The original Doughtlander may not be over, but Outlander: Blood of My Blood hopes to close the gap.
For sure, it will be taking over where Outlander leaves off, even if it explores a story long before Jamie and Claire were figments of their parents' imagination.
Here’s what we know bout Blood of My Blood Season 1 so far.
What is Outlander?
It’s best to start with what we know, which is what came before. Outlander is based on a series of books by author Diana Gabaldon.
Outlander is a time-traveling love story between 20th-century (married) nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser and 18th-century Jamie Fraser.
When visiting the ancestral home of her husband, Frank, Claire stumbles through the rocks at Craigh na Dun, which takes her back in time.
Unable to easily find her way back, the sassy lady leans on handsome laird Jamie for protection, and soon, they are in love.
For sure, it will be taking over where Outlander leaves off, even if it explores a story long before Jamie and Claire were figments of their parents' imagination.
Here’s what we know bout Blood of My Blood Season 1 so far.
What is Outlander?
It’s best to start with what we know, which is what came before. Outlander is based on a series of books by author Diana Gabaldon.
Outlander is a time-traveling love story between 20th-century (married) nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser and 18th-century Jamie Fraser.
When visiting the ancestral home of her husband, Frank, Claire stumbles through the rocks at Craigh na Dun, which takes her back in time.
Unable to easily find her way back, the sassy lady leans on handsome laird Jamie for protection, and soon, they are in love.
- 2/5/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Fittingly for a series in which everybody seems to be engaging in some form of Classic Hollywood cosplay, the Rosebud moment in BritBox’s Archie is delivered by an actor playing comedy icon Danny Kaye.
Affecting a stereotypical German therapist accent — accents on top of accents on top of accents is the Archie way — Kaye cautions young Dyan Cannon (Laura Aikman) that her relationship with the more seasoned Cary Grant (Jason Isaacs) is destined for complications with the warning, “Men who have difficult relationships with their mothers always carry it over to the women that they love.”
There’s no reason for Kaye to make such an observation if he hasn’t been watching the two previous hours of Jeff Pope’s four-episode production. But for the series’ actual audience, his analysis will come across as both obvious and superficial — a bit like Archie itself.
Ultimately, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Affecting a stereotypical German therapist accent — accents on top of accents on top of accents is the Archie way — Kaye cautions young Dyan Cannon (Laura Aikman) that her relationship with the more seasoned Cary Grant (Jason Isaacs) is destined for complications with the warning, “Men who have difficult relationships with their mothers always carry it over to the women that they love.”
There’s no reason for Kaye to make such an observation if he hasn’t been watching the two previous hours of Jeff Pope’s four-episode production. But for the series’ actual audience, his analysis will come across as both obvious and superficial — a bit like Archie itself.
Ultimately, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
- 12/6/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“For All Mankind” Releases Season 4 Trailer
Apple TV+ has taken a giant leap toward Season 4 of its critically acclaimed space drama series “For All Mankind.” The streamer has released the official trailer for the upcoming season, which will premiere on Friday, Nov. 10 with one episode per week every Friday through Jan. 12.
The 10-episode fourth season will take place in 2003, eight years after Season 3, with Happy Valley having rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars. With the focus of the space program shifting to the capture and mining of mineral-rich and valuable asteroids, simmering tensions between the residents of the international base threaten to undo everything with the fate of both Earth and Mars at their hands.
Watch the Season 4 trailer for “For All Mankind” below:
Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, and Coral Peña along will return for the fourth seaso alongside new series regulars Toby Kebbell,...
Apple TV+ has taken a giant leap toward Season 4 of its critically acclaimed space drama series “For All Mankind.” The streamer has released the official trailer for the upcoming season, which will premiere on Friday, Nov. 10 with one episode per week every Friday through Jan. 12.
The 10-episode fourth season will take place in 2003, eight years after Season 3, with Happy Valley having rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars. With the focus of the space program shifting to the capture and mining of mineral-rich and valuable asteroids, simmering tensions between the residents of the international base threaten to undo everything with the fate of both Earth and Mars at their hands.
Watch the Season 4 trailer for “For All Mankind” below:
Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, and Coral Peña along will return for the fourth seaso alongside new series regulars Toby Kebbell,...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
The life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant is getting the small-screen treatment in Archie, a four-part drama from BritBox and Itvx. Deadline has more first-look photos of Jason Isaacs as Grant below.
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
The...
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
The...
- 10/11/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Rose Ayling-Ellis To Lead ITV Drama ‘Code Of Silence’
Rose Ayling-Ellis will star in an ITV drama Code of Silence, playing a Deaf catering worker who is called in support a detective by lip reading the conversations of dangerous criminals. Her interpretation of a gang’s clandestine meetings lead to police unlocking a case but she becomes drawn to a main suspect and pulled into a risky situation as things threaten to spill over into her personal life. Catherine Moulton is writing the series, with ITV Studios-owned Mammoth Screen, the indie behind The Serpent and Noughts + Crosses producing. Tom Leggett and Damien Timmer executive produce alongside Moulton. Ayling-Ellis, a Deaf actress known for her role in EastEnders and winning Strictly Come Dancing, is also developing a comedy-drama about Deaf women dating in London, as Deadline revealed last August.
Mediawan Buys African Indie Distributor Côte Ouest
Mediawan’s...
Rose Ayling-Ellis will star in an ITV drama Code of Silence, playing a Deaf catering worker who is called in support a detective by lip reading the conversations of dangerous criminals. Her interpretation of a gang’s clandestine meetings lead to police unlocking a case but she becomes drawn to a main suspect and pulled into a risky situation as things threaten to spill over into her personal life. Catherine Moulton is writing the series, with ITV Studios-owned Mammoth Screen, the indie behind The Serpent and Noughts + Crosses producing. Tom Leggett and Damien Timmer executive produce alongside Moulton. Ayling-Ellis, a Deaf actress known for her role in EastEnders and winning Strictly Come Dancing, is also developing a comedy-drama about Deaf women dating in London, as Deadline revealed last August.
Mediawan Buys African Indie Distributor Côte Ouest
Mediawan’s...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
In his latest interview, Kevin sits down to talk to young filmmaker Paul Raschid about his interactive movie The Gallery, starring Anna Popplewell, George Blagdon and Kara Tointon. A decision-based movie experience whereby the audience chooses their adventure.
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. ‘The Gallery’ contains two interactive narratives – set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
An art curator is held hostage by a portraitist who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met. ‘The Gallery’ contains two interactive narratives – set in 1981 (with a female protagonist) and 2021 (with a male protagonist).
- 4/5/2023
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
London, UK – 7th March 2023. Showcasing the Fmv game – interactive film as the convergence of Film and Video Games; The Gallery will screen in various cinemas during the London Games Festival as an official side event from 29th March to 7th April.
