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Canary Black is a spy action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel from a screenplay by Matthew Kennedy. The Prime Video film follows Avery Graves, an exceptional CIA agent whose husband is kidnapped by terrorists to blackmail her into stealing sensitive information that would betray her country. Canary Black stars Kate Beckinsale in the lead role with Rupert Friend, Ray Stevenson, Saffron Burrows, Ben Miles, and Michael Brandon starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the explosive action, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Canary Black here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Salt is a spy action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce from a screenplay by Kurt Wimmer. The 2010 film follows Evelyn Salt, an exceptional CIA agent who is wrongfully accused of killing the Russian president.

There is no end in sight for Slow Horses. Apple TV+ has renewed the spy drama for a sixth season. Season four just wrapped on the streaming service last week, and season five will air in 2025.

Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Samuel West, Sophie Okonedo, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan, and Jonathan Pryce star in the Slow Horses series based on the books by Mick Herron. The upcoming season is based on his book series's sixth and seventh novels.

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Die aktuelle Vorzeigeserie auf Apple TV+ hat wenige Tage nach Ausstrahlung des Finales der gefeierten vierten Staffel am 9. Oktober grünes Licht für eine sechste Staffel erhalten: Gary Oldman wird also auf Sicht als Jackson Lamb in „Slow Horses – Ein Fall für Jackson Lamb“ weiter ermitteln.

Gary Oldman als Jackson Lamb in „Slow Horses“ (Credit: Apple TV+)

Man muss das Eisen schmieden, solange es heiß ist. Oller Spruch. Immer noch wahr. Von Anfang an war die Agentenserie „Slow Horses – Ein Fall für Jackson Lamb“ auf Apple TV+, basierend auf der Romanreihe von Mick Herron, wenigstens ein Geheimtipp: Wie Gary Oldman da als ungepflegter und raffinierter Geheimagent Jackson Lamb mit seinem Trupp aufs Abstellgleis beförderter Spione doch versucht, im Hintergrund Strippen zu ziehen und komplizierte Fälle von nationaler Tragweite zu lösen, war von Showrunner Will Smith stets mit lakonischem, schwarzem Humor und cleverer Figurenzeichnung versehen worden.

Längere Zeit galt die...

Gary Oldman and co will be back for a season 6 of Slow Horses on Apple TV+ it’s been confirmed. More details here.

Slow Horses, adapted from the novels by Mick Herron, was seemingly destined for great things from the start. Solid source material, some of Britain’s best screenwriters including Will Smith and Morwenna Banks, all centered around a powerhouse performance by Gary Oldman at its centre.

The first four seasons received near universal critical acclaim and now, according to Deadline, the show will be back for a sixth series, the news coming shortly after the end of season 4. Season 5 has already been filmed and will be released next year.

The ensemble cast also includes Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Aimee Ffion-Edwards, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung and Jonathan Pryce.

The sixth season will be adapted from two of Herron’s novels, Joe Country and Slough House.

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“Slow Horses” is Apple TV+’s Clydesdale. The streaming service has given the Gary Oldman-led spy drama an early Season 6 renewal, which means the reliable workhorse of a show is likely to become Apple TV+’s first series to run for more than five seasons. The announcement comes just after the conclusion of Season 4 on October 9. Apple announced the Season 5 pickup back in January.

Technically, “For All Mankind,” one of Apple TV+’s launch titles in 2019, has been running for longer than “Slow Horses,” which premiered in 2022. Both shows have released four seasons, and “For All Mankind’s” fifth (and a spinoff) is in the works. But “Slow Horses” is an anomaly in the streaming industry because it moves really fast. Previous seasons of “Slow Horses” have shot back-to-back, which reduces the amount of time the show takes between seasons. Two six-episode seasons were released in 2022, and the show...

Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 (Photo Credit: Apple TV+)

Apple TV+ renewed its critically acclaimed spy drama Slow Horses for season five ahead of its season four premiere. Today, the streamer announced the series has also been renewed for a sixth season.

“Audiences around the world have fallen in love with the Slow Horses, and I’m delighted that Gary Oldman will be leading this star-studded cast on another acerbic and action-packed adventure,” stated Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV+.

The series is based on Mick Herron’s Slough House books, with season four adapted from Herron’s fourth novel of the series, Spook Street. Season five is based on London Rules, and season six will be adapted from books six and seven – Joe Country and Slough House. Per Apple TV+, season six will consist of six episodes and will follow “the Slow Horses on the run as...

