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Emmy Predictions: Lead Actor in a Drama Series – O’Connor, Page and Porter In a Three-Horse Race

Emmy Predictions: Lead Actor in a Drama Series – O’Connor, Page and Porter In a Three-Horse Race
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2021 Emmys Predictions:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Updated: Aug 10, 2021

Awards Prediction Commentary: A winner at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards,
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Emma Thompson & Jim Broadbent join Agatha Christie’s ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’

Emma Thompson & Jim Broadbent join Agatha Christie’s ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’
British acting duo Emma Thompson and Jim Broadbent have signed up to star in the 3-part Agatha Christie adaptation ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?.’

Thompson and Broadbent, who will play British aristocrats Lord and Lady Marcham, will join Lucy Boynton who takes on the role of their daughter Lady Frankie, Will Poulter as Bobby Jones and Hugh Laurie and as creepy sanitorium director Dr. James Nicholson.

Based on Christie’s 1934 mystery, the story centres on the local Vicar’s son, Bobby Jones (Poulter), and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances ‘Frankie’ Derwent (Boynton) on their crime-solving adventure after they discover the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the title.

Also in news – Brendan Fraser joins cast of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Armed only with a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket,
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Lucy Boynton To Play Marie Antoinette In Searchlight’s ‘Chevalier’ Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Lucy Boynton To Play Marie Antoinette In Searchlight’s ‘Chevalier’ Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Exclusive: Lucy Boynton is set to play Marie Antoinette Searchlight’s biopic Chevalier de Saint-Georges, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. in title role. Searchlight landed the original feature pitch from Stefani Robinson last summer with Watchmen director Stephen Williams on board to direct. Samara Weaving also recently joined the cast.

Born in 1745 in the French Caribbean, de Saint-Georges was the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner. He rose to improbable heights in French society, dazzling as both a violinist and composer and a champion fencer. An ill-fated love affair with a French noblewoman and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court led to his untimely downfall.

Element Pictures, Robinson and Dianne McGunigle will produce. The project is being overseen by SVP Production DanTram Nguyen, Director of Production Zahra Phillips and creative exec Cornelia Burleigh.

Boynton, best known for her breakout role opposite Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody,
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Loki: Best Shows to Watch If You’re Missing the God of Mischief

Loki: Best Shows to Watch If You’re Missing the God of Mischief
The God of mischief might be off in a different timeline prepping for a second season but we still need something to put in our eyes. Assuming you’ve already binged the MCU shows WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, we’ve rounded up some other great series that could scratch that Loki-shaped itch. Some of these are spiritually similar, some are great showcases of Loki’s cast and others explore similar themes. All are crackers though and well worth setting your tempad for.

Flowers

This Brit black comedy which aired on Channel 4 in the UK ran for two seasons, each equally special. Is it similar to Loki? Not at face value, but it does feature a stand out turn from Sophia Di Martino who stole the show as female Loki, Sylvie. Written by Will Sharpe, it’s the story of a highly dysfunctional family, with
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Actor Antonio de la Torre to mentor first Screen International Spain Stars of Tomorrow

Actor Antonio de la Torre to mentor first Screen International Spain Stars of Tomorrow
Spain Stars of Tomorrow will launch at this summer’s Atlantida Mallorca Film Fest.

Spanish actor Antonio de la Torre will be the mentor for the first Spain Stars of Tomorrow, the newest edition of Screen International’s long-running talent spotting series which will launch at this summer’s Atlantida Mallorca Film Fest.

De la Torre holds the record for the most actor nominations (14) at the Spanish Film Academy awards, the Goyas, since his breakthrough in Daniel Sánchez Arevalo’s Dark Blue Almost Black in 2006 which won him the best supporting actor award. His second win, for best actor, came
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Elizabeth Olsen Bombed Game of Thrones Audition for Daenerys Targaryen

Elizabeth Olsen Bombed Game of Thrones Audition for Daenerys Targaryen
Game of Thrones could have been a lot different if Elizabeth Olsen had been cast as https://tvweb.com/game-of-thrones-season-8-emilia-clarke-daenerys-death/|Daenerys Targaryen, but for better or for worse, she failed her audition. Particularly famous for her role as Wanda Maximoff in WandaVision, Olsen is certainly among today's most popular stars. It first took some shortcomings to find great success, as the actress first had to bomb an "awful" audition for a coveted role that later went to Emilia Clarke.

