Hayley Squires, who starred in Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake and Netflix/BBC co-pro Collateral, is to star in Channel 4 porn drama Adult Material. Rupert Everett of My Best Friend's Wedding and The Happy Prince also stars. Squires is to play Jolene Dollar, a mum of three and one of the top porn performers in the UK, in…

Transparent and The Handmaid's Tale star Cherry Jones and Homeland's F. Murray Abraham will be among the actors starring alongside Alessandro Nivola in Lucy Kirkwood's TV adaptation of Chimerica. The pair will join the American Hustle star, as exclusively reported earlier this year by Deadline, and Sophie Okonedo (Hote…

The Huntman: Winter's War star Sheridan Smith is to front a Deuce-esque drama for UK broadcaster Channel 4. The British actor is to star in Adult Material, written by Chimerica playwright Lucy Kirkwood and produced by The Eddy and Guerilla producer Fifty Fathoms. The show is set in the modern porn industry from the…

EXCLUSIVE: Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle, Selma) is in final negotiations to star in Channel 4’s four-part limited series adaptation of Lucy Kirkwood's critically acclaimed play Chimerica, from Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment. Titled Chimerica, the U.K. series, written by Kirkwood, examines the…