Apple TV+ recently debuted a sneak peak of their upcoming programming which includes Slow Horses. Starring Gary Oldman, Slow Horses is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.

While season 5 is expected to debut sometime next year, Deadline is reporting that Apple has decided to stick with the show and renew it for season 6 ahead of the fifth’s launch. Per Deadline, “In Season 6, the spies head out on the run as Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge. The sixth...

Today, Apple TV+ announced a new, six-episode sixth season for the widely hailed, darkly comedic spy drama Slow Horses following its season four finale. The Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Slow Horses series stars Academy Award winner Gary Oldman as the beloved, irascible Jackson Lamb.

The series has been honored with Golden Globe, Emmy, and BAFTA Award nominations. The season four finale premiered on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, on Apple TV+.

“Audiences around the world have fallen in love with the Slow Horses, and I’m delighted that Gary Oldman will be leading this star-studded cast on another acerbic and action-packed adventure,” said Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV+.

All four seasons of the Slow Horses series hold a Certified Fresh score, with two seasons receiving a rare, perfect 100% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, as the series continues to receive global accolades from critics and fans alike.

Season six sees the Slow Horses...

Less than a week after the Slow Horses Season 4 finale dropped on Apple TV+, the streaming service has picked up another season of the Gary Oldman-led drama. Slow Horses has been renewed for its sixth season (the fifth was announced in January 2024). The series is based on Mick Herron’s Slough House books, with the sixth season adapting Joe Country and Slough House, the sixth and seven novels. According to the official description of the season, it “sees the Slow Horses on the run as Diana Taverner [Kristin Scott Thomas] embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge.” The darkly humorous spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. Oldman plays its brilliant but cantankerous leader Jackson Lamb. The members of this unit end up in Slough House due...

For a show called Slow Horses, production sure moves fast on Apple TV's prize spy thriller series. No sooner had the Season 4 finale of the streaming giant's take on Mick Herron's Slough House books aired than word came out that shooting's wrapped on the show's fifth season. And now today, Apple TV+ has announced that a six-episode sixth season of the Gary Oldman led, Emmy-winning show is heading our way.

Per Apple's official press release, the sixth outing for Oldman's Jackson Lamb and his band of MI5 rejects is already shaping up to be another high-stakes affair. "Season six sees the Slow Horses on the run as Diana Taverner embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge," read the series' logline, which — if nothing else — confirms to us that Kristin Scott Thomas will make it through whatever trials and tribulations await in Slow Horses'...

Gary Oldman’s cranky, crusty veteran spy Jackson Lamb’s tenure has been extended through 2026: On Tuesday, Apple TV+ announced Season 6 of “Slow Horses,” which will be six episodes.

“Audiences around the world have fallen in love with the Slow Horses, and I’m delighted that Gary Oldman will be leading this star-studded cast on another acerbic and action-packed adventure,” said Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV+,” in a press release shared with TheWrap.

Oldman stars in the Emmy and BAFTA-winning series stars as the reluctant head of MI5’s fictional Slough House, whose all-but-decommissioned agents are dubbed the “Slow Horses.”

The drama is based on the novels by Mick Herron: Season 6 will be based on the sixth and seventh books in the series, “Joe Country” and “Slough House,” and will see the Slow Horses on the run as Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) embroils them all...

Slough House devotees can rejoice as Apple TV+ has confirmed its relatable spy series “Slow Horses” has been renewed for a sixth season.

The show, based on Mick Herron’s hit novels, stars Gary Oldman as the intractable and slovenly Jackson Lamb, who leads a band of MI5 rejects nicknamed the “slow horses” including River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) and Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves).

Kristin Scott Thomas also stars as MI5 deputy boss Diana Taverner alongside Jonathan Pryce, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke and Samuel West.

Previous seasons have included appearances from Hugo Weaving, Joanna Scanlan, Sope Dirisu and Olivia Cooke.

Season 4, which had its season finale last week, saw Cartwright learn some deeply personal news after escaping a rogue CIA officer (played by Weaving) while a beloved member of the Slough House team came to a sticky ending.

Season 6, which will again consist of six episodes,...

Apple has handed out an early season six renewal for Slow Horses, the comedic spy drama starring Gary Oldman.

The news comes on the heels of the season four finale that released Oct. 9 on Apple TV+, and a season five renewal announced early this year.

