Joss Whedon is leaving HBO drama The Nevers.
Whedon was set to co-write and direct the science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies and a mission that might change the world.
The drama is still set to air in summer 2021. It was handed a straight-to-series order by the premium cable network in summer 2018.
The Nevers was to mark the first TV series for Whedon since he co-created ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the first solely created by him since the cult 2009 Fox drama Dollhouse. Before that he created the hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Firefly, both of which developed a devoted following that remains strong. Buffy also spawned a successful spinoff series, Angel.
Co-written by Whedon and Buffy alums Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie, The Nevers stars Laura Donnelly (Outlander) as the lead, Olivia Williams (Miss Austen Regrets...
Whedon was set to co-write and direct the science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies and a mission that might change the world.
The drama is still set to air in summer 2021. It was handed a straight-to-series order by the premium cable network in summer 2018.
The Nevers was to mark the first TV series for Whedon since he co-created ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the first solely created by him since the cult 2009 Fox drama Dollhouse. Before that he created the hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Firefly, both of which developed a devoted following that remains strong. Buffy also spawned a successful spinoff series, Angel.
Co-written by Whedon and Buffy alums Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie, The Nevers stars Laura Donnelly (Outlander) as the lead, Olivia Williams (Miss Austen Regrets...
- 11/26/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Joss Whedon’s new HBO series has found its principal cast members.
Whedon’s series “The Nevers” has cast Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Ann Skelly, Ben Chaplin, Pip Torrens, Zackary Momoh, Amy Manson, Nick Frost, Rochelle Neil, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Denis O’Hare. They join previously announced cast member Laura Donnelly, who will star as Amalia True.
“The Nevers,” which was ordered straight-to-series last July, is described as an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Breakdowns for the characters are below:
-Williams will play Lavinia Bidlow, a wealthy spinster and champion of the “Touched.” Lavinia funds the Orphanage (where Amalia and many of the Touched live) through her vast family fortune. She is stern and old-fashioned, but as strong-willed and clever as anyone she confronts.
Williams’ past TV...
Whedon’s series “The Nevers” has cast Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Ann Skelly, Ben Chaplin, Pip Torrens, Zackary Momoh, Amy Manson, Nick Frost, Rochelle Neil, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Denis O’Hare. They join previously announced cast member Laura Donnelly, who will star as Amalia True.
“The Nevers,” which was ordered straight-to-series last July, is described as an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Breakdowns for the characters are below:
-Williams will play Lavinia Bidlow, a wealthy spinster and champion of the “Touched.” Lavinia funds the Orphanage (where Amalia and many of the Touched live) through her vast family fortune. She is stern and old-fashioned, but as strong-willed and clever as anyone she confronts.
Williams’ past TV...
- 7/30/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
HBO is rounding out cast for The Nevers, its straight-to-series drama from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and The Avengers writer/director Joss Whedon. Joining lead Laura Donnelly are Oliver Williams (Miss Austen Regrets), James Norton (Grantchester), Tom Riley (Dark Heart), Ann Skelly (Death and Nightingales), Ben Chaplin (The Children Act), Pip Torrens (The Crown), Zackary Momoh (Seven Seconds), Amy Manson (Torchwood), Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family), Rochelle Neil (Death in Paradise), Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark) and Denis O’Hare (This Is Us).
Co-written by Whedon and Buffy alums Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie and directed by Whedon, The Nevers is an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Williams will play Lavinia Bidlow. A wealthy spinster and champion of the “Touched”, Lavinia funds the Orphanage (where Amalia and many...
Co-written by Whedon and Buffy alums Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie and directed by Whedon, The Nevers is an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that might change the world.
Williams will play Lavinia Bidlow. A wealthy spinster and champion of the “Touched”, Lavinia funds the Orphanage (where Amalia and many...
- 7/30/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
FX’s “Y: The Last Man” pilot has set its main cast.
Diane Lane has signed on to star in the drama series pilot, which is simply titled “Y,” along with Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland.
Based on DC Comics’ acclaimed series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, the project traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.
Keoghan will play Yorick Brown, the main character from the graphic novels on which the show is based. He is described as a young man quick to use humor to deflect from his problems who may be the lone male survivor of a worldwide plague.
Keoghan is known for his roles in films like Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
Diane Lane has signed on to star in the drama series pilot, which is simply titled “Y,” along with Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland.
Based on DC Comics’ acclaimed series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, the project traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.
