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Exclusive: UK talent agency Insight Management & Production has brought in veteran literary agent Rachel Mathias to head up the company’s newly launched literary department.

Mathias joins after almost eight years in the Global TV Group at CAA, where she repped writers, directors, and production companies active in the UK and international space. Before that, she worked in production, with stints at Avalon Entertainment, Raw TV and the BBC. As Insight’s Head of Literary, she will look to continue signing top writing, directing and creative talent, working closely with her clients through development of their own projects, and using her established relationships to further their ambitions.

Insight’s new department will provide bespoke management to exceptional creatives including writers, directors, and producers, alongside the company’s established roster of talent. Notable clients on that front include Academy Award nominee Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice), Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin...

Guy Ritchie‘s hit Netflix series The Gentlemen has been picked up for a second season by the streaming service. Starring Theo James and Kaya Scodelario in the lead roles, the brilliant crime comedy-drama series will return with both of its leads alongside the director of the series Ritchie.

The Gentlemen’s first season follows the story of aristocrat Eddie Horniman as he comes home to meet his dying father and ends up inheriting his estate and title. He soon discovers that the title comes with a criminal weed operation running under his estate. To remove all the criminal activities from his estate he agrees to do some unsavory things for drug empire heiress Susie Glass.

Also Read: Best Shows Like ‘The Gentlemen’ To Watch While Waiting For Season 2

More cast announcements will be coming our way when Season 2 begins production next year. Until then the return of James and...

Get ready for another go-around with the Guy Ritchie series, The Gentlemen. Variety has reported that the Netflix series has been renewed for season 2. In his review for season one, our own Alex Maidy said, “The Gentlemen series feels like a reimagining of the film. The story hits some vaguely similar notes but the vast majority is completely different. […] This is a unique reimagining of a successful story that takes it in a different direction and sets up future seasons.”

Netflix U.K.’s VP spoke ecstatically about the show’s successful first season, “With its gun-toting chickens and drug-dealing Dukes, The Gentlemen was a huge hit with audiences in 2024. Not really a surprise as Guy Ritchie remains one of the industry’s most iconic creators telling authentically British stories with his signature swagger, grit and wit. We are thrilled the series will be returning to Netflix for a second season,...

"Within the Guy Ritchie world, you can really push it as far as you want." Already streaming on Netflix now. Netflix has revealed a 5-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for The Gentlemen, a streaming series from filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Crime meets caviar in this slick crime comedy creation! Meet the new class of criminals in The Gentlemen. A new British drama series inspired by the original 2019 film. Eddie Halstead inherits a large estate from his father, unaware it fronts Pearson's drug empire. With no crime experience, he must take over the operation or lose the estate. The Gentlemen is currently streaming on Netflix as of last week, but they're hoping to bring more attention to it with this extensive promo video. The series features Ray Winstone, Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, Max Beesley, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins, Dar Salim, Pearce Quigley,...

We present our red carpet interviews from the Global Premiere of Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen TV Series from Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London

The event was attended by Ritchie, Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, Max Beesley and many more.

Related – See our junket interviews with the cast here

The series, which is inspired by the original film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu, Max Beesley (Hijack), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie Antoinette), Harry Goodwins (In His Hands: The Emergence), Dar Salim (The Covenant), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Ruby Sear and Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick).

Award-winning filmmaker Guy Ritchie is at the helm of the production, serving as creator,...

We’re just days away from the premiere of Guy Ritchie‘s new television series The Gentlemen and the stars stepped out for a UK red carpet premiere.

Guy received support from friends David Beckham and Jason Statham at the event on Tuesday night (March 5) at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England.

Also there to support Guy were his wife Jacqui Ainsley and son Rocco Ritchie.

Cast members in attendance included Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Harry Goodwins, Ray Winstone, and Max Beesley.

The Gentlemen is a spin-off of Guy‘s movie of the same name from 2019. All eight episodes will debut on Netflix on March 7. Watch the trailer for the series now!

Browse through the gallery for 60+ photos from the premiere…...

Netflix has debuted the official full trailer from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming ‘The Gentleman’ series.

The story sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.

The series, which is inspired by the original Miramax film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, The Pale Horse), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu,...

