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Films
28 Years Later
Plot under wraps. Sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.
Dir: Danny Boyle
Prod: DNA Films
Where: North east, Northumberland
When: May - ongoing
Distributor: Sony
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
Follows the titular Bridget Jones as a single mother in her early fifties.
Dir: Michael...
Please contact us here to add or update changes to the following or new productions taking place in the UK.
Films
28 Years Later
Plot under wraps. Sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.
Dir: Danny Boyle
Prod: DNA Films
Where: North east, Northumberland
When: May - ongoing
Distributor: Sony
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
Follows the titular Bridget Jones as a single mother in her early fifties.
Dir: Michael...
- 5/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Machinist director Brad Anderson’s sci-fi monster movie World-Breaker has just finished filming, and stars Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich.
Everything was so topsy-turvy during those 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes that when World-Breaker was announced last October, the production had a cast in place but wasn’t allowed to reveal who was starring. Months later, it’s been announced that Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich are the leads in the sci-fi monster film from director Brad Anderson.
Filming recently ended in Northern Ireland, and The Hollywood Reporter has the story that Signature Entertainment will distribute the film in the UK and Ireland. The news emerges as the Cannes Film Festival begins in earnest; production company The Exchange is hoping to find buyers for World-Breaker’s international and US rights at the festival’s busy market.
Anderson, whose career is filled with small-to-medium budget genre films, has directed the film from a...
Everything was so topsy-turvy during those 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes that when World-Breaker was announced last October, the production had a cast in place but wasn’t allowed to reveal who was starring. Months later, it’s been announced that Luke Evans and Milla Jovovich are the leads in the sci-fi monster film from director Brad Anderson.
Filming recently ended in Northern Ireland, and The Hollywood Reporter has the story that Signature Entertainment will distribute the film in the UK and Ireland. The news emerges as the Cannes Film Festival begins in earnest; production company The Exchange is hoping to find buyers for World-Breaker’s international and US rights at the festival’s busy market.
Anderson, whose career is filled with small-to-medium budget genre films, has directed the film from a...
- 5/15/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi Action Film ‘World-Breaker’ Goes to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)
U.K. production, sales and distribution outfit Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to action sci-fi movie World-Breaker starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), and Billie Boullet (A Small Light) from The Exchange. The news comes as the film wraps production in Northern Ireland and the Cannes Film Festival and market kicked off.
The feature, produced by Bradley Gallo (Wild Mountain Thyme), Michael A. Helfant (The Call), Martin Brennan (One Way), Jib Polhemus (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), and Tracy Mercer (Madam Secretary), is directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) from a script written by Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm). It follows a father and daughter who must escape a burning city and fight for survival while the human race faces a war with “vicious creatures from another dimension.”
Evans plays the father, Jovovich the mother, and Boullett the daughter.
The deal was negotiated between...
The feature, produced by Bradley Gallo (Wild Mountain Thyme), Michael A. Helfant (The Call), Martin Brennan (One Way), Jib Polhemus (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), and Tracy Mercer (Madam Secretary), is directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) from a script written by Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm). It follows a father and daughter who must escape a burning city and fight for survival while the human race faces a war with “vicious creatures from another dimension.”
Evans plays the father, Jovovich the mother, and Boullett the daughter.
The deal was negotiated between...
- 5/15/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Milla Jovovich returns to the genre she knows so well with World Breaker. She stars opposite Luke Evans from Fast & Furious 6 and Dracula Untold. Brad Anderson is in the director’s chair for this science-fiction film. Anderson is known for such bleak projects as Session 9, The Machinist (which famously had Christian Bale lose a scary amount of weight prior to playing Batman) and Transsiberian. He has been dabbling in TV over the recent years, having directing for shows like Titans, The Man in the High Castle and Peacemaker.
The synopsis for World Breaker, according to Deadline, reads,
“Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break,...
The synopsis for World Breaker, according to Deadline, reads,
“Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break,...
