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From a Disney prince to a WWII soldier, Jonah Hauer-King has certainly donned a slew of different personalities during his almost decade in the industry. On the surface, his character, Milo, in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s I Know What You Did Last Summer, is perhaps less complex than The Little Mermaid’s dreamy Prince Eric or World on Fire’s dutiful Harry Chase. After all, he’s just a high school kid. But that teenager’s life is about to be flipped upside-down after he and his friends inadvertently get themselves involved in an accident that claims the life of another, turning them into the targets of a hook-wielding maniac’s vengeful murder spree. Recently, Collider’s Samantha Coley sat down with Hauer-King to chat about his appearance in the latest episode of Doctor Who, during which the...

Quick Links World On Fire Season 3 Is Canceled World On Fire Season 3 Cast World On Fire Season 3 Story Unanswered Questions In World On Fire The BBC canceled World On Fire before season 3 without giving a specific reason for the show's ending. The season 3 cast would likely have included Jonah Hauer-King and other familiar faces. The season 3 story could have expanded to lesser-told WWII stories beyond the main characters from season 1 and 2.

After a four-year gap, the BBC brought World On Fire back for a second season, but the series was canceled before the arrival of season 3. The series, created by Peter Bowker, explores the events of World War II through the perspectives of multiple characters on multiple fronts - and not just on the front line of the war zones. The drama has become an intriguing way to examine the events of the war and even compare some of those...

Camila Mendes and Madelyn Cline have reportedly been cast to portray two of the leads in 2025s I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot (per Deadline). Mendes, who is best known for her work on the television series Riverdale, and the Outer Banks Cline will reportedly join Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers and Jonah Hauer-King in the horror movie reimagining. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson's entry in the movie franchise will likely be labeled a legacy sequel, since both Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are still reportedly in talks to return as Julie James and Ray Bronson respectively.

Pidgeon recently starred with Ashley Judd in Lazareth, and her most prolific on-screen work came starring in the television series The Wilds. Withers' TV credits include Tell Me Lies, The Game and Me, while Hauer-King is probably most associated with having played two high-profile roles. The first was as Laurie...

Jonah Hauer-King's role as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid remake showcased his talents and gained him a larger audience. Hauer-King is from London, 6ft 1¾ (187.3 cm) tall, and aged 28. Hauer-King is a promising up-and-coming actor with future projects in Hollywood, including the upcoming series The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Jonah Hauer-King is an English actor who rose to prominence thanks to his role as Prince Eric in the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, but this was far from his first role. Hauer-King has been acting since 2014 when he appeared in the short film The Maiden, and has since appeared in a number of TV shows and movies. While his previous roles have all shown the actor’s talents, it hasn’t been until The Little Mermaid remake that he found a larger audience. While The Little Mermaid was partially overshadowed by controversial backlash, it did find fans who appreciated...

When “World on Fire” premiered on the BBC in September 2019, no one could have known that the World War II drama would be one of the last major scripted debuts on the public broadcaster before the pandemic.

The PBS Masterpiece co-production — which follows the interconnected lives of British and European families during the outbreak of war — confirmed it would return at the end of its Season 1 finale, but the onset of the Covid-19 crisis just four months later and its impact on global production made the prospect of setting up a continent-spanning war drama all the more unlikely.

Yet with some heroic scheduling, rewritten scripts and clever location and CGI combos, Season 2 returned to British screens on Sunday after a four-year hiatus, premiering to an audience indelibly changed by a global and life-altering event of their own.

“I wrote the bulk of the first two episodes during lockdown, and suddenly,...

Women in war films and TV series tend to fall into a few narrow tropes—that is, if they even show up at all. While most war movies, such as Dunkirk or 1917, have very few female characters and who only show up to provide emotional support to men, previous British miniseries that do focus on women during war times, such as Land Girls, focus largely on women producing food or fundraising on the home front. This is what World on Fire, a new drama currently airing on Masterpiece PBS, stands largely in contrast to.

