Emma Thompson of Sense and Sensibility and Love Actually and Ruth Wilson of The Affair and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House have signed on to star in the Apple TV+ thriller series Down Cemetery Road, Deadline reports. The series is based on a novel by author Mick Herron, whose Slough House novels serve as inspiration for the Apple TV+ show Slow Horses that has been running for three seasons (Apple plans to keep it going for at least five) and has proven to be very successful for the streaming service.
Down Cemetery Road will tell the story of Sarah Tucker, who becomes obsessed with finding a neighbor girl who disappeared in the aftermath of a house explosion in a quiet Oxford suburb. After enlisting the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm in her quest, the pair find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that...
Down Cemetery Road will tell the story of Sarah Tucker, who becomes obsessed with finding a neighbor girl who disappeared in the aftermath of a house explosion in a quiet Oxford suburb. After enlisting the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm in her quest, the pair find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that...
- 4/22/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Apple TV+ and producers of Slow Horses are teaming up on another series.
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson will star in Down Cemetery Road, a thriller based on a novel by Mick Herron, whose Slough House spy series is the source material for Slow Horses. The new project is the third Apple TV+ series from producer 60Forty Films, which is also behind Slow Horses — which was renewed for a fifth season earlier this year — and Hijack. Morwenna Banks, who has penned several episodes of Slow Horses, will be the lead writer.
Down Cemetery Road kicks off with a house exploding in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappearing in the aftermath. Sarah Tucker (Wilson, The Affair), who lives nearby, becomes obsessed with finding the girl and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Oscar and Emmy winner Thompson). They find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that...
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson will star in Down Cemetery Road, a thriller based on a novel by Mick Herron, whose Slough House spy series is the source material for Slow Horses. The new project is the third Apple TV+ series from producer 60Forty Films, which is also behind Slow Horses — which was renewed for a fifth season earlier this year — and Hijack. Morwenna Banks, who has penned several episodes of Slow Horses, will be the lead writer.
Down Cemetery Road kicks off with a house exploding in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappearing in the aftermath. Sarah Tucker (Wilson, The Affair), who lives nearby, becomes obsessed with finding the girl and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Oscar and Emmy winner Thompson). They find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that...
- 4/16/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Apple TV+ has ordered a series adaptation of Mick Herron’s “Down Cemetery Road” with Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson attached to star, Variety has learned.
This is now the second adaptation of Herron’s books to get the series treatment at Apple, with the other being the popular spy series “Slow Horses” starring Gary Oldman. Morwenna Banks, who is a writer on “Slow Horses,” will serve as lead writer on “Down Cemetery Road.”
The official logline of the new series states, “When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker (Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.”
Banks and Thompson...
This is now the second adaptation of Herron’s books to get the series treatment at Apple, with the other being the popular spy series “Slow Horses” starring Gary Oldman. Morwenna Banks, who is a writer on “Slow Horses,” will serve as lead writer on “Down Cemetery Road.”
The official logline of the new series states, “When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker (Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.”
Banks and Thompson...
- 4/16/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson (Luther) have been tapped to star in Down Cemetery Road, a thriller series for Apple TV+ based on the book from Gold Dagger Award-winning author Mick Herron.
The project comes to Apple following the streamer’s work with Herron on Slow Horses, its hugely popular espionage drama based on his Slough House novels. Thus far airing three seasons, the show starring Gary Oldman has garnered multiple BAFTA nominations and has been renewed through Season 5.
A writer on that series, Morwenna Banks, will serve as lead writer and exec producer of Down Cemetery Road. The show centers on Sarah Tucker (Wilson), who becomes obsessed with finding a neighbor girl who disappeared in the aftermath of a house explosion in a quiet Oxford suburb. After enlisting the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson) in her quest, the pair find themselves...
The project comes to Apple following the streamer’s work with Herron on Slow Horses, its hugely popular espionage drama based on his Slough House novels. Thus far airing three seasons, the show starring Gary Oldman has garnered multiple BAFTA nominations and has been renewed through Season 5.
