Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby, aka 'Sue Storm’ in the upcoming feature “The Fantastic Four”, posing for “Madame Figaro” magazine, photographed by Rankin:
In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser".
May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit TV series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman...
In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser".
May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit TV series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman...
- 5/5/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby, aka 'Sue Storm’ in the upcoming feature “The Fantastic Four”, posing for “Madame Figaro” magazine, photographed by Rankin:
In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser".
May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit TV series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman...
In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser".
May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit TV series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman...
- 2/24/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at new images of actress Vanessa Kirby (“The Fantastic Four”), posing for the latest issue of "L'Officiel" (USA) magazine, wearing Balenciaga, Cartier, Dior and a whole lot more, photographed by Celeste Sloman:
In 2011, Kirby made her TV debut in BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC' mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the TV movie "About Time".
In 2012, she filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit TV series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)…
…winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress'...
In 2011, Kirby made her TV debut in BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC' mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the TV movie "About Time".
In 2012, she filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit TV series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)…
…winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress'...
- 2/19/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby (“The Fantastic Four”) posing for "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine, photographed by Scott Trindle:
In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour".She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020), as well as a nomination...
In 2011, Kirby made her television debut in the BBC's "The Hour".She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020), as well as a nomination...
- 2/14/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at new images of actress Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) posing for the January 2024 issue of "L'Officiel" (USA) magazine, wearing Balenciaga, Cartier, Dior and a whole lot more, photographed by Celeste Sloman:
In 2011, Kirby made her TV debut in BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC' mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the TV movie "About Time".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for...
In 2011, Kirby made her TV debut in BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC' mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the TV movie "About Time".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for...
- 11/24/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Here’s your first look at This Town, the latest TV drama from Peaky Blinders and Sas Rogue Heroes creator Steven Knight, starring Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Nicholas Pinnock (For Life) and David Dawson (My Policeman).
The six-part series is produced by Kudos of Banijay UK and Nebulastar for the BBC with Mercury Studios co-producing in association with Kudos North, Stigma Films, and Nick Angel. The show was filmed on location in the West Midlands and at Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc Film and TV studios.
Plot of the series follows a band’s formation against a backdrop of violence, capturing how creative genius can emerge from a time of madness. Starring are Levi Brown (Loss and Return), Jordan Bolger (The Woman King), Ben Rose (Line of Duty) and Eve Austin (You) as the four young leads.
Geraldine James (Back to Life), Peter McDonald (The Batman), Freya Parks (The School...
The six-part series is produced by Kudos of Banijay UK and Nebulastar for the BBC with Mercury Studios co-producing in association with Kudos North, Stigma Films, and Nick Angel. The show was filmed on location in the West Midlands and at Steven Knight’s Digbeth Loc Film and TV studios.
Plot of the series follows a band’s formation against a backdrop of violence, capturing how creative genius can emerge from a time of madness. Starring are Levi Brown (Loss and Return), Jordan Bolger (The Woman King), Ben Rose (Line of Duty) and Eve Austin (You) as the four young leads.
Geraldine James (Back to Life), Peter McDonald (The Batman), Freya Parks (The School...
- 10/5/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) posing for "Harper's Bazaar" (UK) magazine, photographed by Betina Du Toit:
In 2011, Kirby made her TV debut in BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman" (2020). She currently co-stars in the new “Mission Impossible” movie (2023).
Click the images to enlarge.
In 2011, Kirby made her TV debut in BBC's "The Hour". She then played 'Estella' in the BBC's mini-series adaptation of "Great Expectations", followed by the film "About Time ".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", followed by film roles in "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, she was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original British series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for her roles in the action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), winning a Venice Film Festival 'Best Actress' award for her work in "Pieces of a Woman" (2020). She currently co-stars in the new “Mission Impossible” movie (2023).
Click the images to enlarge.
