Hulu will exclusively premiere The Killing Kind on Tuesday, May 14. The series is a six-episode adaptation of the thriller novel by acclaimed author Jane Casey.
Nobody understands the dark gap between justice and the law better than Ingrid Lewis. As a successful lawyer, Ingrid is used to dealing with tricky clients, but no one rivals John Webster.
Charming, good-looking, successful, and clever. Webster was accused of coercive control by an ex-girlfriend, and in court, Ingrid successfully defended him, winning the case.
Following the trial, Ingrid got close to Webster, too close, and when she tried to exit the relationship, he turned on her, and her world imploded. Now, just when she is rebuilding her life, he suddenly reappears and tells her that someone is out to kill her and only he can protect her.
Fueled by a need to find out the truth and locked in a game of ‘cat and mouse,...
Nobody understands the dark gap between justice and the law better than Ingrid Lewis. As a successful lawyer, Ingrid is used to dealing with tricky clients, but no one rivals John Webster.
Charming, good-looking, successful, and clever. Webster was accused of coercive control by an ex-girlfriend, and in court, Ingrid successfully defended him, winning the case.
Following the trial, Ingrid got close to Webster, too close, and when she tried to exit the relationship, he turned on her, and her world imploded. Now, just when she is rebuilding her life, he suddenly reappears and tells her that someone is out to kill her and only he can protect her.
Fueled by a need to find out the truth and locked in a game of ‘cat and mouse,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Newgrange Signs Business Affairs & Development Chiefs
Jackie Larkin’s Newgrange Pictures, part of Finnish film and TV studio Yellow Film & TV, has appointed a business affairs and development boss. Joan Lambe will oversee the company’s financing opportunities and strategic decisions along with aiding with the overall financial planning of the company. Ali Doyle, meanwhile, will work across the existing slate of film and TV projects and new programs. The pair’s past employers include MGM, HBO, Netflix and Wild Atlantic Pictures. “Due to the recent lull in the market following an unstable summer of strikes and general slowdown in the business, the growth plan had to be put on hold,” said Larkin. “But we’re in this for the long game and have seen these peaks and troughs before. I am so excited to bring these two amazing women to the team.” Arctic Circle producer Yellow Film calls...
Jackie Larkin’s Newgrange Pictures, part of Finnish film and TV studio Yellow Film & TV, has appointed a business affairs and development boss. Joan Lambe will oversee the company’s financing opportunities and strategic decisions along with aiding with the overall financial planning of the company. Ali Doyle, meanwhile, will work across the existing slate of film and TV projects and new programs. The pair’s past employers include MGM, HBO, Netflix and Wild Atlantic Pictures. “Due to the recent lull in the market following an unstable summer of strikes and general slowdown in the business, the growth plan had to be put on hold,” said Larkin. “But we’re in this for the long game and have seen these peaks and troughs before. I am so excited to bring these two amazing women to the team.” Arctic Circle producer Yellow Film calls...
- 11/23/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Mescal and Sharon Horgan were among the winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards.
Despite Colin Farrell losing out the best actor award to Mescal, “The Banshees of Inisherin” beat out competitors to win best film. In the international category “All Quiet on the Western Front” took home the top award on Sunday night.
Read on for the full list of winners.
Film Categories
Best Film
“Aisha”
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Winner
“God’s Creatures”
“Lakelands”
“Róise & Frank”
“The Wonder”
Director – Film
“Aisha” – Frank Berry – Winner
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh
“It Is In Us All” – Antonia Campbell Hughes
“Joyride” – Emer Reynolds
“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon
“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty & Peter Murphy
Script – Film
“Aisha” – Frank Berry – Winner
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh
“God’s Creatures” – Shane Crowley
“Joyride” – Ailbhe Keogan
“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon
“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty,...
Despite Colin Farrell losing out the best actor award to Mescal, “The Banshees of Inisherin” beat out competitors to win best film. In the international category “All Quiet on the Western Front” took home the top award on Sunday night.
Read on for the full list of winners.
Film Categories
Best Film
“Aisha”
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Winner
“God’s Creatures”
“Lakelands”
“Róise & Frank”
“The Wonder”
Director – Film
“Aisha” – Frank Berry – Winner
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh
“It Is In Us All” – Antonia Campbell Hughes
“Joyride” – Emer Reynolds
“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon
“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty & Peter Murphy
Script – Film
“Aisha” – Frank Berry – Winner
“The Banshees of Inisherin” – Martin McDonagh
“God’s Creatures” – Shane Crowley
“Joyride” – Ailbhe Keogan
“Let the Wrong One In” – Conor McMahon
“Róise & Frank” – Rachael Moriarty,...
- 5/9/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, led the nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) as the full list of nominees was unveiled on Monday night local time, picking up 11 nods in the film category.
“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ mystery series – led the pack in the drama category with 12 noms.
Coming off the back of a stellar year for Irish film and television, the nominations include a number of familiar names and titles, including Paul Mescal, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a film for “Aftersun” and best supporting actor in a film for “God’s Creatures” while Farrell is also competing in both categories, both for his star turn in “Banshees” and his supporting role as Penguin in “The Batman.”
“Conversations with Friends” has also scored noms in multiple categories while Aoife McArdle is up for best drama...
“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ mystery series – led the pack in the drama category with 12 noms.
Coming off the back of a stellar year for Irish film and television, the nominations include a number of familiar names and titles, including Paul Mescal, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a film for “Aftersun” and best supporting actor in a film for “God’s Creatures” while Farrell is also competing in both categories, both for his star turn in “Banshees” and his supporting role as Penguin in “The Batman.”
“Conversations with Friends” has also scored noms in multiple categories while Aoife McArdle is up for best drama...
- 3/7/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Apple’s comedy series Bad Sisters and Martin McDonagh’s latest feature, The Banshees of Inisherin, lead this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Award nominations (IFTAs). Scroll down for the complete list.
Bad Sisters leads across film and TV with 12 nominations, including Best Drama, Lead Actress (Sharon Horgan), Director (Dearbhla Walsh), and four nods in Supporting Actress for Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene.
The Banshees of Inisherin clocked 11 nominations, including Best Film as well as Best Director and Screenplay for Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, and Kerry Condon also pop up in the acting categories.
