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Oscar-nominated actress Chloë Sevigny (“Boys Don’t Cry”), poses for the Jimmy Choo Spring 2025 footwear campaign, photographed by Ezra Petronio:

Sevigny started acting for indie films throughout the 1990’s, then was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of ‘Lana Tisdel’ in the drama feature “Boys Don't Cry”(1999).

She then appeared in “American Psycho” (2000), “Demonlover” (2002), “Party Monster”, “Dogville” (both 2003) and “The Brown Bunny” (2004).

From 2006 to 2011, Sevigny portrayed ‘Nicolette Grant’ on the HBO series “Big Love” earning a ‘Golden Globe Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ (2010).

She also appeared in mainstream films including David Fincher's “Zodiac” (2007) and starred in numerous TV projects, including the Brit series “Hit & Miss” (2012)…

…and a supporting role in “Portlandia” (2013).

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Exclusive: Here’s a hot one out of Blighty. Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is set to star in the movie adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s genuinely best-selling novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

BAFTA-winner Hettie Macdonald, who directed BBC and Hulu hit Normal People with Lenny Abrahamson, is aboard to direct, and BAFTA-winner Kevin Loader (The Death Of Stalin) will produce with Juliet Dowling and Marilyn Milgrom. Embankment have launched worldwide sales ahead of the virtual EFM.

Broadbent, who teamed with Loader on box office hit The Lady in the Van and recently starred in Venice Film Festival hit The Duke, will play the eponymous Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day…and just keeps walking.

The character embarks on a 450-mile walk across the UK in the simple belief that his journey will...

Executive producer Willow Grylls has been appointed as co-chief executive officer of New Pictures, whose output includes “The Missing” and “Catherine the Great,” working alongside existing CEO Charlie Pattinson. Elaine Pyke also takes on a new role as creative director.

Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.

She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.

Exclusive: Mum producer Big Talk and Ray Donovan writer Sean Conway are to adapt Tade Thompson’s African noir novel Making Wolf for television.

The ITV-owned producer and the British writer are working on a drama adaptation of the book, which will be published by Constable in paperback in May 2020.

The book, from Rosewater author Thompson, tells the story of Weston Kogi, a London security guard, who returns to his West African home country and thinks telling people he works as a homicide detective is harmless hyperbole. However, he is kidnapped and forced by two separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi. Solving the crime may tip a country on the brink into civil war and cost Weston his life.

Conway is to write the adaptation of the darkly comic, Kafkaesque story. He wrote all six episodes of Chloe Sevigny-fronted Sky drama Hit & Miss,...

Endeavor Content handles international distribution.

Hulu has picked up Element Pictures’ half-hour drama series Normal People, based on the novel by Irish author Sally Rooney, for the Us.

The series is being produced for BBC Three in the UK and is set to start shooting next week in Dublin. It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones from Cold Feet and the upcoming War Of The Worlds series, alongside newcomer Paul Mescal. Endeavor Content is handling international distribution.

Lenny Abrahamson, director of Element feature Room, will direct the first six episodes of the series and Hettie McDonald, one of the directors on Sky mini-series Hit & Miss,...

Endeavor Content handles international distribution.

Hulu has picked up Element Pictures’ half-hour drama series Normal People, based on the novel by Irish author Sally Rooney.

The series is being produced for BBC Three in the UK and is set to start shooting next week in Dublin. It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones from Cold Feet and the upcoming War Of The Worlds series, alongside newcomer Paul Mescal. Endeavor Content is handling international distribution.

Lenny Abrahamson, director of Element feature Room, will direct the first six episodes of the series and Hettie McDonald, one of the directors on Sky mini-series Hit & Miss,...

The gamers I know have all been raving about Fallout 76, while others have been complaining about programming glitches and over-hype. So, who do you believe? If you’re a horror fan, you put a lot of stock into the opinions of John Carpenter. Let’s be honest: We weren’t even truly excited about the latest Halloween […] The post The Master of Horror John Carpeter Weighs-In of Fallout 76, Calls It “Hit & Miss” appeared first on Dread Central.

Oscar nominee Chloë Sevigny and The Carrie Diaries star AnnaSophia Robb are set to co-star opposite Patricia Arquette and Joey King in the first season of The Act, Hulu’s character-based anthology series from Nick Antosca, Michelle Dean and Universal Cable Productions.

