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One of the most critically acclaimed thrillers to hail from the BBC in the past few years, The Capturehas taken audiences by storm and delivered pulse-racing, breathless thrills across two seasons to date. Following the desperate cliffhanger that left millions on edge just over two years ago, fans have been waiting patiently for news of what is to come next for Holliday Grainger's Rachel Carey and co. Well, that news has finally arrived. As announced via Radio Times, The Capture will be returning for a third season, and it seems this one is going to be the biggest of the lot.

Season 3 will see the ever-brilliant Grainger return to her lead role, one she is joined in by returning starsIndira Varma, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, Ginny Holder, Ron Perlman, Nigel Lindsay, Tessa Wong, and Daisy Waterstone. However, the biggest cast news comes in a new arrival, with Grainger's fellow...

BBC surveillance thriller The Capture is returning for a third season.

The Heyday Television-produced series will take up the story 12 months after Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation programme known as Correction. Amidst an inquiry into the unlawful use of Correction, Carey has become acting head of SO15, determined to regain the public’s trust in surveillance technology through a new Operation Veritas camera system.

Ben Chanan’s thriller is boarded in Season 3 by Killian Scott (Strike, Kaos, Dublin Murders), who joins the likes of Indira Varma as BBC Newsnight presenter Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as Di Nadia Latif, Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier, Nigel Lindsay as Dsi Tom Kendricks, Tessa Wong as DC Chloe Tan and Daisy Waterstone as Abigail Carey.

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Burn Notice is a spy action thriller comedy-drama series created by Matt Nix. The USA Network series follows Michael Westen, a CIA spy who is suddenly dropped...

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The Capture is a British conspiracy mystery thriller drama series created by Ben Chanan. The BBC One series follows a young detective tasked with investigating...

British actor Vivian Oparah has signed with CAA.

Best known for playing Tanya Adeola in the “Doctor Who” spinoff “Class,” Oparah currently stars in the forthcoming rom-com “Rye Lane,” which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival.

In the film, Oparah stars as Yas, while David Jonsson (“Industry”) plays Dom, two twenty-somethings reeling from bad break-ups who connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. (The film gets its title from the real-life Rye Lane in Peckham.)

The rom-com follows the pair as they “help each other deal with their nightmare exes, potentially restoring their faith in romance.” The Searchlight Pictures movie is directed by Raine Allen Miller, in her feature debut, from a screenplay by Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia. “Rye Lane” will be released on March 31 via Hulu in the U.S. and on Star internationally.

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After airing in the UK over the summer, The Capture season 2 is finally coming to American audiences thanks to Peacock. The British espionage thriller revolves around justice-hungry Dci Rachel Carey as she finds herself wrapped up in large-scale government conspiracies surrounding the use of deepfake technology known as "correction."

Holliday Grainger returns to lead the cast of The Capture season 2 as Carey begins investigating the case of a rising politician who finds his whole life upended by the deepfake technology, which has gone a step further and holding interviews stating the opposite of his actual intentions. Also joined by returning stars Cavan Clerkin, Ginny Holder, Ben Miles, Ron Perlman, and Lia Williams, as well as series newcomers Paapa Essiedu and Indira Varma, the latest chapter of the British spy series takes the show to exciting and thought-provoking new heights.

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In anticipation of the show's American return,...

"The Capture" is a Brit-produced mystery thriller series created, written and directed by Ben Chanan, starring Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner, Laura Haddock, Ben Miles, Cavan Clerkin and Paul Ritter, premiering in North America November 3, 2022 on Peacock:

"...in series one, after being acquitted of a war crime in Afghanistan, former British army 'Lance Corporal Shaun Emery' finds himself accused of kidnapping and murdering his barrister 'Hannah Roberts', backed by 'CCTV' evidence. 

"While Emery works to clear his name, 'Detective Inspector Rachel Carey' begins to uncover a complex conspiracy surrounding Emery, calling into question the validity of the footage.