The forthcoming fifth season, following the season four ending, will see the Slow Horses on the run as Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge.

Slow Horses, based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron, follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. The ensemble cast also includes Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Samuel West, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke, Joanna Scanlan and Jonathan Pryce. Hugo Weaving joined the cast as an antagonist in season four.

Apple TV+ is staying with the spies of Slough House for a sixth season.

Hit Gary Oldman starrer Slow Horses has been re-upped again upon the conclusion of Season 4 on the streaming platform. A fifth season was ordered back in January.

In Season 6, the spies head out on the run as Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge. The sixth season will be based on Mick Herron’s novels Joe Country and Slough House, which are the sixth and seventh books in the series.

Slow Horses has been a huge hit for Apple TV+, accruing BAFTA nominations for Oldman and co-star Jack Lowden and winning a Primetime Emmy for writer Will Smith. The drama follows the exploits of Slough House boss Jackson Lamb (Oldman) alongside an ensemble cast that now includes Jonathan Pryce, Hugo Weaving and Joanna Scanlan. Season 4 kicked...

Apple’s first-look trailer for Season 5 of spy hit “Slow Horses,” which dropped on the streamer following Wednesday’s Season 4 finale, features a few eyebrow-raising developments, including River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) kissing a surprised Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar).

It also shows Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) expressing an unprecedented level of trust and admiration for Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman).

In the 47-second clip, Taverner tells Claude Whelan (James Callis), the man who is technically First Desk at MI5, “Lamb’s here. He says he knows what’s coming next,” after an unspecified crisis.

Here is the first teaser for #SlowHorses Season 5!

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“What is he, psychic now?” replies Whelan.

Taverner admits that Lamb “has more field experience than anyone in this building” and that it would be “irresponsible to ignore him.”

The level of confidence is not returned when Lamb later says,...

This post contains spoilers for "Slow Horses" season 4.

The recently concluded fourth season of the spectacular Apple TV+ spy series "Slow Horses" continued to prove that it's one of the best shows on television, with the season culminating in a big revelation about River's parentage, a literally explosive climax, and a fatal shootout at Slough House. But one of the saddest scenes of the season comes just moments before the finale's end credits, when MI5 agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) moves his confused grandfather, former agent David Cartwright (Jonathan Pryce), into an assisted living facility because the man has been increasingly suffering so acutely from dementia. It turns out, the only reason it played out in that fashion was because of a different moment that happened in the previous season.

I spoke with the Emmy-winning showrunner of "Slow Horses," Will Smith (no, you'd probably have heard about it if...

Cillian Murphy is confirmed to return to his role as Tommy Shelby in the film, The Immortal Man, which serves as a continuation of Peaky Blinders. Fans are thrilled to see the gangster back in action, especially as it comes right after Murphy’s Oscar win. The film will be written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and directed by Tom Harper.

Cillian Murphy in a still from Peaky Blinders | Credits: BBC

The film has announced a cast that has already excited the audience. Dune fame Rebecca Ferguson and Saltburn star Barry Keoghan were added to the film. As fans are set to see Murphy in the period crime drama, here are more performances to see from the Oppenheimer star.

10. The Party (2017)

The Party is one of those closed-box movies where you get to see a lot of acting, heavy with dialogue. When a role in such a film lands with Cillian Murphy,...

[Editor’s Note: The following article contains light spoilers for “Slow Horses” Season 4.]

A funny thing happened the last time I was asked to recommend a TV show: The person asking had already seen it. Typically, when a stranger finds out I’m a TV critic and inquires what they should be watching, whatever my screen-addled brain can think of is either too new or too random to register. This time, though, I had a worthy pick. Habitually high-quality and relatively obscure, “Slow Horses” was bound to become this dad-aged partygoer’s new favorite series. But when I suggested the Apple TV+ spy thriller (you always have to include where to watch it), he said, “Oh, I love that show!”

Now, I’m not one to extrapolate success in the streaming age from a single conversation, but there’s more than anecdotal evidence suggesting “Slow Horses” is finally gaining steam. It’s hovered near or at the top of Apple...

All the pieces are in place for a gripping Slow Horses finale — season four antagonist Hugo Weaving certainly thinks so.

The Brit, best known for his role in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, joined this season’s cast of Apple TV+’s hit spy thriller based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. Weaving stars as Frank Harkness, a former CIA agent-turned-cult leader aiming to populate the planet with trained killers (who will gladly do their father’s sinister bidding).

