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BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in August 2025, which include a range of new BritBox Originals and classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

The August lineup continues to spotlight the work of BAFTA-winning writer Sally Wainwright with the debut of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley. They join a growing lineup of her acclaimed works – Scott & Bailey and At Home with the Braithwaites – all streaming now. Explore the full lineup before her next release, Riot Women, coming soon to BritBox.

Last Tango in Halifax

From August 26 through September 4, BritBox’s “Crime Spree” will debut a curated mix of full season and single-episode drops from some of the UK’s most gripping crime series. Fans can look forward to Sister Boniface Mysteries, Second Sight, Dublin Murders and more, offering...

Audiences around the world became familiar with Adria Arjona when she appeared as Bix Caleen in the Star Wars series, "Andor." A prequel to "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," the series made an instant impact with the debut of its first season in 2022 and exploded in popularity with the recent release of season 2. "Andor" revealed the backstory of Diego Luna's rebel captain, Cassian Andor, and introduced Arjona as his love interest, Bix.

Cassian and Bix grew up together on the planet Ferrix. Season 1 opened after the two had separated and Bix had entered a relationship with her colleague, Timm Karlo (James McArdle), who was eventually killed by Imperials. It was also Bix who first put Cassian in contact with Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård), the mastermind behind the early Rebellion, who started Cassian on his path towards becoming the spy who would help bring down the Death Star.

In season 1 of "Andor,...

Exclusive: Agnieszka Holland is among the jurors for the second Eliso Awards, the Georgian film awards launched last year by the country’s Nato Vachnadze Foundation.

Holland will sit alongside Georgian director Elene Naveriani; Carlos Reygadas, who was last in Cannes with 2012 Competition title Post Tenebras Lux; director Dito Tsintsadze; producer Thomas Hakim; actress Angeliki Papoulia; and critic Salome Kikaleishvili.

The seven jurors will judge Georgian fiction and documentary features released last year, in six categories including best film, best director and best acting.

The awards will be presented at a ceremony on June 14, at the museum and house of Georgian acting icon Vachnadze.

Exclusive: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen and Joachim Fjelstrup will lead the cast of Men With Problems, the new feature from Dogme 95 director Ole Christian Madsen.

Helena Danielsson is producing for Denmark’s Nordisk Film Production; the film is currently financing, ahead of a spring 2026 shoot on location in Mallorca.

Written by Madsen, comedy Men With Problems follows seven chronically depressed men who are selected for a new form of conversational therapy at a resort on Mallorca, only for the conflict-ridden group to come under attack from the pharmaceutical industry.

“The film we would like to make is less about depression as a clinical phenomenon,...

Think-Film Impact Production is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a packed Cannes schedule.

The UK-based impact specialist is presenting a Marche panel on the Plage des Palmes at 15.00 today on Film, Storytelling and Confrontation, ahead of Eugene Jarecki’s Special Screenings title The Six Billion Dollar Man about Julian Assange’s battle against extradition to the US.

Jarecki, Wikileaks ambassador Joseph Farrell, and human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson will discuss censorship with TIFF programmer Thom Powers; while Assange is set to attend Wednesday’s world premiere.

The panel will be followed by the inaugural Cannes Golden Globe prize for documentary,...

Exclusive:James McArdle and Ewen Bremner are attached to star in dark comedy Kill Paddy that is readying a shoot in Sunderland in northeast England in November.

Kill Paddy is being produced by Sunderland-based Carley Armstrong, a renowned UK script editor with credits including Adolescence, 28 Years Later and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning.

Co-producer is the film’s writer Ronan Glennane through his Bleak Midwinter Pictures.

Based on Glennane’s own experiences, the film is set in the 1980s in the aftermath of Ira hunger strikes and bombings. It follows a 15-year-old Irish boy who bribes his way into a struggling English football club,...

Exclusive: Oscar-nominated actors Colman Domingo and Jeremy Strong are in discussions about making their debuts at London’s National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham, the landmark institution’s artistic director and co-chief executive has confirmed to Deadline.

“They’re the real deal, and I want them here at the National,” Rubasingham says. “I’m talking to them about what they might want to do here.”

Rubasingham, as we reported, announced her inaugural season of plays and musicals Tuesday, featuring an array of starry names with strong stage chops that include Paul Mescal (Gladiator II), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) and Aidan Turner (Rivals). All have signed on to take their bows on the National’s stages.

