With the reboot of Zack Snyder’s Dceu by James Gunn, the decade-long franchise came to an end. Though the films were marred with mismanagement issues and many behind-the-scenes controversies, there were moments of excitement from casting announcements and concepts for films that kept the fans ecstatic.
One such moment was the announcement of Ben Affleck as Batman in Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. The filmmaker revealed the actor’s first look as the Caped Crusader for the first time 10 years ago and shut many naysayers up. The reveal still holds a special place in the hearts of fans as the actor’s performance received acclaim.
Fans Celebrate Zack Snyder’s Announcement Of Ben Affleck’s Batman Ten Years Later Ben Affleck in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
After the mammoth success of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, WB wanted to fast-track a potential team-up...
One such moment was the announcement of Ben Affleck as Batman in Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. The filmmaker revealed the actor’s first look as the Caped Crusader for the first time 10 years ago and shut many naysayers up. The reveal still holds a special place in the hearts of fans as the actor’s performance received acclaim.
Fans Celebrate Zack Snyder’s Announcement Of Ben Affleck’s Batman Ten Years Later Ben Affleck in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
After the mammoth success of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, WB wanted to fast-track a potential team-up...
- 5/14/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
The second half of the British Emmys — the BAFTA TV Awards — are about to kick off. The first segment took place at the end of April when the BAFTA TV Craft Awards gave out gongs for below-the-line artists nominated for their work in this year’s best TV shows. Now, the main ceremony is taking place. This one is where all the big stars rock up as the acting categories are presented tonight in what is a live, televised ceremony broadcast from the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank.
The stars are decorating the red carpet thickly and fastly while the sweat drips from the brows of our journalists just as thick and fast. It’s sweltering here in London. Props, then, must go to “The Hobbit” star Richard Armitage, who dons a pink velvet suit jacket. Velvet is a brave choice in such hot weather but he looks dashing as anything.
The stars are decorating the red carpet thickly and fastly while the sweat drips from the brows of our journalists just as thick and fast. It’s sweltering here in London. Props, then, must go to “The Hobbit” star Richard Armitage, who dons a pink velvet suit jacket. Velvet is a brave choice in such hot weather but he looks dashing as anything.
- 5/12/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Richard Armitage’s Trevor Belmont from Castlevania is an extremely iconic and beloved character from the story. Even in the games, his character was always extremely memorable in every way, having great responsibility on his shoulders. In the animated series, Armitage’s portrayal of the character as his English voice was truly iconic through the four seasons.
A still from Castlevania (via Netflix)
In the final battle of the story, Belmont is forced to battle with the forces of darkness and give it his all. Despite this, he made it through to the other side and survived. This happy ending was more than welcomed by fans. However, many might be surprised to know that this was not the original plan for the character.
Fates Were Unclear
The executive producer of Castlevania, Kevin Kolde, gave an interview with Cbr, where he talked about the fates of all the characters. Specifically, he talked about Dracula,...
A still from Castlevania (via Netflix)
In the final battle of the story, Belmont is forced to battle with the forces of darkness and give it his all. Despite this, he made it through to the other side and survived. This happy ending was more than welcomed by fans. However, many might be surprised to know that this was not the original plan for the character.
Fates Were Unclear
The executive producer of Castlevania, Kevin Kolde, gave an interview with Cbr, where he talked about the fates of all the characters. Specifically, he talked about Dracula,...
- 5/5/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
An intense espionage drama with incredible performance and a thrilling storyline is always what we are waiting for and that’s just what we got in FX’s latest series The Veil. Created by Peaky Blinders‘ Steven Knight, The Veil follows the story of two women traveling from Istanbul to Paris and London as one is hiding a dangerous secret while the other is on a mission to expose it before thousands of lives are lost. The Veil stars Elisabeth Moss in the lead role with Yumna Marwan, Josh Charles, Dali Benssalah, Joana Ribeiro, and James Purefoy starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the heart-pumping thrill ride of lies and deception in The Veil here are some similar shows you could check out next.
Killing Eve Credit – BBC America
Killing Eve is an espionage thriller and black comedy series created by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a...
Killing Eve Credit – BBC America
Killing Eve is an espionage thriller and black comedy series created by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a...
- 5/1/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Warning: contains major finale spoilers for ITV’s Red Eye.
By the end of ITV’s Red Eye, Richard Armitage’s character Dr Matthew Nolan had been awake for (approximate calculation) a gazillion hours. Even if he hadn’t been shot saving Hana (Jing Lusi) from that bullet, he’d still have ended the series in a hospital bed due to exhaustion-related organ failure and having blood sugar lower than the Mariana Trench.
Dr Nolan will pull through though, and when he does, he may require a lucid breakdown of what the hell just happened. From car crashes to stapler-surgery to a rogue CIA plot to end the Anglo-China nuclear partnership, all the way to that heroic bullet jump, here’s how everything landed after Red Eye’s surprisingly tight finale.
What Was on the Nano Sim?
Evidence, leaked by a programmer to Chinese patriot Shen Zhao (Elaine Tan), that...
By the end of ITV’s Red Eye, Richard Armitage’s character Dr Matthew Nolan had been awake for (approximate calculation) a gazillion hours. Even if he hadn’t been shot saving Hana (Jing Lusi) from that bullet, he’d still have ended the series in a hospital bed due to exhaustion-related organ failure and having blood sugar lower than the Mariana Trench.
Dr Nolan will pull through though, and when he does, he may require a lucid breakdown of what the hell just happened. From car crashes to stapler-surgery to a rogue CIA plot to end the Anglo-China nuclear partnership, all the way to that heroic bullet jump, here’s how everything landed after Red Eye’s surprisingly tight finale.
What Was on the Nano Sim?
Evidence, leaked by a programmer to Chinese patriot Shen Zhao (Elaine Tan), that...
- 4/28/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Netflix’s surprise hit psychological dark comedy series Baby Reindeer is surprising people with its cute name and intensely dark story. Created by Richard Gadd, the Netflix series is based on Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show of the same name and it tells Gadd’s experience of being sexually assaulted in his 20s. Baby Reindeer stars Gadd in the lead role with Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau, Tom Goodman-Hill, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Danny Kirrane, Hugh Coles, and Nina Sosanya starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the psychologically thrilling look on obsession and the rawness of the dark comedy in Baby Reindeer you should check out these similar shows next.
You (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
You is a psychological crime thriller series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on a novel series of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the Netflix series follows the story of Joe Goldberg, a young...
You (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
You is a psychological crime thriller series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on a novel series of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the Netflix series follows the story of Joe Goldberg, a young...
- 4/25/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
In his post-The Hobbit years, actor Richard Armitage has carved out a genre niche for himself—a kind of typical thriller with him being the center of attention. He’s either accused of something or his wife has gone missing; it’s mostly along these lines. These thrillers are never great, but they are always watchable largely thanks to Armitage’s charismatic screen presence. They’re mostly adapted from Harlan Coben’s bestsellers, and they’re always on Netflix. ITV’s latest thriller, Red Eye, is not based on a Coben story, and it’s certainly not on Netflix, but with Armitage being the lead, it does follow the same pattern. And despite all the glaring logical flaws, the show is an entertaining watch from start to finish. Like most recent works of Armitage, it is very bingeable. What makes it unique, though? Well, Armitage doesn’t cheat on...
