Network: BBC America, AMC, and Sundance Now.
Episodes: 27 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: April 7, 2019 — February 19, 2022.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay Duncan.
TV show description:
Adapted from the Deborah Harkness All Souls book trilogy, the A Discovery of Witches TV show centers on Diana Bishop (Palmer) and Matthew Clairmont (Goode). A contemporary love story, the British TV series (which originated on Sky One and Sundance Now) unfolds at Oxford University.
A brilliant academic, Diana has long tried to ignore her legacy as a descendent of...
Episodes: 27 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: April 7, 2019 — February 19, 2022.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay Duncan.
TV show description:
Adapted from the Deborah Harkness All Souls book trilogy, the A Discovery of Witches TV show centers on Diana Bishop (Palmer) and Matthew Clairmont (Goode). A contemporary love story, the British TV series (which originated on Sky One and Sundance Now) unfolds at Oxford University.
A brilliant academic, Diana has long tried to ignore her legacy as a descendent of...
- 2/20/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Take a look at more new footage from "A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from the "All Souls" novels by Deborah Harkness, now airing on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 1/26/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at more new footage from "A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from the "All Souls" novels by Deborah Harkness, premiering January 8, 2022 on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 1/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Take a look at more new footage from "A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from the "All Souls" novels by Deborah Harkness, premiering January 8, 2022 on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 12/24/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"A Discovery of Witches" Season 3, based on "The Book of Life" from author Deborah Harkness' "All Souls" book series , is the third and final installment of the Sky Original TV series, premiering January 8, 2022 on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+:
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in Season Three, 'Matthew' (Matthew Goode) and 'Diana' (Teresa Palmer) return from 1590 to the present day to combat what they left behind..."
Cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, Tanya Moodie...
...Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys and Parker Sawyers.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 12/4/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Diana Bishop's journey will conclude in 2022.
Shudder, AMC+, and Sundance Now revealed Friday that A Discovery of Witches Season 3 will launch on all three platforms Saturday, January 8, 2022.
The final chapter finds "Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind," according to the official description from the streamers.
The cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, and Tanya Moodie.
They are joined by Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys, and Parker Sawyers.
A Discovery of Witches Season 3 is based on the ‘The Book of Life’ novel from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy and is the third and final installment.
Saying goodbye to the show will be tough. It has been a favorite...
Shudder, AMC+, and Sundance Now revealed Friday that A Discovery of Witches Season 3 will launch on all three platforms Saturday, January 8, 2022.
The final chapter finds "Matthew (Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind," according to the official description from the streamers.
The cast also includes Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Alex Kingston, Aiysha Hart, Edward Bluemel, Lindsay Duncan, Peter McDonald, Trevor Eve, Gregg Chillin, Adelle Leonce, and Tanya Moodie.
They are joined by Daniel Ezra, Toby Regbo, Steven Cree, Jacob Ifan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Greg McHugh, Olivier Huband, Paul Rhys, and Parker Sawyers.
A Discovery of Witches Season 3 is based on the ‘The Book of Life’ novel from Deborah Harkness’s bestselling All Souls trilogy and is the third and final installment.
Saying goodbye to the show will be tough. It has been a favorite...
- 12/3/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Set during the era of 'Elizabethan England', "A Discovery of Witches" is the Sky One, Brit-produced drama TV series based on the "All Souls" trilogy by author Deborah Harkness, starring Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, and Valarie Pettiford, streaming Season Three, January 2022 on AMC+:
"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant 'witch', unexpectedly discovers a disturbing manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library', forcing her back into the world of magic in order to unravel secrets it holds about magical beings. "She is offered help by mysterious geneticist 'vampire', 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden while dodging threats from forbidden worlds..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant 'witch', unexpectedly discovers a disturbing manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library', forcing her back into the world of magic in order to unravel secrets it holds about magical beings. "She is offered help by mysterious geneticist 'vampire', 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden while dodging threats from forbidden worlds..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 10/23/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Can you be incredibly excited and totally bummed at the same time?
If we're talking about A Discovery of Witches Season 3, the answer is yes.
Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ released today the trailer for the third and final season of A Discovery of Witches.
There is nothing worse than something you love so much coming to an end.
A Discovery of Witches has been one of the best book-to-screen adaptations of all time.
It's perfectly cast and remains true to the novels throughout.
If you weren't already in love with Matthew and Diana, seeing Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer bring them to life on screen sealed the deal.
A Discovery of Witches Season 1 introduced us to the destined couple, a supernatural Romeo and Juliet who fall in love despite being different and very powerful creatures.
Matthew's father created The Congregation, an organization specifically to address inter-species activities, making the...
If we're talking about A Discovery of Witches Season 3, the answer is yes.
Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ released today the trailer for the third and final season of A Discovery of Witches.
There is nothing worse than something you love so much coming to an end.
A Discovery of Witches has been one of the best book-to-screen adaptations of all time.
It's perfectly cast and remains true to the novels throughout.
If you weren't already in love with Matthew and Diana, seeing Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer bring them to life on screen sealed the deal.
A Discovery of Witches Season 1 introduced us to the destined couple, a supernatural Romeo and Juliet who fall in love despite being different and very powerful creatures.
Matthew's father created The Congregation, an organization specifically to address inter-species activities, making the...
- 10/22/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
The witching hour… will be ending in early 2022, with the final season of A Discovery of Witches. But if the newly released trailer is any indication, the supernatural drama is conjuring an “epic conclusion.”
AMC+, Sundance Now and Shudder released on Friday the above trailer for A Discovery of Witches‘ third and final season, which is based on The Book of Life from Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy and finds Matthew (played by Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind.
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AMC+, Sundance Now and Shudder released on Friday the above trailer for A Discovery of Witches‘ third and final season, which is based on The Book of Life from Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy and finds Matthew (played by Matthew Goode) and Diana (Teresa Palmer) returning from 1590 to present day and combating what they left behind.
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- 10/22/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release season two of the hit fantasy/sci-fi drama series A Discovery of Witches on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 17, 2021.The series originally aired on the AMC streaming platforms Sundance Now and Shudder earlier this year and is currently airing linearly on AMC. Check out this trailer:
Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of A Discovery Of Witches Season Two. We Are Movie Geeks has two to give away (and one DVD set) Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite fantasy/sci-fi drama series is (I’d say Game Of Thrones. It’s so easy!)