The National Theatre’s Indhu Rubasingham. Photo by Baz Bamigboye/Deadline

Lesley Manville (The Crown), a leading artist who long has trodden the National’s boards, returns to lead...

Gladiator II’s Paul Mescal, A Complete Unknown’s Monica Barbaro, Black Panther’s Letitia Wright and Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan will be making their debuts at the National Theatre, regarded by many as Britain’s top cultural institution.

They’re among a host of star names invited to tread the Nt’s boards by Indhu Rubasingham, the organization’s new artistic director and co-chief executive.

The theatre chief also revealed that she and famed rapper and grime music genius Stormzy are developing a show that will be staged at the National at a later date.

Mescal, who by the way has been known to rap, will lead a repertory company at the National’s Lyttelton Theatre in 2027. There he will star in two plays: Tom Murphy’s A Whistle in the Dark, about a married Irishman living in the Midlands who allows his three brothers to lodge with him and his young wife.

Humanity may be on the fritz, but you can still trust Siff to move the needle. On Wednesday, April 23, the Seattle International Film Festival announced its programming lineup for the 51st edition of the annual event. Kicking off more than a week of Washington-area film screenings on May 15, with opening night film Darren Thornton’s “Four Mothers,” selections include a range of international and independent voices.

“At a time when the cultural cornerstones of discovery and diversity that make art so important are being threatened, Siff is doubling down on bringing those stories to the screen,” artistic director Beth Barrett said in a statement. The festival will show 245 films from 74 different countries and regions. That’s 83 features, 122 short films, 35 documentaries, three archival features, and two secret projects. (Those confidential films are part of the fan-favorite Secret Fest and require attendees to sign an NDA prior to attending.)

“A large majority...

Adria Arjona plays one of the most underrated characters in Andor: Bix Caleen. A mechanic and scrapyard owner, Bix was helping the rebel effort by selling parts to Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgard) without even knowing. She is the one who introduces Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) to Luthen, which kick-started a chain of events that led to him becoming a rebel agent.

When Syril Karn's (Kyle Soller) squad lands in Ferrix to arrest Cassian, she risks her life to warn him, but not before reprimanding her boyfriend Timm (James McArdle) for snitching him out. Ironically, the Ferrix Incident costs Timm his life while Cassian escapes without a scratch with Luthen's help.

Bix takes care of Cassian's mother, Maarva (Fiona Shaw), when he's gone and she's nearly on her deathbed. When Dedra Meero's (Denise Gough) Isb team captures her for information, she holds out for as long as she can before Dr.

Irish-set remake of Italian film about a bachelor who cares for his elderly mum never quite matches the charm of the original, despite occasional shimmers

Gianni Di Gregorio’s modern Italian classic Mid-August Lunch from 2008, about a middle-aged bachelor caring for his ageing mum and other elderly ladies, has inspired this loose remake: a broad comedy amplifying what could be seen as the original’s queer subtext. Despite one or two sweet touches and game performances, it never comes close to matching the gentleness, subtlety and charm of the original.

The action is transferred from Rome to Dublin and the gay theme perhaps effectively replaces the importance of food in the Italian film. James McArdle is Edward, a YA author and gay man on the verge of major literary stardom, for which an upcoming US publicity tour is vitally important. But he has to take care of his widowed mum...

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Long Bright River is a crime drama miniseries created by Liz Moore and Nikki Toscano. Based on Moore’s 2020 book of the same name, the Peacock series is set in Philadelphia, and it follows police officer Mickey as she patrols a high-crime neighborhood and soon begins to investigate the murder of three young women. Long Bright River stars Amanda Seyfried, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson, John Doman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Dash Mihok. So, if you loved the intense story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Long Bright River, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Mare of Easttown is a crime drama miniseries created by Brad Ingelsby. The HBO series is set in the small Philadelphia suburb of Easttown, and it follows police detective Marianne Sheehan...

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Sharp Objects is a psychological mystery thriller drama series created by Marti Noxon. Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn, the HBO series follows Camille Preaker, an emotionally troubled investigative reporter who just got out of a psychiatric hospital. Camille travels to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to investigate the murder of two young girls, but she soon finds herself confronting her own childhood trauma. Sharp Objects stars Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Matt Craven, Henry Czerny, Taylor John Smith, Madison Davenport, and Sydney Sweeney. So, if you loved the intense psychological story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Sharp Objects, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Top of the Lake (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – BBC Two

Top of the Lake is a mystery...