The White Lotus star Theo James has to extricate his aristocratic family from the clutches of a criminal underworld in the official trailer for The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s gangster romp for Netflix based on the Hollywood director’s 2019 film of the same name.

James plays Eddie Horniman, a well-bred Brit who inherits his father’s country estate, only to discover it’s part of an industrial cannabis empire in the East End of London run by shady career criminal Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone).

“So to stop ourselves being associated with criminals, we are going to become criminals,” Horniman announces at one point in the trailer. To beat the gangsters at their own game, he gets into business with Susie Glass, played by Kaya Scodelario, who ruthlessly runs the drug empire on behalf of her father.

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“I didn’t create this problem. I’m trying to help you deal with it,...

Enter the fast and turbulent world of underground crime in the new trailer from the Netflix original series The Gentlemen. The new show is inspired by Guy Ritchie‘s film of the same name. The trailer sees an unsuspecting chap get in over his head as he unintentionally becomes involved with his family’s drug dealings. This new peek at the series showcases the signature aggressive manic style of Guy Ritchie’s gangster films. Ritchie himself is wearing multiple hats behind the scenes as the creator, writer, and executive producer. He has also directed the first two episodes of the series. The show was also previously known to premiere sometime next month, but we now have a release date as Netflix announced the premiere will be on March 7.

The official logline from Netflix reads,

“The Gentlemen sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizable country estate – only...

Based on his own film of the same name, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen follows the gangsters of East London. Take a look at the full trailer.

Update: Guy Ritchie’s upcoming Netflix series The Gentlemen, which stars Theo James as a young man who discovers he’s inherited his late father’s massive cannabis empire, has a new trailer out.

This trailer can be found below these words, while the series itself will stream on Netflix from the 7th March 2024.

Our original story follows…

Original story 15th January 2024: Guy Ritchie is a busy man. The Snatch director released two films last year and has another one scheduled for release in 2024, not to mention the untitled action film and Fountain Of Youth he’s currently working on.

Ritchie is also expanding into the smaller screen. The director has been working with Netflix on a spin-off series of his film...

"I didn't create this problem. I'm trying to help you deal with it." Netflix has debuted the full official trailer for The Gentlemen series, a new streaming offering from filmmaker Guy Ritchie launching this March. Crime meets caviar! Meet the new class of criminals in The Gentlemen. A new British drama series inspired by the original 2019 film. Eddie Halstead inherits large estate from father, unaware it fronts Pearson's drug empire. With no crime experience, he must take over the operation or lose the estate. Ray Winstone stars as Bobby Glass, a career criminal from the East End of London who founded an industrial cannabis empire. The cast includes Theo James as The Duke of Halstead, Eddie, who finds himself embroiled in criminality after inheriting his father's estate, and Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, Bobby's effortlessly stylish & steely daughter who runs the empie's day-to-day business; along with Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson,...

The Gentlemen has a premiere date for the new series, which returns to the world first seen in the film of the same name by Guy Ritchie.

Starring Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, Max Beesley, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins, Dar Salim, Pearce Quigley, Ruby Sear, Peter Serafinowicz, Ray Winstone and Guz Khan, the Netflix series adds a new set of characters to The Gentlemen world. The story follows Eddie Halstead (James) after he discovers that the land left to him by his father has become a part of Mickey Pearson’s marijuana-growing empire.

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Theo James as Eddie Horniman in ‘The Gentlemen’ (Photo Credit: Christopher Rafael/Netflix)

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen series, set in the same world as his 2020 The Gentleman film, will premiere on Netflix on March 7, 2024. Ritchie created the series, writes, directs, and executive produces the eight-episode season starring Theo James.

Joining Theo James are Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, and Max Beesley. Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins, Dar Salim, Pearce Quigley, Ruby Sear, Peter Serafinowicz, Ray Winstone, and Guz Khan also star.

Ritchie’s co-writers include Matthew Read, Haleema Mirza, Billy and Theo Mason Wood, Stuart Carolan, and John Jackson. Nima Nourizadeh, Eran Creevy, and David Caffrey serve as directors.

“The Gentlemen sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavory characters from...

