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Wife & Dog, the next film from Guy Ritchie (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare), has added four to round out its principal cast: Cosmo Jarvis (Shogun), James Norton (Bob Marley: One Love), Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon) and Pip Torrens (The Crown).

Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, though the project is described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy” explored by Ritchie in his film and TV series, The Gentlemen. As previously announced, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike and Anthony Hopkins lead the ensemble. Production kicked off in the UK today.

Script is by Ritchie, who is also producing alongside long-time producing partner, Ivan Atkinson, and Black Bear’s John Friedberg. Exec producers include Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler for Black Bear, as well as Louise Killin. Black Bear...

Exclusive: Philippa Nicholl is joining Creativity Capital from Great Point Media where she spent the past two years as an associate in their investments team.

At Great Point Media, she worked in project management, tax credit administration, and creative financing solutions including on film and TV projects such as Channel 5’s Finder’s Keepers, Mikko Mäkelä’s Sebastian (pictured above) which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Peter Glanz’s upcoming Savage House starring Claire Foy and Richard E Grant, Prime Video UK’s Deep Cover, and Netflix’s true crime series When Missing Turns to Murder.

Before her time at Great Point Media, Nicholl began her entertainment career in business affairs at Bizable Media, a Toronto-based production financing and business affairs consulting firm. Over four years there, she supported independent producers as a coordinator and later as a production finance executive.

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Paramount went all in on Gladiator II at CineEurope today, showing off an exclusive extended look at Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 Best Picture Oscar winner. Introducing the footage in a video clip, Scott promised that Gladiator II, coming nearly two-and-a-half decades after the original, is “well worth the wait”; the audience today agreed. That pre-roll clip also included stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and Joseph Quinn. Paramount releases globally in November.

At the top of the show, President of International Theatrical Distribution Mark Viane once again had the CineEurope crowd in stitches with his annual entrance tied to a major Par title; this time appearing in gladiator garb in a cheeky pre-recorded video as Markimus Vianus and wearing a vest with the Paramount logo, celebrating the film and the theatrical experience as he urged members of Par’s international distribution team, “On my signal,...

No one in my building wears suits anymore,” says a very well-dressed senior executive at a big agency, when asked if he still gets his suits made. But the trend away from more structured, tailored clothing and toward smarter casual wear hasn’t lessened the desire for having one’s clothes made to measure. In fact, it’s opened up a whole new arena for menswear enthusiasts, with a crop of shops in L.A. ready to make not only a well-fitting custom suit but everything you’d want to wear — from a pair of perfectly cut five-pocket pants to a creamy-to-the-touch vicuña wool shirt jacket — just for you.

Thom Sweeney, the British menswear brand founded by two Savile Row-trained tailors, Thom Whiddett and Luke Sweeney, recently opened an L.A. flagship at 8401 Melrose Place, Thom Sweeney Loft. It’s an airy, open space designed by Billy Cotton, complete with...