A writer on that series, Morwenna Banks, will serve as lead writer and exec producer of Down Cemetery Road. The show centers on Sarah Tucker (Wilson), who becomes obsessed with finding a neighbor girl who disappeared in the aftermath of a house explosion in a quiet Oxford suburb. After enlisting the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson) in her quest, the pair find themselves...
- 4/16/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Idris Elba stars in Apple TV+’s ‘Hijack’
Emmy Award nominee Idris Elba (Luther) will return to star in and executive produce a second season of Apple TV+’s Hijack. The first season premiered in June 2023 and followed Elba as Sam Nelson, a passenger on board a plane that’s hijacked. Sam’s negotiating skills were pivotal in bringing about a positive resolution.
The renewal announcement didn’t include any details on what Sam will encounter in season two.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after season one. It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!” stated Idris Elba.
Created by George Kay (Lupin) and Jim Field (Criminal), the seven-episode first season is one of Apple TV+’s top dramas. It currently sits at 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising Elba’s performance in the real-time thriller.
Emmy Award nominee Idris Elba (Luther) will return to star in and executive produce a second season of Apple TV+’s Hijack. The first season premiered in June 2023 and followed Elba as Sam Nelson, a passenger on board a plane that’s hijacked. Sam’s negotiating skills were pivotal in bringing about a positive resolution.
The renewal announcement didn’t include any details on what Sam will encounter in season two.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after season one. It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!” stated Idris Elba.
Created by George Kay (Lupin) and Jim Field (Criminal), the seven-episode first season is one of Apple TV+’s top dramas. It currently sits at 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics praising Elba’s performance in the real-time thriller.
- 1/31/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Idris Elba will be taking to the skies again as his 2023 series, Hijack, has now been renewed by Apple to have a follow-up season for their streaming service, according to Deadline. Told in real-time, Hijack is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven-hour flight, and authorities on the ground scramble for answers. The series comes from George Kay and Jim Field Smith.
The first season was a hit as it became one of the most-viewed dramas on AppleTV+ and would even crack the Nielsen Streaming Originals Top 10 list. Elba served as an executive producer on the show in addition to starring in it and responded to the reception, saying, “I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after season one. It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson but I can assure you...
The first season was a hit as it became one of the most-viewed dramas on AppleTV+ and would even crack the Nielsen Streaming Originals Top 10 list. Elba served as an executive producer on the show in addition to starring in it and responded to the reception, saying, “I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after season one. It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson but I can assure you...
- 1/31/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Will Idris Elba get stuck on another fateful plane ride?
The gritty details aren’t available just yet but Apple TV+ has given the go-ahead for a second season of Hijack from George Kay and Jim Field Smith.
The first season of Hijack became one of the top dramas on the streamer by landing on the Nielsen Streaming Originals Top 10 list. Elba starred alongside the likes of Archie Panjabi, The Crown’s Ben Miles and Max Beesley as Sam Nelson, an accomplished business negotiator forced to use his guile to save the lives of passengers onboard a hijacked plane making its way to London.
The second season of Hijack will be executive produced by Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, alongside executive producers Kay and Field Smith’s own production company Idiotlamp Productions. Field Smith also serves as lead director for the series.
The gritty details aren’t available just yet but Apple TV+ has given the go-ahead for a second season of Hijack from George Kay and Jim Field Smith.
The first season of Hijack became one of the top dramas on the streamer by landing on the Nielsen Streaming Originals Top 10 list. Elba starred alongside the likes of Archie Panjabi, The Crown’s Ben Miles and Max Beesley as Sam Nelson, an accomplished business negotiator forced to use his guile to save the lives of passengers onboard a hijacked plane making its way to London.
The second season of Hijack will be executive produced by Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, alongside executive producers Kay and Field Smith’s own production company Idiotlamp Productions. Field Smith also serves as lead director for the series.
