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The BBC and Netflix are getting ready to launch their series about the Lockerbie bombing from Line of Duty producer World Productions.

The BBC has dropped trailer for the show launching May 18 and later globally on Netflix, which stars Connor Swindells and Patrick J. Adams and follows what happened after the worst terror attack to take place on British soil 37 years ago.

The series tells the story of the Scots-u.S. investigation into the attack and the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved ones. From the initial exhaustive search for evidence on the ground in Scotland, via the U.S. and Malta to the trial at Camp Zeist in 2000, the series leads up to the forthcoming new trial in the U.S.

The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 follows Sky and Peacock’s Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, which was criticized by some of the victims.

Scottish producer and executive Paddy Higson, who worked with Bill Forsyth and led filmmaking charity Gmac, has died aged 83, of cancer.

Higson died on Sunday, April 13. “She passed gently away surrounded by her family and so much love,” read a Facebook post from her children Michael, Chris and Frances.

Higson was a production supervisor on Forsyth’s 1980 Scottish classic Gregory’s Girl and an associate producer and production manager on 1979’s That Sinking Feeling.

She also produced films including Charles Gormley’s 1982 romance Living Apart Together; and Cary Parker’s 1985 The Girl In The Picture starring Gregory’s Girl lead John Gordon Sinclair and Irina Brook.

Suits star Patrick J. Adams will star in a new Netflix and BBC series, The Bombing of Pan Am 103. New images from the series have been released showing Adams and the rest of the cast in action.

Deadline reports that The Bombing of Pan Am 103, originally called Lockerbie, is a six-part series produced by World Productions that will tell the untold story of the Scottish-u.S. investigation into the 1988 terror attack on Pan Am Flight 103. Joining Adams on the series includes Sex Education's Connor Swindells, Merrit Wever (Unbelievable), and Peter Mullan (Ozark), among others.

The BBC/Netflix drama was written by Jonathan Lee (High Dive) and Gillian Roger Park (The Young Offenders), drawing upon extensive interviews done by filmmaker Adam Morane-Griffiths, who spoke with Scottish police and U.S. investigative agencies.

The real-life Pan Am Flight 103 attack happened when a bomb destroyed the aircraft as it was flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie,...

Netflix and the BBC have released the first images of their Lockerbie disaster series, The Bombing of Pan Am 103, featuring Suits star Patrick J. Adams.

The six-part World Productions-produced series follows the untold story of the Scottish-u.S. investigation into the 1988 terror attack, during which 270 people were killed when a bomb exploded on a flight en route from Heathrow to JFK.

The series (originally titled Lockerbie) leads up to this year’s jury trial of Abu Agila Masud, the man accused of making the bomb. Abdulbasset Al Megrahi is the only person convicted in connection with the disaster.

Patrick J. Adams and Merritt Wever

Cast includes Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Merritt Wever (Unbelievable), Peter Mullan (Ozark) Tony Curran (Mary & George), Douglas Hodge (The Great), Eddie Marsan (The Power), Nicholas Gleaves (After The Flood) Lauren Lyle (Karen Pirie), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Cora Bissett (Annika...

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Long Bright River is a crime drama miniseries created by Liz Moore and Nikki Toscano. Based on Moore’s 2020 book of the same name, the Peacock series is set in Philadelphia, and it follows police officer Mickey as she patrols a high-crime neighborhood and soon begins to investigate the murder of three young women. Long Bright River stars Amanda Seyfried, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson, John Doman, Nicholas Pinnock, and Dash Mihok. So, if you loved the intense story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Long Bright River, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Mare of Easttown is a crime drama miniseries created by Brad Ingelsby. The HBO series is set in the small Philadelphia suburb of Easttown, and it follows police detective Marianne Sheehan...

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Sharp Objects is a psychological mystery thriller drama series created by Marti Noxon. Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn, the HBO series follows Camille Preaker, an emotionally troubled investigative reporter who just got out of a psychiatric hospital. Camille travels to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, to investigate the murder of two young girls, but she soon finds herself confronting her own childhood trauma. Sharp Objects stars Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Matt Craven, Henry Czerny, Taylor John Smith, Madison Davenport, and Sydney Sweeney. So, if you loved the intense psychological story, thrilling mystery, and compelling characters in Sharp Objects, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Top of the Lake is a mystery...

