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Kelly Macdonald, known for her versatile roles in Boardwalk Empire and The Radleys, is set to star as Sheriff Kerry in HBO’s upcoming series Lanterns. She steps into the DC Universe as a dedicated sheriff who prioritizes her family and community above all else.

With a complex past that fuels her resilience, Sheriff Kerry becomes crucial as her town faces hidden dangers. Macdonald joins a cast featuring Aaron Pierre as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan.

Lanterns follows these Green Lantern “space cops” who find themselves pulled into a dark and mysterious murder case on Earth, blending cosmic responsibility with earthly suspense. The series draws from iconic Green Lantern comics, with creative direction from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King.

Directed by James Hawes, who helms the first two episodes, the series promises a visually rich and tightly woven narrative. Produced by HBO, Warner Bros. Television,...

Kelly Macdonald, celebrated for her diverse roles in shows like Boardwalk Empire and The Radleys, will now grace the screen as Sheriff Kerry in HBO’s new series, Lanterns.

She’s stepping into the DC Universe with this character, described as a steadfast woman who prioritizes her family and her town.

Her complex history has only fortified her determination, a trait that proves vital as the community confronts emerging secrets.

In Lanterns, Macdonald joins a cast that includes Aaron Pierre as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan.

The plot centers around these two space cops from the Green Lantern lore, who find themselves embroiled in a mysterious, dark murder case back on Earth.

This blend of cosmic duty and earthly intrigue promises a gripping adventure.

The series, rooted in the iconic ‘Green Lantern’ comics, benefits from the creative minds of Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King.

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Boardwalk Empire alumna Kelly Macdonald is returning to HBO as a series regular opposite Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre in Lanterns, the network’s drama based on the Green Lantern DC comic.

The series from Ozark’s Chris Mundy, Watchmen‘s Damon Lindelof and comic book writer Tom King follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Macdonald will play Sheriff Kerry, a no-nonsense woman deeply devoted to her family and close-knit town. Her resilience, shaped by a complex past that’s hardened her resolve, anchors her when the community’s secrets begin to surface.

The character is believed to be a potential love interest for Chandler’s Hal Jordan.

The eight-episode Lanterns is produced by HBO in association with Warner Bros Television and DC Studios. Mundy, who serves as showrunner,...

For about as long as he has been writing, directing, and producing films and television programs, Richard Curtis has continually devoted his time and energy to charitable causes benefitting impoverished people all over the world. In acknowledgment of his tireless efforts, the British multihyphenate has been named the next recipient of the film academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Along with Quincy Jones, Juliet Taylor, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli, Curtis is set to be recognized at the 15th annual Governors Awards. In a press statement, academy president Janet Yang referred to Curtis as “a brilliant comedic storyteller whose tremendous charitable efforts embody the meaning of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.” Indeed, the New Zealand native and Oxford graduate has earned a reputation as one of the most compassionate and socially conscious figures in his industry.

Apart from his filmmaking career, Curtis is best known as the co-founder of Comic Relief,...

Yesterday, all their troubles seemed so far away.

In 2022, Peter Rosza and Conor Woulfe sued Universal Pictures after they rented the 2019 movie “Yesterday” on Amazon Prime Video and subsequently felt they had been bamboozled by the trailer. The film, directed by Danny Boyle and written by Richard Curtis, is a zany musical fantasy in which Himesh Patel, a struggling musician, is bonked on the head and wakes up in a world in which The Beatles Never Happened. As such, he starts playing their songs as if they are his own and the movie follows the expected Preston Sturges-like tropes you might expect.

The trailer for the movie featured quite a few glimpses of the alluring Cuban-born actress Ana de Armas, later Oscar-nominated for her leading turn in “Blonde,” who ended up not being in the movie at all. An early cut included her character, but that storyline was shaved down after the movie tested poorly.

It was announced in May 2022 that Netflix acquired the film Pain Hustlers in one of the largest deals at the Cannes market, coming in at a whopping $50 million. Netflix has been working overtime to build up its catalog of original movies, and it seems that this deal only cements that notion. Their original content is produced, co-produced, or distributed by Netflix exclusively and is funded differently than other TV networks.

Pain Hustlers had a lot of major talent behind it, from being directed by David Yates, best known for the Harry Potter films, as well as securing stars like Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. The film's plot and trailers have hinted at a satirical comedy about corporate greed similar to films like The Big Short or The Wolf of Wall Street.

So, what is going on with their upcoming drama Pain Hustlers? Here is what we know so far.