At this point, it's almost impossible to imagine anyone other than Emilia Clarke in the role of Daenerys. There has been some unrest over the way the series ended, but every fan can agree that Clarke absolutely killed that role. Even so, Elizabeth Olsen recalled in a recent interview with THR how she personally tried to get the role during the casting process more than a decade ago. She admitted
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Grey's Anatomy Vs House: 10 Ways Dr. Koracick And Dr. House Are Similar

Grey's Anatomy Vs House: 10 Ways Dr. Koracick And Dr. House Are Similar
Actor Hugh Laurie made a career out of his excellent comic timing, and this was carried into his titular character in the hit medical drama, House M.D.-- a role that won him numerous accolades. Greg Germann, too, has had an extensive career, especially on television, and played Tom Koracick in the long-running ABC medical drama, Grey's Anatomy.

Related: Which TV Doctor Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign?

Both characters are rough on the surface bordering almost on the unkind, but both have much deeper personalities built and shaped through difficulties and tragedies in their respective pasts. While the Grey's writers didn't dig deep enough and underused Germann's talent, House M.D. explored the lead character's many eccentricities to its fullest extent.
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Will Poulter & Lucy Boynton Star In Hugh Laurie’s Adaptation Of Agatha Christie’s ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ For BritBox U.S.

Will Poulter & Lucy Boynton Star In Hugh Laurie’s Adaptation Of Agatha Christie’s ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’ For BritBox U.S.
The Revenant star Will Poulter and Bohemian Rhapsody’s Lucy Boynton are to lead the cast of Hugh Laurie’s three-part adaptation of Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?.

Deadline revealed that The Night Manager and House star was behind the adaptation in April and the series is starting production this week.

Based on the 1934 Agatha Christie novel, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? follows the local Vicar’s son, Bobby Jones (Poulter), and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Boynton) on their crime-solving adventure after they discover the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the title. Armed only with a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, these amateur detectives pursue, and are pursued by, the answer to the mystery.

The series is commissioned by BritBox North
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Lucy Boynton, Will Poulter to Star in Agatha Christie’s ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’

Lucy Boynton, Will Poulter to Star in Agatha Christie’s ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’
Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Will Poulter (“The Revenant”) are set to star in Hugh Laurie’s adaptation of “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”, one of Agatha Christie’s earliest murder mystery novels.

Laurie (“House”) is set to direct and act in the three-part series for BritBox North America, in which he plays the creepy Dr. James Nicholson, a clinical director of a sanatorium.

Christie published “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”, which follows Bobby (Poulter) and shrewd socialite Lady Frances (Boynton) as they untangle a murder mystery, in 1934. In classic Christie fashion, there are plenty of twists and turns until the perpetrator is finally unmasked.

“I’m so thrilled to be working with Hugh and Will, and on this story from one of my favourite authors,” said Boynton. “I can’t wait to get started.” She won’t have to wait long with production kicking off this week.

“I’m
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Ellen Pompeo Reacts After Spotting Photo of Her Grey's Anatomy Character in Urgent Care Clinic

Ellen Pompeo Reacts After Spotting Photo of Her Grey's Anatomy Character in Urgent Care Clinic
Paging Dr. Grey! Ellen Pompeo had the best reaction to an apparent New York urgent care clinic ironically having her character—also known to Grey's Anatomy fans as Dr. Meredith Grey—framed on their wall in their practice. The discovery was made by a fan who posted the picture of the well-known character on display in the doctor's office on Twitter and that photo caught the attention of the 51-year-old actress. She retweeted the hilarious snap with the caption, "Grab your stuff and get the hell out of there," along with crying-face emojis. For full reference, House, also known as Dr. Gregory House (the unconventional doctor played by Hugh Laurie in...
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‘The Peripheral’: Louis Herthum, Chris Coy, Melinda Page Hamilton, Katie Leung, Austin Rising Cast In Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Amazon Series

‘The Peripheral’: Louis Herthum, Chris Coy, Melinda Page Hamilton, Katie Leung, Austin Rising Cast In Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Amazon Series
Exclusive: Louis Herthum (Westworld), Chris Coy (The Deuce), Melinda Page Hamilton (Messiah), Katie Leung (Annika) and Austin Rising (Alt) are set as series regulars on The Peripheral, Amazon’s upcoming original series from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films. Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor star in the sci-fi thriller drama, based on the bestselling novel by William Gibson.

Created by Scott B. Smith, The Peripheral is described as a dazzling, hallucinatory glimpse into the fate of mankind — and what lies beyond.

