A fresh set of actors are about to be enrolled in what the film series cast cheekily nicknamed ‘the Harry Potter Pension plan’. US streamer Max’s plan to re-adapt the Potter books into a TV show running for 10 consecutive years and starting in 2025/6 should keep the lucky new cast in greasepaint and copies of The Stage indefinitely.
But who will they be? Lead characters Harry, Ron and Hermione will almost certainly be played by unknowns, but the Hogwarts ensemble – Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid and co. – will be picked from the current crop of British acting talent, just like their counterparts were over two decades ago. Who working today could follow in the footsteps of Sir Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Dame Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and the rest?
While it’s too early for any solid cast news, there’s no harm in a bit of dream-casting at this point,...
But who will they be? Lead characters Harry, Ron and Hermione will almost certainly be played by unknowns, but the Hogwarts ensemble – Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid and co. – will be picked from the current crop of British acting talent, just like their counterparts were over two decades ago. Who working today could follow in the footsteps of Sir Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Dame Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and the rest?
While it’s too early for any solid cast news, there’s no harm in a bit of dream-casting at this point,...
- 2/3/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Andre Braugher, the dynamic actor known for his outstanding work on such shows as Homicide: Life on the Street and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died. He was 61.
Braugher died Monday after a brief illness, his longtime rep Jennifer Allen told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause of death turned out to be lung cancer.
Braugher starred as master interrogator Det. Frank Pembleton on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street for the first six seasons of the show’s acclaimed 1993-99 run, then played another cop, Capt. Raymond Holt — this time against type and for laughs — on the 2013-21 Fox-nbc sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
He won his first Emmy in 1998 for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Homicide after a season that featured one of its most memorable episodes, “Subway.” That was a two-hander in which Pembleton tries to unearth whether a man (Vincent D’Onofrio) pinned between a Baltimore subway train...
Braugher died Monday after a brief illness, his longtime rep Jennifer Allen told The Hollywood Reporter. The cause of death turned out to be lung cancer.
Braugher starred as master interrogator Det. Frank Pembleton on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street for the first six seasons of the show’s acclaimed 1993-99 run, then played another cop, Capt. Raymond Holt — this time against type and for laughs — on the 2013-21 Fox-nbc sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
He won his first Emmy in 1998 for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Homicide after a season that featured one of its most memorable episodes, “Subway.” That was a two-hander in which Pembleton tries to unearth whether a man (Vincent D’Onofrio) pinned between a Baltimore subway train...
- 12/13/2023
- by Mike Barnes, Rick Porter and Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
King Charles‘ mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Her reign spanned 70 years and made Charles the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent ever. Upon the queen’s death on Sept. 8, 2022, Charles ascended the throne. But because he assumed the job in his 70s at an age when most people are close to or have already retired, there’s been speculation about if and when he may abdicate and pass the crown on to his heir Prince William.
However, a royal commentator says don’t expect that to happen as there is only one reason King Charles would abdicate the throne.
King Charles III watches an Raf flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following his and Queen Camilla’s coronation | Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Monarchs don’t abdicate due to age
Only a handful of British monarchs have ever abdicated the throne including Richard II of England,...
However, a royal commentator says don’t expect that to happen as there is only one reason King Charles would abdicate the throne.
King Charles III watches an Raf flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following his and Queen Camilla’s coronation | Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Monarchs don’t abdicate due to age
Only a handful of British monarchs have ever abdicated the throne including Richard II of England,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Michelle Kapusta
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It's easy to take for granted the weirdness and shocking nature of the extraterrestrial's lifecycle in Ridley Scott's seminal 1979 horror film "Alien."
In "Alien," John Hurt plays Kane, a crew member of the futuristic space tug Nostromo who finds an outsize, leathery egg while exploring a mysterious alien vessel. The egg opens, and a strange monster -- part lobster, part bladder -- leaps out and grabs his face. He immediately goes comatose. Later, it is discovered that the monster, while still attached to his face, has inserted an unsettling biological tube down his throat. Kane's crewmates are unable to remove the monster from his face; when they pull on it, it begins to strangle Kane with its tail, and when they cut it, it bleeds acid that can eat through metal.
After a spell, the monster drops off Kane's face of its own volition and dies. What happened? It's...
In "Alien," John Hurt plays Kane, a crew member of the futuristic space tug Nostromo who finds an outsize, leathery egg while exploring a mysterious alien vessel. The egg opens, and a strange monster -- part lobster, part bladder -- leaps out and grabs his face. He immediately goes comatose. Later, it is discovered that the monster, while still attached to his face, has inserted an unsettling biological tube down his throat. Kane's crewmates are unable to remove the monster from his face; when they pull on it, it begins to strangle Kane with its tail, and when they cut it, it bleeds acid that can eat through metal.
After a spell, the monster drops off Kane's face of its own volition and dies. What happened? It's...
- 11/11/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Graphic: Images: IMDBCoriolanus (2014)
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
Rating: 8.5/10
Stars: Tom Hiddleston (Caius Martius Coriolanus), Rochenda Sandall (First Citizen), Mark Stanley (Second Citizen), Dwane Walcott (Third Citizen), Mark Gatiss (Menenius)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins.
