BAFTA has announced the five nominees for this year’s prestigious Ee Rising Star Award, now in its 19th year and created in honour of the late Mary Selway.
The press conference was introduced by BAFTA CEO, Jane Millichip and hosted by Film Critic and radio Host, Ali Plumb and Actor & Producer, Stephen Graham, who revealed the highly anticipated 2024 nominee shortlist. The nominees consist of five actors who have each demonstrated their remarkable talent in film over the past year, having captured the imagination of both the public and film industry alike.
The Ee Rising Star Award nominees for 2024 are:
Phoebe Dynevor – currently starring in the critically acclaimed finance thriller, ‘Fair Play.’ Phoebe is arguably best known for her role as Daphne Bridgerton in Shonda Rhimes’ global phenomenon, ‘Bridgerton.’ Dynevor is also set to star opposite Diane Lane and Zoey Deutch in thriller, ‘Anniversary.’ The film follows a very...
The press conference was introduced by BAFTA CEO, Jane Millichip and hosted by Film Critic and radio Host, Ali Plumb and Actor & Producer, Stephen Graham, who revealed the highly anticipated 2024 nominee shortlist. The nominees consist of five actors who have each demonstrated their remarkable talent in film over the past year, having captured the imagination of both the public and film industry alike.
The Ee Rising Star Award nominees for 2024 are:
Phoebe Dynevor – currently starring in the critically acclaimed finance thriller, ‘Fair Play.’ Phoebe is arguably best known for her role as Daphne Bridgerton in Shonda Rhimes’ global phenomenon, ‘Bridgerton.’ Dynevor is also set to star opposite Diane Lane and Zoey Deutch in thriller, ‘Anniversary.’ The film follows a very...
- 1/10/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Everything Now is a British comedy-drama series created by Ripley Parker. The Netflix series follows the story of Mia, a 16-year-old London girl who joins the Sixth form (UK’s equivalent to high school), after a lengthy battle with anorexia. Everything Now stars Sophie Wilde in the lead role with Niamh McCormack and Lauryn Ajufo in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Netflix series here are some similar movies you could watch next.
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Synopsis: Mae & George’s complicated love story continues as Mae struggles to come to terms with the ghosts from her past and George tries to reinvent her present. Can they grow together or will they grow apart?
Dietland (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – AMC
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- 10/6/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
As if we didn’t have enough coming-of-age shows, Netflix keeps serving them up faster than you can say “teen angst.” No, really, this is a genre that has been capitalized on since time immemorial, but recently, it’s really getting out of hand. As is common with angsty teenagery things, most of these shows are based on trends and what’s big in the world at the moment. Everything Now feels like an amalgamation of all things good about Euphoria, Sex Education, and Heartbreak High. Everything Now is aptly titled because it really does engage nicely with everything that is “now.” I thought it was fantastic that we got Bottoms this year, written by talented young people, but here we have a 22-year-old who has already learned the ropes perfectly well. Taking notes from popular shows of the present and the past, Ripley Parker delightfully creates a real-world feeling...
- 10/5/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
It is being written by Ripley Parker whose credits the upcoming Netflix series, ’Everything Now’.
Kris Thykier’s UK production outfit Archery Pictures has picked up the film rights to Sarah Underwood’s debut novel Lies We Sing To The Sea and is adapting it with writer Ripley Parker.
Lies We Sing To The Sea is billed as a coming-of-age drama set in ancient Greece, inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids in the cursed kingdom of Ithaca.
The novel was published by Farshore in the UK and HarperCollins Children’s Books in the US.
Parker’s credits...
Kris Thykier’s UK production outfit Archery Pictures has picked up the film rights to Sarah Underwood’s debut novel Lies We Sing To The Sea and is adapting it with writer Ripley Parker.
Lies We Sing To The Sea is billed as a coming-of-age drama set in ancient Greece, inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids in the cursed kingdom of Ithaca.
The novel was published by Farshore in the UK and HarperCollins Children’s Books in the US.
Parker’s credits...