Irish filmmaker Frank Berry’s latest pic Aisha trails Bad Sisters and Banshees with ten nominations. The film follows a young Nigerian woman, played by Letitia Wright, who struggles to navigate the asylum system in Ireland.
Paul Mescal also picked up two nominations: The first in...
Bad Sisters leads across film and TV with 12 nominations, including Best Drama, Lead Actress (Sharon Horgan), Director (Dearbhla Walsh), and four nods in Supporting Actress for Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene.
The Banshees of Inisherin clocked 11 nominations, including Best Film as well as Best Director and Screenplay for Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, and Kerry Condon also pop up in the acting categories.
Irish filmmaker Frank Berry’s latest pic Aisha trails Bad Sisters and Banshees with ten nominations. The film follows a young Nigerian woman, played by Letitia Wright, who struggles to navigate the asylum system in Ireland.
Paul Mescal also picked up two nominations: The first in...
- 3/7/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
With just a few days until the 2023 Oscars, hot contender The Banshees of Inisherin has been given a boost on home soil.
Martin McDonagh’s period tragicomedy — which has nine Academy Award nominations (an all-time Irish record) — has now landed the most film nods this year for the Irish Academy Awards.
Announced by the Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA), Banshees has 11 nominations, including best film and, as with the BAFTAs and Oscars, the film has been nominated in all of the performance categories for its main cast of Colin Farrell (who also got a nod for supporting actor for The Batman), Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. Banshees‘ 11 nominations is the same number in 2022 amassed by Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl, which is now also in contention for an Oscar in the international category.
Further down the list, Frank Berry’s immigration drama Aisha — starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor — landed 10 nominations.
Martin McDonagh’s period tragicomedy — which has nine Academy Award nominations (an all-time Irish record) — has now landed the most film nods this year for the Irish Academy Awards.
Announced by the Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA), Banshees has 11 nominations, including best film and, as with the BAFTAs and Oscars, the film has been nominated in all of the performance categories for its main cast of Colin Farrell (who also got a nod for supporting actor for The Batman), Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. Banshees‘ 11 nominations is the same number in 2022 amassed by Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl, which is now also in contention for an Oscar in the international category.
Further down the list, Frank Berry’s immigration drama Aisha — starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor — landed 10 nominations.
- 3/7/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Launch
Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s media company Wheelhouse has launched London-headquartered Wheelhouse U.K. “Deal or No Deal” producer Glenn Hugill, formerly with ITV Studios’ Possessed TV, will serve as president of the U.K. entity and as chief content officer at Wheelhouse Entertainment, working closely with chief creative officer Scott Lonker and programming executive VP Will Nothacker, across Wheelhouse’s U.S.-based production entities, Spoke Studios, Kimmelot, Butternut, Campfire Studios and Portal A.
From Possessed, Hugill brings with him to Wheelhouse U.K. Nick Mather, who will serve as creative director, Matt Floyd as head of development and Jack Borgeat as development producer.
Wheelhouse U.K. and ITV Studios have inked a multi-year production and distribution deal through which all series developed by Hugill and commissioned in the U.K. will be produced by ITV Studios-housed labels. The team will work with ITV Studios’ director of unscripted Angela Jain on U.
Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s media company Wheelhouse has launched London-headquartered Wheelhouse U.K. “Deal or No Deal” producer Glenn Hugill, formerly with ITV Studios’ Possessed TV, will serve as president of the U.K. entity and as chief content officer at Wheelhouse Entertainment, working closely with chief creative officer Scott Lonker and programming executive VP Will Nothacker, across Wheelhouse’s U.S.-based production entities, Spoke Studios, Kimmelot, Butternut, Campfire Studios and Portal A.
From Possessed, Hugill brings with him to Wheelhouse U.K. Nick Mather, who will serve as creative director, Matt Floyd as head of development and Jack Borgeat as development producer.
Wheelhouse U.K. and ITV Studios have inked a multi-year production and distribution deal through which all series developed by Hugill and commissioned in the U.K. will be produced by ITV Studios-housed labels. The team will work with ITV Studios’ director of unscripted Angela Jain on U.
- 1/20/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Casting
English-language thriller series “North Sea Connection,” the next Viaplay Original produced by Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent), is currently filming in Ireland and has confirmed that Sinéad Cusack (“V for Vendetta”; pictured) will star alongside Lydia McGuinness (“Wild Mountain Thyme”), Kerr Logan (“Alias Grace”), Alida Morberg (“Black Lake”) and Claes Ljungmark (“Borg”).
The series follows Ciara (McGuinness), who is forced into an unenviable situation when her brother Aiden (Logan) becomes involved in illicit drug trafficking. With both the cartels and a Swedish law enforcement officer (Morberg) closing in, Ciara must come up with a plan to protect her family from a volatile and dangerous situation.
“North Sea Connection” will premiere on the Viaplay platform and on RTÉ in Ireland in 2022. It’s produced in association with Screen Ireland by Mopar Studios and Subotica, co-produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ and distributed by A+E Networks International.
Education
The School of Film...
English-language thriller series “North Sea Connection,” the next Viaplay Original produced by Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent), is currently filming in Ireland and has confirmed that Sinéad Cusack (“V for Vendetta”; pictured) will star alongside Lydia McGuinness (“Wild Mountain Thyme”), Kerr Logan (“Alias Grace”), Alida Morberg (“Black Lake”) and Claes Ljungmark (“Borg”).
The series follows Ciara (McGuinness), who is forced into an unenviable situation when her brother Aiden (Logan) becomes involved in illicit drug trafficking. With both the cartels and a Swedish law enforcement officer (Morberg) closing in, Ciara must come up with a plan to protect her family from a volatile and dangerous situation.
“North Sea Connection” will premiere on the Viaplay platform and on RTÉ in Ireland in 2022. It’s produced in association with Screen Ireland by Mopar Studios and Subotica, co-produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ and distributed by A+E Networks International.
Education
The School of Film...
- 10/12/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Mediawan takes ‘For The Record’ rights
Exclusive: French distributor Mediawan has taken worldwide distribution and European/LatAm format rights for For The Record, CBC Gem’s shortform comedy from Suits actor Julian De Zotti. Mediawan will take the comedy, which stars De Zotti alongside The Expanses’ Anna Hopkins, on the road following this week’s Mipcom. The show had its international premiere earlier this year at SXSW and features an interconnected cast of characters who are brought together in each episode by a song from Universal Music’s back catalogue. Mediawan’s move is “part of a larger effort of Canadian content and its creators to cross borders and find success abroad,” according to De Zotti, who was speaking exclusively to Deadline and cited the success of Schitt’s Creek. Mediawan VP content, Charles Touboul, said: “For The Record is a timeless love story with universal themes and unforgettable music, perfect for a global market.
