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The 2025 Olivier Awards, held Sunday at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter, saw big wins for actors like John Lithgow, Lesley Manville and Imelda Staunton. Receiving three awards apiece, productions of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fiddler on the Roof and Giant also swept during the evening.

The event is internationally recognized as the highest British theater honors and celebrates the foremost performances onstage, the overseas equivalent to the U.S. Tony Awards.

Additional winners included productions Oedipus, Titanique, The Years and Festen, all of which won two prizes each.

The ceremony opened with a show-stopping performance of “Luck Be a Lady” from Guys & Dolls by hosts Knight and Porter, accompanied by the House Gospel Choir. Additional performances throughout the evening included snippets from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mj the Musical, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 and Why Am I So Single?...

Known for his commanding presence and impressive skill with prose, Sir Ian McKellen is among the best actors of a generation who can bring depth to any role he’s given, create great chemistry with other actors and capture the audience’s attention whenever on screen. Appearing in several films over decades, the actor has performed in all sorts of genres and has consistently chosen projects that engage with the viewer, while also highlighting great filmmaking on display.

At the same time, some dedicated fans may assume that Ian McKellen’s work extends to only franchise-heavy material, however, the actor’s expansive filmography ranges in size of spectacle, drama and narrative scale, where no matter the film, Ian McKellen commits himself to the performance and helps make each project that much better. Moreover, with each Ian McKellen film offering something different to say to viewers, it re-establishes how truly versatile...

“Sexy Beast” is the new crime thriller prequel TV series, spinning-off from director Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 feature, now streaming on Paramount+:

“…’Sexy Beast’ traces the origins of best friends ‘Gal Dove’ (James McArdle) and ‘Don Logan’ (Emun Elliott), two thieves navigating London’s criminal underworld during the 1990’s.

“The duo will cross paths with ‘DeeDee Harrison’ (Sarah Greene), an adult star who begins a love affair with Gal, and ‘Teddy Bass’ (Stephen Moyer), a crime boss who recruits Gal and Don to work for his empire…”

Additional cast members include Tamsin Greig, Eliza Bennett, Ralph Brown, John Dagleish, Peter Ferdinando, Nitin Ganatra, Robbie Gee, Alice Bailey Johnson, Paul Kaye, David Kennedy, Cally Lawrence, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Lex Shrapnel.

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“Sexy Beast” is the new prequel TV series,, from director Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 crime thriller, streaming January 25, 2024 on Paramount+:

“…’Sexy Beast’ traces the origins of best friends ‘Gal Dove’ (James McArdle) and ‘Don Logan’ (Emun Elliott), two thieves navigating London’s criminal underworld during the 1990’s.

“The duo will cross paths with ‘DeeDee Harrison’ (Sarah Greene), an adult star who begins a love affair with Gal, and ‘Teddy Bass’ (Stephen Moyer), a crime boss who recruits Gal and Don to work for his empire…”

Additional cast members include Tamsin Greig, Eliza Bennett, Ralph Brown, John Dagleish, Peter Ferdinando, Nitin Ganatra, Robbie Gee, Alice Bailey Johnson, Paul Kaye, David Kennedy, Cally Lawrence, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Lex Shrapnel.

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Sexy Beast is coming to Paramount+ later this month, and the streaming service has now released a trailer and poster teasing the new series inspired by the 2000 film of the same name.

Starring James McArdle, Emun Elliott, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Moyer, and Sarah Greene, the series is a prequel to the film set in the 1990s and shows the origins of the relationship between Gal and Don (McArdle and Elliot). Eliza Bennett, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Peter Ferdinando, John Dagleish, Robbie Gee, Paul Kaye, Lex Shrapnel, Cally Lawrence, David Kennedy, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ralph Brown, Nitin Ganatra, and Alice Bailey Johnson also appear in the series.

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A prequel television series to classic crime drama Sexy Beast will stream on Paramount+. Here’s the trailer…

Writer and director Jonathan Glazer is currently enjoying a plaudits for his Holocaust drama The Zone Of Interest. Based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, it follows Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hess and his wife as they try to build a life living next door to the concentration camp.

