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HBO is rounding out the cast for True Detective: Night Country. John Hawkes (Deadwood, Winter’s Bone), Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers), Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve), Finn Bennett (Domina) and Anna Lambe (Three Pines) are set as leads alongside Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in Season 4 of the crime anthology series. In T…

British actor Christopher Eccleston believes that white, middle-class, male, straight actors like him are "the new pariahs of the industry." The 58-year-old former star of Doctor Who and many other British TV shows over a 30-year career told Times Radio, "Quite rightly I'm a dinosaur now. I'm white, I'm middle-aged…

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers) has signed on to star alongside Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Stephen Graham in Disney+’s upcoming film Young Woman and the Sea, from Kon-Tiki director Joachim Rønning, which is currently in production. The film based on the book by Glenn Stout chronicles the…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal International Studios Exec Mark Freeland is hoping his upcoming CBBC Oliver Twist spin-off Dodger can land as a rare, traditional family hit, while he revealed plans for “another epic idea with family appeal.” The first five episodes of Dodger, which stars Christopher Eccleston as Fagin and Shamele…

Christopher Eccleston will lead the cast of Dodger, a new story set in the world of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The series, produced by NBCUniversal International Studios, is a ten-part family adventure that will air next year on CBBC and BBC iPlayer. Eccleston will play Fagin, with David Threlfall cast as the…

Christopher Eccleston is set for a Doctor Who comeback, and will again play the Ninth Doctor in a series of audio-only releases. Big Finish Productions and BBC Studios announced the return of Eccleston, who appeared in 13 episodes when the television series relaunched in 2005. He will voice the Ninth Doctor in a…

Christopher Eccleston (The A Word, Fortitude) and Paula Malcomson (Ray Donovan, Broken) are set to star in Come Home, an upcoming BBC family drama from Bafta- and International Emmy-winning screenwriter Danny Brocklehust. Set in North Ireland, the drama, produced by RED Production Company for BBC One, explores the…

Christopher Eccleston has joined the cast of comedy Dead In A Week (Or Your Money Back), written and directed by Tom Edmunds. He'll star alongside Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard and Marion Bailey. Freya Mavor, Nigel Lindsay, Gethin Anthony and Velibor Topic have also been added to the title, which is being edited by…

Based on the Keshet International and July August Productions' series, The A Word is a drama for BBC One about a family learning to deal with autism. Filming is just getting underway with the cast now set. The Leftovers‘ Christopher Eccleston has come aboard to star alongside Lee Ingleby (Inspector George Gently)…

EXCLUSIVE: The Sudden Departure event at the heart of the mythology of freshman HBO drama The Leftovers is spreading to the cast. I have learned that a large portion of the fourteen regular cast members in Season 1 — virtually all in supporting roles —  won’t be returning in Season 2 as the series is undergoing a…

Christopher Eccleston has been cast with Marsha Thomason (White Collar) and Paterson Joseph (The Leftovers) in ITV's new four-part drama series Safe House. Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, Safe House is a thriller set in the wilderness of England's Lake District. Eccleston plays Robert, a former detective who is asked…

Shooting has just started on Legend, the Working Title period gangster pic that sees Tom Hardy step into dual roles as the infamous Kray twins Ronnie and Reggie. Studiocanal, which is fully financing, nearly sold out on the Brian Helgeland-scripted and directed film in Cannes. Cross Creek has North America on Legend…