"In series two, rising politician 'Isaac Turner' finds himself caught up in a similar conspiracy after a 'deepfake' of him causes yet another race against time for Rachel to expose the truth before it is too late..."Click the images to enlarge...

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"The Capture" is a Brit-produced mystery thriller series created, written and directed by Ben Chanan, starring Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner, Laura Haddock, Ben Miles, Cavan Clerkin and Paul Ritter, premiering in North America November 3, 2022 on Peacock:

"...in series one, after being acquitted of a war crime in Afghanistan, former British army 'Lance Corporal Shaun Emery' finds himself accused of kidnapping and murdering his barrister 'Hannah Roberts', backed by 'CCTV' evidence. 

"While Emery works to clear his name, 'Detective Inspector Rachel Carey' begins to uncover a complex conspiracy surrounding Emery, calling into question the validity of the footage.

"In series two, rising politician 'Isaac Turner' finds himself caught up in a similar conspiracy after a 'deepfake' of him causes yet another race against time for Rachel to expose the truth before it is too late..."Click the images to enlarge...

Exclusive: Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans), Famke Janssen (X-Men) and Stefani Martin (The Last Kingdom) have been set to star in sci-fi action horror movie The Experiment, which is underway at Rebellion Studios in the UK.

Set in 2080 in a world recovering from catastrophic nuclear war, The Experiment follows an elite spec-ops team, led by Captain Ava Stone (Mitra), sent on a rescue mission into a top secret military research facility after a rogue employee takes a group of scientists hostage.

The project marks the first for action label Action Xtreme, the genre division of UK arthouse producer-distributor Sovereign Media (Triangle Of Sadness).

Chee Keong Cheung (Redcon-1) is directing. Producers are Andreas Roald, Chee Keong Cheung and Ioanna Karavela and executive producer is Derek Rogers. Script comes from Alistair Cave, Matthew Thomas Edwards and Oliver Morran (Every Last One of Them) from a story by Chee Keong Cheung.

Warning: contains spoilers for The Capture series one.

The Capture‘s first series saw Lance Corporal Shaun Emery (Callum Turner) go full circle. In episode one, he was released from prison – acquitted for a crime he had, in fact, committed – and then in episode six, he was imprisoned for a crime of which he was innocent. In between, the BBC surveillance thriller introduced viewers to a world in which you literally can’t believe your eyes. As Dci Rachel Carey (Strike‘s Holliday Grainger) discovered, the intelligence services were using ultra-sophisticated deepfake technology to conjure up court-admissible ‘evidence’ to ensure the criminal conviction of anybody they wanted convicted.

The situation turned out to be even more morally murky when the CIA whistle blower threatening to go public with the practice of CCTV footage “correction” turned out to be a double (triple?) agent planted by the CIA so that some elements...

Exclusive: The BBC is betting big on season two of Heyday Television’s deepfake spy thriller The Capture, promoting it to the coveted Bank Holiday weekend 9pm slot that in recent years has been occupied by Bodyguard, Peaky Blinders and Vigil.

Deadline can exclusively reveal the scheduling for this year’s August Bank Holiday Sunday, which sees Ben Chanan’s Holliday Grainger-starring six-parter graduate from a Tuesday 9pm slot where it posted average rating of nearly 7.5M viewers per episode and was BBC iPlayer’s most requested new title across all genres of 2019. Season two will drop on U.S. streamer Peacock in November.

Season one’s audience increased through the run and Rebecca Ferguson, BBC Drama Commissioning Editor, said it was this “word of mouth” that partly drove the scheduling decision.

Speaking to Deadline, she credited the show’s sophistication paired with entertainment value as the driving force behind its success.

Exclusive: Rob Yang has landed a recurring role on the six-part second season of BBC spy drama series, The Capture, which is now underway in the UK.

Starring Holliday Grainger as Detective Inspector Rachel Carey, the second season of the Heyday-produced surveillance thriller will see Carey trying to navigate a Britain under siege from hacked news feeds, manipulated media, and interference in politics.

Yang will play the head of an internationally renowned Chinese tech company based in the UK.