Details of venues, dates, screening times and how to buy tickets can be found here.
Written and directed by Paul Raschid, one of the most prolific interactive filmmakers, The Gallery is a thrilling combination of hostage thriller and social drama with a dash of world film festival cinema aesthetic. Two Decades. Two identities. It’s going to take everything you’ve got to survive the night.
The Gallery has been created to engage both film fans and gamers with its blend of high production values, stellar cast and a nuanced script depicting the film’s two time periods – 1981 and 2021 – both of which are of considerable political, social and cultural significance in UK history.
Details of venues, dates, screening times and how to buy tickets can be found here.
Written and directed by Paul Raschid, one of the most prolific interactive filmmakers, The Gallery is a thrilling combination of hostage thriller and social drama with a dash of world film festival cinema aesthetic. Two Decades. Two identities. It’s going to take everything you’ve got to survive the night.
The Gallery has been created to engage both film fans and gamers with its blend of high production values, stellar cast and a nuanced script depicting the film’s two time periods – 1981 and 2021 – both of which are of considerable political, social and cultural significance in UK history.
- 3/7/2023
- by Technology Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Tech
Kara Tointon, Harriet Walter and Laura Aikman have joined the cast of Cary Grant biopic “Archie” alongside Jason Isaacs, who will play the matinee idol himself.
Aikman (“Bluestone 42”) is set to play Grant’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon, Walter (“Succession”) will play his mother Elsie Leach and Tointon (“Mr Selfridge”) will play a younger version of Elsie.
Also joining the cast are Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Ragdoll”), Ian Pulston-Davies (“Di Ray”), Ian McNeice (“Doc Martin”), Jason Watkins (“McDonald & Dodds”), Lisa Faulkner (“EastEnders”) and Niamh Cusack (“The Virtues”).
Meanwhile Dainton Anderson (“Patrick Melrose”), Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) and Oaklee Pendergast (“Home”) will play young versions of Grant, whose real name was Archie Leach.
The series will follow Grant from his early life in Bristol, England, where he was born into extreme poverty in the 1900s, before auditioning for a music hall act, a move which would eventually change his life. The troupe went on tour to the U.
Aikman (“Bluestone 42”) is set to play Grant’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon, Walter (“Succession”) will play his mother Elsie Leach and Tointon (“Mr Selfridge”) will play a younger version of Elsie.
Also joining the cast are Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Ragdoll”), Ian Pulston-Davies (“Di Ray”), Ian McNeice (“Doc Martin”), Jason Watkins (“McDonald & Dodds”), Lisa Faulkner (“EastEnders”) and Niamh Cusack (“The Virtues”).
Meanwhile Dainton Anderson (“Patrick Melrose”), Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) and Oaklee Pendergast (“Home”) will play young versions of Grant, whose real name was Archie Leach.
The series will follow Grant from his early life in Bristol, England, where he was born into extreme poverty in the 1900s, before auditioning for a music hall act, a move which would eventually change his life. The troupe went on tour to the U.
- 9/30/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Itvx and BritBox International’s Jason Isaacs-starring Cary Grant biopic Archie has set the rest of its cast.
Jeff Pope’s series, revealed by Deadline in August, will also star Laura Aikman as Cary’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon with Harriet Walter (Succession, Ted Lasso, Killing Eve) as Elise Leach, Grant’s mother. Dainton Anderson (Patrick Melrose), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) and Oaklee Pendergast (Home) will play young versions of Archie Leach and Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge, The Halcyon, Sound of Music Live) will play young Elsie. Meanwhile, Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Ragdoll), Ian Pulston-Davies, Ian McNeice (Doc Martin), Jason Watkins (McDonald & Dodds, Des), Lisa Faulkner (EastEnders) and Niamh Cusack (The Virtues) have boarded.
The show from Pope’s rebranded ITV Studios label Etta Pictures is intercuts scenes from Hollywood’s leading man’s early life and 1961 at the height of his fame, with that...
Jeff Pope’s series, revealed by Deadline in August, will also star Laura Aikman as Cary’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon with Harriet Walter (Succession, Ted Lasso, Killing Eve) as Elise Leach, Grant’s mother. Dainton Anderson (Patrick Melrose), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) and Oaklee Pendergast (Home) will play young versions of Archie Leach and Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge, The Halcyon, Sound of Music Live) will play young Elsie. Meanwhile, Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Ragdoll), Ian Pulston-Davies, Ian McNeice (Doc Martin), Jason Watkins (McDonald & Dodds, Des), Lisa Faulkner (EastEnders) and Niamh Cusack (The Virtues) have boarded.
The show from Pope’s rebranded ITV Studios label Etta Pictures is intercuts scenes from Hollywood’s leading man’s early life and 1961 at the height of his fame, with that...
- 9/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: George Blagden and Anna Popplewell will lead the cast of The Gallery, a UK interactive hostage-thriller project that will also be delivered separately as a linear film.
The feature contains two narratives, one following a female protagonist which takes place in London in 1981, and one following a male protagonist which takes place in London 2021. They both depict an art gallery curator being held hostage by a portrait painter who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met.
The project comes from director and writer Paul Raschid, who last year helmed the interactive romantic comedy Five Dates, which starred Doctor Who actress Mandip Gill and Vikings actress Georgia Hirst. That film was released on platforms including Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo and Steam.
The Gallery will be completed by October 2021. Shooting took place in February and March this year.
The feature contains two narratives, one following a female protagonist which takes place in London in 1981, and one following a male protagonist which takes place in London 2021. They both depict an art gallery curator being held hostage by a portrait painter who threatens to detonate a bomb unless their demands are met.
The project comes from director and writer Paul Raschid, who last year helmed the interactive romantic comedy Five Dates, which starred Doctor Who actress Mandip Gill and Vikings actress Georgia Hirst. That film was released on platforms including Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo and Steam.
The Gallery will be completed by October 2021. Shooting took place in February and March this year.
- 3/30/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
How To Build A Girl Will Be Available In Select Theaters, Digital And Cable VOD May 8th
The critics love How To Build A Girl!
Beanie Feldstein is incandescent.”
Katey Rich, Vanity Fair
“It’s a joyful thing to behold. As fun as a night in the mosh pit with your best mate”
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter
“A loving tribute to young women with overactive imaginations and a desire to reinvent themselves. Beanie Feldstein is as charming as ever.”
Anne Cohen, REFINERY29
Check Out the trailer:
Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine.
The critics love How To Build A Girl!
Beanie Feldstein is incandescent.”
Katey Rich, Vanity Fair
“It’s a joyful thing to behold. As fun as a night in the mosh pit with your best mate”
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter
“A loving tribute to young women with overactive imaginations and a desire to reinvent themselves. Beanie Feldstein is as charming as ever.”
