"What if an 18-year-old girl who had been sheltered her entire life suddenly became the Queen of England, the most powerful woman in the world?" Masterpiece senior series producer Susanne Simpson asks rhetorically on the basic premise behind PBS' Victoria.
"When we started reading scripts for Victoria we were so…
PBS’ Victoria, about the 18-year-old British queen’s ascension to the throne, was created by Daisy Goodwin after getting into a tiff with her own teenaged daughter and thinking, “What if my daughter was now the queen of England?” Masterpiece senior series producer Susanne Simpson explained at The Contenders Emmys…
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen a straightforward romantic comedy, but it appears that Some Kind Of Beautiful (known in the UK as How To Make Love To An Englishman) is aiming squarely for the center of the genre. Pierce Brosnan stars as a Trinity College poetry professor and profligate bachelor who gives up his…
Saban Films is in negotiations to acquire U.S. distrib rights on Tom Vaughan’s How to Make Love Like an Englishman starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba. Written by Matthew Newman, film follows a Cambridge University professor, played by Brosnan, who meets his match, portrayed by Hayek. However…
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Vaughan has come on board to direct Mixtape, Stacey Menear-scripted film that Jim Wedaa Productions and Maven Pictures' Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray will produce. Maven is financing. Vaughan helmed Starter For 10, Extraordinary Measures and What Happens In Vegas.
"This is a really funny and moving…