Grainger is returning alongside Ron Perlman, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, Nigel Lindsay, Cavan Clerkin and Ginny Holder. As previously announced, new joiners include Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Indira Varma (Game Of Thrones) and Andy Nyman (Hanna). Writer is Ben Chanan; James Kent and Philippa Langdale are directing. NBC Universal is distributing.

Yang’s credits include the recurring role of Lawrence Yee in hit HBO series Succession, the Showtime...

Paapa Essiedu, Emmy and BAFTA nominee for “I May Destroy You,” will be the guest lead for season 2 of BBC One, Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios’ hit thriller series “The Capture.”

Essiedu, whose credits also include “Gangs of London” and “Anne Boleyn,” will play Isaac Turner, a young rising star member of U.K. parliament with ambitions for the very top, opposite returning series lead Holliday Grainger.

Indira Varma and Andy Nyman will also join the season, with Ron Perlman (“Hand of God”), Ben Miles (“Devils”), Lia Williams (“The Crown”), Cavan Clerkin (“The Last Kingdom”), Ginny Holder (“MotherFatherSon”) and Nigel Lindsay (“The Salisbury Poisonings”) reprising their roles from the first season.

Created and written by Ben Chanan, the new season is set in a Britain is under siege rife with hacked news feeds, manipulated media, and interference in politics. Entrenched in the U.K. ‘Correction’ unit, Dci Rachel Carey...

Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Indira Varma (Game Of Thrones) and Andy Nyman (Hanna) are joining the cast for the second season of BBC One crime drama The Capture.

Holliday Grainger will return as the lead alongside Ron Perlman, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, Nigel Lindsay, Cavan Clerkin and Ginny Holder.

The second season of the BBC One, Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios’ series is due to begin filming imminently, according to the partners.

According to the synopsis, the drama will reveal “a Britain under siege: hacked news feeds, manipulated media, and interference in politics. Entrenched in the UK’s own ‘Correction’ unit, Dci Rachel Carey (Grainger) finds herself in the middle of a new conspiracy – with a new target. But how can she solve this case when she can’t even trust her closest colleagues?”

Essiedu will play Isaac Turner, a young rising star MP with ambitions for the very top.

From creator, writer, and director Ben Chanan, the conspiracy thriller The Capture (which is available to stream at Peacock), is a terrifying look at what can happen when intelligence services turn their own capabilities toward creating fake news, in order to help them achieve a specific outcome. When soldier Shaun Emery (Callum Turner) sees his murder conviction overturned due to flawed video evidence, he looks to begin rebuilding his life with his young daughter. Emery's plans are thwarted when CCTV footage from a night out turns his life upside down and he finds himself fighting for his freedom again. …...

The cast of “The Capture” are celebrating the show’s premiere at Comic-Con @ Home. On Friday, series stars, Holliday Grainger, Callum Turner, Ron Perlman, Laura Haddock, Famke Janssen and executive producers Ben Chanan and Rosie Alison came together virtually to talk about their new show which just launched on July 15 on Peacock, NBC Universal’s new streaming service. Related: ‘The Walking...

This year’s virtual Comic-Con@Home has announced its schedule for Friday, July 24. The highlights are below.

The virtual event replaces the annual San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, which was to be held July 22–26 at the San Diego Convention Center, until the Covid-19 pandemic forced its cancellation.

In June, Comic-Con International — the non-profit organization that oversees Sdcc and its sister event, WonderCon in Anaheim, Calif. — announced it was moving forward with the virtual event on the same dates. This time, however, the event is free and open to all.

Friday’s events include panels for all three of AMC’s “Walking Dead” series, Hulu’s new Marvel series “Helstrom,” and creatives like Charlize Theron, Joss Whedon, and Robert Kirkman.

The Comic-Con@Home schedule — including Wednesday, July 22 and Thursday, July 23 — is being announced daily through Sunday.

All times are Pacific Daylight.

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Charlize Theron: Evolution...

NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock is borrowing prestige from across the Atlantic for its launch, airing the series “The Capture” after its debut on the U.K.’s BBC One. The series — a crime thriller that’s easily comprehensible but that has provocative ramifications — seems right on target for a service seeking content that can appeal broadly. With strong performances and an unabashed willingness to state its points plainly, “The Capture” suggests solid possibilities for Peacock as a space for shows that are brainier than can thrive on broadcast TV but still retain broadcast’s punch and verve.

“The Capture” starts with one alleged crime, veers into another, then announces the presence of a third overlaying the whole thing. Shaun Emery (Callum Turner), a veteran of the war in Afghanistan as a lance corporal in the British armed forces, is acquitted of murdering a prisoner of war. His getting off...

Anyone want to go see a movie? As the U.S. slowly starts to reopen, a new possibility has arrived: “Maybe?” Two major motion pictures scheduled for release in July have now moved to August — though who knows whether or not the public will feel comfortable going to a multiplex even during the dog days of summer. Fortunately, those of us staying at home will have plenty of other options to keep us occupied, including: an ambitious adaptation of a classic science fiction novel; a filmed version of a revolutionary...

In today’s TV News Roundup, Peacock released the trailer for “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” and HBO announced the premiere date for its upcoming documentary “Showbiz Kids.”

Dates

HBO has announced its upcoming documentary “Showbiz Kids” will premiere on July 14 at 9 p.m. Directed by former child actor Alex Winter, the film chronicles the unique experiences of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry through a combination of archival footage and interviews. The film comes from Ringer Films, with Bill Simmons serving as executive producer along with Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller for HBO. Watch a trailer below.

First Looks

Peacock has released trailers for its launch slate of original programming. NBCUniversal’s streaming service will become available on July 15. Watch the new trailers below.

“Brave New World” is an adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel of the same name. David Wiener serves as showrunner; Grant Morrison,...

Ahead of its nationwide launch next month, Peacock released trailers for all of its original series that debut with the newest streaming service.

This first wave of Peacock originals includes the streamer’s “Brave New World” adaptation, the “Psych” movie sequel “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” new drama “The Capture,” David Schwimmer workplace comedy “Intelligence,” the documentary film “In Deep with Ryan Lochte,” unscripted series “Lost Speedways,” and kids’ shows “Cleopatra in Space,” “Where’s Waldo?” and “Curious George.”

Premiere dates for future Peacock originals, including a new “Saved By the Bell,” will be announced later this year.

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Peacock became available to Comcast — NBCU’s parent company — subscribers on April 15. When it launches nationally July 15, Peacock will have two separate tiers of service, both of which will be free to Comcast, as well as Cox, subscribers. The paid tier,...

The case continues for The Capture. BBC has renewed the British TV show for a second season ahead of its U.S. debut on Peacock. Season two will be written by creator Ben Chanan.

The thriller drama begins "with the unjust arrest of an innocent man — played by Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s Callum Turner — and escalated into a multi-layered conspiracy of manipulated evidence. Holliday Grainger’s Detective Inspector Rachel Carey is drafted in to investigate the case and she quickly learns that the truth can sometimes be a matter of perspective."

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U.K. broadcaster BBC has ordered a second season of surveillance thriller “The Capture,” executive produced by “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman and starring Holliday Grainger. The show’s first season, produced by Heyday Television and NBCUniversal Intl. Studios, will premiere in the U.S. on NBCU’s new streaming service Peacock on July 15.

The first season was a hit for flagship channel BBC One, growing its audience across the season, and it was the biggest new title of 2019 on BBC streaming platform iPlayer. It has had over 22 million requests on the platform to date.

Season one averaged 7.7 million viewers across the season on all devices (28-day consolidated viewing data). This was more than double its average overnight figure (3.4 million), with an increase of 127%.

Grainger returns as Rachel Carey for the second season, which is set to follow season one’s shock ending where Carey seemingly joined forces with the...

When Peacock opens to consumers, it will have a wealth of original content.

NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, today announced its original content that will be available to stream on July 15, 2020, when the service launches nationally.