The book centers on Flynne (Moretz) and her brother Burton (Reynor). In the novel, Burton, a veteran of the Marine Corps’ elite Haptic Recon force, is hired for a security job that takes place in what he thinks is cyberspace. When Flynne temporarily takes his place, she witnesses something that might have been murder.

Herthum will play Corbell Pickett, Coy will portray Jasper, Hamilton is Ella,
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Los Angeles-based Align boards animation ‘The Canterville Ghost’ to complete financing

Los Angeles-based Align boards animation ‘The Canterville Ghost’ to complete financing
Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Freddie Highmore to voice Oscar Wilde adaptation.

Production is underway on animated family feature The Canterville Ghost after closing financing with Adrian Politowski’s LA-based production and finance Align.

Align joins India-based Toonz Media Group, which is producing the adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic tale, and work has begun at Toonz Animation Studio in Trivandrum, India.

UK producers include Robert Chandler of Space Age Films as well as Gina Carter and Stephen Fry of Sprout Pictures. Politowski and Martin Metz will produce for Align. LA-based Cinema Management Group (Cmg) is handling worldwide sales.

Fry
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David Tennant, Ariyon Bakare, Rob Brydon Join Sky’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Animated Adaptation

David Tennant, Ariyon Bakare, Rob Brydon Join Sky’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ Animated Adaptation
In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky Cinema’s “The Amazing Maurice” rounds out its voice cast; the BFI launches a U.S. streaming platform for British cinema and renews its Bursary Award partnership with Iwc Schaffhausen; and the Göteborg Film Festival announces funding for films from four territories where freedom of speech and expression are seen as being under threat.

Casting

David Tennant (“Good Omens”), Ariyon Bakare (“His Dark Materials”) and Rob Brydon (“The Trip”) will join previously announced stars Emilia Clarke and Hugh Laurie in voicing characters for “The Amazing Maurice,” a feature-length animated adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s “Diskworld” book “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.” Julie Atherton (“Avenue Q”) and YouTuber Joe Sugg fill out the previously announced cast including David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville.

Set to launch on Sky Cinema and streaming service Now next year, “The Amazing Maurice” is co-produced by Sky,
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‘Doctor Who’ Star David Tennant Joins ‘The Amazing Maurice’; HBO Max Greenlights Spanish-Language Original ‘García’; Channel 4 Axes ‘The Circle’ – Global Briefs

‘Doctor Who’ Star David Tennant Joins ‘The Amazing Maurice’; HBO Max Greenlights Spanish-Language Original ‘García’; Channel 4 Axes ‘The Circle’ – Global Briefs
David Tennant Joins Sky’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’

Former Doctor Who star David Tennant will join Hugh Laurie and Emilia Clarke in the cast of Sky’s The Amazing Maurice, an upcoming adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s best-selling children’s fantasy novel. It will mark the actor’s second turn in a Pratchett project, following on from his role as demon Crowley in 2019’s Good Omens from Amazon Studios. As well as Tennant, Sky confirmed additional cast for the project including Rob Brydon (Roald & Beatrix: The Tale of the Curious Mouse), Julie Atherton (Avenue Q), and YouTuber Joe Sugg. David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and Hugh Bonneville also star. Story follows Maurice, a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. The con doesn’t go as planned when they meet a bookworm called Malicia. The project is co-produced by Sky,
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The Borrowers Reboot Is Happening at Universal and Working Title

The Borrowers Reboot Is Happening at Universal and Working Title
A big screen reboot of the little people known as The Borrowers is on its way courtesy of Universal Pictures and Working Title, who have announced that an updated feature version is now in development. Potentially at the helm is Sausage Party and The Addams Family director Conrad Verno, who is currently in talks and will be working from a screenplay by Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway writer Patrick Burleigh.

The new Borrowers project is believed to be live action and will be based on the children's fantasy novel by the English author Mary Norton, which was first published in 1952. The story features a family of tiny people, The Borrowers, who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house and "borrow" from the big people in order to survive. The Borrowers' adventures were then continued in several follow-up novels, The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers
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‘Percy vs Goliath’ Review: Christopher Walken Takes On Monsanto in Underdog Farmer Drama

‘Percy vs Goliath’ Review: Christopher Walken Takes On Monsanto in Underdog Farmer Drama
Over the course of the past century, Monsanto discovered a way to farm the American farmer by developing, patenting and supplying genetically modified seeds. Instead of getting its hands dirty in the fields, the company cultivates its yield directly from the land workers, who have virtually no choice but to buy the agrochemical company’s seeds. For the farmers who do it the old-fashioned way — by collecting seeds from last year’s harvest and planting them the next — they risk not only weaker, bug- and weed-susceptible produce, but also being bullied by Monsanto in court.