But as the season has unfolded, viewers have come to realize Harkness might be none other than River Cartwright’s (Jack Lowden) biological father — after all, the physical similarities between River and “Robert Winters” a.k.a Betrand, who Jonathan Pryce’s David Cartwright shot and killed, are pretty eerie.

Meanwhile, Gary Oldman‘s greasy, drunk yet impossibly wise Jackson Lamb has made it his mission to locate the elder Cartwright,...

Bleecker Street executives Kent Sanderson and Myles Bender can vividly remember their first time seeing “Eye in the Sky,” a drone warfare thriller starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman that premiered in 2015 at Toronto Film Festival with hopes of finding distribution. Not long into the Canadian screening, they were held rapt by film but quickly realized their contemporaries in the room didn’t feel the same way.

“Within 15 minutes, I started watching a lot of other buyers get up and leave. I guess they felt the film was too challenging,” says Sanderson, Bleecker Street’s president. He and Bender, head of marketing and creative advertising, pushed for their boss, the film company’s co-founder and CEO, Andrew Karpen, to watch the film so they could bid on the distribution rights. Bender recalls, “We were looking at each other and saying, ‘What are we seeing that they aren’t?’”

Karpen shared...

Exclusive: There was a top-secret code name on the sides Ruth Bradley was sent to prepare for an audition. “I didn’t know who the characters were, I didn’t know what the show was, but I was like, this dialogue is some of the best dialogue I’ve ever read.”

Bradley immediately emailed her agent: “Who wrote this stuff? It’s amazing.”

Smiling, Bradley recounts: ”They said, ‘Well, actually, it’s Slow Horses.”

That was Bradley’s prelude into the world of Slow Horses and Jackson Lamb, the Falstaffian slob who came in from the cold to oversee intelligence service agents exiled to serve out of harm’s way — they think — in a dilapidated dwelling known as Slough House.

Bradley, at that point, had vaguely heard of Mick Herron’s series of award-winning thrillers upon which the show is based, but she hadn’t then seen any of the...

Emma Corrin, hot from playing villainous Cassandra Nova in Deadpool & Wolverine, will join Cate Blanchett in the eagerly awaited new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull at London’s Barbican Theatre in 2025.

Another addition to an already sizzling company is Kodi Smit-McPhee, who shot to fame in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. He also appears with an incandescent Angelina Jolie in Netflix’s awards-season hopeful Maria.

It’s a family reunion, of sorts, for Blanchett and McPhee. They play mother and son in Alfonso Cuarón’s brilliant seven-part Apple TV+ drama Disclaimer, which premieres on the streamer October 11. The two Australian-born actors also play related characters in The Seagull: Blanchett takes on the part of theatrical grand dame Irina Arkadina and McPhee plays her son Konstantin.

Cate Blanchett at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

The Seagull‘s director Thomas Ostermeier chose Corrin, who shot...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Slow Horses Season 4 Episode 5 “Grave Danger.”] Slow Horse in danger! The penultimate episode of Slow Horses Season 4 ends with River in MI5’s custody—specifically Emma Flyte’s (Ruth Bradley)—only for mercenary Patrice (Tom Wozniczka), who works for Frank Harkness (Hugo Weaving), to attack, leaving agents dead, Emma down, and take River (Jack Lowden) with him. How will MI5, specifically First Desk Claude Whelan, react? TV Insider talked to James Callis about that, his character’s dynamic with Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas), who’s clearly much more comfortable in charge, and more. The fifth episode ends with River being taken at the end of the episode. What can you preview about how Claude deals with that in the finale? James Callis: Claude always believes that he is doing the right thing, and one might say thus the world is destroyed by people with good intentions. And to be fair,...

There was much enthusiasm but little optimism regarding the contemporary film market at San Sebastian’s third-annual Creative Investors’ Conference, which wrapped this afternoon.

Hosted at San Sebastian’s imposing, hipster-coded contemporary arts center Tabakalera, the conference runs for two days and features onstage Q&As with execs from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Attendees include Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Axel Kuchevatzsky of Infinity Hill, LuckyChap’s Bronte Payne, and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo.

The conference is hosted in collaboration with CAA Media Finance and the focus is broad, with a tangential connection to what most speakers in the room described as Spain’s bustling film sector. Here are some of the most prominent talking points from the sessions.