Keoghan will play Yorick Brown, the main character from the graphic novels on which the show is based. He is described as a young man quick to use humor to deflect from his problems who may be the lone male survivor of a worldwide plague.
Keoghan is known for his roles in films like Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer...
- 7/11/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
DramaFever is getting an infusion of classic British entertainment. The New York-based streaming platform, popular for its focus on international TV and movies, has closed a licensing deal with BBC Worldwide North America for the U.S. streaming rights to 18 BBC titles.
DramaFever added five BBC titles to its streaming platform on July 1, 2015, and will add the remaining 13 shows over the next few months. The online video service’s premium subscribers now have access to the first five titles: Tess of the D’Urbervilles (starring Eddie Redmayne), Pride and Prejudice (Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth), Upstairs, Downstairs (Keeley Hawes), Little Dorrit (Claire Foy), and Miss Austen Regrets (Olivia Williams).
Here’s a list of the remaining BBC titles DramaFever will start streaming in the upcoming months:
Sense and Sensibility (Premieres July 31) – Sense and Sensibility is a story of two young sisters on a voyage of burgeoning sexual and romantic discovery.
DramaFever added five BBC titles to its streaming platform on July 1, 2015, and will add the remaining 13 shows over the next few months. The online video service’s premium subscribers now have access to the first five titles: Tess of the D’Urbervilles (starring Eddie Redmayne), Pride and Prejudice (Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth), Upstairs, Downstairs (Keeley Hawes), Little Dorrit (Claire Foy), and Miss Austen Regrets (Olivia Williams).
Here’s a list of the remaining BBC titles DramaFever will start streaming in the upcoming months:
Sense and Sensibility (Premieres July 31) – Sense and Sensibility is a story of two young sisters on a voyage of burgeoning sexual and romantic discovery.
- 7/1/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
© Faye ThomasMy Mad Fat Diary star Jodie Comer is set to star alongside Michael Palin in a haunting new BBC drama Remember Me.
Jodie will star as Hannah, a teenage care assistant who alongside investigating police detective Rob Fairholme (played by Mark Addy), tries to unravel the mysterious history of new care home resident Tom Parfitt (Palin), a frail, old Yorkshireman seemingly alone in the world, whose admittance to the nursing home triggers a series of inexplicable events.
Jodie (represented by Independent Talent), from Liverpool, plays Chloe in the popular E4 series My Mad Fat Diary which is about to return for a second series.
Julia Sawalha (Larkrise To Candleford) also stars as Hannah's troubled mother Jan Ward with Mina Anwar (The Thin Blue Line) as Tom's neighbour Roshana Salim.
The three-part mystery is written by award-winning writer Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Five Days, Miss Austen Regrets), and made by Mammoth Screen for BBC One.
Jodie will star as Hannah, a teenage care assistant who alongside investigating police detective Rob Fairholme (played by Mark Addy), tries to unravel the mysterious history of new care home resident Tom Parfitt (Palin), a frail, old Yorkshireman seemingly alone in the world, whose admittance to the nursing home triggers a series of inexplicable events.
Jodie (represented by Independent Talent), from Liverpool, plays Chloe in the popular E4 series My Mad Fat Diary which is about to return for a second series.
Julia Sawalha (Larkrise To Candleford) also stars as Hannah's troubled mother Jan Ward with Mina Anwar (The Thin Blue Line) as Tom's neighbour Roshana Salim.
The three-part mystery is written by award-winning writer Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Five Days, Miss Austen Regrets), and made by Mammoth Screen for BBC One.
- 1/17/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Natascha McElhone Boards West End ‘Fatal Attraction’ Californication‘s Natascha McElhone is set to take on the role of Alex Forrest in the stage adaptation of Fatal Attraction. Written by James Dearden and directed by Trevor Nunn, Fatal Attraction opens at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket on March 25. Dearden was nomiated for an Oscar for writing the 1987 hit film about a one-night stand that turns deadly. This is his first venture into live theater. McElhone’s stage credits include Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Cherry Orchard and Honour. Veteran director Nunn’s recent theater credits include takes on A Little Night Music, Cyrano De Bergerac, Inherit The Wind, Kiss Me Kate, Birdsong, All That Fall and Scenes From A Marriage. Fatal Attraction is produced by Theatre Royal Haymarket Productions, Robert Fox and Patrick Ryecart. The rest of the cast is due to be announced shortly.
