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The BBC has greenlit a second season of Sherwood from Brexit: The Uncivil War and Quiz creator James Graham, immediately after the conclusion of the first. The first run of the whodunnit thriller ended on BBC One in the past few minutes and the network has committed, after millions of viewers tuned in each week to the…

The Walking Dead star David Morrissey and Traitors' Luke Treadaway are to star in ITV's adaptation of J.G. Farrell's World War II novel The Singapore Grip. The pair will feature in the six-part series, which is produced by Victoria producer Mammoth Screen, alongside Game of Thrones' Charles Dance, Absolutely Fabulous'…

Baby Driver director Edgar Wright is moving into music documentaries with a feature film on quirky new wavers Sparks. The British director is currently working on a film about the band, which was formed in 1972 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, who wrote hits including This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. Driver…

The second installment of The Missing is emotionally gripping television full of twists, and starts where you think it would end. As I say in my video review above, the eight-episode Starz-BBC series that debuts February 12 takes you to some very unexpected places and is very much worth watching. In many ways, that is…

EXCLUSIVE: Back on February 12 for its second installment on Starz, anthology series The Missing isn’t letting up on any of the intrigue and heartbreak that characterized its first run. That’s clear in the first look at the new season featuring David Morrissey, Keeley Hawes as new characters with a new case in a new…

Teaming for their first co-production, Amazon in the U.S. has joined with the UK’s Sky on original drama series, Britannia. Written by Jez Butterworth, this will be Amazon’s first series entirely produced overseas. In April, Deadline revealed that Kelly Reilly was in talks to star; she will now be joined by The Walking…

The Walking Dead‘s Governor, David Morrissey, is set to star in Season 2 of Starz/BBC drama The Missing, along with Keeley Hawes and Tchéky Karyo. Production is under way on the sophomore episodes, all eight of which will be helmed by Ben Chanan. Produced by New Pictures in association with Two Brothers Pictures and…

David Morrissey is the latest new cast addition for the upcoming second season of CBS‘ summer drama series Extant. The Walking Dead alum will recur as celebrated and charming General Tobias Shepherd, Head of the Global Security Commission. Shepherd has a personal history with Molly Woods (Halle Berry), a fact that…

Showtime is developing an American drama series version of the three-part BBC One thriller miniseries The Driver. David Morrissey, who starred in and executive produced the UK mini, is set to reprise his role and topline the Showtime project, which he also will executive produce. Justified executive producer Taylor Elm…

Hanna co-writer David Farr is making his feature directing debut with The Ones Below, a psychological thriller that’s just kicked off principal photography in London. Not to be confused with Legendary and Universal’s current catacombs pic As Above/So Below, The Ones Below focuses on two affluent couples living above…

UTA has signed The Walking Dead‘s David Morrissey. The British thesp plays The Governor on the hit AMC series The Walking Dead and recently wrapped  BBC1 series The Driver, from UTA-repped screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst,  in which Morrissey stars and also produced. Morrissey’s other TV credits include The Field Of Blo…

David Morrissey (State Of Play) has landed one of the most anticipated roles on AMC’s The Walking Dead. The British actor is set to join the megahit zombie drama as a new series regular in Season 3, playing The Governor, a popular character from Robert Kirkman’s graphic novel that serves as the basis for the AMC…