- 3/27/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Director Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist) will unleash monsters from another dimension in the upcoming World Breaker, set to star Milla Jovovich and Luke Evans (Dracula Untold, No One Lives). Deadline reports that filming is now underway on the sci-fi survival thriller.
Brit-French newcomer Billie Boullet joins the cast as the daughter to Milla Jovovich and Luke Evans’ characters. Mila Harris (No Exit) is also included in the cast, in an undisclosed role.
In the upcoming World Breaker, “Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come.
“But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.”
Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm) wrote the screenplay.
The Exchange is launching international sales...
Brit-French newcomer Billie Boullet joins the cast as the daughter to Milla Jovovich and Luke Evans’ characters. Mila Harris (No Exit) is also included in the cast, in an undisclosed role.
In the upcoming World Breaker, “Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come.
“But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.”
Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm) wrote the screenplay.
The Exchange is launching international sales...
- 3/27/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Brit-French newcomer Billie Boullet, who recently scored a Critics Choice nomination for her portrayal of Anne Frank in Nat Geo and Disney+ series A Small Light, has joined Luke Evans (Beauty And The Beast) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) in sci-fi survival thriller World Breaker.
Actress Mila Harris (No Exit) is also confirmed to have joined the cast. As we previously revealed, Brad Anderson (The Call) is directing the movie, which is now filming in Northern Ireland.
The synopsis for the movie reads: “Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.”
Boullet will play the daughter, Evans and Jovovich are the parents.
Actress Mila Harris (No Exit) is also confirmed to have joined the cast. As we previously revealed, Brad Anderson (The Call) is directing the movie, which is now filming in Northern Ireland.
The synopsis for the movie reads: “Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.”
Boullet will play the daughter, Evans and Jovovich are the parents.
- 3/27/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards pretty much stuck to the same script as last week’s Golden Globes, with Netflix’s Beef, Hulu’s The Bear and HBO’s Succession emerging as the big TV winners.
Both Beef and The Bear won four trophies apiece, including Best Limited Series and Best Comedy Series, respectively. Succession, meanwhile, snagged three awards, including Best Drama Series.
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Both Beef and The Bear won four trophies apiece, including Best Limited Series and Best Comedy Series, respectively. Succession, meanwhile, snagged three awards, including Best Drama Series.
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- 1/15/2024
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
The Critics Choice Association announced the TV nominees for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Tuesday — and Season 3 of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show leads the pack with a whopping six nominations.
The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.
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The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.
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- 12/5/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
The National Geographic eight-part limited series “A Small Light” (currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+) follows the remarkable true story of Miep Gies, a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank and her extended Jewish family from the Nazis for more than two years in the early 1940s. It was filmed last year in Prague and Amsterdam, where the Franks were hidden in an area of a structure that came to be known as the Secret Annex. To celebrate the powerful Holocaust drama, check out our special 42-minute “Making of” roundtable discussion with castmates Bel Powley, Billie Boullet and Ashley Brooke as well as costume designer Matthew Simonelli, production designer Marc Homes and makeup and hair designer Davina Lamont. Watch our exclusive video panel interview above.
Powley, who portrays the heroic Gies, discusses how “Small Light” creator-writer-executive producers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater insisted that the period...
Powley, who portrays the heroic Gies, discusses how “Small Light” creator-writer-executive producers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater insisted that the period...
- 6/14/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for You Hurt My Feelings, Fubar, What Am I Eating? and The Machine.
Master Gardener premiere
Director Paul Schrader and stars Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver attended a special screening and Q&a in NYC on May 19 for their new Magnolia Pictures film, with support from Richard Gere.
Richard Gere, Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton
Yellowjackets FYC event
The teen and adult casts from the Showtime drama teamed up for an FYC event in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Lauren Ambrose, Christina Ricci, Simone Kessell, Tawny Cypress, Warren Kole and Drew Comins Steven Krueger, Courtney Eaton, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liv Hewson, Samantha Hanratty and Kevin Alves
You Hurt My Feelings premiere
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener joined stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Amber Tamblyn, David Cross,...