Anne Cohen, REFINERY29
Check Out the trailer:
Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine.
- 5/1/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Pay-tv operator Sky will offer 80 original series to its British subscribers this year, an increase of 25% year-on-year from last year, together with a 40% boost in the volume of programming from the U.S., it announced Wednesday. It also unveiled 10 new shows it has ordered.
Sky revealed its plans at a showcase event at London’s Tate Modern art gallery, where it shared exclusive previews of new shows due to air this year, with more than 25 talent on stage including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan, Maisie Williams, Billie Piper, Nick Mohammed, Dynamo and Rob Brydon.
As well as its original and acquired shows, Sky is delivering aggregated content from its partnerships with Netflix, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. It is also launching new channels like Sky Comedy, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries.
Sky Group CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In an increasingly competitive market, we keep pushing to give our customers what they want,...
Sky revealed its plans at a showcase event at London’s Tate Modern art gallery, where it shared exclusive previews of new shows due to air this year, with more than 25 talent on stage including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan, Maisie Williams, Billie Piper, Nick Mohammed, Dynamo and Rob Brydon.
As well as its original and acquired shows, Sky is delivering aggregated content from its partnerships with Netflix, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. It is also launching new channels like Sky Comedy, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries.
Sky Group CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In an increasingly competitive market, we keep pushing to give our customers what they want,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Anderson can spin to win in the air, but can she spin to win on the parquet? The two-time Olympic champion is aiming to become the first snowboarder to win “Dancing with the Stars” and will have her work cut out for her against nine other athletes in a shortened four-week season. Let’s break down her pros and cons.
Pros:
Snowboarders may be covered in the baggiest clothes on the slopes and in the halfpipe, but they have some of the sickest and most athletic bods of any athlete. You need tremendous core body strength to be able to launch yourself in the air and get enough height to contort your body to pull off a double cork 1080. Fitness, strength and body awareness shouldn’t be an issue for Anderson, who’s the ripe ol’ age of 27.
Anderson, who also owns 14 Winter X Games medals, including six golds,...
Pros:
Snowboarders may be covered in the baggiest clothes on the slopes and in the halfpipe, but they have some of the sickest and most athletic bods of any athlete. You need tremendous core body strength to be able to launch yourself in the air and get enough height to contort your body to pull off a double cork 1080. Fitness, strength and body awareness shouldn’t be an issue for Anderson, who’s the ripe ol’ age of 27.
Anderson, who also owns 14 Winter X Games medals, including six golds,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
’Blade Runner 2049’ editor Joe Walker praises director.
Source: Ndf International
Omid Nooshin
UK filmmaker Omid Nooshin has passed away suddenly in London aged 43.
Nooshin was best known for making 2013 thriller Last Passenger, starring Dougray Scott, Iddo Goldberg, Kara Tointon, Lindsay Duncan and David Schofield.
The film, which sold well for Pathe International, earned Nooshin a Bifa nomination for best debut director.
Nooshin more recently co-scripted 2017 action-sci-fi Kill Switch, starring Dan Stevens and Berenice Marlohe. The film was sold by FilmNation Entertainment with buyers including Us outfit Saban Film.
The UK writer-director had been in development on his second directorial feature Invade, a Us horror film being produced by Silver Linings Playbook and Chocolat executive producer Michelle Raimo. He was also attached as associate producer to previously announced sci-fi Inversion.
Two-time Oscar-nominee Joe Walker, editor of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, worked with Nooshin on Last Passenger.
He said: ”I joined Omid as film editor of [link=tt...
Source: Ndf International
Omid Nooshin
UK filmmaker Omid Nooshin has passed away suddenly in London aged 43.
Nooshin was best known for making 2013 thriller Last Passenger, starring Dougray Scott, Iddo Goldberg, Kara Tointon, Lindsay Duncan and David Schofield.
The film, which sold well for Pathe International, earned Nooshin a Bifa nomination for best debut director.
Nooshin more recently co-scripted 2017 action-sci-fi Kill Switch, starring Dan Stevens and Berenice Marlohe. The film was sold by FilmNation Entertainment with buyers including Us outfit Saban Film.
The UK writer-director had been in development on his second directorial feature Invade, a Us horror film being produced by Silver Linings Playbook and Chocolat executive producer Michelle Raimo. He was also attached as associate producer to previously announced sci-fi Inversion.
Two-time Oscar-nominee Joe Walker, editor of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, worked with Nooshin on Last Passenger.
He said: ”I joined Omid as film editor of [link=tt...
- 1/26/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Vulture Watch Should we book a reservation, elsewhere? Is The Halcyon TV show cancelled or renewed for a second season on Ovation? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Halcyon, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? A dark comedy-drama on the Ovation premium cable channel, The Halcyon stars Steven Mackintosh, Olivia Williams, Kara Tointon, Alex Jennings, Matt Ryan, Hermione Corfield, Mark Benton, Sope Dirisu, Liz White, Charity Wakefield, Annabelle Apsion, Jamie Blackley, Edward Bluemel, Nick Brimble, Michael Carter, Akshay Kumar, Imogen Waterhouse, Nico Rogner, Kevin Eldon, and Lauren Coe. A World War II period piece, The Halcyon centers on a five-star London hotel, its owner, Lord...
- 11/1/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Ovation. Episodes: Eight (hour). Seasons: One. TV show dates: October 2, 2017 -- November 20, 2017. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Steven Mackintosh, Olivia Williams, Kara Tointon, Alex Jennings, Matt Ryan, Hermione Corfield, Mark Benton, Sope Dirisu, Liz White, Charity Wakefield, Annabelle Apsion, Jamie Blackley, Edward Bluemel, Nick Brimble, Michael Carter, Akshay Kumar, Imogen Waterhouse, Nico Rogner, Kevin Eldon, and Lauren Coe. TV show description: A British series from creator Charlotte Jones, The Halcyon TV show was cancelled by ITV in UK, prior to making its Us debut on Ovation. The WWII period drama centers on a five-star London hotel, its owners, staff, and guests, in 1940s London. Richard Garland (Mackintosh) takes great pride in his duties as The Halcyon's Hotel Manager.
- 10/24/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Let’S Be Evil
Stars: Elizabeth Morris, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Isabelle Allen, Jamie Bernadette, Brooke Johnston, Martin Owen, Helene Wilson, Paul Casar, Jonathan Willis, Billie Wilson, Aimee Wright | Written by Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen, Jonathan Willis | Directed by Martin Owen
Desperately in need of money to care for a sick parent, Jenny (Morris) takes a job supervising children at a learning centre for gifted students. But when she and two other new employees are ushered into a maximum-security underground bunker where eerily robotic children are outfitted with augmented reality glasses, Jenny finds herself thrust into a disturbing technological experiment in which she is an unwitting player in a terrifying virtual game.
