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The Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel Hamnet, a tale of love and heartbreak concerning Agnes Hathaway and her beloved one William Shakespeare, has taken the unheralded step of announcing its West End transfer before it has has even opened in the famous playwright’s place of birth.

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The play, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti — whose version of Life of Pi is on Broadway — directed by Erica Whyman and starring Madeleine Mantock begins performances at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 1 through June 17.

Madeleine Mantock

But following a “tsunami” of interest from eager ticket buyers, the show will transfer after its run in Stratford to London’s Garrick Theatre for 14 weeks from September 30 through January 6.

If the phenomenal level of interest is maintained, then expect seats at the Garrick to be hard to come by after they go on priority sale from March 28, with public booking from April 6.

The plain fact is that O’Farrell’s engrossing novel has sold more than 1.5 million copies and has fans on every continent.

Her story of the plain-speaking, free-spirited Agnes Hathaway; her relationship with Shakespeare; the heartbreaking death of Hamnet, their 11-year-old son; and how that tragedy inspired the Bard to write Hamlet; touched a nerve coming out as it did during the pandemic. “It’s totally a love story, it’s very romantic,” Chakrabarti told us.

‘Hamnet’ director Erica Whyman

Also, Chakrabarti continued: “Shakespeare is endlessly fascinating because we are trying to work out who was the man behind these amazing pieces of work, but Maggie O’Farrell’s book asks: Who was the family behind him? Anne, or Agnes, Hathaway has had a pretty bad press, and this redresses some of those injustices.”

Whyman had a “hunch”the RSC ought to put it on stage the minute she’d finished reading it because it dealt “so beautifully with bereavement and love.”

That love, Whyman observed, “carried Shakespeare to some of the most remarkable achievements of his life, notably writing Hamlet.”

Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures already had acquired an option, and the movie’s in development with Neal Street Productions, founded by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling, and Amblin Partners. Chiara Atik is writing the screenplay.

Lolita Chakrabarti. Courtesy RSC.

However, O’Farrell and Neal Street had a keenness for it to be staged in Stratford, so agreements were struck with the RSC for Neal Street, in association with Hera Pictures, to allow a theater version that would be separate from the movie. Amblin has been supporting the stage adaptation enthusiastically.

O’Farrell has been giving “hands-on” attention to both the screenplay and the stage play, Newling said.

Newling admitted that “it’s unusual” to “shout about” transferring before you’ve opened, but “there was this tsunami of interest, and we were never going to satisfy the extraordinary level of interest during the run at the Swan alone. There is such demand for this title,” she added.

Maggie O’Farrell. Courtesy RSC.

The play’s a terrific opportunity for Mantock, who made her debut in a recent revival of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit directed by Richard Eyre.

Whyman, Chakrabarti and Newling all spoke of their excitement in finding Mantock, heaping casting director Amy Ball with praise.

“It’s simple,” said Whyman “She has got really old-fashioned star quality but at the same time has got her feet firmly on the ground. Agnes is a hard-working, fearless woman who knows her own mind, and so does Madeleine.”

For the Nottinghamshire-born Mantock, Agnes is a “giant role” for her. “It does feel like the role of a lifetime. I don’t know if I’ll get this opportunity again, so I’m very grateful.”

The cast got to meet O’Farrell during rehearsals, and Mantock remembers the novelist telling the company “that ‘not every person in history is remembered kindly and sometimes they are misremembered,’ and I think we all felt lucky to have a responsibility to look at how we might choose to see Anne Hathaway this time.”

Mantock said that “there’s a lot of pain and loss and grief, but there’s also the love, the joy and the hope. And you have to feel all of those things … that’s what life is.”

She noted the advantages of having Chakrabarti at rehearsals, plus, if needs be, “if we get a bit stumped and we don’t know which way to go with something, we can go to the book. We’ve got this amazing resource.”

So first the Swan Theatre, followed by a season at the Garrick in the West End. The phenomenon of Hamnet is unlikely to end there.

There’s Broadway and beyond.

Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon

The cast also includes Tom Vary as William and Sarah Belcher, Will Brown, Haydn Burke, Ajani Cabey, Faye Campbell, Frankie Hastings, Karl Haynes, Alex Jarrett, Hannah McPake, Elizabeth Rider, Rose Riley, Harmony Rose-Bremner, Obioma Ugoala and Peter Wight.

Creatives includes Tom Piper design and Prema Mehta lighting.

