‘Anansi Boys’: CCH Pounder, ‘The Crown’ Star Jason Watkins & ‘Killing Eve’s’ Fiona Shaw Round Out Cast For Amazon Prime Video Series Adaptation

completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, which co-owns the 007 movie franchise, two weeks ago, it instantly began splitting Bond into many pieces with its evil money-grubbing laser, effectively kicking off the death of a 60-year-old brand beloved by generations.You can smell the British flesh start to sizzle. Last week, Variety reported that Amazon Prime Video and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.

Tributes have been paid to a "lovely couple" who died in a horror crash on a Scots road on Thursday.

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Killing Eve is known for its handbrake turns, throwing characters into unlikely situations as they all flip-flop between a devotion to the job (be it super spy or deadly assassin) and desperation to leave. For season 4 episode 4, writer Laura Neal decided to explore some new, deranged dynamics. In one episode, three unlikely pairs were thrust together: Eve and Hélène; Villanelle and Carolyn; Pam and Konstantin.

“Outlander” is a big part of Samuel L. Jackson’s life.

Clayton Davis “Tick, Tick … Boom!” star Alexandra Shipp has joined the live-action “Barbie” film from Oscar-nominated director Greta Gerwig, starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken.Though plot details are being kept under wraps, the film is written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach and based on the popular Mattel toy. Shipp’s role is currently unknown, along with other co-stars America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon, along with Simu Liu and Ariana Greenblatt. Warner Bros.

Leonardo DiCaprio has joined the list of celebrities who have signed a letter condemning the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) funding of a gas pipeline. More than 65 Hollywood stars have added their names to an open letter urging RBC to stop financing a pipeline that runs through the territory of local Indigenous peoples.

Wilson Chapman editorHBO Max is putting together an all-star cast for the upcoming original film “The Parenting.”On Wednesday, the streamer announced that Brian Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Edie Falco and Dean Norris had been cast to star in the horror-comedy, which focuses on a young queer couple who rent a countryside cottage to host a weekend getaway with their parents, only to discover that it is inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist. The roles that Cox, Kudrow, Falco and Norris will be playing have yet to be announced.“The Parenting” is directed by Craig Johnson (“Alex Strangelove,” “The Skeleton Twins”), and written by Kent Sublette.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon Studios has rounded out the cast of forthcoming drama “Anansi Boys” with the additions of Fiona Shaw, CCH Pounder and Jason Watkins.The series is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name, and is currently shooting in Edinburgh, Scotland.“Anansi Boys” follows Charlie Nancy (Malachi Kirby), sometimes known as Fat Charlie (it was his father’s nickname for him), a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father. But when his father dies, Charlie discovers that his father was Anansi, the trickster god of stories (played by Delroy Lindo), and that he has a brother. Now that brother, Spider (also played by Kirby), is entering Charlie’s life, determined to make it more interesting — but making it a lot more dangerous instead.

It has been revealed that a cigarette lighter was the source of a fatal house fire that killed three children in Paisley almost two years ago.

BBC EastEnders legend Cheryl Fergison has a surprising new career 10 years after leaving the soap. The Heather actress was on the BBC soap from 2007 to 2012. She is now working as a singing teacher over Zoom, offering lessons for £60 a pop.

K.J. Yossman “Community’s” Gillian Jacobs and “Call My Agent” star Gregory Montel are set to appear in a new Netflix series from “Unorthodox” creator Anna Winger.Joining them are Lucas Englander (“The Witcher”), Cory Michael Smith (“Gotham”), Ralph Amoussou (“Marianne”), Deleila Piasko (“Boys Are Us”), Amit Rahav (“Unorthodox”) and Corey Stoll (“Billions”).The series, titled “Transatlantic,” tells the true story of the Emergency Rescue Committee during the Second World War, which helped thousands of refugees escape Nazi-occupied France.

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The seductive spy thriller Killing Eve is back with its fourth and final series.