May 11 is fast approaching, when Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson return in the Tardis for eight brand new Doctor Who episodes. See the latest trailer here.
Fans of British crime dramas are eating well at the moment, from new Tudor-set murder mystery Shardlake, which comes adapted from Cj Sansom’s novel series and is available now on Disney+. Shardlake stars Arthur Hughes as the titular lawyer sent to investigate a murder at a monastery that Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) is determined to close down.
There’s also the second series of Belfast-set Blue Lights currently airing on BBC One, as well as the second series of Liverpool-set The Responder, starring Martin Freeman and available to stream in full now. And if your Brit TV tastes extend to the stranger side of things, then Alibi has The Red King, an original crime mystery set on a weird island where the...
Fans of British crime dramas are eating well at the moment, from new Tudor-set murder mystery Shardlake, which comes adapted from Cj Sansom’s novel series and is available now on Disney+. Shardlake stars Arthur Hughes as the titular lawyer sent to investigate a murder at a monastery that Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) is determined to close down.
There’s also the second series of Belfast-set Blue Lights currently airing on BBC One, as well as the second series of Liverpool-set The Responder, starring Martin Freeman and available to stream in full now. And if your Brit TV tastes extend to the stranger side of things, then Alibi has The Red King, an original crime mystery set on a weird island where the...
- 5/8/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
England in 1536, a time when King Henry VIII started beefing with the Catholic Church because divorce was a hard ask even for a King back then. Jokes aside, the age of Reformation brought a whole lot of changes to the country, and big and powerful monasteries got the worst end of the bargain. Based on C. J. Sansom’s series of epic historical fiction novels, Arthur Hughes is Matthew Shardlake, a king’s emissary who must ensure the dissolution of Saint Donatus.
Spoilers Ahead
Why does Lord Cromwell send Shardlake to Scarnsea?
Lord Cromwell receives a letter from the monastery informing him that his commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been murdered in the kitchen of Saint Donatus. Cromwell’s advisor Jack Barak suggests that an investigation must follow, and he seeks the hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake to go to Scarnsea and find out what happened to Singleton. Singleton’s job was...
Spoilers Ahead
Why does Lord Cromwell send Shardlake to Scarnsea?
Lord Cromwell receives a letter from the monastery informing him that his commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been murdered in the kitchen of Saint Donatus. Cromwell’s advisor Jack Barak suggests that an investigation must follow, and he seeks the hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake to go to Scarnsea and find out what happened to Singleton. Singleton’s job was...
- 5/3/2024
- by Aniket Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
New four-part historical murder-mystery Shardlake is adapted from Dissolution, the first novel in Cj Sansom’s seven-book crime series about 16th century lawyer/investigator Matthew Shardlake. Dissolution sees Shardlake sent by religious reformer Thomas Cromwell to investigate a killing at an English monastery.
In the novel, Shardlake is accompanied to the monastery by his young assistant Mark Poer, the son of his father’s farm steward. As a teenager, Mark came to live with Shardlake, who secured him junior legal clerk positions in the London courts.
In the TV adaptation, written by The Last Kingdom and Baghdad Central’s Stephen Butchard, there is no Mark Poer. His character has been cut entirely and replaced by that of Jack Barak, played by Masters of the Air and Ordeal by Innocence’s Anthony Boyle. Jack, a henchman of Thomas Cromwell’s with an eye for the ladies, is a returning character first...
In the novel, Shardlake is accompanied to the monastery by his young assistant Mark Poer, the son of his father’s farm steward. As a teenager, Mark came to live with Shardlake, who secured him junior legal clerk positions in the London courts.
In the TV adaptation, written by The Last Kingdom and Baghdad Central’s Stephen Butchard, there is no Mark Poer. His character has been cut entirely and replaced by that of Jack Barak, played by Masters of the Air and Ordeal by Innocence’s Anthony Boyle. Jack, a henchman of Thomas Cromwell’s with an eye for the ladies, is a returning character first...
- 5/2/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
To celebrate the release on Disney+ of Shardlake we spoke to Sean Bean, Arthur Hughes and Anthony Boyle about the importance of getting the period looks and tone just right. Starring Arthur Hughes, Anthony Boyle, Sean Bean, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Babou Ceesay, it is based on the internationally popular Tudor murder mystery novels by the late C.J. Sansom.
