Miriam Margolyes & Stephen Fry Set For LGBTQ+ Short
Exclusive: Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter franchise) will lead upcoming British short film A Friend of Dorothy, with Stephen Fry (Wilde), Alistair Nwachukwu and Oscar Lloyd (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) also starring. The film, which shot at The Charterhouse in London and a private home in Kensington & Chelsea, follows the titular Dorothy (Margolyes), an elderly woman living alone who unexpectedly strikes up a friendship with young neighbor JJ (Nwachukwu) when his football lands in her garden. It explores themes of loneliness in old age, intergenerational friendship and LGBTQ+ issues. Pic is the writing and directorial debut of actor Lee Knight, who also serves as executive producer. He is best known for appearing opposite to Ian McKellen in Prime Video’s Hamlet and for roles in two Harry Potter films. His Filthy Gorgeous Productions is making the short, in association with A Marlow’s Production,...
Exclusive: Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter franchise) will lead upcoming British short film A Friend of Dorothy, with Stephen Fry (Wilde), Alistair Nwachukwu and Oscar Lloyd (Stranger Things: The First Shadow) also starring. The film, which shot at The Charterhouse in London and a private home in Kensington & Chelsea, follows the titular Dorothy (Margolyes), an elderly woman living alone who unexpectedly strikes up a friendship with young neighbor JJ (Nwachukwu) when his football lands in her garden. It explores themes of loneliness in old age, intergenerational friendship and LGBTQ+ issues. Pic is the writing and directorial debut of actor Lee Knight, who also serves as executive producer. He is best known for appearing opposite to Ian McKellen in Prime Video’s Hamlet and for roles in two Harry Potter films. His Filthy Gorgeous Productions is making the short, in association with A Marlow’s Production,...
- 4/25/2025
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
When Belgian director Jonas Geirnaert first read the script for Canneseries competition entry How To Kill Your Sister, he was sold within seconds by the premise of a roadtrip show that begins with a coffin on top of a car.
“It was the best pitch document I’ve read in 20 years,” Geirnaert told Deadline. “It’s so simple but a very strong hook into the series and characters. It was a no brainer.”
The show, which is one of a whopping half-dozen Belgian projects at Canneseries this week, touches on heavy themes around euthanasia, relationships and family, but with a comedic tint.
Created by Pedro Elias and Evelien Broekaert and starring Emma Rotsaert and Marjan De Schutter as leads, the show for Belgium’s Play4 and Germany’s ZDFneo kicks off with Anna, who is dying of cancer, bringing a coffin to Kat’s house and asking her to join a roadtrip,...
“It was the best pitch document I’ve read in 20 years,” Geirnaert told Deadline. “It’s so simple but a very strong hook into the series and characters. It was a no brainer.”
The show, which is one of a whopping half-dozen Belgian projects at Canneseries this week, touches on heavy themes around euthanasia, relationships and family, but with a comedic tint.
Created by Pedro Elias and Evelien Broekaert and starring Emma Rotsaert and Marjan De Schutter as leads, the show for Belgium’s Play4 and Germany’s ZDFneo kicks off with Anna, who is dying of cancer, bringing a coffin to Kat’s house and asking her to join a roadtrip,...
- 4/25/2025
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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