- 1/31/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has booked a return flight for its drama series Hijack.
The tech behemoth’s streaming service has ordered a second season of the thriller starring and executive produced by Idris Elba. Details on the story for season two are being kept under wraps, but Elba will reprise his role as Sam Nelson — a corporate negotiator who in the first season used his skills to bring about a resolution to the hijacking of a flight on which he was a passenger.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after season one,” Elba said in a statement. “It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!”
Hijack, which concluded its seven-episode first season in August, drew solid viewership for Apple TV+, becoming the second series on the platform (after Ted Lasso) to earn a spot...
The tech behemoth’s streaming service has ordered a second season of the thriller starring and executive produced by Idris Elba. Details on the story for season two are being kept under wraps, but Elba will reprise his role as Sam Nelson — a corporate negotiator who in the first season used his skills to bring about a resolution to the hijacking of a flight on which he was a passenger.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after season one,” Elba said in a statement. “It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!”
Hijack, which concluded its seven-episode first season in August, drew solid viewership for Apple TV+, becoming the second series on the platform (after Ted Lasso) to earn a spot...
- 1/31/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s a good day for fans of Idris Elba’s nail-biting limited series “Hijack.”
Apple TV+ has confirmed that Elba is set to return as negotiator Sam Nelson in a second season of the high-octane drama, which quickly became one of the streamer’s top shows when it dropped last year.
Told almost in real-time, the series follows Nelson on a seven-hour plane ride from Dubai to London which is hijacked by terrorists. A seasoned negotiator, Nelson quickly steps in to try and diffuse the situation before anyone gets killed – but soon realizes there is more to the hijackers’ plot than first seems. Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesley and Ben Miles also starred.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after Season 1,” Elba said. “It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!
Apple TV+ has confirmed that Elba is set to return as negotiator Sam Nelson in a second season of the high-octane drama, which quickly became one of the streamer’s top shows when it dropped last year.
Told almost in real-time, the series follows Nelson on a seven-hour plane ride from Dubai to London which is hijacked by terrorists. A seasoned negotiator, Nelson quickly steps in to try and diffuse the situation before anyone gets killed – but soon realizes there is more to the hijackers’ plot than first seems. Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams, Max Beesley and Ben Miles also starred.
“I was floored by the overwhelming audience response after Season 1,” Elba said. “It’s top secret what new situation unfolds for Sam Nelson, but I can assure you we will bring the high octane back!
- 1/31/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange Ftx has produced some initial payouts in court. Bloomberg is reporting that at least three settlements have been reached in a class action case that targets influencers who shilled for Ftx. NFL quarterback Trevor Lawrence has settled with the plaintiffs, as have creators Kevin Paffrath (pictured above) and Tom Nash.
Bloomberg identified Lawrence, Paffrath, and Nash as the three defendants who were named in a court filing that discussed the settlements. The terms of their respective agreements with the litigious investors were not disclosed.
The complaint was originally filed back in March, five months after Ftx collapsed and filed for bankruptcy. The original defendants included more than a dozen celebrities, including a laundry list of financial and tech influencers: Paffrath, Nash, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Ben Armstrong, and Erika Kullberg.
The investors who filed the suit argued that the...
Bloomberg identified Lawrence, Paffrath, and Nash as the three defendants who were named in a court filing that discussed the settlements. The terms of their respective agreements with the litigious investors were not disclosed.
The complaint was originally filed back in March, five months after Ftx collapsed and filed for bankruptcy. The original defendants included more than a dozen celebrities, including a laundry list of financial and tech influencers: Paffrath, Nash, Graham Stephan, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Ben Armstrong, and Erika Kullberg.
The investors who filed the suit argued that the...
- 9/18/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Eight YouTubers who talked up Ftx before its collapse are being sued.