Written by Dean and Antosca and directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, The Act is a seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. The first season is based on Dean’s 2016 Buzzfeed article “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered.” It follows Gypsy Blanchard (King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother, Dee Dee (Arquette). Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.

Sevigny will play Mel, a natural leader of all the women in her small neighborhood. She’s had a hard life,...

Oscar nominee Chloë Sevigny has signed with Circle of Confusion for management.

Sevigny has just wrapped filming a starring role with Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Tilda Swinton in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die for Focus Features and Universal Pictures International. She will next be seen in the title role of infamous accused murderess Lizzie Borden (opposite Kristen Stewart) in the upcoming Roadside Attractions September release Lizzie, with she also developed and produced.

In television, Sevigny wona Golden Globe for HBO’s Big Love. Other credits include Hit & Miss, Portlandia, American Horror Story: Asylum, Ahs: Hotel, and Bloodline.

Recent films include Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete, Miguel Arteta’s Beatriz at Dinner, Alex Ross Perry’s Golden Exits, and Oren Moverman’s The Dinner. Sevigny landed an Oscar nomination and won La Film Critics Award and Independent Spirit Award, for Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t Cry.

Neil Jordan isn't involved in "Hit & Miss," a six-episode UK series making its Us premiere on DirecTV this Wednesday, July 11th at 10pm -- he's got his own television project, "The Borgias," on Showtime. But "Hit and Miss" (create by Paul Abbott, of "Shameless) does feel a little like a creation patchworked together from pieces of Jordan's films -- a touch of "The Butcher Boy," a dab of "Mona Lisa" and, of course, a hefty dose of "The Crying Game." It brings together two types of characters he's shown an affinity for -- children and transwomen, four of the former and one of the latter united by the death of someone they all loved. The kids are siblings who range in age from six-year-old Leonie (Roma Christensen) to 16-year-old Riley (Karla Crome). They live on a smallholding farm in the Yorkshire countryside with a few chickens, some pigs and an uneasy relationship with their landlord.

"The lead character is a transsexual contract killer!"

This sounds like a movie pitch that would automatically be snapped up and subsequently made into one of the worst films of all time. The broadcast-network TV series that would be made from the same story idea doesn't even bear contemplating: The potential for leering exploitation and cheesy melodrama is just too extreme.

The accomplishment of the interesting "Hit and Miss" (premieres Wednesday, July 11 at 10 p.m. Et on DirecTV's Audience Network) is that it deftly navigates its minefield of a premise. The lead character, Mia (Chloe Sevigny) is indeed a coldly efficient killer, and she's also transgender, but first and foremost, she's a human being with flaws, an agenda and complex emotions that creator Paul Abbott ("Shameless," "State of Play") and writer Sean Conway spend a lot of time exploring. This show isn't about the premise, it's about the difficult person at the heart of it.

Misfits newcomer Karla Crome has hinted at what fans of the show can expect from her character Jess. Hit and Miss actress Crome will join the cast in its fourth series later this year. "I suppose Jess says what she thinks and can see through people's bulls**t," Crome told CultBox. "Because she's so straightforward, she gets frustrated when people aren't honest with her. She's a tough cookie, but she's quite vulnerable too." Crome also revealed that she has been enjoying (more)...

While the 4th of July holiday demands that most Americans raise flags, grill meats and watch fireworks, some consumers will celebrate their government-mandated days off in a different way – by watching movies. While this week’s Blu-ray selections includes only a handful of tailor-made U-s-of-a titles, there are nevertheless plenty of interesting options to choose from. Photos: 18 of Hollywood's Hit and Miss May-December Marriages Check out this week’s new releases: Barbarella (Paramount Home Entertainment) The Rundown: Roger Vadim’s swinging sci-fi adventure comes to HD, reminding audiences of Jane Fonda’s comely charms

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We’ve already seen the return of True Blood. We already know how many viewers that Charlie Sheen can bring to FX. Now what about the return of Bryan Cranston to AMC or the whereabouts of all those desperate bachelors on ABC?

Here are the premiere dates for the rest of this summer’s broadcast and cable shows, including some of those early bows for NBC’s post-Olympic programming.

July 2

Season Premiere: Web Therapy (Showtime)

July 7

Season Premiere: Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? (Investigation Discovery)

July 8

Series Premiere: Mega Mansions (Travel)

Series Premiere: Xtreme Waterparks (Travel)

Series Premiere: Insane...