The “Unsustainable” U.S. Marketplace

“The name of this panel should be ‘taking the temperature of the U.S. market: Is it fucking sustainable?” veteran Killer Films producer Christine Vachon...

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The Old Man is a brilliant spy thriller based on a novel of the same name by Thomas Perry. The FX series stars Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges in the lead role as Dan Chase, a former CIA agent now living off the grid and hiding from the authorities for over 30 years but when some assassins attack his home he goes on the run trying to stay one step ahead from the FBI. So, if you liked the thrilling story, espionage drama aspect, and compelling characters in The Old Man here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Jack Ryan is an action spy thriller drama series created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland. Based on the characters of the same name created by Tom Clancy, the Prime...

Apple TV+’s Slow Horses Season 4 premiere, “Identity Theft,” wasted no time ramping up its stakes. Rather, it slammed us with explosions, murder and emotionally fraught espionage, all while building to a major new threat that will rattle Slough House’s very foundations…

“Identity Theft” is classic Slow Horses from the get-go: Roddy (Waterloo Road’s Christopher Chung) shows up for a Christmas party at a fried chicken joint, but his colleagues aren’t there. His calls to his fellow Slough Housers go unanswered until Louisa (Harlots actress Rosalind Eleazar), always eager to take the mickey out of the cocky hacktivist,...

If you are ready for more witty dialogues, thrilling stories, and some of the best characters on television, then you are in luck as the spy thriller dark comedy-drama series, Slow Horses recently premiered on Apple TV+ with its latest. Created by Will Smith, Slow Horses is based on the Slough House novel series by author Mick Herron with Season 4 being based on the fourth book titled Spook Street.

Also Read: 7 Best Shows Like ‘Slow Horses’ To Watch If You Love the Series Also Read: Every Apple TV+ Series Renewed & Canceled in 2024

Season 4 of Slow Horses follows the team after a deadly explosion in London and one of them presumably murdered. As the authorities try to catch the perpetrator, Jackson Lamb tries to figure out the mystery behind his missing team member and River tries to take care of his senile grandfather.

Slow Horses Season 4 – Episode Guide (When Will The New Episodes Come Out?...

One of the best shows on television returns for its fourth season this week. Apple TV+ debuts the latest installment of “Slow Horses” on Wednesday, Sept. 4. The British spy dramedy centers on a motley group of outcast MI5 agents who are shuffled off to a dingy London outpost known as Slough House. Based on the novels by Mick Herron, the series is led by Oscar-winner Gary Oldman as the slovenly and flatulent — but brilliant — Jackson Lamb. You can stream the first episode of “Slow Horses” Season 4 starting at 12:01 a.m. Et on Wednesday with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.

How to Watch ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4 When: Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 at 12:01 a.m. Et Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+. 7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month apple.com About ‘Slow Horses’ Season 4

Through the first three seasons of “Slow Horses,” we have seen Jackson Lamb,...

Slow Horses is about to unveil its fourth season so here’s a quick guide on how to tune in to the latest ride for the quirky British spy series! Are you ready for season 4?

Debuting in 2022, Slow Horses adapts the spy novels by Mick Herron. It focuses on the Slough House, a branch of the British MI5 intelligence service that’s basically meant for the reject agents who have screwed up somehow. It’s headed by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), a sardonic, insulting, gassy veteran who seems to hate everyone around him. While they’re meant to be put on dull jobs, somehow, the “slow horses” manage to find themselves getting involved in missions that endanger Great Britain.

Each season has adapted a different novel in the series and Slow Horses season 4 is no different, adapting the 2017 book, “Spook Street.” It has the team pulled into investigating a bombing...

In the new fourth season of Apple TV’s Slow Horses, the latest member of the comic thriller’s titular group of disgraced British spies suggests, “We can’t help anyone. This is a D-list unit with no unifying sense of purpose. Everyone here has been checked out and written off.”

Yet these written-off disgraces of the British intelligence apparatus not only keep successfully solving the cases they somehow stumble into, they’ve become the centerpiece of one of the most beloved series of the last few years. Mention the...

As winter approaches we are all in need of something spicy to watch to make our temperature rise and if you are a fan of romantic comedies, then we have the perfect recommendations for you. From critically acclaimed movies like Silver Linings Playbook to iconic romantic comedy movies like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Max (formerly known as HBO Max) has everything you need. So, here are the 7 best R-rated romantic comedy movies available on Max right now.