During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era Britain, Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) is sent by Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote town of Scarnsea. Alongside Jack Barak (Boyle) – one of Cromwell’s men – Shardlake vows to solve the mystery behind a series of murders that took place in a remote seaside monastery.
Shardlake will air on 1st May, exclusively on Disney+
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During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era Britain, Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) is sent by Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote town of Scarnsea. Alongside Jack Barak (Boyle) – one of Cromwell’s men – Shardlake vows to solve the mystery behind a series of murders that took place in a remote seaside monastery.
Shardlake will air on 1st May, exclusively on Disney+
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- 5/1/2024
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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After the initial red carpet interviews at The Fall Guy premiere, Ryan Gosling reprised his Beavis and Butt-Head look from the viral SNL sketch.
“Beavis and Butt-Head made an unexpected red carpet debut at the Los Angeles premiere of The Fall Guy on Tuesday night. Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day appeared on...
“At long last, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is coming to New York City for 5 performances at Radio City Music Hall. Howard Shore’s Academy and Grammy Award-winning score will be presented live in concert. Experience the epic motion picture and its legendary score beneath a 60-foot screen accompanied by 238 musicians, including symphony orchestra, chorus, and soloists on February 27, 28, March 1 and 2, 2025.”
Purchase using code Rotkdog
After the initial red carpet interviews at The Fall Guy premiere, Ryan Gosling reprised his Beavis and Butt-Head look from the viral SNL sketch.
“Beavis and Butt-Head made an unexpected red carpet debut at the Los Angeles premiere of The Fall Guy on Tuesday night. Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day appeared on...
- 5/1/2024
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
The star of Disney+’s Shardlake has addressed having a different disability to the character he portrays in the C.J. Sansom adaptation, which launches today.
Arthur Hughes, who was the first person with a disability to portray Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, stressed that Shardlake was always going to have a disabled lead – whether him or another actor – coming as debate rages over authentic representation in TV and film.
Hughes has radial dysplasia in his right arm, while the titular Matthew Shardlake is a crime-solving barrister with scoliosis.
Hughes said at a London screening: “I was aware that Shardlake has a disability that is not my own, and I wanted to find a level of truth in what I was doing and not necessarily affecting something that was not my own experience. We look at hunchbacks in film, and they’re often mad, kind of grotesque caricature kind of things,...
Arthur Hughes, who was the first person with a disability to portray Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, stressed that Shardlake was always going to have a disabled lead – whether him or another actor – coming as debate rages over authentic representation in TV and film.
Hughes has radial dysplasia in his right arm, while the titular Matthew Shardlake is a crime-solving barrister with scoliosis.
Hughes said at a London screening: “I was aware that Shardlake has a disability that is not my own, and I wanted to find a level of truth in what I was doing and not necessarily affecting something that was not my own experience. We look at hunchbacks in film, and they’re often mad, kind of grotesque caricature kind of things,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Hannah Abraham
- Deadline Film + TV
“I don’t think I’m projecting at all!” screenwriter Stephen Butchard tells Den of Geek about the crossover between modern and 16th century politics in new four-part historical crime drama Shardlake. “It’s the same. I don’t consider [Shardlake] to be period or Tudor, it’s about people and we haven’t changed and probably will never change. Power corrupts.”
Shardlake is set during Henry VIII’s Reformation of the English church – a classic case of corruption, says Butchard, in which money promised to the poor ended up in the pockets of the rich. When the king’s man is killed at a monastery, Thomas Cromwell sends lawyer Matthew Shardlake to investigate. Find the killer, says Cromwell, and find proof of the monks’ crookedness so we can shut them down… or else, is the unspoken additional threat.
Cromwell the Charming Monster
That threat rings out as loud as a...
Shardlake is set during Henry VIII’s Reformation of the English church – a classic case of corruption, says Butchard, in which money promised to the poor ended up in the pockets of the rich. When the king’s man is killed at a monastery, Thomas Cromwell sends lawyer Matthew Shardlake to investigate. Find the killer, says Cromwell, and find proof of the monks’ crookedness so we can shut them down… or else, is the unspoken additional threat.
