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‘Flack’ Season 2 Trailer: Anna Paquin Leads The Squad Of Ruthless PR Queens

‘Flack’ Season 2 Trailer: Anna Paquin Leads The Squad Of Ruthless PR Queens
You may not have heard of “Flack,” but it’s worth paying attention to just on its cast alone: Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Arinze Kene, Marc Warren and Rufus Jones. Originally on the PopTV network (formerly known as TV Guide Network) and the very reason why you probably haven’t heard about it, the show has moved to Amazon Prime for season two.

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‘Creation Stories’: First Clip For Alan McGee Biopic Exec-Produced By Danny Boyle & Co-Written by Irvine Welsh

‘Creation Stories’: First Clip For Alan McGee Biopic Exec-Produced By Danny Boyle & Co-Written by Irvine Welsh
Here’s fun first footage of Alan McGee biopic Creation Stories, starring Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting) as legendary music executive McGee.

Executive-produced by Danny Boyle, the Brit comedy is based on McGee’s autobiography, The Creation Records Story: Riots, Raves And Running A Label, about the highs and lows of running label Creation Records, famous for putting out hits by the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream and Oasis.

Also starring are Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation), Leo Flanagan (Hanna), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Jason Flemyng (Pennyworth), comedian Ed Byrne, Paul Kaye (It’s All Gone Pete Tong), Perry Benson (You Rang M’Lord?), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Steven Berkoff (Octopussy), Rufus Jones (W1A) and Mel Raido (Legend).

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star and Telstar: The Story of Joe Meek director Nick Moran is directing. Trainspotting novelist Irvine Welsh, who is close friends with McGee, has written
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Flack: Season Two; Amazon Picks Up Cancelled Pop TV Series

Flack: Season Two; Amazon Picks Up Cancelled Pop TV Series
Stop the presses! Flack has found a new home. Season two of the cancelled Pop comedy-drama TV series has been picked up by Amazon Prime.

Flack stars Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Arinzé Kene, Marc Warren, Rufus Jones, and Andrew Leung. The story centers on crisis PR strategist and publicity expert Robyn (Paquin), who excels in the London offices of the Mills Paulson agency, but can’t stop sabotaging her personal life.

The first season of Flack averaged a 0.01 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 48,000 viewers on Pop TV. The six episodes aired in February and March of 2019 in the United States. The show is produced in association with UKTV, a British broadcaster.

While the Pop ratings were low, Flack was renewed for a second season in
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Anna Paquin’s ‘Flack’ Picked Up by Amazon Prime After Pop TV Cancellation

Anna Paquin’s ‘Flack’ Picked Up by Amazon Prime After Pop TV Cancellation
Amazon has acquired the rights of Anna Paquin-led “Flack,” three months after it was canceled by Pop TV.

Pop TV canceled the drama, which stars Anna Paquin as a Don Draper-esque PR maven Robyn, days before it was supposed to premiere its second season. Amazon will get both seasons.

“Flack” also stars Sophie Okonedo, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Genevieve Angelson, Rufus Jones, Arinze Kene. Other Season 2 guest stars include Jane Horrocks, Giles Terera and Amanda Abbington, reprising her role as Alexa. Season 2 also features Sam Neill and Daniel Dae Kim.

Also Read: Pop TV Cuts Three Series Including Anna Paquin's 'Flack'

“Flack” is written by Oliver Lansley, produced by Debs Pisani and executive produced by Jimmy Mulville and Helen Williams of Hat Trick Productions. Pete Thornton executive produces for UKTV with Paquin executive producing for Casm alongside Stephen Moyer, Cerise Hallam Larkin and Mark Larkin. Season
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‘Flack’ Lands at Amazon Following Pop TV Cancelation

‘Flack’ Lands at Amazon Following Pop TV Cancelation
“Flack,” the comedy-drama starring Anna Paquin, has found a new home.

Around fourth months after Pop TV abruptly canceled the show, Amazon has swooped in to pick it up. Seasons 1 and 2 will now move to the streamer, with the option to renew for a third not out of the question. A premiere date will be announced later.