- 1/17/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Iain De Caestecker and Alice Englert as Tom and Lucy. 'They were genuinely scared.' When I catch up with In Fear director Jeremy Lovering to chat about his tense, psychological thriller about a new boyfriend (Iain De Caestecker) and girlfriend (Alice Englert) whose romantic getaway soon becomes something much more sinister, he has just been announced as one of the nominees for the Bifa award for best new feature director. Given that he has a extensive TV CV, including Miss Austen Regrets and Spooks, he admits it may sound a bit unusual but, like many directors, he has been aiming to make a full-length feature for years.
"It's not like this is the first film that I've tried to get off the ground, there have been other ones," he says, "I spent a year in America believing everything that was said by 11 producers - and one of them was a celebrity producer.
"It's not like this is the first film that I've tried to get off the ground, there have been other ones," he says, "I spent a year in America believing everything that was said by 11 producers - and one of them was a celebrity producer.
- 11/15/2013
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Sweet dance moves, serious acting chops, spot-on impressions, using his celebrity for noble causes, general tallness, a British accent – it’s all just part of the amazing wrapped in glittery awesome that is Tom Hiddleston. Ever since making his big-screen debut with Marvel’s Thor in 2011, the lanky, twinkly eyed actor has become the source of widespread global devotion, if his army (yep, Hiddles’ Army is a thing) is any indicator. Well, for those who heart him now anyway. I’ve been in love since Miss Austen Regrets... just so you know. In one last promotional push for Thor: The Dark World – releasing in theaters nationwide today, November 8 – Hiddleston has shown everyone that he’s burdened with glorious purpose for good....
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- 11/9/2013
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Production exec Katie Goodson-Thomas joins as director of production and acquisitions.
Production executive Katie Goodson-Thomas has joined UK financier Ingenious as director of production and acquisitions.
Goodson-Thomas has previously worked with Jon Finn, Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones and David Thompson. She was most recently head of film for Chris Coen.
The executive will work closely with Fox Searchlight president of production Claudia Lewis and La-based director of production, Richard Gold, and she will be tasked with searching the UK for new investment projects.
She will also manage Ingenious and Fox Searchlight’s existing slate of joint development projects, including Shimmy written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Miss Austen Regrets, Five Days); I Dreamed A Dream, based on the Susan Boyle biographical stage musical, currently being adapted by Neil McKay (Appropriate Adult, Mo); and Season To Taste, based on the memoir by Molly Birnbaum and currently being adapted by Heather McGowan (Tadpole, Old Fires).
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Production executive Katie Goodson-Thomas has joined UK financier Ingenious as director of production and acquisitions.
Goodson-Thomas has previously worked with Jon Finn, Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones and David Thompson. She was most recently head of film for Chris Coen.
The executive will work closely with Fox Searchlight president of production Claudia Lewis and La-based director of production, Richard Gold, and she will be tasked with searching the UK for new investment projects.
She will also manage Ingenious and Fox Searchlight’s existing slate of joint development projects, including Shimmy written by Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Miss Austen Regrets, Five Days); I Dreamed A Dream, based on the Susan Boyle biographical stage musical, currently being adapted by Neil McKay (Appropriate Adult, Mo); and Season To Taste, based on the memoir by Molly Birnbaum and currently being adapted by Heather McGowan (Tadpole, Old Fires).
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- 6/25/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Before Anthony Hopkins unveils his interpretation of the iconic filmmaker in the upcoming Fox Searchlight film "Hitchcock," Toby Jones will offer up his in "The Girl," which premieres on HBO Saturday, October 20, at 9 pm. Directed by Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane," "Brideshead Revisited") and written by Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets"), "The Girl" draws from actress Tippi Hedren's accounts of working with Alfred Hitchcock on "The Birds" and "Marnie." It's a portrait of the artist as predatory and controlling, both on set and off -- Jones plays Hitch as obsessive, self-loathing and increasingly fixated on his latest blonde (Sienna Miller as Hedren), one he plucked from the relative obscurity of the modeling world in order to have more power to shape her career. It's a dark take on the famed director, though one that's not without sympathy. Jones finds in his take on...