Theo James, known for his role in The White Lotus season 2, stars as Eddie in Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen, increasing anticipation for the Netflix series. Eddie, the main character in The Gentlemen, inherits his father's estate and gets tangled in the criminal underworld, finding himself enjoying the thrill of crime. The rest of the cast of The Gentlemen includes Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Ray Winstone, Vinnie Jones, Chanel Cresswell, Max Beesley, and more.

The cast of The White Lotus season 2 contained numerous talented performers (many of whom received Emmy nominations), and one impressive actor from the group will appear in Guy Ritchie's upcoming Netflix show. The HBO anthology series received widespread critical acclaim for its first season, and its second outing lived up to (and perhaps exceeded) the hype. Season 2, which took place at the White Lotus resort in Sicily, featured a new ensemble (aside from Jennifer Coolidge...

"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" Returns Next Month

Last week's news never sleeps. HBO has announced the premiere date for the 11th season of its award-winning current events show “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” which will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 18.

The half-hour satirical, insightful, and meticulously researched series takes a microscopic look at current political, social, economic, and cultural issues in the United States, as well as lesser-reported topics. Since its premiere in 2014, the weekly series has received 28 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series at the just-past 75th Primetime Emmys.

“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” will air on HBO on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt and be available to watch simultaneously on Max. The series has already been renewed through 2026.

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Netflix has debuted the teaser trailer from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming ‘The Gentleman’ series.

The story sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.

The series, which is inspired by the original Miramax film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, The Pale Horse), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu,...

Netflix’s The Gentlemen series doesn’t feature the same ensemble cast as Guy Ritchie’s 2020 film of the same name. However, Ritchie says his new series is set in the same sort of world as the film, and that’s confirmed in the show’s first official teaser trailer.

The R-rated feature film starred Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell, and Michelle Dockery. The ensemble of the 2024 series that it inspired is led by Theo James (The White Lotus 2) and includes Ray Winstone (The Departed) and Kaya Scodelario (The Pale Horse). Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), and Chanel Cresswell (This is England) also star.

The cast also includes Michael Vu, Max Beesley (Hijack), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie Antoinette), Harry Goodwins (In His Hands: The Emergence), Dar Salim (The Covenant), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Ruby Sear, and Peter Serafinowicz (The...

"Welcome to the jungle." Netflix has revealed their first look teaser for The Gentlemen, a new streaming series from filmmaker Guy Ritchie arriving in March. Crime meets caviar! Meet the new class of criminals in The Gentlemen. A new British drama series inspired by the original 2019 film. Eddie Halstead inherits large estate from father, unaware it fronts Pearson's drug empire. With no crime experience, he must take over the operation or lose the estate. Ray Winstone stars as Bobby Glass, a career criminal from the East End of London who founded an industrial cannabis empire. The cast includes Theo James as The Duke of Halstead, Eddie, who finds himself embroiled in criminality after inheriting his father's estate, and Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, Bobby's effortlessly stylish & steely daughter who runs the empie's day-to-day business; Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, Max Beesley, Jasmine Blackborow,...

Just four years after the movie hit theaters, Netflix has turned Guy Ritchie's "The Gentlemen" into a TV show. The above teaser trailer for the series offers proof of that, introducing a drug empire, a cast of criminals, and some vintage Ritchie shenanigans.

The teaser admittedly doesn't dive too deeply into the story, but it does do a great job of capturing the vibe. It's all set to the tune of "Time of the Season" by The Zombies, with some welcome narration by Giancarlo Esposito, of "Breaking Bad" and "The Boys" fame. Esposito is just one part of a pretty well-stacked ensemble led by Theo James ("The White Lotus"). Blood, boxing, and quips, this has all of the hallmarks of a classic Guy Ritchie production. It certainly has a similar feeling to the 2020 movie, but it also feels designed to satisfy "Snatch" fans. The official synopsis for the show...

Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has released a teaser, set a premiere date — and revealed a key member of its cast.

The series based on Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name has added Ray Winstone (The Departed, Black Widow) to its ensemble. He’ll play Bobby Glass, a career criminal from London who has built an industrial cannabis empire. The Gentlemen is set to premiere in March on the streamer.