“Flack” is set in the world of high-stakes celebrity public relations. Paquin stars as Robyn, whose work and home lives collided at the end of season one, when she could no longer resist the temptations of her addictions. Season 2 stars Sophie Okonedo as Caroline, Lydia Wilson as Eve, and Rebecca Benson as Melody. Genevieve Angelson, Rufus Jones and Arinze Kene also star.

Daniel Dae Kim and Sam Neill are joining the show for its second outing. Neill, who is reuniting with his “The Piano” co-star, will have a multi-episode arc as Duncan, who
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‘Flack’: Amazon Picks Up Anna Paquin Comedy Drama After It Was Abruptly Pulled By Pop TV

‘Flack’: Amazon Picks Up Anna Paquin Comedy Drama After It Was Abruptly Pulled By Pop TV
Exclusive: Anna Paquin’s Flack has found a new home in the U.S. after Amazon picked up the dark comedy drama.

This comes after the series, which was created and written by Oliver Lansley, was surprisingly dropped by ViacomCBS’ Pop TV, a week before the second season was set to air. Seasons one and two will air via Amazon in the U.S. and Canada

Deadline understands that Amazon’s deal also gives it the right to consider a third season of the show, which is produced in association with British broadcaster UKTV.

Set in the world of high-stakes celebrity public relations, Flack stars True Blood’s Paquin as a master of the dark arts of PR. It is produced by Episodes producer Hat Trick Productions and Paquin and Stephen Moyer’s Casm Films.

It marks a nice turnaround for the show, a 45-minute series that sees Paquin take on an anti-hero role,
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rufus Jones

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rufus Jones
Rufus Jones is an English actor and writer who is best known for his role as Doctor Foggerty in the dark comedy production of “Hunderby.” He is also known for his role as Terry Jones in “Holy Flying Circus.” Rufus is also a talented writer and those who are familiar with his work can appreciate his style both in writing and his comedic acting style. We were interested in learning more about him so we did a little research into his career and personal history and we discovered these 10 things that you probably didn’t know about Rufus Jones. 1.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rufus Jones
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Flack

Flack
Network: Pop TV.

Episodes: 12 with 6 unaired (hour).

Seasons: Two.

TV show dates: February 21, 2019 — present.

Series status: Cancelled.

Performers include: Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Arinzé Kene, Marc Warren, Rufus Jones, and Andrew Leung.

TV show description:

From creator Oliver Lansley, the Flack TV show is a dramedy set in the world of public relations. The story centers on Robyn (Paquin), who excels in her profession, but can't stop sabotaging herself.

As a crisis PR strategist and publicity expert serving high-profile athletes, entertainers, and fashionistas, Robyn is accustomed to handling tricky, unexpected scenarios at lightning speed. She works in the London offices of Mills Paulson, under agency head Caroline
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‘Flack’: Producers “Confident” Of Finding New U.S. Home For Anna Paquin Dark Comedy

‘Flack’: Producers “Confident” Of Finding New U.S. Home For Anna Paquin Dark Comedy
Anna Paquin’s dark comedy drama Flack may well find another home in the U.S. after it was abruptly pulled by Pop TV.

Yesterday, it emerged that the ViacomCBS-backed network was pulling three of its five original series, including Flack, Florida Girls and Best Intentions. Flack was set to launch its second season on Pop on March 13.

However, Jimmy Mulville, who runs Flack producer Hat Trick Productions, told Deadline that he was “confident” of finding a new Stateside home for the series, which is co-produced by Paquin and Stephen Moyer’s Casm Films. A co-production with British broadcaster UKTV, it will still air on UKTV’s W network in March.

“It’s sad to end the show on Pop, the first season did well for them and UKTV,” said Mulville. “I’m confident that we’ll be able to find another home for the show. There’s no shortage of platforms.
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This Country review – farewell to TV's favourite bumpkins

This Country review – farewell to TV's favourite bumpkins
Like The Office at its best, Daisy May and Charlie Cooper’s Cotswolds-set mockumentary remains hilarious, potent and exquisite right to the end

This Country is such a delicate, fragile thing that I always have the image of its sibling writers and stars, Daisy May and Charlie Cooper, cradling a baby bird. I find myself holding my breath at the start of every series, afraid that this time a hand will slip and crush it, or that their careful nurturing will take a wrong turn and their charge will fail to fledge and take wing.