- 4/23/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
20 minutes in to Red Eye, a foot chase through Heathrow airport ends with a man making an impassioned plea outside a branch of Leon. He vaults over barriers like the kid in Love Actually and implores the crowd to film his testimony. Rightly wary of flash mob marriage proposals, the British holiday-going public are slow to act but get his message out: vascular surgeon Dr Matthew Nolan is being framed for murder and extradited to Beijing.
Is Nolan (Richard Armitage) guilty, or on the level? Is he being sacrificed by the British government to protect a valuable Chinese nuclear power deal, or is there a deeper conspiracy at work? DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi), the no-nonsense cop tasked with escorting Nolan on Flight 357, has six episodes to find out.
Li does find out in a thriller that very much rewards sticking with it through the somewhat silly early stages so...
Is Nolan (Richard Armitage) guilty, or on the level? Is he being sacrificed by the British government to protect a valuable Chinese nuclear power deal, or is there a deeper conspiracy at work? DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi), the no-nonsense cop tasked with escorting Nolan on Flight 357, has six episodes to find out.
Li does find out in a thriller that very much rewards sticking with it through the somewhat silly early stages so...
- 4/21/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Netflix is one of the top streaming services for a reason. What attracts so many millions of users around the world is the freedom to choose content — Netflix's library may not be endless, but there is never a shortage of viewing options.
In particular, the platform actively offers all kinds of movies and series in the thriller genre, as users enjoy following nail-biting events full of thrills and suspense while waiting for mind-blowing revelations. Some of the most popular projects are the live-action adaptations of thriller king Harlan Coben, including the release earlier this year of Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage.
But as the number of thrillers on Netflix has grown over the past few years, it's become increasingly difficult to find a series that doesn't follow typical tropes and clichés and offers something truly original.
Fortunately, the streaming service can satisfy even the pickiest of viewers,...
In particular, the platform actively offers all kinds of movies and series in the thriller genre, as users enjoy following nail-biting events full of thrills and suspense while waiting for mind-blowing revelations. Some of the most popular projects are the live-action adaptations of thriller king Harlan Coben, including the release earlier this year of Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage.
But as the number of thrillers on Netflix has grown over the past few years, it's become increasingly difficult to find a series that doesn't follow typical tropes and clichés and offers something truly original.
Fortunately, the streaming service can satisfy even the pickiest of viewers,...
- 4/19/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
Our planet can be absolutely terrifying. From unpredictable earthquakes to monstrous storms, there’s really no shortage of ways in which our cosmic home can kill us. And yet, our species perseveres, with humanity going so far as to entertain itself by telling stories about how we can overcome – or at the very least survive – the fury of nature. In fact, these stories have become so prevalent in popular culture that disaster movies are known to be one of the most profitable genres in all of cinema, and while some audiences remain critical so-called “disaster-porn,” I’d argue that the best of these films are really about the endurance of the human spirit.
And if you’re planning on telling a story about people coming to terms with how fragile they are when confronted with nature, why not place the camera in the hands of your own main characters? I mean,...
And if you’re planning on telling a story about people coming to terms with how fragile they are when confronted with nature, why not place the camera in the hands of your own main characters? I mean,...
- 4/16/2024
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Walton Goggins and Lesley Sharp join us on this week’s show. Not together, of course, because the former is with us to chat Ghoul life in Prime Video’s Fallout and the latter is here in her capacity as head of MI5 in ITV’s Red-Eye.
And speaking of Red-Eye, we review that show, which sees Richard Armitage on the flight from hell, as well as Glaswegian BBC comedy Dinosaur and the return of Belfast police drama Blue Lights, also on the Beeb. Plus we record our first proper podcast in the new studio, run through our (somewhat belated) 100 Greatest TV shows list, and dispense with a listener question in record time.
Listen to the episode on your podcast app of choice or the player above. And if you want to subscribe to Pilot TV+, find all the details here.
And speaking of Red-Eye, we review that show, which sees Richard Armitage on the flight from hell, as well as Glaswegian BBC comedy Dinosaur and the return of Belfast police drama Blue Lights, also on the Beeb. Plus we record our first proper podcast in the new studio, run through our (somewhat belated) 100 Greatest TV shows list, and dispense with a listener question in record time.
Listen to the episode on your podcast app of choice or the player above. And if you want to subscribe to Pilot TV+, find all the details here.
- 4/15/2024
- by James Dyer
- Empire - Movies
Netflix has commissioned an eclectic variety of shows in the UK, and details of its new dramas are right here.
Netflix has commissioned a raft of new shows in the UK. Without further ado, the details are as follows:
First up is House Of Guinness, a new drama from the pen of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Read the synopsis below:
House Of Guinness will tell the story of one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family. Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, it will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that...
Netflix has commissioned a raft of new shows in the UK. Without further ado, the details are as follows:
First up is House Of Guinness, a new drama from the pen of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Read the synopsis below:
House Of Guinness will tell the story of one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family. Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, it will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that...
- 3/15/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Netflix unveiled on Thursday that Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses, Harlots), Jessica Plummer (EastEnders, The Girl Before), Richard Armitage (Fool Me Once, Obsession) and Lenny Henry (Fear the Walking Dead, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) will star in Missing You, one of its two upcoming Harlan Coben novel adaptations following the success of Coben’s latest Netflix hit series, Fool Me Once, which stars Michelle Keegan and premiered globally on Jan. 1.
Eleazar will portray protagonist Kat Donovan; Plummer will play Stacey Embalo; Armitage was cast as Ellis Stagger, and Henry portrays Clint Donovan.
Earlier in the year, the streamer had said that it would make limited series based on the author’s novels Missing You and Run Away, produced by Quay Street Productions. The casting news was announced at the annual Next on Netflix event at central London’s Picturehouse Central.
Missing You is about Detective Kat...
Eleazar will portray protagonist Kat Donovan; Plummer will play Stacey Embalo; Armitage was cast as Ellis Stagger, and Henry portrays Clint Donovan.
Earlier in the year, the streamer had said that it would make limited series based on the author’s novels Missing You and Run Away, produced by Quay Street Productions. The casting news was announced at the annual Next on Netflix event at central London’s Picturehouse Central.
Missing You is about Detective Kat...
- 3/14/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix has revealed a slew of commissions out of the U.K., including a political thriller series starring Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones, the reality show “Buying London” and a TV adaptation of Marian Keyes’ bestselling novel “Grown Ups.”
As reported by Variety exclusively earlier, Netflix has also commissioned the Jamie Dornan crime noir series “The Undertow,” which will go into production in Scotland this year and premiere on the platform in 2025.
Also set for 2025, “The Choice” stars Jones and Delpy as the British Prime Minister and French President, respectively, in what is being described as a high-stakes political thriller.
Jones plays “Abigail Dalton, the recently elected British Prime Minister fighting for office thanks to a healthcare crisis. Vivienne Toussaint, played by Julie Delpy, is the first female French President campaigning for re-election no matter what — including tackling France’s borders. A summit between the two women could be the answer to their prayers,...
As reported by Variety exclusively earlier, Netflix has also commissioned the Jamie Dornan crime noir series “The Undertow,” which will go into production in Scotland this year and premiere on the platform in 2025.
Also set for 2025, “The Choice” stars Jones and Delpy as the British Prime Minister and French President, respectively, in what is being described as a high-stakes political thriller.
Jones plays “Abigail Dalton, the recently elected British Prime Minister fighting for office thanks to a healthcare crisis. Vivienne Toussaint, played by Julie Delpy, is the first female French President campaigning for re-election no matter what — including tackling France’s borders. A summit between the two women could be the answer to their prayers,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
A splashy Netflix UK scripted slate features a historical series about the Guinness brewery from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and the latest ‘one-shot’ offering from Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne and Philip Barantini.