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A Discovery of Witches Season 2 isbased on the “All Souls” trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
Now you can win the Win the Blu-ray of A Discovery Of Witches Season Two. We Are Movie Geeks has two to give away (and one DVD set) Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite fantasy/sci-fi drama series is (I’d say Game Of Thrones. It’s so easy!)
1. You Must Be A US Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To US Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.
2. Winner Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries. No Purchase Necessary
A Discovery of Witches Season 2 isbased on the “All Souls” trilogy by Deborah Harkness.
- 8/11/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In addition to a jam-packed January of new releases, the horror streaming service Shudder has plenty of scares in store for viewers in February, including Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella's After Midnight, Padraig Reynolds' Open 24 Hours, Jennifer Harrington's Shook, the Nicolas Cage-starring Vampire's Kiss, the practical effects wizardry of Basket Case, Takashi Miike's One Missed Call, and much more!
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. in February, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
A Nightmare Wakes — premieres February 4
While composing her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley descends into an opium-fueled fever dream while carrying on a torrid love affair with Percy Shelley. As she writes, the characters of her novel come to life and begin to plague her relationship with Percy.
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. in February, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
A Nightmare Wakes — premieres February 4
While composing her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley descends into an opium-fueled fever dream while carrying on a torrid love affair with Percy Shelley. As she writes, the characters of her novel come to life and begin to plague her relationship with Percy.
- 1/19/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With A Discovery of Witches Season 2 just a few days away, AMC Networks is giving fans a lot of ways to catch up ahead of broadcast.
The series drove record usage and subscriptions for its Sundance Now and Shudder streaming services.
A Discovery of Witches Season 1 will be available on Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ as free content now through January 18.
If you're not a fan of streaming, then AMC is offering the season as a full-season marathon on January 24, including special additional behind the scenes content with the cast and crew and interviews with author Deborah Harkness.
A Discovery of Witches Season 2 will premiere on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+ on January 9, one day after the series' UK Premiere.
The second season consists of 10 new episodes, with a new episode arriving on all three platforms every Saturday.
The series is the #1 title in the history of Sundance Now and...
The series drove record usage and subscriptions for its Sundance Now and Shudder streaming services.
A Discovery of Witches Season 1 will be available on Sundance Now, Shudder, and AMC+ as free content now through January 18.
If you're not a fan of streaming, then AMC is offering the season as a full-season marathon on January 24, including special additional behind the scenes content with the cast and crew and interviews with author Deborah Harkness.
A Discovery of Witches Season 2 will premiere on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+ on January 9, one day after the series' UK Premiere.
The second season consists of 10 new episodes, with a new episode arriving on all three platforms every Saturday.
The series is the #1 title in the history of Sundance Now and...
- 1/5/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
A Discovery Of Witches Season 2 Trailers — Sky and Shudder‘s A Discovery Of Witches: Season 2 TV show trailers have been released and stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Ed Bluemel, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Lindsay Duncan, Aiysha Hart, Daniel Ezra, Aisling Loftus, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Malin Buska, [...]
Continue reading: A Discovery Of Witches: Season 2 TV Show Trailers: Teresa Palmer & Matthew Goode Travel Back in Time [Sky, Shudder]...
Continue reading: A Discovery Of Witches: Season 2 TV Show Trailers: Teresa Palmer & Matthew Goode Travel Back in Time [Sky, Shudder]...
- 12/29/2020
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Shudder is looking to kick off a new year with a jam-packed January release schedule that includes the Peter Cushing collection, Hunted, The Queen of Black Magic, Super Dark Times, Clive Barker's Nightbreed, the entire first season of The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and more!
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. in January, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
New Shudder Original/Exclusive Movies
Hunted — January 14
What started as a flirtatious encounter at a bar turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as two men pursue her through the forest, she’s pushed to her extremes while fighting to survive—but survival isn’t enough for Eve. She will have revenge. A...
Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. in January, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!
New Shudder Original/Exclusive Movies
Hunted — January 14
What started as a flirtatious encounter at a bar turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as two men pursue her through the forest, she’s pushed to her extremes while fighting to survive—but survival isn’t enough for Eve. She will have revenge. A...
- 12/17/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Take a look at Season Two footage from "A Discovery of Witches", the episodic TV series based on the "All Souls" trilogy by Deborah Harkness, recently forced to halt a UK shoot after positive ''Covid-19' test results, starring Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston and Valarie Pettiford, airing January 9, 2021 on Sundance Now and Shudder:
"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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- 12/8/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It's been a year and a half since the first season of A Discovery of Witches aired on AMC and BBC America. A premiere date for season two has been announced but it's not returning to regular television. In the United States and Canada, season two will stream on AMC Networks' streaming services Sundance Now and Shudder beginning Saturday, January 9, 2021.
Season two stars Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode with Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Lindsay Duncan, Edward Bluemel, Aiysha Hart, Daniel Ezra, Aisling Loftus, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Gregg Chillin, James Purefoy, Steven Cree, and Adelle Leonce.
The 10 new episodes find Matthew (Goode) and Diana (Palmer) hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London. Here, they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic...
Season two stars Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode with Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Lindsay Duncan, Edward Bluemel, Aiysha Hart, Daniel Ezra, Aisling Loftus, Trevor Eve, Owen Teale, Malin Buska, Gregg Chillin, James Purefoy, Steven Cree, and Adelle Leonce.
The 10 new episodes find Matthew (Goode) and Diana (Palmer) hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London. Here, they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic...
- 12/8/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Take a look at Season Two footage from "A Discovery of Witches", the episodic TV series based on the "All Souls" trilogy by Deborah Harkness, starring Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston and Valarie Pettiford, airing January 2021, recently forced to halt a UK shoot after a member of production tested positive for ''Covid-19':
"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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- 10/15/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Vulture Watch
Is there any future for Diana and Matthew? Has the A Discovery of Witches TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on BBC America and AMC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of A Discovery of Witches 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 BBC America and AMC supernatural drama A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay Duncan. Season one of the fantasy love story is an adaptation of the first volume of the Deborah Harkness All...
Is there any future for Diana and Matthew? Has the A Discovery of Witches TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on BBC America and AMC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of A Discovery of Witches season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
A BBC America and AMC supernatural drama A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay Duncan. Season one of the fantasy love story is an adaptation of the first volume of the Deborah Harkness All...
