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After making its UK debut on Prime Video on Friday, July 25, Harry and Jack Williams' latest crime thriller, the aptly titled The Assassin, has received plenty of widespread praise. Although not without its faults, it seems that the general consensus is that the Williams' have done it again following the huge success of The Tourist, which finished its long-awaited second season in early 2024, with many calling The Assassin its spiritual successor.

The Assassin stars The Good Doctor's Freddie Highmore, a former child star famed for his roles in the likes of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, and The Spiderwick Chronicles, alongside the ever-brilliant Keeley Hawes of Bodyguard fame. Currently, following its release just days ago, The Assassin has earned an impressive 86% critics' score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, albeit from just seven reviews thus far. For Highmore, this is remarkably the second-highest rating he has ever achieved,...

Freddie Highmore has called London home his whole life, but you wouldn’t know it from his portfolio.

The 33-year-old actor, a former child star thanks to his titular role in Tim Burton‘s 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has spent a good chunk of the last decade across the Atlantic. Shooting entirely in Vancouver, his rise to fame is best associated with the medical drama The Good Doctor from 2017 to 2024 or the psychological horror series Bates Motel in the years before that.

“I had such an incredible experience that feels so unique and will probably never happen again,” Highmore tells The Hollywood Reporter about his TV adventures abroad. “But at the same time, there was definitely an excitement to do something back in the U.K.”

He adds: “It did always feel like, ‘Oh, I should get back at some point.'”

The Brit is back with a...

En una remota isla griega, una asesina retirada y su hijo distante se reencuentran. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha publicado el primer tráiler de The Assassin, su nueva serie dramática de acción.

The Assassin se sitúa en una remota isla griega y sigue a la asesina retirada Julie (Hawes) que tiene un reencuentro con su hijo distanciado, Edward (Highmore), durante su visita desde Inglaterra. Armado con preguntas en torno a la nueva información sobre su paternidad, Edward lucha por encontrar el momento adecuado para hablar con su frustrantemente distante madre. Pero cuando por fin llega el momento, las cosas dan un giro mortal cuando el peligroso pasado de Julie la atrapa y se ven obligados a huir juntos de la isla. La búsqueda de la verdad de Edward choca con el secretismo de Julie mientras se ven obligados a trabajar juntos en una lucha por la supervivencia, poniendo a prueba...

Although it officially came to an end last year, many fans are still wishing for The Good Doctor to return. One of the most popular medical dramas in recent years, the show was made so thanks in no small part to the unmissable central performance of Freddie Highmore, the former child star famed for his roles in the likes of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, and The Spiderwick Chronicles. Thankfully, Highmore's next big role is right around the corner, with a release date having now finally been set for the upcoming crime thriller series The Assassin.

As cited via Radio Times, The Assassin will make its UK debut on Prime Video on Friday, July 25, 2025. Not only has a release date been announced, but the first full trailer, available to watch below, has now been released. The trailer doesn't just showcase Highmore as Edward, it also gives a glimpse of Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes,...

Move over Liam Neeson, your particular set of skills are no longer required, as a new action hero parent has arrived. Bodyguard and Spooks star Keeley Hawes is now picking up arms to protect herself and her son from becoming the targets in a new Prime Video action thriller series. And the first trailer and release details have now been revealed.

Coming courtesy of writing duo Harry and Jack Williams, who are best known for their work on the acclaimed psychological drama The Missing and the hit thriller series The Touriststarring Jamie Dornan, The Assassin follows a mother, Julie, who attempts to reconnect with her estranged son, Edward (played by Freddie Highmore). However, when the retired killer’s dangerous past catches up with her, she must once again – say it together – use her particular set of skills to keep them safe.

The Assassin will be comprised of six-episodes and is...