If you’re savvy enough to recognize what a gross oversimplification that represents of a complex scientific, economic and legal situation, then loosely fact-based “Percy vs Goliath” is probably not the movie for you. While well cast and plenty compelling (including feisty turns from Christopher Walken and Christina Ricci), this reductive farmer drama deals in
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Momentum Pictures Takes North America On 3D Animation ‘Two By Two: Overboard’ In Deal With Germany’s Global Screen

Momentum Pictures Takes North America On 3D Animation ‘Two By Two: Overboard’ In Deal With Germany’s Global Screen
Exclusive: 3D Family animation Two By Two: Overboard (aka Ooops! The Adventure Continues) has sold to Momentum Pictures for the U.S. and Canada.

Toby Genkel directed the prequel to the box office success Ooops! Noah Is Gone (aka All Creatures Big And Small), which grossed $28M globally. The new film has already been released in the UK, where it topped the box office chart in November 2020, Germany, where it was in the top three last year, and Norway, where it has been number one for the last three weeks.

Momentum struck the deal with Munich-based sales company Global Screen. The latter has also struck fresh deals on the film for Australia and New Zealand (Rialto), Middle East (Selim Ramio & Co), Scandinavia (Selmer Media), Belgium/The Netherlands (Just4Kids), and Taiwan (Benchmark).

Two By Two: Overboard centers on the young Nestrian Finny and his best mate Leah, a Grymp, who are
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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’: LisaGay Hamilton Joins Netflix Drama Series As Recurring

‘The Lincoln Lawyer’: LisaGay Hamilton Joins Netflix Drama Series As Recurring
Exclusive: LisaGay Hamilton has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix’s upcoming drama series based on Michael Connelly’s bestselling novels, from David E. Kelley and A+E Studios.

Written and executive produced by Kelley and showrunner Ted Humphrey, The Lincoln Lawyer revolves around Mickey Haller (Garcia-Rulfo), an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles.

Hamilton will play Judge Mary Holder, presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court — the most powerful trial judge in the city and a no-nonsense jurist who doesn’t suffer fools. Mickey Haller finds himself under her strict supervision after he takes over the city’s biggest murder trial.

2020-21 Netflix Pilots & Series Orders

The 10-episode first season is based on
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Helen McCrory obituary

Helen McCrory obituary
One of the leading stage actors of her generation who found wider fame in the Harry Potter films and TV’s Peaky Blinders

Helen McCrory, who has died of cancer aged 52, was already established among the leading stage actors of her generation when she became known as Cherie Blair in Stephen Frears’s movie The Queen (2006), starring Helen Mirren, and with Michael Sheen as Tony; and as the witch Narcissa Malfoy, mother of Draco, in the last three Harry Potter films.

Her brisk and slinky Cherie Blair was one in a line of suited authority figures and lawyers played by McCrory, culminating in an acidulous, brutally frank but deluded Tory prime minister in David Hare’s television drama Roadkill (2020), refusing to give a “big job” to Hugh Laurie’s shameless MP. In comparison, Narcissa was a “turn,” a Gothic hoot, for all her verve and suffocating evil.
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Helen McCrory’s Film & TV Career: A Photo Gallery

Helen McCrory’s Film & TV Career: A Photo Gallery
Helen McCrory, who died of cancer on Friday at age 52, blazed during a multi-decade career in film, TV and onstage, with memorable roles including playing the lead in the Channel 4/Masterpiece Theatre miniseries Anna Karenina, portraying Narcissa Malfoy in three Harry Potter movies and most recently starring as Aunt Polly in Netflix and the BBC’s hit period gangster series Peaky Blinders.

The London-born actress, whose first screen credit was in 1993 in the Brit TV comedy Full Stretch about a limo service (it lasted one season), more recently appeared in BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials, in which she voiced Lord Asriel’s dæmon Stelmaria, and political drama Roadkill alongside Hugh Laurie. She also starred as formidable QC Sonia Woodley in ITV/AMC’s limited series Quiz last year.

Other memorable performances include 1995’s Streetlife, which earned her a BAFTA Cymru Award, and opposite John Hannah in the 1997 film The James Gang.
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