World on Fire follows five families as they endure the Nazis attack on Europe at home and on the battlefield in the first year of World War II. The ensemble’s woman characters—including factory-worker-turned-singer Lois Bennett (Julia Brown), pianist Connie Knight (Yrsa Daley-Ward), waitress-turned-freedom fighter Kasia Tomaszeski (Zofia Wichłacz), and journalist Nancy Campbell (Helen Hunt...

Actor Richard Anderson, who appeared on "The Rifleman" TV series as 'Lariat Jones', 'Tom Birch'', 'Duke Jennings', 'Jason Gowdy', 'Griff' and 'Harry Chase', as well as playing 'Oscar Goldman' on "The Six Million Dollar Man" has died:

"...Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man.

"'Steve Austin' will be that man. Better than he was before. Better … stronger … faster..."

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Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic Kristy Puchko will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spirit Awards, along with any garnered behind-the-scenes exclusives. The Spirit Awards will air February 25th @10Pm on IFC.

Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to be truly surprised by some of this films I saw, but this week was submerged in a bittersweet atmosphere as my quest to see all the Spirit Awards 2012 nominees drew to a close. Part of me is admittedly relieved, as many of these films have been pretty emotionally wrecking, and I must confess craving some more mindless movie fare. Yet I will miss sitting among such a wonderfully engaged audience on a nightly basis. This is a viewing experience not guaranteed in movie theaters and screening rooms, and I will miss the certainty that those with whom I share the darkness of the venue,...

Director: Adam Reid Writer(s): Adam Reid Starring: Sabrina Lloyd, Lynn Cohen, James Urbaniak, Harry Chase, Nate Smith, Kamel Boutros Adam Reid ponders loneliness in this trilogy of inter-cut vignettes. The six characters are paired off almost haphazardly, as if purely by the godly hand of fate; they are brought together not by love or affection, but by the desperate desire for another human being to connect with. Once they find that person, they latch on for dear life...

hollywoodnews.com: Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced its 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival audience award winners before the Closing Night film, “Despicable Me.” The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by The Los Angeles Times, with its central hub at L.A. Live, began Thursday, June 17 and ended today.

The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to “Four Lions” directed by Christopher Morris and the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature went to “Thunder Soul,” directed by Mark Landsman. Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith’s “Presumed Guilty won the Audience Award for Best International Feature.

The Audience Award for Best Short Film went to Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No, directed by James Blagden. The video for Ok Go’s This Too Shall Pass, directed by James Frost, Ok Go, and Syyn Labs won the Audience Award for Best Music Video.

Pernille Fischer Christensen's "A Family" (En Familie), about a Danish family facing the death of its patriarch, was awarded the narrative award at the Los Angeles Film Festival, which handed out its jury prizes Saturday at a brunch at Chaya Downtown.

The fest’s documentary award went to J. Clay Tweel's "Make Believe," which looks at young magicians vying for the title of Teen World Champion.

Each award includes a $50,000 cash prize, funded by Film Independent, which produces the festival.

The award for best ensemble performance was given to Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, Lynn Cohen, Harry Chase, Nate Smith and Kamel Boutros for their work in Adam Reid's "Hello Lonesome."

Pablo Larcuen's "My Invisible Friend" took the best narrative short film honors, while Tomasz Wolski's "The Lucky One”"was named best documentary short and Beomsik Shimbe Shim's "Wonder Hospital" was best animated short.

The fest,...

Jesper Christensen in Pernille Fischer Christensen‘s A Family (top); J. Clay Tweet‘s Make Believe (bottom) Pernille Fischer Christensen‘s Danish drama En Familie / A Family and J. Clay Tweel‘s Make Believe were the top winners of Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 awards. In Best Narrative Feature A Family, a proud patriarch wants his daughter to take over the family’s bakery business; the woman, however, has a job waiting for her in New York. Best Documentary Feature Make Believe shows six teenagers competing for the title of Teen World Champion at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas. Other Laff 2010 winners were Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, Lynn Cohen, Harry Chase, Nate Smith and Kamel Boutros for their ensemble performance in Adam Reid‘s Hello Lonesome; Pablo Larcuen‘s My Invisible Friend for Best Narrative Short Film; Tomasz Wolski‘s The Lucky One for Best Documentary...

hollywoodnews.com: Today Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced its 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival award winners at a brunch at Chaya Downtown. Audience award winners will be announced tomorrow afternoon at the Closing Night film, Despicable Me. The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by The Los Angeles Times, with its central hub at L.A. Live, began Thursday, June 17 and will end on Sunday, June 27.