- 9/13/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") posing for the new Cartier "La Panthère" perfume, "as she appears from within a green and abundant hidden land, for a world full of life and beauty":
In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown"...
...winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).
She also...
In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown"...
...winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).
She also...
- 8/23/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Olivia Colman is primed for another healthy year in terms of awards as she lines up a return to the Emmys with the latest adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ seminal work “Great Expectations.”
This FX on Hulu limited series, which was created by “Peaky Blinders” boss Steven Knight, follows Fionn Whitehead‘s Pip — an orphan who works as a blacksmith’s apprentice before receiving a sudden windfall from an unknown benefactor. He then travels to London and enters high society. Colman steals the show in the short but sharp role of Miss Havisham, the spurned, wealthy spinster who was left at the altar on her own wedding day. Full of bitter resentment, she insists on wearing her cob-webbed wedding dress for the rest of her life and schemes to get Pip’s heart broken.
As Miss Havisham, Colman is sensational — disappearing behind the dress, the witchy white hair, and the dust...
This FX on Hulu limited series, which was created by “Peaky Blinders” boss Steven Knight, follows Fionn Whitehead‘s Pip — an orphan who works as a blacksmith’s apprentice before receiving a sudden windfall from an unknown benefactor. He then travels to London and enters high society. Colman steals the show in the short but sharp role of Miss Havisham, the spurned, wealthy spinster who was left at the altar on her own wedding day. Full of bitter resentment, she insists on wearing her cob-webbed wedding dress for the rest of her life and schemes to get Pip’s heart broken.
As Miss Havisham, Colman is sensational — disappearing behind the dress, the witchy white hair, and the dust...
- 5/30/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Warning: contains spoilers for the Great Expectations finale.
The pearl-clutching outrage that met the newest Great Expectations TV series did a lot for its reputation as a snarling, macho beast of an adaptation. The inclusion of spanking, swearing, sex work, suicide, self-harm and opium in Charles Dickens’ story led to headlines so appalled that they practically needed their own fainting couch. To some, Steven Knight’s six-part was less a retelling than a desecration, all of which fed into the series’ bad boy allure.
The truth is that, for all its adult content, this has been perhaps the dullest version of Great Expectations yet. It’s humourless, repetitive, almost entirely free of charm and feels much longer than its six-hour runtime. Wherever a spark of energy threatens to emerge, as with Olivia Colman‘s Miss Havisham, Rudi Dharmalingam’s legal clerk Wemmick, or Shalom Brune-Franklin’s intriguing Estella, it’s hammered out by the script.
The pearl-clutching outrage that met the newest Great Expectations TV series did a lot for its reputation as a snarling, macho beast of an adaptation. The inclusion of spanking, swearing, sex work, suicide, self-harm and opium in Charles Dickens’ story led to headlines so appalled that they practically needed their own fainting couch. To some, Steven Knight’s six-part was less a retelling than a desecration, all of which fed into the series’ bad boy allure.
The truth is that, for all its adult content, this has been perhaps the dullest version of Great Expectations yet. It’s humourless, repetitive, almost entirely free of charm and feels much longer than its six-hour runtime. Wherever a spark of energy threatens to emerge, as with Olivia Colman‘s Miss Havisham, Rudi Dharmalingam’s legal clerk Wemmick, or Shalom Brune-Franklin’s intriguing Estella, it’s hammered out by the script.
- 4/30/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The fourth episode of “Great Expectations” had Estella coming to London to meet her fiancé, Mr. Drummle, and to chaperone the meeting, Mr. Jaggers arranged for Pip to be at the meeting between the two. Knowing how much it would affect Pip, Mr. Jaggers went ahead with the plan anyway. But now, Pip is getting into the good books of Mr. Drummle as per the plan executed by Jaggers. They have got a trader who seems problematic as per the information they gave Pip and Jaggers, which they chose not to share with Drummle, keeping in mind the trader might cost him a fortune. Will Drummle get to know their plan? Will Pip find more information about something he is not supposed to?