Chosen as the British entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, the film is due to be released in UK cinemas on the 2nd February.

Astonishingly, Glazer has only made four feature films in his career thus far – Sexy Beast in 2000, Birth in 2004, Under The Skin in 2013 and Zone Of Interest. Sexy Beast continues to have notable impact too, staying in the cultural conversation long after it was released. The film followed Ray Winstone as Gary ‘Gal’ Dove, a criminal...

“Sexy Beast” is the new prequel TV series to director Jonathan Glazer’s crime thriller feature , streaming January 25, 2024 on Paramount+:

“…’Sexy Beast’ traces the origins of best friends ‘Gal Dove’ (James McArdle) and ‘Don Logan’ (Emun Elliott), two thieves navigating London’s criminal underworld during the 1990’s.

“The duo will cross paths with ‘DeeDee Harrison’ (Sarah Greene), an adult star who begins a love affair with Gal, and ‘Teddy Bass’ (Stephen Moyer), a crime boss who recruits Gal and Don to work for his empire…”

Additional cast members include Tamsin Greig, Eliza Bennett, Ralph Brown, John Dagleish, Peter Ferdinando, Nitin Ganatra, Robbie Gee, Alice Bailey Johnson, Paul Kaye, David Kennedy, Cally Lawrence, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Lex Shrapnel.

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Paramount+ has set January 25 for the premiere of Sexy Beast, the drama series prequel to the 2000 cult British gangster movie, starring James McArdle, Emun Elliott, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Moyer and Sarah Greene. The series will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and international territories where available. You can check out some first-look photos below.

Produced by AC Chapter One and Anonymous Content, in association with Paramount Television International Studios, the prequel series explores the origins of Gal (McArdle) and Don’s (Elliott) complicated relationship as they find themselves descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while Gal’s budding relationship with Deedee (Greene) threatens everything in their world.

“I feel very fortunate to be a part of this world,” said series star McArdle. “The original story leaves so much space for us all to wonder what happened within...

Emun Elliot as Don Logan and James McArdle as Gal Dove in ‘Sexy Beast’ episode 1 season 1 (Photo Credit: Matt Towers/Paramount+)

Paramount+ has set a January 25, 2024 premiere date for the drama Sexy Beast, a prequel to the 2000 feature film starring Sir Ben Kingsley and directed by Jonathan Glazer. The prequel series focuses on the backstories of Gal and Don, played by Ray Winstone and Kingsley in the Oscar-nominated feature film.

James McArdle (Mare of Easttown) stars as Gal Dove and Emun Elliott (The Rig) plays Don Logan. The eight-episode season also features Tamsin Greig (Episodes) as Cecilia, Stephen Moyer (who played an actual sexy beast in True Blood) as Teddy Bass, and Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters) as Deedee Harrison. Additional cast of season one includes Eliza Bennett (Dynasty), Clea Martin (Hanna), Nicholas Nunn (The Victim), Peter Ferdinando (The Letter for the King), John Dagleish (The Third Day), Robbie Gee (Motherland...

The “Sexy Beast” prequel series at Paramount+ has found its cast, Variety has learned.

The original U.K. drama will star James McArdle as Gal Dove and Emun Elliott as Don Logan, the roles played by Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley respectively in the original 2000 film.

The show follows Gal and Don as best friends and small-time thieves living the good life in ‘90s East London. The series will explore Gal and Don’s complicated relationship as Gal finds himself descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while falling in love with DeeDee.

Sarah Greene is Deedee, a captivating adult film star, who has the potential to turn Gal’s whole life upside down. DeeDee was played by Amanda Redman in the film

Stephen Moyer is Teddy Bass, a rising name in the gangster world, who Gal and Don are offered...

Paramount+ has set the lead cast for its upcoming drama series Sexy Beast, the prequel to the 2000 cult British gangster movie, which is set to premiere in 2023.