Silver Linings Playbook Credit – The Weinstein Company

Silver Linings Playbook is a romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell. Based on a 2008 novel titled The Silver Linings Playbook by author Matthew Quick, the 2012 film follows the story of Pat, a middle-aged man after he gets out of a mental institution and meets Tiffany, a woman suffering from depression. Tiffany promises Pat that she will reunite him with his wife...

One of The Lord of the Rings stars has revealed he ain’t exactly thrilled about his role in the iconic trilogy. You’d think being a part of Middle-earth’s epic journey would be every actor’s dream, right? Well, not for this guy. He’s even steering clear of Amazon’s The Rings of Power series! While fans hold his performance in high regard, the actor himself doesn’t see what the fuss is all about.

A still from The Lord of the Rings | New Line Cinema

Turns out, he’s not buying into the hype around his character or his role in the fantasy saga. It’s a surprising stance, especially when fans still rave about the magic he brought to the franchise. Guess not everyone is enchanted by Tolkien’s world!

Hugo Weaving Bids Farewell to Middle-Earth: No Plans to Revisit Elrond or Watch The Rings...

From Presumed Innocent to Constellation, Apple TV+ has given subscribers some of the best shows of 2024. But the year is not over! In fact, up ahead is the best time of the year, Fall TV! What does the streamer Apple TV+ have in store for us in the month of September 2024? We’re here to highlight some great upcoming releases.

Kicking off the month of September, we’ve got Slow Horses season 4 dropping on Sept. 4. The series, created by Mick Herron, stars Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Saskia Reeves, and others. Slow Horses is one of Apple TV+’s biggest shows, quickly gaining followers after its debut in April 2022. The story follows a department of “MI5 service rejects” who failed a mission but are not fired. In the series description from Apple TV+, it is described as “administrative purgatory.”

This is not a department you want to be a part of,...

It's been two years since the first episode of Slow Horses premiered, but all this time the critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes remains unchanged at 98%. These impressive numbers are backed up by a user rating of 94%, and judging by that, viewers are just as impressed as critics with the holey socks of Gary Oldman's character, who is undoubtedly the show's main advantage.

Even if Slow Horses had nothing more to offer than Oldman, it would still be worth seeing. But there's something else about the show – something that will keep you glued to the screen.

What is Slow Horses About?

The Apple TV+ hit is based on the spy novel series Slough House by British author Mick Herron.

The plot revolves around the everyday life of Slough House, a department of MI5 where agents who have failed their missions are sent.

The department's employees, known as "slow horses," are...

Apple TV+ has announced the programming that will be added to the streaming service next month. The Apple TV Plus September 2024 lineup includes the family drama series La Maison, the medical drama series Midnight Family, the fourth season of the spy thriller series Slow Horses, and the action comedy film Wolfs.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment. It is available to watch across all of a user’s favorite screens.

Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, Vizio, Tcl and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at the Apple site.

Slow Horses Season 4 Apple TV Plus September 2024 Schedule

Available September...

Everyone knows Apple TV+ for Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, and Severance. There have been a few other popular TV shows sprinkled in over the last few years. Presumed Innocent starring Jake Gyllenhaal had some good buzz recently. Despite Apple TV+’s substantial investment into the TV business, it’s still looking for mainstream hits.

And, let me be clear. I am a fan of Apple TV+. I appreciate how many TV shows with huge stars the streamer is cranking out these days, but it’s just so odd that almost no one is talking about these great shows!

I put together a list of the four most underrated shows on Apple TV+ that you need to watch right now!

Pachinko

Pachinko is based on the book of the same name by Min Jin Lee, and it was developed for Apple TV+ by Soo Hugh. Kogonada and Justin Chon directed...

Kleo is a German spy action-thriller and dark comedy-drama series created by Hanno Hackfort, Richard Kropf, and Bob Konrad. The Netflix series is set in 1989, soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall and it follows the story of a former East German spy as she goes on a revenge mission to kill people who betrayed her. Kleo stars Jella Haase in the lead role with Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Vincent Redetzki, and Marta Sroka starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the dark comedy, thrilling drama, and espionage in Kleo here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Killing Eve Credit – BBC America

Killing Eve is a British spy thriller and dark comedy-drama series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a novel series titled Villanelle by author Luke Jennings, the BBC America series revolves around a bored British intelligence agent who is tasked with tracking down psychotic assassin,...