Peacock Premium customers can stream all first season episodes of Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence and Lost Speedways; sports documentary In Deep with Ryan Lochte; and the entire full-length film Psych 2: Lassie Come Home on July 15.

Additionally, Peacock Kids is home to new episodes of Curious George and two original series from DreamWorks Animation: Cleopatra in Space and Where’s Waldo?.

Premiere dates for future Peacock Originals and exclusive content will be announced later this year.

“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content – no matter the genre or format,” said Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content, Peacock.

“We’re proud to establish our voice...

NBCUniversal’s new streaming service Peacock has unveiled the list of original series and movies that will be available when the platform rolls out nationwide July 15.

This first wave of Peacock originals include the streamer’s “Brave New World” adaptation, the “Psych” movie sequel “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” new drama “The Capture,” David Schwimmer workplace comedy “Intelligence,” the documentary film “In Deep with Ryan Lochte,” unscripted series “Lost Speedways,” and kids’ shows “Cleopatra in Space,” “Where’s Waldo?” and “Curious George.”

Premiere dates for future Peacock originals will be announced later this year, according to the streaming service.

“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content – no matter the genre or format,” Peacock’s president of original content Bill McGoldrick said in a statement. “We’re proud to establish our voice and are excited to build on our strategy to attract a wide audience to Peacock.

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, has set its opening slate of original content that will be available on its July 15 launch. It includes all first season episodes of Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence and Lost Speedways; sports documentary In Deep with Ryan Lochte; and feature-length film Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. Additionally, Peacock Kids will feature new episodes of Curious George and two original series from DreamWorks Animation: Cleopatra in Space and Where’s Waldo?. Premiere dates for future Peacock Originals and exclusive content will be announced later this year.

“Our variety of Peacock Originals at launch demonstrates how we deliver timely and timeless content – no matter the genre or format,” said Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content, Peacock. “We’re proud to establish our voice and are excited to build on our strategy to attract a wide audience to Peacock.”

The full slate follows below.

Drama

Brave...

‘Pure’ writer Kirstie Swain will write and exec-produce the eight-episode series.

Sky has unveiled a new slate of original shows for 2020, including a new series from See-Saw Films and Pure writer Kirstie Swain.

The pay-tv operator unveiled six new shows at its Up Next event at the Tate Modern in London on February 12, taking its number of originals to 80 in 2020 – 25% more than last year.

Launches include eight-episode dark comedy Sweetpea for Sky Atlantic, based on C.J. Skuse’s 2017 book, from See-Saw Films and Sky Studios.

Pure writer Kirstie Swain has penned the series, which explores how a seemingly normal...

Sky has commissioned Tin Star producer Kudos to make an eight-part drama about a woman who flees across Europe after killing her estranged father in a drug-fuelled rage.

Written by Ben Chanan, who penned BBC One’s Holliday Grainger spy drama The Capture, You follows Tara O’Rourke and her closest friends as they go in search of her long-lost mother.

Based on the Zoran Drvenkar novel of the same name, they navigate awkward romances, an unwanted pregnancy and try to escape the attentions of O’Rourke’s gangster uncle, Reagan, after stealing his drug stash. All the while, the specter of a mythical serial killer known as The Traveller inches ever closer.

Chanan will executive produce alongside Karen Wilson and Katie McAleese for Kudos, while Kara Manley and Serena Thompson executive produce for Sky Studios. The producer is Derek Ritchie. You was commissioned by Sky Studios’ director of drama...

Comcast-backed Sky has unveiled a huge swathe of commissions as part of its 2020 programming slate as it eyes a 25% increase in the number of originals on air this year.

The pay broadcaster revealed ten new projects ahead of a fancy upfronts event at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, which is set to feature stars including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams.

It is set to air 80 original series in 2020, a 25% increase on last year, including Jude Law’s The Third Day, Billie Piper’s I Hate Suzie and FX co-pro Breeders. It will also increase the number of U.S. acquisitions across its channels, which now includes Sky Comedy and Sky Documentaries, by 40% including HBO’s The Plot Against America, The Undoing, Phoebe Waller-Bridge-exec produced Run and Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

New projects unveiled today include paramedic comedy Bloods, starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks,...

