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Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures has entered production on Hedda, its reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s famed 1891 stage play Hedda Gabler, announcing the addition of six to its cast. Newcomers include Imogen Poots (Baltimore), Tom Bateman (Thirteen Lives), Finbar Lynch (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Mirren Mack (The Witcher: Blood Origins), Jamael Westman (Hamilton), and Saffron Hocking (Top Boy).

The actors join an ensemble that also includes Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, and Nicholas Pinnock, as previously announced.

Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler revolves around Hedda Tesman, a newlywed stifled by societal norms. Frustrated and trapped, she resorts to manipulation and destructive actions. As secrets unravel, the play explores themes of power, gender roles, and the tragic consequences of societal expectations in the late 19th century.

Directing from her own script is Nia DaCosta, the filmmaker behind Uni’s newest Candyman horror pic and the acclaimed crime drama Little Woods. Producers include Plan B,...

Stars: Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Philip Hancock, Simon Rhodes, Alexander Wells, Mat Hardy | Written by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Kirk Lane | Directed by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Luke Skinner

The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and Luke Skinner. When a heist doesn’t go to plan, a group of six guys must spend the night in a safe house while they wait for help. What can they do but just wait? The film delves into the relationships between these men as their loyalties are tested and a supernatural element grows around them.

The conversations change in pace and tone, in one moment calm, and the other chaotic or frenzied. It’s a breakdown of communication between six men who are stuck, in more ways than one. Without spoiling the horror elements of the film for you,...

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Regé-Jean Page may not return as Simon Basset in "Bridgerton" season two, but we have a new handsome character to pine over in his absence. The Netflix show's second installment introduces Theo Sharpe (Calam Lynch), an apprentice at the printing shop where Lady Whistledown prints her gossip papers. He's an intellectual, working-class man with a keen interest in women's rights, which leads him to form a bond with Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie). Though Eloise is fiercely independent and tends to avoid suitors altogether, their friendship becomes increasingly romantic, showing a softer side to her character.

Eloise and Theo first cross paths in episode two when the former stumbles upon the latter's print shop while investigating Lady Whistledown's identity, unaware that the infamous storyteller is actually her best friend, Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan). Their initial exchange is ridden with sharp wit and banter, and they meet...

Stars: Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Philip Hancock, Simon Rhodes, Alexander Wells, Mat Hardy | Written by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Kirk Lane | Directed by Matthew Benjamin Jones, Luke Skinner

The World We Knew is a crime horror movie written by Matthew Benjamin Jones and Kirk Lane, and directed by Jones and Luke Skinner. When a heist doesn’t go to plan, a group of six guys must spend the night in a safe house while they wait for help. What can they do but just wait? The film delves into the relationships between these men as their loyalties are tested and a supernatural element grows around them.

The conversations change in pace and tone, in one moment calm, and the other chaotic or frenzied. It’s a breakdown of communication between six men who are stuck, in more ways than one. Without spoiling the horror elements of the film for you,...

After a heist goes badly wrong, six men, one of them seriously injured, hole up together in a safe house to wait for help. So far, so Reservoir Dogs. This time, however, there's no police officer hidden among them and they're not in the US but England, where attitudes and expectations are very different. Young first-timer Smith (Mat Harvey) is seriously cut up about having shot a police officer, though the others assure him that he had no choice and they couldn't have escaped any other way. Carpenter (Finbar Lynch) is quick to throw blame around. Sometime boxer Gordon (Johann Myers) turns directly to drugs like a man used to dealing with pain and stress, but the others mill around, not knowing what to do with themselves, with hours to go before they can expect any kind of relief.

The house, a handsome property set in spacious grounds, is devoid of.

Throughout the month of October, horror fans celebrate by binging on our favorite tales of the macabre. We bust out our favorite Blu-rays, scour our collections and watch our old favorites from Romero, Craven, and Carpenter, while also checking out newer offerings. In my humble opinion, you really can’t have a proper Halloween season without the inclusion of H.P. Lovecraft. His stories made an indelible mark and influenced horror and science fiction for years to come. The genre wouldn't be what it is today without his work and the way he inspired other storytellers, and the inclusion of a Lovecraft story is essential in any October viewing schedule.

The Whisperer in Darkness is a classic entry in Lovecraft’s oeuvre (and one of my personal favorites). It was adapted for the screen in 2011 by Sean Branney (who also directed) and co-writer Andrew Leman. The story tells the tale of...

Juliette Harrisson May 15, 2019

We salute 12 memorable guest spots across Game Of Thrones' seven seasons so far. Spoilers ahoy...

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

This article contains major Game of Thrones spoilers.

Game of Thrones has one of the biggest casts on television--29 people were credited as regulars across season 6 alone--and doesn’t like to waste a good character, with many of even the most minor characters appearing at least twice. However, every now and again the show produces a one-hit wonder, a character who appears in just one episode of the series but who makes a lasting impression and continues to have an impact on the remaining characters as they move on. So here, we celebrate the best of these single chart-stoppers and the actors who play them.

To qualify for this list, a character must appear only once--so this disqualifies characters who turn up once in one season,...

Juliette Harrisson Aug 21, 2017

We salute 11 memorable guest spots across Game Of Thrones' seven seasons so far. Spoilers ahoy...

Contains spoilers through to season seven, episode one.