Exclusive: Toheeb Jimoh, who plays AFC Richmond’s goal-scoring Sam Obisanya on Ted Lasso will tackle rhyming couplets when he and Red Rose actress Isis Hainsworth play William Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in what’s expected to be a sizzler of a Romeo and Juliet production in London this summer.

The scorching heat comes from its director Rebecca Frecknall, associate director of north London’s Almeida Theatre. She lit up the West End with an acclaimed 2021 revival of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre, now transformed into the Kit Kat Club.

Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse) and Jessie Buckley (Women Talking) both won Olivier Awards for their performances as the emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively.

Those parts now are being played by John McCrea (Cruella) and Aimee Lou Wood.

It doesn’t end there.

Frecknall also staged the extraordinary reimagining of Tennessee Williams’ classic...

Spoilers for Red Rose Season 1 below!

The following article contains mention of suicide and violence.

After walking through the online terrors and riddles faced by a group of teenagers, Netflix's Red Rose resolves many overarching mysteries in its ending moments while setting the stage for season 2. What begins as a seemingly supernatural portrayal of modern technophobia in Red Rose later morphs into a terrifying conspiracy that alludes to many real-world issues surrounding online privacy. With each episode, Red Rose's action and drama further dissolve the lines between the real and virtual world, leading to a satisfying conclusion.

Although the Netflix horror drama leaves many crucial details to a viewer's imagination and intentionally paves the way for a follow-up, it presents some important details about its central app's origins and evil forces working behind it. At the same time, Red Rose also sheds its supernatural underpinnings towards the end...

This weekend, Netflix is adding a comedy-drama movie, a documentary series, a horror drama TV series, and a sci-fi TV series. Last weekend, the streaming giant welcomed the Bollywood thriller Thunivu, season 1 of MTV’s Floribama Shore, the Argentinian movie The Substitute, and season 1 of the Chilean crime series Chromosome 21, along with the documentary Bill Russell: Legend, the first part of You season 4, and the rom-com Your Place or Mine.

This weekend will see more licensed content than last week, with the arrival of the first season of the Koren drama series Mr. Queen, the Malaysian action movie Possessed/Rasuk, the action thriller movie 2 Guns, the horror movies 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Ouija, the Bollywood movie Cirkus, and the historical drama The Woman King. As for original content, Netflix subscribers will get to enjoy a Mexican comedy-drama movie, a documentary series about the world of golf, a British horror drama TV series,...

Content Warning: The following article contains mention of suicide and violence. It also includes spoilers for Red Rose season 1.

The Netflix horror thriller Red Rose went into detail about the app behind the apparent suicides of two teenagers, and while it already looked sinister at the beginning, the world uncovered by Wren and her friends proved even scarier. Despite initially being described as an app preying on teenagers during their most vulnerable moments, the Red Rose app quickly unleashed its full potential, effectively terrorizing two teenagers that did not know each other. However, the world that Wren, Noah, Ash, Taz, Antony, and Jaya eventually discovered made the app even more dangerous, especially as its victims could never see how they were being manipulated.

Red Rose initially played along the lines of similar horror genre TV shows, seemingly imbued with supernatural elements, and this especially showed in the way Alyssa and...

With more people online than ever, the internet isn’t as intimidating and alien as it used to be. Everything also seems easier when you’re connected. Yet when the young and unaware characters in Netflix’s latest series Red Rose download a mysterious phone app, they fall prey to an anonymous predator lurking behind the screen. This basic concept of malevolent cyber forces affecting the real world is nothing novel, especially in such a contemporary setting, but this show does a convincing job of making the web feel unsafe again.

Red Rose, a BBC series that first aired in 2022, is set in the creators’ hometown of Bolton, England. Michael and Paul Clarkson (co-producers of The Haunting of Bly Manor) and production company Eleven (The Enfield Haunting) collaborated on this gripping exercise in technological terror. The story follows a clique of friends whose ostensible leader is targeted by the titular app.

Red Rose is a horror series starring Amelia Clarkson and Natalie Hoflin. It is directed by Lisa Siwe, Ramon Salazar and Henry Blake.

Red Rose is one of those urban legends transformed into a series which, if in the hands of others would have been a disaster, but here we have the BBC which tries to make a good series with a plot that seems “impossible” and manages to do it.