The 21st edition of the Glasgow Film Festival kicks into gear on Wednesday (February 26) with the world premiere of survival thriller Tornado from Scottish filmmaker John Maclean. With stars Tim Roth and Japanese actors Kōki and Takehiro Hira set to be in attendance, it’s sure to be one of the highlights of the 12-day event.

But there are also another 12 world and European premieres, 66 UK premieres and 12 Scottish premieres from 38 countries as well as In Conversation talks with stars such as James McAvoy and Jessica Lange and more on offer at the festival this year. We’ve rounded up what we think are sure to be some of the key films and events during this year’s Gff.

Tornado – Opening Night

The festival is opening with the world premiere of survival thriller Tornado from Scottish filmmaker John Maclean. The film, which stars Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki,...

The BFI has launched a trailer for the heartwarming comedy-drama ‘Four Mothers.’

The movie follows a struggling writer juggling four very different mothers during a chaotic weekend after his friends unexpectedly leave them in his care.

Directed by Darren Thornton, the cast includes James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Dearbhla Molloy Paddy Glynn and Stella McCusker. Niamh Cusack makes a cameo appearance as a medium and Rory O’Neill, aka Panti Bliss, one of Ireland’s best-known drag performers, plays a therapist.

Also in trailers – Ben Affleck returns in trailer for ‘The Accountant 2’

The movie hits UK and Irish cinemas on April 4th.

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"We can do it together." Break Out Pictures has unveiled their official UK trailer for an indie comedy called Four Mothers, opening in the UK + Ireland this April. This "funny and heartwarming comedy drama" first premiered at the 2024 London Film Festival last year where it won the Audience Award at the end of the fest. The tender dramedy film follows a struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women – and his own mother – over the course of a chaotic weekend in Dublin, Ireland. Edward is a queer, up-and-coming novelist forced to balance press commitments with caring for his aging mother. Pressure to go on a US book tour is mounting. But when his three closest friends, desperate to feel young and carefree again, go off on an impromptu Pride holiday, they leave their ageing mothers in Edward's care. This indie stars James McArdle with Fionnula Flanagan,...

What Do We Know About the upcoming second season of the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor? More than you may think. The acclaimed prequel to Rogue One, Andor’s first season, became one of Lucasfilm’s most critically acclaimed projects since Disney acquired them. With production wrapped on the second and final season, let’s dive in and take a look at what is coming up next in Andor.

Season two follows the four years before Rogue One.

The first season of Andor followed a single year in the life of Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, reprising his role from the prequel feature film. Since we know the first season of Andor is set five years before Rogue One, four years of plot need to be compressed into the twelve episodes comprising season two. The final three episodes of Andor’s second season will cover the three days before the start of Rogue One.

At its core, “Playing Nice” deals with a disturbing idea: the scary truth of identities being switched at birth. Despite being sensational, this narrative device reflects viewers’ fears about parenthood and belonging. When Maddie and Pete find out that Theo is not their biological child, they are shocked, and their ideal family is shattered.

This puts them in a maze of moral and emotional problems. With a situation where love is called into question and identity is suddenly malleable, the series skillfully highlights the fragility of familial ties. We see the couple’s confusion as they try to figure out what this new information means, which reflects the larger societal fight with identity in a world that is getting more complicated.

As Miles and Lucy, the other couple caught up in this complicated web of parenthood, are presented to the audience, the plot becomes more complex. Their showing up at...

Things get very tense in the second episode of ITV’s new miniseries. Here’s our Playing Nice episode 2 review.

Episode 1 of Playing Nice ended on the shocking revelation that Miles and Lucy (James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay) had filed a lawsuit to try and claim the custody of both Theo and David, the two boys swapped at the hospital as babies. Naturally, this has caused some tension and stress for Pete and Maddie (James Norton and Niamh Algar) as we meet them at the beginning of episode 2.

Pete and Maddie find out the lawsuit was filed eight weeks ago, meaning all the couple’s nice gestures were to manipulate them. In episode 1, Miles and Pete were bonding as a couple of guys, slapping each others’ backs a lot, but that’s all now gone. In fact, Miles is trying to manipulate Theo into thinking Miles is his real daddy.

ITV’s latest mini series dives into the lives of two couples whose babies have been swapped at birth. Here’s our spoiler-free review of Playing Nice episode 1.