A $1 billion class action lawsuit filed March 15 in the Southern District of Florida alleges that Graham Stephan, Kevin Paffrath, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Ben Armstrong, and Erika Kullberg, as well as talent management firm Creators Agency, “promoted, assisted in, and/or participated in” the sale of “unregistered securities” by Ftx.
“Ftx turned to celebrity and social media endorsers to position itself as the ‘safe’ option among cryptocurrency exchanges,” the suit alleges. “Ftx’s paid endorser program was clearly designed to use the positive reputation associated with specific YouTube and other social network influencers to convince consumers that Ftx was a safe place to buy and sell cryptocurrency.”
The suit further alleges that creators did not adhere closely enough to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines about disclosing their financial ties to Ftx.
“Though...
A $1 billion class action lawsuit filed March 15 in the Southern District of Florida alleges that Graham Stephan, Kevin Paffrath, Andrei Jikh, Jaspreet Singh, Brian Jung, Jeremy Lefebvre, Tom Nash, Ben Armstrong, and Erika Kullberg, as well as talent management firm Creators Agency, “promoted, assisted in, and/or participated in” the sale of “unregistered securities” by Ftx.
“Ftx turned to celebrity and social media endorsers to position itself as the ‘safe’ option among cryptocurrency exchanges,” the suit alleges. “Ftx’s paid endorser program was clearly designed to use the positive reputation associated with specific YouTube and other social network influencers to convince consumers that Ftx was a safe place to buy and sell cryptocurrency.”
The suit further alleges that creators did not adhere closely enough to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines about disclosing their financial ties to Ftx.
“Though...
- 3/17/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
In January of 1962, in Atlanta, Georgia, Rebecca “Van” Pierce and Charles Henry Wilkerson had a baby that we would later know as Luna Vachon. Adopted by Paul “Butcher” Vachon in 1966, when he married Pierce, she was raised by “Butcher” from then on out, becoming a part of the infamous and legendary Vachon wrestling family. Niece to Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon and Vivian Vachon, Luna would be born into something truly unique and special, and it would change her life, though back when she was Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon at just four years old, she wouldn’t know it yet.
It wasn’t long, though, before Gertrude decided she wanted to continue the legacy of her family and journey into professional wrestling. There was the inevitable push-back from her protective family initially, as is often the case. Pro-wrestling was a harsh world, full of hardship, injury, drama and potential for harm, but...
It wasn’t long, though, before Gertrude decided she wanted to continue the legacy of her family and journey into professional wrestling. There was the inevitable push-back from her protective family initially, as is often the case. Pro-wrestling was a harsh world, full of hardship, injury, drama and potential for harm, but...
- 11/6/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Katherine Butler is joining The Ink Factory, producer of “The Night Manager” and “Fighting With My Family,” as creative director. She will join the London and La-based film and TV indie in the newly-created role from producer Raw, where she has served as scripted creative director. She is also a former deputy head of film at the U.K.’s Film4.
She joined Raw in 2014 after almost a decade at Film4. Her recent credits include Bart Layton’s “American Animals,” which she produced. She also produced the upcoming Toni Collette and Damian Lewis starrer “Dream Horse.”
At The Ink Factory, Butler will report to co-CEOs Simon and Stephen Cornwell and oversee the studio’s film and television slate globally, setting priorities for the partnership with John le Carré, and building out the slate.
“I have loved my time at Raw, but when Simon and Stephen asked me to join The Ink Factory,...
She joined Raw in 2014 after almost a decade at Film4. Her recent credits include Bart Layton’s “American Animals,” which she produced. She also produced the upcoming Toni Collette and Damian Lewis starrer “Dream Horse.”
At The Ink Factory, Butler will report to co-CEOs Simon and Stephen Cornwell and oversee the studio’s film and television slate globally, setting priorities for the partnership with John le Carré, and building out the slate.
