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British actor David Harewood is set to direct his first feature film, For Whom The Bell Tolls, which will chart the rivalry between two of the UK’s greatest boxers, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn. The project comes from Cinderella producers Fulwell 73. Leo Pearlman and Heather Greenwood will produce, with filming…

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, and David Harewood are among a group of influential actors who have signed an open letter from Sir Lenny Henry urging Black Britons to get a coronavirus vaccine. The letter, supported by the National Health Service, is accompanied by a short film from BAFTA-winner Amma Asante, which…

Homeland and Supergirl actor David Harewood is to front a BBC Two documentary on the history of blackface minstrelsy after recent controversy about the issue in several high-profile comedy shows. Blackface With David Harewood will explore the origins of blackface in early 19th-century America and how the form of…

Six years ago I wrote a piece titled “All White At The Top,” asking why the UK film industry was painfully bereft of Black, Asian and minority ethnic executives. I drew up a list of more than 75 leading companies in production, sales, exhibition, distribution, post-production, public and private finance, VFX, talent…

Projects from Riz Ahmed, David Harewood and The Fall creator Allan Cubitt lead an ambitious line-up of new commissions from BBC Two. The British public broadcaster has unveiled a huge slate of shows for its second channel ranging from high-end dramas and comedies through to documentary series. In drama, it has ordered…

ITV has ordered a non-broadcast pilot for Talpa format The Wishing Tree. Now in its second season in the Netherlands, the primetime family entertainment show sees young children make a wish for someone they believe deserving, and then reveals the special wishes being fulfilled for each unsuspecting recipient. Shiver…

British actors David Harewood (Homeland), Neil Morrissey (Line Of Duty), Katherine Kelly (Mr Selfridge) and Tobias Menzies (The Honorable Woman) have joined the cast of AMC and BBC One’s adaptation of John le Carré's novel The Night Manager, which is filming. The quartet join previously announced Hugh Laurie, Tom…

Grey’s Anatomy alumna Chyler Leigh and David Harewood (Homeland) have been cast opposite Melissa Benoist and Calista Flockhart in the CBS pilot Supergirl, written by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg. Based on the DC Comics characters, Supergirl — from Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods.  — centers on Kara…

Anna Kendrick has landed the lead voice role in Trolls, director Mike Mitchell’s musical comedy for DreamWorks Animation. She will play Poppy, a relentlessly upbeat princess, in the film based on the toy doll series. Kendrick’s recent credits include Drinking Buddies, Pitch Perfect and ParaNorman. She has several…