It feels like we’ve been spoiled rotten with excellent TV lately. We’ve got Silo, Rivals, Squid Game and a new Doctor Who episode in the last couple months and we’re starting 2025 with a bang too.

Playing Nice is ITV’s latest high profile miniseries. The 4-part show stars James Norton and Niamh Algar as Pete and Madeline, a couple who are informed that their son Theo isn’t biologically theirs. Instead, Theo had been swapped at birth with the baby of another baby. They are Miles and Lucy Lambert (James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay) and they insist they want to work out the situation in an amicable way.

If Miles and Lucy had any intention of keeping their promise of keeping things civil,...

One of the major contenders for the next James Bond wants to see some changes being made in the movie and TV industry following the #MeToo movement. English actor James Norton, who is best known for the likes of Happy Valley and Little Women, and has been a favorite for the next 007 for some time, says it’s time for men to take a more “proactive” role in rebalancing “the patriarchal crimes of the past.”

Norton is next set to star in the drama series Playing Nice, in which two couples discover they were given the wrong babies when leaving hospital. The series sees the couples meet to discuss the tragic situation, with Norton’s character, Pete, forced to confront the bullying and controlling behavior of Miles, played in the show by James McArdle. Norton explained to Radio Times magazine:

“What interested me was the question of what it...

James Norton, the Happy Valley star who has been heavily linked to James Bond, thinks men should be proactive when confronting the MeToo movement.

Norton told the Radio Times magazine that the “modern man” was living in a time where there was an “attempt to rebalance the patriarchal crimes of the past.”

He argued that some men wrongly think they should be “passive” about misconduct when they should actually step up in a post-MeToo world.

Norton made the comments in an interview to promote Playing Nice, the new ITV series that follows two couples who discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up.

“What interested me was the question of what it is to be a modern man, post-MeToo, with the attempt to rebalance the patriarchal crimes of the past,” he said.

“With a lot of men, there’s a misconception that what we should be doing is making space,...

ITV’s new thriller, Playing Nice, throws a parental grenade into the lives of two unsuspecting couples. Imagine discovering the toddler you’ve nurtured, loved, and lost sleep over isn’t actually yours. That’s the gut-punch Pete and Maddie, played by James Norton and Niamh Algar, and Miles and Lucy, played by James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay, […]

Playing Nice Series Premiere, Sunday, 5 January on ITV1...

To celebrate the airing of Playing Nice, the anticipated new limited series beginning on ITV, we had the pleasure of chatting with the cast of your new thriller obsession and why you should be seeking it out immediately.

Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, this four-part limited series delves into the lives of two couples (James Norton & Niamh Algar and James McArdle & Jessica Brown Findlay) who discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

Chatting with Norton, Algar, and McArdle, we discuss the original book and the translation to screen, the lure of the story for them, the complexities of the characters and their interactions with each other, the questions it raises both morally and emotionally, their working relationships, bringing the tension to the show, what...

Edward, a young adult novelist whose life is a tapestry of the threads of obligation and desire, is presented to us in “Four Mothers.” As he takes care of his elderly mother, Alma, whose quiet says a lot about the silence that often fills the spaces between love and resentment, he embodies the weight of familial duty.

He is not just a caretaker of the fragility that comes with aging. The setting of this narrative is loosely based on Gianni Di Gregorio’s “Mid-August Lunch,” but it takes place in rainy suburban Ireland instead of the sunny streets of Rome. The rainy weather represents Edward’s life’s sad undertones.

The film skitters between comedy and drama, creating a duality reflecting the absurdity of life’s burdens and the deep sadness inherent in life. The book takes us to a world where laughter comes out of sad places, making us...

ITV’s new mini series Playing Nice, starring James Norton and Niamh Algar, has been scheduled for 5th January. More on it below.

Playing Nice, ITV’s latest big drama series, plays with every parent’s worst nightmare. What if my kid was swapped at the hospital? The four part series stars James Norton and Niamh Algar as parents who find out they left the hospital with the wrong baby years ago. As they meet the parents of their biological son, things start going sideways as they so often do in these things.

Here’s a much more eloquent synopsis: Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play.

ITV has released the official trailer for the new psychological thriller, ‘Playing Nice,’ starring James Norton and Niamh Algar.

Adapted from the best-selling novel by British thriller author Jp Delaney the series is set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?

Living a waking nightmare, Pete (James Norton) and Maddie (Niamh Algar) are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first, it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play. How far can each couple trust the real parents of their child – or even each other? As Pete and Maddie are stretched to breaking point, they realise...