The series will track the origin story of the Gal Dove, Don Logan and Teddy Bass characters, played in the movie by Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane, respectively. It will explore Gal and Don’s complicated relationship as Gal finds himself descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while falling in love with DeeDee.

James McArdle (Mare of Easttown) leads the cast as Gal Dove, with Emun Elliot (The Gold) starring as Don Logan, Gal’s best friend. The pair are small-town thieves living the good life in ‘90s East London.

Sarah Greene (Normal People) is Deedee, an adult film star with the potential to turn Gal’s whole life upside down.

The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln will once again battle the undead, only this time in the form of ghosts and spirits rather than zombies, with the actor set to play Ebenezer Scrooge in an In Camera production of Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol. Directed by Matthew Warchus, the play will be streamed live from the stage of The Old Vic theater in London and feature musicians, theatrical lighting, and a cast of 18 performers.

"I am delighted to announce that Andrew Lincoln has joined us in what must surely be one of the most ambitious and complex pieces of live streamed theatre attempted in the pandemic so far," said Warchus of Lincoln's casting. "The Old Vic's A Christmas Carol has moved and entertained over a quarter of a million people in London and New York over the last three Christmases and we made a pledge last spring that we would still present it,...

Andrew Lincoln is swapping zombies for ghosts in his latest gig, as The Walking Dead star has just been announced to be playing Ebenezer Scrooge in an upcoming stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this December. The production will take place at London’s The Old Vic theatre and be livestreamed online, kicking off on the 12th and running until Christmas Eve.

This version of the timeless festive tale has been adapted by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and on December 17th, Lincoln will take part in a behind-the-scenes look at the socially distanced play as part of the Old Vic: In Conversation series, hosted by British TV personality Dermot O’Leary. Ahead of that, though, you can catch a glimpse at Lincoln in Scrooge’s Victorian top hat and coat below.

The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln To Star In A Christmas Carol Livestream 1 of...

The new HBO miniseries The Third Day begins with a leisurely, God’s-eye view of a verdant English country road, disturbing music, and the unmistakable sound of Jude Law’s voice in distress saying, “What? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.” It’s early morning, and the character he’s playing, Sam, is already having a terrible day — one that is about to get exponentially worse. His travels then take him to a stream in the woods, where he is just barely in time to rescue a teenage girl named...

"The Third Day" is a new dramatic TV miniseries directed by Marc Munden and Philippa Lowthorpe, starring Jude Law as 'Sam', Katherine Waterston as 'Jess', Paddy Considine as 'Mr Martin', Emily Watson as 'Mrs Martin, Naomie Harris as 'Helen', John Dagleish as 'Larry', Nico Parker as 'Ellie' and Freya Allan as 'Kali'., from Sky Studios, HBO, Plan B Entertainment and Punchdrunk, premiering September 14, 2020 on HBO:

"...split into three parts with three interconnected stories, 'The Third Day' chronicles the individual journeys of a man and woman who arrive on a mysterious island at different times..."

"In Part 1: 'Summer', 'Sam' (Law) is drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost.

"Part 2, 'Autumn'', touted as a major immersive theatrical event, will air live, in one continuous take and to allow followers of the series...

Getting trapped on a secluded island paradise may not have sounded so bad a few weeks ago, but in a post epidemic-world, that mysterious premise may tap into some very relevant anxieties. At least, that’s as much as can be gleaned from the intriguing first trailer for “The Third Day,” a new HBO limited series starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris. The trailer features eerily upbeat music, some stunning aerial shots of a winding road submerged in water, and plenty of smoldering Law looks.

Here’s the official synopsis, according to HBO: “The show is divided into two parts: ‘Summer’ and ‘Winter.’ In ‘Summer,’ one man (Jude Law) visits a mysterious island off the British coast and discovers a group of inhabitants intent on preserving their home at any cost. In the second half, aka ‘Winter,’ a strong-willed outsider (Naomie Harris) comes to the island seeking answers — but instead...