Techno-horror is a genre that, given my previous experiences with films of this nature, is really hard to get right. The reliance on the technology within, techno-babble et al. can, and often does, overwhelm the story the filmmakers are trying to tell.
Stars: Elizabeth Morris, Kara Tointon, Elliot James Langridge, Isabelle Allen, Jamie Bernadette, Brooke Johnston, Martin Owen, Helene Wilson, Paul Casar, Jonathan Willis, Billie Wilson, Aimee Wright | Written by Elizabeth Morris, Martin Owen, Jonathan Willis | Directed by Martin Owen
Desperately in need of money to care for a sick parent, Jenny (Morris) takes a job supervising children at a learning centre for gifted students. But when she and two other new employees are ushered into a maximum-security underground bunker where eerily robotic children are outfitted with augmented reality glasses, Jenny finds herself thrust into a disturbing technological experiment in which she is an unwitting player in a terrifying virtual game.
Techno-horror is a genre that, given my previous experiences with films of this nature, is really hard to get right. The reliance on the technology within, techno-babble et al. can, and often does, overwhelm the story the filmmakers are trying to tell.
- 2/2/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Us teenagers are kept underground for a doomed world-building project in this cheap British teen horror flick
Prolific Brit producer Jonathan Willis here attempts a teen-oriented tweak of the science-gone-wrong theme of his 2013 success The Machine. It’s about the doomed Posterity Project, a programme that sequesters the best and brightest youngsters in the Us underground. While their twentysomething handlers uncover the project’s deadlier glitches, director Martin Owen applies plentiful visual gloss. A first-person shooting style necessitates intricate, Peep Show-like eyeline-matching, and the effects work is unusually sophisticated. Yet there’s no dressing up some desperately ordinary stalk-and-slashing, and the budget undermines the world-building: ex-EastEnder Kara Tointon heads a roster of phony Us accents, and while Kids in America gets repeat plays, surely nobody here ventured much beyond Amersham.
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Prolific Brit producer Jonathan Willis here attempts a teen-oriented tweak of the science-gone-wrong theme of his 2013 success The Machine. It’s about the doomed Posterity Project, a programme that sequesters the best and brightest youngsters in the Us underground. While their twentysomething handlers uncover the project’s deadlier glitches, director Martin Owen applies plentiful visual gloss. A first-person shooting style necessitates intricate, Peep Show-like eyeline-matching, and the effects work is unusually sophisticated. Yet there’s no dressing up some desperately ordinary stalk-and-slashing, and the budget undermines the world-building: ex-EastEnder Kara Tointon heads a roster of phony Us accents, and while Kids in America gets repeat plays, surely nobody here ventured much beyond Amersham.
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- 10/27/2016
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Just when they thought they were safe... revenge pays them a visit. Fox Trap will be released in the Us and UK on DVD and Digital in February of 2017, and we have the exclusive reveal of the film's poster and several stills. Also in today's Highlights: Mondo's The Greasy Strangler items, a Q&A with Pandorica director Tom Paton, UK release details for Let's Be Evil, and info on The Truncated Nightmare Hour: Live! podcast.
Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...
Exclusive Fox Trap Poster and Stills: "After a terrible accident leaving a young girl disabled, eight years later the group responsible are invited to a remote manor house in the countryside for a class reunion. Little do they know, they are being targeted by a masked maniac hell bent on revenge.
The cast includes Klariza Clayton (Harry Brown, Blood Money, Skins), Scott Chambers (Chicken, Hush, The Hippopotamus), Alex Sawyer (House of Anubis), Kate Greer, Becky Fletcher,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The team on upcoming period drama series The Halcyon from Left Bank Pictures, the company behind Outlander, Wallander and Netflix's The Crown, doesn’t mind comparisons with such hit shows as Downton Abbey and The West Wing. After all, the creatives behind the show about a glamorous five-star hotel at the center of London society during World War II hope that the eight-episode first-season order will be followed by more. Stars Steven Mackintosh (Luther) and Olivia Williams (Anna Karenina) are joined by the likes of Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge), Alex Jennings (The Lady in the Van), Matt Ryan
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- 10/3/2016
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
What to do about children who are not in control of themselves -- and aren't particularly acting their age? Presented largely through the eyes of three adults, Let's Be Evil begins with a summer-camp vibe. Directed by Martin Owen, the movie sets up a very odd camp, located underground in a coldly austere environment. Jenny (Elizabeth Morris) arrives, grateful for the job. She needs the money to help her infirm mother. She quickly meets Tiggs (Kara Tointon) and Darby (Elliot James Langridge), who are also about her age, and they're all given augmented reality glasses. Their job is to act as chaperones for a small group of children who are enrolled in special advance learning classes. They, too, wear augmented reality glasses, sitting around a...
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- 8/3/2016
- Screen Anarchy
If you’re feeling less than enthusiastic about heading outside during these dog days of summer, at least there are a lot of intriguing horror and sci-fi VOD and Digital releases coming our way this August that will surely keep you busy and out of the reach of the relentless summertime heat.
On August 2nd, the psychological thriller Sun Choke, co-starring Barbara Crampton and Sarah Hagen, debuts courtesy of XLrator Media and just a few days later, Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye makes its way to VOD to give viewers a mind-blowing fun time. Also arriving on August 5th is Let’s Be Evil from IFC Midnight, and on August 16th, Epic Pictures Group is throwing a Killer Party complete with a zombie apocalypse.
Other notable VOD genre releases for August 2016 include Summer Camp, The Suffering, and Hell Town.
Feed the Devil (Uncork’d Entertainment) – August 2nd
Given a...
On August 2nd, the psychological thriller Sun Choke, co-starring Barbara Crampton and Sarah Hagen, debuts courtesy of XLrator Media and just a few days later, Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye makes its way to VOD to give viewers a mind-blowing fun time. Also arriving on August 5th is Let’s Be Evil from IFC Midnight, and on August 16th, Epic Pictures Group is throwing a Killer Party complete with a zombie apocalypse.
Other notable VOD genre releases for August 2016 include Summer Camp, The Suffering, and Hell Town.
Feed the Devil (Uncork’d Entertainment) – August 2nd
Given a...
- 8/1/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
After searching around the world for horror’s most talented filmmakers, Drafthouse Films presents ABC’s of Death 2 1/2: World Competition Edition! The newest ABC’s of Death film will premiere exclusively on Vimeo on August 2nd. Also: a new clip from Fear, Inc., starring Abigail Breslin (Scream Queens) and nine new images from Let’s Be Evil.