A parents’ nightmare is captured via new ITV, Studiocanal and Rabbit Track series Playing Nice starring James Norton and Niamh Algar, and you can view the trailer above.

In Playing Nice, Norton and Algar are doting parents Pete and Maddie. They then discover their toddler was switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and face a horrifying dilemma. Living a waking nightmare, they are jettisoned into the world of the other couple; Miles (James McArdle) and Lucy (Jessica Brown Findlay). At first it seems all four are agreed on a solution, but it soon becomes clear that hidden motives are at play.

Based on the Jp Delaney novel and adapted by Grace Ofori-Attah, Playing Nice was one of Studiocanal’s big sells at MIPCOM and comes from Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Banijay-backed Rabbit Track Pictures. The Happy Valley star spoke to us a few weeks back about the project,...

BFI London Film Festival (Lff) world premiere and audience award winner Four Mothers has been picked up for distribution in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution and Break Out Pictures, respectively.

The release date for cinemas in both territories is set for April 4 2025. The film was acquired directly from the producers. French sales outfit mk2 is selling in other territories.

Irish director and writer Darren Thornton and co-writer, brother Colin Thornton, adapted Gianni Di Gregorio’s Italian 2008 Lff winner Mid-August Lunch into a tale of one Irish son juggling four very different mothers after his friends jet off to...

Mare of Easttown was released as a limited series on HBO in 2021. Three years later, creator Brad Ingelsby says he is open to developing new episodes.

"We're always open to revisiting Mare," Ingelsby told reporters during an HBO press conference via Deadline. "I would welcome the chance if we could craft the story. Mare's journey was so emotional, and it was hard to come up with an emotional story. It's hard to come up with one that could compete with losing a son and having to confront that. There are a lot of plotlines we could explore [but] I want to give Mare some space before we build up another emotional trauma. That's hard to jump back into."

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Mare of Easttown is directed by Craig Zobel and set in the fictional suburb of Easttown,...

Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby explains why season 2 would be a challenge despite his willingness to revisit Kate Winslet's hit HBO show. Aired in 2021, the crime drama follows Winslet as the titular detective, Mare Sheehan, who investigates a murder in a small town outside Philadelphia. Other than Winslet in the lead role, the Mare of Easttown cast includes Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, David Denman, James McArdle, Guy Pearce, and Cailee Spaeny.

During an HBO press conference in Los Angeles (via Deadline), Ingelsby explained why Mare of Easttown season 2 would be a challenge. The creator is willing to revisit the show, but only if they can craft a story as emotionally compelling as the first season, though he wants to "give Mare some space" to avoid rushing into another intense storyline. Read his full comments below:

Were always open to revisiting Mare. I...

That the mother-son film movie remains, for some reason, the least-covered quadrant when it comes to parent-child relationships on screen may say something about patriarchal bias in the industry — though the best examples say plenty themselves about how men are raised and made. A modestly framed domestic comedy with surprising reserves of wisdom and sadness, Darren Thornton’s thoroughly disarming sophomore feature “Four Mothers” earns itself a place in the mother-son pantheon only a few minutes in, as mild-mannered writer Edward (James McArdle) helps his disabled mother Alma (Fionnula Flanagan) select and put on an outfit for the day, drily hamming up the routine to distract from the pain of her dependency. A simple scene of reversed care roles, it’s nonetheless rare in its everyday tenderness, and sets the tone for a film packed with similarly lovely, unforced observations.

A world premiere at the London Film Festival, where it played in the main competition,...

There is always space, it seems, for another warm-hearted story about the foibles of Irish working-class women, cosy as a fireside chat with a nice cup of tea. As for gay men and their mams, that’s a rich seam of drama, comedy and whatever lies in between that is probably inexhaustible. The four mothers who give Darren Thornton’s film its title all have gay sons and have come to some sort of accommodation with that uncomfortable knowledge, however badly it sits with the church where these sons deliver them dutifully every Sunday morning. After all, they couldn’t live without their boys — literally. Who else would put up with them and still show the love? “It does get easier,” mutters one of the sons to another as they huddle in a back pew. “When?” is the anguished reply.

Except that it’s not real anguish, just a comedy...

The Newport Beach Film Festival has added Irish Spotlight, a program that will showcase a small slate of Irish films. The fest will host North American Premieres of Blue Fiddle, Four Mothers and the docu Housewife of the Year. The evening will take place October 20 and include a celebration of Irish cinema, culture and cuisine.

