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Here's our annual rundown of the 10 largest production awards given out by the British Film Institute's Film Fund in 2022. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK. Top of the list is Timestalker, the second feature film from actor and writer Alice Low…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the season one finale of House of the Dragon. Related Story 'House Of The Dragon' Star Olivia Cooke On How She's Not Playing A Villain: "Sometimes The Internet Discourse Is Too Black And White" HBO’s prequel to the Game of Thro…

SPOILER ALERT: This review contains details of Game of Thrones spinoff House of The Dragon, which debuts August 21 on HBO and HBO Max. Besides being bawdy and fire spewing, HBO's House of the Dragon is no Game of Thrones. That dissimilarity actually might be the saving grace for the sword and regal struggle spectacle…

Matt Smith has a take on HBO’s House of Dragons that reminds one of an old West End stage play and film, to wit: “No Sex Please, We’re British.” Smith, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen on the upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff series, said in a Rolling Stone interview that he wondered at times if the many sex scenes he…

The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark are to lead supernatural horror film Starve Acre from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. Cornerstone is handling world sales and will launch at next month’s European Film Market. The brooding horror film, which is adapted from an Andrew Michael…

Prebble, Davies And Kirkwood Up For WGGB Awards Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie, Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin and Lucy Kirkwood’s Adult Material will battle it out for the Best Long Form TV Drama gong in February’s Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) Awards, which is honoring two years’ worth of shows due to last…

When Last Night In Soho director Edgar Wright submitted his latest film to the Venice Film Festival, he called it "a dark Valentine to Soho." Elaborating on that, Wright told the Lido press corps this afternoon, "I love London, but there's a lot to fear about it as well, so you have a conflicted relationship with the…

Matt Smith and Tobias Menzies, who both played Prince Philip in Netflix’s The Crown, have reacted to his death on Friday. In a statement to Today, Matt Smith said, "I'd like to offer my condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family. Prince Philip was the man. And he knew it. 99 and out, but what an…

The BBC is once again turning to Oscar-nominated Magic Light Pictures for its latest animation special. The studio behind The Gruffalo will bring Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s book Superworm to life with a cast including Olivia Colman and Matt Smith. Colman will narrate, while Smith will feature as hero…

HBO has set three more House of the Dragon leads as Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy have joined Paddy Considine in the straight-to-series Game of Thrones prequel from George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik. I hear the series has five lead characters: King Viserys Targaryen (Considine), Alicent…

UK theaters have been closed since mid-March and, while plans are being put in place for a potential re-opening in July, one venue is looking to get ahead of the game with a socially distanced two-hander that will be played out to a virtual audience. Claire Foy and Matt Smith will reprise their lead roles in Duncan…

The Crown‘s Claire Foy and Matt Smith will reprise their acclaimed London stage roles for a New York production of director Matthew Warchus’ staging of Duncan Macmillan's play Lungs. Following its sold-out run at London’s Old Vic, Lungs will be presented at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater for a limited run…