- 10/13/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
‘A Discovery Of Witches’: ‘Victoria’ Star Tom Hughes Joins Cast Of Supernatural Drama For Season Two
Victoria star Tom Hughes is joining the cast of Sky and AMC Networks drama A Discovery of Witches.
Hughes will star as Kit Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era, for the show’s second season. Hughes, who also starred in BBC Cold War drama The Game, is the first name revealed to join the cast after the British pay-broadcaster made a bumper two-season order for the supernatural series.
Downton Abbey and The Good Wife star Matthew Goode stars as vampire Matthew Clairmont in the Bad Wolf-produced show, while Hacksaw Ridge‘s Teresa Palmer plays heroine Diana Bishop in the series.
A Discovery Of Witches is the first installment of Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, which has sold more than 3.5M copies worldwide. Originally published in 2011, Discovery is the story of Diana, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript,...
Hughes will star as Kit Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era, for the show’s second season. Hughes, who also starred in BBC Cold War drama The Game, is the first name revealed to join the cast after the British pay-broadcaster made a bumper two-season order for the supernatural series.
Downton Abbey and The Good Wife star Matthew Goode stars as vampire Matthew Clairmont in the Bad Wolf-produced show, while Hacksaw Ridge‘s Teresa Palmer plays heroine Diana Bishop in the series.
A Discovery Of Witches is the first installment of Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, which has sold more than 3.5M copies worldwide. Originally published in 2011, Discovery is the story of Diana, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript,...
- 8/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The A Discovery of Witches TV show was a big hit on Sky One in the UK and Ireland and did so well on the Shudder, Sundance Now, and AMC Premiere streaming platforms, that parent-company AMC Networks decided to simulcast the first season on BBC America and AMC. While the series has already been renewed for a second and third season on Sky and the streaming services, how will it do on the Us cable networks? Will season two of A Discovery of Witches be aired on AMC and/or BBC America? Stay tuned.
A supernatural drama, A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay Duncan. The fantasy BBC America and AMC love story...
A supernatural drama, A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay Duncan. The fantasy BBC America and AMC love story...
- 5/29/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"A Discovery of Witches" is the 8-episode Brit TV series based on the "All Souls" trilogy by author Deborah Harkness, starring Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston and Valarie Pettiford, now airing on AMC:
"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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- 4/26/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Diana Bishop really can't catch a break, can she? First the heroine at the heart of A Discovery of Witches, played to perfection by Australian actress Teresa Palmer, finds herself struggling to accept her witchy abilities and declining awkward invites to coven gatherings. Then she has to somehow pretend she's not romantically interested in Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode), which is a true feat of strength. And Then she magically accesses Ashmole 782 and all hell breaks loose in the supernatural world. Kind of a crazy first week at Oxford for Diana, huh?
In the second episode of season one, which airs on Sunday, April 14, Diana encounters yet another dangerous hurdle in her journey down the magic rabbit hole: a deadly, extremely powerful Scandinavian witch named Satu Järvinen (Malin Buska). After being tipped off to Diana's exciting discovery by Peter Knox (Owen Teale), Satu pays Diana a surprise visit during her run...
In the second episode of season one, which airs on Sunday, April 14, Diana encounters yet another dangerous hurdle in her journey down the magic rabbit hole: a deadly, extremely powerful Scandinavian witch named Satu Järvinen (Malin Buska). After being tipped off to Diana's exciting discovery by Peter Knox (Owen Teale), Satu pays Diana a surprise visit during her run...
- 4/14/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Are you bewitched by the first season of the A Discovery of Witches TV show on BBC America and AMC? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like A Discovery of Witches is cancelled or renewed for season two (it's been renewed). Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the A Discovery of Witches season one episodes here.
Originally a Sky One and Sundance Now fantasy drama, A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay...
Originally a Sky One and Sundance Now fantasy drama, A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford, Trevor Eve, and Lindsay...
- 4/8/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
AMC will introduce viewers to a magical new world when A Discovery of Witches comes to the Sundance Now and Shudder streaming services this January, and ahead of the first season's premiere, they've already acquired the second and third seasons of the Sky One UK series:
Press Release: New York, NY – November 5, 2018 – On heels of Sky UK’s greenlight announcement for second and third seasons of the captivating series “A Discovery of Witches,” Sundance Now, AMC Networks’ direct-to-consumer Svod service curated with high-quality dramas and crime thrillers, and Shudder, the leading premium streaming service for thriller, suspense and horror, has confirmed the acquisition of both seasons. The first season is set to premiere on both the services in U.S. and Canada on January 17, 2019.
Adapted from Deborah Harkness’s critically-acclaimed and bestselling All Souls trilogy, the Sky original production launched in September in the U.K. and was produced by Bad Wolf,...
Press Release: New York, NY – November 5, 2018 – On heels of Sky UK’s greenlight announcement for second and third seasons of the captivating series “A Discovery of Witches,” Sundance Now, AMC Networks’ direct-to-consumer Svod service curated with high-quality dramas and crime thrillers, and Shudder, the leading premium streaming service for thriller, suspense and horror, has confirmed the acquisition of both seasons. The first season is set to premiere on both the services in U.S. and Canada on January 17, 2019.
Adapted from Deborah Harkness’s critically-acclaimed and bestselling All Souls trilogy, the Sky original production launched in September in the U.K. and was produced by Bad Wolf,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The first season of A Discovery of Witches doesn’t launch on Sundance Now and Shudder until January, but the AMC Networks streaming services also have acquired will the upcoming second and third seasons of Sky’s UK drama.
A Discovery of Witches is a modern-day love story set in a world where witches, vampires and demons secretly live and work alongside humans, hidden in plain sight. Season 1 follows Diana (Teresa Palmer), a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode).
In the second season Matthew and Diana are hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London , where they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search...
A Discovery of Witches is a modern-day love story set in a world where witches, vampires and demons secretly live and work alongside humans, hidden in plain sight. Season 1 follows Diana (Teresa Palmer), a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode).
In the second season Matthew and Diana are hiding in time in the fascinating and treacherous world of Elizabethan London , where they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search...
- 11/5/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky is doubling down on A Discovery of Witches – hanging the supernatural drama a bumper two season order.
The British pay-tv giant has ordered seasons two and three of the Bad Wolf-produced series after the first season become the biggest drama on Sky One this year.
Downton Abbey and The Good Wife star Goode stars as vampire Matthew Clairmont, while Hacksaw Ridge‘s Teresa Palmer plays heroine Diana Bishop in the series.