Spoilers Ahead
Pip And Jagger’s Talk At The Brothel
Pip gets himself addicted to opium, thanks to Mr. Jaggers introduced him to the vice. He encourages...
Spoilers Ahead
Pip And Jagger’s Talk At The Brothel
Pip gets himself addicted to opium, thanks to Mr. Jaggers introduced him to the vice. He encourages...
- 4/16/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") posing for the new Cartier "La Panthère" perfume, "as she appears from within a green and abundant hidden land, for a world full of life and beauty":
In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown"...
...winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).
She also...
In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown"...
...winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...
...also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020).
She also...
- 4/10/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at actress Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") posing for the April 2023 issue of "The Pop Magazine":
In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020). She stars in "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 1" (2023) and director Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023).
In 2011, Kirby debuted in the BBC production "The Hour". This was followed with a co-starring role as 'Estella' in the BBC mini-series "Great Expectations".
In 2012, Kirby filmed "The Rise", "Kill Command", "Jupiter Ascending" and "Queen and Country".
In 2015, she appeared in "Everest", followed by "The Dresser" and May 2015, was cast as 'Princess Margaret' in Netflix's first original Brit series "The Crown", winning the 'British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress'.
Kirby gained wider recognition for roles in action films "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (2018) and "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), also winning a Venice Film festival 'Best Actress' award for her performance in the drama "Pieces of a Woman" (2020). She stars in "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 1" (2023) and director Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023).
- 4/1/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The second episode of “Great Expectations,” though it is almost an hour long, begins where the first episode ends. Pip sat in Miss Havisham’s lavish bungalow, surrounded by nothing but emptiness, enjoying the company of the two ladies: Estella, the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham, and the lady Havisham herself. How will Pip manage to understand what exactly the women living in this mansion expect of him?
Spoilers Ahead
Understanding Love
Pip has been invited by Lady Havisham to be trained to become a gentleman. He was a fine gentleman that would never hurt any woman in his life. Miss Havisham teaches him various rules about how he should conduct himself if he ever wants to become a gentleman in society and project himself as the right match for women out there. She begins with blindfold techniques, and she expects him to navigate through the room wearing one, hoping...
Spoilers Ahead
Understanding Love
Pip has been invited by Lady Havisham to be trained to become a gentleman. He was a fine gentleman that would never hurt any woman in his life. Miss Havisham teaches him various rules about how he should conduct himself if he ever wants to become a gentleman in society and project himself as the right match for women out there. She begins with blindfold techniques, and she expects him to navigate through the room wearing one, hoping...
- 3/27/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
“The Great Expectations,” a classic novel by Charles Dickens, has been used and reused for on-screen adaptation multiple times. Be it in British cinema or world cinema; there has been no shortage of interpretations of the story by Charles Dickens. With every adaptation, a filmmaker tends to add his or her style to the story, but what makes Steven Knight’s adaptation any different from all of them in the past?
Spoilers Ahead
Who Is Pip Gargery?
Pip Gargery is a young boy who is in his early teens and lives with his sister Sara and his brother-in-law Joe, who is a blacksmith and runs a blacksmith shop. Pip Gargery has recently lost his parents and his siblings. It is yet to be revealed how exactly they were killed, but it is the year 1892, and it has been only a year since he lost his family. He has been taken...
Spoilers Ahead
Who Is Pip Gargery?
Pip Gargery is a young boy who is in his early teens and lives with his sister Sara and his brother-in-law Joe, who is a blacksmith and runs a blacksmith shop. Pip Gargery has recently lost his parents and his siblings. It is yet to be revealed how exactly they were killed, but it is the year 1892, and it has been only a year since he lost his family. He has been taken...
- 3/27/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
“If you want to make a TV drama about opium smokers, sadomasochists and imperial slavery in the 19th century, then write your own,” whines The Daily Mail‘s Peter Hitchens about Steven Knight’s new Great Expectations adaptation, presumably forgetting that in 2017, Knight did exactly that in 8-part Gothic Regency thriller Taboo.