"Judy" is the Brit-produced biographical drama feature, following the life of singer, actress 'Judy Garland' circa 1969, starring Renée Zellweger, directed by Rupert Goold, adapting the 'Tony'-nominated West End and Broadway play "End of the Rainbow" by Peter Quilter:

"...'Judy Garland', the child star who played 'Dorothy' from "The Wizard Of Oz', who became alcohol and drug-addicted throughout her long career, arrives in London, UK in 1969 for a five-week run of sell-out concerts..."

Cast also includes Darci Shaw as young 'Judy Garland', Rufus Sewell as 'Sidney Luft', Michael Gambon as 'Bernard Delfont', Finn Wittrock as 'Mickey Deans', Jessie Buckley as 'Rosalyn Wilder', Bella Ramsey as 'Lorna Luft', Royce Pierreson as 'Burt', Arthur McBain as 'Askith', John Dagleish as 'Lonnie Donegan', Gemma-Leah Devereux as 'Liza Minnelli' and David Rubin as 'Noel'.

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Christopher Robin and Mary Poppins Returns star John Dagleish is the latest actor to sign up for HBO and Sky drama The Third Day.

Dagleish joins Naomie Harris, Jude Law, Emily Watson, Katherine Waterston and Paddy Considine in the series, which is produced by Sky Studios and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.

Dagleish is next up in Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s Farming as the gang leader ‘Levi’ opposite Damon Idris, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Kate Beckinsale and will also star alongside Renée Zellweger in Rupert Goold’s Judy and in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen with Matthew McConaughey and Colin Farrell. He has previously starred in Justice League and The Monuments Men and won a Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ for his role in Sunny Afternoon.

Created by Felix Barrett and Dennis Kelly, The Third Day is a story told over six episodes and in two distinct halves.

Lionsgate has unveiled the first trailer for British-Nigerian actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s feature directorial debut, “Farming,” a fascinating true story about a young black boy’s search for love and belonging within a savage skinhead subculture. Based on Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s own unbelievable story as a troubled youth in London, the title “Farming” refers to the practice of giving children over to informal fostering, which many Nigerian parents did in 1960s and 1970s Britain.

Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s parents, at the time students in 1967 London, gave him to a white working-class couple in Tilbury, which was then a fiercely insular, majority white dockside community. He was in constant danger of physical attack from local kids who, encouraged by their parents, nurtured a violent fear of black people.

Seeing his skin color as a burden, and actually thinking of himself as white, Akinnuoye-Agbaje developed a reputation for violence, eventually joining the local skinhead gang...

"You ain't like them... You're better." Lionsgate UK has unveiled an official UK trailer for the indie drama Farming, which is the feature directorial debut of English actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. You will recognize Adewale as Killer Croc from Suicide Squad, or Algrim from Thor, or Heavy Duty from G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, or Mr. Eko from "Lost" - now he's telling his own true story. Based on Adewale's childhood, Farming is about a young Nigerian boy who "farmed out" by his parents to a white British family in hopes of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang in 1980's England. The cast includes Damson Idris, Kate Beckinsale, John Dagleish, Jaime Winstone, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Genevieve Nnaji, as well as Adewale. Damn - this looks very powerful and brutally honest. Worth a watch. Here's the first official UK trailer for Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje's Farming,...

Lionsgate has launched the first UK trailer for Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje hard-hitting directorial debut, ‘Farming’.

Written and directed By Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, the film stars Damson Idris, Kate Beckinsale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Dagleish, Jaime Winstone, Ann Mitchell, Genevieve Nnaji, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Lee Ross and Zephan Amissah.

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival and went on to win the ‘Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film’ at the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Also in trailers – Noomi Rapace is a woman on the brink of madness in trailer for ‘Angel of Mine’

The film is released in UK cinemas October 11th

Farming Synopsis

Based on his own life story, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s Farming charts the extraordinary journey of a young fostered Nigerian boy who, struggling to find an identity, falls in with a skinhead gang in 1980’s England.

At six weeks old, Enitan (Zephan Amissah) is left in the care...

