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By hiring Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao to helm its much-awaited Eternals and handle the cinematic introduction of 10 new superheroes in its canon, Marvel has not lost its marbles. And no, its not sending the MCU in the art house direction of Nomadland and The Rider, the two most notable Zhao-directed films to date…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won rights to adapt QCode sci-fi podcast series, From Now, as a TV series. Golden Globe winners Richard Madden (Game Of Thrones) and Brian Cox (Succession) will serve as executive producers. The podcast series, which stars Cox and Madden, debuted in late December 2020 and peaked at…

EXCLUSIVE: Bodyguard star Richard Madden and Succession star Brian Cox are to lead the line in a scripted sci-fi podcast series from QCode. The pair, who starred together in Frank Spotnitz's Italian television drama Medici, are starring in From Now (trailer below). The podcast series was created by Rhys Wakefield, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) and Richard Madden (Bodyguard) are set to headline Citadel, Anthony and Joe Russo's upcoming global thriller multi-series for Amazon Studios. The company is expected to announce the high-profile castings during its TCA executive session. Amazon also is announcing today that…

This time last year, Richard Madden was best known for his brutal death in the Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones. But after the first episode of Jed Mercurio's six-part action drama Bodyguard aired, the Scottish actor became a household name practically overnight as David Budd, the buttoned-down personal…

Let's be honest, the Emmy Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie category is already the winner’s circle before a single nomination is announced July 16. So join us today on Deadline's TV Talk podcast for the true plethora of riches in the category. Just say the names: Michelle Williams in FX’s Fosse/Verdon, Amy…

Moral gray zones, severe PTSD and a little bit of sex were all part of the recipe for success of the British action thriller Bodyguard. Richard Madden told Deadline that it was Jed Mercurio's writing that initially convinced him to strap on his weapon and play David Budd, a specialist protection officer for the…

Marvel’s production of The Eternals continues to heat up, with Richard Madden in talks to join Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani in the Chloe Zhao-directed take on the 1976 Jacky Kirby comic. Madden, who starred on Game of Thrones and Bodyguard, will play Ikaris, a member of the human offshoot Eternals race. The Etern…

Richard Madden may only be 32 but he is already a show business veteran having appeared since childhood in a number of stage roles, TV series and movies. Until this year though he was best known as Robb Stark on Game of Thrones, the HBO phenomenon in which he appeared from 2011-2013. Around the same time he made waves…

After taking on the role as Rob Stark in HBO’s uber-popular HBO Game of Thrones, Richard Madden has found new success as the star of the Netflix series Bodyguard. “With Game of Thrones launching again, you’re back in people's psyche again as Rob Stark,” Madden said during the Bodyguard presentation at Deadline’s The Co…

Taron Egerton has gone all in on Rocketman, Paramount’s biopic of Elton John that follows the road of the rock icon’s transformation from shy Middlesex piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar. The studio has unveiled the official trailer for the pic, which is prepping for its May 31 theatrical…

Winning his first Golden Globe tonight for Best Actor in a TV Drama series for Netflix/BBC’s Bodyguard, Scottish-born actor Richard Madden continued to wave off rumors that he’s going to succeed Daniel Craig in MGM’s James Bond series. “It’s just rumors,” said the actor when asked if martinis were in his…