Exclusive: French distributor Mediawan has taken worldwide distribution and European/LatAm format rights for For The Record, CBC Gem’s shortform comedy from Suits actor Julian De Zotti. Mediawan will take the comedy, which stars De Zotti alongside The Expanses’ Anna Hopkins, on the road following this week’s Mipcom. The show had its international premiere earlier this year at SXSW and features an interconnected cast of characters who are brought together in each episode by a song from Universal Music’s back catalogue. Mediawan’s move is “part of a larger effort of Canadian content and its creators to cross borders and find success abroad,” according to De Zotti, who was speaking exclusively to Deadline and cited the success of Schitt’s Creek. Mediawan VP content, Charles Touboul, said: “For The Record is a timeless love story with universal themes and unforgettable music, perfect for a global market.
- 10/11/2021
- by Max Goldbart, Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re looking for a good distraction or a gripping series that you can binge on, then here's the perfect line-up of thrilling murder mysteries for you. Choose from an array of titles including the riveting award-winner Sharp Objects with a shocking climax, whodunit drama The Undoing starring superstars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, and The Outsider, a murder mystery featuring supernatural forces, among many others that will keep you on the edge of your seats till the very end.
These titles have won accolades at the most prestigious award ceremonies around the world - Big Little Lies swept the Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards and Critics’ Choice Television Award and many other award functions for its incredible performances, storyline and direction, while Sharp Objects, The Outsider, The Undoing and Devs were also recognised at various international award platforms. Catch all these titles along with new episodes of Mare of Easttown,...
These titles have won accolades at the most prestigious award ceremonies around the world - Big Little Lies swept the Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards and Critics’ Choice Television Award and many other award functions for its incredible performances, storyline and direction, while Sharp Objects, The Outsider, The Undoing and Devs were also recognised at various international award platforms. Catch all these titles along with new episodes of Mare of Easttown,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
“Quantico” star Tracy Ifeachor, “Star Trek: Discovery’s” James Frain (left) and “Rocks” actor Sharon D. Clarke are set to star in BBC drama “Showtrial” from “Bodyguard” producer World Productions.
The five-part series, which will air on flagship channel BBC One, is now in production. Ben Richards (“The Tunnel”) writes, while Zara Hayes (“Poms”) directs.
Ifeachor, Frain and Clarke have been cast alongside Sinéad Keenan (“Little Boy Blue”), Celine Buckens (“Bridgerton”), Kerr Logan (“Strike”) and Lolita Chakrabarti (“Vigil”).
Filmed and set around Bristol, “Showtrial” explores how prejudice, politics and the media distort the legal process. The show centers on Talitha Campbell, the estranged daughter of a wealthy property developer, who is charged with conspiring to murder fellow university student Hannah Ellis.
The trial that follows places victim and accused — and their families — in the eye of a media storm. Into that storm enters Cleo Roberts, the duty solicitor on the night of Talitha’s arrest.
The five-part series, which will air on flagship channel BBC One, is now in production. Ben Richards (“The Tunnel”) writes, while Zara Hayes (“Poms”) directs.
Ifeachor, Frain and Clarke have been cast alongside Sinéad Keenan (“Little Boy Blue”), Celine Buckens (“Bridgerton”), Kerr Logan (“Strike”) and Lolita Chakrabarti (“Vigil”).
Filmed and set around Bristol, “Showtrial” explores how prejudice, politics and the media distort the legal process. The show centers on Talitha Campbell, the estranged daughter of a wealthy property developer, who is charged with conspiring to murder fellow university student Hannah Ellis.
The trial that follows places victim and accused — and their families — in the eye of a media storm. Into that storm enters Cleo Roberts, the duty solicitor on the night of Talitha’s arrest.
- 4/23/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Zdf Enterprises, the highly active international production and sales arm of German public broadcaster Zdf, has sealed a major multi-territory deal with Viasat World’s Epic Drama channel on “Dead Still,” continuing the macabre dramedic mystery series’ rollout in much of the world.
Backed by U.S. SVOD service Acorn TV and Irish state TV service Rte, set in 1880 Dublin and starring Michael Smiley (“Luther”), Kerr Logan (“Game of Thrones”) and Eileen O’Higgins (“Mary Queen of Scots”), “Dead Still” will have its pay TV premiere on Oct. 10 on Epic Drama when it will be made available across Central and Eastern Europe, Cis territories, the Baltic States, Malta and Turkey.
Epic Drama’s past lineup has featured some of the biggest international period dramas of the last decade, such as “Versailles,” “World on Fire” and “Das Boot.”
Russian VOD service Showjet and crime channel Polar Plus, part of French pay TV Canal Plus,...
Backed by U.S. SVOD service Acorn TV and Irish state TV service Rte, set in 1880 Dublin and starring Michael Smiley (“Luther”), Kerr Logan (“Game of Thrones”) and Eileen O’Higgins (“Mary Queen of Scots”), “Dead Still” will have its pay TV premiere on Oct. 10 on Epic Drama when it will be made available across Central and Eastern Europe, Cis territories, the Baltic States, Malta and Turkey.
Epic Drama’s past lineup has featured some of the biggest international period dramas of the last decade, such as “Versailles,” “World on Fire” and “Das Boot.”
Russian VOD service Showjet and crime channel Polar Plus, part of French pay TV Canal Plus,...
- 10/9/2020
- by John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until July 13 to cast their 2020 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for programs (save for animated documentary/nonfiction which are restricted to their peer groups). Unlike the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally. In the past, voters were limited in the number of programs that they could put forth. Three years ago that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted.
While there has been an explosion in the number of comedy and drama series recently, the limited series genre had been almost static. There were 25 entries in 2015, 26 in 2016 and 25 again in 2017. But there has been an uptick as of late, with 33 such shows submitted in 2018, 35 last year and 41 for this awards cycle. Even so, with five nominees for Best Limited Series, the odds for each of the entries detailed below is pretty good.