A typical teen horror thing which, if it had been done by the usual studio, would have been a total disaster, but here, thanks to good directing, an atmosphere full of references to classics, interesting characters, an attractive story and very good direction andp planning, this series is a delight for the eyes.eferentes clásicos, personajes interesantes, una historia atractiva y una muy buena dirección y planificación hacen de esta serie una delicia que llevarse a la vista.

Red Rose (2022)

Yes,...

Traditionally, January and February are the dumping ground for major Hollywood studios. With awards season in full swing and audiences playing catchup on the biggest titles of the prior year, the first two months are usually the perfect place for dropping projects that don't inspire much confidence. But the rise of streaming is slowly changing that trend. Less concerned about the box office and much more obsessed with keeping their release schedules consistent, streamers like Netflix make sure to always have exciting new titles lined up, dump months be damned. So expect another full slate on the streamer as we enter February. Just because it's the shortest month of the year, doesn't mean we can't still have plenty of fun!

Below is a list (and some curated standout titles) of everything coming to Netflix in February 2023.

Red Rose

The idea of teens being controlled by their phones has become a...

Note: The following contains spoilers for Catherine Called Birdy.

Director Lena Dunham described Karen Cushman’s “Catherine Called Birdy” as a work ingrained in her DNA with a world easy to bring to the screen and populate, but she did want to give the story a more hopeful ending.

Dunham’s film follows Cushman’s story pretty closely, which focuses on young Lady Catherine, who goes by Birdy (Bella Ramsey), daughter of Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) and Lady Aislinn (Billie Piper). Birdy’s impending arranged marriage to some random stranger drives the film’s plot, as she does everything humanly possible to turn off her suitors.

“The last act shifts pretty significantly from the book, and that just had to do with a real desire to be able to leave Birdy’s character in a better place than we found her,” Dunham said in a recent interview with TheWrap. “The book has a beautiful ending,...

Nowadays, medieval reimaginings about a spunky modern girl ahead of her time are a dime a dozen. Call it the "Arya" effect, but as long as YA has existed (maybe even longer), so has the headstrong female character who bucks gender norms and only wants to play in the mud or with swords. And Birdy, the title character of the charming but slight "Catherine Called Birdy," appears to fall too easily into this category. But writer-director Lena Dunham, dipping her toes into family comedy territory for the first time, imbues "Catherine Called Birdy" with enough irreverence and absurdity to give star Bella Ramsey the chance to soar beyond her fellow "strong female characters" — even if the movie is not quite as dazzling as she is.

Based on the beloved 1994 children's novel of the same name by Karen Cushman, "Catherine Called Birdy" follows the struggles of the rabble-rousing Lady Catherine or,...

Around the midway point of Catherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham’s deliriously fun yet pointed adaptation of Karen Cushman’s YA book, our hero — a 14 year-old named Catherine, nicknamed (surprise!) “Birdy,” played remarkably and brilliantly by Bella Ramsey — begins to list off what girls are not allowed to do. They can’t go on crusades, cut their hair or be horse trainers. They aren’t permitted to be monks or go to hangings; forget about drinking in public houses or, God forbid, they laugh very loud. All strictly verboten.

Nestled...

Dir: Lena Dunham. Starring: Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Joe Alwyn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Ralph Ineson, Isis Hainsworth, Russell Brand. 12A, 108 minutes.

In Lena Dunham’s adaptation of Karen Cushman’s Nineties children’s novel, we meet a young maiden in the 1290s, Lady Catherine aka Birdy (Bella Ramsey). She’s sweet, rambunctious and utterly blithe when it comes to her privilege. Nestled inside a workman’s cart, on the way to see her friend Aelis (Isis Hainsworth), she wonders what life must be like for the peasant class. She finds them exquisitely fascinating, “so simple… so passionate… so toothless”.

Catherine Called Birdy, paired with Sharp Stick, still unreleased in the UK, form Dunham’s first features since 2010’s Tiny Furniture. She's back and armed to the teeth with millennial ennui, her usual trademarks retooled only to suit her tween audience. The honesty is there. The acerbic wit. The semi-intentional...

"Catherine Called Birdy" is a new Medieval comedy feature written and directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey, Lesley Sharp, Sophie Okonedo, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Dean-Charles Chapman, Paul Kaye, Billie Piper and Andrew Scott, opening in theaters September 23, 2022 and streaming October 7, 2022 on Prime Video:

"...'Lady Catherine of Stonebridge Manor' (Ramsey), known to all as 'Birdy', dreams of roaming the world while having countless adventures, just like her 'Uncle George' (Alwyn), who has joined the 'Crusades'. Her indulgent mother, 'Lady Aislinn' (Piper), allows her to skip some of the mundane tasks of a young girl in return for keeping a diary that she shares with her brother 'Edward', a cloistered monk.