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Deli Boys is a dark comedy crime drama series created by Abdullah Saeed. The Hulu series follows two Pakistani American brothers who suddenly find themselves embroiled in the criminal underworld after their father dies and leaves the family business to them. Deli Boys stars Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, Alfie Fuller, and Brian George. So, if you loved the hilarious dark comedy, thrilling crime drama, and compelling characters in Deli Boys, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Gentlemen is a dark comedy crime drama series created by Guy Ritchie. Based on Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name, the Netflix series follows Edward “Eddie” Horniman, who’s suddenly appointed the 14th Duke of Halstead after the death of his father. He soon discovers that his father made...

Actors Riz Ahmed, Ruth Negga, Carice van Houten and Peter Mullan and directorsSally El Hosaini,Penny Woolcock, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh are among the signatories of an open letter from industry professionals and journalists calling on the BBC to reinstate the documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone on iPlayer.

The letter, which has garnered more than 450 signatures in less than 24 hours, calls on the BBC’s leadership to stand by the documentary “with confidence”, saying it represents “an essential piece of journalism, offering an all-too-rare perspective on the lived experiences of Palestinian children living in unimaginable circumstances”.

TheBBC...

War Horse is a 2011 film, based on the 1982 by Michael Morpurgo of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg. The film follows a horse named Joey as it travels over the bleak landscape of WWI Europe, first serving in the British Cavalry, then falling into the hands of the Germans, whilst everywhere Joey goes, he inspires resistance to war and kindness in man.

The film stars Peter Mullan, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis and Emily Watson - to name just a few of its brilliant starring cast. The film was successful at the box office and received a great score on Rotten Tomatoes, which makes it a perfect film to watch as it comes to streaming next month. War Horse will start streaming on Hulu on March 1.

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Steven Spielberg might currently be making a sci-fi film, but a little over a decade and a half ago...

The Ee BAFTA Film Awards happened this evening at the Royal Festival Hall in London, hosted once more by David Tennant.

Poking fun at Trump during his monologue, Tennant also offered the usual celebrity gags and had several stars singing part of The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".

Cautioning audience members that there would not be an intermission as with nominated epic The Brutalist, Tennant also admonished winners to "keep your speeches the opposite of your films: nice and short."

A somewhat surprising addition to the night (though perhaps not given their presence on the soundtracks for both Better Man and Anora) was a performance of "Greatest Day" by Take That.

As for the winners, it was a good night for Conclave, which won Best Film, another Adapted Screenplay trophy for writer Peter Straughan, Best British Film and Editing and A Real Pain, which went home with Original Screenplay for...

Exclusive: Ahead of the European Film Market, Bankside Films has revealed multiple pre-sales on BAFTA nominee Kirk Jones’ Tourette’s drama I Swear, which is currently in post production.

Bankside will be showing a promo to buyers in Berlin and above is a first-look image of the film starring Robert Aramayo (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything), Shirley Henderson (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy), and veteran Scottish actor and Cannes Best Actor Award winner Peter Mullan (The Magdalene Sisters).

Pic has sold to Australia / New Zealand (Transmission), Benelux (Imagine Film Distribution), Germany (Wild Bunch), Greece (Neo Films), Israel (Lev Cinema), Middle East (Front Row), Spain (SelectaVision), Switzerland (Praesens) and UK & Ireland (Studiocanal).

Based on the life story of notable Tourette’s Syndrome campaigner, John Davidson, the producers worked closely with the Tourette’s community, casting individuals who live with Tourette’s,...

Starz’s much-anticipated Outlander prequel, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, will premiere this summer. The network dropped a 50-second teaser one day ahead of the season seven finale of Outlander.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood will “explore the lives and relationship of Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy). The series will center on these two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England,” reads Starz’s synopsis. “From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th-century Scotland, two fated love stories must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, intersecting in surprising and unforeseen ways.”

Outlander‘s Matthew B. Roberts serves as showrunner and executive producer.

The world of Outlander is getting bigger later this year.

Starz has released a teaser for Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a prequel series to the time-traveling historical drama that will focus on the parents of Outlander’s main characters, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe). The premium cabler also says the new series will premiere in the summer.