“I have loved my time at Raw, but when Simon and Stephen asked me to join The Ink Factory,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The producers of “Fighting With My Family” and “The Night Manager” are making a movie based on the real-life exploits of British trauma surgeon David Nott, who used his medical expertise as a volunteer in various conflict and disaster zones. Nott’s memoir, “War Doctor,” is a U.K. bestseller and documents his work in Sarajevo, rebel-held Aleppo and earthquake-struck Haiti, among many others.
The project has been championed at The Ink Factory by Tom Nash (“Gwen”), who joined the company in September. “The cinematic potential of ‘War Doctor’ is there from the very first page,” he said of Nott’s memoir. “It’s a story of modern heroism. He is utterly courageous, but also very honest about his vulnerability.”
Nash said the story is fundamentally a relatable one. “On a Friday afternoon he is walking the streets of London commuting home and having a very relatable experience, and the...
The project has been championed at The Ink Factory by Tom Nash (“Gwen”), who joined the company in September. “The cinematic potential of ‘War Doctor’ is there from the very first page,” he said of Nott’s memoir. “It’s a story of modern heroism. He is utterly courageous, but also very honest about his vulnerability.”
Nash said the story is fundamentally a relatable one. “On a Friday afternoon he is walking the streets of London commuting home and having a very relatable experience, and the...
- 5/15/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Nash was most recently head of film and TV at Endor.
The Ink Factory, the London and Los Angeles-based production company behind The Night Manager and Fighting With My Family, has hired Tom Nash as executive producer.
Nash was most recently head of film and television at Endor Productions, where his credits included William McGregor’s BFI-backed drama Gwen, which premiered in Toronto last year, and the TV series Deep State. starring Mark Strong, for Fox/Epix.
Prior to Endor, he was producer and script editor on Channel 4 series Coming Up.
In his new role, Nash will work...
The Ink Factory, the London and Los Angeles-based production company behind The Night Manager and Fighting With My Family, has hired Tom Nash as executive producer.
Nash was most recently head of film and television at Endor Productions, where his credits included William McGregor’s BFI-backed drama Gwen, which premiered in Toronto last year, and the TV series Deep State. starring Mark Strong, for Fox/Epix.
Prior to Endor, he was producer and script editor on Channel 4 series Coming Up.
In his new role, Nash will work...
- 4/3/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Gwen made its world premiere in the Discovery section at Toronto in 2018.
Bulldog Film Distribution has picked up all UK rights to William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen from Great Point Media.
The film made its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival last year. It is about a young girl struggling to hold her family together in 19th century Snowdonia in Wales.
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016 Eleanor Worthington-Cox stars with Maxine Peake, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Richard Harrington, Mark Lewis Jones and Jodie Innes.
McGregor has previously directed for TV series including Misfits and Poldark. He...
Bulldog Film Distribution has picked up all UK rights to William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen from Great Point Media.
The film made its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival last year. It is about a young girl struggling to hold her family together in 19th century Snowdonia in Wales.
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016 Eleanor Worthington-Cox stars with Maxine Peake, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Richard Harrington, Mark Lewis Jones and Jodie Innes.
McGregor has previously directed for TV series including Misfits and Poldark. He...
- 3/20/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Streaming service Shudder picks up all rights.
William McGregor’s Gwen has secured North American distribution, with AMC’s streaming platform Shudder picking up all rights.
London-based Great Point Media handles sales on the film, which premiered in Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery strand in September.
Set in 19th century Snowdonia, Wales, Gwen stars Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Maleficent) as a young girl who tries desperately to hold her family and home together. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take grip of her home,...
William McGregor’s Gwen has secured North American distribution, with AMC’s streaming platform Shudder picking up all rights.
London-based Great Point Media handles sales on the film, which premiered in Toronto International Film Festival’s Discovery strand in September.
Set in 19th century Snowdonia, Wales, Gwen stars Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Maleficent) as a young girl who tries desperately to hold her family and home together. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take grip of her home,...
- 12/4/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Tiff Discovery title directed by Screen Star of Tomorrow William McGregor.