Cromwell the Charming Monster
That threat rings out as loud as a...
- 5/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Who Is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis from Shardlake? Meet the Alice Actress - Main Image
The first of C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, is about to hit the small screens on Disney Plus. One of the cast members of Shardlake is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer, in addition to Arthur Hughes (Matthew Shardlake) and Sean Bean (Thomas Cromwell).
Get to know Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and where you’ve seen her before in this article.
Who Is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis? Is She Related to Andy Serkis?
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is an actress who hails from Hackney, East London.
She was born on October 1, 1998, to actors Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy) and Lorraine Ashbourne (Cheryl in I Used to Be Famous).
She has two younger siblings, Sonny and Louis Ashbourne Serkis, who are also working in film and television.
Before landing a titular role...
The first of C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, is about to hit the small screens on Disney Plus. One of the cast members of Shardlake is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer, in addition to Arthur Hughes (Matthew Shardlake) and Sean Bean (Thomas Cromwell).
Get to know Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and where you’ve seen her before in this article.
Who Is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis? Is She Related to Andy Serkis?
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is an actress who hails from Hackney, East London.
She was born on October 1, 1998, to actors Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy) and Lorraine Ashbourne (Cheryl in I Used to Be Famous).
She has two younger siblings, Sonny and Louis Ashbourne Serkis, who are also working in film and television.
Before landing a titular role...
- 5/1/2024
- EpicStream
Out of battery. Out of signal. Stamped underfoot. Dropped into drains. Crime writers have found inventive ways to remove suspense-killing mobile phones from their stories, but no solution is as thorough as Cj Sansom’s. By setting his murder mysteries in Tudor times, Sansom’s 16th century lawyer Matthew Shardlake has to investigate without mobiles, forensics or DNA databases, armed with only his mind and principles. Or rather: his mind, principles, and the fearful reputation of his boss Thomas Cromwell whose name Shardlake draws “like a sword”.
This four-part historical crime drama is adapted from the first of Sansom’s seven Shardlake novels by Stephen Butchard, the writer who so successfully translated Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories to the screen in The Last Kingdom. If it lands well with an audience, there’s hope of many more series, each one a self-contained mystery for ‘the Tudor Morse’ to solve against...
This four-part historical crime drama is adapted from the first of Sansom’s seven Shardlake novels by Stephen Butchard, the writer who so successfully translated Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories to the screen in The Last Kingdom. If it lands well with an audience, there’s hope of many more series, each one a self-contained mystery for ‘the Tudor Morse’ to solve against...
- 5/1/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
In Hulu’s Shardlake, as in Arthurian legend, a hand emerges from a body of water bearing a sword. Though lacking Excalibur’s magical touch, this blade’s discovery does serve the ambitions of a monarch. After splitting England from the Catholic Church in 1534, King Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean), have begun dissolving monasteries across the realm and seizing their wealth. The decapitation of Cromwell’s representative (Michael Rivers) at an abbey near the remote, boggy town of Scarnsea presents an opportunity to advance that crusade, with Cromwell sending an odd couple of agents to investigate the incident, commanding them to find sufficient reason to shutter the order.
In the third episode, the monks watch in horror as endearingly determined lawyer Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) and Jack Barak (Anthony Boyle), the cocksure enforcer assigned to accompany him, find the submerged murder weapon on their grounds.
In the third episode, the monks watch in horror as endearingly determined lawyer Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) and Jack Barak (Anthony Boyle), the cocksure enforcer assigned to accompany him, find the submerged murder weapon on their grounds.
- 4/30/2024
- by Niv M. Sultan
- Slant Magazine
Cj Sansom, author of the best-selling historical Shardlake novels, which have been adapted for TV by Disney+, has died aged 71. He passed away on April 27 after being diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2012.
Sansom’s publisher, Pan Macmillan, announced his death yesterday on X.
“I shall miss him hugely, not only as a wonderfully talented writer who gave joy to millions, but as a dear friend of enormous compassion and integrity,” said his longtime editor Maria Rejt.