Winstone joins Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, Chanel Cresswell, Michael Vu, Max Beesley, Jasmine Blackborow, Harry Goodwins, Dar Salim, Pearce Quigley, Ruby Sear and Peter Serafinowicz in the cast. The story will follow James’ Eddie Horniman, who inherits his father’s country estate and discovers it’s part of a clandestine cannabis empire that a lot of unsavory characters would like to grab from him.

Ritchie is the creator, co-writer...

Get ready to peek behind the curtains of British Aristocracy with the new teaser trailer from the Netflix original series, The Gentlemen. The new show is inspired by Guy Ritchie‘s film of the same name. Ritchie himself is wearing multiple hats behind the scenes as the creator, writer, and executive producer. He has also directed the first two episodes of the series.

The official logline from Netflix reads,

“The Gentlemen sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a clandestine cannabis empire. Moreover, many unsavory characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.”

The teasing shot at...

Given how busy he's been genre-hopping on the big screen of late, you wouldn't necessarily expect Guy Ritchie to have the time to also be truly involved in a TV spin-off off one of his movies. But you'd be wrong! Following on from :a[our picture exclusive ]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/the-gentlemen-series-guy-ritchie-tv-crime-epic-exclusive/' }, the first teaser for Netflix's The Gentlemen has dropped, including the reveal that Ray Winstone is part of the cast. Check it out…

Set in the world of the film, but featuring new characters, the series sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate - only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However,...

Theo James is ready to learn the family business in a teaser trailer for The Gentlemen, a forthcoming Netflix series based on the Guy Ritchie film of the same name. The series, which premieres in March, takes place in the same world as the 2019 Matthew McConaughey crime drama, but introduces new characters.

The clip reveals the White Lotus star as the new Duke of Halstead, who becomes entangled in the criminal underworld after learning his estate houses an expansive weed business. The series also stars Ray Winstone as Bobby Glass...

“The Gentlemen,” Netflix’s TV series follow-up to Guy Ritchie’s 2019 British gangster film, has released a trailer.

Set in the world of the original, the new series features a cast of new characters, including Theo James as the Duke of Halstead, Ray Winstone as cannabis empire founder Bobby Glass and Kaya Scodelario as Bobby’s daughter and the empire’s operations leader. Guy Ritchie serves as creator, co-writer, executive producer (the latter two positions shared with Matthew Read) and directs the first two episodes.

“‘The Gentlemen’ sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation,” the series description reads. “Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However,...

Netflix has debuted a batch of first-look images from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming ‘The Gentleman’ series.

The series, which is inspired by the original Miramax film with the same title, stars Emmy-nominated The White Lotus 2 star, Theo James, alongside Kaya Scodelario (Crawl, The Pale Horse), Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie), Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley’s Lover), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Chanel Cresswell (This is England), Michael Vu, Max Beesley (Hijack), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie Antoinette), Harry Goodwins (In His Hands: The Emergence), Dar Salim (The Covenant), Pearce Quigley (Detectorists), Ruby Sear and Peter Serafinowicz (The Tick).

The story sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate – only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches,...

The Gentlemen spinoff, a drama series based on the popular crime movie, will premiere in 2024 with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario in the lead roles. The show will follow Eddie Horniman, an aristocrat who inherits his family's estate only to discover it's Europe's largest weed farm. The cast includes Giancarlo Esposito, Joely Richardson, Peter Serafinowicz, Vinnie Jones, and other familiar faces. Richie serves as the creator, co-writer, and executive producer.

The Gentlemen spinoff reveals its first photos, unveiling the Guy Ritchie show that's based on the popular crime movie of the same name. The Gentlemen debuted in 2019, with Ritchie writing, directing, and producing, The Gentlemen tracks an American cannabis wholesaler who's looking to sell his business in England. This sets off a set of blackmail and schemes to undermine him, in the box office success that features Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell,...

Even with his prolific current film output, he's also been busy turning 2019 crime pic :a[The Gentlemen]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-gentlemen/' } into a TV series, which will land on Netflix in 2024. The first images of the cast, including Theo James, Vinnie Jones, Joely Richardson and more are online.