The prolific Knight is penning House of Guinness [working title] from long-time producing collaborator Kudos.
The show will tell the story of one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family. Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, it will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that is one of the most beloved alcoholic drinks today.
Netflix UK content boss Anne Mensah said...
The prolific Knight is penning House of Guinness [working title] from long-time producing collaborator Kudos.
The show will tell the story of one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – The Guinness Family. Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, it will focus on the consequences of the death of Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his cunning will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the growing juggernaut that is one of the most beloved alcoholic drinks today.
Netflix UK content boss Anne Mensah said...
- 3/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jessica Plummer (The Girl Before), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), Lenny Henry (The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power), Steve Pemberton (Happy Valley), Paul Kaye (Sexy Beast), Samantha Spiro (Sex Education), Lisa Faulkner (Archie) and Mary Malone (Doctor Who) are among cast to have joined Rosalind Eleazar (Slow Horses) in Netflix’s Harlan Coben adaptation Missing You, which is currently filming in the UK.
Rounding out the cast are Charlie Hamblett, Oscar Kennedy, Brigid Zengeni, Catherine Ayers, Felix Garcia Guyer and Jo Martin.
Drama Missing You (5×60 mins) tells the story of detective Kat Donovan who stumbles across her estranged fiancé on a dating app, forcing her to delve back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder.
The official synopsis reads: “Eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan’s fiancé Josh – the love of her life – disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app,...
Rounding out the cast are Charlie Hamblett, Oscar Kennedy, Brigid Zengeni, Catherine Ayers, Felix Garcia Guyer and Jo Martin.
Drama Missing You (5×60 mins) tells the story of detective Kat Donovan who stumbles across her estranged fiancé on a dating app, forcing her to delve back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder.
The official synopsis reads: “Eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan’s fiancé Josh – the love of her life – disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The US Oscars broadcast might have gone down a treat, but ITV’s coverage in the UK has made the internet a bit cross. What could happen differently next year?
The 96th Academy Awards seems to have gone down rather well. Nobody hit anyone. Every envelope seemed to have the right name in it. The cameras were generally pointing in the right direction. High fives all round, I say.
Unfortunately for ITV – who nabbed the UK broadcast rights off Sky, who’ve held them since 2004 – when the actual ceremony seems to be going down well, it throws the shortfalls of UK coverage into the spotlight.
Jonathan Ross took on hosting duties alongside a panel including The Hobbit star Richard Armitage, radio and documentary presenter Yinka Bokinni, actress Fay Ripley and comedian/critic Ben Bailey Smith. It was, with the best will in the world, a bizarre mix; all four seemed...
The 96th Academy Awards seems to have gone down rather well. Nobody hit anyone. Every envelope seemed to have the right name in it. The cameras were generally pointing in the right direction. High fives all round, I say.
Unfortunately for ITV – who nabbed the UK broadcast rights off Sky, who’ve held them since 2004 – when the actual ceremony seems to be going down well, it throws the shortfalls of UK coverage into the spotlight.
Jonathan Ross took on hosting duties alongside a panel including The Hobbit star Richard Armitage, radio and documentary presenter Yinka Bokinni, actress Fay Ripley and comedian/critic Ben Bailey Smith. It was, with the best will in the world, a bizarre mix; all four seemed...
- 3/11/2024
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
A feast for the eyeballs! That’s what the UK’s new TV drama (British shows returning for another series this year are here) output looks like for 2024 – a year of thrills, chills and laughs, from supernatural escapism to immersive historical dramas, true stories brought to life, and plenty to feed Britain’s crime mystery obsession.
Here’s a flavour of what 2024 holds for your TV: book adaptations include a new imagining of Ian Rankin’s Rebus detective stories coming to the BBC, a scandalous adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s iconic novel Rivals (starring David Tennant), Jack Thorne’s take on Lord of the Flies, and much much more.
There’s high-stakes action in thrillers like Red Eye, Black Doves and Nightsleeper, and you can transport yourself back in time to discover the lives of a notorious eighties jewel thief in Joan, sinister Jacobean power play in Mary and George,...
Here’s a flavour of what 2024 holds for your TV: book adaptations include a new imagining of Ian Rankin’s Rebus detective stories coming to the BBC, a scandalous adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s iconic novel Rivals (starring David Tennant), Jack Thorne’s take on Lord of the Flies, and much much more.
There’s high-stakes action in thrillers like Red Eye, Black Doves and Nightsleeper, and you can transport yourself back in time to discover the lives of a notorious eighties jewel thief in Joan, sinister Jacobean power play in Mary and George,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
ITV took a gamble when they snatched the U.K. broadcast rights to the Oscars away from Sky after two decades and it looks like the gamble paid off.
The three-hour plus show averaged 551,000 viewers on Sunday evening. At its peak, around 10.16pm, 1.1 million were watching.
Last year’s show on Sky averaged 95,000 viewers while a highlights cut the following evening garnered 141,000.
ITV1 are set to air highlights of the show on Monday evening while the full simulcast is still available to watch on streaming platform Itvx.
In Italy live Oscars telecast scored a roughly 15% audience share on state broadcaster Rai’s flagship Rai-1 station with a peak of 1.9 million viewers, according to national ratings compiler Auditel. This year marked the return of the live Oscars telecast on Rai after airing exclusively on Comcast-owned Sky Italia for many years.
The Oscars has always been a tricky proposition in Europe,...
The three-hour plus show averaged 551,000 viewers on Sunday evening. At its peak, around 10.16pm, 1.1 million were watching.
Last year’s show on Sky averaged 95,000 viewers while a highlights cut the following evening garnered 141,000.
ITV1 are set to air highlights of the show on Monday evening while the full simulcast is still available to watch on streaming platform Itvx.
In Italy live Oscars telecast scored a roughly 15% audience share on state broadcaster Rai’s flagship Rai-1 station with a peak of 1.9 million viewers, according to national ratings compiler Auditel. This year marked the return of the live Oscars telecast on Rai after airing exclusively on Comcast-owned Sky Italia for many years.
The Oscars has always been a tricky proposition in Europe,...
- 3/11/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Oscars coverage in the UK was free-to-air last night for the first time in two decades but ITV’s coverage was slammed on social media for insensitivity and a lack of critical expertise.
The L.A. ceremony was watched by a peak of almost 1M UK viewers and a 630,000 average from its 10.15 p.m. GMT start time until the early hours of the morning but audiences took to X to make their complaints heard.
Deadline revealed ITV had scooped Oscars rights from Sky last year and the coverage was helmed by British broadcaster Jonathan Ross, who was joined by a panel made up of The Hobbit actor Richard Armitage, radio and documentary presenter Yinka Bokinni, actress Fay Ripley and comedian/critic Ben Bailey Smith.
Related: Oscars 2024: The Biggest Moments, Snubs And Surprises
The verdict from multiple critics and movie fans who took to X was that the panel plus...
The L.A. ceremony was watched by a peak of almost 1M UK viewers and a 630,000 average from its 10.15 p.m. GMT start time until the early hours of the morning but audiences took to X to make their complaints heard.
Deadline revealed ITV had scooped Oscars rights from Sky last year and the coverage was helmed by British broadcaster Jonathan Ross, who was joined by a panel made up of The Hobbit actor Richard Armitage, radio and documentary presenter Yinka Bokinni, actress Fay Ripley and comedian/critic Ben Bailey Smith.