- 3/16/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
UK-based indie Archery Pictures, whose credits include Operation Mincemeat (2022) and Riviera Series 3, has picked up the film rights to the New York Times bestselling novel Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood.
Archery has set Ripley Parker, writer of the upcoming Netflix series The Fuck It Bucket and daughter of Ol Parker and Thandiwe Newton, to adapt the novel.
Billed as a “magical coming-of-age,” the novel is set in Ancient Greece and is inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids. The full synopsis reads: In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of twelve young women, a tithe to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a magical island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that she has been chosen by the Gods to break Ithaca’s curse. Leto must return home and kill the prince.
Archery has set Ripley Parker, writer of the upcoming Netflix series The Fuck It Bucket and daughter of Ol Parker and Thandiwe Newton, to adapt the novel.
Billed as a “magical coming-of-age,” the novel is set in Ancient Greece and is inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids. The full synopsis reads: In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of twelve young women, a tithe to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a magical island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that she has been chosen by the Gods to break Ithaca’s curse. Leto must return home and kill the prince.
- 3/16/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Fast-rising writer Ripley Parker, whose first TV project Everything Now (previously entitled The Fuck It Bucket) is launching on Netflix later this year, is set to adapt YA fantasy novel Lies We Sing to the Sea for film with the rights have been acquired by Kris Thykier’s U.K.-based banner Archery Pictures.
The debut novel of Sarah Underwood, Lies We Sing to the Sea is a magical coming-of-age drama set in a sun- and blood-soaked Ancient Greece, inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids. In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of 12 young women, a tithe to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a magical island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that she has been chosen by the Gods to break Ithaca’s curse. Leto must return home and kill the prince.
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The debut novel of Sarah Underwood, Lies We Sing to the Sea is a magical coming-of-age drama set in a sun- and blood-soaked Ancient Greece, inspired by the myth of Penelope’s hanged maids. In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each spring brings the hanging of 12 young women, a tithe to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a magical island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that she has been chosen by the Gods to break Ithaca’s curse. Leto must return home and kill the prince.
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- 3/16/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Nighy is set to be honored with an Icon Award at Newport Beach Film Festival’s U.K. honors on Thursday.
Nighy has been selected as the recipient of the annual event’s highest accolade this year in light of his accomplished and vast portfolio of work across film and television, including recent performances in “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and feature film “Living,” for which he is in the running this year for an Oscar and BAFTA for best actor. He is also known for his turns in “Love Actually,” “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and West End play “Skylight,” for which he scored a Tony nomination.
The Newport Beach Film Festival U.K. honors, hosted in partnership with Variety, will take place on Feb. 16 in central London and will be presented by Edith Bowman.
As well as honoring recipients in three separate categories – “Breakout Stars,” which...
Nighy has been selected as the recipient of the annual event’s highest accolade this year in light of his accomplished and vast portfolio of work across film and television, including recent performances in “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and feature film “Living,” for which he is in the running this year for an Oscar and BAFTA for best actor. He is also known for his turns in “Love Actually,” “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and West End play “Skylight,” for which he scored a Tony nomination.
The Newport Beach Film Festival U.K. honors, hosted in partnership with Variety, will take place on Feb. 16 in central London and will be presented by Edith Bowman.
As well as honoring recipients in three separate categories – “Breakout Stars,” which...
- 2/13/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
In HBO‘s new hit series, The Last of Us, Nico Parker plays a young teen who doesn’t make it past day one of the zombie apocalypse. In a recent interview, the actor revealed who she thinks she’d have better survival odds with if an apocalypse were really to happen.
Nico Parker plays Joel’s daughter Sarah in ‘The Last of Us’
HBO’s The Last of Us is based on the popular 2013 Naughty Dog video game of the same name. It follows the journey of Joel and Ellie, two survivors of a zombie apocalypse that has decimated a majority of the world’s population. The series focuses on their relationship as they travel across the country together, looking for scientists who could harness Ellie’s immunity and turn it into a cure.
The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal plays Joel. And Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey portrays Ellie.