"Judy" is the new Brit biographical drama feature, following the life of singer, actress 'Judy Garland' circa 1969, directed by Rupert Goold, adapting the 'Tony'-nominated West End and Broadway play "End of the Rainbow" by Peter Quilter, starring Oscar winner Renée Zellweger, opening theatrically September 27, 2019:

"...'Judy Garland', the child star who played 'Dorothy' from "The Wizard Of Oz', who became alcohol and drug-addicted throughout her long career, arrives in London, UK in 1969 for a five-week run of sell-out concerts..."

Cast also includes Darci Shaw as young 'Judy Garland', Rufus Sewell as 'Sidney Luft', Michael Gambon as 'Bernard Delfont', Finn Wittrock as 'Mickey Deans', Jessie Buckley as 'Rosalyn Wilder', Bella Ramsey as 'Lorna Luft', Royce Pierreson as 'Burt', Arthur McBain as 'Askith', John Dagleish as 'Lonnie Donegan', Gemma-Leah Devereux as 'Liza Minnelli' and David Rubin as 'Noel'.

Truth be told I don't know Judy Garland from much more than starring in director Victor Fleming's classic 1939 musical adaptation of author L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. But all the same, starring as Dorothy Gale from the original The Wizard of Oz is one hell of a film to headline your resume, am I right? Right. And it's with this in mind we want to share the new trailer for her upcoming biography movie Judy starring Ren&#233e Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, and Finn Wittrock.

For those of you out there, like me, that aren't well versed in the stardom of Judy Garland, she has a solid filmography separate from The Wizard of Oz. Some of these films include Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St. Louis, Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg, and director George Cukor's 1954 remake of A Star Is Born. Garland...

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s directorial debut also won best actor for Damson Idris.

Farming, the directorial debut of UK filmmaker Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, has won the top prize at the 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff).

The film, which had its UK premiere at the festival, won the Michael Powell award for best British feature film. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018 and is set for release in the UK in September via Lionsgate.

Writer-director Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s autobiographical story centres on a Nigerian boy Enitan (Damson Idris), who is ‘farmed out’ by his parents to a white British family...

While working on studio projects, Kenneth Branagh had also been pursuing a more ‘indie’ project with All Is True, returning to his longtime interest in Shakespeare. Starring Branagh along with Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, the filmmaker/actor called up his pals at Sony Classics about taking on the title, which it opens stateside this weekend. Following doc hits Apollo 11 and Amazing Grace, Neon is going for three with the Friday release of documentary The Biggest Little Farm, which debuted in Telluride last fall. IFC Films is opening crime biodrama Charlie Says by director Mary Harron and starring Matt Smith and Hannah Murray in the top 25 markets this weekend ahead of its on-demand availability beginning May 17, while Cohen Media Group is out with French-language drama My Son starring Guillaume Canet in New York and L.A.

Other limited releases include Kino Lorber’s Pasolini from Abel Ferrara, starring Willem Dafoe...

“Sex is complicated,” Leila, the hero of Hulu’s The Bisexual, tells her best friend Deniz in the show’s premiere episode. “Like, you strategize how you’re gonna get it, and then you anticipate it, and then once it’s finally happening don’t you wish you could just flash-forward because all the pressure’s on you to come and you’d rather just give head than worry about your own orgasm?”

“Nope, not at all,” Deniz replies.

“Well, good for you.”

Played by creator/director/co-writer Desiree Akhavan,...

Lionsgate U.K. has acquired “Farming,” one of several international deals for Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s directorial debut, which had its world premiere in the Discovery Section at the Toronto Film Festival. HanWay Films, which is handling sales, has also closed deals with Ad Vitam in France, September Films in the Benelux region, Icon in Australasia, and Cdc in Latin America and South Korea.

“Farming” starts out in the 1960s and follows Enitan, a young Nigerian boy played by newcomer Damson Idris. He is farmed out by his parents to a white British family in the hope of giving him a better future. Kate Beckinsale plays Enitan’s foster mother; John Dagleish, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jaime Winstone, and Genevieve Nnaji also star.