The series, also titled The Gentlemen, doesn't feature the movie's cast, but does boast a related story. It sees Eddie Horniman (Theo James) unexpectedly inherit his father’s sizeable country estate — only to discover it’s part of a cannabis empire. Moreover, a host of unsavoury characters from Britain’s criminal underworld want a piece of the operation. Determined to extricate his family from their clutches, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game. However, as he gets sucked into the world of criminality, he begins to find a taste for it.

As to the cast for the series,...

Exclusive: Vardy vs Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, Channel 4’s dramatization of the notorious Wagatha Christie case, has sold to BritBox in North America and networks in Australia and New Zealand.

The factual drama, which stars Michael Sheen as Rooney’s barrister and covers one of the biggest media cases of the past decades, was picked up for distribution by Newen Connect last year and Newen has now struck a slew of sales.

BritBox North America, Australia’s Foxtel and New Zealand’s +Hr=E (formerly TV3) have snapped up Vardy vs Rooney and Newen will be shopping at the upcoming London Screenings. Chalkboard TV’s four-parter is one of a number of English language shows that now feature in the French distributor’s catalog as it pushes further into the English language space.

Vardy vs Rooney, which launched to more than 1M overnight viewers late last year, was the...

A dramatisation of the Wagatha Christie trial has captivated viewers with its portrayal of the legal battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney.

Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, starring Natalia Tena and Chanel Cresswell, is a two-part series that began on Channel 4 on Wednesday (21 December).

The Independent’s reviewer, Nick Hilton, wasn’t too impressed with the programme. His one-star review said that the speed of its production felt “typical of the laziness of the British TV conveyor belt” and summarised: “It’s.......... a pile of crap.”

Vardy sued Rooney for libel at the High Court in May, after Rooney claimed that Vardy’s Instagram account had been responsible for leaks to the media.

After the case was dismissed by the judge in July, production on Vardy v Rooney began one month later, using the real court transcripts to make up the majority of the script.

However, plenty...

When the term Wag (standing for the Wives And Girlfriends of England’s top footballers) first appeared in British newspapers, it beckoned in a new era of scurrilous journalism. These women – who were unfairly blamed for England’s miserable exit from the World Cup in 2006 – became a perpetual motion machine for tabloid column inches. But when The Book of the Wag is finally written, the story that began with Victoria Beckham and Cheryl Cole will climax with the wives of two former England strikers going head-to-head in the High Court. This is the story of Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama, Channel 4’s verbatim retelling of the infamous “Wagatha Christie” saga.

But that name was always a misnomer. This story was never a whodunnit. Instead, it was a she said, she said popularity contest played out on a public stage. In the red corner: Coleen Rooney (Trollied’s Chanel Cresswell...

The TV dramatisation of the Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney trial is upon us. Exploring the Instagram age whodunnit, the series Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama portrays one of the most high profile, and most reported, libel cases to ever be brought before the High Court.

The drama, airing on Channel 4 on 21 December, recounts the notorious events that unfolded after Rooney (Chanel Cresswell) publicly alleged that Vardy (Natalia Tena) had been leaking stories about her to The Sun newspaper.

Vardy then sued Rooney for libel in June 2020, with the trial taking place over the course of seven days in May 2022, where the WAGs went head-to-head with their lawyers in the small, mahogany-clad room 13 at the Royal Courts of Justice. Vardy strongly denied leaking fake stories, but the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, ruled in Rooney’s favour in July.

Though the drama skips the build-up to the legal case...

The TV dramatisation of the Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney trial is upon us. Exploring the Instagram age whodunnit, the series Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama portrays one of the most high profile, and most reported, libel cases to ever be brought before the High Court.

The drama, airing on Channel 4 on 21 December, recounts the notorious events that unfolded after Rooney (Chanel Cresswell) publicly alleged that Vardy (Natalia Tena) had been leaking stories about her to The Sun newspaper.

Vardy then sued Rooney for libel in June 2020, with the trial taking place over the course of seven days in May 2022, where the WAGs went head-to-head with their lawyers in the small, mahogany-clad room 13 at the Royal Courts of Justice. Vardy strongly denied leaking fake stories, but the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, ruled in Rooney’s favour in July.