Abc’s of Death 2 1/2: World Competition Edition Details: Press Release: “Austin, TX (July 25, 2016) – Drafthouse Films has announced the upcoming release of ABC’s of Death 2 1⁄2: World Competition Edition, the result of an extensive global campaign intended to spotlight the most passionate and talented upcoming filmmakers in the horror genre. The latest entry in the beloved franchise will arrive exclusively on Vimeo August 2nd as a $5.99 download or $2.99 rental.
The series, known for its anarchically alphabet-themed anthology of short films, launched a “Filmmaker Frenzy” competition for the segment devoted to...
Abc’s of Death 2 1/2: World Competition Edition Details: Press Release: “Austin, TX (July 25, 2016) – Drafthouse Films has announced the upcoming release of ABC’s of Death 2 1⁄2: World Competition Edition, the result of an extensive global campaign intended to spotlight the most passionate and talented upcoming filmmakers in the horror genre. The latest entry in the beloved franchise will arrive exclusively on Vimeo August 2nd as a $5.99 download or $2.99 rental.
The series, known for its anarchically alphabet-themed anthology of short films, launched a “Filmmaker Frenzy” competition for the segment devoted to...
- 7/26/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
“Evil see. Evil do.” We have a trailer and an official poster to share with our readers today for IFC Midnight’s Let’s Be Evil, which is set to be released in select theaters and on VOD and various digital platforms on August 5th.
Press Release: “In Let’S Be Evil, three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.
Let’S Be Evil was written by Martin Owen with the story by Elizabeth Morris and Owen, based on an original idea by Jonathan Willis. The film stars Elizabeth Morris (L.A. Slasher), Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon (Mr. Selfridge) and Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables) and was produced by Jonathan Willis. The film made its world premiere at January’s Slamdance Film Festival, with...
Press Release: “In Let’S Be Evil, three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.
Let’S Be Evil was written by Martin Owen with the story by Elizabeth Morris and Owen, based on an original idea by Jonathan Willis. The film stars Elizabeth Morris (L.A. Slasher), Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon (Mr. Selfridge) and Isabelle Allen (Les Miserables) and was produced by Jonathan Willis. The film made its world premiere at January’s Slamdance Film Festival, with...
- 7/14/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
IFC Midnight have shared the first poster and trailer for Martin Owen's cyber thriller, Let's Be Evil. The film made its world premiere at January’s Slamdance Film Festival where it made an impression.
the film was written by Martin Owen with story by Elizabeth Morris and Owen, based on an original idea by Jonathan Willis.
Synopsis:
Three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.
Let’s Be Evil stars Elizabeth Morris, Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon and Isabelle Allen and was produced by Jonathan Willis.
Let’s Be Evil opens in se [Continued ...]...
the film was written by Martin Owen with story by Elizabeth Morris and Owen, based on an original idea by Jonathan Willis.
Synopsis:
Three chaperones are hired to supervise an advanced learning program for gifted children, who wear Augmented Reality Glasses to assist in their education. Contained within a secure, underground facility, events quickly spiral out of control.
Let’s Be Evil stars Elizabeth Morris, Elliot James Langridge, Kara Tointon and Isabelle Allen and was produced by Jonathan Willis.
Let’s Be Evil opens in se [Continued ...]...
- 7/13/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Kara Tointon says her 'Strictly Come Dancing' romance was ''inevitable''. The 'EastEnders' star dated her professional dance partner Artem Chigvintsev - who she met on the BBC One show - for four years and claims the producers put her with the dancer knowing they were both single. She told The Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine: ''I was single and they put me with the single guy! I was so angry. ''I was determined we wouldn't get together and then of course you're spending so much time with this person and he was so wonderful... So yes, it was inevitable really. It was my worst...
- 12/14/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
ITV is putting on its own live version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound Of Music this Christmas. As BroadwayWorld previously reported,the December 20 live telecast will starJulian Ovenden as 'Captain Von Trapp', Olivier winner Maria Friedman as Mother Abbess, Mel Giedroyc as Frau Schmidt, and Kara Tointon as Maria. Tointon appears in a just-released commercial for the television event and you can check it out below...
- 12/9/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
ITV is putting on its own live version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound Of Music this Christmas. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Julian Ovenden will star as 'Captain Von Trapp' in theupcoming live telecast, and according to BBC News, he'll be joined by Olivier winner Maria Friedman as Mother Abbess, Mel Giedroyc as Frau Schmidt, and Kara Tointon as Maria.
- 11/12/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Kara Tointon is to star in a live broadcast of 'The Sound of Music'. The 32-year-old actress - who's previously starred as Dawn Swann in 'EastEnders' - is to play the part of Maria in the two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, which is being broadcast on ITV over the Christmas period. Looking forward to the landmark event, ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: ''This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what...
- 10/23/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
A live broadcast of The Sound of Music is coming to ITV over the Christmas period.
The Sound of Music Live! is a two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, and will star Kara Tointon as Maria.
Julian Ovenden will play Captain Georg von Trapp, while Katherine Kelly and Alexander Armstrong are announced as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler respectively.
Richard Valentine is directing the project, which will include all of the songs from the classic soundtrack including 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' and 'My Favourite Things'.
ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what ITV does well.
"We've assembled some of the very best talent both in front of and behind the camera,...
The Sound of Music Live! is a two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, and will star Kara Tointon as Maria.
Julian Ovenden will play Captain Georg von Trapp, while Katherine Kelly and Alexander Armstrong are announced as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler respectively.
Richard Valentine is directing the project, which will include all of the songs from the classic soundtrack including 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' and 'My Favourite Things'.
ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what ITV does well.
"We've assembled some of the very best talent both in front of and behind the camera,...
- 10/22/2015
- Digital Spy
A live broadcast of The Sound of Music is coming to ITV this Christmas Day.
The Sound of Music Live! is a two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, and will star Kara Tointon as Maria.
Julian Ovenden will play Captain Georg von Trapp, while Katherine Kelly and Alexander Armstrong are announced as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler respectively.
Richard Valentine is directing the project, which will include all of the songs from the classic soundtrack including 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' and 'My Favourite Things'.
ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what ITV does well.
"We've assembled some of the very best talent both in front of and behind the camera,...
The Sound of Music Live! is a two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, and will star Kara Tointon as Maria.
Julian Ovenden will play Captain Georg von Trapp, while Katherine Kelly and Alexander Armstrong are announced as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler respectively.
Richard Valentine is directing the project, which will include all of the songs from the classic soundtrack including 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' and 'My Favourite Things'.
ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what ITV does well.
"We've assembled some of the very best talent both in front of and behind the camera,...