While there has been an explosion in the number of comedy and drama series recently, the limited series genre had been almost static. There were 25 entries in 2015, 26 in 2016 and 25 again in 2017. But there has been an uptick as of late, with 33 such shows submitted in 2018, 35 last year and 41 for this awards cycle. Even so, with five nominees for Best Limited Series, the odds for each of the entries detailed below is pretty good.
- 7/9/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
We’ve conducted many interviews via Zoom across the past few months, but few have been as enjoyable as Eileen O’Higgins, the affable Northern Irish actress, who takes a starring role in the brilliant new series Dead Still, where she stars alongside Michael Smiley and Kerr Logan.
We spoke to O’Higgins on a video call, and discussed in great depth the nuanced and subversive role of Nancy Vickers and how she went about accessing the character, and balancing the show’s comedy with its dark morbidity. O’Higgins comes across as being a very humble individual, and talks about her joy in collaborating with such talented actors – not just on this show, but with the likes of Saoirse Ronan, who she’s a very close friend with. Finally, she comments on her experiences going back home for lockdown, and why she accidentally forgot to pack enough clothes for the duration…...
We spoke to O’Higgins on a video call, and discussed in great depth the nuanced and subversive role of Nancy Vickers and how she went about accessing the character, and balancing the show’s comedy with its dark morbidity. O’Higgins comes across as being a very humble individual, and talks about her joy in collaborating with such talented actors – not just on this show, but with the likes of Saoirse Ronan, who she’s a very close friend with. Finally, she comments on her experiences going back home for lockdown, and why she accidentally forgot to pack enough clothes for the duration…...
- 7/7/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Svod service Acorn TV and Irish pubcaster Rte are joining forces for “Dead Still,” about a memorial photographer who investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects in 1880s Ireland. Michael Smiley (“Luther”) and Kerr Logan (“Game of Thrones”) will star alongside Eileen O’Higgins (“Mary Queen of Scots”) and Aidan O’Hare (“Jackie”) in the six-part series.
“Dead Still” will be Acorn TV’s latest original and bow on the streamer in the U.S. and Australasia in 2020. It will share premiere rights with Rogers in Canada.
The series is an official Ireland-Canada co-production, with Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Dublin-based Deadpan sharing production duties. Screen Ireland and Creative Europe backed development of the series. Zdf Enterprises has international rights. It will sell the series outside of Ireland and the territories in which Acorn has it, which include the U.K.
“Dead Still” is written by John Morton. It is being...
“Dead Still” will be Acorn TV’s latest original and bow on the streamer in the U.S. and Australasia in 2020. It will share premiere rights with Rogers in Canada.
The series is an official Ireland-Canada co-production, with Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Dublin-based Deadpan sharing production duties. Screen Ireland and Creative Europe backed development of the series. Zdf Enterprises has international rights. It will sell the series outside of Ireland and the territories in which Acorn has it, which include the U.K.
“Dead Still” is written by John Morton. It is being...
- 5/30/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Acorn TV has partnered with Irish broadcaster RTÉ on its latest drama co-production – period mystery Dead Still.
The U.S. Svod service will launch the six-part series in 2020. It comes from Irish producer Deadpan Pictures, Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Germany’s Zdf Enterprises.
Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of postmortem photography, the period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects
Written by John Morton (People Like Us) and directed by Imogen Murphy (Red Rock) and Craig David Wallace (Slasher), Acorn TV has rights in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom; co-premiere rights in Canada; and secondary rights in Ireland. Zdf Enterprises will distribute the series in the rest of the world. It was developed with the support of Screen Ireland and Creative Europe.
The show stars Luther’s Michael Smiley, Game of Thrones’ Kerr Logan,...
The U.S. Svod service will launch the six-part series in 2020. It comes from Irish producer Deadpan Pictures, Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Germany’s Zdf Enterprises.
Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of postmortem photography, the period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects
Written by John Morton (People Like Us) and directed by Imogen Murphy (Red Rock) and Craig David Wallace (Slasher), Acorn TV has rights in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom; co-premiere rights in Canada; and secondary rights in Ireland. Zdf Enterprises will distribute the series in the rest of the world. It was developed with the support of Screen Ireland and Creative Europe.
The show stars Luther’s Michael Smiley, Game of Thrones’ Kerr Logan,...
- 5/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kerr Logan, Michael Smiley, Eileen O’Higgins star in gallows humour tale of Victorian photographer who investigates murders.
Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame) has come on board Irish period drama series Dead Still, currently shooting in Ireland for national public service broadcaster Rte.
Ame, the UK-based development division of Us Ott channel Acorn TV, has secured all rights to the series for the Us, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It also has co-premiere rights for Canada and secondary rights for Ireland.
Centring on a memorial photographer in Victorian Ireland who investigates the murders of his subjects, Dead Still will premiere...
Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame) has come on board Irish period drama series Dead Still, currently shooting in Ireland for national public service broadcaster Rte.
Ame, the UK-based development division of Us Ott channel Acorn TV, has secured all rights to the series for the Us, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It also has co-premiere rights for Canada and secondary rights for Ireland.
Centring on a memorial photographer in Victorian Ireland who investigates the murders of his subjects, Dead Still will premiere...
- 5/30/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The first season of the Cb Strike TV show on Cinemax originally aired in UK on BBC One, as a mini-series called Strike. Because the seven-episode season is based on a series of novels, subsequent seasons are only likely if new books are released. How much will the first season's ratings success play into all of these decisions? Ultimately, will Cb Strike be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. A British detective drama, season one of Cb Strike stars Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Ben Crompton, Natasha O’Keeffe, Killian Scott, and Sargon Yelda. The Cinemax series is based on Jk Rowling’s Comoran Strike detective novel series, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The crime drama centers on war veteran Comoran “C.B.” Strike (Burke). Once again a civilian, working out of a London office, Strike uses his military experience in his...
- 6/26/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 25 to cast their ballots for program nominations (save for animated documentary/nonfiction which are restricted to their peer groups.) Unlike the Oscars, Emmy voters do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally. In the past, voters were limited in the number of programs that they could put forth. Last year that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted.