Though the drama skips the build-up to the legal case...

It’s………. Rebekah Vardy’s account.” Three years later, this remains the celebrity tweet sign-off that keeps on giving. Coleen Rooney probably didn’t anticipate that hitting send on her message back in October 2019 would ignite a petrol bomb of a scandal. Nor one that involved allegations of secret Wag wars, a phone being tossed into the ocean, and Peter Andre’s privates just not being up to scratch. It’s the tweet itself, though, that’s had the most substantial legacy. That delightfully creative use of ellipsis. The wealth of memes it inspired. Then, last summer, the dramatic court case it led to.

Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie, sued Rooney, the wife of former England captain Wayne, for libel in 2020. Rooney alleged that her personal stories had been leaked to the media via Vardy’s Instagram account, after months of personal investigation. Vardy insisted that she was innocent,...

Channel 4’s forthcoming seies Vardy V Rooney: A Courtroom Drama will explore the case that made headlines in 2019.

This summer, Vardy, 40, lost a libel battle against Rooney, 36, over a social media post that the High Court judge found to be “substantially true”.

Rooney was being sued for accusing her former friend on social media of seeking information from her private Instagram account to The Sun.

In stills released in November, the Bafta-winning star Chanel Cresswell (This Is England) is seen in costume as Coleen Rooney.

Meanwhile, Natalia Tena – known for her role as Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter – is pictured as Vardy. The images see her wearing dark sunglasses and surrounded by reporters.

Dion Lloud plays former Manchester midfielder Rooney, while Marton Nagyszokolyai takes on the role of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy.

Michael Sheen will star as Rooney’s A-list lawyer David Sherborne.

The film is set to...

Chanel Cresswell has joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s series followup to “The Gentlemen” at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.

Cresswell will appear in a recurring role as Tammy, though further character details are being kept under wraps. Production is currently underway on the series in the U.K.

The series takes place in the same world as the film, but will feature an entirely new cast of characters. Theo James will star as Eddie, described as “the estranged son of an English aristocrat who inherits the family pile – only to discover that it’s sitting on top of the biggest weed farm in Europe.” Other cast members include Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Giancarlo Esposito, Peter Serafinowicz, and Vinnie Jones.

Cresswell is next set to be seen in the highly-anticipated limited series “Vardy v. Rooney: A Courtroom Drama” opposite Michael Sheen. The series is based on the...

Network: SundanceTV.

Episodes: 18 (hour).

Seasons: Three.

TV show dates: May 23, 2018 — July 21, 2022.

Series status: Ending.

Performers include: Nicola Walker, Annabel Scholey, Deborah Findlay, Anthony Head, Rudi Dharmalingam, Stephen Mangan, Meera Syal, Fiona Button, Barry Atsma, Stephen Tompkinson, Mathew Baynton, Tanya Franks, Chanel Cresswell, Tamara Lawrance. and Claire Rushbrook.

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From creator and writer Abi Morgan, The Split TV show unfolds in London. The drama follows Ruth Defoe (Findlay) and her three daughters. The Defoe women are at the center of the city's divorce circuit. When top attorney Hannah (Walker) leaves Defoes for rival firm Noble & Hale, she'll have to start facing off against her own family.

The Defoes specialize in...

"Well that's what real music is." Gravitas has released an official trailer for an indie rock band comedy titled Love Spreads, the latest from writer / director Jamie Adams. Even though this already opened in the UK last year, it's just now premiering in the US at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, before arriving on VOD a few days later (which is not a good sign). It is time to record the all important second album and Glass Heart is breaking in a million pieces. Away from touring and performing the band is not in harmony, and no amount of history in Rockfield Studios is going to solve that. Three very different songwriters, one desperate producer, a label exec and a keyboard collide. The film stars Alia Shawkat, Eiza Gonzales, Chanel Cresswell, Nick Helm, Tara Lee, Dolly Wells, Charlotte Jo Hanbury, and Ruth Ollman. Why does this trailer seem so orange? And...