Outlander, meanwhile, closes out season seven Friday and has completed filming on its eighth and final season, though Starz hasn’t set a premiere date for it yet.

Blood of My Blood “introduces viewers to two new couples who fight against all odds to be together as their love stories unfold across time,” Starz says in its description of the show. “From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th century Scotland, two fated love stories must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart,...

Outlander: Blood of My Blood gets its first trailer, revealing the prequel show's release window. Based on the fiction novels by Diana Gabaldon, Outlander premiered in 2014 on Starz, following World War II nurse Claire Randall (Caitríona Balfe) after she travels back in time and falls in love with a Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). Now, the franchise is set to expand with the Outlander: Blood of My Blood prequel show that chronicles the love stories of Jamie's parents and Claire's parents.

Now, Starz shares the first trailer for Outlander: Blood of my Blood, revealing that the show will premiere on the network at some point in summer 2025. No specific release date is provided, but the trailer does tease that the new show will feature plenty of the same romance and historical drama that made the original show so successful. Check out the trailer and official show synopsis below:...

The sweeping romance of Outlander: Blood of My Blood has been teased in a new trailer. The upcoming Starz show is a prequel to Outlander, their 2014 series which follows the love between World War II nurse Claire (Caitríona Balfe) and Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) blossoming after she is transported back in time from 1945 to 1743. The upcoming Outlander: Blood of My Blood will follow the love stories of Jamie's parents Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater), as well as Claire's parents Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine).

Starz has now released an official teaser trailer for Outlander: Blood of My Blood. The teaser, while brief, highlights the pair of sweeping epic romances at the center of the prequel series, showcasing the burgeoning love between the two couples as various circumstances threaten to tear them apart. It all culminates in the line "without you,...

First came Desperate Housewives and now we’ve got Desperate Lillewives.

Marcia Cross has reprised her iconic role as Bree Van de Kamp from the ABC comedy-drama in another surreal Series Mania promo video, two years after she appeared at the popular French co-production and TV content festival. The fest has made it something of a tradition to release a promo featuring major TV stars in silly scenarios over recent years.

The new parody video begins a tracking shot of a neighbourhood that looks identical to the Desperate Housewives area, with a French voiceover saying, “since Bree Van de Kamp had moved to Wisteria Lille, she had secretly developed an addiction to TV series.” The character is then seen with a trademark wine in one hand and a remote control in the other.

“When her husband was at the gym, she enjoyed watching Ted Lasso,” the V.O. continues as...

Children of Men, Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi thriller masterpiece, will stream this January on Peacock Premium. Subscribers will be able to stream the film starting January 1, and we can't think of a better (and more pefectly bleak) film to start the new year with. After all, it's often hailed as one of the best dystopian movies of all time. Children of Men is based on the book "The Children of Men" by P.D. James. The Academy Award-nominated feature takes viewers into the near future, where civilization faces extinction, and our only hope lies in the hands of a pregnant woman and the man tasked with protecting her.

The film stars Clive Owen and Clare-Hope Ashitey as Theo and Kee, respectively, and follows a former activist who is tasked with protecting a refugee who could literally be carrying humanity's last hope. They're joined by a team of all-stars consisting of Michael Caine,...

If that Yellowstone finale has gotten you down, and you want to see Wes Bentley in a less villainous Western role, then look no further than the 2000 picture, The Claim. The film stars Bentley as Central Pacific Railroad surveyor Donald Dalglish as he arrives in Kingdom Come to meet with a man named Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan). As he does, Dalglish begins to fall in love, and the audience uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the Dillon's position in the wintery, gold-mining town. A far cry from his performance as Jamie Dutton on Yellowstone, The Claim is one of those long-forgotten Westerns worthy of rediscovery. Oh, and Milla Jovovich is in this one too, perhaps in her very best role yet.

A few decades ago, if someone had told us that TV would one day stand toe-to-toe with cinema in terms of production value, we would have laughed it off like a bad punchline. But here we are—TV has evolved from a simple filler between dinner and sleep to a juggernaut of cinematic grandeur.

Today’s shows are no less than cinematic marvels, with budgets so vast, they could easily fund a few indie films. From the costumes that look like they were sewn by magic to soundtracks that stir the soul, each frame is a work of art.