A Discovery Of Witches is the first installment of Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, which has sold more than 3.5M copies worldwide. Originally published in 2011, Discovery is the story of Diana, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew. The second All Souls novel, Shadow Of Night,...
The British pay-tv giant has ordered seasons two and three of the Bad Wolf-produced series after the first season become the biggest drama on Sky One this year.
Downton Abbey and The Good Wife star Goode stars as vampire Matthew Clairmont, while Hacksaw Ridge‘s Teresa Palmer plays heroine Diana Bishop in the series.
A Discovery Of Witches is the first installment of Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, which has sold more than 3.5M copies worldwide. Originally published in 2011, Discovery is the story of Diana, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew. The second All Souls novel, Shadow Of Night,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
"A Discovery of Witches" is the new 8-episode Brit TV series based on the "All Souls" trilogy by author Deborah Harkness, starring Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, Aiysha Hart, Owen Teale, Alex Kingston, and Valarie Pettiford, that premiered in the UK on Sky One, September 14, 2018:
"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
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"...'Diana Bishop', a historian and reluctant witch, unexpectedly discovers a bewitched manuscript in Oxford's 'Bodleian Library'. This discovery forces her back into the world of magic in order to unravel the secrets it holds about magical beings. She is offered help by mysterious geneticist (and vampire), 'Matthew Clairmont'. Despite a long-held mistrust between witches and vampires they form an alliance and set out to protect the book and solve the mysteries hidden within while dodging threats from the creature world..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "A Discovery of Witches"....
- 10/19/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Aliya Whiteley Sep 21, 2018
If A Discovery Of Witches can produce more supernatural confrontation and historical confusion, it could be screen magic. Spoilers...
This review contains spoilers.
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One of those most enjoyable aspects so far of A Discovery Of Witches is that although it’s a series about magic, there’s a lot of science in it. The idea that creatures such as vampires and demons should choose, in the modern age, to be doctors, geneticists, and academics, is a really enjoyable one. Why lurk around in graveyards when there’s finally a chance of using your superior intellect and advanced age to get some answers?
The most intelligent vampires come with laboratory equipment and a fair amount of insight into a worrying...
If A Discovery Of Witches can produce more supernatural confrontation and historical confusion, it could be screen magic. Spoilers...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Our pick of the best Nintendo Switch deals Our pick of the best handheld consoles (from the current generation) Our pick of the best projector screens
One of those most enjoyable aspects so far of A Discovery Of Witches is that although it’s a series about magic, there’s a lot of science in it. The idea that creatures such as vampires and demons should choose, in the modern age, to be doctors, geneticists, and academics, is a really enjoyable one. Why lurk around in graveyards when there’s finally a chance of using your superior intellect and advanced age to get some answers?
The most intelligent vampires come with laboratory equipment and a fair amount of insight into a worrying...
- 9/19/2018
- Den of Geek
A Discovery Of Witches Trailer Sky‘s A Discovery Of Witches (2018) TV show trailer stars Matthew Goode, Teresa Palmer, Owen Teale, Julian Kostov, and Malin Buska. A Discovery Of Witches‘ plot synopsis: based on the book series by Deborah Harkness, “a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she [...]
Continue reading: A Discovery Of Witches (2018) TV Show Trailer: Love Sparks a War Between Vampires & Demons [Sky]...
Continue reading: A Discovery Of Witches (2018) TV Show Trailer: Love Sparks a War Between Vampires & Demons [Sky]...
- 6/30/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
★★☆☆☆ This latest film from Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki makes an adolescent drama out of the true story of 17th century Queen Kristina (Malin Buska), who became Sweden's first native female sovereign aged just six. Amidst an ongoing European conflict between Catholics and Protestants, she grows up in a conservative Lutheran court and the tutelage of Chancellor Axel (Michael Nyqvist), but emerges a rebellious figure. She clashes with her abusive mother and her sceptical advisors at court on finding peace in Europe, at the same time shunning suitors and instead exploring her attraction to the Countess Ebba Sparre (Sarah Gadon).
- 6/18/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
This preposterous, unconvincing period drama tells the story of Sweden’s Queen Kristina and her repressed gay sexuality
This plumply preposterous film from director Mika Kaurismäki (brother of Aki) is an unconvincing and solemn account of the controversially mannish Queen Kristina and her secret sapphic yearnings in 17th-century Sweden. There are frilly ruffs, white pointy beards, illicit embraces with ladies of the bedchamber and a Europudding cast reciting dialogue that sounds as if it has been rendered into English from Swedish via Google Translate. We get lines such as: “Like Luther, I want to spend the night with the devil!” and “By Christ’s balls, I don’t like to be kept waiting!” It is like a lost 106-minute Python sketch, as directed by Peter Greenaway, and Kristina comes across as a sullenly emo-ish version of Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth I. Her daring intellectual heterodoxy, challenges to Protestantism and final rapprochement with the Vatican are regarded as side effects of a gay sexuality repressed and denied. That might well be a reasonable analysis. Malin Buska delivers the role of Kristina with a certain mutinous conviction and, as the object of her desire, Sarah Gadon is just very demure.
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This plumply preposterous film from director Mika Kaurismäki (brother of Aki) is an unconvincing and solemn account of the controversially mannish Queen Kristina and her secret sapphic yearnings in 17th-century Sweden. There are frilly ruffs, white pointy beards, illicit embraces with ladies of the bedchamber and a Europudding cast reciting dialogue that sounds as if it has been rendered into English from Swedish via Google Translate. We get lines such as: “Like Luther, I want to spend the night with the devil!” and “By Christ’s balls, I don’t like to be kept waiting!” It is like a lost 106-minute Python sketch, as directed by Peter Greenaway, and Kristina comes across as a sullenly emo-ish version of Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth I. Her daring intellectual heterodoxy, challenges to Protestantism and final rapprochement with the Vatican are regarded as side effects of a gay sexuality repressed and denied. That might well be a reasonable analysis. Malin Buska delivers the role of Kristina with a certain mutinous conviction and, as the object of her desire, Sarah Gadon is just very demure.
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- 6/16/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Sarah Gadon as Ebba and Malin Buska as Kristina in The Girl King
It's not often that a Finnish director's take on a Swedish historical figure makes an international splash, but The Girl King is fast becoming a festival hit, winning praise from audiences and critics alike. After my recent interview with Malin Buska I spoke with director Mika Kaurismäki to get his take on how it all happened.