“The film happened when it was actually meant to in society,” Akinnuoye-Agbaje recently told Variety about the long-gestating, semi-autobiographical project. “Now we’re in a time when diverse voices have a platform.

The film is Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s feature debut.

Lionsgate has taken UK rights to Farming, the feature debut of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, in a deal struck with UK-based sales company Hanway Films.

Farming premiered in the Discovery section at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival. Screen revealed a first look at the project in November last year.

Hanway has also closed deals on the title for France (Ad Vitam), Benelux (September Films), Australia and New Zealand (Icon), Latin American and South Korea (Cdc), China (Lemon Tree Media Company Limited), Greece (Odeon), Portugal (Outsider), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Singapore (Shaw), Middle East...

Lionsgate UK has acquired UK rights to writer and director Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s autobiographical feature debut Farming, which debuted at Toronto.

The film follows Enitan (Damson Idris), a young Nigerian ‘farmed out’ by his parents to a white British family in hopes of giving him a better future. But Enitan falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.

The deal was negotiated between Lionsgate UK’s CEO Zygi Kamasa and Gabrielle Stewart from HanWay Films. HanWay has also closed deals with Ad Vitam (France), September Films (Benelux), Icon (Australia and New Zealand), Cdc (Latin America and South Korea), Lemon Tree Media Company Limited (China), Odeon (Greece), Outsider (Portugal), Discovery (Ex-Yugoslavia), Shaw (Singapore), Front Row (Middle East), Bg FilmCilik (Turkey). Wme Endeavor Content is overseeing the U.S. sale with CAA and HanWay.

Kate Beckinsale, John Dagleish, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jaime Winstone, Genevieve Nnaji...

Exclusive: Lost alum Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is getting personal in his directorial debut feature, Farming, which he also wrote. Premiering September 8 at the Toronto Film Festival, the film is inspired Akinnuoye-Agbaje real-life experience with the practice of farming, a term used in the 60s in reference to Nigerian immigrants coming to Britain who would foster their children out to poor white working-class families in order to create a better opportunity for themselves. Once they had accomplished what they set out to do, they would pick up their children and return to Africa to rebuild their lives.

Kate Beckinsale and Snowfall’s Damson Idris portray a foster mother and child relationship which, from the preview, is not without contention.

Here’s the synopsis: At six weeks old, Enitan (Idris) is left in the care of a white working-class family in the dock-town of Tilbury, in Essex. His new surrogate mother, Ingrid (Beckinsale), makes for a complex,...

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Oliver Ford Davies, Ronke Adekoluejo, Adrian Scarborough, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ken Nwosu, John Dagleish, Amanda Lawrence | Written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder | Directed by Marc Forster

Disney’s Christopher Robin, starring Ewan McGregor and Haylee Atwell and directed by Marc Forster, is not to be confused with the recent release of Goodbye Christopher Robin a year previous that explores the true story of the conception of A.A. Milne’s beloved characters and the torturous family dynamics and abuse sustained at the hands of at the time unknown and undiagnosed mental health issues.

Disney’s adaption is a completely original and fictional take on the tale of Winnie the Pooh and friends in an adventure primarily aimed at the target audience for children, that never exceeds the boundary of the genre and crafts itself in beautiful pregnancy. Both make an...

Dame Angela Lansbury wins her first ever Olivier Award after an absence of nearly 40 years on the London Stage. Her trophy given on Sunday is for Best Supporting Actress in "Blithe Spirit," the same role that brought her a 2009 Tony Award on Broadway. Best Play is "King Charles III," and Best Musical is "Sunny Afternoon." Other acting winners are Mark Strong ("A View From the Bridge"), Penelope Wilton ("Taken at Midnight"), Nathaniel Parker ("Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies"), John Dagleish ("Sunny Afternoon"), Katie Brayben ("Beautiful"), George Maguire ("Sunny Afternoon"), and Lorna Want ("Beautiful"). Playbill -Break- Action sequel "Furious 7" continues its hot pace adding another $60.6 million for this weekend's box office. That brings its domestic total in two weeks to $252.5 million for the Vin Diesel movie. Animated hit "Home" with ...'...