Caius Martius Coriolanus is a war hero, banished from his home, seeking to come back.
Rating: 8.5/10
Stars: Tom Hiddleston (Caius Martius Coriolanus), Rochenda Sandall (First Citizen), Mark Stanley (Second Citizen), Dwane Walcott (Third Citizen), Mark Gatiss (Menenius)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins.
- 10/28/2023
- avclub.com
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 9:00 Pm, BBC Four will air “Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers? The Hollow Crown.” In this program, actor Simon Russell Beale will reflect on “The Hollow Crown,” a series of Shakespearean adaptations produced by the BBC in 2012. These adaptations include “Richard II,” “Henry IV Part 1,” “Henry IV Part 2,” and “Henry V.”
During the show, Simon Russell Beale, a renowned actor, will share his memories and insights about this critically acclaimed series. He will discuss the significance of these history plays and their adaptation for television.
This program offers viewers a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s works and their impact on the world of entertainment. It is a chance to explore the historical and literary aspects of these iconic plays.
If you have an interest in Shakespearean drama or simply want to learn more about the creative process behind adapting classic works for television,...
During the show, Simon Russell Beale, a renowned actor, will share his memories and insights about this critically acclaimed series. He will discuss the significance of these history plays and their adaptation for television.
This program offers viewers a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s works and their impact on the world of entertainment. It is a chance to explore the historical and literary aspects of these iconic plays.
If you have an interest in Shakespearean drama or simply want to learn more about the creative process behind adapting classic works for television,...
- 10/8/2023
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Icy rejection in Welles’s Chimes at Midnight, Chalamet stripped to the waist, a swaggering Chris Hemsworth – which will Charles channel on Saturday?
On the morning of Saturday 6 May, King Charles III will waken to the realisation that this is the day which he has anticipated, or perhaps dreaded, all his life. Yet there is no reason to suppose he will be nervous. He is a veteran of royal occasions by the thousand and, specifically, his own two weddings which he experienced at the ages of 32 and then 56; perhaps he once imagined his coronation would happen sometime between these two. Now he is 74 and, if anything will cloud the experience for him, it might be the memories of his parents’ recent (and comparably momentous) funerals.
But how do we imagine he will feel about his role in this sumptuous ritual which is in its way a survival from Britain’s pre-Reformation Catholic past?...
On the morning of Saturday 6 May, King Charles III will waken to the realisation that this is the day which he has anticipated, or perhaps dreaded, all his life. Yet there is no reason to suppose he will be nervous. He is a veteran of royal occasions by the thousand and, specifically, his own two weddings which he experienced at the ages of 32 and then 56; perhaps he once imagined his coronation would happen sometime between these two. Now he is 74 and, if anything will cloud the experience for him, it might be the memories of his parents’ recent (and comparably momentous) funerals.
But how do we imagine he will feel about his role in this sumptuous ritual which is in its way a survival from Britain’s pre-Reformation Catholic past?...
- 5/4/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
It took 36 hours for producer Gail Berman to get to the Elvis set in September of 2020. It was a mini-odyssey that involved flying from Los Angeles to New York and then through Dubai and on to Brisbane, Australia, where she had to quarantine for two weeks due to then-strict Covid-19 protocols. But the wait didn’t bother Berman, since by then she had been trying to get the movie made for more than a decade and had already endured a production shutdown due to a global pandemic that saw one of the film’s leads become the early face of the then-nascent coronavirus. (More on that later.)
“My kids used to like to call it my hobby,” says Berman, who developed the project in between her already prolific day jobs developing and producing television shows through Fox-based The Jackal Group, which she co-founded. It was with that hard-earned patience that...
“My kids used to like to call it my hobby,” says Berman, who developed the project in between her already prolific day jobs developing and producing television shows through Fox-based The Jackal Group, which she co-founded. It was with that hard-earned patience that...
- 1/6/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Veteran British theater actor Stephen Greif has died at the age of 78.
His death was announced online on Monday by his representatives at Michelle Braidman Associates. “With great sadness we announce the death of our wonderful client Stephen Greif. His extensive career included numerous roles on screen and stage, including at the National Theatre, RSC and in the West End. We will miss him dearly and our thoughts are with his family and friends,” the statement on the talent agency’s Twitter site read.
Greif played House of Commons Speaker Sir Bernard Weatherill in the fourth season of The Crown in 2020. And the British actor was also known for his performance as space commander Travis in Blake’s 7, a sci-fi series that ran from 1978 to 1981.
Greif was born on Aug. 26, 1944 in Sawbridgeworth, Herts at a nursing home that at one time was a residence for Anne Boleyn,...
Veteran British theater actor Stephen Greif has died at the age of 78.
His death was announced online on Monday by his representatives at Michelle Braidman Associates. “With great sadness we announce the death of our wonderful client Stephen Greif. His extensive career included numerous roles on screen and stage, including at the National Theatre, RSC and in the West End. We will miss him dearly and our thoughts are with his family and friends,” the statement on the talent agency’s Twitter site read.