"I was asked to direct this film in 2009 in a bar in Rio de Janeiro," says Mika. "A German producer asked me if I would be interested in doing a film about Kristina. I remembered when I was young, my teacher telling me about Kristina. I knew she was a very strong character with interesting ideas, and a very modern person for the time."
Mika Kaurismäki Photo: Soppakanuuna
In the past, he's specialised in documentaries. Was he process of making this film similar,...
It's not often that a Finnish director's take on a Swedish historical figure makes an international splash, but The Girl King is fast becoming a festival hit, winning praise from audiences and critics alike. After my recent interview with Malin Buska I spoke with director Mika Kaurismäki to get his take on how it all happened.
"I was asked to direct this film in 2009 in a bar in Rio de Janeiro," says Mika. "A German producer asked me if I would be interested in doing a film about Kristina. I remembered when I was young, my teacher telling me about Kristina. I knew she was a very strong character with interesting ideas, and a very modern person for the time."
Mika Kaurismäki Photo: Soppakanuuna
In the past, he's specialised in documentaries. Was he process of making this film similar,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Read More: Watch: First Trailer For 'A Royal Night Out' Starring Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Jack Reynor, And More Immortalized by Greta Garbo in 1933's "Queen Christina," the legendary Swedish monarch will once again grace the screen in "The Girl King." Malin Buska plays the young Queen who, after assuming the throne at a young age, leads Sweden into a new age of enlightenment. In "The Girl King," she buts heads with temperamental statesmen and vassals as they oppose her plans to modernize the Nordic kingdom and try to suppress her sexuality. In the exclusive clip above, Kristina gives a rousing speech to the court before her. Knowing she has inherited a land of scattered villages and uneducated peasants, her highness refuses to back down and promises she will build Sweden up to the glory it deserves. "The Girl King" is currently playing in select theaters and will...
- 12/7/2015
- by Ryan Anielski
- Indiewire
Malin Buska in The Girl King
Nobody really expected much of Kristina of Sweden when she came to the throne. She was, after all, a girl, and an unconventional one at that. In the 22 years of her reign, however, she revolutionised her country, ending its reliance of expansionism and setting it on course to become the sophisticated, intellectually focused nation we know today. Her story has been told on screen three times, most recently in Mika Kaurismäki's The Girl King. We asked its star, Mallin Buska, how she felt about following in the footsteps of Greta Garbo and Liv Ullmann.
"You know, Greta Garbo did a really great interpretation but I needed to make my own version of her," she says. "I needed to find her spirit and her heart and take Kristina into myself. Of course it was scary because she was a fantastic person. I knew a...
Nobody really expected much of Kristina of Sweden when she came to the throne. She was, after all, a girl, and an unconventional one at that. In the 22 years of her reign, however, she revolutionised her country, ending its reliance of expansionism and setting it on course to become the sophisticated, intellectually focused nation we know today. Her story has been told on screen three times, most recently in Mika Kaurismäki's The Girl King. We asked its star, Mallin Buska, how she felt about following in the footsteps of Greta Garbo and Liv Ullmann.
"You know, Greta Garbo did a really great interpretation but I needed to make my own version of her," she says. "I needed to find her spirit and her heart and take Kristina into myself. Of course it was scary because she was a fantastic person. I knew a...
- 12/6/2015
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Throne of Loneliness: Kaurismaki Cartoons Christina
Considering it’s been forty years since her last notable on screen incarnation, the time has come for a new biopic on that other famous ‘virgin’ queen, Christina of Sweden. Iconically portrayed by Great Garbo in 1933’s Queen Christina, and then again in 1974 by Liv Ullmann in The Abdication, these are significant footsteps to follow, especially considering these productions are best remembered for their female leads and not their directors (Rouben Mamoulian and Anthony Harvey, respectively). Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki, the brother to world renowned auteur Aki Kaurismaki, aims to resuscitate her provocative legacy with The Girl King, though its use of archaic language concepts (such as ‘girl’ and ‘virgin’) hint at a certain ignorance of both femininity and lesbianism despite a screenplay penned by Michel Marc Brousard (Lilies; Tom at the Farm). A handsome costume drama, this international co-production is more often distracting than relevant,...
Considering it’s been forty years since her last notable on screen incarnation, the time has come for a new biopic on that other famous ‘virgin’ queen, Christina of Sweden. Iconically portrayed by Great Garbo in 1933’s Queen Christina, and then again in 1974 by Liv Ullmann in The Abdication, these are significant footsteps to follow, especially considering these productions are best remembered for their female leads and not their directors (Rouben Mamoulian and Anthony Harvey, respectively). Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki, the brother to world renowned auteur Aki Kaurismaki, aims to resuscitate her provocative legacy with The Girl King, though its use of archaic language concepts (such as ‘girl’ and ‘virgin’) hint at a certain ignorance of both femininity and lesbianism despite a screenplay penned by Michel Marc Brousard (Lilies; Tom at the Farm). A handsome costume drama, this international co-production is more often distracting than relevant,...
- 12/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Mika Kaurismäki has had a long film career, but he still may be best known to film fans in the shadow of his brother, Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre). The Girl King, his next film, may change that reputation though given the pedigree of both the cast and writers, and its possibility to tell the story of a feminist icon and eccentric historical footnote.
Written by Michel Marc Bouchard, who most recently adapted Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm, and starring Michael Nyqvist, Sarah Gadon, and stateside unknown Malin Buska in the lead role, The Girl King, is the story of Christina of Sweden.
Ruler of Sweden for eighteen years in the 17th century beginning at age 6, Christina worked to modernize Sweden against the wishes of a conservative country. She was a cultural revolutionary who prided herself on various forms of sexual and gender ambiguity, and views that could be considered proto-feminist.
Written by Michel Marc Bouchard, who most recently adapted Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm, and starring Michael Nyqvist, Sarah Gadon, and stateside unknown Malin Buska in the lead role, The Girl King, is the story of Christina of Sweden.
Ruler of Sweden for eighteen years in the 17th century beginning at age 6, Christina worked to modernize Sweden against the wishes of a conservative country. She was a cultural revolutionary who prided herself on various forms of sexual and gender ambiguity, and views that could be considered proto-feminist.
- 11/24/2015
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Sales outfit inks deals on Kaurismaki biopic and comedy The Grump.
Scandinavian sales company The Yellow Affair has inked deals on Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King and Dome Karukoski’s The Grump.