Rory Kinnear in Lotr: The Rings of Power | Credit: Amazon MGM Studios

Now, let’s talk about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The moment this series was announced, expectations soared through the roof. Could this be the most expensive TV show ever made? If so, what does...

It’s no secret that Galadriel nearly met her demise at the hands of the Dark Lord, Sauron, in the Season 2 finale of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. A third season was recently confirmed and Morfydd Clark, who plays the iconic Elf, Galadriel, spoke with The Direct about her character’s journey.

“I think it’ll be fun to see her be a bit swashbuckling and joyous,” Clark said of her character's future. “Who knows if that will happen,” she said.

In Season 1, it was revealed that Halbrand, played by Charlie Vickers, was actually Sauron in disguise. Having tricked Galadriel, her hatred for him grew, and she set out to defeat him. The battle that closed out Season 2 saw Galadriel nearly losing her life at the hands of the shapeshifting Sauron. Clark said her character was ready to give her life at that moment.

Cap's back — and this time he's seeing red! Red Hulk, that is. Yes, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson and Harrison Ford's Hulked out President Thaddeus Ross form the word-exclusive cover of our stacked Captain America: Brave New World issue — which has us diving deep into the McU's 35th film, looking back on 2024's cinematic highlights, and talking to the stars and filmmakers behind your next must-see movies.

This month's issue hits newsstands on Thursday 19 December — and you can pre-order your copy online here. But for now, read on for a look inside its pages.

Captain America: Brave New World

On your left! After four years away, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson is bringing his take on Marvel's star-spangled man to the big screen in Captain America: Brave New World. Here, Empire heads undercover to talk to Mackie, co-star Harrison Ford, director Julius Onah, and more about Red Hulks, returning Leaders,...

The opening scene of the Season 2 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was a powerful one for King Durin III and his kin. Ultimately, King Durin, played by actor Peter Mullan, succumbs to a Balrog as he leaps toward it with his ax. Mullan recently talked about that fateful scene with Empire and said it made him “laugh.”

In the Season 2 finale titled “Shadow and Flame,” King Durin’s son, Durin IV (aka Prince Durin), played by Owain Arthur, finds his father trying to crack into the Mines of Moria to find more mithril. Prince Durin hates that his father was corrupted by the Rings Sauron made for the Dwarves. Digging for more of the precious mithril would destabilize the entire mine, and the prince does not want his father to be controlled by his greed. Things take a turn when a Balrog comes and...

Warning – this article contains spoilers for The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Season 2.

Bleedin’ Balrogs. Those giant, fiery creatures really do have a habit for ruining one’s day – but battling them has made for some incredible Middle-earth moments over the years. The latest came courtesy of The Rings Of Power Season 2, which saw Peter Mullan’s Scottish Dwarf King Durin III selflessly launch himself at the big horned baddie in order to save his people, after his obsession with one of those titular rings led him to dig too deeply into the Mines Of Moria. It was one of the emotional climaxes of the fantasy series’ second season, as Durin made the ultimate sacrifice, much to the devastation of son Durin IV (Owain Arthur) and his wife Disa (Sophia Nomvete).

As epic as the scene was to watch, shooting it was, for Mullan, quite a different-feeling experience.

The Session 9 episode of Revisited was Written and Narrated by Vannah Taylor, Edited by Paul Bookstaber, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

What better setting for a horror film than a haunted insane asylum? Whether it’s the patients in a film like The Ward, or the ghost hunting crews of films like Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum or Grave Encounters, it’s always thrilling to watch characters navigate these chilling halls, unsure of what might be lurking. One such film features a spine-chilling structure that seems to create its own patients: the 2001 film Session 9.

Director Brad Anderson’s career started with romantic comedies and dramedies–the type of films that are easy and fun to make with a group of young, hungry artists. But Anderson sought to tackle darker subject matter, drawing inspiration from some of his favorite filmmakers like Hitchcock, Polanski,...

Exclusive: When we featured New Zealand’s After the Party in our Global Breakouts slot, we were hanging our hat on a low-budget psychological family drama making waves in Australasia. In this case, we were right.

Though the series first launched on Tvnz over a year ago and then in Australia on the ABC, it has been dominating headlines in the TV sections of British newspapers after launching on Channel 4.