Knight’s previous series starring Tom Hardy, bleeds into his take on Charles Dickens’ class and snobbery novel, which loses the comedy and grimes up the characters with the addition of adult content. Great Expectations returns to Knight’s constant theme of social mobility, moving away from ones roots, and the upper classes being mad, evil bastards, as explored in six series of Peaky Blinders.
Here’s the impressive cast amassed for this six-part drama.
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham
Nobody needs an introduction to Olivia Colman, she’s been firmly in national treasure territory for years now,...
Knight’s previous series starring Tom Hardy, bleeds into his take on Charles Dickens’ class and snobbery novel, which loses the comedy and grimes up the characters with the addition of adult content. Great Expectations returns to Knight’s constant theme of social mobility, moving away from ones roots, and the upper classes being mad, evil bastards, as explored in six series of Peaky Blinders.
Here’s the impressive cast amassed for this six-part drama.
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham
Nobody needs an introduction to Olivia Colman, she’s been firmly in national treasure territory for years now,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Warning: This review contains spoilers from the first two episodes of Great Expectations.
There have been plenty of good, and even great, adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations.
Unfortunately, this is not one of them.
Most recently, Mike Newell directed a film version in 2012 starring Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter.
BBC, one of the production companies behind this version (along with FX), produced a three-part miniseries in 2011-2012 starring Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone, and Gillian Anderson.
The most famous adaptation this side of the pond is probably Alfonso Cuarón's modern version in 1998, starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft.
News of Steven Knight's version was exciting, particularly with the announcement of Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham.
If you're going to remake something that has been adapted so many times, you have to approach it from a new vantage point.
Cuarón's version, for example, didn't always work,...
There have been plenty of good, and even great, adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations.
Unfortunately, this is not one of them.
Most recently, Mike Newell directed a film version in 2012 starring Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter.
BBC, one of the production companies behind this version (along with FX), produced a three-part miniseries in 2011-2012 starring Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone, and Gillian Anderson.
The most famous adaptation this side of the pond is probably Alfonso Cuarón's modern version in 1998, starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft.
News of Steven Knight's version was exciting, particularly with the announcement of Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham.
If you're going to remake something that has been adapted so many times, you have to approach it from a new vantage point.
Cuarón's version, for example, didn't always work,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Since the invention of the moving image – an event that happened just a few decades after the death of Charles Dickens – there have been at least 18 prominent adaptations of Great Expectations. That’s Pip upon Pip, Magwitch upon Magwitch, Miss Havisham upon Miss Havisham. Everyone, from Alec Guinness and Joan Hickson to Robert de Niro and Ralph Fiennes, has been sucked into the Dickens industrial complex. And now, for no discernible reason, BBC One viewers are being treated to a new adaptation of the novel, this time scripted by Peaky Blinders supremo Steven Knight.
The show follows the adventures of Pip, a bright young orphan (“an orchid growing wild in the filth of a stable”) who is thrust into the orbit of Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman) and her ward Estella (Chloe Lea/Shalom Brune-Franklin). From there, and via an encounter with a mysterious convict, Pip will fall in love, make his fortune,...
The show follows the adventures of Pip, a bright young orphan (“an orchid growing wild in the filth of a stable”) who is thrust into the orbit of Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman) and her ward Estella (Chloe Lea/Shalom Brune-Franklin). From there, and via an encounter with a mysterious convict, Pip will fall in love, make his fortune,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
In the very first scene of Hulu’s Great Expectations, a distraught and disheveled Pip (Fionn Whitehead) ties one end of a rope to a bridge, tightens the other around his neck, and leaps. What happens next won’t be revealed until much later in the six-hour miniseries, but what’s clear right away is the message being sent: This isn’t Great Expectations as you remember it.