Related: Oscars 2024: The Biggest Moments, Snubs And Surprises
The verdict from multiple critics and movie fans who took to X was that the panel plus...
- 3/11/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
February may be over, but Freevee is far from done! Despite rumors Amazon would be shutting the door on its free streamer, the service will instead open the gates to 15 new Fast channels and plenty of new titles this coming month, including 2020’s psychological thriller “The Invisible Man,” the heist comedy “Ocean's 8,” and more.
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what to watch on Freevee in March, and continue below to see all the titles and channels getting added to the streamer in March!
Watch Now Free amazonfreevee.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to Freevee in March 2024? “Emma” | Friday, March 1
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the restless Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and elegant young woman without rivals living with her father in Regency-era England who entertains herself by meddling in the romantic lives of those closest to her as an amateur matchmaker. The film,...
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what to watch on Freevee in March, and continue below to see all the titles and channels getting added to the streamer in March!
Watch Now Free amazonfreevee.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to Freevee in March 2024? “Emma” | Friday, March 1
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the restless Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and elegant young woman without rivals living with her father in Regency-era England who entertains herself by meddling in the romantic lives of those closest to her as an amateur matchmaker. The film,...
- 2/29/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Found is a crime thriller series created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll. The NBC series revolves around Gabrielle “Gabi” Mosley, who works with her crisis management team to find missing people. Gabi was also a kidnapping victim herself as a teenage girl, but what the world doesn’t know is that she keeps her abductor chained up in her basement and makes him help her on the cases. Found stars Shameless‘s famed actress Shanola Hampton in the lead role of Gabi, with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Kelli Williams, Brett Dalton, and Gabrielle Walsh starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the NBC series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Following (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Fox
If you loved the thrilling and dangerous relationship between Gabi and Hugh “Sir” Evans, then Fox’s thrilling drama titled The Following might be of interest. Starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy...
The Following (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Fox
If you loved the thrilling and dangerous relationship between Gabi and Hugh “Sir” Evans, then Fox’s thrilling drama titled The Following might be of interest. Starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy...
- 2/20/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Spoiler Alert: This story contains detailed descriptions of plots and key scenes in the Netflix‘s “Fool Me Once.”
The numbers for “Fool Me Once” keep on growing. Just yesterday, Netflix announced that thriller series — based on Harlan Coben’s novel of the same name — has become the streamer’s ninth most-popular English language TV show ever with a whopping 84.9 million total views in its first 35 days of availability after premiering on New Year’s Day.
“It’s insane,” says series star Michelle Keegan. “I’m not going to lie. It makes me feel a little bit nauseous. This month has been very surreal, I’ll tell you that. It’s been very, very surreal. I’m still a little bit numb. It’s been very overwhelming, but amazing as well in a really great way. But it doesn’t seem real. Harlan texts me a lot and he gives...
The numbers for “Fool Me Once” keep on growing. Just yesterday, Netflix announced that thriller series — based on Harlan Coben’s novel of the same name — has become the streamer’s ninth most-popular English language TV show ever with a whopping 84.9 million total views in its first 35 days of availability after premiering on New Year’s Day.
“It’s insane,” says series star Michelle Keegan. “I’m not going to lie. It makes me feel a little bit nauseous. This month has been very surreal, I’ll tell you that. It’s been very, very surreal. I’m still a little bit numb. It’s been very overwhelming, but amazing as well in a really great way. But it doesn’t seem real. Harlan texts me a lot and he gives...
- 2/7/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
He’s acted with Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Oliver, had two No1 singles and fooled the nation in a spoof documentary. Ask him anything, but keep it respectful
There’s a lot more to Neil Morrissey than you might think. His first ever film role was opposite Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier in 1984 historical mariner drama, The Bounty. He’s appeared with Martin Clunes as a fictitious former new romantic pop group in Hunting Venus and was in the film adaptation of the John Godber rubbish-rugby team drama Up ‘n’ Under. On stage, he’s tackled Robin Hood, Guy and Dolls and Oliver. And he’s had two No 1 singles, Can We Fix It and Mambo No 5, under his guise as the voice of a certain children’s TV character, Bob the Builder.
Morrissey appears in I Am Urban, a memoir of lost children in Leeds with Anna Friel...
There’s a lot more to Neil Morrissey than you might think. His first ever film role was opposite Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier in 1984 historical mariner drama, The Bounty. He’s appeared with Martin Clunes as a fictitious former new romantic pop group in Hunting Venus and was in the film adaptation of the John Godber rubbish-rugby team drama Up ‘n’ Under. On stage, he’s tackled Robin Hood, Guy and Dolls and Oliver. And he’s had two No 1 singles, Can We Fix It and Mambo No 5, under his guise as the voice of a certain children’s TV character, Bob the Builder.
Morrissey appears in I Am Urban, a memoir of lost children in Leeds with Anna Friel...
- 2/2/2024
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
Spoiler Alert: This story contains detailed descriptions of plots and key scenes in the Netflix thriller series “Fool Me Once.”
Joanna Lumley hadn’t read Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel “Fool Me Once” before shooting its Netflix series adaptation. In other words, she wasn’t aware of the final episode’s many twists until she read the script. “My heart was beating so fast,” Lumley tells me. “The cast gathered and we were all like, ‘Oh, my God! What do you think of this?’”
And that’s exactly what viewers seem to be asking each other — what do you think of this? – because the series’ main plot and multiple storylines coalesce into a primetime soap smorgasbord of lunacy and outrageousness.
The eight-episode series stars British soap star Michelle Keegan as Maya, a former Army helicopter pilot whose husband Joe (Richard Armitage), a wealthy pharmaceutical company heir, is fatally shot in...
Joanna Lumley hadn’t read Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel “Fool Me Once” before shooting its Netflix series adaptation. In other words, she wasn’t aware of the final episode’s many twists until she read the script. “My heart was beating so fast,” Lumley tells me. “The cast gathered and we were all like, ‘Oh, my God! What do you think of this?’”
And that’s exactly what viewers seem to be asking each other — what do you think of this? – because the series’ main plot and multiple storylines coalesce into a primetime soap smorgasbord of lunacy and outrageousness.
The eight-episode series stars British soap star Michelle Keegan as Maya, a former Army helicopter pilot whose husband Joe (Richard Armitage), a wealthy pharmaceutical company heir, is fatally shot in...
- 1/30/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
With The Stranger debuting on Netflix a few years ago, some fans have wondered if a follow-up could be in the works.
Based upon acclaimed author Harlan Coben’s 2015 novel, The Stranger arrived on Netflix in early 2020. The series, which starred Richard Armitage and Hannah John-Kamen, premiered with an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score and enjoyed a healthy degree of popularity.
Will The Stranger Get a Season 2? Read full article on The Direct.
Based upon acclaimed author Harlan Coben’s 2015 novel, The Stranger arrived on Netflix in early 2020. The series, which starred Richard Armitage and Hannah John-Kamen, premiered with an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score and enjoyed a healthy degree of popularity.
Will The Stranger Get a Season 2? Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/30/2024
- by Jennifer McDonough
- The Direct
This post contains spoilers for Netflix's "Fool Me Once."
Every Harlan Coben novel ends with a trademark twist. The shocking nature of these revelations usually re-contextualizes our understanding of established character motivations and leads to breakthroughs in unsolvable cases. Coben's "Fool Me Once," adapted by Netflix into an eight-episode series, employs a similar trope by introducing a twist that questions our allegiance to the central protagonist. The problem, however, is that these subversions are not backed by narrative logic and quickly fall apart once probed on a superficial level.