Film Buro has bought Spanish rights to Kaurismaki’s English-language biopic The Girl King, in which rising Swedish actress Malin Buska stars as 17th century Swedish Queen Kristina alongside Sarah Gadon and Michael Nyqvist.
Wolfe Releasing acquired the film for the Us during Cannes.
Meanwhile, Binci Media has picked up Chinese rights to 2014 Finnish comedy The Grump, about a cranky old man who must spend time with his family
The deals come two days after Yellow Affair sealed a Us deal with Breaking Glass Pictures for Tali Shalom Ezer’s drama, Princess.
Scandinavian sales company The Yellow Affair has inked deals on Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King and Dome Karukoski’s The Grump.
Film Buro has bought Spanish rights to Kaurismaki’s English-language biopic The Girl King, in which rising Swedish actress Malin Buska stars as 17th century Swedish Queen Kristina alongside Sarah Gadon and Michael Nyqvist.
Wolfe Releasing acquired the film for the Us during Cannes.
Meanwhile, Binci Media has picked up Chinese rights to 2014 Finnish comedy The Grump, about a cranky old man who must spend time with his family
The deals come two days after Yellow Affair sealed a Us deal with Breaking Glass Pictures for Tali Shalom Ezer’s drama, Princess.
- 9/15/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Philippe Ramos’ Mad Love was awarded the top prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.
The Montreal World Film Festival (Aug 27 - Sept 7) has revealed the award winners for its 2015 edition.
Philippe Ramos’ Mad Love took the top prize, the grand prize of the Americas, while the best director prize was shared between Mikko Kuparinen for 2 Nights Till Morning and Georgi Balabanov for The Petrov File.
Alongside its main awards, the festival presented British producer Lord Puttname with a special grand prize of the Americas for his “exceptional contribution to the world of cinema”.
Full list:
Competition awards:
Grand Prize of the Americas: Mad Love, dir. Philippe Ramos (France)Special Grand Jury Award: Misafir (The Visitor/La Visiteuse), dir. Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)Best director: 2 nights til morning, dir. Mikko Kuparinen (Finland / Luthania) and The Petrov File (Le Dossier Petrov), dir. Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria / Germany)Best Actress: Malin Buska for The Girl King, dir. [link...
The Montreal World Film Festival (Aug 27 - Sept 7) has revealed the award winners for its 2015 edition.
Philippe Ramos’ Mad Love took the top prize, the grand prize of the Americas, while the best director prize was shared between Mikko Kuparinen for 2 Nights Till Morning and Georgi Balabanov for The Petrov File.
Alongside its main awards, the festival presented British producer Lord Puttname with a special grand prize of the Americas for his “exceptional contribution to the world of cinema”.
Full list:
Competition awards:
Grand Prize of the Americas: Mad Love, dir. Philippe Ramos (France)Special Grand Jury Award: Misafir (The Visitor/La Visiteuse), dir. Mehmet Eryilmaz (Turkey)Best director: 2 nights til morning, dir. Mikko Kuparinen (Finland / Luthania) and The Petrov File (Le Dossier Petrov), dir. Georgi Balabanov (Bulgaria / Germany)Best Actress: Malin Buska for The Girl King, dir. [link...
- 9/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
Mika Kaurismaki’s costume epic is set in 1633.
Us distributor Wolfe Releasing has snapped up all rights to Mika Kaurismaki’s costume epic The Girl King. A theatrical release is planned for the autumn of 2015 followed by VOD, DVD, and Svod dates.
The film is a co-production between Finland, Canada, Germany, and Sweden. It is scripted by Canadian writer Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom at the Farm, Lilies). The film stars Malin Buska (Easy Money) in the title role alongside Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Laura Birnand Martina Gedeck.
The Girl King is the story of Queen Christina of Sweden. Crowned in 1633 at the age of six and raised as a prince, Queen Christina was an enigmatic and brilliant young leader who fought conservative forces to revolutionize Sweden while falling in love and exploring her awakening sexuality.
The deal was negotiated by Jim Stephens, president of Wolfe Releasing, and Miira Paasilinna, CEO of international...
Us distributor Wolfe Releasing has snapped up all rights to Mika Kaurismaki’s costume epic The Girl King. A theatrical release is planned for the autumn of 2015 followed by VOD, DVD, and Svod dates.
The film is a co-production between Finland, Canada, Germany, and Sweden. It is scripted by Canadian writer Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom at the Farm, Lilies). The film stars Malin Buska (Easy Money) in the title role alongside Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant, Laura Birnand Martina Gedeck.
The Girl King is the story of Queen Christina of Sweden. Crowned in 1633 at the age of six and raised as a prince, Queen Christina was an enigmatic and brilliant young leader who fought conservative forces to revolutionize Sweden while falling in love and exploring her awakening sexuality.
The deal was negotiated by Jim Stephens, president of Wolfe Releasing, and Miira Paasilinna, CEO of international...
- 5/14/2015
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
BoConcept presents The Call, staring Mads Mikkelsen and Swedish actress Malin Buska. Mikkelsen plays the role of a successful actor who is rehearsing his lines with beautiful co-star Malin, but in an attempt to try and hold onto his attention, does a phone call seem more important?
Will she succeed in her pursuit of him?
This short film is the first of two that the Hannibal star has made for Danish furniture retailer BoConcept. Speaking of the collaboration, Mkkelsen said:
I rarely take on commercial roles, but this film is different. BoConcept didn’t hire an advertising agency but allowed professional film makers to do what they do best.
Will she succeed in her pursuit of him?
This short film is the first of two that the Hannibal star has made for Danish furniture retailer BoConcept. Speaking of the collaboration, Mkkelsen said:
I rarely take on commercial roles, but this film is different. BoConcept didn’t hire an advertising agency but allowed professional film makers to do what they do best.
- 3/2/2015
- by WhatCulture
- Obsessed with Film
The Girl King
Director: Mika Kaurismaki // Writer: Michel Marc Bouchardt
Swedish director Mika Kaurismaki, brother of famed auteur Aki Kaurismaki, has often resided in the shadows of his sibling. Directing a steady output of films since the late 1980s, he doesn’t seem to snag international distribution, but his latest is a profile international co-production, The Girl King, penned by award winning Canadian writer Bouchard. German and Swedish backers also explain the presence of names like Nyqvist and Gedeck, plus throw in some French faces, such as Hippolyte Girardot. Swedish actress Malin Buska will bear the brunt of expectation, as the film revisits the tale of Swedish Queen Christina, portrayed famously in 1933 by Greta Garbo in the Rouben Mammoulien directed film. Here’s to openly being able to discuss her sexuality in this version, famously coded in the Garbo picture often championed as one of the first defiant examples of acknowledged homosexuality in the cinema.