Sansom’s Shardlake series comprised seven novels following the titular Matthew Shardlake, a barrister with a hunchback who solves crimes while navigating the political intrigue and religious tensions under Henry VIII. The book series drew on his real-life experience as a lawyer for the disadvantaged in Sussex, a profession he was drawn to after obtaining a PhD in history from the University of Birmingham. The first Shardlake novel, Dissolution, was published in 2003 and was...
Sansom’s publisher, Pan Macmillan, announced his death yesterday on X.
“I shall miss him hugely, not only as a wonderfully talented writer who gave joy to millions, but as a dear friend of enormous compassion and integrity,” said his longtime editor Maria Rejt.
Sansom’s Shardlake series comprised seven novels following the titular Matthew Shardlake, a barrister with a hunchback who solves crimes while navigating the political intrigue and religious tensions under Henry VIII. The book series drew on his real-life experience as a lawyer for the disadvantaged in Sussex, a profession he was drawn to after obtaining a PhD in history from the University of Birmingham. The first Shardlake novel, Dissolution, was published in 2003 and was...
- 4/30/2024
- by Hannah Abraham
- Deadline Film + TV
The premiere schedule for Hulu in May 2024 has been announced and can be viewed below. The streaming service has also revealed the titles that will be leaving next month.
The Hulu originals for the month include The Contestant, The Kardashians Season 5, The Killing Kind, Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country, Past Lies, Prom Dates, Shardlake, and Uncle Samsik. Films like Elvis, Ferrari, The Promised Land, and Where the Crawdads Sing will also be available.
Hulu gives viewers instant access to current shows from every major U.S. broadcast network, libraries of hit TV series and films, and acclaimed Hulu Originals. Check out the highlights below and read on for the full slate of titles coming to Hulu in May 2024.
Highlights
A look at the originals, exclusives, and premieres that are part of the Hulu May 2024 lineup.
Elvis (2022 – Streaming May 1)
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to...
The Hulu originals for the month include The Contestant, The Kardashians Season 5, The Killing Kind, Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country, Past Lies, Prom Dates, Shardlake, and Uncle Samsik. Films like Elvis, Ferrari, The Promised Land, and Where the Crawdads Sing will also be available.
Hulu gives viewers instant access to current shows from every major U.S. broadcast network, libraries of hit TV series and films, and acclaimed Hulu Originals. Check out the highlights below and read on for the full slate of titles coming to Hulu in May 2024.
Highlights
A look at the originals, exclusives, and premieres that are part of the Hulu May 2024 lineup.
Elvis (2022 – Streaming May 1)
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to...
- 4/16/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
"Why in this house of God do I smell secrets and fear?" "We have no secrets..." Hulu has unveiled an official trailer for their next epic streaming series titled Shardlake, arriving to watch at the start of May (including on Star worldwide). During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea. Described as an "eerie whodunnit adventure" drenched in mystery, suspense, deception, directed by the same filmmaker of The Other Boleyn Girl and Tulip Fever. Set in 16th century England during the dissolutions, Shardlake is a four-part drama based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom's popular Tudor murder mystery series. Following lawyer Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barack as they work to uncover the truth behind a horrific murder. The two men are sent out on a mission...
- 4/10/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hulu has shared the trailer and key art for Shardlake, the new series based on the popular Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom. The series premieres on Wednesday, May 1, on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in select territories.
Drenched in mystery, suspense, and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom’s book series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure set in 16th-century England during the dissolution of the monasteries.
Shardlake’s sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery, and it is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery.
He leaves Shardlake in no doubt...
Drenched in mystery, suspense, and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom’s book series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure set in 16th-century England during the dissolution of the monasteries.
Shardlake’s sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery, and it is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery.
He leaves Shardlake in no doubt...
- 4/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
It’s the battle of the TV Cromwells! On BBC One later this year, Mark Rylance returns in the role of Henry VIII’s right hand man in series two of Wolf Hall, adapted from Dame Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels. But before then, Sean Bean will play Thomas Cromwell in Disney+ British historical crime mystery Shardlake.