I have breathed a sigh of relief twice now, and I exhaled again as the third and final series of the BBC mockumentary about Cotswolds village residents Kerry Mucklowe and her cousin Kurtan began. How they do it, I don’t know – any more than you could say how Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais did
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‘Silent Night’: ‘Motherland’ Star Lucy Punch Joins Keira Knightley Christmas Comedy

‘Silent Night’: ‘Motherland’ Star Lucy Punch Joins Keira Knightley Christmas Comedy
Exclusive: Motherland and Bad Teacher star Lucy Punch has joined the cast of Christmas film Silent Night, which begins principal photography in the UK next week.

Punch joins the previously announced cast of Keira Knightley, Roman Griffin Davis, Matthew Goode, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Rufus Jones, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Davida McKenzie.

Camille Griffin is making her directorial feature film debut from her own original screenplay. Marv Films’ Matthew Vaughn is financing and producing alongside Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray of Maven Pictures.

The festive comedy will focus on an extended family having a Christmas dinner in a country setting.

Punch is repped by United Agents, UTA and Mgmt Entertainment.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal To Play Elvis’ Mom In Warner Bros Pic; Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste Round Out ‘Silent Night’ Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal To Play Elvis’ Mom In Warner Bros Pic; Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste Round Out ‘Silent Night’ Cast
A musical drama based on the life of Elvis Presley has signed Maggie Gyllenhaal to play the icon’s mother.

In the movie, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann will explore the life and music of Presley through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played in the film by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks.

The story will delve into their complex dynamic spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.

In other news, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Davida McKenzie have joined the cast of the Christmas film “Silent Night.” They join previously announced Keira Knightley (The Imitation), Griffin Davis and Matthew Goode.

Lily-Rose Depp is best known for her breakout performance in Kevin Smith’s Yoga-Hosers, which
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Film News Roundup: Tom Holland-Daisy Ridley’s ‘Chaos Walking’ Gets 2021 Release Date

Film News Roundup: Tom Holland-Daisy Ridley’s ‘Chaos Walking’ Gets 2021 Release Date
In today’s film news roundup, Tom Holland-Daisy Ridley’s “Chaos Walking” will open next year, Sophia Lillis and Charlie Plummer have landed roles, and Lily-Rose Depp has joined Christmas film “Silent Night.”

Release Date

Lionsgate has set its long-delayed science-fiction movie “Chaos Walking,” starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, for a Jan. 22, 2021, opening.

“Chaos Walking” was originally set to launch on March 1, 2019, but reshoots forced Lionsgate to push back the opening. Doug Liman directed the film, based on Patrick Ness’ “Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go,” a book that was published in 2008 as the first in a trilogy set in a dystopian world where all living creatures can hear each other’s thoughts.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Joe Drake told analysts Thursday that he was bullish on the project. “We’ve two of our biggest stars on the planet today leading,” Drake added.

“Chaos Walking
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‘Home’: How An Immigration Comedy Set In A Parochial British Town Snagged Ben Stiller For An NBC Remake

‘Home’: How An Immigration Comedy Set In A Parochial British Town Snagged Ben Stiller For An NBC Remake
Exclusive: Much like the rest of the world, Rufus Jones watched on in horror as the refugee crisis gripped Europe in 2015. As people fled conflict in Syria and beyond, the Stan & Ollie actor had just fathered twins and became preoccupied with worries about the world his new-born girls were entering.

Not obvious territory for comedy, you might think. But that’s exactly how Jones’ thoughts crystallized as he set to work on a script that would domesticate the epic scale of the horrors being transmitted on rolling news at the time. And so, Home was created, but it would be four years before the comedy found its own home with Channel 4.

The show premiered last year and tells the story of how a family in the small British town of Dorking takes in a Syrian refugee named Sami. It returns for a second season in the UK on Wednesday
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Flack: Is the Pop TV Series Cancelled or Renewed for Season Two?

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What will become of Robyn? Has the Flack TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Pop? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Flack season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?