While there has been an explosion in the number of comedy and drama series in the last several years, the limited series genre had been almost static. There were 25 entries in 2015, 26 in 2016 and 25 again in 2017. But this year there has been an uptick, with 33 such shows submitted. Even so, with six nominees for Best Limited Series, the odds for each of the entries detailed below are pretty good. We fill find out which half dozen...
While there has been an explosion in the number of comedy and drama series in the last several years, the limited series genre had been almost static. There were 25 entries in 2015, 26 in 2016 and 25 again in 2017. But this year there has been an uptick, with 33 such shows submitted. Even so, with six nominees for Best Limited Series, the odds for each of the entries detailed below are pretty good. We fill find out which half dozen...
- 6/13/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Vulture Watch Will Comoran Strike stay on the case? Has the Cb Strike TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Cinemax? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Cb Strike, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? A Cinemax detective drama, Cb Strike stars Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Ben Crompton, Natasha O’Keeffe, Killian Scott, and Sargon Yelda. The British series is based on Jk Rowling’s Comoran Strike detective novel series, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The crime drama centers on war veteran Comoran “C.B.” Strike (Burke). Once again a civilian, working out of a London office, Strike uses his...
- 6/12/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Is Cb Strike at the top of his game during the first season of the Cb Strike TV show on Cinemax? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Cb Strike is cancelled or renewed. (The show is billed as a mini-series so season two seems unlikely). Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the Cb Strike season one episodes below. A Cinemax detective drama, Cb Strike stars Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Ben Crompton, Natasha O’Keeffe, Killian Scott, and Sargon Yelda. The British series is based on Jk Rowling’s Comoran Strike detective novel series, written under...
- 6/3/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Cinemax. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: June 1, 2018 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Kerr Logan, Ben Crompton, Natasha O'Keeffe, Killian Scott, and Sargon Yelda. TV show description: Based on Jk Rowling's Comoran Strike detective novel series, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, the Cb Strike TV show airs on BBC One under the title Strike. Cb Strike began as mini-series, but future seasons are a possibility. The crime drama centers on war veteran Comoran "C.B." Strike (Tom Burke). Once again a civilian, Strike now works as a private investigator, out of his Denmark Street office, in London. His time...
- 6/2/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
For two decades, Sarah Polley has been desperately trying to adapt Margaret Atwood's book about a young woman who was abused, mistreated and silenced in the mid-1800s. By the time the 38-year-old actor-turned-writer/director brought the author's 1996 historical novel Alias Grace to the small screen – the six-hour miniseries began streaming on Netflix in early November – she had no idea she'd end up discussing the very same issues taking place in the 21st century. "I was imagining when I did press for [this], I would be introducing this as a conversation,...
- 11/7/2017
- Rollingstone.com
From Jack the Ripper to John Wayne Gacy to Aileen Wuornos, the horrific legacies of serial killers have managed to both appall and intrigue, as people attempt to explore and understand the darkest depths of the human psyche. Hollywood has mined this territory for years, with dozens of scripted true-crime movies and TV series exploring the “why” of those who snap.
But why are we so obsessed? Alex Wolff, who stars in the new movie My Friend Dahmer, about the high school years of the notorious mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, has a theory. “People are interested in seeing how things happen and maybe finding out what things could be different,” he tells Et. “Like, what is it about him that’s so different from me, or my next-door neighbor who seems a little bit off? That’s why people are interested in seeing the birth of things like this -- for their own comfort, for their own life...
But why are we so obsessed? Alex Wolff, who stars in the new movie My Friend Dahmer, about the high school years of the notorious mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, has a theory. “People are interested in seeing how things happen and maybe finding out what things could be different,” he tells Et. “Like, what is it about him that’s so different from me, or my next-door neighbor who seems a little bit off? That’s why people are interested in seeing the birth of things like this -- for their own comfort, for their own life...
- 11/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Vulture Watch Is Grace Marks' fate carved in stone? Has the Alias Grace TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Netflix? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Alias Grace, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About? A Canadian series streaming on the Netflix paid subscription platform, Alias Grace stars Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Anna Paquin, Paul Gross, Rebecca Liddiard, Kerr Logan, Zachary Levi, and David Cronenberg. A Sarah Polley adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel which was inspired by real-life events, the historical drama centers on a poor, young Irish immigrant from Ulster — Grace Marks. Grace works as a domestic servant in...
- 11/3/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Netflix. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: November 3, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Anna Paquin, Paul Gross, Rebecca Liddiard, Kerr Logan, Zachary Levi, and David Cronenberg. TV show description: A Sarah Polley adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel which was inspired by real-life events, the Alias Grace TV show centers on a poor, young Irish immigrant from Ulster -- Grace Marks. Grace works as a domestic servant in Upper Canada. After her employer and his housekeeper are brutally murdered, Grace and a stablehand are accused of the crime. Read More…...
- 11/3/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Becky Lea Nov 3, 2017
Sarah Polley's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace is now on Netflix and nothing short of a triumph. Spoilers ahead in our review...
Warning: contains book and series spoilers.
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There is a quilt pattern, mentioned in Alias Grace, called Attic Windows, which is an exercise in shifting perspectives. To look at the quilt one way is to see a collection of closed boxes, but to look at it from another finds you looking at open boxes. A quilt such as this one is stitched together from various materials, each one individual but in service of the larger pattern. To see one part of the quilt is to only see one aspect of it. A quilt must be seen in its entirety in order to appreciate the pattern effect as a whole. Alias Grace is a similar kind of construction,...
Sarah Polley's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace is now on Netflix and nothing short of a triumph. Spoilers ahead in our review...
Warning: contains book and series spoilers.
See related Paddington 2 review Paul King interview: Paddington 2
There is a quilt pattern, mentioned in Alias Grace, called Attic Windows, which is an exercise in shifting perspectives. To look at the quilt one way is to see a collection of closed boxes, but to look at it from another finds you looking at open boxes. A quilt such as this one is stitched together from various materials, each one individual but in service of the larger pattern. To see one part of the quilt is to only see one aspect of it. A quilt must be seen in its entirety in order to appreciate the pattern effect as a whole. Alias Grace is a similar kind of construction,...
- 11/2/2017
- Den of Geek
Sarah Gadon on How Margaret Atwood's Work Resonates in Hollywood’s Truth-Telling Climate (Exclusive)
In light of the recently amplified conversation surrounding sexual harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood, Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel, Alias Grace, feels at once timely and timeless. The new six-part Netflix miniseries, set in 19th-century Canada, tussles with a lot of the same themes that are making headlines today: female agency, abortion, immigrant rights and class tensions.