- 10/19/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Following the first limerick-driven glimpse last week of HBO's Alfred Hitchcock/Tippi Hedren dramatization, “The Girl” -- promising a mysterious and even mannered look into the director (Toby Jones) and star's (Sienna Miller) tumultuous relationship -- a second teaser trailer has now appeared to establish even more of the film's tone prior to its fall showing. Directed by Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane," "Red Riding: 1974") and written by Gwenyth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets") “The Girl” centers around Hitch's obsessive tendencies toward Hedren, his leading lady for “Marnie” and “The Birds,” and more specifically focuses on their troubles during the latter film's production. After the rather vague images of the first trailer, this newest offering presents a few hints toward the themes and character dynamics of the piece, with Miller seemingly slipping further and further into the...
- 8/27/2012
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Last time around, Toby Jones was playing second fiddle to Philip Seymour Hoffman when the latter's Truman Capote movie, "Capote," arrived before "Infamous." One went on to win an Oscar, the other didn't. This time around, Jones will get a leg up in his portrayal of another famous figure, Alfred Hitchcock, in "The Girl," beating Anthony Hopkins' turn in "Hitchcock," which won't arrive until next spring. And now we have our first taste. HBO has dropped a limerick-driven teaser trailer for the movie, which promises a pretty compelling look at the making of one of Hitch's most well known works, which saw the drama spill offscreen as well. Directed by Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane," "Red Riding: 1974") and penned by Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets," "Five Days"), the film focuses on Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with Tippi Hedren, who starred in "The Birds"...
- 8/24/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While it seems like we've been getting various peeks at "The Girl" for a while now, it appears that the movie about the movies is even closer than we thought, and of course to fan those flames, two more stills have dropped in advance of the enticing picture. With an October 20th premiere date on HBO now set, new snaps of Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren and Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock have arrived, and in line with the previous images, it all looks appropriately glamorous. Directed by Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane," "Red Riding: 1974") and penned by Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets," "Five Days"), the 90-minute drama for the BBC focuses on the director's obsessive relationship with Tippi Hedren, who starred in "The Birds" and "Marnie." And as Jones explains, the hubris of Hitchcock won't be too far away in his portrayal of the filmmaking legend. “He knew every single aspect of.
- 7/31/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While there are still not enough good roles for women out there, particularly in mainstream Hollywood, that hasn't stopped a batch of young female stars from exploding from out of nowhere in recent years. Head-turning performances have helped launch faces like Carey Mulligan, Mia Wasikowska, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Felicity Jones and many others into the stratosphere, and the success last weekend of "The Hunger Games" has hopefully put to rest the fallacy that huge audiences won't turn up to big movies carried by a woman.
With that in mind, and hot on the heels of our ten picks for actors on the rise yesterday, we've chosen ten actresses who, while yet to be household names, have wowed audiences and casting directors in recent years, and look like strong contenders to headline the big movies of the future. Check our picks our below, and weigh in with your own tips in the comment section.
With that in mind, and hot on the heels of our ten picks for actors on the rise yesterday, we've chosen ten actresses who, while yet to be household names, have wowed audiences and casting directors in recent years, and look like strong contenders to headline the big movies of the future. Check our picks our below, and weigh in with your own tips in the comment section.
- 3/30/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
After years of stalling film biopics about the life of ‘The Master of Suspense’, there is something rather interesting about two competing Hitchcock projects eventually going before cameras at around the same time.
We have reported recently about the drama “Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho” which will star Anthony Hopkins as the world famous filmmaker, Helen Mirren as his wife Alma and Scarlett Johansson (as Janet Leigh) and James D’Arcy (as Anthony Perkins) during the making of one of Hitch’s most popular and best known films when it begins shooting next month. And now comes a first look at a rival BBC project.
The Daily Mail have revealed the very first look at Toby Jones and Sienna Miller as Hitchcock and the titular Tippi Hedren respectively in “The Girl”, re-creating a famous behind-the-scenes photo of the pair during the making of 1963′s The Birds, the film that came directly after Psycho.
We have reported recently about the drama “Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho” which will star Anthony Hopkins as the world famous filmmaker, Helen Mirren as his wife Alma and Scarlett Johansson (as Janet Leigh) and James D’Arcy (as Anthony Perkins) during the making of one of Hitch’s most popular and best known films when it begins shooting next month. And now comes a first look at a rival BBC project.
The Daily Mail have revealed the very first look at Toby Jones and Sienna Miller as Hitchcock and the titular Tippi Hedren respectively in “The Girl”, re-creating a famous behind-the-scenes photo of the pair during the making of 1963′s The Birds, the film that came directly after Psycho.