Master Gardener premiere
Director Paul Schrader and stars Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver attended a special screening and Q&a in NYC on May 19 for their new Magnolia Pictures film, with support from Richard Gere.
Richard Gere, Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton
Yellowjackets FYC event
The teen and adult casts from the Showtime drama teamed up for an FYC event in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Lauren Ambrose, Christina Ricci, Simone Kessell, Tawny Cypress, Warren Kole and Drew Comins Steven Krueger, Courtney Eaton, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liv Hewson, Samantha Hanratty and Kevin Alves
You Hurt My Feelings premiere
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener joined stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Amber Tamblyn, David Cross,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
National Geographic's A Small Light continues tonight with another two episodes.
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at what's ahead, and it looks like things are going from bad to worse for Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber).
In the clip, we see Miep (Bel Powley) speak to Otto about recent events and how things might change very soon.
Otto is worried about the Nsb officer snooping around, but Miep tries to calm him down.
With his back pushed against the wall, Otto ponders what will happen next.
It's an excellent look at the series and how Miep tries to help Otto by making him realize that he's a wonderful father and has made the right decisions.
Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to help hide his...
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at what's ahead, and it looks like things are going from bad to worse for Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber).
In the clip, we see Miep (Bel Powley) speak to Otto about recent events and how things might change very soon.
Otto is worried about the Nsb officer snooping around, but Miep tries to calm him down.
With his back pushed against the wall, Otto ponders what will happen next.
It's an excellent look at the series and how Miep tries to help Otto by making him realize that he's a wonderful father and has made the right decisions.
Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to help hide his...
- 5/8/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
A National Geographic production, A Small Light, is based on the true account of Dutch citizen Miep Gies, who, with the help of her husband, managed to find a safe haven for Otto Frank and his family, as well as other Jewish families, from the Nazis. The Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, at the start of World War II, was a foreseeable threat, particularly for the Jews, who were being persecuted by the Nazis. In order to protect his family from the approaching Nazi menace, Otto Frank reached out to his secretary, Miep Gies, and her husband for assistance. Otto wished to escape the Netherlands but lacked the necessary resources to do so. Miep and Jan supplied the Franks with a safe haven in a hidden annex on Otto’s office grounds. Despite the danger of being apprehended by the Nazis, Miep and Jan were determined to assist and support the Franks,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
The big developments in May: summer movie season kicks off in earnest with new Marvel movies and the latest in a long-running, car-centric franchise, Fast X, while a major streaming service undergoes a name change (or at least a name shortening).
On May 23, HBO Max becomes simply Max, but it will still be home to HBO series. Got that? Good. Because there’s plenty to watch on HBO, Max, all the other streaming services and networks and it’s a busy month in theaters, too.
Let’s start with a...
On May 23, HBO Max becomes simply Max, but it will still be home to HBO series. Got that? Good. Because there’s plenty to watch on HBO, Max, all the other streaming services and networks and it’s a busy month in theaters, too.
Let’s start with a...
- 5/3/2023
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
“Until this project, I didn’t even know that Anne Frank had a sister,” admits Ashley Brooke, who portrays Anne’s older sibling Margot Frank in the Holocaust-themed eight-part limited series “A Small Light” that premiered with a pair of episodes on May 1 on Nat Geo and repeated May 2 on Disney+ and Hulu. “I’ve had Anne’s diary in my room since I was a little girl, and was told the story at a young age. But I must have forgotten a lot because I really had to start at ground zero when I started researching Margot. I fell in love with her little quirks. She’s really the opposite of Anne in terms of personality, more quiet and reserved. She likes to follow the rules.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Unfortunately, this was a time where the rules didn’t matter, particularly for the Jews of Europe.
Unfortunately, this was a time where the rules didn’t matter, particularly for the Jews of Europe.