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The Boys (Amazon Prime)

Synopsis: A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

Bio: Laura Jean Shannon’s career has included “Elf,” “Iron Man,” “Black Lightning,” “Titans” and “Doom Patrol.”

Daisy Jones and the Six...

At the age of 73 and after working as an actor for nearly five decades, Bill Nighy has finally earned his first individual nomination at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nighy is nominated for Best Actor for his performance as government bureaucrat, Rodney Williams, in Oliver Hermanus’s film “Living.” He was nominated for Best Cast in a Motion Picture for being part of the ensemble in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” in 2012.

Like Nighy, all the other nominees in the Best Actor category are making their first appearance as individual nominees: Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”) and Adam Sandler (“Hustle”). Fraser won a SAG Award for Best Cast as part of the ensemble of “Crash” in 2005 and Butler was also nominated in that category for “Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood” in 2019.

Based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film, “Ikiru,” “Living” tells the story of Rodney Williams,...

She shot to fame in Trainspotting, and has starred in Gosford Park, Boardwalk Empire and even as a Disney princess. So why did the Scottish actor panic about her new role in Line Of Duty?

Kelly Macdonald’s roles are typically quiet, fraught with internal conflict and entailing journeys that are more reflective than active. As a grieving mother in The Child In Time, a gangster’s wife in Boardwalk Empire and the titular role in The Girl In The Cafe, the 45-year-old has, over the last 25 years, become known for the kind of thoughtful performances signified by the image of a woman staring out of a window. All of which makes our encounter today doubly surprising; that Macdonald, appearing via Zoom from her home in Glasgow, is here to talk about Line Of Duty, possibly the least reflective TV show ever made. And that she is a complete hoot.

“Black Mirror’s” loss could be HBO’s gain. After three straight Best TV Movie Emmy victories for various episodes and not meeting the new 75-minute runtime requirement, “Black Mirror” is forced to compete in drama this year, paving the way for HBO to claim its record-extending 22 win in the category with “Bad Education.”

It may be hard to remember after the “Black Mirror’s” three-peat, which followed “Sherlock’s” victory in 2016 for its special episode “The Abominable Bride,” but the Best TV Movie category used to be HBO’s domain. The network started off with a bang in 1993, triumphing in a tie for its films “Barbarians at the Gate” and “Stalin,” and then ran the table for the rest of the decade.

Since 2000, HBO has racked up 13 wins; besides the last four years, its other 21st-century losses occurred in 2000 (ABC’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” won), 2003 (TNT’s “Door to Door...

Hilary Bevan Jones, the Emmy-winning drama producer behind shows including Vienna Blood and Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, has extended her contract with Red Arrow Studios-owned company Endor Productions.

Bevan Jones has signed a “multi-year” extension after founding Endor in 1998 and selling to Red Arrow in 2012. Her commitment follows an uncertain period for Red Arrow after its parent company, the German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, spent months weighing up whether to sell the production arm before abandoning the process blaming coronavirus.

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Endor Productions is behind the PBS and BBC-acquired Vienna Blood, while it secured Dustin Hoffman and Judy Dench to star in Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot in 2015. Upcoming...

Transatlantic production group Red Arrow Studios has agreed a multi-year contract extension with Hilary Bevan Jones, founder and managing director of Endor Productions, the U.K.-based scripted producer of “Vienna Blood” and “Deep State.”

Bevan Jones’s Endor Productions became part of German broadcast giant ProSiebenSat.1’s production subsidiary Red Arrow Studios in 2012.

The deal follows a busy spell for Endor. Its acclaimed recent Orf and Zdf series “Vienna Blood” was acquired by the BBC and PBS, while it has made two seasons of Matthew Parkhill’s “Deep State” for Fox Networks Group. Coming up is new BBC One drama “But When We Dance,” written by Paul Mayhew-Archer.

Last month, ProSiebenSat.1 canceled a proposed sale of Red Arrow Studios — which comprises 20 production companies including Kinetic Content, the producer behind Netflix hit “Love is Bliind” — amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Over her career, Bevan Jones has worked on dramas including: “Roald Dahl...

Exclusive: Emmy-winner Kelly Macdonald has been cast alongside Colin Firth in the See-Saw Films and Cohen Media Group film Operation Mincemeat, directed by John Madden.

The WWII drama, which is an adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s 2010 book, takes place in 1943 when the Allies are determined to launch an all-out assault on Fortress Europe. It follows two brilliant intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley, who dream up an inspired and improbable disinformation strategy to help the cause.