Great Point Media has secured a key deal on its Tiff Discovery title Gwen, selling rights for France to The Jokers.
Gwen is the feature debut of UK writer-director William McGregor (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012). It’s the atmospheric story of a teenager facing precarious circumstances in 19th-century rural Wales, with her father away at war and her grief-stricken mother (Maxine Peake) suffering from ill health.
Producers are Hilary Bevan Jones and Tom Nash for their company Endor Productions.
The film received backing from BFI Film Fund and Film Agency Wales.
Great Point Media has secured a key deal on its Tiff Discovery title Gwen, selling rights for France to The Jokers.
Gwen is the feature debut of UK writer-director William McGregor (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012). It’s the atmospheric story of a teenager facing precarious circumstances in 19th-century rural Wales, with her father away at war and her grief-stricken mother (Maxine Peake) suffering from ill health.
Producers are Hilary Bevan Jones and Tom Nash for their company Endor Productions.
The film received backing from BFI Film Fund and Film Agency Wales.
- 9/10/2018
- by Matt Mueller
- ScreenDaily
Is there a hit from the past decade more widely imitated than “Homeland”? Perhaps that’s because the spy serial’s action-packed appeal seems easily replicable, even without a character as indelible as Carrie Mathison. Building relatable characters is hard, but ratcheting up tension is easy. Right?
Epix’s new series “Deep State” creates tense situations that don’t quite hit home — because, artfully directed and grimace-inducingly violent as those situations may be, they’re happening to people from whom we feel a strange remove. On “Deep State,” Mark Strong’s Max Easton is called back into the field as an MI6 agent to course-correct a failing mission in the Middle East. In so doing, he’s called away from his bucolic family life in France — including a wife who knows less than she might and who takes it upon herself to learn what her husband’s been up to.
Epix’s new series “Deep State” creates tense situations that don’t quite hit home — because, artfully directed and grimace-inducingly violent as those situations may be, they’re happening to people from whom we feel a strange remove. On “Deep State,” Mark Strong’s Max Easton is called back into the field as an MI6 agent to course-correct a failing mission in the Middle East. In so doing, he’s called away from his bucolic family life in France — including a wife who knows less than she might and who takes it upon herself to learn what her husband’s been up to.
- 6/13/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Maxine Peake also stars in 19th century drama
Screen can unveil a first look at William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen, which was taken to Cannes this year as part of the BFI, BBC Films, Film4 and British Council’s showcase Great 8.
The event, which took place last week, presented eight upcoming UK indie titles to a select group of Cannes buyers. The other titles were: Beats, Eternal Beauty, Ilkley, Only You, Tell It To The Bees, We Don’t Talk About Love, and White Riot. According to an attendee, Gwen was one of the best-received presentations.
The film stars...
Screen can unveil a first look at William McGregor’s debut feature Gwen, which was taken to Cannes this year as part of the BFI, BBC Films, Film4 and British Council’s showcase Great 8.
The event, which took place last week, presented eight upcoming UK indie titles to a select group of Cannes buyers. The other titles were: Beats, Eternal Beauty, Ilkley, Only You, Tell It To The Bees, We Don’t Talk About Love, and White Riot. According to an attendee, Gwen was one of the best-received presentations.
The film stars...
- 5/17/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Fox Networks Group has renewed “Deep State,” its first original drama out of Europe and Africa. On the day the eight-part series bows on the Fox channel in 50 African and European markets, Fng said a second season has been greenlit.
Fox Networks Groups Content Distribution sells the show and has sealed deals with Epix in the U.S. and has also shopped it to NBCUniversal in France and Dr in Denmark. With more episodes in the offing, Fngcd will continue the sales effort at MipTV.