Greif played House of Commons Speaker Sir Bernard Weatherill in the fourth season of The Crown in 2020. And the British actor was also known for his performance as space commander Travis in Blake’s 7, a sci-fi series that ran from 1978 to 1981.
Greif was born on Aug. 26, 1944 in Sawbridgeworth, Herts at a nursing home that at one time was a residence for Anne Boleyn,...
- 12/27/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This story about “Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann first appeared in “The Race Begins” issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
He started with Elvis as metaphor and wound up staring at Elvis the man. At least that’s how Baz Luhrmann describes the journey with “Elvis”, his extravagant semi-biopic about the poor kid from Tupelo who shocked the world, became the king of rock ‘n’ roll, got it all, squandered it all on drugs, lethargy and bad movies and, every so often, got it all back.
An over-the-top two-hour-and-39 minute musical epic featuring Austin Butler’s uncanny recreation of Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks’ curious take on his brilliantly manipulative and predatory manager, Colonel Tom Parker, “Elvis” is big and bold and silly and messy and kind of wonderful, taking liberties with Elvis’ story but selling it all so dramatically that it made 286 million in theaters after its Cannes Film Festival premiere.
He started with Elvis as metaphor and wound up staring at Elvis the man. At least that’s how Baz Luhrmann describes the journey with “Elvis”, his extravagant semi-biopic about the poor kid from Tupelo who shocked the world, became the king of rock ‘n’ roll, got it all, squandered it all on drugs, lethargy and bad movies and, every so often, got it all back.
An over-the-top two-hour-and-39 minute musical epic featuring Austin Butler’s uncanny recreation of Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks’ curious take on his brilliantly manipulative and predatory manager, Colonel Tom Parker, “Elvis” is big and bold and silly and messy and kind of wonderful, taking liberties with Elvis’ story but selling it all so dramatically that it made 286 million in theaters after its Cannes Film Festival premiere.
- 11/15/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jonathan Majors has an uncanny comfort when it comes to playing men in uniform.
In his first film role, Scott Cooper’s “Hostiles,” the actor portrayed a 19th-century corporal stationed in New Mexico. In the HBO supernatural horror TV series “Lovecraft Country,” he was a World War II veteran returning home to the monsters of white supremacy. He even portrayed the son of a Ptsd-afflicted, Trump-voting veteran in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.”
The military is not only in Majors’ name, it’s in his DNA: His father was in the Air Force. His grandfather served in the Navy.
“I did not serve, but it’s just how I was brought up,” Majors said during a recent interview with IndieWire. “Every man in my lineage, for the most part, who had any real influence in rearing me, with the exception of my uncle, were in the military. If you...
In his first film role, Scott Cooper’s “Hostiles,” the actor portrayed a 19th-century corporal stationed in New Mexico. In the HBO supernatural horror TV series “Lovecraft Country,” he was a World War II veteran returning home to the monsters of white supremacy. He even portrayed the son of a Ptsd-afflicted, Trump-voting veteran in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.”
The military is not only in Majors’ name, it’s in his DNA: His father was in the Air Force. His grandfather served in the Navy.
“I did not serve, but it’s just how I was brought up,” Majors said during a recent interview with IndieWire. “Every man in my lineage, for the most part, who had any real influence in rearing me, with the exception of my uncle, were in the military. If you...
- 11/15/2022
- by Robert Daniels
- Indiewire
“Our assumption is that everyone was trying to do their best.”
UK filmmaker Michael Winterbottom says his upcoming Sky series This England has not been revised to include the ‘partygate’ revelations, that emerged about Boris Johnson after the series had shot.
Currently in post-production ahead of a launch later in 2022, This England depicts the first wave of the Covid-19 virus in England in spring 2019, including the response of now outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson and his government.
“We started writing it in the summer of 2020; the end of the first wave at the end of May was going to be our end point,...
UK filmmaker Michael Winterbottom says his upcoming Sky series This England has not been revised to include the ‘partygate’ revelations, that emerged about Boris Johnson after the series had shot.
Currently in post-production ahead of a launch later in 2022, This England depicts the first wave of the Covid-19 virus in England in spring 2019, including the response of now outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson and his government.
“We started writing it in the summer of 2020; the end of the first wave at the end of May was going to be our end point,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead: World Beyond), Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods) and Linus Roache (Batman Begins) have been cast opposite Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey and Allison Williams in Showtime’s limited series Fellow Travelers.
Fellow Travelers is a love story and political thriller, chronicling the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington. Fuller (Bomer), who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes career in politics, avoids emotional entanglements – until he meets Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a young man brimming with idealism and religious faith.
They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history. Over the course of four decades, Hawk and Tim cross paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s, and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s,...
Fellow Travelers is a love story and political thriller, chronicling the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington. Fuller (Bomer), who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes career in politics, avoids emotional entanglements – until he meets Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a young man brimming with idealism and religious faith.
They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history. Over the course of four decades, Hawk and Tim cross paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s, and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s,...
- 7/19/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
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