- 3/20/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
With Oscar-winner "The Artist" causing a momentary nostalgic wave among audiences, though without quite stirring a revival of interest in silent film (speaking of which, if you're in Oakland do everything you can to go see Abel Gance's restored "Napoleon" -- great article on that right here) it seems moviemakers aren't done looking back. There are two films on the way centered on legendary director Alfred Hitchock and while "Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho" is still gearing up to move in front of cameras with Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson and James D'Arcy, another production from across the pond has rolled first.
The Daily Mail (via Cinemateaser) have served up the first look at Toby Jones and Sienna Miller in "The Girl." Directed by Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane," "Red Riding: 1974") and penned by Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets," "Five Days"), the 90-minute drama for the BBC...
The Daily Mail (via Cinemateaser) have served up the first look at Toby Jones and Sienna Miller in "The Girl." Directed by Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane," "Red Riding: 1974") and penned by Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets," "Five Days"), the 90-minute drama for the BBC...
- 3/20/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Feb. 7, 2012 marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday. PBS is celebrating his bicentennial with two new adaptations, bringing the total to 16 Dickens titles to Masterpiece.
The first new adaptation is "Great Expectations," starring Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, a woman who was jilted at the altar in her youth. Newcomer Douglas Booth stars as Pip, the young man who is snared in Miss Havisham's lair. Watch a preview below and look for "Great Expectations" to air in two parts Sunday, April 1 and Sunday, April 8 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
Secondly, a lesser-known Dickens novel (and one of our personal favorites), "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," is coming to PBS later in April. "Edwin Drood" is Dickens' infamous unfinished mystery, which he was writing when he died. Since it is unfinished, screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets," "Five Days") imagines how the story might have ended. "Brothers & Sisters" star Matthew Rhys stars.
The first new adaptation is "Great Expectations," starring Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham, a woman who was jilted at the altar in her youth. Newcomer Douglas Booth stars as Pip, the young man who is snared in Miss Havisham's lair. Watch a preview below and look for "Great Expectations" to air in two parts Sunday, April 1 and Sunday, April 8 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
Secondly, a lesser-known Dickens novel (and one of our personal favorites), "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," is coming to PBS later in April. "Edwin Drood" is Dickens' infamous unfinished mystery, which he was writing when he died. Since it is unfinished, screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes ("Miss Austen Regrets," "Five Days") imagines how the story might have ended. "Brothers & Sisters" star Matthew Rhys stars.
- 2/8/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Spielberg, Allen, Branagh – Tom Hiddleston has had one hell of a year working with the directing greats. His latest is with Terence Davies in The Deep Blue Sea, set in postwar London. He just hopes he won't always be cast in the past
If you want the British actor who best embodies fragile, gilded youth, Tom Hiddleston's your man, boy, whatever. His speciality is the young, the green, the dying; dreamers and schemers; the callow buck sent off on a mission that may prove to be his last. Over the past year he's been sent over the top in the first world war, survived the Battle of Britain in the second and drunk himself sick in the bars of 1920s Paris. He made five films back-to-back, then collapsed in bed last Christmas Eve, his health in tatters, the "walking dead" for the next two weeks. His breakthrough season almost broke him,...
If you want the British actor who best embodies fragile, gilded youth, Tom Hiddleston's your man, boy, whatever. His speciality is the young, the green, the dying; dreamers and schemers; the callow buck sent off on a mission that may prove to be his last. Over the past year he's been sent over the top in the first world war, survived the Battle of Britain in the second and drunk himself sick in the bars of 1920s Paris. He made five films back-to-back, then collapsed in bed last Christmas Eve, his health in tatters, the "walking dead" for the next two weeks. His breakthrough season almost broke him,...
- 11/26/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
With vampires holding strong as the trend du jour, you could suspect that recreating 1985 American horror film Fright Night was a calculated move. But with the glamorization of the blood suckers being what has made them so popular, you could argue that this film goes against formula since Jerry, is not your typical glittery, love-struck creature. I had the pleasure of chatting with director Craig Gillespie and the cast of Fright Night, Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and screenwriter Marti Noxon during a special round table discussion at 2011 San Diego Comic Con late last month. As a collective, everyone talked about why this version stays true to the original but adds the magic available to us twenty six years later to create something fresh and scary to a whole new generation. To kick off this very exclusive discourse, director Craig Gillespie opened up about what convinced him...