While America has the likes of Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer, it is fair to say that Dennis Nilsen is the United Kingdom’s equivalent. In a new mini-series, Des that just finished airing on ITV and is out now on DVD, David Tennant gives a chillingly brilliant performance playing the mild mannered man who took so many lives.

After the grisly discovery of what appear to be human remains in a house’s drainage system, the police soon arrest Dennis Nilsen. The seemingly normal middle aged man is soon charged with the murder of twelve men. Through the investigation though, Nilsen’s evil games continue as he tries to one up the police in his desire to basque in the glory of his monstrosities.

For anybody who knows about the case of Dennis Nilsen, it would probably come as a surprise that a mini-series could be put together that...

Fancy a bit of blood-sucking and horror while in your New Year coma? The BBC has launched a full trailer for their new series ‘Dracula’.

From the makers of Sherlock, Claes Bang stars as Dracula in the brand new mini-series inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel. The limited series will span across three feature-length episodes. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat penned all three taking influence from classical iterations of the horror icon but adding their own bit spice to the tale.

Besides Bang, the cast includes The Crown’s John Heffernan as Jonathan Harker, actresses Dolly Wells and Joanna Scanlan as Sister Agatha and Mother Superior respectively, and Bang’s Dracula.

Morfydd Clark, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Lyndsey Marshal, Chanel Cresswell, Matthew Beard and Lydia West also star.

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The mini-series airs from January 1st,...

Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great.

New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.

Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.

Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.

Take a look at the BBC's upcoming "Dracula" 3-episode TV mini-series developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, based on the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker, for broadcast and release on BBC One and Netflix in 2019, starring Claes Bang as the eastern European count:

Cast also includes John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Lujza Richter, Mark Gatiss, Jonathan Aris, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Catherine Schell, Youssef Kerkour, Clive Russell, Lyndsey Marshal, Chanel Cresswell, Matthew Beard, Sarah Niles and Natasha Radski.

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The intitative supports UK actors from under-represented backgrounds.

UK actors and Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2019 Himesh Patel and Viveik Kalra are among the jurors for the 2019 Bafta Elevate scheme, which this year is supporting actors from underrepresented backgrounds.

As well as Patel and Kalra, who starred in music-themed box office hits Yesterday and Blinded By The Light respectively this summer, the jury includes This Is England star Chanel Cresswell, Channel 4 head of comedy Fiona McDermott, ITV head of screen diversity Ade Rawcliffe, and former Screen Stars Ashley Walters (2004), Mahalia Belo (2012), and Hong Khaou (2013).

The full list of jurors is available below.

The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first look of their Dracula reboot as they have rounded out the cast.

The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films. the series is inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.

Lyndsey Marshal (The League of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (This Is England), Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), Lydia West (Years & Years), Paul Brennen (Happy Valley), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe), Sofia Oxenham (Poldark), John McCrea (God’s Own Country), Phil Dunster (Humans) and newcomer Millicent Wong have joined the series alongside John Heffernan, Joanna Scanlan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Morfydd Clark and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.

Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas...

Call him the Danish Dracula.

Claes Bang, the hunky Scandinavian star of Cannes award winner The Square and Nordic noir series The Bridge is getting his fangs on for his next role, as the infamous Count Dracula in the upcoming limited series Dracula from Netflix and the BBC.

BBC One has just unveiled the first images of Bang as the Count, showing the dashing Dane by turns seductive and deadly.

The BBC and Netflix on Wednesday also announced the remaining cast for the series. Lyndsey Marshal (The League of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (This Is England), Matthew Beard (An ...

You would think that portraying a role similar to yourself, and embodying the sensibilities of a figure that resonates with you, would make for a rather straightforward performance for an actor. Yet to emotionally connect with a likeminded character, and subsequently present that on screen, was one of the biggest challenges that gifted newcomer Lily Newmark faced when taking on her first leading role in Deborah Haywood’s Pin Cushion.

“Iona as a character is very much like myself, I actually found it slightly unnerving how similar we are,” she told us during a brief moment on the set of the film, which we visited on a brisk Derbyshire afternoon. “It doesn’t take a lot of preparation to be that character but it’s a challenge in a sense that it’s difficult to show such a true side to yourself. Everything that Iona expresses in this film I have expressed myself,...

