Philip Martin (The Crown…