- 5/3/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Despite erratic nationwide weather pattern, May Day 2023 has nevertheless brought with it a palpable sense of Spring reverie and renewal—not least of all in movie theaters and on streaming platforms. The freshly-launched Writers Strike (necessary and overdue) will no doubt result in some crinkling of the garden hose of fresh content, but that’s for future content consumers to worry about. In the meantime, enjoy this month’s Don’t-Miss Indies!
A Small Light
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Disney+, Hulu, NatGeo, ABC
Creators: Joan Rater, Tony Phelan
Cast: Bel Powley, Liev Schreiber, Joe Cole, Amira Casar, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke
Why We’re Excited: Shot in Prague and Amsterdam in the summer of 2022, this eight-part National Geographic limited series brings us the true story that transpired during the Nazi occupation of both nations in WWII. Austrian-born Dutch woman Miep Gies works for Otto Frank at a spice company.
A Small Light
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Disney+, Hulu, NatGeo, ABC
Creators: Joan Rater, Tony Phelan
Cast: Bel Powley, Liev Schreiber, Joe Cole, Amira Casar, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke
Why We’re Excited: Shot in Prague and Amsterdam in the summer of 2022, this eight-part National Geographic limited series brings us the true story that transpired during the Nazi occupation of both nations in WWII. Austrian-born Dutch woman Miep Gies works for Otto Frank at a spice company.
- 5/2/2023
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
Thanks to The Diary of Anne Frank and the historians who’ve studied it, the world has a good sense of what happened in the Amsterdam annex where Frank and her family hid from the Nazis during World War II.
Less celebrated, however, are the people who risked their lives to facilitate the Franks’ (and friends’) two-year period of hiding. The premiere of A Small Light, which aired Monday on National Geographic, spotlights the everyday work of Dutch resistance workers by telling the story through the eyes of one of them: Miep Gies, Otto Frank’s secretary.
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Less celebrated, however, are the people who risked their lives to facilitate the Franks’ (and friends’) two-year period of hiding. The premiere of A Small Light, which aired Monday on National Geographic, spotlights the everyday work of Dutch resistance workers by telling the story through the eyes of one of them: Miep Gies, Otto Frank’s secretary.
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- 5/2/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Bel Powley is an actor without subterfuge, which I mean only as a high compliment. I feel the same way about Florence Pugh. Their characters are still capable of lying, but neither performer can lie to the camera. When they’re miserable, it bursts through the screen. When they’re joyful, it’s contagious.
Powley is an interesting and effective choice, then, to play the lead in A Small Light, an eight-part NatGeo limited series that’s all about hiding and subterfuge. Playing an ostensibly ordinary woman who responds to an extraordinary challenge by finding the hero within, Powley sets the tone, or rather a variety of tones, for A Small Light. She brings more humor and hopeful energy than you might expect based on the topic, and underlines every emotionally crushing twist and turn you’d expect from a series adjacent to one of the most beloved and devastating stories ever told.
Powley is an interesting and effective choice, then, to play the lead in A Small Light, an eight-part NatGeo limited series that’s all about hiding and subterfuge. Playing an ostensibly ordinary woman who responds to an extraordinary challenge by finding the hero within, Powley sets the tone, or rather a variety of tones, for A Small Light. She brings more humor and hopeful energy than you might expect based on the topic, and underlines every emotionally crushing twist and turn you’d expect from a series adjacent to one of the most beloved and devastating stories ever told.
- 5/1/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On May 1, 2023, National Geographic premieres “A Small Light,” which centers on the real life story of Miep Gies. The limited series stars Bel Powley as the often unsung hero that hides Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam. The limited series opened to rave reviews, holding fresh at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The ensemble cast includes Liev Schreiber, Joe Cole, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke, and Amira Casar. Read our full review round-up below.
The series pilot and “Welcome to Switzerland” premiere on NatGeo May 1, with two new episodes airing weekly. Each can be streamed the next day on Hulu and Disney+.