"Her spendthrift father is deep in debt and can think of only one way to resolve it. He will marry off his daughter to a wealthy suitor. Horrified to realize the future that awaits, Birdy vows to...

This evening the Curzon Mayfair in London played host to the UK Premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s Catherine Called Birdy. The affair was attended by Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Michael Woolfitt, Archie Renaux, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Mimi M Khayisa, Paul Kaye, Russell Brand and director Lena Dunham. Dunham adapted the 1994 novel of the same name by Karen Cushman for this new addition into the relatively paltry pantheon of mediaeval comedies.

Catherine Called Birdy will be released on Amazon Prime Video on the 7th of October, 2022. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet. Here are their interviews.

Catherine Called Birdy Premiere Interviews

Plot:

A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.

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Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey star in Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy Photo: Prime Video For those of you who have given up on Lena Dunham, no one can say you don’t have your reasons. Whether it’s because her groundbreaking HBO series, Girls, ended in 2017, or she...

"Catherine Called Birdy" is a new Medieval comedy feature written and directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey, Lesley Sharp, Sophie Okonedo, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Dean-Charles Chapman, Paul Kaye, Billie Piper and Andrew Scott, opening in theaters September 23, 2022 and streaming October 7, 2022 on Prime Video:

"...'Lady Catherine of Stonebridge Manor' (Ramsey), known to all as 'Birdy', dreams of roaming the world while having countless adventures, just like her 'Uncle George' (Alwyn), who has joined the 'Crusades'. Her indulgent mother, 'Lady Aislinn' (Piper), allows her to skip some of the mundane tasks of a young girl in return for keeping a diary that she shares with her brother 'Edward', a cloistered monk.

"Her spendthrift father is deep in debt and can think of only one way to resolve it. He will marry off his daughter to a wealthy suitor. Horrified to realize the future that awaits, Birdy vows to...

Teen horror Red Rose arrived on BBC Three this week to ruin the sacred relationship between a youth and their phone. As if the internet wasn’t scary enough already, in Red Rose a sinister app appears to drive teenagers to commit suicide. Is it supernatural? Who’s behind it? Why? And who will it strike next? This Bolton-set chiller is refreshingly funny at the same time as being super dark. Created by Michael and Paul Clarkson who have horror pedigree as producers on The Haunting of Bly Manor, the show features a strong ensemble cast of scrappy Northerners who call their collective group ‘the dickheads’. Over eight episodes the mystery of Red Rose slowly unfolds with some big old twist right up to the conclusion. Let’s break down the big questions posed by that ending.

Is Red Rose supernatural?

Nope, turns out man made. It’s not...

Social media is bad and scary, young women are frequently horrible to each other and everyone spends too much time on their phones is actually Not the main take away from the first three episodes of this sort-of-ya sort-of-horror series new to BBC Three. It’s actually a lot more nuanced than that in a series that initially plays like a mash up of 2010s horror, 1990s teen drama and Derry Girls’ potty-mouth rough-and-ready sense of humour. Weird combo though that may sound, in Red Rose it works, picking the best of the tropes, populating the show with likeable and believable characters and sprinkling modern social realism into the mix.

Set in Bolton in the modern day (we know this because everyone has a smartphone), a bunch of friends have just finished their GCSEs and are planning a summer of getting wasted. Rochelle (Isis Hainsworth) is the de facto leader,...

Prime Video has debuted the trailer for Lena Dunham’s adaptation of ‘Catherine Called Birdy.’

Based on the book by Karen Cushman, the story unfolds in 1290. In the Medieval English village of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (known as Birdy) is the youngest child of Lord Rollo and Lady Aislinn. Her playground is Stonebridge Manor, a house that, like the family, has seen better days. Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. But Birdy, like all the great teen heroines, is spirited, clever, adventurous, and ready to put off any suitor that comes calling in increasingly ingenious ways. Her imagination, defiance, and deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents. When the vilest suitor of all arrives, they are presented with the...

