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The Boston Film Festival closed out its 33rd annual event with six awards to Sir John Hurt’s final film Damascus Cover. A political thriller, Damascus Cover is set in Syria and made its world premiere at the festival. It took home honors for Best Film, Best Director (Daniel Berk), Best Actor (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)…

Update: Tributes hit social media Friday night and Saturday morning European time for John Hurt, the prolific two-time Oscar nominee who played so many memorable characters in so many memorable films. Along with Academy Awards noms for The Elephant Man and Midnight Express, he appeared in Best Picture winner A Man for…

Sir John Hurt, the brilliant and prolific British actor who scored an Oscar nom for his title role in The Elephant Man, landed a supporting nom for Midnight Express and appeared in three Harry Potter movies during a 65-year career, died today. He was 77. The BBC confirmed media reports out of the UK that he had fought…

EXCLUSIVE: As principal photography gets under way on the big screen adaptation of NJ Crisp's 1996 stage play, That Good Night, the cast has been rounded out by British actress Erin Richards (Gotham) and Sweden’s Sofia Helin (The Snowman, The Bridge). John Hurt and Max Brown (Agent Carter) were previously set in the…

Joining Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, the trio of thesps have signed on for the dramatic comedy about a turning point in Irish and British history. Helmed by Nick Hamm (The Hole, Killing Bono) from a script by Colin Bateman (Divorcing Jack), The Journey is slated to begin production on Sept. 28 in Northern Ireland…

Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings And A Funeral) leads a host of film and TV stars recognized in the Queen’s annual New Year’s list. The actress, who is about to play the Queen in stage play The Audience, has been made a dame. Other prominent figures to be honored include John Hurt (Alien), who becomes Sir John…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Corey Stoll and Mia Maestro in FX's high-profile drama pilot The Strain, from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, which is being eyed for a 13-episode pickup. The high-concept thriller, directed by del Toro  from a script he co-wrote…

The Dwayne Johnson-starrer Hercules already set Rufus Sewell to co-star as Autolycus. Now Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, Rebecca Ferguson (BBC’s The White Queen), Aksel Hennie (Headhunters) and John Hurt have come aboard, Paramount and MGM said today. Ryan Condal wrote the screenplay for the action film, based on…