Adapted by Sarah Polley for the screen, Alias Grace weaves in and out of the life of Grace Marks, an Irish immigrant and servant girl who finds herself thrust into the public spotlight as a “celebrated murderess” after her master and his mistress are brutally killed at their farm. Grace and stableman James McDermott are both convicted of the crime. But while McDermott (Kerr Logan) is hanged, Grace is sentenced to life imprisonment. A church committee sets out to prove her innocence, citing hysteria or psychological issues (Grace cannot recall committing the murders), enlisting the help of Dr. Simon Jordan (Edward Holcroft), a physician...
Adapted by Sarah Polley for the screen, Alias Grace weaves in and out of the life of Grace Marks, an Irish immigrant and servant girl who finds herself thrust into the public spotlight as a “celebrated murderess” after her master and his mistress are brutally killed at their farm. Grace and stableman James McDermott are both convicted of the crime. But while McDermott (Kerr Logan) is hanged, Grace is sentenced to life imprisonment. A church committee sets out to prove her innocence, citing hysteria or psychological issues (Grace cannot recall committing the murders), enlisting the help of Dr. Simon Jordan (Edward Holcroft), a physician...
- 11/1/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
For someone who has established such an illustrious and prolific career from crafting stories rife with nuanced themes of identity, gender, and complacency, Margaret Atwood has a fairly disenchanted view of narrators. Namely, she believes that none of them should be taken at face value.
“I don’t think anyone is a reliable narrator — in real life or anywhere else,” she told audiences Thursday night at the Tiff world premiere of “Alias Grace.” “Who tells the absolute truth all the time? There was a movie made where people were cursed with having to tell the absolute truth all the time and the result was… not pretty.”
The upcoming six-part miniseries from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and Netflix is based on Atwood’s novel of the same name, and is a pet project from producer and actress Sarah Polley, who started trying to option the rights when she was just 17 years old.
“I don’t think anyone is a reliable narrator — in real life or anywhere else,” she told audiences Thursday night at the Tiff world premiere of “Alias Grace.” “Who tells the absolute truth all the time? There was a movie made where people were cursed with having to tell the absolute truth all the time and the result was… not pretty.”
The upcoming six-part miniseries from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and Netflix is based on Atwood’s novel of the same name, and is a pet project from producer and actress Sarah Polley, who started trying to option the rights when she was just 17 years old.
- 9/15/2017
- by Amber Dowling
- Indiewire
Just ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, Netflix has released a new trailer for Alias Grace, its six-part limited series inspired by the true story of convicted murderer Grace Marks. Sarah Gadon stars as Marks, a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who – along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) – finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 double murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross)…...
- 9/8/2017
- Deadline TV
Netflix released the first teaser for its six-hour historical fiction, murder miniseries “Alias Grace” on Monday, based on the novel by “The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood. The novel, published in 1996, blends fiction and reality. Atwood was inspired by the 1843 Upper Canadian murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin). Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon) and James McDermott (Kerr Logan) were charged with the crime. McDermott was hanged while Marks was sentenced to life in prison. The question remained though whether Marks was involved with the murder itself or was just an accessory. She was eventually (spoiler?...
- 7/24/2017
- by Carli Velocci
- The Wrap
Margaret Atwood is shaping up to be the biggest TV star of 2017.
Back in May, the first-look photos gave a colorful first look at “Alias Grace,” a six-part series based on Atwood’s novel of the same name, a based-on-a-true-story 19th century Canadian murder saga. Coupled with the eerie behind-the-scenes Instagram posts from the set, this seemed like a show that could balance dark and light to a chilling effect.
Read More: ‘Alias Grace’ First Look: Sarah Polley Brings Another Powerful Margaret Atwood Story to the Small Screen
Now, we have a little more visual and plot information about the Mary Harron-directed series thanks to the first full trailer. In addition to the “American Psycho” director behind the camera, the series was written by actor/filmmaker/documentarian Sarah Polley. (If you have not yet seen “Stories We Tell,” it is impossible to overstate how quickly that should be added to your to-do list.
Back in May, the first-look photos gave a colorful first look at “Alias Grace,” a six-part series based on Atwood’s novel of the same name, a based-on-a-true-story 19th century Canadian murder saga. Coupled with the eerie behind-the-scenes Instagram posts from the set, this seemed like a show that could balance dark and light to a chilling effect.
Read More: ‘Alias Grace’ First Look: Sarah Polley Brings Another Powerful Margaret Atwood Story to the Small Screen
Now, we have a little more visual and plot information about the Mary Harron-directed series thanks to the first full trailer. In addition to the “American Psycho” director behind the camera, the series was written by actor/filmmaker/documentarian Sarah Polley. (If you have not yet seen “Stories We Tell,” it is impossible to overstate how quickly that should be added to your to-do list.
- 7/18/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Hulu hit a homerun this spring with its first foray into prestige television, the superb adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” And now, Netflix is getting into the Atwood adaptation game.
Based on the author’s award-winning 1996 novel of the same name, “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a servant in Upper Canada who was accused, alongside James McDermott (Kerr Logan), of the notorious 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
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Based on the author’s award-winning 1996 novel of the same name, “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a servant in Upper Canada who was accused, alongside James McDermott (Kerr Logan), of the notorious 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
Continue reading First Trailer For Netflix’s Margaret Atwood Adaptation ‘Alias Grace’ at The Playlist.
- 7/18/2017
- by Anthony Casella
- The Playlist
Network: PBS. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates (Us): June 18, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Ciarán Hinds, Michael Nevin, Hattie Morahan, Owen McDonnell, Mia Carlin, Isaac Heslip, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Eileen O'Higgins, Des McAleer, Gavin Drea, Ryan McParland, Aaron Staton, Frankie McCafferty, and Kerr Logan. TV show description: A World War II period drama, My Mother and Other Strangers centers on the Coyne family and their neighbors. In 1943, the addition of a United States Army Air Force (Usaaf) airfield and its 4,000 personnel has a huge impact on Moybeg, a nearby rural Northern Ireland parish. The story unfolds from the point of view of ten year old Francis Coyne (Nevin; with adult...