"Catherine Called Birdy" is a new Medieval comedy feature written and directed by Lena Dunham, starring Bella Ramsey, Lesley Sharp, Sophie Okonedo, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Dean-Charles Chapman, Paul Kaye, Billie Piper and Andrew Scott, opening in theaters September 23, 2022 and streaming October 7, 2022 on Prime Video:

"...'Lady Catherine of Stonebridge Manor' (Ramsey), known to all as 'Birdy', dreams of roaming the world while having countless adventures, just like her 'Uncle George' (Alwyn), who has joined the 'Crusades'. Her indulgent mother, 'Lady Aislinn' (Piper), allows her to skip some of the mundane tasks of a young girl in return for keeping a diary that she shares with her brother 'Edward', a cloistered monk.

"Her spendthrift father is deep in debt and can think of only one way to resolve it. He will marry off his daughter to a wealthy suitor. Horrified to realize the future that awaits, Birdy vows to...

A good year for Lena Dunham fans, most of all those who crave films about a girl’s unusual, tempestuous coming-of-age. With the excellent Sharp Stick (about which we recently spoke to Dunham) still rolling into theaters, a fall release looms for Catherine Called Birdy, her adaptation of Karen Cushman’s beloved children’s novel—suggesting a tamer project than her latest, but that’s a) not saying much and b) hardly suggesting a change of pace.

Being that Catherine concerns a girl (in England circa 1290) who must fight off suitors her parents sell her to for money, the material seems suited to Dunham’s interest in gender roles and autonomy. But (just as importantly) the preview looks plainly funny, with the added bonus that Amazon’s money is clearly well-geared towards creating a period piece.

With Catherine opening in select release on September 23 and hitting Prime October 7, watch the...

Different century, same search for gender equality.

Lena Dunham’s third feature film “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in a Medieval English village in 1290, where teenage Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey) is assigned the task of finding a husband. Her father (Andrew Scott) is determined to capitalize on the marriage of his eldest daughter Catherine in order to save their manor. The only issue? Tween Catherine refuses to comply.

“Would I choose to die rather than be forced to marry?” Catherine (Ramsey) says in the trailer. “I do not think either option is appealing. Or fair.”

Written and directed by Emmy nominee Dunham and adapted from Karen Cushman’s novel of the same name, “Catherine Called Birdy” will premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival before debuting in theaters September 23 before streaming globally on Prime Video October 7.

Joe Alwyn, Ralph Ineson, Billie Piper, Isis Hainsworth, and Russell Brand also star in the coming-of-age period piece.

It is based on the book by Karen Cushman.

Lena Dunham’s adventure comedy Catherine Called Birdy is the latest world premiere announced for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The Prime Video title is set in a Medieval English village and follows the youngest daughter of a noble family as she comes up with innovative ways to put off potential suitors from her father.

Catherine Called Birdy is directed and written by Dunham, best known for TV series Girls, and based on the book by Karen Cushman. Dunham also produces along with Working Titles’ Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan,...

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Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy, an adaptation of the director’s favorite childhood book of the same name about a 13-year-old English girl coming of age in 1290 A.D., is set to have a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

Written and directed by the Girls star-creator from Karen Cushman’s historical coming-of-age novel, the film will hit cinemas on Sept. 23, ahead of an Amazon Prime Video debut on Oct. 7.

Catherine Called Birdy is set in the medieval English village of Stonebridge. Lady Catherine, known as Birdy, has as her playground Stonebridge Manor, a house that, like the family, has seen better days.

Her greedy father sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. But Birdy is spirited, clever and adventurous and ready to put off any...

The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival adds another world premiere in the mix: Lena Dunham’s medieval coming-of-age comedy “Catherine Called Birdy.”

TIFF previously announced “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical drama “The Fabelmans” to debut at the 47th edition of the festival this September.

“Catherine Called Birdy” stars “Game of Thrones” alum Bella Ramsey as the title character, who finds herself as a tween bride to save her family’s name in the Middle Ages.

Per an official synopsis: “The year? 1290. In the Medieval English village of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (known as Birdy) is the youngest child of Lord Rollo and Lady Aislinn. Her playground is Stonebridge Manor, a house that, like the family, has seen better days. Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land.

Lena Dunham’s medieval kids comedy film “Catherine Called Birdy” is set to make its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival this September.

Based on the 1994 children’s novel by Karen Cushman, “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in England during the year 1290, and focuses on Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey), the youngest child of Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) and Lady Aislinn (Billie Piper). When Catherine’s parents attempt to fix their financial woes by marrying her off to a wealthy man, she counteracts by scaring off her potentials suitors, resulting in tension between the spirited and independent young woman and her traditional parents.