The Irish Spotlight films will screen at Regal Edwards Big Newport and a post-screening celebration will occur at Muldoon’s Irish Pub.

Fidil Ghorm (Blue Fiddle), is directed by Anne McCabe and stars Ruadhán Ó Flatharta, Marcus Lamb, Sarah Jane Scott, Siobhan O’Kelly, Barry McGovern and Edith Lawlor. Pic follows 10-year-old Molly, who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her father she will wake him from his coma. With a grumpy old man as her teacher and a drive to perform the miracle she’s...

Lady in the Lake is a thriller drama miniseries created by Alma Har’el. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by author Laura Lippman, the Apple TV+ series is set in the 1960s in Baltimore and it follows the story of Maddie Schwartz, an investigative journalist as she leaves her overbearing husband to pursue her career and finds herself entangled into two mysterious murders, and she comes in direct conflict with a woman working to advance the agenda of the city’s African American community. Lady in the Lake stars Natalie Portman in the lead role with Moses Ingram, Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Noah Jupe, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison, and Pruitt Taylor Vince starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery and enticing drama in Apple TV+’s Lady in the Lake, here are some similar shows for you to watch next.

Sharp Objects...

Exclusive: In Playing Nice James Norton stars as Pete, a doting dad who finds out his son was switched at birth, giving him a different kind of hero to portray. “He’s a kind of small hero,” Norton told Deadline. “Unlike most of the characters I’ve played, he’s very likable, very amenable and recognizable. There’s a simplicity to him, which I hadn’t really played before, and a likability and quietness that made him feel very real.”

The adaptation of the Jp Delaney novel is produced by Studiocanal and Rabbit Track Pictures, the indie Norton set up with Kitty Kaletsky in 2019. It will bow on ITV in the UK and play on Canal+ in France. Studiocanal is handling international sales and will launch the series internationally this week in Cannes at MIPTV.

The baby-switch at the center of the story sets up an horrific dilemma for both...

Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled ride as “Sexy Beast” reaches its thrilling climax in Season 1 Episode 8, titled “Think of the Money.” Set your alarms for Monday, March 4, 2024, at 10:00 Pm on Showtime, as viewers are taken on an electrifying journey into the heart of the final heist.

In this episode, tensions are at an all-time high as Gal, Don, and the rest of the crew race against the clock to execute their meticulously planned operation. With everything on the line, every second counts as they navigate through obstacles and unforeseen challenges to secure their ultimate prize.

As the stakes escalate, viewers can expect heart-pounding action, unexpected twists, and nail-biting suspense that will leave them on the edge of their seats. Will the team succeed in pulling off the heist of a lifetime, or will their plans unravel before their eyes?

Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion of “Sexy Beast” Season 1 Episode...

Sexy Beast, developed by Michael Caleo, is a prequel to the 2000 British crime drama of the same name, originally conceived by Louis Mellis and David Scinto. The series follows the exploits and early relationship between the main characters from the film, Gal Dove (James McArdle) and Don Logan (Emun Elliott) as the two best friends fall deeper into the 1990s London underworld. Add Gal's forbidden romance to the mix with the adult film actress Deedee (Sarah Greene), and the stage is set for a proper gangster tale. The series delivers on its name as a stylish, hyper-violent, east-end gangster drama, but the problem is that Gal Dove doesn't seem to have any reason to be involved in gangster life.

Few people would have put money on Sexy Beast (2000), a British crime film that earned $10.2M at the box office against a $4.3M budget, would, 24 years later, receive a prequel series on Paramount+. Whether it's a testament to the enduring power of the original IP or the fact that it's much easier to produce something "new" with an established, curiosity-inducing name attached, a previously one-and-done story has now been subjected to a rigorous gap-filling and mystique-busting practice that is all too common in contemporary media.

Sexy Beast (2024) is, first and foremost, jarring for its remarkable non-effort to capture the vitality of the 2000 original. The film's dialogue, alternating between the oblique, hardened terseness of crime novels and cinematically exuberant expletive-fueled dress-downs, had the stylized stiltedness of a Pinter chamber drama. It was all aided by the commanding, livewire performances of its three leads: Ray Winstone as Gary "Gal" Dove, Sir Ben Kingsley as Don Logan,...

“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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To celebrate the release of Sexy Beast, the new prequel series streaming exclusively on Paramount+, we sat down with some of the show’s cast to find out more about their exciting new show.