Pay-tv operator Sky will offer 80 original series to its British subscribers this year, an increase of 25% year-on-year from last year, together with a 40% boost in the volume of programming from the U.S., it announced Wednesday. It also unveiled 10 new shows it has ordered.

Sky revealed its plans at a showcase event at London’s Tate Modern art gallery, where it shared exclusive previews of new shows due to air this year, with more than 25 talent on stage including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan, Maisie Williams, Billie Piper, Nick Mohammed, Dynamo and Rob Brydon.

As well as its original and acquired shows, Sky is delivering aggregated content from its partnerships with Netflix, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. It is also launching new channels like Sky Comedy, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries.

Sky Group CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In an increasingly competitive market, we keep pushing to give our customers what they want,...

The BBC has unveiled the first look at British spy drama The Capture starring Strike’s Holliday Grainger and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s Callum Turner.

The six-part series, which is produced by Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios, will air later this year.

It begins when soldier Shaun Emery’s (Turner) conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun’s life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again. With Di Rachel Carey (Grainger) drafted in to investigate Shaun’s case, she quickly learns that the truth can sometimes be a matter of perspective.

Also starring Hellboy’s Ron Perlman and X-Men star Famke Janssen, the drama is written and directed by Ben Chanan.

Hellboy star Ron Perlman and X-Men star Famke Janssen are teaming up for a new BBC One spy drama called The Capture. The series is being executive produced by Harry Potter producer David Heyman, and if you’re into spy thrillers, this is one you’ll want to check out.

The London-set spy thriller “will begin with the unjust arrest of an innocent man and escalate into a multi-layered conspiracy of manipulated evidence.”

Perlman and Janssen will star alongside the previously cast Callum Turner (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) and Holliday Grainger (Strike). Other cast members include Laura Haddock (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ben Miles (The Crown), Lia Williams (The Crown), Sophia Brown (Clique), Paul Ritter (Quantum of Solace), Adelayo Adedayo (Origin), Ralph Ineson (Game Of Thrones), Cavan Clerkin (The Last Kingdom), Barry Ward (Save Me), Ginny Holder (Death in Paradise), and Nigel Lindsay (Four Lions).

The six-part series...

Hellboy’s Ron Perlman and X-Men star Famke Janssen are to star in BBC One spy drama The Capture.

The Hollywood actors are the latest A-list names to join a British drama. They will star alongside the previously announced Callum Turner (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) and Holliday Grainger (Strike) in the six-part series, which has been written and directed by Ben Chanan.

London-set spy thriller The Capture will begin with the unjust arrest of an innocent man and escalate into a multi-layered conspiracy of manipulated evidence. The series will be executive produced by Harry Potter producer David Heyman, Tom Winchester and Rosie Alison for Heyday Television, Ben Irving for BBC One, Tom Coan for NBCUniversal International Studios and Chanan.

Other cast include Laura Haddock (Guardians of the Galaxy), Ben Miles (The Crown), Lia Williams (The Crown), Sophia Brown (Clique), Paul Ritter (Quantum of Solace), Adelayo Adedayo (Origin), Ralph Ineson...

A host of new names including Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”), Famke Janssen (“X Men”) and Laura Haddock (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) have signed up for “The Capture,” the upcoming BBC conspiracy thriller from David Heyman’s shingle, Heyday, and NBCU International Studios.

They join previously announced cast members Callum Turner (“War & Peace) and Holliday Grainger (“Strike”) in the series. Ben Miles (“The Crown”), Lia Williams (“Kiri”), Sophia Brown (“Marcella”), and Paul Ritter (“Quantum of Solace”) have also all now been cast, as have Adelayo Adedayo (“Origin”) and Ralph Ineson (“Game of Thrones”).

“The Capture” is a thriller involving surveillance, misinformation, and fake news. Set in London, one of the most closely monitored cities in the world, it asks whether what we see in surveillance footage can always be believed.