Fresh Meat's Charlotte Ritchie and comedy writer/performer Tom Stourton are to star in a new BBC Three comedy Siblings, a brand-new scripted comedy from Bwark Productions the company behind The Inbetweeners.

They play Hannah and Dan, the world’s worst brother and sister; a pair of obnoxious, lazy, self-centred, underachieving, incompetent and occasionally depraved siblings who cause chaos and disaster wherever they go.

24 year old Charlotte (represented by Cam) started out singing in classical crossover group All Angels, and stars as Oregon in Channel 4's award-winning comedy drama Fresh Meat.

25 year old Tom (represented by Pjb Management), the son of BBC Radio 4 presenter Ed Stourton, is one-half of comedy double act Totally Tom. He is a writer and performer on Live at the Electric.

Executive Producer, Simon Wilson, said: “We couldn’t have wished for two more brilliantly gifted comic performers than Charlotte and Tom to bring...

Fresh Meat star Charlotte Ritchie has landed the lead role in a new sitcom.

Ritchie - who currently stars as Oregon Shawcross in the Channel 4 comedy - has signed up to play Hannah in new BBC Three project Siblings.

Hannah and her brother Dan (Tom Stourton) are described as "a pair of obnoxious, lazy, self-centred, underachieving, incompetent and occasionally depraved siblings who cause chaos and disaster wherever they go".

Penned by Fresh Meat writer Keith Akushie, the six-part comedy is directed by Pramface's Dan Zeff and executive produced by Drifters's Simon Wilson.

Wilson said: "We couldn't have wished for two more brilliantly gifted comic performers than Charlotte and Tom to bring Keith Akushie's hilarious creations to life."

BBC commissioning executive Chris Sussman added: "The cast are brilliant. The scripts are very funny. The director is great. I couldn't be more excited about this project."

Guest stars...

BBC One has unveiled a trailer for its autumn drama lineup.

Call the Midwife, The Paradise and Truckers are among the programmes featured in the promo.

Death Comes to Pemberley, Common, The 7.39 and Last Tango in Halifax complete the shows included in the trail.

Daughter's song 'Medicine' is featured as the backing track in the video.

Ben Daniels joins the cast of the upcoming second series of The Paradise, while Call the Midwife returns for a special at Christmas.

Doctor Who's Jenna Coleman stars in the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley, alongside Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys.

Truckers follows the lives of truck drivers working for a haulage yard in Nottingham, and will star the likes of Ashley Walters and John Dagleish.

Last Tango in Halifax reunites Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid for a second series, while Jimmy McGovern's crime thriller Common is led by Daniel Mays.

I have no idea how significant their roles will be, but it's still good to know that Wunmi Mosaku and Sharlene Whyte will get some screen-time in the upcoming BBC One dramedy series, Truckers. It's been a few months since Tambay first told us that Top Boy actor Ashley Walters would be joining John Dagleish, Harry Treadaway, Sian Breckin and Jenn Murray in the series created by William Ivory, described as a bitter-sweet character-driven show about getting by in difficult times.  The series will follow an eclectic group of irascible characters, men and women, all of whom work for the same trucking company, driving 40 ton lorries across the Midlands. In each...

'Starlings' will return to Sky1 HD in July. The hit comedy - which stars 'Downton Abbey' actor Brendan Coyle and 'Scott and Bailey' star Lesley Sharp - has been commissioned for a second series consisting of eight episodes. Matt King and Steve Edge, who also write the show, will return for the new series as well, while three new actors have joined the cast including Una Stubbs, Cherie Lunghi and Vincent Regan. The show follows the close-knit Starlings family - which includes Terry (Brendan) and Jan (Lesley) and their three children, Bell (Rebecca Night), Gravy (John Dagleish) and Charlie (Finn Atkins) - and...