- 10/22/2015
- Digital Spy
Kara Tointon is to star in a live broadcast of 'The Sound of Music'. The 32-year-old actress - who's previously starred as Dawn Swann in 'EastEnders' - is to play the part of Maria in the two-and-a-half-hour TV dramatisation of the popular musical, which is being broadcast on ITV over the Christmas period. Looking forward to the landmark event, ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: ''This is the first time in the UK that this type of project has been attempted - a musical drama both performed and broadcast live - but big ambitious live television events is what...
- 10/21/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
Mr Selfridge stars Aisling Loftus and Gregory Fitoussi have spoken to Digital Spy about their characters' exit from the show.
Agnes (Loftus) and Henri (Fitoussi) departed the ITV series in tonight's (February 15) episode, following troubles in their marriage caused by Henri's war trauma.
"At the end of the second series, separately we both decided to leave the show," Fitoussi told DS. "...and we agreed to make a few episodes to have the characters leave."
Fitoussi called the couple's exit "satisfying", while Loftus also described it as "a really natural ending [that] makes sense".
" I think if people are fans of Henri and Agnes, they would feel it's a satisfying ending," she said. "Ultimately, as much as its been difficult, they love each other and that's the end note.
"It's a huge ensemble cast - there's a lot of characters so I think it makes sense, as a viewer, [to say] 'Let's look at...
Agnes (Loftus) and Henri (Fitoussi) departed the ITV series in tonight's (February 15) episode, following troubles in their marriage caused by Henri's war trauma.
"At the end of the second series, separately we both decided to leave the show," Fitoussi told DS. "...and we agreed to make a few episodes to have the characters leave."
Fitoussi called the couple's exit "satisfying", while Loftus also described it as "a really natural ending [that] makes sense".
" I think if people are fans of Henri and Agnes, they would feel it's a satisfying ending," she said. "Ultimately, as much as its been difficult, they love each other and that's the end note.
"It's a huge ensemble cast - there's a lot of characters so I think it makes sense, as a viewer, [to say] 'Let's look at...
- 2/15/2015
- Digital Spy
Kara Tointon was ''empowered'' by her sister. The 'EastEnders' star has admitted that fellow actress, Hannah Tointon, inspired her to take rejection from acting roles better. She said: ''It was with acting that I found my comfort zone. At first, it was heartbreaking if I went to an audition and I didn't get a part, but I got used to rejection and I just hoped that if I was right for a role I would get it - I was only 22 when I got the part in 'EastEnders'. ''But the difference between me and Hannah is she's far more direct; she knows...
- 1/26/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
Call the Midwife: BBC One, 8pm
New arrival Barbara (Fresh Meat's Charlotte Ritchie) faces a challenge when she treats a first-time mother and the birth doesn't quite go according to plan.
Meanwhile, Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) is struggling with the increasingly desperate financial situation at Nonnatus House, until a mysterious benefactor comes to the rescue.
Top Gear: BBC Two, 8pm
Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May are back for a new series of the motoring show.
The Top Gear boys start the series off in Russia, where they go up against The Stig - all with different methods of transport - for an exciting race across Saint Petersburg.
Mr Selfridge: ITV, 9pm
The period drama returns for a third series, starring Jeremy Piven as charismatic department store owner Harry Selfridge.
Picking up where the last series left off, Selfridge mourns the death of his wife...
New arrival Barbara (Fresh Meat's Charlotte Ritchie) faces a challenge when she treats a first-time mother and the birth doesn't quite go according to plan.
Meanwhile, Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) is struggling with the increasingly desperate financial situation at Nonnatus House, until a mysterious benefactor comes to the rescue.
Top Gear: BBC Two, 8pm
Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May are back for a new series of the motoring show.
The Top Gear boys start the series off in Russia, where they go up against The Stig - all with different methods of transport - for an exciting race across Saint Petersburg.
Mr Selfridge: ITV, 9pm
The period drama returns for a third series, starring Jeremy Piven as charismatic department store owner Harry Selfridge.
Picking up where the last series left off, Selfridge mourns the death of his wife...
- 1/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Mr Selfridge returns to ITV tomorrow night, but the winds of change are blowing through London.
Picking up with Harry (Jeremy Piven) in 1919, the ten new episodes see the charismatic American entrepreneur mourning the loss of his wife Rose.
Joining the show as Harry's daughter Rosalie is EastEnders actress Kara Tointon, while Waterloo Road's Leon Ockenden is also on board as her playboy fiancé Serge.
Meet... Rosalie Selfridge (Kara Tointon)
Kara is of course no stranger to joining an established hit series, and insists any nerves she felt upon joining the Mr Selfridge cast were quickly calmed. "Entering a show that's established can be quite daunting, but the people there have been so welcoming," she says.
"Especially Jeremy Piven - he wants you to do your best... to feel comfortable and to give it your best shot."
Harry's other daughter - the rebellious Violette - will also be joining...
Picking up with Harry (Jeremy Piven) in 1919, the ten new episodes see the charismatic American entrepreneur mourning the loss of his wife Rose.
Joining the show as Harry's daughter Rosalie is EastEnders actress Kara Tointon, while Waterloo Road's Leon Ockenden is also on board as her playboy fiancé Serge.
Meet... Rosalie Selfridge (Kara Tointon)
Kara is of course no stranger to joining an established hit series, and insists any nerves she felt upon joining the Mr Selfridge cast were quickly calmed. "Entering a show that's established can be quite daunting, but the people there have been so welcoming," she says.
"Especially Jeremy Piven - he wants you to do your best... to feel comfortable and to give it your best shot."
Harry's other daughter - the rebellious Violette - will also be joining...
- 1/24/2015
- Digital Spy
We have added a set pictures from the event Winter Wonderland 2014 VIP Opening Night. Guests included Princess Beatrice of York, Tom Daley, Matt Smith, Natalie Pinkham, Lizzie Cundy, Kara Tointon, Vanessa White, Jo Whiley, Jodie Kidd, David Blakely and their son Indio Kidd, Helena Bonham Carter, Leah Weller, Kirstie Allsopp, Danny O’Donoghue, Anneka Rice, Neon Jungle, Jason Donovan, Jo Wood, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Shingai Shoniwa, Hofit Golan, Harriet Scott, Brian Friedman, Natt Weller, Percy Parker, Brendan Cole and Zoe Hobbs, Tamara Beckwith and daughter Violet Rose and Roxie Nafousi. Photos are copyright by Landmark / PR Photos. Princess Beatrice of York […]...
- 12/2/2014
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Pixie Lott has said that the so-called "curse of Strictly Come Dancing" isn't something her or boyfriend Oliver Cheshire are worried about.
The 23-year-old, who is one of the favourites to win the BBC competition, has said that she and married dance partner Trent Whiddon go on double dates with their significant others.
According to the Evening Standard, Lott said of a romance between herself and Whiddon: "There's no chance of that - they all get on really well.