Sexy Beast tells of the origins of Gal and Don’s 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 threatens everything in their world. James McArdle is Gal Dove, Emun Elliott is Don Logan, Sarah Greene is Deedee Harrison, Stephen Moyer is Teddy Bass, a treacherous, rising name in the gangster world, who seduces Gal and Don into his criminal web, and Tamsin Greig is Don’s pathologically controlling and formidable older sister Cecilia.

Chatting to McArdle, Greene, Moyer, and Greig, we chat about the trepidations about taking on a new prequel series of the film,...

Get ready for another thrilling episode of “Sexy Beast” as the mystery deepens and the intrigue unfolds! In Season 1, Episode 4, titled “Always Wanted to See That Place,” viewers will be in for a rollercoaster ride of suspense and discovery. Tune in to Showtime on Monday, February 5, 2024, at 10:00 Pm to catch all the action.

The episode picks up with Gal demanding answers, setting the stage for a high-stakes journey to Spain alongside Don. Their mission? To uncover the truth about the enigmatic figures they are truly working for. As the plot thickens, viewers can expect more twists and turns in this gripping tale of espionage and intrigue.

“Sexy Beast” has garnered attention for its captivating storyline and complex characters, and this episode promises to deliver another dose of heart-pounding suspense. With each revelation, the layers of the mystery surrounding Gal and Don’s mission are peeled away, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats.

The new eight-episode series “Sexy Beasts” explores the story of two best friends Gal Dove and Don Logan and is available on Thursday, Jan. 25 on Paramount+. This prequel series to the 2000 film of the same name focuses on the pair’s complicated relationship that finds them descending into the seductive madness of the London criminal world during the vibrant and volatile 1990s, while Gal’s budding relationship with adult film star Deedee threatens everything in their world. You can watch Sexy Beast: Season 1 with a 7-Day Free Trial of Paramount Plus. You can also watch with Amazon Prime Video.

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About ‘Sexy Beast’ Series Premiere

A prequel to the 2000 film that starred Ray Winstone,...

Exclusive: Sarah Greene is “excited” to be at the center of a high-stakes “love triangle” involving James McArdle and Emun Elliott in Sexy Beast, the Paramount+ prequel to director Jonathan Glazer’s 2000 classic.

Greene tells me she is a great admirer of Amanda Redman’s sultry performance as former adult actress Deedee Harrison – the role that holds a place in the annals of gangster movie history – and the part that the Cork-born Normal People star takes on in the Sexy Beast drama that premieres on Paramount+ this Thursday, January 25.

Greene watched the movie “over and over again and just studied her through line. And she’s very still, she doesn’t say a whole lot.”

We chat just as the actress is in the midst of shooting the second season of Bad Sisters with her Garvey siblings played by Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle and Eve Hewson. “We were all like,...

Plot: Gal Dove and Don Logan are best friends and small-town thieves living the good life in ‘90s East London. Deedee Harrison is a captivating adult film star whose ambitions to control her own personal destiny and her love affair with Gal Dove put her in danger. Teddy Bass is a treacherous, rising name in the gangster world who seduces Gal and Don into his criminal web.

Review: Of all the films I never expected to get a prequel, Sexy Beast would never have occurred to me. The 2001 crime movie, director Jonathan Glazer’s feature debut, focused on a pair of former friends whose lives have drifted apart since they were thieves working for a London crime boss. That film was barely a blip at the domestic box office but garnered critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Sir Ben Kingsley. Since Sexy Beast, screenwriters Louis Mellis and David Scinto...

“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...

"People have been killed over this. This is bigger than we think!" Paramount has revealed an official trailer for a crime comedy series called Sexy Beast, a rehash prequel based on the film of the same name. Filmed in/around London, this will be debuting on Paramount+ in the US exclusively at the end of January. It's a prequel to Jonathan Glazer's 2000 film Sexy Beast (with Ben Kingsley & Ray Winstone), telling the origin story of the Gal Dove, Don Logan and Teddy Bass characters. Starring James McArdle, Emun Elliott, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Moyer, and Sarah Greene, with Eliza Bennett, Clea Martin, Nicholas Nunn, Peter Ferdinando. "I feel very fortunate to be a part of this world," states James McArdle. "The original story leaves so much space for us all to wonder what happened within Gal and Don’s friendship in the years prior. I’m looking forward to everyone...

“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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