"Fool Me Once" is a murder mystery/thriller that opens with the death of Joe Burkett (Richard Armitage), who seems to have been shot during a street robbery gone wrong. His wife, ex-military pilot Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan), is grieving both the death of her husband and her sister, Claire (Natalie Anderson), who died over the span of a few months.
Every Harlan Coben novel ends with a trademark twist. The shocking nature of these revelations usually re-contextualizes our understanding of established character motivations and leads to breakthroughs in unsolvable cases. Coben's "Fool Me Once," adapted by Netflix into an eight-episode series, employs a similar trope by introducing a twist that questions our allegiance to the central protagonist. The problem, however, is that these subversions are not backed by narrative logic and quickly fall apart once probed on a superficial level.
"Fool Me Once" is a murder mystery/thriller that opens with the death of Joe Burkett (Richard Armitage), who seems to have been shot during a street robbery gone wrong. His wife, ex-military pilot Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan), is grieving both the death of her husband and her sister, Claire (Natalie Anderson), who died over the span of a few months.
- 1/26/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Fool Me Once Review ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Fool Me Once Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett Scanlan
Director: David Moore
Streaming On: Netflix
Runtime: 35–55 minutes (each episode)
Fool Me Once Review ( Photo Credit – Netflix / YouTube ) Fool Me Once Review: What’s It About
In the heart of Netflix’s latest mystery, Fool Me Once, Maya Stern, portrayed by Michelle Keegan, grapples with the tragic loss of her husband and sister. The narrative unfolds as Maya confronts strained relationships, a challenging mother-in-law, a suspicious sister’s husband, and Detective Sami Kierce. The unravelling plot weaves through Maya’s military past, a controversial whistle-blower, and a shocking discovery on a nanny cam, sparking a descent into paranoia. The story takes unexpected turns, connecting recent deaths and hidden pasts.
Fool Me Once Review: Script Analysis
Crafted by Daniel Brocklehurst from Harlan Coben’s acclaimed 2016 novel, “Fool Me Once...
Fool Me Once Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett Scanlan
Director: David Moore
Streaming On: Netflix
Runtime: 35–55 minutes (each episode)
Fool Me Once Review ( Photo Credit – Netflix / YouTube ) Fool Me Once Review: What’s It About
In the heart of Netflix’s latest mystery, Fool Me Once, Maya Stern, portrayed by Michelle Keegan, grapples with the tragic loss of her husband and sister. The narrative unfolds as Maya confronts strained relationships, a challenging mother-in-law, a suspicious sister’s husband, and Detective Sami Kierce. The unravelling plot weaves through Maya’s military past, a controversial whistle-blower, and a shocking discovery on a nanny cam, sparking a descent into paranoia. The story takes unexpected turns, connecting recent deaths and hidden pasts.
Fool Me Once Review: Script Analysis
Crafted by Daniel Brocklehurst from Harlan Coben’s acclaimed 2016 novel, “Fool Me Once...
- 1/25/2024
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
Fool Me Once season 2 may not be on the cards for obvious reasons. A screen adaptation of Harlan Coben‘s 2016 novel of the same name, Fool Me Once recorded average success upon its premiere on 2024 New Year’s Day. The mystery thriller takes viewers on a rollercoaster search for a killer with ample twists and turns to keep the adrenaline pumping. This is one of the many screen adaptations of Coben’s novels on Netflix. With a star-packed cast that sports Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Dino Fetscher, Joanna Lumley, and Richard Armitage in prominent roles, Fool Me Once received mixed...
- 1/23/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Netflix’s library of Harlan Coben adaptations is growing. Following the success of Fool Me Once, the streamer is planning two more series based on books by the best-selling author.
‘Fool Me Once’ hits the Netflix top 10 ‘Fool Me Once’ | Matt Squire/Netflix
All eight episodes of Fool Me Once dropped on Netflix on Jan. 1. The show, which stars Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage, quickly climbed to the top of Netflix’s list of most-watched shows, totaling 61 million views globally in the first two weeks after its release. It’s based a 2016 book by Coben.
Fool Me Once follows Maya (Keegan), a widow struggling in the aftermath of the murder of her husband Joe (Armitage). But not everything is as it seems in the twisty thriller, especially once Maya sees a man who looks like Joe on her nanny cam.
While Fool Me Once has proven popular with Netflix users,...
‘Fool Me Once’ hits the Netflix top 10 ‘Fool Me Once’ | Matt Squire/Netflix
All eight episodes of Fool Me Once dropped on Netflix on Jan. 1. The show, which stars Michelle Keegan and Richard Armitage, quickly climbed to the top of Netflix’s list of most-watched shows, totaling 61 million views globally in the first two weeks after its release. It’s based a 2016 book by Coben.
Fool Me Once follows Maya (Keegan), a widow struggling in the aftermath of the murder of her husband Joe (Armitage). But not everything is as it seems in the twisty thriller, especially once Maya sees a man who looks like Joe on her nanny cam.
While Fool Me Once has proven popular with Netflix users,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Mr Richard Armitage, book the kitchen fitters and treat yourself to one of those taps that dispenses sparkling water, because you’re about to get paid. Netflix has confirmed that two new UK-set Harlan Coben adaptations are on the way, from the team behind Fool Me Once, Stay Close and The Stranger.
Next up for the Coben book-to-screen treatment in the UK is Missing You. Published in 2014, it’s the story of police detective Kat Donovan, whose life – in true Harlan Coben tradition – is turned upside down when her missing fiancé Josh (it was Jeff in the book) suddenly reappears on a dating site. Expect secrets, intrigue and grisly deaths to play out against a backdrop of expansive Carrera marble kitchen islands, Heals sofas, and £80k Range Rovers.
No cast has yet been announced for Missing You, but filming starts in spring 2024 so we can expect to hear who’ll be in it soon.
Next up for the Coben book-to-screen treatment in the UK is Missing You. Published in 2014, it’s the story of police detective Kat Donovan, whose life – in true Harlan Coben tradition – is turned upside down when her missing fiancé Josh (it was Jeff in the book) suddenly reappears on a dating site. Expect secrets, intrigue and grisly deaths to play out against a backdrop of expansive Carrera marble kitchen islands, Heals sofas, and £80k Range Rovers.
No cast has yet been announced for Missing You, but filming starts in spring 2024 so we can expect to hear who’ll be in it soon.
- 1/22/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Netflix has greenlit another two adaptations of Harlan Coben novels after Fool Me Once became a global hit for the streaming service, Deadline can reveal.
Netflix will bring Missing You and Run Away to the screen as limited series over the coming years, with the former going into production in spring 2024.
Quay Street Productions, the ITV Studios-backed production outfit founded by Nicola Shindler, will produce both adaptations after overseeing Fool Me Once. Coben will serve as executive producer through his company Final Twist Productions.
Victoria Asare-Archer, who wrote two episodes of Coben’s Stay Close for Netflix in 2021, will write Missing You. Fool Me Once writer Danny Brocklehurst will pen Run Away.
The dramas will be the ninth and tenth Coben adaptations produced under Netflix’s fruitful partnership with the author, who has sold more than 80M books worldwide.
Missing You tells the story of detective Kat Donovan...
Netflix will bring Missing You and Run Away to the screen as limited series over the coming years, with the former going into production in spring 2024.