The first episode on Channel 4 consolidated to 1.5 million viewers and 7.1% share on linear, growing further to 1.6 million viewers with online viewing included for the first seven days. It is the most popular show on Channel 4’s online platform, and Robyn Malcolm’s starring role has been lauded by several publications. The Guardian‘s review claimed it was “no overstatement to say that this great performance ranks among the best television portrayals in years, from anywhere in the world.”

The series,...

After Small Things Like These, the movie to watch is a similar drama from 2002, to learn more about life in Ireland during the 20th century. Small Things Like These is adapted from the 2021 novel by Claire Keegan and depicts the daily life of coal merchant Bill Furlong, who grows suspicious about the work of his town's Magdalene laundry and struggles with deciding whether to remain silent or retaliate. The movie stars Cillian Murphy, who also served as a producer on his first movie since his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer.

Small Things Like These has received highly positive reviews and has been described as a harrowing and somber depiction of the power of the Catholic Church in Ireland during the 1980s. It shows how people in Ireland were bribed and blackmailed to remain quiet about what happened behind closed doors. Another acclaimed drama, The Magdalene Sisters, also reveals what happened behind...

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Dear Child is a mystery crime drama series written and directed by Isabel Kleefeld. The Netflix series is based on an international bestselling novel Liebes Kind by Romy Hausmann. Dear Child revolves around a 13-year-old missing persons case which is reopened after an unknown woman is struck by a car in a German forest and the girl who accompanies her is being interviewed by the police. The Netflix series is a claustrophobic and dark experience with plenty of twists and turns. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, intensely dark story, and compelling characters in Dear Child here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Sinner is a police procedural mystery crime thriller drama anthology series created by Derek Simonds. Based on the 1999 novel of...

Small Things Like These (2024) is a film that is intended to disturb, but not because of what it shows. Tim Mielants’ latest historical drama is not the first film about the infamous Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, as it was a major subject in Peter Mullan’s underrated drama “The Magdalene Sisters” and the Oscar-nominated Judi Dench vehicle “Philomena.” However, “Small Things Like These” avoids being derivative by presenting its exploration of the controversy as a mystery of sorts. The sad fact is that the abuse and enslavement of thousands of young women in Ireland is still a relatively unknown moment in history, and one that has certainly been forgotten when compared to other religious controversies.

“Small Things Like These” is perhaps more ambitious in the fact that it doesn’t attempt to summarize the extent of this generational abuse into a broadly accessible tragedy. It is a rather straightforward drama...

Dutch sales agent Incredible Film has revealed a first look at Amsterdamned II, Dick Maas’ sequel to his 1988 horror, Amsterdamned, which is in production in Amsterdam.

Splendid Film has pre-bought the film for the Benelux, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Maas returns to the director’s chair for the sequel while veteran Dutch actor Huub Stapel reprises his role as detective Eric Visser, who pursued a serial killer through the Dutch canals three decades ago. In Amsterdamned II, Amsterdam’s canals once again become a crime scene when a series of new murders take place in the city. But it soon...

Borat star Maria Bakalova will board a bus with Peter Mullan for the single-location thriller, No Way Off.

Veteran Scottish actor Peter Mullan is set to lead single location thriller No Way Off for Altitude, starring opposite Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm’s standout performer, Maria Bakalova.

Downton Abbey director Brian Kelly will make the film, based on a screenplay by Gaby Hill, who recently wrote crime thriller series We Hunt Together. Matthew James Wilkinson will produce for his Stigma Films banner.

The premise sounds, quite frankly, amazing: a single mother and her baby son find themselves trapped on a moving bus drvien by a mask-wearing maniac. Also, it’s set at Christmas.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Inspired by single-location thrillers such as The Shallows, Buried and Crawl, No Way Off is set on Christmas Eve and revolves around Laura, a young mother who waits at a bus stop with her infant son.

Bodies Bodies Bodies lead Maria Bakalova is set to star alongside Peter Mullan (Baghead) in the single-location suspense thriller No Way Off, per Variety. The location? A bus that is driving into the middle of nowhere on Christmas Eve.

No Way Off, written by Gaby Hull, will be directed by Brian Kelly.