The cast also includes Lesley Sharp, Sophie Okonedo, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Dean-Charles Chapman and Paul Kaye, with Dunham appearing in a supporting role. Dunham directed, wrote the screenplay and produces via her Good Thing Going Banner. Working Title Films is also backing the project, and Eric Fellner,...

“Catherine Called Birdy,” the latest film from writer-director Lena Dunham, will make its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) takes on the titular role of Lady Catherine (better known as “Birdy”) in the adaptation of Karen Cushman’s 1995 novel. A high-spirited and fiercely independent teenager, Birdy was perhaps born into the wrong time and place – the Medieval village of Stonebridge, to be exact. As the youngest child of Lady Aislinn and Lord Rollo, she’s supposed to marry a wealthy man to save the family from financial destitution. Birdy keeps inventing new ways to foil her father’s plan, until a particularly heinous suitor forces her parents to choose between their greed and their daughter’s happiness.

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The stars were filmed at London’s BFI Southbank in June.

Watch the behind-the-scenes video from this year’s photo shoot for Screen International’s UK & Ireland Stars Of Tomorrow.

The shoot took place at London’s BFI Southbank in June. The video features actors Lauren Ajufo, Louis Partridge, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Priya Kansara, Ambika Mod, Jorden Myrie, Yasmin Finney, Jamie Flatters, Lizzie Annis, Siobhan Cullen, Isis Hainsworth, Harry Trevaldwyn and Harry Trevaldwyn, and filmmakers John Ogunmuyiwa, Cleona Ní Chrualaoi and Adjani Salmon.

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“Sex Education” producer Eleven has revealed a cast of rising stars for upcoming BBC and Netflix horror series “Red Rose.”

Created by the Clarkson Twins – Michael and Paul, the eight-part series explores the relationship between teenagers and their online lives. Set over a long hot summer following high school, the teens’ friendships are infiltrated by the Red Rose app, which blooms on their smartphones, threatening them with dangerous consequences if they don’t meet its demands. The app exposes the group to a seemingly supernatural entity and the seductive power of the dark web.

The cast includes Amelia Clarkson, Isis Hainsworth, Ali Khan Ellis Howard and Ashna Rabheru alongside Adam Nagaitis, Natalie Gavin and Samuel Anderson. Making their television debuts are Harry Redding, currently in “To Kill A Mockingbird” on London’s West End, and Laurence Olivier Bursary winner Natalie Blair.

“Red Rose” is directed by Ramon Salazar (Netflix thriller...

Lena Dunham’s latest film “Catherine, Called Birdy” has been in the works for 13 years — almost the exact age as the historical YA novel’s heroine. Dunham writes, directs, and executive produces the coming-of-age Prime Video film, adapted from Karen Cushman’s 1996 novel of the same name. The film premieres in theaters September 23 and debuts on Prime Video October 7. Watch the first footage from the long-awaited film below.

“Game of Thrones” alum Bella Ramsey stars as the titular precocious Birdy, who is set to be married off for money so that her father (Andrew Scott) can save their English manor in the year 1290. Joe Alwyn, Ralph Ineson, Billie Piper, and Isis Hainsworth also star.

Dunham, who debuted her sophomore feature effort “Sharp Stick” at Sundance 2022 and also celebrated the 10th anniversary of “Girls” this year, has deemed “Catherine, Called Birdy” the “most ambitious project” of her career to date.

“I...

"Metal Lords" is the new teen music feature, directed by Peter Sollett, starring Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth, Adrian Greensmith, Phelan Davis and Joe Manganiello, now streaming on Netflix:

"...two teens start a metal band in a high school where exactly two teens care about metal. 

"They can't find a bassist, but there is this one girl who plays the cello. Now they need to work together if they're ever going to win the upcoming 'Battle of the Bands'..."

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Photo: ‘Metal Lords’ Overview Released April 8th, new and exclusive to Netflix – ‘Metal Lords’! This film follows the stories of high school students Kevin, Hunter, and Emily who have little in common except their ability to put on a show. Kevin (portrayed by Jaeden Martell), is your standard high school loser archetype. He plays in the school marching band to get out of Pe and gets shoved around the halls by the jocks. Hunter (portrayed by Adrian Greensmith) is your standard cinematic understanding of a metal kid. He likes heavy music, his guitar, Dungeons & Dragons, and little else. The character of Emily (portrayed by Isis Hainsworth) is different from our “opposites attract” best friends though. She doesn’t follow a popular cinematic archetype, and instead radiates an energy that is not commonly seen in coming of age films. That energy being the rage that teens start to feel when dealing with guilt.