It seems like divorce talks are heating up. SundanceTV has released two first look photos from season one of The Split TV show. Check them out, above and below. Creator Abi Morgan is writing the six-episode modern relationship saga and is executive producing with Director Jessica Hobbs. The Split premieres on SundanceTV in the Us and BBC One in UK, in 2018. A divorce law drama, The Split stars Nicola Walker, Annabel Scholey, Deborah Findlay, Anthony Head, Rudi Dharmalingam, Stephen Mangan, Meera Syal, Fiona Button, Barry Atsma, and Stephen Tompkinson. Guest stars in the first season of The Split include Mathew Baynton, Tanya Franks, Chanel Cresswell, Tamara Lawrance. and Claire Rushbrook. Read More…...

Here at Roobla we absolutely loved British biographical flick My Name is Lenny (2017). Available now on digital, DVD and Blu-ray, to celebrate, we have a copy on DVD to giveaway.

Explosive and brutal, My Name Is Lenny is based on the true story of Britain’s most notorious bareknuckle fighter: Lenny McLean (Josh Helman). A known associate of The Krays, Charles Bronson and Ronnie Biggs, Lenny was an East End icon, bouncer and enforcer at the centre of the unlicensed boxing world.

Welcome to the no-holds-barred epic portrayal of his life, from a troubled and violent childhood to his early fighting years, exploring his loving but volatile relationships and bitter rivalry with Roy Shaw (Ufc Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping) all culminating in his championship win to become: The Guv’Nor. Also starring Nick Moran, BAFTA winner Chanel Cresswell and Oscar® nominated John Hurt.

To be in with a chance of winning,...

My Name Is Lenny is a sport drama which deals with the darker side of unlicensed boxing in the 70s focusing on Lenny McLean (Josh Helman) and his three fights with the undisputed heavyweight champion Roy ‘Pretty Boy’ Shaw (Michael Bisping).

Although the film is based in the world of unlicensed boxing, the film goes beyond the fighting and looks back at some of the events that created the man Lenny was to become. Most notably his relationship with his violent stepfather, played by Lenny’s nephew Martin Askew, who is also one of screenwriters. Through flashbacks you get a glimpse of the violence of his childhood and the drive he had to fight his way out. The film doesn’t make excuses for some of his actions, but it does give you an insight of why it was so important to be known as ‘The Guv’Nor’.

Josh Helman...

"I know what I'm gunna do then: I'm gunna knock him spark out, and be back in here for lunch." Lionsgate UK has released an official trailer for My Name Is Lenny, telling the life story of famous bare-knuckle fighter Lenny McLean, who was the first to earn the iconic nickname "the Guv'nor". Josh Helman (seen in X-Men: Apocalypse, Mad Max: Fury Road, Jack Reacher) plays McLean, and the cast includes Chanel Cresswell, Nick Moran, John Hurt, Michael Bisping, Charley Palmer Rothwell, George Russo, and Rita Tushingham. This looks like an entertaining "sports" movie, following in the footsteps of films like Bronson and Snatch. It might also play well as a double feature with Chuck. This trailer is worth a look. Here's the official UK trailer (+ poster) for Ron Scalpello's My Name Is Lenny, direct from YouTube: Explosive & brutal, My Name Is Lenny is based on the true story...

Exclusive: Shooting has wrapped in East London on the Salon Pictures features.

Two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt has joined the cast of My Name Is Lenny, the boxing drama biopic from UK production outfit Salon Pictures.

Wrapping a four-week shoot in London’s East End today (Sept 19), the film tells the story of one of Britain’s most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean.

Josh Helman stars as the titular Lenny, alongside Nick Moran, Chanel Cresswell, current Ufc Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping and Charlie Palmer Rothwell. Hurt has replaced Michael Gambon in the cast.

Ron Scalpello (Offender) directs from a screenplay written by Paul Van Carter and Martin Askew. Van Carter produces with his fellow Salon Pictures co-founder Nick Taussig, alongside Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures (who are financing the feature) and Jamie McLean, son of the titular Lenny. Salon’s Christopher J Reynolds is an executive producer.

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