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A Pop dramedy, Flack stars Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Arinzé Kene, Marc Warren, Rufus Jones, and Andrew Leung. The story centers on crisis PR strategist and publicity expert Robyn (Paquin), who excels in the London offices of the Mills Paulson agency, but can’t stop sabotaging her personal life. Read More…
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‘One Day at a Time’ Season 4, ‘Flack’ Season 2 Get March Premiere Dates at Pop TV

  • 14 January 2020
  • by Danielle Turchiano
  • Variety
‘One Day at a Time’ Season 4, ‘Flack’ Season 2 Get March Premiere Dates at Pop TV
“One Day at a Time” Season 4 will premiere Mar. 24, while “Flack” Season 2 will premiere Mar. 13, Pop TV announced Monday.

The new season of “One Day at a Time” will be the first to air on the ViacomCBS network after it picked the show up post-Netflix cancellation.

“The enthusiastic response from fans since announcing our new season of ‘One Day at a Time’ has been thrilling,” said Brad Schwartz, president, Pop TV. “The series is more important than ever with its unmatched ability to tackle topical social issues through the lens of a relatable, loving family. The exceptionally talented team behind and in front of the camera make us proud to have ‘One Day at a Time’ at home at Pop TV.”

This fourth season will air in the Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. time slot beginning Mar. 24, but it will move to 9 p.m. on April 14, after “Schitt’s Creek” concludes its final season.
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‘Flack’: Anna Paquin’s Dark Comedy Gets Season 2 Premiere Date On Pop TV – TCA

‘Flack’: Anna Paquin’s Dark Comedy Gets Season 2 Premiere Date On Pop TV – TCA
Pop TV has set 10 p.m. Friday, March 13, for the Season 2 return of dark comedy Flack, starring Anna Paquin. The premiere date was announced Monday during the network’s presentation at TCA.

The six-episode second season also features new cast members Sam Neill, Daniel Dae Kim and guest star Martha Plimpton. Executive producer Stephen Moyer will direct two of the season’s episodes. The entire second season will be available on app Pop Now and via cable and Svpd after the first episode airs on the network.

Season 2 picks up with Robyn (Paquin) putting her life back together after her myriad addictions got the better of her at the end of Season 1. Focusing on rebuilding her relationship with her sister and keeping her clients out of the headlines, she must also face a new and unexpected revelation head-on. Meanwhile, her boss Caroline (Sophie Okonedo) is surprised to see her ex (Neill) return,
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Bafta reveals new members for 2019

Bafta reveals new members for 2019
New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.

Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).

New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films
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NBC Nabs Adaptation of British Immigrant Comedy ‘Home’ From Ben Stiller, Stacy Traub, Lionsgate TV & BBC Studios As Put Pilot

Exclusive: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to Home, a single-camera comedy about an American couple who take in a Syrian refugee. It is based on the British series, which was created by Rufus Jones and originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK. The adaptation will be written/executive produced by former Black-ish Ep Stacy Traub and directed/executive produced by Ben Stiller.

It marks the second project to emerge out of Lionsgate and BBC Studios’ development deal and comes on the back of CBS nabbing an adaptation of BBC One comedy Ghosts.

Home follows a new couple, Mark and Melanie, who go on a long weekend trip to a cabin in the woods with Melanie’s son Jonah. Their plan to come back with a tan and some happy memories is interrupted when they return with Jay, a Syrian refugee who moves in with them, and the cobbled-together
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Frayed review – Aussie black comedy is like a nightmare on Ramsay Street

Samantha has a dream life in London. But when her husband dies in a sexually compromising situation, she ends up broke, desperate and Down Under

You never really know someone, of course, until you’re informed of their death caused by a pill-fuelled bout of auto-erotic asphyxiation with petrol in their bloodstream and a gadget in every orifice. Wealthily-married lady who lunches Simone learns this the hard way, when she is called to the hospital to identify her husband’s body. “We’d have called you sooner,” says the doctor (Rufus Jones with his patented air of agony as a man caught in a dire situation not of his own making). “But we couldn’t get the phone out.” The action, by the way, is set in 1988, which makes both insertion and extraction of a mobile even more of a feat than it would be today. Respect all round.

So begins Frayed,
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