This is a Great Expectations that’s willing to get dirty, to push the envelope, to take ample liberties with the source material beloved (or at the very least, tolerated in school) by millions. There’s more sex, more violence, more drugs. But with too little in the way of humanity, insight or entertainment to offer alongside them, what could have been a daring spin on a classic is transformed instead into a dreary slog.
The bare bones of the story remain much the same as always,...
This is a Great Expectations that’s willing to get dirty, to push the envelope, to take ample liberties with the source material beloved (or at the very least, tolerated in school) by millions. There’s more sex, more violence, more drugs. But with too little in the way of humanity, insight or entertainment to offer alongside them, what could have been a daring spin on a classic is transformed instead into a dreary slog.
The bare bones of the story remain much the same as always,...
- 3/25/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s 162 years old, but Charles Dickens’ masterpiece Great Expectations “has never been more relevant,” according to Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. His six-part adaptation of the Victorian novel for FX and Hulu takes the story in unexpected directions as it follows the journey of orphan Pip (Fionn Whitehead), a working-class lad who loses his way as he chases wealth and status. Sex, opium, and attempted suicide crop up. “Dickens wasn’t able to write about certain things because they were considered to be not territory for fiction,” says Knight. “He can never go all the way into those dark places. So that’s what I tried to do.” Miya Mizuno/FX Pip also becomes a plaything to one of the author’s most unforgettable and bizarre characters, Miss Havisham, portrayed by the great Olivia Colman. The long-ago jilted bride still wears her dilapidated wedding gown as she grooms adopted...
- 3/25/2023
- TV Insider
When it comes to Dickens adaptations, it helps to temper your expectations. The revered Victorian writer is perhaps the most frequently adapted novelist in history – but to what end? The results are wildly inconsistent: for every The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) or Bleak House (2005), there are a dozen insipid Christmas Carols, or a handful of regrettable Oliver Twists. The BBC are once more throwing their (old-fashioned bowler) hat into the ring with a new six-episode screen version of Great Expectations. But how many more hats can this particular ring withstand?
Starring Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead as Pip, Shalom Brune-Franklin (Line of Duty) as Estella, and Oliva Colman as Miss Havisham, the new BBC series is a retelling of Dickens’s rags-to-riches bildungsroman – roughed up a bit with some distinctly modern sex and violence. Peaky Blinders scribe Steven Knight wrote the adaptation, the latest in a long line of Great Expectations adaptations for the screen.
Starring Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead as Pip, Shalom Brune-Franklin (Line of Duty) as Estella, and Oliva Colman as Miss Havisham, the new BBC series is a retelling of Dickens’s rags-to-riches bildungsroman – roughed up a bit with some distinctly modern sex and violence. Peaky Blinders scribe Steven Knight wrote the adaptation, the latest in a long line of Great Expectations adaptations for the screen.
- 3/25/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Plot: Great Expectations is the coming-of-age story of “Pip,” an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric “Miss Havisham” shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be. A damning critique of the class system, Dickens’ novel was published in 1861 after first releasing it in a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860.
Review: Adaptations of Charles Dickens are aplenty on the small screen and as feature films. Great Expectations has been adapted multiple times, notably in 1998 by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, and Robert De Niro. In 2012, Harry Potter director Mike Newell took a shot at a film version starring Jeremy Irvine,...
Review: Adaptations of Charles Dickens are aplenty on the small screen and as feature films. Great Expectations has been adapted multiple times, notably in 1998 by Alfonso Cuaron and starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, and Robert De Niro. In 2012, Harry Potter director Mike Newell took a shot at a film version starring Jeremy Irvine,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Miss Havisham is one of the most indelible characters in the English-language literary canon. Written by Charles Dickens to be outfitted, each day, in the wedding finery that serves as a decaying reminder that she was spurned at the altar, she’s a bundle of resentments tied together in white lace.