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Game Of Thrones has one of the biggest casts on television – twenty-nine people are credited as regulars across season six alone – and doesn’t like to waste a good character, with many of even the most minor characters appearing at least twice. However, every now and again the show produces a one-hit wonder, a character who appears in just one episode of the series but who makes a lasting impression and continues to have an impact on the remaining characters as they move on. So here, we celebrate the best of these single chart-stoppers and the actors who play them.

To qualify for this list,...

Juliet Stevenson takes the honours as a mother making an emotional trip to the south of France with her son

In the rural south of France, where his mother is closing up the family’s holiday home, brittle British teenager Elliot (Alex Lawther) becomes besotted with the alluring Clément (Phénix Brossard), only to discover that his frustrated, heartbroken mum has similar interests. Writer/director Andrew Stegall’s debut feature benefits from a reliably rigorous performance by Juliet Stevenson as the conflicted Beatrice, a woman whose inner pain is reflected in the tiniest movement of her eyes, or tightening of her cheek. As Elliot, Lawther is deliberately more unlikable, his anxious narcissism and peevishly cruel turn of phrase nurtured in the vacuum of his parent’s marriage, leaving Brossard to inject some force-of-nature vibrancy into the stiflingly mannered proceedings. “You’re a bit of a cliché,” Clément tells Elliot, indicating that...

James Bond's resident gadget expert Q might be a serious character, but Ben Whishaw will be the first to admit that the role is not exactly Hamlet.

The actor, who reprises his role in Spectre after first playing the character in Skyfall, has revealed his thoughts on why smaller roles are important.

"Not everything can be Hamlet and you wouldn't want everything to be Hamlet", the actor told The Independent, adding that the simple fact of being in a Bond movie makes up for the smaller role.

"It's hard not to enjoy the excitement that it generates in people. Nothing else I've done has generated that much anticipation.

"And it's really been lovely because it's unusual to return to work with the same group of people on a different film."

His comments follow on from his appearance in another small role in Suffragette - a movie whose writer Abi Morgan...

Suffragette's Abi Morgan has made a startling revelation about the Carey Mulligan drama.

According to the BAFTA-winning screenwriter, many male actors turned down the chance to star in the film because the parts weren't substantial enough.

"When we came to cast this film it was very difficult, because we kept getting calls from agents saying the male parts weren't big enough," Morgan said at the BFI London Film Festival.

"So it's a huge tribute to Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Samuel West and Finbar Lynch that they took on these parts. One of the things that I really wanted to try and do was, although they are smaller and supporting roles, they are complex.

Morgan defended the film against accusations it didn't have any sympathetic male characters.

"I think one of the things that's really interesting is they are all going on their journey," she explained.

"Certainly for Ben, he's...

Currently in pre-production, Tiger Tiger is a short movie from two Navan natives, screen writer J. Finbar Lynch and director Donnagh Fitzpatrick, which follows a young man who begs the assistance of his local bartender in disposing of a dead body. With influences ranging from David Lynch to The Coen Bros. to Nicolas Winding Refn, the pair have taken to Indiegogo to fund the short, and are asking for your help to help. Being an independent film maker is tough, so at least give the pair a minute of your time by visiting their funding page here, and be sure check out the trailer below for a taste of what is in store.

Exclusive: Mongrel International has bulked up its Berlin sales slate, taking international rights on Andrew Steggall’s feature debut.

Juliet Stevenson, London Critics’ Circle Young British Performer Of The Year Alex Lawther of The Imitation Game, Phénix Brossard and Finbar Lynch star in the drama, currently in post.

Departure takes place in the south of France as a mother and her teenage son break down a summer home that was one of the casualties of the woman’s crumbling marriage.

When an enigmatic local boy enters the scene it serves to further complicates their lives.

Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie will show buyers a sneak peak from the film. Peccadillo Pictures will distribute in the UK and Jour2Fete in France.

Pietro Greppi, Guillaume Tobo and Cora Palfrey produced the Motion Group Pictures and Connectic Studio project, co-funded by the BFI Film Fund and Amaro Films.

Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Georgia Oetker and Stephanie Keelan serve as as executive...

Our friends at Grimm Up North, in collaboration with The Horror Show, have announced the UK release of H.P. Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness, available now. Read on for the details of this Christmas treat!

From the Press Release:

Grimmfest festival favourite H.P. Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness is finally available in the UK to stream or download at Horrorshow.TV, the UK’s new home for watching all the latest horror movie releases.

Completed in 2012, The Whisperer In Darkness was produced as a labour of love by the H.P. Lovecraft Society in their continuing mission to faithfully adapt Lovecraft’s films in the style from the era they were born in, as seen in 2005’s silent expressionist picture The Call of Cthulu. The Whisperer In Darkness, directed by Sean Branney, is considered by many critics to be the most authentic movie adaptation of Lovecraft’s writing and...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes details on Sun Choke, starring Barbara Crampton, and the Monster Zombie Claymation short film:

Sun Choke Begins Production: “Janie (Hagan) is just trying to get well. As Janie recovers from a recent violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker, Irma (Crampton). Janie begins to veer off the road to recovery when she develops an obsession with a young woman, Savannah (Lane), which Janie feels an inexplicable yet profound connection to. The obsession turns increasingly invasive and wedges all three women into an ever-tightening and terrifying struggle for control. Will Janie pull herself back from the precipice of insanity? Or will she go over head-first, taking anyone nearby down with her?

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