Turner plays a veteran whose conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned because of flawed video evidence. But when damning...

Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner will star in “The Capture,” the upcoming conspiracy drama from Heyday and NBCUniversal for BBC One in the U.K.

Turner (“War and Peace”) plays Shaun Emery, an Afghan war veteran whose conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence. When damning CCTV footage emerges from an incident in London, Shaun finds himself fighting for his freedom once again.

Grainger (“Strike”) is a detective, Rachel Carey, assigned to investigate. She must discover if there is more to the shocking evidence than first meets the eye in a story that poses timely questions about surveillance and video fakery.

Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios are producing and Ben Chanan (“Cyberbully”) wrote the series. “I am thrilled to have Holliday Grainger and Callum Turner leading our cast,” he said. “As detective and suspect respectively, Rachel and Shaun must grapple their way through...

Ben Chanan writing and directing surveillance conspiracy drama.

UK stars Callum Turner and Holliday Grainger have been cast in Ben Chanan’s conspiracy thriller series The Capture, which is being produced by Davd Heyman’s Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios for BBC One. It starts filming next month.

A timely surveillance thriller set in London, the 6x60 series follows a British soldier (Turner) whose conviction for murder in Afghanistan is successfully overturned due to flawed video evidence. However, when damming CCTV footage emerges from an incident involving the soldier in London, a detective inspector (Grainger) is drafted in to...

New company unveils three films, two TV series on debut slate.

Chris Coen, the producer of Funny Games, The Childhood Of A Leader and Shadow Dancer, has launched London-based finance and production outfit Upper Street Entertainment.

The company’s debut slate features three projects now moving towards production.

They include The Girl With A Clock For A Heart, which will be directed by Harry Brown filmmaker Daniel Barber from a script by James Marsh and Sam Barron. The film is based on the book by Peter Swanson and follows a young professor as he faces a dangerous obsession from his past.

Projects will be presented on Friday October 26.

A Terrence Malick work called Evolver is one of ten Vr projects to be presented at Vr Days Europe in Amsterdam on Friday October 26.

The ten projects have been chosen by Vr Days Europe in collaboration with Iffr Pro, the industry arm of Rotterdam International Film Festival (Iffr). The projects will be seen by interactive media professionals, who will examine the possibilities for finance and distribution.

Evolver lets participants experience the human condition from birth until death. Produced by Netherlands animation/Vr studio House of Secrets, it features original music from artists including...

Psychological thriller to be set at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Scott Free London and Film4 are joining forces to develop The German Child, which will mark the feature debut of writer-director Ben Chanan (Cyberbully).

Based on Chanan’s original idea, the project is a psychological period thriller which explores topics including race, identity and community.

The film is set at the outbreak of the Second World War, when evacuees were despatched by train all over Britain. When an unsuspecting couple living in rural Wiltshire take a young boy into their home, little could they foresee the irreparable...

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The BBC has ordered four new dramas for BBC One, including surveillance thriller The Capture with David Heyman’s Heyday Television and NBC Universal International Studios, and Marnie Dickens series Gold Digger. London-set spy thriller The Capture, the brainchild of writer-director Ben Chanan (Cyberbully), will begin with the unjust arrest of an innocent man and escalate into a multi-layered conspiracy of manipulated evidence. The 6x60mins series will be executive produced…...

Dramas focusing on a kidnapping — especially of young children — typically follow a simple trajectory: The family is introduced. The child is taken. The family is torn apart. A detective saves the day (or, at least, finds answers), and a happy ending or haunting lesson is imparted to the audience.

Typically, there’s a guessing game involved, as a number of suspicious supporting characters pop up throughout the story, and the audience is invited to solve the mystery. Their reward is being right or being surprised, but what typically elevates some kidnapping dramas above the rest is what elevates any drama: formal elements — directing, writing, acting — that build upon an audience’s immediate empathy for the taken child and the tormented family.