See ‘A Small Light’: Nat Geo series heralds heroes who hid Anne Frank and family
Maggie Lovitt of Collider writes, “The series is blatant in its condemnation of people who reap the benefits of prejudice and hatred, blindly focused on their own small joys and creature comforts.
The series pilot and “Welcome to Switzerland” premiere on NatGeo May 1, with two new episodes airing weekly. Each can be streamed the next day on Hulu and Disney+.
See ‘A Small Light’: Nat Geo series heralds heroes who hid Anne Frank and family
Maggie Lovitt of Collider writes, “The series is blatant in its condemnation of people who reap the benefits of prejudice and hatred, blindly focused on their own small joys and creature comforts.
- 5/1/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
A Small Light co-showrunner Joan Rater knows that Anne Frank’s story ends in heartbreaking, horrifying fashion. We all do. Frank’s diary, written while the teenage Jewish girl and her family hid from Nazis in World War II-era Amsterdam, comes to an abrupt close when their secret annex is raided. Anne, and most of her family, later died in concentration camps.
“When I read the diary, still to this day — Joan Rater, 60 years old — I get so caught up in Anne’s humanity and in her everyday stuff, her amazing voice and just in her that I find myself going,...
“When I read the diary, still to this day — Joan Rater, 60 years old — I get so caught up in Anne’s humanity and in her everyday stuff, her amazing voice and just in her that I find myself going,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
The story of Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager who hid in a cramped attic with her family during the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam, is widely known, and amid the atrocities of the Holocaust, Anne’s diary presents a story of resilience and unrealized dreams. Nat Geo’s new limited series “A Small Light” isn’t Anne’s story, though the precocious teen’s legacy is embedded throughout. The brainchild of former “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunners Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, the series is a tale of resistance, activism and humanity. The narrative centers on one tenacious young woman, Miep Gies, Otto Frank’s secretary, who risked everything to save the Frank family, and countless others.
Beautifully shot by Phelan, Susanna Fogel and Leslie Hope, with a slight sepia tone to ground the audience in the time period, the series opens on July 6, 1942, when the Frank family goes into hiding. Miep (Bel Powley...
Beautifully shot by Phelan, Susanna Fogel and Leslie Hope, with a slight sepia tone to ground the audience in the time period, the series opens on July 6, 1942, when the Frank family goes into hiding. Miep (Bel Powley...
- 4/29/2023
- by Aramide Tinubu
- Variety Film + TV
"People have lost everything, and still they resist!" National Geographic has revealed an official trailer for a series titled A Small Light, telling the inspiring true story of Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who hid Anne Frank and her family during World War II. It's ready to premiere on the National Geographic Channel and for streaming on Hulu at the beginning of May. Miep is a young Dutch woman who is asked by her employer Otto Frank, in the summer of 1942, to shelter his family from the Nazis. She helps keep the Franks hidden, while Anne Frank writes her diary, which has become the iconic book that everyone already knows. English actress Bel Powley co-stars as Miep with Billie Boullet as Anne Frank, plus Joe Cole as Miep's husband Jan Gies, Liev Schreiber as Anne's father Otto Frank, Amira Casar as Edith Frank, and Ashley Brooke as Margot Frank. This...
- 4/16/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Miep Gies, as well as her husband Jan, helped hide Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam, she also saved the girl’s diary. But she never considered herself a hero.
“She didn’t want to be put on a pedestal. Her mantra was: ‘I just did what human beings are supposed to do and helped someone in need,’” Bel Powley, who plays Gies in National Geographic series “A Small Light,” said Saturday at Canneseries. The international premiere of the first episode screened at the international series festival in Cannes, followed by an on-stage discussion.
Amira Casar, “Peaky Blinders” alumnus Joe Cole, Liev Schreiber and Billie Boullet also star in the eight-episode show, which was co-created by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.
“Everybody feels like they know this story, know [about Anne] and the secret annex. But there is so much more to learn and this was just an incredible journey of learning,...