Director: Mika Kaurismaki // Writer: Michel Marc Bouchardt
Swedish director Mika Kaurismaki, brother of famed auteur Aki Kaurismaki, has often resided in the shadows of his sibling. Directing a steady output of films since the late 1980s, he doesn’t seem to snag international distribution, but his latest is a profile international co-production, The Girl King, penned by award winning Canadian writer Bouchard. German and Swedish backers also explain the presence of names like Nyqvist and Gedeck, plus throw in some French faces, such as Hippolyte Girardot. Swedish actress Malin Buska will bear the brunt of expectation, as the film revisits the tale of Swedish Queen Christina, portrayed famously in 1933 by Greta Garbo in the Rouben Mammoulien directed film. Here’s to openly being able to discuss her sexuality in this version, famously coded in the Garbo picture often championed as one of the first defiant examples of acknowledged homosexuality in the cinema.
- 1/6/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Coverage of International Sales Agents (ISAs) has resumed for the Toronto International Film Festival. This segment covers inspirational companies that have officially selected films in the festival. SydneysBuzz features ISAs, as they play an instrumental and necessary role in helping filmmakers to share their visions and voices with the world.
The Yellow Affair, based in Stockholm and Helsinki, will be at the Toronto International Film Festival with two official selections: "They Have Escaped" (Vanguard Selection) and "The Grump" (Contemporary World Cinema). The company has two additional new films including Big News From Grand Rock" and "Fell".
The Yellow Affair has been around for nearly five years, and 2014 was its fifth year at the Cannes Film Festival as well. The Yellow Affair's CEO and International Sales Agent Miira Paasilinna started the company with Aleksi Bardy, a producer at Helsinki Filmi, a Finnish production company.
Miira shares her company’s nontraditional 50/50 profit model, her background, and her views on changes in the industry:
How did you start The Yellow Affair?
I founded the company together with the chairman of the board, Aleksi Bardy, who’s a producer at Helsinki Filmi. From the beginning, we’ve worked very closely with them. Before that, I was working at Non-Stop Sales, a Swedish sales outfit.
When I was working with Aleksi, he proposed this new type of business plan for international sales. I thought it was appealing, as it benefitted the producers much more than the traditional model. That was the reason we started the company.
How is your model different?
Basically, we call it the 50/50 model. The idea is that the producers get money from the first penny, so there’s no cost off the top. There’s no hidden cost, and things that can be allocated to films without producers having any control. They immediately get 50% of everything. As the sales agent, we get 50% up to a certain level. Let’s say the film does really well - we can’t demand 50% of sales forever. We don’t play with costs as other sales agents do, so that’s been a very important principle for us. Our producers really like that, because it’s a transparent model. We are proud to work with our producers and work very closely with them, rather than just doing it on our own.
We do work with the traditional model with some of our bigger films. It's often up to the producers and what they’re most comfortable with, but once they look at the numbers, they really like the 50/50 model.
Were you always in sales?
I have a background in TV production. I’ve been a producer and a director, and I had a small production company while doing that. I'm also an economist, so I actually have a business background. I have a masters degree in economics, and a bachelor’s degree in media. Sales is a good way to combine creativity with business. That’s one reason why I wanted to do film sales. I first was kind of geared more to becoming a producer, but then I realized that I like the marketing, selling and pitching of films. The tempo is a bit faster, and instead of handling just a few films, you have a big slate of films. I really enjoy that part.
What types of films do you represent?
Our catalog is mostly art house, festival driven films of high production quality. We carry films from about twenty countries, so we’re not just geared up with Scandinavian films, even though we’re based in Helsinki and Stockholm. The combination of good quality film that we can also sell and bring to festivals is important for us.
We’re getting into the bigger budget films at the moment. Our first larger scale film is "The Girl King", an English language period piece by Mika Kaurismäki. Its world-class cast includes Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Hippolyte Girardot and Martina Gedeck. It's in postproduction at the moment.
How do you feel about the changes of business in the industry?
Looking at all my years in sales, the prices have definitely gone down for art house films. I see that it’s difficult for distributors; they're making less money, and so we are making less money as well. From our point of view, it’s important to be really selective and know what type of films to really take in. I think it’s a very difficult market, but I’m happy to say that we’ve been getting income from VOD sales. When there was a drop in DVD sales, VOD sales started to pick up, and there are now some ok deals out there for digital rights.
I think there’s a bit of a lull now, and things are changing. There are some incentives that have been negatively affected in the European film business, and we could already see the reflection of this at Berlin and Cannes this year, as sales for smaller films were more difficult.
The award winning festival films do have a place in the market, and they can have nice theatrical release. The windows are just getting shorter at the same time. It’s an interesting challenge, but one has to be awake and alert all the time to move with the market.
The Yellow Affair, based in Stockholm and Helsinki, will be at the Toronto International Film Festival with two official selections: "They Have Escaped" (Vanguard Selection) and "The Grump" (Contemporary World Cinema). The company has two additional new films including Big News From Grand Rock" and "Fell".
The Yellow Affair has been around for nearly five years, and 2014 was its fifth year at the Cannes Film Festival as well. The Yellow Affair's CEO and International Sales Agent Miira Paasilinna started the company with Aleksi Bardy, a producer at Helsinki Filmi, a Finnish production company.
Miira shares her company’s nontraditional 50/50 profit model, her background, and her views on changes in the industry:
How did you start The Yellow Affair?
I founded the company together with the chairman of the board, Aleksi Bardy, who’s a producer at Helsinki Filmi. From the beginning, we’ve worked very closely with them. Before that, I was working at Non-Stop Sales, a Swedish sales outfit.
When I was working with Aleksi, he proposed this new type of business plan for international sales. I thought it was appealing, as it benefitted the producers much more than the traditional model. That was the reason we started the company.
How is your model different?