"You got any idea who might want us dead?" Prime Video in the UK has revealed the first trailer for The Assassin, a streaming series about a female assassin trying to live her life calmly in Greece. There's still no US release yet, but it'll be on Pv in the UK (and Ireland) at the end of this month. Created by Harry & Jack Williams, the six-episode series follows a retired assassin named Julie who, while living a secluded life on a remote Greek island, has a thorny reunion with her estranged son Edward. "Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother. But, when the moment finally presents itself, things take a deadly turn as Julie's dangerous past catches up with her and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together.

Since rising through Hollywood's ranks as a child star in the likes of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, and The Spiderwick Chronicles, Freddie Highmore has broken the curse that often surrounds successful child stars and broken into a triumphant acting career as an adult. Still only 33 years of age, although he still looks much younger, Highmore has dazzled and delighted in the likes of Bates Motel as the iconic Norman Bates, Spanish heist thriller The Vault, and most notably as Shaun Murphy in The Good Doctor, which officially ended last year.

Now, the London-born actor is returning to his British roots to join Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes in the upcoming crime thriller series The Assassin. Announced back in August 2024, the wait for more information about this tantalizing new Prime Video series has felt long, with that wait finally over thanks to Radio Times. Not only have first-look images...

Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Hayley Squires (Beau Is Afraid) have on boarded Netflix thriller series Legends.

Inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted, the six-part drama follows a group of British Customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the country’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs.

Aml Ameen, Jasmine Blackborow, Douglas Hodge, Tom Hughes, Johnny Harris, Gerald Kyd and Charlotte Ritchie have also joined the cast.

A plot synopsis reads: “In the early 1990s, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise was losing its battle with illegal drug smuggling across Britain’s borders. The solution was extraordinary. In a top-secret operation, a small team of Customs employees were sent undercover.”

“Their task? To infiltrate Britain’s most dangerous drug gangs. But these were not trained spies. They were normal men and women, plucked from ordinary lives around the U.K.

Tom Burke and Steve Coogan are among the lineup of British stars joining Netflix’s upcoming thriller series “Legends.”

Created and written by Neil Forsyth, the series is inspired by a real-life criminal investigations following a group of British Customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the U.K.’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs.

Also joining the cast are Hayley Squires, Aml Ameen, Jasmine Blackborow, Douglas Hodge, Tom Hughes, Johnny Harris, Gerald Kyd, Charlotte Ritchie.

“Legends” is set in the early 1990s, when Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise was losing its battle with illegal drug smuggling across Britain’s borders. Their solution was to send a small team of employees undercover. As per the synopsis: “But these were not trained spies. They were normal men and women, plucked from ordinary lives around the UK, put through a basic training regime and tasked with building new identities in the criminal underworld.

Steve Coogan, Tom Burke and Hayley Squires have boarded Netflix’s upcoming heist series Legends.

From the creator of BBC One’s The Gold, Legends is inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted, following a group of British Customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the country’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs.

Burke, Coogan and Squires are joined by Aml Ameen (A Man in Full, Rustin), Jasmine Blackborow (The Gentlemen, Marie Antoinette), Douglas Hodge (G20, Joker), Tom Hughes (The English, Victoria), Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow, Great Expectations) , Gerald Kyd (The Assassin, Love Rat) and Charlotte Ritchie (You, Ghosts).

Show is set in the early 1990s, when Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise was losing its battle with illegal drug smuggling across Britain’s borders. In a top-secret operation, a small team of customs employees were sent undercover. Their task was to infiltrate...

Photo: Sarah Power, Brendan Penny Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Nelly Kiss

Hallmark+ has announced details of the third installment in its new, original movie series, Love on the Danube. Titled Kissing Stars, the new movie premieres on September 26 and stars Sarah Power and Brendan Penny. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast and enjoy some images taken on the film set.

Love On The Danube: Kissing Stars on Hallmark+ Photo: Brendan Penny Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Nelly Kiss

According to the official synopsis, Savannah (Power) is a PR professional who works with non-profits. She is expecting a promotion but unexpectedly gets laid off. Meanwhile, her best friend, Teddy (Kathryn Drysdale), the director of a riverboat cruise that is hosting a Rom-Com fan convention called KissCon, invites her to work with talent while on the cruise.

