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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…

Netflix is continuing to experiment with a new trick to entice first-time subscribers — making the first episode of season three of The Crown available for free in the UK. Netflix has carried out similar tests with other shows in India and South America, and the hope is that by giving British viewers a taste of its…

EXCLUSIVE: Internal BBC documents have revealed how the British broadcaster conducts repeated research on its biggest stars and scores how well they are performing with audiences. So-called BBC “talent reports” were released as part of the corporation’s legal battle with presenter Samira Ahmed, who has taken the BBC to…

The most gripping thriller of 2019 is here. It's official. This one will have you talking – and it should. Official Secrets is a pulse-pounding true drama about the rarest of government workers these days: someone who actually has a conscience. Set in the post-9/11 era — early 2003, to be exact — the story concerns…

The Crown's Claire Foy and Matt Smith are reuniting after their royal outing – this time on stage at London's The Old Vic Theatre. The pair are set to star in Duncan Macmillan's Lungs, an "emotional environmental rollercoaster". The play, which is directed by The Old Vic's Artistic Director Matthew Warchus, who…

IFC Films has released the first trailer to Charlie Says, the film which focuses on the females who fell prey to the manipulation of the infamous murderer and cult leader Charles Manson. American Psycho filmmaker Mary Harron directed the film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year. The Crown‘s Matt Smith…

Leave No Trace‘s Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie and The Crown‘s Matt Smith have joined the cast of Last Night in Soho, the psychological thriller from Edgar Wright and Working Title. The duo joins Anya Taylor-Joy in the pic, which Wright co-wrote with Penny Dreadful scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Details are scant about the…

The official trailer for director Ondi Timoner’s Mapplethorpe biopic is out, portraying the controversial artist as he ascends from nowhere to become one of the most talked-about media creators of the 20th Century. Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith is Robert Mapplethorpe, with Marianne Rendon as punk poet/rocker Patti…