- 8/9/2011
- LRMonline.com
Gillian Anderson will star in the iconic role of Miss Havisham in a bold new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The cast of the star-studded Masterpiece on PBS/BBC coproduction also includes David Suchet (Poirot) and Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast).
“I can’t wait to see Gillian delicately sink her teeth into the role of the beautiful, mysterious and manipulative Miss Havisham. She’s one of the most intriguing female characters in literature,”
says Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton.
“Gillian’s hypnotic portrayal of Lady Dedlock in Bleak House showed that she and Dickens are a perfect match.”
Ms. Anderson’s 2006 performance in Bleak House — her first television role after rising to stardom as Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files — earned her rave reviews and Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
The Masterpiece broadcast of Great Expectations will air in April 2012, during the bicentennial of Dickens’ birth. Including Bleak House,...
“I can’t wait to see Gillian delicately sink her teeth into the role of the beautiful, mysterious and manipulative Miss Havisham. She’s one of the most intriguing female characters in literature,”
says Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton.
“Gillian’s hypnotic portrayal of Lady Dedlock in Bleak House showed that she and Dickens are a perfect match.”
Ms. Anderson’s 2006 performance in Bleak House — her first television role after rising to stardom as Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files — earned her rave reviews and Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
The Masterpiece broadcast of Great Expectations will air in April 2012, during the bicentennial of Dickens’ birth. Including Bleak House,...
- 7/8/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer Producing, 'Napoleon Dynamite' Co-Writer Jerusha Hess Making Directorial Debut If you've been feeling a strange, nagging void in the part of your soul where you keep your love for costume drama, there's a reason for that: we've somehow gone four years without a major Jane Austen-centered movie. Sure, Bollywood flick "Aisha" borrowed the plot of "Emma," and "From Prada to Nada" was (very) loosely based on "Sense & Sensibility," but given the wealth of adaptations, and even biographical entries like "Becoming Jane" and "Miss Austen Regrets" that appeared in the middle of the last decade, it…...
- 7/6/2011
- The Playlist
With a CV that already includes the BBC costume-drama Miss Austen Regrets and a forthcoming film version of Jane Eyre, Imogen Poots is well aware that she's at a tricky stage in her development. She may be just 21, but after six years in the business, she knows full well that the fate of being imprisoned in corsets for the rest of her career is a very real possibility. "It's a difficult one," she muses, over coffee in a hotel restaurant. "You definitely have to be aware of not prancing around in fields wearing bonnets forever."...
- 12/10/2010
- The Independent - Film
The Heart of Me was an extraordinary performance, and made me believe we've only seen a fraction of what Olivia Williams can do
A little over 10 years ago, the question was being asked: what is this very English-seeming actress doing in so many American films? Have the Americans "discovered" her – and, if so, where will she go from here? Olivia Williams made her movie debut in Kevin Costner's very strange film The Postman (1997) about a post-apocalyptic world in which Costner tries to keep the mail functioning in the wild forsaken north-west. Williams was his girl, Abby, and because of the shortage of cosmetics she wasn't meant to look beautiful, exactly. But she looked very good and she never let the film down.
She was far better, and really very striking as the schoolteacher, Rosemary Cross, who wins the love of both Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray in Wes Anderson...
A little over 10 years ago, the question was being asked: what is this very English-seeming actress doing in so many American films? Have the Americans "discovered" her – and, if so, where will she go from here? Olivia Williams made her movie debut in Kevin Costner's very strange film The Postman (1997) about a post-apocalyptic world in which Costner tries to keep the mail functioning in the wild forsaken north-west. Williams was his girl, Abby, and because of the shortage of cosmetics she wasn't meant to look beautiful, exactly. But she looked very good and she never let the film down.
She was far better, and really very striking as the schoolteacher, Rosemary Cross, who wins the love of both Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray in Wes Anderson...
- 4/1/2010
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
Imogen Poots is all set to build on the success of her recent releases Me and Orson Welles and Cracks and become the most talked-about young British acting talent of 2010. The 20-year-old has been on the fast track to success ever since she was cast as the younger version of Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta as a sprightly 15-year-old. She was mesmerising in the apocalyptic sci-fi sequel 28 Weeks Later and then showed she could do costume drama in Miss Austen Regrets. The actress seemed perfectly suited for a period piece, with her classic beauty, wavy blonde hair, high cheekbones and cat-like eyes.
- 12/26/2009
- The Independent - Film
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