'Starlings' will return to Sky1 HD in July. The hit comedy - which stars 'Downton Abbey' actor Brendan Coyle and 'Scott and Bailey' star Lesley Sharp - has been commissioned for a second series consisting of eight episodes. Matt King and Steve Edge, who also write the show, will return for the new series as well, while three new actors have joined the cast including Una Stubbs, Cherie Lunghi and Vincent Regan. The show follows the close-knit Starlings family - which includes Terry (Brendan) and Jan (Lesley) and their three children, Bell (Rebecca Night), Gravy (John Dagleish) and Charlie (Finn Atkins) - and...

Last we checked in with Ashley Walters, he revealed that in addition to his upcoming work in the second season of the 4-part acclaimed TV drama series Top Boy, as well as the UK version of Bad Boys that he and Noel Clarke are working on, and an Entourage-like new series he was pitching to UK networks described. You can also catch Walters in Sky 1's Sinbad (co-starring Sophie Okonedo and others), which SyFy picked up Stateside rights to for an early 2013 release.  All that to say, he's active. Add his addition to the cast of BBC One's upcoming 5-episode dramedy series, Truckers, to the list. Walters joins John Dagleish,...

Ashley Walters and John Dagleish will join Stephen Tompkinson in new BBC One drama Truckers.

The Bullet Boy and Beaver Falls stars have been cast in the five-part drama from writer William Ivory.

Truckers will follow the lives of truck drivers working for a haulage yard in Nottingham.

Harry Treadaway (Control), Sian Breckin (Tyrannosaur) and Jenn Murray (The Fades) will also star in the hour-long series.

Polly Hill, Head of Independent Drama, BBC, said: "It's great to see Billy's scripts attract such a terrific cast. This is a beautifully written series that is bold, funny and moving and we have a fantastic cast to pull this off."

Steve Lightfoot - executive producer for Company Pictures - added: "William Ivory has written a group of wonderful blue collar characters who leap off the page, with lives we can all relate to - and this cast of exciting actors inhabit them brilliantly...

E4 has released a new trailer for series two of comedy-drama Beaver Falls. The series - which stars Sam Robertson, John Dagleish and Arsher Ali as three British university graduates who take up jobs at an American summer camp - will return to the channel on August 5. The new 60-second clip features a brief recap of the first series, as well as glimpses of the show's central trio being arrested and a first look at new characters Hope (Emer Kenny) and Pj (more)...

Fresh Meat and Beaver Falls have been renewed by Channel 4. Both of the comedies will return for a second series, the broadcaster announced today. Fresh Meat, which stars Jack Whitehall and Joe Thomas, focuses on a group of university students living together. The show has been penned by Peep Show scribes Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and has been well-received since it premiered on Channel 4 last month. Meanwhile, the E4 comedy Beaver Falls - which stars John Dagleish and follows British (more)...

Filming is currently underway in South Africa on a new E4 comedy drama series from Company Pictures (the makers of Skins) called Beaver Falls, which follows three British university graduates who have landed jobs at an elite American summer camp.

The 6 x 60 minute series, created by newcomer Iain Hollands, and directed by Jack Clough (Skins) and Daniel O'Hara (Skins, Being Human), stars a hot young cast of emerging acting talent.

25 year old Scottish actor Samuel Robertson plays Flynn. Dundee-born Sam (represented by Curtis Brown) played Adam Baldwin in Coronation Street, and then went on to play cool art history student Innes Maitland in River City.

26 year old Arsher Ali (represented by United Agents), who recently starred in Four Lions plays Ali. Arsher graduated from E15 drama school in 2006 and was named as one of Screen International's U.K "Stars Of Tomorrow" in 2007.

John Dagleish (also Curtis Brown), who plays Barry,...

E4 has announced the beginning of filming on new drama series Beaver Falls. The six-part series will focus on a trio of friends who leave university and land jobs at elite American summer camp Beaver Falls. Samuel Robertson, who previously played Adam Barlow on Coronation Street, will play university graduate Flynn, while Four Lions star Arsher Ali and Lark Rise to Candleford actor John Dagleish will play his friends A-Rab and Barry. Written by newcomer Iain Hollands, the series will be helmed by Skins directors Jack Clough (more)...