- 6/19/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Margaret Atwood fans are getting another adaptation of the legendary author’s novels this year, and if you thought “The Handmaid’s Tale” was super-Canadian, “Alias Grace” will blow you away.
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Cast Reveals What It Feels Like to Destroy America and Become Gilead’s Power Couple (Spoilers)
Written and produced by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron, “Alias Grace,” according to the official Netflix synopsis, “tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).”
Polley’s transition from in front of the camera to behind it has given us lovely works like “Take This Waltz,” and Harron was of...
Read More: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Cast Reveals What It Feels Like to Destroy America and Become Gilead’s Power Couple (Spoilers)
Written and produced by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron, “Alias Grace,” according to the official Netflix synopsis, “tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).”
Polley’s transition from in front of the camera to behind it has given us lovely works like “Take This Waltz,” and Harron was of...
- 5/18/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
This spring, Hulu‘s stunning adaptation of Margaret Atwood‘s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has become one of the major television talking points among critics and audiences, and the good news for both is that another one of the author’s works is coming to the small screen, and it also looks like it’ll pack a wallop.
Penned by Sarah Polley (“Away From Her,” “Take This Waltz“) and directed by Mary Harron (“American Psycho“), Netflix‘s “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
Continue reading First Look: Netflix’s Margaret Atwood Adaptation ‘Alias Grace,’ Written By Sarah Polley...
Penned by Sarah Polley (“Away From Her,” “Take This Waltz“) and directed by Mary Harron (“American Psycho“), Netflix‘s “Alias Grace” is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who — along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) — finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 murders of her employer, wealthy farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin).
Continue reading First Look: Netflix’s Margaret Atwood Adaptation ‘Alias Grace,’ Written By Sarah Polley...
- 5/18/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Production has begun in Toronto, on the Alias Grace TV show coming to Netflix and CBC. Based on the Margaret Atwell novel, the six-hour mini is inspired by the true story of Grace Marks who was convicted of murdering Nancy Montgomery and Thomas Kinnear. Alias Grace will be broadcast in Canada on CBC and will stream globally – everywhere outside of Canada – on Netflix.Alias Grace stars: Sarah Gadon, Anna Paquin, Zachary Levi, Paul Gross, Edward Holcroft, Kerr Logan, Rebecca Liddiard, and Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg. Atwell has a brief cameo. The murder-mystery drama is written and produced by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron. Get the details from this Netflix press release. Read More…...
- 9/9/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Channel 4 has dropped sitcom London Irish.
The channel told Broadcast that it has no plans to move forward with the series, which ran for six episodes in autumn 2013.
A spokeswoman said: "There are currently no plans for a second series."
The series - which starred Ardal O'Hanlon - debuted to 1.2 million viewers, but only averaged 704,000 over the course of its six episodes.
Peter Campion, Sinead Keenan, Kerr Logan, Kat Reagan and Tracey Lynch also starred in the sitcom.
Earlier this month, Channel 4 ordered a new sitcom pilot from Mighty Boosh star Rich Fulcher. The proposed series is based in a family-run porn shop.
The channel told Broadcast that it has no plans to move forward with the series, which ran for six episodes in autumn 2013.
A spokeswoman said: "There are currently no plans for a second series."
The series - which starred Ardal O'Hanlon - debuted to 1.2 million viewers, but only averaged 704,000 over the course of its six episodes.
Peter Campion, Sinead Keenan, Kerr Logan, Kat Reagan and Tracey Lynch also starred in the sitcom.
Earlier this month, Channel 4 ordered a new sitcom pilot from Mighty Boosh star Rich Fulcher. The proposed series is based in a family-run porn shop.
- 1/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Elsewhere in comedy this week: John Cleese targets BBC comedy chiefs, Tina Fey resurrects her Sarah Palin impression and Peter Kay's new sitcom gears up for an iPlayer premiere
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Comedians are picking fights this week. Here's Jim Carrey versus the National Rifle Association, in the form of a Funny or Die? video that's got danders up in the Us. It sees Carrey team up with the band Eels on a comic country-and-western number, Cold Dead Hand, mocking Charlton Heston and Us gun-lovers. Backed by a band including John Lennon, Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln (all killed by guns), Carrey's alter ego Lonesome Earl accuses gun enthusiasts of having small penises, and sings: "On the ones who sell the guns/ [God would] set the vultures and coyotes/ Only the devil's true devotees/ Could profiteer from pain and fear." Carrey announced...
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Comedians are picking fights this week. Here's Jim Carrey versus the National Rifle Association, in the form of a Funny or Die? video that's got danders up in the Us. It sees Carrey team up with the band Eels on a comic country-and-western number, Cold Dead Hand, mocking Charlton Heston and Us gun-lovers. Backed by a band including John Lennon, Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln (all killed by guns), Carrey's alter ego Lonesome Earl accuses gun enthusiasts of having small penises, and sings: "On the ones who sell the guns/ [God would] set the vultures and coyotes/ Only the devil's true devotees/ Could profiteer from pain and fear." Carrey announced...
- 3/26/2013
- by Brian Logan
- The Guardian - Film News
If you're depressed about Sam Mendes ruling out Bond 24, here's something that should cheer you right up: an exclusive new trailer for Good Vibrations, the story of Belfast music shop owner and record producer Terri Hooley. brightcove.createExperiences();Hooley not only ran a successful record store at the height of the Troubles, but also supported and promoted new bands - notably The Undertones - who were part of the local punk scene. As you can see from this clip, it's a rather likeable underdog story and one with a great soundtrack.Good Vibrations stars Richard Dormer as Hooley himself, with Jodie Whittaker, Kerr Logan, Dylan Moran and many more. It's directed by Cherrybomb's Lisa Barros d'Sa and Glenn Leyburn. Good Vibrations hits UK screens on March 29.
- 3/6/2013
- EmpireOnline
Game of Thrones “Blackwater” Air Date: 5/27/2012
In the penultimate episode of the second season of HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister and the lions of King’s Landing must fend off Stannis Baratheon and his soldiers, followers of R’hllor, the lord of light. This is what Game Of Thrones has been building up to all season, and it’s hard to quibble with what we saw on Sunday night.