“She didn’t want to be put on a pedestal. Her mantra was: ‘I just did what human beings are supposed to do and helped someone in need,’” Bel Powley, who plays Gies in National Geographic series “A Small Light,” said Saturday at Canneseries. The international premiere of the first episode screened at the international series festival in Cannes, followed by an on-stage discussion.
Amira Casar, “Peaky Blinders” alumnus Joe Cole, Liev Schreiber and Billie Boullet also star in the eight-episode show, which was co-created by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.
“Everybody feels like they know this story, know [about Anne] and the secret annex. But there is so much more to learn and this was just an incredible journey of learning,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
A Small Light star Bel Powley and creator, writer and executive producer Joan Rater joined Deadline’s Contenders TV event Saturday to discuss the Holocaust-centric series and the importance of highlighting a different aspect of the era onscreen.
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The eight-part Nat Geo series debuts May 1st with two back-to-back episodes, with new episodes streaming the following day on Disney+ and Hulu. A Small Light tells the story of Austrian secretary Miep Gies (Bel Powley), a twentysomething who didn’t hesitate when her boss Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to hide him and his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan (Joe Cole) and several others help watch over the eight people hiding in a secret annex. Miep found Anne’s (Billie Boullet...
Related: Deadline Studio At Contenders Television 2023 – Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Dominique Fishback, Riley Keough, Natasha Lyonne & More
The eight-part Nat Geo series debuts May 1st with two back-to-back episodes, with new episodes streaming the following day on Disney+ and Hulu. A Small Light tells the story of Austrian secretary Miep Gies (Bel Powley), a twentysomething who didn’t hesitate when her boss Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to hide him and his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan (Joe Cole) and several others help watch over the eight people hiding in a secret annex. Miep found Anne’s (Billie Boullet...
- 4/15/2023
- by Destiny Jackson
- Deadline Film + TV
National Geographic has released the trailer from the upcoming eight-part limited series ‘A Small Light’. The powerful series, produced by ABC Signature and Keshet Studios, will stream on Disney+ in the U.K. on 2 May.
Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to help hide his family from the Nazis during WWII. Without hesitation, Miep agreed. For the next two years, she and her daring and devoted husband, Jan (Joe Cole), with several other everyday heroes, watched over the Frank, van Pels and Pfeffer families hiding in the secret annexe.
Told with a modern sensibility, the series shakes the cobwebs of history and makes Miep’s story feel relevant, forcing audiences to ask themselves what they would have done in Miep’s shoes; and in modern times,...
Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to help hide his family from the Nazis during WWII. Without hesitation, Miep agreed. For the next two years, she and her daring and devoted husband, Jan (Joe Cole), with several other everyday heroes, watched over the Frank, van Pels and Pfeffer families hiding in the secret annexe.
Told with a modern sensibility, the series shakes the cobwebs of history and makes Miep’s story feel relevant, forcing audiences to ask themselves what they would have done in Miep’s shoes; and in modern times,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
National Geographic has released the official trailer for the eight-part limited series A Small Light.
The series will have a multinetwork launch on Monday, May 1, at 9/8c with a simulcast across National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Lifetime of the first two episodes.
On Saturday, May 6 at 8/7c, Freeform will encore the premiere episodes.
For the full series run, two episodes will debut every Monday at 9/8c on National Geographic, stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu, and will be available on the Nat Geo TV and ABC apps.
"Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to help hide his family from the Nazis during WWII," the official logline reads.
"Without hesitation, Miep agreed. For the next two years, she and her daring and devoted husband,...
The series will have a multinetwork launch on Monday, May 1, at 9/8c with a simulcast across National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, and Lifetime of the first two episodes.
On Saturday, May 6 at 8/7c, Freeform will encore the premiere episodes.
For the full series run, two episodes will debut every Monday at 9/8c on National Geographic, stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu, and will be available on the Nat Geo TV and ABC apps.