Quay Street Productions, the ITV Studios-backed production outfit founded by Nicola Shindler, will produce both adaptations after overseeing Fool Me Once. Coben will serve as executive producer through his company Final Twist Productions.
Victoria Asare-Archer, who wrote two episodes of Coben’s Stay Close for Netflix in 2021, will write Missing You. Fool Me Once writer Danny Brocklehurst will pen Run Away.
The dramas will be the ninth and tenth Coben adaptations produced under Netflix’s fruitful partnership with the author, who has sold more than 80M books worldwide.
Missing You tells the story of detective Kat Donovan...
- 1/22/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
A newly single mom is grieving her husband when, just two weeks after his funeral, she sees him appearing alive and well — on her nanny cam. Was he actually murdered? Or are there darker powers at play? Fool Me Once, created by bestselling author Harlan Coben, was directed by BAFTA Award winner David Moore and adapted to series by writer Danny Brocklehurst. Brocklehurst also worked with Coben on the series Safe, The Stranger, and Stay Close, which were also based on Coben’s novels. Fool Me Once stars Michelle Keegan, Richard Armitage, and BAFTA winners Adeel Akhtar and Joanna Lumley.
“Fool Me Once is a pulse pounder — a shocking story of how secrets and deceit have the power to bring people together while simultaneously tearing them apart,” Coben told Netflix.
When will Fool Me Once be released?
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“Fool Me Once is a pulse pounder — a shocking story of how secrets and deceit have the power to bring people together while simultaneously tearing them apart,” Coben told Netflix.
When will Fool Me Once be released?
Stream it now.
How many episodes...
- 1/18/2024
- by Ingrid Ostby
- Tudum - Netflix
Remember the first year of Russell T Davies reboot of Doctor Who? That season eased viewers back into the world of the Doctor, re-establishing a few classic villains such as the Daleks and the Autons, but also using the Time War as an excuse for avoiding references to the past.
Contrast that to the past few years, in which the show has no concerns with going back to previous adventures. Modern Doctors have met previous incarnations — sometimes in older form (as in the returns of Peter Davison and Tom Baker), sometimes recast (as in the case of David Bradley stepping in for William Hartnell), and sometimes in digital form (basically every other case). Classic villains have returned, not just the Master, the Daleks, or Cybermen, but even odd-balls like the Toymaker, whose one previous appearance can’t be watched in any form anymore. Most common, Doctor Who has brought back past companions,...
Contrast that to the past few years, in which the show has no concerns with going back to previous adventures. Modern Doctors have met previous incarnations — sometimes in older form (as in the returns of Peter Davison and Tom Baker), sometimes recast (as in the case of David Bradley stepping in for William Hartnell), and sometimes in digital form (basically every other case). Classic villains have returned, not just the Master, the Daleks, or Cybermen, but even odd-balls like the Toymaker, whose one previous appearance can’t be watched in any form anymore. Most common, Doctor Who has brought back past companions,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
What links: a drug dealer in Trainspotting, a wrestling referee in The World According to Garp, a disgruntled restaurant guest in The Night Manager, an Aunt who slaps Madeline Brewer’s face in The Handmaid’s Tale, and a police officer in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back?
Correct! They were all cameo appearances in films and TV shows made by the author of the original books. While writers are as a rule happier out of the limelight thinking up their metaphors while hunched solo over a keyboard, every so often they straighten their spines to walk self-consciously through the back of shot in a movie based on one of their books. It’s fun for them. Gets them out of the house.
Best-selling thriller author Harlan Coben (the man behind the ever-growing Harlan Coben Screen Universe) is no different. Of the dozen TV series adapted from his twist-packed novels, he’s...
Correct! They were all cameo appearances in films and TV shows made by the author of the original books. While writers are as a rule happier out of the limelight thinking up their metaphors while hunched solo over a keyboard, every so often they straighten their spines to walk self-consciously through the back of shot in a movie based on one of their books. It’s fun for them. Gets them out of the house.
Best-selling thriller author Harlan Coben (the man behind the ever-growing Harlan Coben Screen Universe) is no different. Of the dozen TV series adapted from his twist-packed novels, he’s...
- 1/11/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
The ending of Fool Me Once featured a huge conspiratorial twist revolving around a nanny cam.
Inspired by Harlan Coben's 2016 novel, Fool Me Once is Netflix's latest mystery-thriller starring Michelle Keegan's Maya Stern as she investigates how her murdered husband, played by Richard Armitage, reappeared after his funeral.
The answer is just one of the eight-episode series' dramatic revelations and integral to untangling this family conspiracy.
Read full article on The Direct.
Inspired by Harlan Coben's 2016 novel, Fool Me Once is Netflix's latest mystery-thriller starring Michelle Keegan's Maya Stern as she investigates how her murdered husband, played by Richard Armitage, reappeared after his funeral.
The answer is just one of the eight-episode series' dramatic revelations and integral to untangling this family conspiracy.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/8/2024
- by Savannah Sanders
- The Direct
Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once has rocketed to the top of the UK streaming charts, unseating Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon on its way up.
The most-watched episode was sitting pretty with more than 6M viewers on the seven-day chart and the first three each topped the 5M mark, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.
Dropping on New Year’s Day, Quay Street Productions’ Fool Me Once is the latest in a long line of Coben’s Netflix shows via his multi-year deal. It stars the likes of Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar and Richard Armitage, following a woman trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband.
Coben’s previous shows such as Safe and Stay Close have performed well for the streamer, handing the limelight to actors who have traditionally worked for British broadcasters such as Coronation Street and Our Girl star Keegan.
The most-watched episode was sitting pretty with more than 6M viewers on the seven-day chart and the first three each topped the 5M mark, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.
Dropping on New Year’s Day, Quay Street Productions’ Fool Me Once is the latest in a long line of Coben’s Netflix shows via his multi-year deal. It stars the likes of Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar and Richard Armitage, following a woman trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband.
Coben’s previous shows such as Safe and Stay Close have performed well for the streamer, handing the limelight to actors who have traditionally worked for British broadcasters such as Coronation Street and Our Girl star Keegan.
- 1/8/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jackie Brown – Picture: Miramax Films
Happy New Year! It’s a great start to the New Year on Netflix, with some great new movies and television shows to binge on.
If you missed any new titles added to Netflix this past week, check out our New on Netflix section for the complete list.
Here are the best new movies and TV shows added to Netflix this week;
John Wick Movie Collection
Films: 3
Genre: Action, Thriller | Runtimes: 101 / 122 / 130 Minutes
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Lance Reddick
One of the most popular action franchises in recent memory, three of the four John Wick memories are now available to stream on Netflix.
John Wick, a former assassin, is grieving over the loss of his wife. To help him through his grief, she bought him a puppy before her death, but after a home invasion results in the death of the dog and...
Happy New Year! It’s a great start to the New Year on Netflix, with some great new movies and television shows to binge on.
If you missed any new titles added to Netflix this past week, check out our New on Netflix section for the complete list.
Here are the best new movies and TV shows added to Netflix this week;
John Wick Movie Collection
Films: 3
Genre: Action, Thriller | Runtimes: 101 / 122 / 130 Minutes
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Lance Reddick
One of the most popular action franchises in recent memory, three of the four John Wick memories are now available to stream on Netflix.
John Wick, a former assassin, is grieving over the loss of his wife. To help him through his grief, she bought him a puppy before her death, but after a home invasion results in the death of the dog and...