Vuelve la aclamada serie de espías. © Apple TV+

La cuarta temporada de la aclamada serie de espías de Apple TV+, Slow Horses, ya tiene tráiler y póster.

Slow Horses es un drama de espionaje lleno humor negro que sigue a un equipo disfuncional de agentes de inteligencia británicos que trabajan en un “vertedero” del MI5 conocido como La Ciénaga. La cuarta temporada de Slow Horses, dirigida por Adam Randall, adapta La calle de los espías, la cuarta novela de la galardonada saga literaria de Mick Herron, y comienza con la explosión de una bomba que hace saltar por los aires varios secretos personales, sacudiendo los ya inestables cimientos de La Ciénaga.

Gary Oldman interpreta a Jackson Lamb, el brillante e irascible cabecilla de los espías que han acabado en La Ciénaga debido a graves errores profesionales. También protagonizan la serie Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung,...

There are many reasons why Slow Horses has become one of the most popular series on Apple TV+. The compelling adaptations of Mick Herron's best-selling, grungy, street-level spy novels. The witty dialogue from showrunner Will Smith and his team. And, possibly most of all, the foul-mouthed (and foul-bodied) lead performance from Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb. All are present and correct in the first trailer for the fourth season of the show, which you can find below.

As Season Four dawns, London at large and the already unstable foundations of those in Slough House – the dumping ground for those in MI5 who have screwed up or otherwise displeased their bosses — are rocked by an explosion at a shopping centre. The event leads to personal secrets leaking everywhere, while at the same time, River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) must deal with his grandfather David's (Jonathan Pryce) crumbling mental faculties.

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Gary Oldman is back as the grumpy, unshowered Jackson Lamb in AppleTV+’s hit series. Watch the Slow Horses season 4 trailer below.

Ever since AppleTV+ announced Slow Horses was returning for season 4 this September, we’ve been counting the days until we can visit Slough House once again. With only a couple more weeks to go, AppleTV+ has released the first trailer for the highly-anticipated new season of Slow Horses.

Take a look at the Slow Horses season 4 trailer below.

The series is adapted from Mick Herron’s Spook Street, the fifth book in the Slough House series. The series has been popular with audiences and critics alike and season 3 recently scored nine Emmy nominations.

Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, a “brilliant but misanthropic leader” of a group of spies who are assigned to Slough House. As Lamb notes in the trailer, Slough House is reserved for losers and spies...

Apple TV+ has announced that the fourth season of the popular espionage drama Slow Horses will premiere on September 4. The show stars Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the cynical head of Britain’s Slough House spy division. Season Four is based on author Mick Herron’s fifth novel about the misfit spies.

Slow Horses follows agents who have made career-ending mistakes and been relegated to the Slough House headquarters. Jackson Lamb oversees their work, which often involves strange and dangerous tasks. Season Four will kick off with a bombing that reveals secrets about the agents and threatens the stability of Slough House. The team must then work together to solve new mysteries while facing personal dangers.

Oldman will return as Lamb, joined again by co-stars like Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, and Jonathan Pryce. Several new high-profile actors like Hugo Weaving and Joanna Scanlan have also been added. The show...

Apple TV+ has revealed the trailer and key art for season four of its Emmy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning series Slow Horses, starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman. The season was adapted from Spook Street, the fourth novel in Mick Herron’s Cwa Gold Dagger Award-winning spy series Slough House.

The six-episode fourth season of Slow Horses will premiere globally on Wednesday, September 4. The first episode will be followed by one new episode weekly on Apple TV+ every Wednesday through October 9.

Slow Horses is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. Season four opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House.

The show continues to receive praise and accolades heading into its fourth season. Slow Horses recently scored nine Emmy Award...

Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for season four of its globally celebrated, Emmy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning series, ‘Slow Horses,’ starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman.

The series is a darkly humorous espionage drama that follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known un-affectionately as Slough House. Season four opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House.

Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but misanthropic leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world. The returning ensemble cast also includes Academy Award-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, BAFTA Scotland Award-winner Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan and Academy Award-nominee Jonathan Pryce. SAG Winner Hugo Weaving,...

Gary Oldman is moving fast in the new season of “Slow Horses.”

The Academy Award winner returns to the Emmy-nominated series for Season 4 of the darkly humorous espionage drama as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but misanthropic leader of a group of dysfunctional spies who end up in the misfit MI5 department known as Slough House.