After the release of one of the highest-grossing British films in recent years last week with The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, we’ve got an entirely different selection lining the shelves this week with John Carter, one of the year’s biggest blockbusters, now available for your home entertainment.

And beside it, a critically acclaimed new Us series, Falling Skies, produced by none other than Steven Spielberg, which aired in the States last summer.

Not only that, but we have an excellent Blu-ray Steelbook re-release of Batman Begins / The Dark Knight, so needless to say, it’s a good week to be a Batman fan and/or steelbook collector.

My picks of the week:

Andrew Stanton’s John Carter & Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret.

Falling Skies – Season 1.

And for good measure, the Blu-ray re-releases of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins / The Dark Knight & Kevin Smith’s Mallrats & Ben Stiller’s Zoolander.

There’s something wonderfully incongruous about this tweet from Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner: “I'm taking my girls out to a movie tonight--Disney's ‘Brave.’ Their choice.” None of his fans took note (at least publicly) of the irony inherent in the octogenarian escorting a bevy of young women to a movie about an independent girl who doesn’t need a prince charming to rescue her. Photos: 18 of Hollywood's Hit and Miss May-December Marriages Instead, Hef’s female twitter followers simply praised him for his great taste in films, predicting he and the girls would love it. “great choice!

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"The Amazing Spider-Man" is set to hit theaters on July 3rd, but the first reviews of the film are already coming out. Overall, they are very positive, but almost all critics feel that the movie could have been much better. The main issue is that "The Amazing Spider-Man" focuses so much on the characters that it becomes more of a relationship movie than a superhero action flick. One critic even said that it's a Spider-Man movie for the "Twilight" generation. However, many were quick to point out that there's still plenty of action to satisfy the fans. Reading the reviews, we also learned that there's a post-credits scene that sets up the sequel. So don't leave the theater when the credits begin rolling. * The Guardian: This Spider-Man is as enjoyable as it is impressive. (8/10) * Total Film: Spider-Man re-begins in style. (8/10) * The Telegraph: Packs plenty of testosterone, but Marc Webb's...

Karla Crome

Congratulations to some fantastic young British actors announced today as Screen International Stars of Tomorrow 2012, including some Screenterrier favourites:

23 year old Karla Crome (represented by Troika) who's currently on our screens playing Riley in Sky's Hit and Miss, and who Screenterrier revealed as a new Misfit in the up-coming 4th series of the award-winning E4 series.

Letitia Wright

19 year old Letitia Wright (represented by Identity Agency Group), who starred in Channel 4's Top Boy and My Brother The Devil which received rave reviews after it's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The star of the film James Floyd (represented by Cam)  is also included (and makes the Screen International cover) along with Ashley Thomas (represented by Independent Talent).

George Mackay

20 year old George Mackay (represented by Gordon and French), who's steadily built up a string of feature film credits and is about to start filming alongside Saoirse Ronan...

Chloe Sevigny returns to TV in "Hit And Miss."

The "Big Love" star plays a pre-op transsexual contract killer on the new DirecTV six-part miniseries. "I play an Irish boy/girl from a Traveler's community, which is like the Irish gypsies," Sevigny told The Huffington Post in April. "It's more about her and this family that she kind of falls into, these children she kind of inherits and how she learns to cope with being in a parental role."

Take a look at the new teaser trailer below. "Hit And Miss" premieres in July.

Take a look at what to watch on TV this week.

'What does love feel like? Very painful'

Chloë Sevigny, 37, was raised in Connecticut. At 18 she moved to New York and worked on teen magazine Sassy, which led to modelling work and an appearance in a Lemonheads video. Her first acting role was in 1995's Kids and in 2000 she was Oscar-nominated for her role in Boys Don't Cry. Her other films include American Psycho, Woody Allen's Melinda And Melinda, and Mr Nice. She won a Golden Globe for her role in the TV series Big Love and is the lead in Sky Atlantic's drama Hit And Miss, which starts on 22 May.

When were you happiest?

Last time I was on the dance floor – in Manchester a few weeks ago.

What is your greatest fear?

Something happening to my mother.

What is your earliest memory?

Being in the front yard, playing with violets, and my mother saying they were her mother's favourite flower.