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David Morrissey is a veteran UK actor that you’ve probably seen in countless projects. But it was his turn as the Governor on “The Walking Dead” that exposed him to a massive global audience. Now he’s back on TV, as the new star of Starz’s mystery thriller “The Missing,” back for a second season.

“The Missing” was one of the most heart-wrenching TV shows of 2014, as it chronicled the journey of parents struggling to come to grips with the mysterious disappearance of their young boy. The show’s back with a whole new tale, again written by Harry and Jack Williams, and this time with Ben Chanan as the director of every episode.

Morrissey plays a British soldier, stationed in Germany, whose daughter...

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The Missing continues to weave a gripping, packed story, though it wouldn’t hurt it to stop and take a breath…

This review contains spoilers.

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The ability to stand still every so often works wonders for a thriller. Quiet moments don’t just offer a slip road away from the roaring influx of revelation, they allow tension to build and realisations to gradually dawn. Characters are given a chance to breathe uninterrupted by the noise of plot.

The Missing, gripping as it is, could afford to stand still a little more often. With a cast this good, there’s plenty to keep our attention without erratically leaping from strand to strand,...

Starz has announced that production has begun on the second season of The Missing TV show. The eight episode season will feature a new story and castmembers like David Morrissey, Keeley Hawes, and Tchéky Karyo.

Here are the details:

Second Installment Of Critically-acclaimed Limited Series “The Missing” In Production

Ben Chanan to Direct 8-Episode Series in its Entirety with “The Walking Dead”’s David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes and Tchéky Karyo Joining the Sequel

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24 year old Abigail Hardingham, who recently won a Bifa for Best Newcomer for her break-out role in indie horror comedy Nina Forever, stars in the second series of the acclaimed BBC series The Missing, which has just started filming.

Abi got her first TV role aged 17 when she played Kat in the first series of the popular Cbbc sci-fi drama The Sparticle Mystery.

Abigail (represented by Bloomfields Welch Management) plays Alice Webster, a young British woman who stumbles through the streets of her German hometown and collapses. She has been missing for 11 years. Alice’s return sends shockwaves through the small community. Told in dual timelines, flitting between 2014 and the present day, we follow Alice’s family as they are thrown back into a turmoil that threatens to tear them apart at the seams.

Her parents Sam and Gemma, are played by David Morrissey and Keeley Hawes with Tchéky Karyo...

British thesps David Morrissey ("The Walking Dead," "State of Play") and Keeley Hawes ("Ashes to Ashes") will team with the returning Tcheky Karyo for the second season of Starz and BBC One's mystery drama "The Missing".

The anthology series thriller will return for eight episodes with a new case, a new location, and new characters aside from Karyo's Julien Baptiste. Harry and Jack Williams return as scribes while Ben Chanan ("The Last Kingdom") is slated to direct all eight episodes.

Morrissey and Hawes play a couple whose daughter Alice went missing in 2003. Eleven years later, a young British woman stumbles through the streets of her German hometown and collapses. Told in dual timelines, unfolding between 2014 and the present day, we see how her family are thrown back into a turmoil that threatens to tear them apart at the seams.

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The Walking Dead‘s former Governor is going Missing.

David Morrissey will star in the second season of the British anthology series The Missing, Starz announced Thursday.

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The new installments will follow Morrissey’s Sam and Gemma (played by British actress Keeley Hawes), whose daughter, Alice, went missing in 2003 but seems to have reappeared 11 years later. The story, told in dual timelines like The Missing‘s first season was, follows Alice’s family and French detective Julien Baptiste (Season 1’s Tchéky Karyo) through the tumultuous disappearance and its aftermath.

The Walking Dead‘s Governor, David Morrissey, is set to star in Season 2 of Starz/BBC drama The Missing, along with Keeley Hawes and Tchéky Karyo. Production is under way on the sophomore episodes, all eight of which will be helmed by Ben Chanan. Produced by New Pictures in association with Two Brothers Pictures and Playground for BBC One and Starz, The Missing again will be written by Harry and Jack Williams. The series, which earned multiple BAFTA nominations including B…...