Basically, we call it the 50/50 model. The idea is that the producers get money from the first penny, so there’s no cost off the top. There’s no hidden cost, and things that can be allocated to films without producers having any control. They immediately get 50% of everything. As the sales agent, we get 50% up to a certain level. Let’s say the film does really well - we can’t demand 50% of sales forever. We don’t play with costs as other sales agents do, so that’s been a very important principle for us. Our producers really like that, because it’s a transparent model. We are proud to work with our producers and work very closely with them, rather than just doing it on our own.
We do work with the traditional model with some of our bigger films. It's often up to the producers and what they’re most comfortable with, but once they look at the numbers, they really like the 50/50 model.
Were you always in sales?
I have a background in TV production. I’ve been a producer and a director, and I had a small production company while doing that. I'm also an economist, so I actually have a business background. I have a masters degree in economics, and a bachelor’s degree in media. Sales is a good way to combine creativity with business. That’s one reason why I wanted to do film sales. I first was kind of geared more to becoming a producer, but then I realized that I like the marketing, selling and pitching of films. The tempo is a bit faster, and instead of handling just a few films, you have a big slate of films. I really enjoy that part.
What types of films do you represent?
Our catalog is mostly art house, festival driven films of high production quality. We carry films from about twenty countries, so we’re not just geared up with Scandinavian films, even though we’re based in Helsinki and Stockholm. The combination of good quality film that we can also sell and bring to festivals is important for us.
We’re getting into the bigger budget films at the moment. Our first larger scale film is "The Girl King", an English language period piece by Mika Kaurismäki. Its world-class cast includes Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Hippolyte Girardot and Martina Gedeck. It's in postproduction at the moment.
How do you feel about the changes of business in the industry?
Looking at all my years in sales, the prices have definitely gone down for art house films. I see that it’s difficult for distributors; they're making less money, and so we are making less money as well. From our point of view, it’s important to be really selective and know what type of films to really take in. I think it’s a very difficult market, but I’m happy to say that we’ve been getting income from VOD sales. When there was a drop in DVD sales, VOD sales started to pick up, and there are now some ok deals out there for digital rights.
I think there’s a bit of a lull now, and things are changing. There are some incentives that have been negatively affected in the European film business, and we could already see the reflection of this at Berlin and Cannes this year, as sales for smaller films were more difficult.
The award winning festival films do have a place in the market, and they can have nice theatrical release. The windows are just getting shorter at the same time. It’s an interesting challenge, but one has to be awake and alert all the time to move with the market.
- 9/5/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Telefilm Canada has confirmed its financial support of nearly $13 million of Canadian tax payers' money towards the production of nine English-language feature films through the 'Canada Feature Film Fund', although there doesn't seem to be anything culturally 'Canadian' about most of their selections, other than the crews that will be working on them.
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:
The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...
- 6/21/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Canadian actress Sarah Gadon leads an international cast in Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki’s 17th Century historical drama “The Girl King,” which began production this week in Finland, and we’ve got the first photo of Gadon and Swedish actress Malin Buska in the title role. Additionally, Gadon has joined the cast of 1950s set romantic drama [...]
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- 2/13/2014
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
Sarah Gadon (Countess Ebba Sparre) and Malin Buska (Queen Kristina) appear in the first image from Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King.
The film, which starts shooting in Turku, Finland on Tuesday, will continue its shoot in Sweden and Germany. The project is an international co-production between Finland (Marianna Films), Canada (Triptych Media and Galafilm), Germany (Starhaus) and Sweden (Anagram).
The Yellow Affair handles international sales.
Distributors already on board are Equinoxe of Canada, Sf Svensk for the Nordic territories and Nfp for Germany.
The story of Sweden’s 17th century Queen Kristina is written by Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom At The Farm) with the English-language version by Linda Gaboriau. The cast also features Michael Nygvist, Hippolyte Girardot and Martina Gedeck.
Kaurismaki said: “The Girl King is not intended as a traditional epic costume film but as an intense, actor-centered, psychological drama about one of the most interesting and mysterious personalities of all time, the 17th century...
The film, which starts shooting in Turku, Finland on Tuesday, will continue its shoot in Sweden and Germany. The project is an international co-production between Finland (Marianna Films), Canada (Triptych Media and Galafilm), Germany (Starhaus) and Sweden (Anagram).
The Yellow Affair handles international sales.
Distributors already on board are Equinoxe of Canada, Sf Svensk for the Nordic territories and Nfp for Germany.
The story of Sweden’s 17th century Queen Kristina is written by Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom At The Farm) with the English-language version by Linda Gaboriau. The cast also features Michael Nygvist, Hippolyte Girardot and Martina Gedeck.
Kaurismaki said: “The Girl King is not intended as a traditional epic costume film but as an intense, actor-centered, psychological drama about one of the most interesting and mysterious personalities of all time, the 17th century...
- 2/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Sarah Gadon (Countess Ebba Sparre) and Malin Buska (Queen Kristina) appear in the first image from Mika Kaurismaki’s The Girl King.
The Girl King
The film, which starts shooting in Turku, Finland on Tuesday, will continue its shoot in Sweden and Germany. The project is an international co-production between Finland (Marianna Films), Canada (Triptych Media and Galafilm), Germany (Starhaus) and Sweden (Anagram).
The Yellow Affair handles international sales.
Distributors already on board are Equinoxe of Canada, Sf Svensk for the Nordic territories and Nfp for Germany.
The story of Sweden’s 17th century Queen Kristina is written by Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom At The Farm) with the English-language version by Linda Gaboriau. The cast also features Michael Nygvist, Hippolyte Girardot and Martina Gedeck.
Kaurismaki said: “The Girl King is not intended as a traditional epic costume film but as an intense, actor-centered, psychological drama about one of the most interesting and mysterious personalities of all time...
The Girl King
The film, which starts shooting in Turku, Finland on Tuesday, will continue its shoot in Sweden and Germany. The project is an international co-production between Finland (Marianna Films), Canada (Triptych Media and Galafilm), Germany (Starhaus) and Sweden (Anagram).
The Yellow Affair handles international sales.
Distributors already on board are Equinoxe of Canada, Sf Svensk for the Nordic territories and Nfp for Germany.
The story of Sweden’s 17th century Queen Kristina is written by Michel Marc Bouchard (Tom At The Farm) with the English-language version by Linda Gaboriau. The cast also features Michael Nygvist, Hippolyte Girardot and Martina Gedeck.
Kaurismaki said: “The Girl King is not intended as a traditional epic costume film but as an intense, actor-centered, psychological drama about one of the most interesting and mysterious personalities of all time...
- 2/8/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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