Neil Marshall (The Descent), a last minute replacement as director, shines in an episode that is practically pitch perfect and features some of the finest moments we’ve seen thus far from the cast. Words can’t help but sound like hyperbole when describing such a superlative group of thespians. It’s Shakespeare with more swear words, nudity and bloodshed.
This episode is owned by four mainstays of the cast: Peter Dinklage as the imp, the halfman, the Tyrion Lannister,...
In the penultimate episode of the second season of HBO’s Game Of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister and the lions of King’s Landing must fend off Stannis Baratheon and his soldiers, followers of R’hllor, the lord of light. This is what Game Of Thrones has been building up to all season, and it’s hard to quibble with what we saw on Sunday night.
Neil Marshall (The Descent), a last minute replacement as director, shines in an episode that is practically pitch perfect and features some of the finest moments we’ve seen thus far from the cast. Words can’t help but sound like hyperbole when describing such a superlative group of thespians. It’s Shakespeare with more swear words, nudity and bloodshed.
This episode is owned by four mainstays of the cast: Peter Dinklage as the imp, the halfman, the Tyrion Lannister,...
- 5/29/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
[1] HBO's epic fantasy series Game of Thrones was such a big hit when it premiered this past spring that the network renewed [2] it for a second season just days after the first episode aired. But it's been a long three months since the first season ended, and with the advent of the fall TV season, even the most diehard fans probably haven't thought about the series in quite some time. In an effort to remind you of just how much you're looking forward to Season 2, HBO has released a very short new teaser. The video reveals pretty much nothing, aside from what seems to be the marketing slogan for the new season, but I welcome the reminder all the same. Watch it after the jump. The 17-second teaser not only has no new footage, there's actually no footage at all, despite the fact that the series has been shooting since earlier this summer.
- 9/27/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Winter is coming again, and so are the casting updates for "Game of Thrones" season two.
Winter Is Coming adds the latest name to the list: Kerr Logan will be playing Matthos Seaworth. In his first television appearance, the young Irish actor will play the son of recently cast Davos Seaworth, who plays a pivotal role in the upcoming season. Though Matthos doesn't have that much page-time in the books, his role will likely be beefed up for the show, considering how significant his father's storyline is.
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"Thor 2" Gains A Director?
Variety is reporting that Marvel is eying "Game of Thrones" director Brian Kirk to helm "Thor 2." Since Kenneth Branagh announced he was departing the project, the decision as to who will be directing the sequel has been up in the air, but now the studio is in...
Winter Is Coming adds the latest name to the list: Kerr Logan will be playing Matthos Seaworth. In his first television appearance, the young Irish actor will play the son of recently cast Davos Seaworth, who plays a pivotal role in the upcoming season. Though Matthos doesn't have that much page-time in the books, his role will likely be beefed up for the show, considering how significant his father's storyline is.
Check out the rest of today's film news after the jump!
"Thor 2" Gains A Director?
Variety is reporting that Marvel is eying "Game of Thrones" director Brian Kirk to helm "Thor 2." Since Kenneth Branagh announced he was departing the project, the decision as to who will be directing the sequel has been up in the air, but now the studio is in...
- 8/5/2011
- by Terri Schwartz
- MTV Movies Blog
Game of Thrones has cast a fan favorite.
German actor Tom Wlaschiha has been tapped to portray Jaqen H’gar, an assassin and one of the criminals being transported to The Wall in the North alongside Arya Stark. The character is known as a “Faceless Man of Bravos."
In other Game of Thrones news:
Gemma Whelan will come on board as Yara Greyjoy. Kerr Logan will portray Matthos Seaworth, son of Davos (Liam Cunningham). Nonso Anozie will play Xaro Xhoan Daxos.
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German actor Tom Wlaschiha has been tapped to portray Jaqen H’gar, an assassin and one of the criminals being transported to The Wall in the North alongside Arya Stark. The character is known as a “Faceless Man of Bravos."
In other Game of Thrones news:
Gemma Whelan will come on board as Yara Greyjoy. Kerr Logan will portray Matthos Seaworth, son of Davos (Liam Cunningham). Nonso Anozie will play Xaro Xhoan Daxos.
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- 8/3/2011
- by matt@tvfanatic.com (TV Fanatic Staff)
- TVfanatic
All men must die, but first, German actor Tom Wlaschiha will live as Jaqen H'gar during the second season of "Game of Thrones."
Entertainment Weekly reports that the actor has landed the fan-favorite role of the Faceless Man of Braavos, an assassin and one of the criminals being transported to The Wall in the North alongside Arya Stark, currently posing as the boy Arry.
There isn't much more that can be added here about Jaqen without spoiling some cool twists, so let's just leave it at this: read the book and you'll see why Jaqen is so completely awesome!
The "Thrones" casting news keeps a-coming: yesterday saw Gemma Whelan nab the part of Asha, err, Yara Greyjoy, and in addition to Jaqen's casting, there are two new announcements today.
Westeros.org, one of the finest "Ice and Fire" online destinations out there, got tipped off on who's playing Xaro Xhoan...
Entertainment Weekly reports that the actor has landed the fan-favorite role of the Faceless Man of Braavos, an assassin and one of the criminals being transported to The Wall in the North alongside Arya Stark, currently posing as the boy Arry.
There isn't much more that can be added here about Jaqen without spoiling some cool twists, so let's just leave it at this: read the book and you'll see why Jaqen is so completely awesome!
The "Thrones" casting news keeps a-coming: yesterday saw Gemma Whelan nab the part of Asha, err, Yara Greyjoy, and in addition to Jaqen's casting, there are two new announcements today.
Westeros.org, one of the finest "Ice and Fire" online destinations out there, got tipped off on who's playing Xaro Xhoan...
- 8/3/2011
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
First up is Xaro Xhoan Daxos. In the books he is a representative of Quarth who offers Dany advice on who she can trust and who she should bribe on her arrival to the city. He will be played by British actor Nonso Anozie, who also has a role in Conan The Barbarian with Jason Momoa(Khal Drogo). Fans of the book might remember that the Quartheen are described as having skin as “pale as milk”. Obviously Anozie's casting means that the show-runners are going a different direction with that. And then we have what would appear to be the very small role(unless the character has been beefed up from the book) of Davos Seaworth's son Matthos. He will be played by young unknown Northern Irish actor Kerr Logan. By TwitterButtons.com...
- 8/3/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
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