Photo: Katie Sheridan, Brendan Penny, Jonny Weldon Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media...

En una remota isla griega, una asesina retirada y su hijo distante se reencuentran.

De acuerdo con Deadline, Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) y Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) encabezarán el reparto de The Assassin, una serie de suspense de Prime Video.

The Assassin se sitúa en una remota isla griega y sigue a la asesina retirada Julie (Hawes) que tiene un reencuentro con su hijo distanciado, Edward (Highmore), durante su visita desde Inglaterra. Armado con preguntas en torno a la nueva información sobre su paternidad, Edward lucha por encontrar el momento adecuado para hablar con su frustrantemente distante madre. Pero cuando por fin llega el momento, las cosas dan un giro mortal cuando el peligroso pasado de Julie la atrapa y se ven obligados a huir juntos de la isla. La búsqueda de la verdad de Edward choca con el secretismo de Julie mientras se ven obligados a trabajar juntos en una lucha por la supervivencia,...

After concluding his acclaimed seven-season run as Dr. Shaun Murphy in ABCs medical drama, The Good Doctor, Freddie Highmore has found another compelling role to disappear into. He is set to star alongside Keeley Hawes, known for her roles in hit shows like Bodyguard and Orphan Black: Echoes, in a pulse-pounding international espionage thriller for Prime Video, titled The Assassin.

The Assassin follows the story of a former assassin named Julie, played by Hawes, who is living on a remote Greek island when she is visited by her estranged son, Edward, played by Highmore. Grappling with his identity, he is forced to team up with his mother when an assassin from Julies past reemerges and threatens to destroy their relationship altogether. The official plotline for the six-episode series reads:

Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie (Hawes) has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward (Highmore), visiting from England.

The ABC series The Good Doctor, starring Freddie Highmore, ended in May of 2024, and had some fans wondering what was next for star Freddie Highmore, well, we now have our answer in the form of Amazon Prime series .

It promises to be a very different role from The Assassin type that we’re used to seeing him in, in this series he plays the estranged son of a retired assassin, Julie, who has a frustratingly distant relationship with her son. He has come to find out answers about his paternity and is having a hard time figuring out just when to bring up the question when Julie’s past comes back to haunt her and they have to end up fleeing the island together.

Highmore Returning To His Roots?

Before The Good Doctor, where he played an autistic physician, Highmore was in The Bates Motel, which was a prequel to...

Freddie Highmore is taking on a role in a new TV show!

After playing Dr. Shaun Murphy in The Good Doctor, the 32-year-old actor will star in The Assassin on Prime Video alongside Keeley Hawes, via TVLine.

The show is currently set to stream in United Kingdom and Ireland.

Keep reading to find out more…

The six-episode project centers around “Keeley as Julie, a retired assassin living a secluded life on a remote Greek island. Highmore plays Edward, Julie’s estranged son with “whom she has a somewhat thorny reunion,” according to the report.

Here’s a synposis: “Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother” about new information on his paternity. “But when the moment finally presents itself, things take a deadly turn as Julie’s dangerous past catches up with her, and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together.

After a five season run of playing Norman Bates on the TV series Bates Motel, Freddie Highmore moved on to playing the character Shaun Murphy on seven seasons of The Good Doctor – and now that The Good Doctor has wrapped up, Highmore has signed on for his next TV series gig. Deadline reports that Highmore is set to star in the Prime Video series The Assassin alongside Keeley Hawes, whose credits include Orphan Black: Echoes and Line of Duty.

Coming from the minds of Harry and Jack Williams, the creators of The Missing and its spinoff Baptiste, The Assassin will tell the following story: Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie (Hawes) has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward (Highmore), visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother.

Freddie Highmore has found his first post-Good Doctor role, and it’s a far cry from Dr. Shaun Murphy.

Highmore will star opposite Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, Orphan Black: Echoes) in the Prime Video thriller The Assassin, which the pair will also exec-produce. It’s currently set to stream in the United Kingdom and Ireland, at least initially.