Bakalova will play Laura, a tired young mother traveling alone with her infant son on Christmas Eve. “When the bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. Laura climbs aboard, collapsing into her seat. Exhausted and stressed, she soon falls asleep. When Laura wakes, night has fallen. The bus is now hurtling along a motorway, miles off its usual route. Apart from the sleeping baby, she is the only passenger left on board. She can’t outrun the driver – she’ll have to outsmart him.“

“My dreams have come true. No Way Off has a...

The corpse of Halloween is barely cold, but studios are keen to announce holiday-themed projects nonetheless. Thankfully, this one sounds like one hell of a ride! Maria Bakalova is catching a ride alongside Peter Mullan for No Way Off, a Christmas Eve thriller from Downton Abbey director Brian Kelly. Kelly directs from a script by Gaby Hull, with James Wilkinson producing.

Akin to movies like The Shallows, Buried, and Crawl, No Way Off finds Bakalova in the role of Laura, “a young mother who waits at a bus stop with her infant son. When the bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. Laura climbs aboard, collapsing into her seat. Exhausted and stressed, she soon falls asleep. When Laura wakes, night has fallen. The bus is now hurtling along a motorway, miles off its usual route. Apart from the sleeping baby, she is the only passenger left on board.

Academy Award nominee Maria Bakalova and multi award-winning screen veteran Peter Mullan are set to star in No Way Off, a thriller about a young mother trapped on a bus with her baby after being abducted by its sinister driver.

Altitude will be seeking international partners to join the ride as they introduce the film at AFM this week in Las Vegas.

Written by Gaby Hull, the film will be helmed by award-winning director, Brian Kelly and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson for his Stigma Films banner. No Way Off has its cinematic roots in Spielberg’s Duel, Panic Room and single-location thrillers such as The Shallows, Buried and Crawl, the announcement said.

“My dreams have come true. No...

Maria Bakalova, who last played Ivana Trump in “The Apprentice,” will star opposite Peter Mullan in “No Way Off,” a suspense thriller which Altitude is presenting to international buyers at the American Film Market this week in Las Vegas.

The movie is written by Gaby Hull and will be directed by Brian Kelly. Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”) is producing for his Stigma Films banner.

Inspired by single-location thrillers such as “The Shallows,” “Buried” and “Crawl,” the movie is set on Christmas Eve and revolves around Laura, a young mother who waits at a bus stop with her infant son. “When the bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. Laura climbs aboard, collapsing into her seat. Exhausted and stressed, she soon fall asleep. When Laura wakes, night has fallen. The bus is now hurtling along a motorway, miles off its usual route. Apart from the sleeping baby,...

The Apprentice’sMaria Bakalova and Peter Mullan are to star in No Way Off, a suspense thriller directed by UK filmmaker Brian Kelly, and being introduced to buyers by Altitude at the AFM this week.

On Christmas Eve, a young mother and her infant son wait at a bus stop. When her bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. When the woman wakes up, she realises she has been abducted.

It’s produced by Matthew James Wilkinson for his Stigma Films banner, and written by Gaby Hull.

Kelly’s credits include directing episodes of Downton Abbey,...

Chandler and Monica from Friends, Kate and Anthony from Bridgerton, or Lorelai and Luke from Gilmore Girls, the number of iconic couples continues to increase. There is one specific couple though, whose love even managed to endure a 200-year-time change with all its cultural differences and not one, but many, literal fights for survival. Yes, Outlanders very own Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) are by far the most impressive power couple, and their bickering only adds to the admiration. The only two couples that could potentially come close to Jamie and Claire are both their parents, whose love stories will be explored in the newest addition to the franchise, the prequel of the historical TV drama on Starz, Outlander: Blood of My Blood.

Talking about Outlander: Blood of My Blood is truly bittersweet, as it takes avid fans of Claire, Jamie, and all the other beloved characters on...

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Murder Mindfully is a German dark comedy crime thriller series written by Karsten Dusse, Doron Wisotzky, Michael Kenda, and Anneke Janssen. Based on the bestselling 2024 book of the same name by author Karsten Dusse, the Netflix series follows Björn Diemel, a down-and-out top-flight lawyer who goes to a mindfulness retreat and suddenly becomes a murderer and mastermind for the mob. Murder Mindfully stars Tom Schilling, Emily Cox, Michael Ihnow, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Amer El-Erwadi, and Viktoria Schreiber. So, if you loved the dark comedy the dark comedy, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Murder Mindfully here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Dexter is a psychological crime thriller dark comedy series created by James Manos Jr. Based on the 2004 novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by author Jeff Lindsay, the Showtime series follows Dexter Morgan,...