And, as played by Olivia Colman, she’s the action of the new “Great Expectations” limited series — so much so that much of the rest of the densely plotty story seems like biding time between her appearances. Written by Steven Knight and co-produced by the BBC and FX, this “Great Expectations” is dimly lit and grimly violent, with the chaos and sudden bursts of enmity of Dickensian England brought to the fore. But only Miss Havisham pops off the screen, making this an adaptation lacking in a certain balance.
Here, Fionn Whitehead plays Pip, the orphan who enters Miss...
And, as played by Olivia Colman, she’s the action of the new “Great Expectations” limited series — so much so that much of the rest of the densely plotty story seems like biding time between her appearances. Written by Steven Knight and co-produced by the BBC and FX, this “Great Expectations” is dimly lit and grimly violent, with the chaos and sudden bursts of enmity of Dickensian England brought to the fore. But only Miss Havisham pops off the screen, making this an adaptation lacking in a certain balance.
Here, Fionn Whitehead plays Pip, the orphan who enters Miss...
- 3/21/2023
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
FX released the haunting trailer for its lavish new limited series, “Great Expectations,” set to premiere March 26 on Hulu. The six-part adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel stars Fionn Whitehead as Pip, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella and Oscar and Emmy winner Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham. It was created by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Steven Knight (“Dirty Pretty Things”), with Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker and Kate Crowe serving as co-executive producers. Watch the trailer below.
“When I was young, I was blinded by love,” we see Colman’s cold-hearted Miss Havisham declare with animosity. “Now look at what remains of me.” The series tells the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater life, until a twist of fate and a mysterious benefactor opens a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip must weigh the true...
“When I was young, I was blinded by love,” we see Colman’s cold-hearted Miss Havisham declare with animosity. “Now look at what remains of me.” The series tells the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater life, until a twist of fate and a mysterious benefactor opens a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip must weigh the true...
- 3/21/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
The poster for Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón’s 1998 modern-day, US-set adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is very revealing. There are no bonnets or brooches. The artwork is instead dominated by a recumbent, naked Gwyneth Paltrow – playing Estella – looking towards the camera with an enigmatic expression on her face. Beneath her, you can see the film’s Miss Havisham character, renamed here as Nora Dinsmoor and played by Anne Bancroft. She is not in a dusty wedding dress but looking very much like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, complete with cigarette holder. In the corner, there is a murky image of the convict Magwitch (Robert De Niro), scowling like a heavy from Goodfellas.
For Cuarón, Dickens’ story was at least partly about erotic obsession. Pip (Ethan Hawke), the young lad from a humble background trying to make his way in society, felt much the same way about Estella as Michael Douglas...
For Cuarón, Dickens’ story was at least partly about erotic obsession. Pip (Ethan Hawke), the young lad from a humble background trying to make his way in society, felt much the same way about Estella as Michael Douglas...
- 3/21/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- The Independent - TV
The poster for Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón’s 1998 modern-day, US-set adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is very revealing. There are no bonnets or brooches. The artwork is instead dominated by a recumbent, naked Gwyneth Paltrow – playing Estella – looking towards the camera with an enigmatic expression on her face. Beneath her, you can see the film’s Miss Havisham character, renamed here as Nora Dinsmoor and played by Anne Bancroft. She is not in a dusty wedding dress but looking very much like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, complete with cigarette holder. In the corner, there is a murky image of the convict Magwitch (Robert De Niro), scowling like a heavy from Goodfellas.
For Cuarón, Dickens’ story was at least partly about erotic obsession. Pip (Ethan Hawke), the young lad from a humble background trying to make his way in society, felt much the same way about Estella as Michael Douglas...
For Cuarón, Dickens’ story was at least partly about erotic obsession. Pip (Ethan Hawke), the young lad from a humble background trying to make his way in society, felt much the same way about Estella as Michael Douglas...
- 3/21/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- The Independent - Film
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