Nico Parker plays Joel’s daughter Sarah in ‘The Last of Us’
HBO’s The Last of Us is based on the popular 2013 Naughty Dog video game of the same name. It follows the journey of Joel and Ellie, two survivors of a zombie apocalypse that has decimated a majority of the world’s population. The series focuses on their relationship as they travel across the country together, looking for scientists who could harness Ellie’s immunity and turn it into a cure.
The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal plays Joel. And Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey portrays Ellie.
- 2/7/2023
- by Mishal Ali Zafar
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Variety has selected its list of 10 Brits to Watch for 2023, an honor the publication has been bestowing since 2013 on artists across all entertainment media. Past honorees include Harry Styles, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jodie Turner-Smith.
The honorees will be profiled in the Feb. 8 issue of Variety and feted at the seventh annual Newport Beach Film Festival U.K. Honors, to be held at the Londoner Hotel in London.
“With film and television production roaring in the U.K., the royals constantly garnering international chatter and the search for a new James Bond heating up, there’s another fact of U.K. entertainment life that shouldn’t be overlooked: the U.K. new-creatives well is fairly overflowing,” said Steven Gaydos, Variety‘s senior VP of global content and executive editor. “Always a dynamic source of exciting fresh voices, one look at Variety’s 2023 10 Brits to Watch proves that Britannia remains a vital center of artistic regeneration.
The honorees will be profiled in the Feb. 8 issue of Variety and feted at the seventh annual Newport Beach Film Festival U.K. Honors, to be held at the Londoner Hotel in London.
“With film and television production roaring in the U.K., the royals constantly garnering international chatter and the search for a new James Bond heating up, there’s another fact of U.K. entertainment life that shouldn’t be overlooked: the U.K. new-creatives well is fairly overflowing,” said Steven Gaydos, Variety‘s senior VP of global content and executive editor. “Always a dynamic source of exciting fresh voices, one look at Variety’s 2023 10 Brits to Watch proves that Britannia remains a vital center of artistic regeneration.
- 1/13/2023
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
McWilliams succeeds Suzanne Mackie in the role.
Left Bank Pictures has promoted Siân McWilliams to creative director as part of a “renewal” of creative energy at The Crown indie.
McWilliams succeeds Suzanne Mackie in the role, who left two years ago to launch her own indie.
An exec producer for a range of the Sony-owned label’s dramas since 2019, McWilliams will now steer the entire slate and is tasked with developing new projects, identifying fresh talent and forging creative partnerships, while deepening the relationships with broadcasters and streamers. She takes up her role in January.
Her recent credits include...
Left Bank Pictures has promoted Siân McWilliams to creative director as part of a “renewal” of creative energy at The Crown indie.
McWilliams succeeds Suzanne Mackie in the role, who left two years ago to launch her own indie.
An exec producer for a range of the Sony-owned label’s dramas since 2019, McWilliams will now steer the entire slate and is tasked with developing new projects, identifying fresh talent and forging creative partnerships, while deepening the relationships with broadcasters and streamers. She takes up her role in January.
Her recent credits include...
- 11/17/2022
- by John Elmes Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Legendary British actor Stephen Fry has boarded Netflix’s The F**k it Bucket from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, joining a clutch of highly-rated newcomers including lead Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) and Boiling Point’s Lauryn Ajufo.
Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr Nell, in his latest Netflix show, having appeared as Headmaster Barnes in hit young adult drama Heartstopper and Gilbert in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming The Sandman.
Unveiled on a UK slate last year, The F**k it Bucket is Netflix’s latest big UK young adult bet, following on from the critical and commercial success of Heartstopper.
Newcomer Ripley Parker’s show follows a 17-year-old Londoner who is released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. She is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form, only to find that her friends have...
Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr Nell, in his latest Netflix show, having appeared as Headmaster Barnes in hit young adult drama Heartstopper and Gilbert in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming The Sandman.
Unveiled on a UK slate last year, The F**k it Bucket is Netflix’s latest big UK young adult bet, following on from the critical and commercial success of Heartstopper.
Newcomer Ripley Parker’s show follows a 17-year-old Londoner who is released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. She is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form, only to find that her friends have...
- 8/4/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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