The Season 2 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power came with full of surprises. In "Shadow and Flame," after losing his father to the Balrog of Morgoth, Durin IV (Owain Arthur) ascends to the throne of Khazad-dm, but not without contest. According to his wife Disa (Sophia Nomvete) and his steward Narvi (Kevin Eldon), there are rumors that Durin the Younger was not King Durin III's (Peter Mullan) preferred heir, and that his brother, whose name we still don't know, is gathering support among some of the Dwarf-lords. But who is Durin's brother, who all of a sudden is a threat to him after barely being mentioned before?...

The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 8, Shadow and Flame," now streaming on Prime Video.

The future of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power seems to be bright, according to Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios. Salke told Variety, she feels really good about the series, which ended its second season on Oct. 3.

Salke said over 55 million people have engaged with the show since Season 2 launched on Aug. 29. And if you look at the long-term trajectory, which is how this company looks at an asset like that, this is a long-term investment in that franchise. () Theres well over 150 million viewers watching and engaging with the show, Salke said. So, I feel really good. I think we all do, she added.

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Warning: the following story contains spoilers from “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season 2, Episode 8 — read at your own risk!

Prime Video celebrated the end of the second season of “The Rings of Power” by gathering some of the cast members for a screening of the 74-minute finale, “Shadow and Flame,” on Tuesday night. The all-guild FYC event was held at The London Hotel West Hollywood and featured a cast Q&a with Charlie Vickers as Sauron/Halbrand/Annatar, Charles Edwards as Celebrimbor, Markella Kavenagh as Elanor “Nori” Brandyfoot, Maxim Baldry as Isildur, and Owain Arthur as Prince Durin.

The cast members talked about what they were most excited to tackle in Season 2, the pressures working on the big-budget fantasy series based on the J. R. R. Tolkien books, and how they have to keep so many secrets because “Lotr” characters like Sauron and Gandalf are so well-known.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 finale.After a lot of teasing and a long wait, we finally see the Balrog in action in the Season 2 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In "Shadow and Flame," King Durin III (Peter Mullan) continues to dig deeper into the mithril mines of Khazad-dm under the influence of his own Ring of Power, until a fiery glow catches him and his son, Prince Durin IV (Owain Arthur), by surprise. The Balrog, awakened by the digging, climbs up the shaft to face the two Durins but is ultimately buried in an epic fight with Durin the Elder.

The second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is over and done with. The final two episodes answered a lot of questions (who is the Stranger? When will the balrog show up?) and brought up a lot more (why is the Stranger? When will the balrog show up again?). Showrunner J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay are out there talking about all of it.

Let's start with the Stranger, the amnesiac wizard who we finally learned was a young(er) version of Gandalf, the most iconic character from J.R.R. Tolkien's original Lord of the Rings trilogy. "How do you make a Lord of the Rings show without Lord of the Rings‘ most beloved character?" Payne asked Deadline. "I think at the end of the day, what we came to was you can’t. If there’s any way we can justify him being around, it...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 creators Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne explain King Durin's (Peter Mullan) fate in the finale and his scene with the Balrog. After returning in August, Prime Video's hit Lord of the Rings series concluded its sophomore outing this week, with friction between Prince Durin (Owain Arthur) and his father coming to a head. The Rings of Power's season 2 finale features the younger Durin confronting the king before they're interrupted by the Balrog, with King Durin ultimately dying after leaping at the monstrous beast with an ax.

In a recent interview with Deadline, McKay and Payne delve into how this climactic moment for King Durin came to life in The Rings of Power's season 2 finale, revealing that the image of him leaping toward the Balrog was...

The land of Mordor is where the shadows lie, and this article is where major spoilers lie. Read no further if you haven't watched the season 2 finale of "The Rings of Power."