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The six-episode project stars Hawes as Julie,...

Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore will lead a new Amazon Prime Video series entitled The Assassin.

Written by Harry and Jack Williams’, the six-episode series has commenced filming in Greece. It follows a retired assassin called Julie, played by Hawes (Bodyguard, Scoop) who, while living a secluded life on a remote Greek island, has a somewhat thorny reunion with Highmore (The Good Doctor, Bates Motel), portraying her estranged son Edward.

“Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward battles to find the right time to speak to his frustratingly distant mother,” a plot synopsis reads. “But, when the moment finally presents itself, things take a deadly turn as Julie’s dangerous past catches up with her and they are forced to flee the island and go on the run together.”

The series is produced by award-winning production company Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, Boat Story, Fleabag) in association...

It wouldn’t be Doctor Who without monsters. And even though the show is now known as Doctor Who: Flux, it promises more creatures great and small.

The trailer for the show’s 13th season is out now (watch it above), revealing a first look at the guest actors and monsters that will be featured across the six-episode series. The character names of the guests and the monster names, as well as who will be playing them, will be announced at a later date.

The shows will be among the last for Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor in the iconic role. Three specials next year will be her swan song, with showrunner Chris Chibnall also departing for returning showrunner Russell T. Davies.

Joining regular cast members Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop and Jacob Anderson are:

Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet), Thaddea Graham (The Irregulars), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Kevin McNally...

The full-length Doctor Who Season 13 trailer is here!

Joining cast members Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, and Jacob Anderson are for Whittaker's last season are Robert Bathurst, Thaddea Graham, Blake Harrison and Kevin McNally.

The cast also includes Craig Parkinson, Sara Powell, Annabel Scholey, Gerald Kyd, and Penelope Ann McGhie.

The trailer also gives us our first look at the monsters on the way for the new episodes - Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Cybermen, and the Ood, as well as a range of new monsters, one of whom is named Karvanista.

The new season of Doctor Who airs on BBC One, BBC America, and BBC iPlayer on October 31st with further casting to be announced at a later date.

“I can’t wait for the audience to come on the Flux ride with us. It’s our biggest adventure yet with so many brilliant new characters to fall in love with.

Last night, NBC aired the final two episodes of their mystery-thriller series, Persons Unknown. The show revolves around a group of people who wake up in a small town and must figure out how to survive and escape. The cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O'Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.

NBC waited until summer to air Persons Unknown; a time when fewer people watch television and their isn't much competition. On Monday nights, it got very poor ratings, even for a summer show, and was consequently sent to the TV graveyard known as Saturday nights.

Remi Aubuchon, one of the show's executive producers, has said that the show was originally envisioned to have self-contained seasons but could easily run for multiple years. Based on the ratings and their treatment of the...

Are you a devoted viewer of NBC's Persons Unknown? If you end up watching all 13 episodes, you have to be.

Persons Unknown follows the challenges of a group of strangers who wake up in a ghost town and are unable to leave. The series features Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O’Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.

After five weeks of poor ratings, NBC moved the series from Mondays to the "TV graveyard," Saturday nights. The show's been airing there for four weeks but some viewers have been understandably worried that the network won't air all episodes of the mystery series.

It turns out their fears weren't unwarranted. There are just four episodes left but that's plenty of time to mess with the schedule.

As...

As expected, NBC has pulled their low-rated new series, Persons Unknown, from the Monday night line-up. Thankfully they haven't yanked it off the air completely. They're just moving it to the Saturday night graveyard.

Persons Unknown revolves around a group of strangers who awaken in a ghost town and are unable to leave. The cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O’Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.

The TV show has been performing very poorly so July 5th will be its last Monday night airing. Beginning July 17th, it will show up on NBC's Saturday night schedule instead.

The Visa Gymnastics Championships will preempt the show on August 14th. Otherwise, it looks like Persons Unknown will run uninterrupted and conclude with episode 13 on September 4th. Producers have maintained that...