Michelle Ashford penned the screenplay which is being produced by Charles S. Cohen, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Kris Thykier. See-Saw’s COO Simon Gillis will serve as executive producer.

Macdonald was recently seen on the big screen starring opposite Garrett Hedlund in the Gregor Jordan-directed film Dirt Music, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. She also stars...

David Yates is reportedly in talks to return to the Harry Potter universe to direct the spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Jk Rowling is making her screenwriting debut with the story of Newt Scamander, but the film is neither a direct prequel or sequel to the Harry Potter movies.

Jk Rowling reveals new Harry Potter story online

The upcoming movie is set in New York roughly 70 years before the Harry Potter series, and will centre on Newt's supernatural adventures.

Yates previously directed four films in the Harry Potter franchise, starting with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2.

Video: Daniel Radcliffe on life after Harry Potter

Although no deal is secured yet for Yates to direct Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them yet, Variety reports that the director and Warner Bros are close to an agreement.

“About Time” marks veteran British actor Bill Nighy’s fourth project with director Richard Curtis after partnering on “Pirate Radio,” “The Girl in the Café,” and “Love Actually” where Nighy was first introduced in a Curtis role as a washed-up rocker. In this moving and engaging comedy, Nighy plays a father who can travel through time […]

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Exclusive: There’s a ton of curiosity and criticism about Universal‘s Scarface reboot since both the 1932 Chicago bootlegging film and 1983 Miami cocaine-dealing versions were so iconic. Understanding that, the studio according to my sources has been refining the script with several screenwriters and drafts while keeping all names and details under wraps. “Universal has been through a couple of drafts and now is very high on the current draft. The first stop is the director. This is before any conversations on talent or timing.” I’ve learned that the studio is in final talks with British director David Yates who directed the final four films in the Harry Potter film series (#s 5, 6, 7, and 8 from 2007-2011) – and in my opinion should have won some Oscar nominations for them as the franchise grew dark and interesting under his helming. Though he normally works at Warner Bros, Yates has been the subject...

This Sunday, HBO will premiere David Mamet's "Phil Spector," a fictionalized film about the real life trial of the infamous record producer starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren that's been attracting controversy from the family of murdered actress Lana Clarkson. And on May 26th, the premium cable channel has an even higher profile feature slated to debut -- Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra," with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. HBO's other upcoming original film "Mary and Martha," which will air on Saturday, April 20th, isn't as contentious or sexy as its compatriots. Directed by Phillip Noyce ("Salt") and written by Richard Curtis ("Love Actually"), the drama stars Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn as a pair of women who lose their sons to malaria in Africa and who then team up to fight the disease. Cue the inspiration and uplift -- Curtis is no a stranger to...

Veteran producer Hilary Bevan Jones has been involved with such British TV shows as Blackadder, Cracker and State Of Play. In 2006, she won an Emmy for HBO’s The Girl In The Café, written by Richard Curtis – whose 2009 feature The Boat That Rocked she produced for Working Title. From 2006-2008 she was also chairman of BAFTA; the first woman to hold the position in 60 years. Her slate at Endor includes projects involving Curtis, Neil Gaiman, Lenny Henry and Julian Farino. Endor is also producing William Boyd drama Restless for the BBC and starring Hayley Atwell. The acquisition of Endor by Red Arrow comes just ahead of the Mip-tv market, where Red Arrow will take over selling Endor’s programs and formats through its distribution arm, SevenOne International. Red Arrow group managing director Jan Frouman said: “We jumped at the chance to partner with a producer of Hilary’s stature, reputation and sheer likability.

A pair of Emmy newcomers will face off against three prior winners and returning nominee in the 2011 race for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Versatile character actresses Michelle Forbes (The Killing) and Margo Martindale (Justified) enter the primetime Emmy fray for the very first time, while Mad Men‘s Christina Hendricks (nominated for the second straight year) aims to get her first win by the end of the 2011 ceremony. Those women will be up against a trio of actresses looking to score bookends to their initial Emmys: Last year’s champ Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), as well...

HollywoodNews.com: What else is there to talk about this week in movies? It’s all about a beloved literary character from books read by kids the world over and now brought to life in countless films, the latest opening this past Friday.

And if you think I’m talking about Winnie The Pooh you’re living in a cave.

Despite Disney’s pooh-pooh opening for the week’s only other wide release ,Winnie The Pooh, this week is all about the final, Final chapter of Warner Bros. gigantic film franchise , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. Now I wasn’t a huge fan of last November’s Part I, a very dark and somewhat convoluted affair that just seemed to drag out the Potter tale rather than expand it , but this finale is something else . a perfectly pitched emotionally satisfying way for the most successful franchise in...