Season 2 of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" saved its best and most dramatic episode for last, using the finale (titled "Shadow & Flame") as a way to depict the prolonged and utterly tragic Siege of Eregion. But just when viewers least expected it, showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay snuck in yet another game-changing event in Middle-earth that has been foreshadowed since the very first season. Under the guise of the envoy Annatar, Sauron (Charlie Vickers) successfully pulls off the ultimate sleight of hand: manipulating (and outright threatening) Charles Edwards' obsessive craftsman Celebrimbor into forging the nine rings of power for Men, goading the fallen elf Adar (Sam Hazeldine) into bringing an army of orcs...

Spoiler Alert: Best if you first watch Season 2’s final installment of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power before reading this interview, in which showrunners Patrick McKay and Jd Payne get granular on the whole second season of the show that climaxes with the season finale “Shadow and Flame.”

You’ll read below about the death of several main characters as Sauron destroys Eregion and its Elf leader Celebrimbor in his quest to forge the rings of power he believes will cement his rule over Middle-earth. Perhaps less surprising is the journey of The Stranger, culminating in his realization that he is Grand Elf — Gandalf for short — the iconic wizard character from Jrr Tolkien’s works.

McKay & Payne have set the stage for Season 3 and are deep in the writing even though Amazon hasn’t yet delivered a green light that seems an inevitable announcement just up the road.

Warning: This review contains spoilers for The Rings of Power's season 2 finaleThe Rings of Power is playing the long game. That's been clear since reports first emerged about creators Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne's five-season, billion-dollar plan for J.R.R. Tolkien's masterworks. To tell a story at this scale with this level of production value, planning is vital. But, part of what makes television so great is improvisation. Sure, it can lead to less-than-stellar results. But improvisation, or lack of a detailed map, has led to some of the best television ever created.

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The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 8.

For the most part, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Season 2 was a huge improvement over an already strong first season. As such, the second season finale had a monumental task to undertake though. There were at least six separate storylines that needed to come to some kind of conclusion that would leave fans satisfied, yet wanting more. While the finale was successful on many fronts, there were still some glaring issues that were exhausting and offered little in terms of excitement or wonder. The Rings of Power's second season finale offered concrete conclusions to some stories, but left significant space for growth in the coming seasons.

Thankfully, this finale's bright spots mostly outshine the negatives. Charles Edwards' Celebrimbor, Charlie Vickers' Sauron, Peter Mullan's King Durin, and Morfydd Clark's Galadriel...

This article from the Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) Season 2 Episode 8 contains significant spoilers.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2, episode 8, marks the final chapter point of a spectacular three-episode run known as the Siege of Eregion. This Prime Video finale is a monumental achievement in fantasy series television. After you watch it, you’ll surely agree.

To Sauron’s delight, he manages to forge the nine rings. This is after escaping Lord Celebrimbor’s (Charles Edwards) ambush and his men with a flick of the wrist. Not to mention, many faiths, including Elrond, Galadriel, and Arondi, lay in the hands of Adar.

The finale kicks off with a stunning cinematic scene. Please read below for our complete second-season finale recap!

Morfydd Clark in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022) | Image via Amazon MGM Studios Related...

Warning! Major spoilers ahead for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 finale.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power director Charlotte Brndstrm and director of photography Alex Disenhof explain Adar's dark fate in the season 2 finale. Prime Video's hit The Lord of the Rings show created by Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne, just concluded its sophomore outing, teeing up an explosive season 3. After playing an important role as a villain in most episodes thus far, The Rings of Power's season 2 finale sees Adar (Sam Hazeldine) betrayed and killed by the Orcs he calls his children after they fall under Sauron's (Charlie Vickers) control.

In a recent interview with Screen Rant, Brndstrm and Disenhof delve into how they shot Adar's final scene with Galadriel in The Rings of Power's season 2 finale, which comes just before his death. The creatives explain that they mirrored...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 finale.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 finale director Charlotte Brndstrm and cinematographer Alex Disenhof explain the new Elven lands featured in the episode. Continuing its story of the rise of Sauron (Charlie Vickers) during the Second Age of Middle-eath, Prime Video's Lord of the Rings series created by Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne just concluded its sophomore outing. The Rings of Power's season 2 finale featured a number of big developments, concluding in a new Elven land as Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), Elrond (Robert Aramayo), and Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker) plan their next moves.

In a recent interview with Screen Rant, Brndstrm and Disenhof delve into those new Elven locations featured in The Rings of Power's season 2 finale. After the brutal and bloody fall of Eregion, the two creatives explain that it was important...