The peacock network recently premiered a new mystery series for the summer called Persons Unknown. Will the series last? Will viewers get answers to their questions or be left hanging?

Persons Unknown revolves around a group of strangers who wake up in a strange hotel and find that they're in a ghost town and unable to leave. They see security cameras observing them and their unknown captors create mistrust among the group by offering freedom if they hurt the others. The cast includes Chadwick Boseman, Lee Purcell, Jason Wiles, Andy Greenfield, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Alan Ruck, Kate Lang Johnson, Sean O'Bryan, and Gerald Kyd.

The NBC mystery series debuted on June 7th to very disappointing ratings. The premiere attracted a poor 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic and just 4.38 million viewers. That represents a distant third place for the timeslot and is...

Chicago – Written by the man who gave the world Keyser Soze in his Oscar-winning script for “The Usual Suspects,” NBC’s “Persons Unknown” is a summer mystery mini-series not unlike last year’s “Harper’s Island” or a mini-“Lost” in that the team behind it want people talking about the questions of the show over summer barbecues. NBC is in such dire straits and the show is just flawed enough that it’s hard to believe that “Persons Unknown” will become a phenomenon but it is likely to be a satisfying cult hit for those who seek it out.

Television Rating: 3.5/5.0

It’s very difficult to judge a mystery series on the basis of one episode, but the set-up for “Persons Unknown” is undeniably intriguing. A small group of seemingly very different people wake up in an old-fashioned hotel. They have no memory of how they got there and...

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Fox TV Studios is moving ahead with Persons Unknown, having filled out its cast with Jason Wiles, Daisy Betts, Tina Holmes, Sean O'Bryan as Blackham, Lola Glaudini joining the previously announced Alan Ruck, Chadwick Boseman, Gerald Kyd and Kate Lang Johnson. The pilot will be directed by Michael Rymer (Battlestar Galactica) and the series has a 13 episode order. The series is an unusual co-production with Mexico's Televisa and Italy's Rai which explains why the pilot will be shot in Mexico City starting on Monday. The premise may sound familiar as the cast, virtual strangers to one another, wake up in the middle of nowhere and have to figure out how they got there and why. Speaking of Battlestar, as reported previously, Mary McDonnell makes her Grey's Anatomy debut on the November 13 episode. She’ll be playing a doctor named Virginia Dixon,...

Jason Wiles and Daisy Betts have landed the leads in "Persons Unknown," Christopher McQuarrie's drama series for Fox TV Studios.

Tina Holmes, Sean O'Bryan and Lola Glaudini round out the cast of the FTVS/Televisa/Rai series, joining Alan Ruck, Chadwick Boseman, Gerald Kyd and Kate Lang Johnson.

Michael Rymer has come on board to direct the first episode of the mystery drama, created by McQuarrie and showrunner Remi Aubuchon. The project revolves around a group of strangers who wake up in a deserted town with no recollection of how they got there, only to realize that they are watched by omnipresent security cameras. To escape, they must work together to solve a surreal puzzle.

Wiles will play Joe, the leader of the group. In her U.S. debut, the Australian Betts will play single mother Janet, who joins forces with Joe to get back to her child.

"We...

Fox TV Studios is gearing up production on "Persons Unknown," the first TV series from an unusual TV suspect: Oscar winner Christopher McQuarrie.

FtvS has partnered with Mexican media giant Televisa to make 13 episodes of "Persons," which will start filming Oct. 27 in Mexico for the U.S. marketplace. Additionally, Televisa will air "Persons" in Mexico, and FtvS also is negotiating with a leading Italian broadcaster.

"Persons" is executive produced by "The Usual Suspects" writer McQuarrie, his wife and producing partner Heather McQuarrie and the series' showrunner Remi Aubuchon.

"Persons" is a mystery drama about seven strangers -- four of them played by Alan Ruck, Chadwick Boseman, Gerald Kyd and Kate Lang Johnson -- who wake up in a deserted town with no recollection of how they got there, only to realize that they are watched by omnipresent security cameras and that there is no escape. To survive, they must come...