- 1/6/2024
- by Jacob Robinson
- Whats-on-Netflix
Los Angeles, Jan 6 (Ians) Actress Michelle Keegan has shared her ’embarrassment’ while filming her new streaming thriller ‘Fool Me Once’ with Dame Joanna Lumley.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ star, 36, opened up about the experience on ‘The Graham Norton Show’, reports Mirror.co.uk.
In the series, Michelle plays Maya Stern, an ex-army captain who tries to solve the mystery of seeing her murdered husband, Joe (Richard Armitage) on a secret nanny cam, while Joanna portrays her mother-in-law Judith Burkett.
Speaking about working with BAFTA-winning star Joanna, she said: “It was so much fun, and we laughed the whole way through.” However, there was one downside, as Michelle admitted: “There were a lot of F-bombs dropped in the show, but I just couldn’t bring myself to swear at her in rehearsal. I was just so embarrassed to say the word”.
As per Mirror.co.uk, the series has soared to...
The former ‘Coronation Street’ star, 36, opened up about the experience on ‘The Graham Norton Show’, reports Mirror.co.uk.
In the series, Michelle plays Maya Stern, an ex-army captain who tries to solve the mystery of seeing her murdered husband, Joe (Richard Armitage) on a secret nanny cam, while Joanna portrays her mother-in-law Judith Burkett.
Speaking about working with BAFTA-winning star Joanna, she said: “It was so much fun, and we laughed the whole way through.” However, there was one downside, as Michelle admitted: “There were a lot of F-bombs dropped in the show, but I just couldn’t bring myself to swear at her in rehearsal. I was just so embarrassed to say the word”.
As per Mirror.co.uk, the series has soared to...
- 1/6/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Happy New Year! There isn’t a better way to start the New Year than binging on dozens of brand-new movies and TV shows that were just added to the Netflix UK library.
First of all, here are the week’s top highlights:
Fool Me Once (Limited Series) N
Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 8
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery | Runtime: 50 Minutes
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J Scanlan
Michelle Keagen marks her Netflix debut in the long-awaited and anticipated adaptation of Harlan Coben’s 2016 novel Fool Me Once. The series landed on Netflix on New Year’s Day, and we expect it to be featured extensively in the weekly top ten reports on Netflix UK for the next few weeks.
A grieving widow’s life is thrown into even more turmoil when her murdered husband appears on her secret nanny camera, leading her to uncover a shocking and deadly conspiracy.
First of all, here are the week’s top highlights:
Fool Me Once (Limited Series) N
Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 8
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery | Runtime: 50 Minutes
Cast: Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J Scanlan
Michelle Keagen marks her Netflix debut in the long-awaited and anticipated adaptation of Harlan Coben’s 2016 novel Fool Me Once. The series landed on Netflix on New Year’s Day, and we expect it to be featured extensively in the weekly top ten reports on Netflix UK for the next few weeks.
A grieving widow’s life is thrown into even more turmoil when her murdered husband appears on her secret nanny camera, leading her to uncover a shocking and deadly conspiracy.
- 1/5/2024
- by Jacob Robinson
- Whats-on-Netflix
Cr. Vishal Sharma/Netflix © 2023.
Fool Me Once kicks 2024 off with a bang as it hits the charts around the globe, but as you may have figured out by now, the show won’t be returning for a second season.
In case you missed it, Fool Me Once is a new British drama series that features the talents of Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, and Richard Armitage. It’s about an ex-soldier who finds out that her husband, who is supposed to be dead, is very much alive as she spots him on a nanny cam.
As with all prior Harlan Coben shows on Netflix and a growing number of Netflix scripted dramas – Fool Me Once was designed and will remain a limited series. That means by the time the credits roll on episode eight, you’re all done. That shouldn’t come as a huge surprise given that the series...
Fool Me Once kicks 2024 off with a bang as it hits the charts around the globe, but as you may have figured out by now, the show won’t be returning for a second season.
In case you missed it, Fool Me Once is a new British drama series that features the talents of Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, and Richard Armitage. It’s about an ex-soldier who finds out that her husband, who is supposed to be dead, is very much alive as she spots him on a nanny cam.
As with all prior Harlan Coben shows on Netflix and a growing number of Netflix scripted dramas – Fool Me Once was designed and will remain a limited series. That means by the time the credits roll on episode eight, you’re all done. That shouldn’t come as a huge surprise given that the series...
- 1/4/2024
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
Fool Me Once gave fans many questions, emotionally-driven twists, and an impactful ending.
Netflix's latest British crime thriller boasts a stellar cast that includes the likes of Richard Armitage and Michelle Keegan. It revolves around a woman named Maya who tries to unpack the mystery behind the death (and sudden revival) of her husband.
Fool Me Once is the main topic of conversation among viewers after witnessing its crazy ending full of unexpected revelations that put even the likes of The Sixth Sense and Shutter Island to shame.
Read full article on The Direct.
Netflix's latest British crime thriller boasts a stellar cast that includes the likes of Richard Armitage and Michelle Keegan. It revolves around a woman named Maya who tries to unpack the mystery behind the death (and sudden revival) of her husband.
Fool Me Once is the main topic of conversation among viewers after witnessing its crazy ending full of unexpected revelations that put even the likes of The Sixth Sense and Shutter Island to shame.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 1/4/2024
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
Author Harlan Coben exploded onto the literary scene in 1995 with "Deal Breaker," the first book in the long-running Myron Bolitar novel series. Myron Bolitar was a former basketball player and current sports agent who became embroiled in a string of sports-related murder investigations. There are 16 Myron Bolitar books and three in the YA Micket Bolitar spin-off series. Coben has also authored 19 standalone thrillers, and it's entirely likely you idly picked up one of his books at the airport. His most recent novel was the 2023 thriller "I Will Find You."
Coben is also notable for being the source of multiple new Netflix TV shows. A 2018 article by Deadline noted that Corben signed a massive plum deal with the streaming service to adapt 14 of his titles into either movies or TV series, to be filmed all over the world and made by various international studios. Since 2020, Netflix has released "The Stranger" and...
Coben is also notable for being the source of multiple new Netflix TV shows. A 2018 article by Deadline noted that Corben signed a massive plum deal with the streaming service to adapt 14 of his titles into either movies or TV series, to be filmed all over the world and made by various international studios. Since 2020, Netflix has released "The Stranger" and...
- 1/3/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Sandra Bullock in Gravity – Warner Bros. Pictures
Happy New Year from us all here at What’s on Netflix, and as always, the first of the month brings lots of new titles. Below, we’ll take you through all the 59 new movies that dropped today and nine series.
Over the past few days, Netflix has added some truly classic movies from the 1970s – we’ll have more on those in a separate article, but we’ll list the titles below.
For more on what’s to come throughout the rest of the month – check out our January 2024 preview, which we just updated today with a bunch more titles on the way, including After Everything: The Final Chapter.
One final note before we dig in. You may be expecting to see Black Sails on this list, but sadly, Netflix has seemingly pushed back the release date. More on this when we get it.
Happy New Year from us all here at What’s on Netflix, and as always, the first of the month brings lots of new titles. Below, we’ll take you through all the 59 new movies that dropped today and nine series.
Over the past few days, Netflix has added some truly classic movies from the 1970s – we’ll have more on those in a separate article, but we’ll list the titles below.
For more on what’s to come throughout the rest of the month – check out our January 2024 preview, which we just updated today with a bunch more titles on the way, including After Everything: The Final Chapter.