“There were thousands of movie fans at the festival this year, discovering new stories from our talented filmmakers,” said Film Independent Executive Director Dawn Hudson. “We are delighted to have the support of the Los Angeles film-going community for these films and their creators”

The two top juried awards of the Los Angeles Film Festival are the Narrative Award and Documentary Award, each carrying an unrestricted $50,000 cash prize, funded by Film Independent, for the winning film’s director.

Pernille Fischer Christensen’s A Family won the Los Angeles Film Festival narrative award, while J. Clay Tweel’s Make Believe collected the documentary award at the awards brunch Saturday. Full Los Angeles Film Festival winners at indieWIRE. The Laff, which moved its central hub to L.A. Live, began Thursday, June 17 and will end on Sunday, June 27. The two top jury awards of the Laff, the narrative award and documentary award, each come with a $50,000 cash prize, funded by Film Independent, for the film’s director. The award for best ensemble performance in the narrative competition went to Sabrina Lloyd, James Urbaniak, Lynn Cohen, Harry Chase, Nate Smith and Kamel Boutros for Adam Reid’s Hello Lonesome. The award for best narrative short film went to ...

When the nice folks at MakingOf.com asked me to introduce this “behind the scenes” short film put together by my friend and Hello Lonesome associate producer Mark Rosenberg I thought I would try something different than the usual indie film stats.*

Behind the development and production of any film is a massive collection of choices. I thought it might be cool if I listed a random sampling of the choices I made making Hello Lonesome and why. In no particular order whatsoever, you know, for entertainment value:

Choice: No dollys, cranes, or steadicams, really no grip equipment whatsoever.

Why: I told myself that it would make the film more intimate and personal, but really, on our budget we couldn’t afford the equipment, or the crew to use it.

Choice: Two Bernese Mountain Dogs.

Why: They came with the Manhattan location. Either I had to hide 300 lbs of dog...

Rating: 3/5

Writer: Adam Reid

Director: Adam Reid

Cast: Sabrina Lloyd, Lynn Cohen, James Urbaniak, Harry Chase, Nate Smith

Writer and director Adam Reid goes the multi-story route with Hello Lonesome, giving us three different (and not visibly linked) tales of people dealing with loneliness. Despite similar themes and feelings, our storylines do not interact. There’s no trickery here – no late reveal that someone is actually someone else’s daughter or that two of our previously unrelated characters used to be involved or anything of that nature. Hello Lonesome is closer to a set of vignettes, three short films that question the same issues. What is loneliness? What is the difference between being alone and being lonely? How do we connect with other people? Is there inherent value to being alone (or even to being lonely)?

Read more on Laff 2010 Review: Hello Lonesome…...

Lonely since his wife left him and alienated from his daughter, a cantankerous voice-over artist (played by the instantly aurally recognizable Harry Chase in his first on-screen role) strikes up an unlikely friendship with his regular deliveryman. Many suburbs away, an elderly widow loses her license to drive and turns to her wry younger neighbor for nostalgic cuddles and comfort. Meanwhile, a young urban sports fanatic meets a girl online and ...

Lonely since his wife left him and alienated from his daughter, a cantankerous voice-over artist (played by the instantly aurally recognizable Harry Chase in his first on-screen role) strikes up an unlikely friendship with his regular deliveryman. Many suburbs away, an elderly widow loses her license to drive and turns to her wry younger neighbor for nostalgic cuddles and comfort. Meanwhile, a young urban sports fanatic meets a girl online and ...

Lonely since his wife left him and alienated from his daughter, a cantankerous voice-over artist (played by the instantly aurally recognizable Harry Chase in his first on-screen role) strikes up an unlikely friendship with his regular deliveryman. Many suburbs away, an elderly widow loses her license to drive and turns to her wry younger neighbor for nostalgic cuddles and comfort. Meanwhile, a young urban sports fanatic meets a girl online and ...