Season 4 “opens with a bombing that detonates personal secrets, rocking the already unstable foundations of Slough House,” per the official logline.

Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan, and Jonathan Pryce return to the series. The upcoming season also marks the series debuts for Hugo Weaving, Joanna Scanlan, Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke, and James Callis, who all join the cast.

“Slow Horses” will premiere globally on Wednesday, September 4 with the first episode, followed by one new episode weekly, every Wednesday through October 9, on Apple TV+.

“Slow Horses...

“We were actually filming Season 5 of ‘Slow Horses,’ so we were actually on set,” says director Saul Metzstein about the day that he and the cast and crew found out about the show’s nine Emmy nominations. For our recent webchat he adds, “News came in of various nominations and it was actually quite fun and it was very disruptive with exec producers wanting to call me and things like that and I’m like, ‘I’ve got one more shot to get!’ So there was some poetry involved in the fact that it was exactly at the same time as we were filming more of it.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

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“Slow Horses” is based on Mick Herron‘s series of novels, adapted by showrunner Will Smith (“Veep”), about a group of MI5 agents who are consigned...

Da’Vine Joy Randolph has already had a great 2024. The performer won an Oscar on her first nomination — taking home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Payne‘s “The Holdovers.” However, her year just got even better with an Emmy nomination on the cards for her guest role in Hulu’s comedy series “Only Murders in the Building.” Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, the comedy series follows Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez as three occupants of a New York City apartment building who are drawn into solving murders due to their love of true crime. The first season was so popular that two more seasons quickly followed, along with a host of A-list actors joining the cast including Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd.

The show has always featured a host of great guest stars, best of all Randolph. She plays Detective Donna Williams, who is...

Days of Our Lives is finally expanding Xander Cook’s family. Viewers are about to meet his much-talked-about estranged mother. And an established actress known for her Hallmark movies will play the role. Keep reading for all the details.

Xander’s Mother Comes To Town

Paul Telfer has played Xander Cook on Days of Our Lives since 2015. Xander is the nephew of Victor Kiriakis (played by the late John Aniston.) His backstory revealed that he grew up in Scotland with his mother, Fiona. However, the character of his mother has remained off-screen until now.

Xander has been at the center of several storylines over the years. The character even spent a stint in prison with baddies Clyde Weston and Orpheus. After years of being involved in schemes with Nicole (Arianne Zucker) and Theresa to name a few, Xander seemingly turned over a new leaf thanks to Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey.

Exclusive: Gary Oldman says that that the nine Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, received by the wry spy drama Slow Horses “puts an added boost and a spotlight on the show.”

Slow Horses first trotted onto Apple TV+ in April 2022, gathering audiences as it cantered into second and third seasons. Now it’s galloping into a fourth season launching September 4.

A fifth season is in its final weeks of shooting in London, and there are strong hints of Slow Horses returning for a sixth series that would go before cameras later in the year.

Seasons seven and eight are also at the starting gate, though obviously in very early stages of preparation.

The series’ Oscar-winning star Oldman was recognized in the Lead Actor In A Drama category for his sly turn as shambolic-looking British intelligence officer Jackson Lamb for the third season of the show, which debuted last November.

This year’s Emmy nominations presented an opportunity for voters, freed from the velvet shackles of Succession and Ted Lasso and Better Call Saul and Barry and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, among other legacy juggernauts.

Other than a very few returning favorites — Abbott Elementary, Only Murders in the Building, The Crown, The Bear — there were enough vacated slots for the Academy to reshape the field in whatever image they desired.

Announced on Wednesday (July 17) morning, then, the nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards represented a fairly predictable mixed bag: A few long-term wrongs were righted, some ongoing slights were maintained and the pervasive chaos of the Emmys categorization system rewarded some questionable classification choices and punished others.

Let’s start from a place of positivity.

Reservation Dogs led my Top 10 lists each of the past two years and, over its three seasons, cemented a place as one of the very best shows ever made.

As this morning’s Emmy nominations prove, there may be less TV being made nowadays, but the quality certainly hasn’t declined with the quantity.

As widely expected, The Bear, Baby Reindeer, True Detective: Night Country and Shōgun were mentioned more than once by past Emmy winners Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tony Hale on Wednesday morning. As Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego said, “it was an exceptional year in television.” It certainly seemed exceptional that, for the first time in a long while, the names Succession and Ted Lasso were not heard when the nominations were read, as those multiple winners have wrapped up their runs.

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