One final note before we dig in. You may be expecting to see Black Sails on this list, but sadly, Netflix has seemingly pushed back the release date. More on this when we get it.
- 1/1/2024
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
Warning: contains major finale spoilers for Netflix’s Fool Me Once finale.
Adeel Akhtar walked away with that one, didn’t he? As traumatised detective Sami Kierce, Akhtar pulled a what’s known in technical speak as an absolute bloody blinder, lending pathos and depth to a character who, in other hands, could easily have been just another cookie cutter crime mystery cliché.
Fool Me Once is another solid entry in the Harlan Coben Netflix canon, striking that perfect hangover-tv tone of keeping the pace moving at a lick and dishing out revelations and twists at exactly the right interval, without giving you too much trouble under the surface. It was big, heightened, at times extremely unlikely, but always watchable, and concluded its minor class war theme with a victory (if a Pyrrhic one for Maya) against the one percenters, which is just what audiences want to see.
If any...
Adeel Akhtar walked away with that one, didn’t he? As traumatised detective Sami Kierce, Akhtar pulled a what’s known in technical speak as an absolute bloody blinder, lending pathos and depth to a character who, in other hands, could easily have been just another cookie cutter crime mystery cliché.
Fool Me Once is another solid entry in the Harlan Coben Netflix canon, striking that perfect hangover-tv tone of keeping the pace moving at a lick and dishing out revelations and twists at exactly the right interval, without giving you too much trouble under the surface. It was big, heightened, at times extremely unlikely, but always watchable, and concluded its minor class war theme with a victory (if a Pyrrhic one for Maya) against the one percenters, which is just what audiences want to see.
If any...
- 1/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
It’s here, the newest Netflix thriller adapted from one of Harlan Coben’s ludicrously twist-packed, secret-filled crime mystery novels. This one comes adapted by Danny Brocklehurst with the same UK team that made The Five, Safe, The Stranger and Stay Close, and once again stars Richard Armitage in a central role.
Fool Me Once is the story of military helicopter pilot Maya Stern, a captain who loses her career in a scandal and suffers two bereavements in short succession. It’s fast-paced, kind of ridiculous viewing that takes you down an extremely twisty path before tying everything up in a big not-exactly-watertight-but-it’ll-do-fine knot – which makes it pretty perfect viewing for a brain-fogged New Year’s Day after all of December’s indulgences.
Find out more about the cast of this one below, and happy binge-watching!
Michelle Keegan as Captain Maya Stern
Brassic, Our Girl and former Coronation Street...
Fool Me Once is the story of military helicopter pilot Maya Stern, a captain who loses her career in a scandal and suffers two bereavements in short succession. It’s fast-paced, kind of ridiculous viewing that takes you down an extremely twisty path before tying everything up in a big not-exactly-watertight-but-it’ll-do-fine knot – which makes it pretty perfect viewing for a brain-fogged New Year’s Day after all of December’s indulgences.
Find out more about the cast of this one below, and happy binge-watching!
Michelle Keegan as Captain Maya Stern
Brassic, Our Girl and former Coronation Street...
- 1/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
To celebrate the release of Fool Me Once, the new Netflix adaptation of Harlan Coben, we sat down with two of the show’s leads to find out more about this new thrilling binge-watch.
Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once follows Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe (Richard Armitage). But when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognises in her house. Her husband, who she thought was dead…
Chatting to Michelle Keegan and the great Joanna Lumley, we talk about the lure of Coben’s works, the new culture of binge-watxhing and what they have been watching too, the changing nature of female roles in television, the whodunnit surprises of the show and, of course, the fab Absolutely Fabulous and its continued legacy.
Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once follows Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe (Richard Armitage). But when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognises in her house. Her husband, who she thought was dead…
Chatting to Michelle Keegan and the great Joanna Lumley, we talk about the lure of Coben’s works, the new culture of binge-watxhing and what they have been watching too, the changing nature of female roles in television, the whodunnit surprises of the show and, of course, the fab Absolutely Fabulous and its continued legacy.
- 12/26/2023
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Trailer has dropped for Netflix’s latest Harlan Coben adaptation Fool Me Once.
The series stars Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J. Scanlan and Dino Fetscher and is the latest in a long line of Coben Netflix shows.
It follows Maya (Keegan), who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe (Armitage). But when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognizes in her house, her husband, who she thought was dead. Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce (Akhtar) leads the homicide investigation into Joe’s death while grappling with secrets of his own.
Netflix has already made adaptations of Coben novels including The Stranger, Safe and Stay Close via a major deal stuck in 2018.
Fool Me Once is produced by Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street, which is...
The series stars Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J. Scanlan and Dino Fetscher and is the latest in a long line of Coben Netflix shows.
It follows Maya (Keegan), who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe (Armitage). But when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognizes in her house, her husband, who she thought was dead. Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce (Akhtar) leads the homicide investigation into Joe’s death while grappling with secrets of his own.
Netflix has already made adaptations of Coben novels including The Stranger, Safe and Stay Close via a major deal stuck in 2018.
Fool Me Once is produced by Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street, which is...
- 12/7/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The animated adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings from the 1970s and 1980s have a bit of a bad reputation these days, but these are not entirely deserved. In particular, Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass’ 1977 TV movie of The Hobbit, with a screenplay by Romeo Miller, gets a lot of things right that Peter Jackson’s three-part live-action film adaptation did not.
The most obvious advantage that the animated version has over the live-action films is its length. The fact that the live-action movies are too long is pretty well-established, but by way of a reminder, the book of The Hobbit is about 300 pages long, with slight variations in each edition. Other books of similar length that have been adapted into films include Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Emma Donoghue’s Room, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
The most obvious advantage that the animated version has over the live-action films is its length. The fact that the live-action movies are too long is pretty well-established, but by way of a reminder, the book of The Hobbit is about 300 pages long, with slight variations in each edition. Other books of similar length that have been adapted into films include Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Emma Donoghue’s Room, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
- 12/1/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
A strong cast including an intense turn from Fraser Kelly as the 11-year-old title character can’t stop the gritty ambition of the story sliding into schmaltz
‘You seem like a nice bloke, so I’m gonna give you some advice. Don’t trust me mum – she’ll destroy your life.” That’s the heads-up from young Leeds tearaway Urban (Fraser Kelly) to Chop (Richard Armitage), who has shacked up with the former’s hard-partying mother Greta (Anna Friel). Adapted from Bernard Hare’s 2005 memoir Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, getting life guidance from 11-year-olds is par for the course in a topsy-turvy demi-monde of absentee parents, latchkey kids and rife substance abuse. Originally shot in 2015 and seemingly re-edited in between, the film succumbs to a fatal lack of perspective itself – never fully sure of whose story this is and what purchase to offer on the stunted lives on show.
‘You seem like a nice bloke, so I’m gonna give you some advice. Don’t trust me mum – she’ll destroy your life.” That’s the heads-up from young Leeds tearaway Urban (Fraser Kelly) to Chop (Richard Armitage), who has shacked up with the former’s hard-partying mother Greta (Anna Friel). Adapted from Bernard Hare’s 2005 memoir Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, getting life guidance from 11-year-olds is par for the course in a topsy-turvy demi-monde of absentee parents, latchkey kids and rife substance abuse. Originally shot in 2015 and seemingly re-edited in between, the film succumbs to a fatal lack of perspective itself – never fully sure of whose story this is and what purchase to offer on the stunted lives on show.
- 10/31/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
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