"Trent has met Oliver and we've met Trent's wife, and we all go out together all the time."
She added: "Everyone gets on really well. I think it has just made the experience even better."
A number of celebrities and professionals who have competed on the show have gone on to become an item in the past.
Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev, Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff, and Jimi Mistry and...
The 23-year-old, who is one of the favourites to win the BBC competition, has said that she and married dance partner Trent Whiddon go on double dates with their significant others.
According to the Evening Standard, Lott said of a romance between herself and Whiddon: "There's no chance of that - they all get on really well.
"Trent has met Oliver and we've met Trent's wife, and we all go out together all the time."
She added: "Everyone gets on really well. I think it has just made the experience even better."
A number of celebrities and professionals who have competed on the show have gone on to become an item in the past.
Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev, Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff, and Jimi Mistry and...
- 11/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Keith Allen has joined Bradley Walsh and Kayvan Novak in new BBC One comedy Woody.
The Robin Hood actor has signed up alongside Emma Pierson (Up the Women), Jamie Demetriou (The Midnight Beast), and Alan Williams (Starlings).
The show is set on a fictional Spanish island and sees undercover reporter Woody (Novak) fleeing Britain after being framed by his corrupt newspaper editor. On the run, he encounters his former mentor Brutus (Walsh), who now runs a bar.
Despite their attempts to stay out of trouble, the pair soon find themselves tackling a series of crimes and mysteries, with Woody fooling the locals with his array of impromptu disguises.
Jack Dee, Kara Tointon, Tracy Ann Oberman, Paul Kaye, Simon Day, Morgana Robinson, Lee Boardman, Cavan Clerkin, Clive Swift, Alex Kirk and Sean Gilder will also cameo in the series.
"My goodness what a blast it is filming Woody," Walsh said of the show,...
The Robin Hood actor has signed up alongside Emma Pierson (Up the Women), Jamie Demetriou (The Midnight Beast), and Alan Williams (Starlings).
The show is set on a fictional Spanish island and sees undercover reporter Woody (Novak) fleeing Britain after being framed by his corrupt newspaper editor. On the run, he encounters his former mentor Brutus (Walsh), who now runs a bar.
Despite their attempts to stay out of trouble, the pair soon find themselves tackling a series of crimes and mysteries, with Woody fooling the locals with his array of impromptu disguises.
Jack Dee, Kara Tointon, Tracy Ann Oberman, Paul Kaye, Simon Day, Morgana Robinson, Lee Boardman, Cavan Clerkin, Clive Swift, Alex Kirk and Sean Gilder will also cameo in the series.
"My goodness what a blast it is filming Woody," Walsh said of the show,...
- 11/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Kara Tointon has confirmed her split from former Strictly Come Dancing partner Artem Chigvintsev.
The EastEnders actress and professional dancer were paired on series eight of the BBC celebrity dancing competition in 2010, winning the series and becoming a romantic couple soon after.
"We are not together," Tointon told The Daily Telegraph at the Macmillan De'Longhi Arts Programme silent auction at the Darren Baker gallery in Fitzrovia on Monday (October 27).
"We're fine, but we aren't a couple any more. The reason I haven't spoken about it is because I hate reading about myself in that way."
Tointin previously said that she had decided against having a TV romance before entering the competition added that "you can't help it if you meet someone amazing".
After their show win she said that she dreamed of getting married "one day", but later confirmed she would not "rush" into having a wedding.
Tointon last month...
The EastEnders actress and professional dancer were paired on series eight of the BBC celebrity dancing competition in 2010, winning the series and becoming a romantic couple soon after.
"We are not together," Tointon told The Daily Telegraph at the Macmillan De'Longhi Arts Programme silent auction at the Darren Baker gallery in Fitzrovia on Monday (October 27).
"We're fine, but we aren't a couple any more. The reason I haven't spoken about it is because I hate reading about myself in that way."
Tointin previously said that she had decided against having a TV romance before entering the competition added that "you can't help it if you meet someone amazing".
After their show win she said that she dreamed of getting married "one day", but later confirmed she would not "rush" into having a wedding.
Tointon last month...
- 10/29/2014
- Digital Spy
Kara Tointon has confirmed she and Artem Chigvintsev are no longer together. The 'EastEnders' actress first met the professional dancer when she was partnered with him on 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2010 but she's now revealed their relationship has come to an end. She told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: ''We are not together. ''We're fine, but we aren't a couple any more. The reason I haven't spoken about it is because I hate reading about myself in that way.'' It was reported earlier this year that they were no longer dating after the 31-year-old star was spotted on a night out without the...
- 10/29/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
Kimberley Walsh and Kara Tointon are a few of the latest stars to whip up support for the Children in Need baking drive.
Celebrities including Sir Terry Wogan, Nick Grimshaw and Fearne Cotton recently revealed that they will be taking part in a celebrity baking contest with the BBC to raise money for the UK charity for children and young people.
Each of the aforementioned will back one of the country's best-loved cakes, and ask the public to get behind their team by holding a bake sale with their chosen cake.
Girls Aloud star Walsh, TV and stage actress Tointon, Denise Van Outen and presenter Laura Whitmore have since joined forces to urge the nation to get baking and hold a bake sale to raise funds for the 2014 appeal.
Current West End star Van Outen said: "There really is nothing better than a slice of cake, so come on Britain,...
Celebrities including Sir Terry Wogan, Nick Grimshaw and Fearne Cotton recently revealed that they will be taking part in a celebrity baking contest with the BBC to raise money for the UK charity for children and young people.
Each of the aforementioned will back one of the country's best-loved cakes, and ask the public to get behind their team by holding a bake sale with their chosen cake.
Girls Aloud star Walsh, TV and stage actress Tointon, Denise Van Outen and presenter Laura Whitmore have since joined forces to urge the nation to get baking and hold a bake sale to raise funds for the 2014 appeal.
Current West End star Van Outen said: "There really is nothing better than a slice of cake, so come on Britain,...
- 9/15/2014
- Digital Spy
After all the excitement about the Strictly Come Dancing launch last weekend, we've now got to wait a couple of weeks to discover who can dance and who can... waddle around a floor, badly (We're looking at you, Gregg Wallace).
In the meantime, we've had the ultimate Strictly pub debate - yes, we talk about Strictly in the pub - who is the greatest champion of all time. Here is the Definitive* ranking of the 11 Glitterball Champions from Worst to the Best.
*Actually just our opinion.
11. Chris Hollins
You can't win Strictly Come Dancing and be a bad dancer. However, Chris Hollins would have struggled to reach the final in any other series and it was only really his partnership with Ola 'Chops' Jordan and the dull competition that allowed him to stroll (or should that be Charleston?) to victory.
10. Tom Chambers
Were Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup the best dancers in 2008? Probably not.