A high school comedy about an Ozzy-obsessed outcast who ropes his only friend into forming a post-death metal duo called SkullFucker in order to win the Battle of the Bands (and prove his value to all of the popular kids in their Portland suburb), Peter Sollett’s “Metal Lords” is

Screenwriter D.B. Weiss may be a bonafide head-banger who’s spent most of his career trying to bring SkullFucker to the screen — the “Game of Thrones” co-creator first began shopping the script before he ever stepped foot in Westeros — but most of the story beats in this overfamiliar coming-of-age saga are as metal as the Imagine Dragons cover that SkullFucker’s rivals bust out during the climactic face-off. It isn’t until the third act that “Metal Lords” finally shreds with any of the rage against the machine frustration that’s fueled similar let’s start a band films like...

The upcoming Netflix film "Metal Lords," written by "Game of Thrones" co-creator D.B. Weiss and executive produced by fellow "Got" alum David Benioff, will hit the streaming service on April 8, 2022. It's the story of metal fan Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) and his friend Kevin (Jaeden Martell), who start a band named Skullf***er. They need a bassist, but instead find cello player Emily (Isis Hainsworth), who joins them for the Battle of the Bands. As a metalhead myself, I cannot recommend this lovely movie highly enough. It...

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In a film that sings the praises of heavy metal music and reveres those who create it, “Metal Lords” stumbles in its ability to truly rock. Director Peter Sollett’s coming-of-age feature centered on two teen outcasts who form a hardcore metal band explores some fairly unexpected, dark recesses given its lighthearted, comedically-inclined premise. Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll are on the set list, yet it plays too fast and loose, failing to achieve a good balance to make the chords reverberate louder. And just as it begins to get into its groove, the song abruptly ends.

Kevin (Jaeden Martell) and Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) have been friends since elementary school, suffering together through the indignities of adolescence and the pains of impending adulthood. However, they’ll be tested like never before in high school. After Hunter’s mom left him and his plastic surgeon father (Brett Gelman) a few years prior,...

There hasn’t been a “battle of the bands” since an unfortunate scrotal incident scarred many a teen not expecting nudity a few years back, but the mere mention of the possibility Dean Swanson (Sufe Bradshaw) decided to give her students another shot has Hunter Sylvester (Adrian Greensmith) salivating. The problem: he doesn’t have a band. Wanting one and having one are two different things and Dad’s (Brett Gelman) money can only get Hunter so far before a reality check proves necessary. That’s the one thing he refuses to accept, though. His love for metal and unyielding determination given as a sacrifice to the genre’s Satanic gods must manifest success into existence no matter how many enemies are made in the process.

The question, then, is whether best friend and reluctant drummer Kevin Schlieb (Jaeden Martell) ends up one of those numerous foes. If he’d...

"Metal Lords" is the new teen music feature, directed by Peter Sollett, starring Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth, Adrian Greensmith, Phelan Davis and Joe Manganiello, streaming April 8, 2022 on Netflix:

"...two teens start a metal band in a high school where exactly two teens care about metal. 

"They can't find a bassist, but there is this one girl who plays the cello. Now they need to work together if they're ever going to win the upcoming 'Battle of the Bands'..."

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"Metal Lords" is the new teen music feature, directed by Peter Sollett, starring Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth, Adrian Greensmith, Phelan Davis and Joe Manganiello, streaming April 8, 2922 on Netflix:

"...two teens start a metal band in a high school where exactly two teens care about metal. 

"They can't find a bassist, but there is this one girl who plays the cello. Now they need to work together if they're ever going to win the upcoming 'Battle of the Bands'..."

Click the images to enlarge...

Today we have a new trailer for the upcoming Netflix film "Metal Lords," and it's very close to my metallic little heart. This is the story of teenage misfits Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) and Kevin (Jaeden Martell), who are obsessed with heavy metal music. Their goal is to win the Battle of the Bands, and get out their metal side. The film also stars Joe Manganiello, Brett Gelman, and Isis Hainsworth. The film is rated R, so do keep that in mind. Also be aware that though this trailer is about a bunch of kids, the language is salty, including one of the big words -- as...