Oh Kelly Macdonald, you’re so pretty.

The adorable Scottish lass first caught our eye in “Trainspotting,” then with memorable supporting parts in bigger films like “Gosford Park” and “No Country For Old Men.” We really, truly fell in love with her, though, in her Emmy-winning turn in the 2005 BBC TV movie “The Girl in the Café.”

With her sweet, mousy voice she brilliantly juggled didactic monologues about world poverty with zingy lines such as, “If you don’t let me sleep on the couch, I’ll ring hotel security and accuse you of a sex crime.” Sigh.

Now Vanity Fair reports Macdonald will be reuniting with “Café” director David Yates and co-star Bill Nighy (a.k.a. Rufus Scrimgeour) in part 2 of series finale “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

The article doesn’t dish much on her role as Helena “The Grey Lady” Ravenclaw, one of the house...

Bill Nighy has said that he is "grateful" to be involved in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. The British actor, who appears as the villain in this week's CG animated comedy G-Force, spoke to Digital Spy about his forthcoming role as Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour. "I thought I was going to be the only English actor not in Harry Potter," he joked. "I think they ran out of English actors and they finally had to turn to me. I've worked with David Yates, the director, on The Girl In The Café and State (more)...

Helen Mirren, named best lead actress in a miniseries or movie for the title role in HBO's Elizabeth I, said she was fortunate to get such a great role. ... "When they called my name, I was so proud to be there with my mother," said Jeremy Piven, Emmy winner in the supporting actor in a comedy series category for his role on HBO's Entourage. ...Kelly Macdonald was named best supporting actress in miniseries or a movie for HBO's The Girl in the Cafe, and when she came backstage to face reporters she was still stunned and visibly shaken about her first Emmy win. ... "I am absolutely floored," Huff co-star Blythe Danner said of her second consecutive win in the supporting actress in a drama series category for her role on the Showtime drama series, which was canceled after two seasons. ... Greg Garcia and Marc Buckland arrived backstage with their Emmys for comedy series writing and directing, respectively, for the pilot episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl. ... Mariska Hargitay thought she already had it all when she gave birth in June to a son, August.

Screenwriters Richard Curtis, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco took home the top prizes for their "liberating" work at the annual Humanitas Prize awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Haggis and Moresco were awarded $25,000 for their smash hit movie Crash in the feature film category, while Curtis won the prize in the 90-minute category for his Bill Nighy-starring TV film The Girl In The Cafe, based on last year's G8 summit. Crash was hailed by judges "for its call to reach out with respect and compassion to all of our brothers and sisters." Former US vice president Al Gore won a special award for his documentary by about global warming, An Inconvenient Truth. The Humanitas Prize honors work which serves to "liberate, enrich and unify society".

Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco, Richard Curtis and Greg Garcia were among the film and television writers honored Wednesday at the 32nd Humanitas Prize Luncheon. Crash writers Haggis and Moresco received the Humanitas feature film writing award for Lionsgate's Oscar-winning film and its call to people to reach out with respect and compassion to their fellow man. Curtis won the TV award in the 90-minute-or-longer category for HBO's The Girl in the Cafe which was described as a clarion call to universal concern. Both awards carried a prize of $25,000. Haggis joked that he was robbed of a Humanitas back in the 1980s when he was nominated in the children's television category, and he and Moresco praised the numerous writers in the room.

LONDON -- Alex Pettyfer, 15-year-old star of ITV's recent Tom Brown's Schooldays, was tabbed Wednesday to play schoolboy special agent Alex Rider in the upcoming film version of Anthony Horowitz's children's book Stormbreaker. Others set for the $43 million film include Mickey Rourke (Sin City) as a villainous businessman, Bill Nighy (Girl in the Cafe) as a spymaster and Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) as his assistant. Ewan McGregor will have a cameo as the schoolboy hero's superspy uncle. Other names in the cast include Alicia Silverstone, Missi Pyle, Sarah Bolger, Ashley Walters and Damian Lewis. Geoffrey Sax (White Noise) is directing from Horowitz's script as the film, produced by Marc Samuelson and Peter Samuelson, commences shooting July 3 on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The Weinstein Co. has North American rights while Entertainment Film Distributors holds U.K. rights to the film, which is also produced by Steve Christian of Isle of Man Film and Andreas Grosch of VIP Medienfonds 4 (HR 5/19). The U.K. Film Council's Premiere Fund, fueled by the National Lottery, has contributed to the budget. Capitol Films is handling international sales.