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It was a great night for Disney as Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had a smash debut in its world premiere Thursday evening at the Cannes Film Festival. The June 30 release received a warm five-minute standing ovation, especially for Harrison Ford in…

There must be 50 ways to escape a Nazi. Over the 2 hours and 22 minutes of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, we see Indy and his ragtag entourage drive planes, trains and automobiles through the streets of New York, Tangiers and somewhere picturesque in Sicily, hijack two getaway tuk-tuks, ride a…

Disney has just shared its latest trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The move comes after the Cannes Film Festival confirmed that the latest in the franchise will get its world premiere on May 18 at the fest. The trailer was shared this morning in London at the Star Wars Celebration…

My guest this week is Sian Clifford. Her delicately balanced, tragi-comic portrayal of the brilliantly deadpan Claire in smash hit series Fleabag both won her a Bafta and allowed her to utter the immortal words, “I look like a pencil” in reference to Claire’s legendary hair mishap. In short…

UPDATED: Amazon Studios has tapped Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write a TV series as part of a potential Tomb Raider universe that would span television, film and games. According to sources, the TV series is in the works from the prolific Waller-Bridge, creator of Fleabag and Killing Eve and writer on No Time…

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is staying in business with Amazon Studios, renewing her overall deal. Under the pact, Waller-Bridge is developing Sign Here, based on Claudia Lux’s novel. Sign Here, published in October by Penguin, is described as a darkly humorous, utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who…

More than 100 key figures from the UK film and TV industry have signed a letter urging the UK government to take "immediate action" against Iranian authorities for "gross violations of human rights and women's rights" in their response to the wave of public protests that erupted last year. The…

Director James Mangold stopped by D23 today to tout his upcoming Indiana Jones film, slated for release on June 30, with a for-the-room-only trailer. He was joined onstage by Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy, as well as franchise veteran Harrison Ford and his fellow Indiana Jones 5 cast member, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Ford…

The fortunes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge have been transformed after her remarkable success with Fleabag. The British actor and writer, who won two Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards and a BAFTA for her tragi-comic TV masterpiece, earned nearly £20m ($23.1m) in revenue last year – the equivalent of nearly $58,000 a day, The…

In recent years, the global TV landscape has been shaken up by some of the most talented, British female auteurs to have graced this planet. The likes of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Michaela Coel have wowed audiences around the world, lending new credence to the term "authenticity" and forging disruptive shows that have…

EXCLUSIVE: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s long-awaited followup to her Emmy-winning series Fleabag is a go. Prime Video has greenlighted the new Waller-Bridge show, which will start shooting by the end of the year. Details about the premise are being kept under wraps. This is the first series Waller-Bridge has created under…

Nicôle Lecky, the creator of BBC Three and BBC America drama Mood, believes the TV adaptation of her award-winning play will satisfy America’s desire to “see a different side of Britishness.” Featuring an original soundtrack performed by Lecky, Mood, from The Last Post producer Bonafide, starts tomorrow night on the…