Created by Simon Maxwell and Matthew Parkhill, who is also showrunner, the series stars Mark Strong (“Low Winter Sun”)as Max Easton, a retired Secret Service operative and member of an elite British-American team called The Section. He is coaxed back into the field to try to shut down an Iranian missile program. Max’s estranged son, Harry (“Game of Thrones” star Joe Dempsie), has...
Fox Networks Groups Content Distribution sells the show and has sealed deals with Epix in the U.S. and has also shopped it to NBCUniversal in France and Dr in Denmark. With more episodes in the offing, Fngcd will continue the sales effort at MipTV.
Created by Simon Maxwell and Matthew Parkhill, who is also showrunner, the series stars Mark Strong (“Low Winter Sun”)as Max Easton, a retired Secret Service operative and member of an elite British-American team called The Section. He is coaxed back into the field to try to shut down an Iranian missile program. Max’s estranged son, Harry (“Game of Thrones” star Joe Dempsie), has...
- 4/4/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
<em>Deep State</em>, Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa's first regional scripted show, has been recommissioned for a second season.
The news was announced Wednesday, ahead of the Mark Strong-starring espionage thriller's premiere across Europe and Africa on Fox.
The same creative team that put together the first season has been assembled, with a writers room having already begun, headed by co-creator and showrunner Matthew Parkhill (<i>Rogue</i>). Hilary Bevan Jones (<i>Cracker</i>, <i>State of Play</i>) and Tom Nash (<i>The Escape Artist</i>, <i>The Dark Outside</i>) will continue as executive producers for Endor Production, with Sara Johnson exec producing for Fox Networks Group Europe &...
The news was announced Wednesday, ahead of the Mark Strong-starring espionage thriller's premiere across Europe and Africa on Fox.
The same creative team that put together the first season has been assembled, with a writers room having already begun, headed by co-creator and showrunner Matthew Parkhill (<i>Rogue</i>). Hilary Bevan Jones (<i>Cracker</i>, <i>State of Play</i>) and Tom Nash (<i>The Escape Artist</i>, <i>The Dark Outside</i>) will continue as executive producers for Endor Production, with Sara Johnson exec producing for Fox Networks Group Europe &...
Get Him To The Greek star Russell Brand is heading back to the big screen in action feature Butterfingers. The comedian is to play a hitman in the movie, which is directed by I, Anna's by Barnaby Southcombe and based on a script from Full Nelson's Tom Nash. Butterfingers will be produced and financed by The Fyzz Facility and Embargo Films with Highland Film Group handling global sales and launching it in Berlin later this month. Mark Lane, James Harris, Wayne Marc…...
- 2/8/2018
- Deadline
British stand-up comedian, actor and activist Russell Brand is to play a hard-up assassin in action comedy Butterfingers.
Directed by Barnaby Southcombe (I, Anna) and based on a script by Tom Nash (Full Nelson, Percentages), the film will be introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next week, with Highland Film Group handling global sales.
Butterfingers follows the story of a lonely and down-on-his-luck hit man named Keith (Russell Brand) — also known as Butterfingers — as he competes against archrival Perry, who is after the same target in Spain. When Perry beats Keith to the chase...
Directed by Barnaby Southcombe (I, Anna) and based on a script by Tom Nash (Full Nelson, Percentages), the film will be introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next week, with Highland Film Group handling global sales.
Butterfingers follows the story of a lonely and down-on-his-luck hit man named Keith (Russell Brand) — also known as Butterfingers — as he competes against archrival Perry, who is after the same target in Spain. When Perry beats Keith to the chase...
- 2/8/2018
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Title: Eradicate Cast: Luke Newberry, Eddie Webber, Johnny Palmiero, Rachel Bright Director: William McGregor Writer / Exec Producer: Tom Nash Producer: Ben Burdock Editor: Iain Whitewright DoP: Adam Eherington More info: http://www.williammcgregor.co.uk/
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Created for the Sci-fi London 48 hour International Film Festival. Eradicate is a short film that explores what it means to be alive and how hard it can be to say goodbye.
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- 5/11/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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