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"Metal is power. Metal is speed. Metal is... the key to everything." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for Metal Lords, a new rock band comedy made by filmmaker Peter Sollett. Based on a script written by D.B. Weiss. This one is arriving on Netflix at the beginning of April. Two kids start a metal band in a high school where exactly only these two kids care about metal. They can't find a bassist, but there is this one girl who plays the cello. They need to work together if they're ever going to win the Battle of the Bands - so they bring in the cellist. Will it work? Can they win with her? The cast of Metal Lords includes Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth, Adrian Greensmith, Sufe Bradshaw, Noah Urrea, Analesa Fisher, Michelle Fang, Phelan Davis, with Brett Gelman, and Joe Manganiello. This seems like a cool concept for a film these days,...

Rising British actor Isis Hainsworth has been cast in one of the major roles in Lena Dunham’s feature film “Catherine Called Birdy” for Amazon.

Hainsworth has just finished shooting one of the lead roles in “Metal Lords,” the first film for Netflix from “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. She also appeared in Philippa Lowthorpe’s comedy-drama “Misbehaviour” and Autumn de Wilde’s period comedy “Emma.”

In “Catherine Called Birdy,” Hainsworth will play Catherine’s closest friend, Aelis, with their friendship being at the heart of the film. Working Title, in association with Dunham’s Good Thing Going banner, is producing the medieval coming-of-age comedy, which also stars “I Hate Suzie’s” Billie Piper, “Fleabag’s” Andrew Scott and “Game of Thrones” breakout Bella Ramsey.

Dunham wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from the 1994 children’s novel by Karen Cushman. The coming-of-age story, set in 13th century England,...

“Knives Out” and “It” actor Jaeden Martell will star in the Netflix comedy “Metal Lords” that comes from “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Benioff and Weiss have also set Isis Hainsworth and Adrian Greensmith, who is making his film debut, to co-star. Peter Sollett (“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) is set to direct.

“Metal Lords” is a coming-of-age comedy about two kids who want to start a heavy metal band in their school where they’re the only kids who actually care about heavy metal. The film will be released on Netflix later this year.

“Rage Against the Machine” guitarist Tom Morello is an executive music producer on “Metal Lords,” and the film comes from a script by Weiss.

Weiss will also produce “Metal Lords” with Greg Shapiro. Benioff is executive producing with Bernie Caulfield and Robin Fisichella.

Benioff and Weiss recently partnered with Netflix as their creative home to write,...

Tom Morello has been enlisted to serve as executive music producer on Netflix’s upcoming coming-of-age comedy Metal Lords.

The film, directed by Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist filmmaker Peter Sollett, is about two kids who start a heavy metal band — even though they’re the only two students at their high school to listen to heavy metal — in an attempt to win their school’s Battle of the Bands.

The film will star Knives Out and It’s Jaeden Martell, Emma actress Isis Hainsworth, and Adrian Greensmith, who...

Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth and newcomer Adrian Greensmith will star in “Metal Lords,” David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ first film at Netflix.

Martell, Hainsworth and Greensmith star in the film, directed by Peter Sollett (“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”), about two kids who want to start a heavy metal band “in a high school where exactly two kids care about heavy metal.”

Martell is known best for his roles in “Knives Out” and “It,” while Hainsworth appeared in “Misbehaviour” and “Emma.” Greensmith makes his feature debut in the film; the newcomer is currently studying at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Weiss wrote the film’s script and produces alongside Greg Shapiro, with Benioff, Bernie Caulfield and Robin Fisichella as executive producers. Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave rocker Tom Morello serves as executive music producer for the film, which is set for global release on Netflix later this year.

Netflix’s Metal Lords, to be directed by Peter Sollett, has found its band.

Knives Out actor Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth and Adrian Greensmith are set to star in the coming-of-age comedy about two kids who want to start a heavy metal band in a high school where exactly two kids care about heavy metal.

Metal Lords will be released globally on Netflix later this year. The project, written and produced by D.B. Weiss and executive produced by David Benioff, is the first film to come out of Netflix’s partnership with the Game of Throne creators.

In 2019, the duo left HBO and ...

Netflix’s Metal Lords, to be directed by Peter Sollett, has found its band.

Knives Out actor Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth and Adrian Greensmith are set to star in the coming-of-age comedy about two kids who want to start a heavy metal band in a high school where exactly two kids care about heavy metal.

Metal Lords will be released globally on Netflix later this year. The project, written and produced by D.B. Weiss and executive produced by David Benioff, is the first film to come out of Netflix’s partnership with the Game of Throne creators.

In 2019, the duo left HBO and ...