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After the success of his 2013 Venice entry Philomena, Britain's Steve Coogan found himself reunited with that film's creative team — director Stephen Frears and writer Jeff Pope — for TIFF World Premiere The Lost King, another bittersweet comedy based on real-life events. "If this wasn't a true story," Pope told…

William Shakespeare rather definitively defined Richard the Third as a deformed, conniving, duplicitous and altogether unsavory monarch in his 1597 play, and the man's image as such has persisted ever since. But that all changed nearly a decade ago when an obscure amateur historian sniffed around and ultimately…

IFC Films is acquiring North American rights to Stephen Frears’ drama The Lost King, starring Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) and Steve Coogan (The Trip), ahead of its world premiere at the 47th Toronto Film Festival. The film reuniting Frears with writers Coogan and Jeff Pope—who adapted the script for his 2013…

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge Live: Stratagem will stream on Amazon Prime UK in the winter, Deadline can reveal. Chris Bird, Managing Director Prime Video UK, confirmed the news. Alan Partridge Live: Stratagem toured the UK and Ireland this April and May, 14 years after the Coogan alter ego's last live…

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow is forging Live at the Moth Club for UKTV, a comedy series from the legendary East London venue featuring major UK comedy stars such as Stath Lets Flats creator Jamie Demetriou and What We Do In The Shadows star Natasia Demetriou. Airing on BBC Studios-owned UKTV channel Dave, the…

Steve Coogan has spotlighted his and Sarah Solemani’s use of comedy to tackle the #MeToo debate in upcoming Channel 4 show Chivalry and talked openly about playing Jimmy Savile, stating: “Things are better talked about than not talked about.” The Philomena and Lost King star told Deadline the aim with Chivalry, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer’s book To Catch a King is to be adapted by Philomena and The Lost King duo Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope. Coogan’s BBC Studios-backed indie Baby Cow won the option for the rights to the book and he will co-write with Pope, with the pair having recently penned Stephen…

Steve Coogan (Philomena) has been cast as Jimmy Savile in BBC One drama The Reckoning. Savile rose from working-class origins to become one of the biggest stars of British television, but faced rumors of misconduct during his career. After his death in 2011, the full extent of his crimes, which included sexually…

EXCLUSIVE: Christine Langan, the CEO of Steve Coogan’s film and TV production company Baby Cow, has stepped down after four years to launch her own production venture. Deadline can reveal that the former BBC Films chief has set up Bonnie Productions, through which she will continue to develop film and TV…

EXCLUSIVE: Pathé has boarded world sales ahead of the AFM on UK comedy-drama The Lost King, inspired by the remarkable 2012 true story of finding Brit monarch King Richard III’s remains under a Leicester car park. Steve Coogan has co-written the script with his Stan & Ollie and Philomena collaborator Jeff Pope. Philome…

Steve Coogan’s iconic comic creation Alan Partridge has landed his own Audible podcast, titled From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast. The 18-part series comes out of Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions and will feature the fictional TV and radio presenter offering “audio vignettes” on his life. The series will drop…

The good news is British comedy stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are still traveling together, eating great meals and trading wickedly funny impressions of actors. The bad news is they say this fourth go-round in the Trip series is their last. Say it ain’t so. These acidly witty and fun excuses for the pair to travel…