"Based on an inspiring true story, Miep Gies (Bel Powley) was young, carefree and opinionated — at a time when opinions got you killed ― when Otto Frank (Liev Schreiber) asked her to help hide his family from the Nazis during WWII," the official logline reads.
"Without hesitation, Miep agreed. For the next two years, she and her daring and devoted husband,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
National Geographic has release a trailer for A Small Light, its upcoming scripted series about those who boldly chose to hide Anne Frank’s family and others from the Nazis during World War II.
The eight-episode series will have a multinetwork launch on Monday, May 1, at 9/8c — with a simulcast of the first two episodes across National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild and Lifetime. Freeform will air the same episodes on Saturday, May 6 at 8pm.
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The eight-episode series will have a multinetwork launch on Monday, May 1, at 9/8c — with a simulcast of the first two episodes across National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild and Lifetime. Freeform will air the same episodes on Saturday, May 6 at 8pm.
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- 4/4/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
“A Small Light,” Nat Geo’s upcoming dramatic limited series, tells the story of Miep Gies, best known to history as the Dutch woman who, along with her husband Jan, hid the family of Anne Frank during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands.
The series, which premieres May 1, tells Miep’s story during the darkest days of the war as she and her husband become increasingly desperate under Nazi occupation. But when asked by her employer, Otto Frank, for help hiding his family from the death squads, she agrees unflinchingly. See for yourself in the trailer right now at the top of the page.
For 2 years the Miep and Jan hid the Franks as well as 4 members of the Pfeffer family — until they were betrayed and the Franks and Pfeffers, arrested by the Nazi police, were taken to various concentration camps. The Gies evaded arrest and execution by almost pure luck,...
The series, which premieres May 1, tells Miep’s story during the darkest days of the war as she and her husband become increasingly desperate under Nazi occupation. But when asked by her employer, Otto Frank, for help hiding his family from the death squads, she agrees unflinchingly. See for yourself in the trailer right now at the top of the page.
For 2 years the Miep and Jan hid the Franks as well as 4 members of the Pfeffer family — until they were betrayed and the Franks and Pfeffers, arrested by the Nazi police, were taken to various concentration camps. The Gies evaded arrest and execution by almost pure luck,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
A Small Light is coming to National Geographic this spring. The cable channel has announced a premiere date for the historical drama which tells the story of Miep Gies (Bel Powley), the woman who heroically hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis for two years during World War II.
The series also stars Joe Cole, Liev Schreiber, Amira Casar, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke, Eleanor Tomlinson, Andy Nyman, Caroline Catz, Noah Taylor, Sally Messham, Ian McElhinney, Nicholas Burns, Liza Sadovy, Laurie Kynaston, and Sebastian Armesto,
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The series also stars Joe Cole, Liev Schreiber, Amira Casar, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke, Eleanor Tomlinson, Andy Nyman, Caroline Catz, Noah Taylor, Sally Messham, Ian McElhinney, Nicholas Burns, Liza Sadovy, Laurie Kynaston, and Sebastian Armesto,
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- 2/16/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
A Small Light is coming to Disney+ and National Geographic in Spring 2023. The series tells the story of 20-something secretary Miep Gies (Bel Powley), who selflessly hid Anne Frank and others from the Nazis during World War II. Eight episodes are planned for the limited drama series.
The series stars Powley, Joe Cole, and Liev Schreiber. Amira Casar, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke, Eleanor Tomlinson, Andy Nyman, Caroline Catz, Noah Taylor, Sally Messham, Ian McElhinney, Nicholas Burns, Liza Sadovy, Laurie Kynaston, and Sebastian Armesto also appear in the series.
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The series stars Powley, Joe Cole, and Liev Schreiber. Amira Casar, Billie Boullet, Ashley Brooke, Eleanor Tomlinson, Andy Nyman, Caroline Catz, Noah Taylor, Sally Messham, Ian McElhinney, Nicholas Burns, Liza Sadovy, Laurie Kynaston, and Sebastian Armesto also appear in the series.
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- 12/21/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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