Andrew Garfield To Play Richard Branson In New Series ‘Hot Air’

Despite a fandom that has shown to be toxic at the mention of diversity and inclusivity, “Star Wars” has always had a political undercurrent throughout the franchise. I mean, it’s really about Rebels fighting against an evil Empire, huh? Remember those overt political in the prequels? Sure, there are laser sword fights and space battles for those who just want that, but “Star Wars” has a long track record of trying to be a socially-conscious, political franchise.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw's character in her thrilling new Apple TV+ series,, may have lost her memories, but the actress is crystal-clear on what she loves about the show.«It's so juicy,» Mbatha-Raw raved to ET at the show's New York premiere on Monday. «I mean, this show is such a thrilling mystery and it's a real psychological thriller with so many twists and turns every episode.»The British actress plays the protagonist of the series, Sophie, who is trying to piece together her memories leading up to a suicide attempt. At the start, she explained, «the audience knows as much as she does… so you're sort of immediately drawn into her world.»«It's set in San Francisco, in this very luxurious world, but something's off under the surface,» she hinted. «These people seemingly have everything, but there's an unsettling energy… My character not knowing her past, she essentially is the mystery.»Mbatha-Raw said fans of psychological thrillers and female-driven mysteries will love the series — no surprise, given that producer and star Reese Witherspoon is behind the project as an executive producer, alongside Mbatha-Raw herself.«I first met Reese when we did and then, obviously, which I got to do with Apple and [Witherspoon's production company] Hello Sunshine was such an amazing experience for me,» she recalled. «When I got the script for this, I knew Hello Sunshine was already attached to produce… I feel like Reese leads by example.

Andrew Garfield has been beating the heat by spending time at the beach.

Andrew Garfield does a backflip into the water with the assistance of his friend, art dealer Vito Schnabel, over the weekend off the island of Ischia in Italy.

EXCLUSIVE: The Thing About Harry star Niko Terho has been cast in the upcoming 19th season of ABC’s venerable medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. He is the second new series regular addition for next season, joining recently cast Alexis Floyd.

Paul Heaton. The former Beautiful South frontman, famed for marrying earworm hooks to barbed lyrics, released Still, a heartfelt ballad about a stillbirth. The poignant lyrics reference a child’s car seat that is left unused and the bereaved parents’ journey from blame and pain to acceptance.

EXCLUSIVE: Inventing Anna breakout Alexis Floyd is joining another Shondaland drama, Grey’s Anatomy, as a series regular for the hugely popular ABC medical drama’s upcoming 19th season.

Andrew Garfield shows off his award during the 2022 Ischia Film Festival on Saturday night (July 16) in Italy.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the third highest-grossing movie of all time with a domestic total of $804 million and it’s safe to say that the lead actors took home a lot of money for the film!

Hot Air, will be directed by Deadpool 2 director David Leitch, and is based on the 1994 book Dirty Tricks.According to reports in Deadline, the six-part series will be written by Jon Croker (Paddington 2) and is currently being shopped around to a number of streaming services.Dirty Tricks, the book from investigative journalist Martyn Gregory, focuses on the battle between Branson’s Virgin Airways and British Airways, in which Branson was awarded over £3.5million after suing BA for planting negative stories about Virgin in the press in a move dubbed ‘Operation Barbara’.The news of Garfield’s casting comes after he stated earlier this year that he wanted to take some time away from acting.He told People in April: “I’m actually really happy and excited to be very quiet and very still and take some time to just be.“It feels very important right now, especially after a lot of output, a lot of being out in the world, and giving a lot of energy to things that I’m very passionate about, but I have to kind of refill the well so that I can carry on authentically carry on without it feeling like I have to keep up with the Joneses in some way.”Elsewhere, Garfield recently starred in Under The Banner of Heaven and was nominated for an Oscar for Tick, Tick… Boom!, as well as reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

Andrew Garfield is lining up his next big project.

Sasha Urban editorHot off his Emmy nomination for his role in “Under the Banner of Heaven,” Andrew Garfield is in talks to portray billionaire business mogul Richard Branson in a limited series called “Hot Air,” Variety has confirmed. The series will be directed by David Leitch (“Deadpool 2”), with Universal International in discussions to produce.The six-part series is written by Jon Croker (“Paddington 2”), based on the book “Dirty Tricks: British Airways’ Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic” by investigative journalist Martyn Gregory.

Sometimes, a project gets announced that makes one’s head spin, based on the premise, the talent involved, or all of the above. “Hot Air” is that project this week, as Deadline reports that a limited series about Virgin Airways CEO Richard Branson‘s infamous battle against British Airways in the 1990s is in development from Universal International Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Garfield, who just landed his first Emmy nomination for FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven, is headlining another limited series project, Hot Air, which is heating up the streaming marketplace. Garfield is set to portray Richard Branson in the project about the famous British entrepreneur, which I hear is in a competitive situation with multiple major platforms in the running. It comes from Universal International Studios, with Deadpool 2 helmer David Leitch set to direct, sources said.

Season 2 of CBS’ will welcome a new character played by Eva-Jane Willis following the departure of series lead Christine Paul. Season 2 premieres on September 20 at 9 pm ET/PT as part of All-FBI Tuesdays on CBS.

A brand new BBC series is in the making that is set to rival Netflix 's hit reality show Selling Sunset. Since its release in 2019, Selling Sunset has become extremely popular with viewers on the streaming service, having just recently been renewed for a sixth and seventh season.

Issa Rae (“Insecure”). The series premiere on July 21 with two episodes at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m.