In the meantime, we've had the ultimate Strictly pub debate - yes, we talk about Strictly in the pub - who is the greatest champion of all time. Here is the Definitive* ranking of the 11 Glitterball Champions from Worst to the Best.
*Actually just our opinion.
11. Chris Hollins
You can't win Strictly Come Dancing and be a bad dancer. However, Chris Hollins would have struggled to reach the final in any other series and it was only really his partnership with Ola 'Chops' Jordan and the dull competition that allowed him to stroll (or should that be Charleston?) to victory.
10. Tom Chambers
Were Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup the best dancers in 2008? Probably not.
- 9/13/2014
- Digital Spy
Denise van Outen has teased her plans to put on a "theatrical spectacular" with former Strictly Come Dancing contestants Kara Tointon and Kimberley Walsh.
The actress - who is currently starring in her own one woman show - said that she wants to put on a show that will appeal to viewers of the BBC dancing competition.
Speaking on This Morning, van Outen said: "I was with Kimberley and Kara yesterday - we all did Strictly and became very close friends and we miss the dancing and we all sing, and yes, we want to do some kind of theatrical spectacular that we can all put on and appeal to the audience of Strictly and who have followed our theatre careers."
She continued: "We are going to do something next year. It was supposed to be this year but got put on hold because obviously Kimberley is pregnant... so we'll do it spring next year.
The actress - who is currently starring in her own one woman show - said that she wants to put on a show that will appeal to viewers of the BBC dancing competition.
Speaking on This Morning, van Outen said: "I was with Kimberley and Kara yesterday - we all did Strictly and became very close friends and we miss the dancing and we all sing, and yes, we want to do some kind of theatrical spectacular that we can all put on and appeal to the audience of Strictly and who have followed our theatre careers."
She continued: "We are going to do something next year. It was supposed to be this year but got put on hold because obviously Kimberley is pregnant... so we'll do it spring next year.
- 6/25/2014
- Digital Spy
A group of six train passengers, including Dougray Scott's widowed dad and his young son plus EastEnders' Kara Tointon's amiable fellow commuter, realise that they don't appear to be stopping at any stations. With the guard missing and body fleetingly spotted on the line, they soon realise that they're aboard a runaway train with a warped driver at the controls. Think Unstoppable...
- 6/4/2014
- Sky Movies
Someone has hi-jacked a London commuter train and six passengers left aboard are forced to figure out a way to either stop or get off said train. Given the six passengers, I'm not sure where the title Last Passenger comes from, but more importantly, the fact this film doesn't even care who the driver of the train is or what exactly their motivations are actually works in its favor. These kind of films can often get bogged down in the whos and whys, forgetting that much of the time spent debating the villain's reasons ignores the fact the characters are in a heap-load of trouble. Directed and co-written by first time feature director Omid Nooshin, Last Passenger is a one-location thriller with the majority of the focus on Dr. Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott), a single father traveling with his son (Joshua Kaynama). But before he realizes trouble is afoot, he's...
- 4/24/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Runaway Train: Nooshin’s Banal Debut Goes Wrong Way on a One Way Track
What promises to be a nimble, low budget whodunit aboard a high speed train, forcing a small band of disparate passengers to work together for their own well-being, devolves quickly into a stodgy exercise of wanton blandness in Omid Nooshin’s debut, Last Passenger. Arriving in Us theaters after initial foreign DVD releases (and finally a theatrical bow in native UK last Fall), it’s anyone’s guess as to what the impetus was behind granting succor to this tasteless cinematic offering by releasing it in an already oversaturated market.
On the last train coming out of London, hard pressed doctor and single dad Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is trying to head home for the Christmas season with his young son, Max. But a patient emergency means a slight detour for the pair. Luckily, Lewis...
What promises to be a nimble, low budget whodunit aboard a high speed train, forcing a small band of disparate passengers to work together for their own well-being, devolves quickly into a stodgy exercise of wanton blandness in Omid Nooshin’s debut, Last Passenger. Arriving in Us theaters after initial foreign DVD releases (and finally a theatrical bow in native UK last Fall), it’s anyone’s guess as to what the impetus was behind granting succor to this tasteless cinematic offering by releasing it in an already oversaturated market.
On the last train coming out of London, hard pressed doctor and single dad Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is trying to head home for the Christmas season with his young son, Max. But a patient emergency means a slight detour for the pair. Luckily, Lewis...
- 4/24/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: Last Passenger Director: Omid Nooshin Starring: Dougray Scott, Kara Tointon, Iddo Goldberg, David Schofield, Joshua Kaynama, Lindsay Duncan Ahh, what might have been for Dougray Scott. In the late 1990s, he was originally cast as adamantium-clawed “X-Men” mauler Wolverine, but then forced to drop out of the film when overruns and delays dragged out the production schedule of “Mission: Impossible II.” Stripped of that franchise touchstone, he’s never quite reached the same buzzy occupational heights. Now, while Hugh Jackman has gone on to all sorts of riches and rewards, the Scottish-born Scott is left to anchor British-produced rip-offs of “Speed,” as with “Last Passenger,” a runaway-train action thriller that coasts along serviceably for a [ Read More ]
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- 4/24/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
A tight, claustrophic thriller that puts a premium on character development, Last Passenger is one of the best surprises I’ve had at the movies in a long while. Indie thrillers, working with leaner budgets and lesser known stars, are often dead on arrival, thanks to scripts too weak to compensate for the lack of top-tier effects work. Luckily, writer-director Omid Nooshin and co-writer Andrew Love are smart enough to maintain a level of frightening plausibility in their film even as they ratchet the suspense up to agonizing levels. Couple their efforts with remarkably strong performances, and you’ve got one of the year’s best thrillers so far.
Dougray Scott plays Lewis Shaler, a doctor heading home with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) on a late night train from London. At first, nothing on the train seems out of the ordinary. Lewis and fellow passenger Sarah Barwell (Kara Tointon...
Dougray Scott plays Lewis Shaler, a doctor heading home with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama) on a late night train from London. At first, nothing on the train seems out of the ordinary. Lewis and fellow passenger Sarah Barwell (Kara Tointon...
- 4/23/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Former 'EastEnders' star Kara Tointon and her sister Hannah have joined the cast of in 'Mr Selfridge'. The siblings, who have never acted together before, will play the entrepreneur's daughters in the period drama and are set to bring glamour to the ITV show. A source told The Sun newspaper: ''Kara and Hannah are great additions and everyone is delighted they have been cast as Rosalie and Violette. ''They are both gorgeous girls and Hannah's character, Violette, has a very rebellious streak so it won't be long before she starts shaking things up.'' Kara, 30, is famous for playing Dawn Swan in...
- 4/22/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
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