(Incidentally, if Bean wanted to dispel his reputation for playing characters who meet sticky, early ends, then his agent may want to get their head in a history book before forwarding the next script…)
Thomas Cromwell is a supporting role in Shardlake, a new four-part series adapted from the first in C.J Sansom’s successful mystery novels about Matthew Shardlake, a 16th century lawyer born with what would now be understood as scoliosis, and who investigates murder mysteries for the Crown.
Working for Cromwell, Shardlake must navigate the dangers of his powerful boss...
(Incidentally, if Bean wanted to dispel his reputation for playing characters who meet sticky, early ends, then his agent may want to get their head in a history book before forwarding the next script…)
Thomas Cromwell is a supporting role in Shardlake, a new four-part series adapted from the first in C.J Sansom’s successful mystery novels about Matthew Shardlake, a 16th century lawyer born with what would now be understood as scoliosis, and who investigates murder mysteries for the Crown.
Working for Cromwell, Shardlake must navigate the dangers of his powerful boss...
- 2/8/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Highway robbery, murderous Tudors and fancy fashion houses abound in Disney’s slate of UK productions for next year.
With a film and TV industry slightly less hampered by Hollywood strike action, Disney Plus have confirmed 2024 air dates for a bunch of UK-based series.
BAFTA-winner Sally Wainwright’s new series, Renegade Nell, has been locked in for a Spring 2024 release. Starring Louisa Harland (Orla from Derry Girls) as the titular rebel, the show finds a young woman framed for murder and inadvertently becoming the most notorious highwaywoman in 18th century England. Throw in a magical spirit played by Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed, and we’ve got a proper fantasy action-adventure series on our hands.
Also confirmed is the second series of award-winning comedy Extraordinary, which stars Máiréad Tyers as the only non-powered person in a world full of superheroes and is arriving in “early 2024”, and a four-part adaptation of C.J. Sansom’s murder mystery series,...
With a film and TV industry slightly less hampered by Hollywood strike action, Disney Plus have confirmed 2024 air dates for a bunch of UK-based series.
BAFTA-winner Sally Wainwright’s new series, Renegade Nell, has been locked in for a Spring 2024 release. Starring Louisa Harland (Orla from Derry Girls) as the titular rebel, the show finds a young woman framed for murder and inadvertently becoming the most notorious highwaywoman in 18th century England. Throw in a magical spirit played by Ted Lasso's Nick Mohammed, and we’ve got a proper fantasy action-adventure series on our hands.
Also confirmed is the second series of award-winning comedy Extraordinary, which stars Máiréad Tyers as the only non-powered person in a world full of superheroes and is arriving in “early 2024”, and a four-part adaptation of C.J. Sansom’s murder mystery series,...
- 12/4/2023
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Nautilus, the UK live-action Captain Nemo series commissioned by Disney+ two years ago, is no longer headed to the streamer, Deadline has learned.
The decision is part of Disney’s streaming content removal plan unveiled in May, for which the company is taking an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 billion-$1.8 billion. It followed the February announcement by Disney that it intends to cut $3 billion in non-sports content spend across the company.
As part of the cost-reduction strategy, Disney’s streaming platforms, particularly flagship Disney+, have been taking a closer look on their programming with a new emphasis on content curation.
As Deadline reported exclusively Saturday, Disney+ also is not going forward with another upcoming original series, the The Spiderwick Chronicles, a U.S. live-action series adaptation of the popular children’s fantasy books.
Over the past couple of months, dozens of original series and specials were taken off Disney+ as well as Hulu,...
The decision is part of Disney’s streaming content removal plan unveiled in May, for which the company is taking an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 billion-$1.8 billion. It followed the February announcement by Disney that it intends to cut $3 billion in non-sports content spend across the company.
As part of the cost-reduction strategy, Disney’s streaming platforms, particularly flagship Disney+, have been taking a closer look on their programming with a new emphasis on content curation.
As Deadline reported exclusively Saturday, Disney+ also is not going forward with another upcoming original series, the The Spiderwick Chronicles, a U.S. live-action series adaptation of the popular children’s fantasy books.
Over the past couple of months, dozens of original series and specials were taken off Disney+ as well as Hulu,...
- 8/27/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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