EXCLUSIVE: UK pay TV service Sky cut portions of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver yesterday evening over tongue-in-cheek comments related to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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EXCLUSIVE: Industry star Myha’la Herrold has become the latest big name to join the cast of Black Mirror’s highly-anticipated sixth season.
Netflix is keeping quiet on casting for the time being but Deadline is aware Herrold, a rising star who also featured in A24 horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, is now one of the confirmed names to appear in an episode of Charlie Brooker’s celebrated anthology.
She joins the likes of Signs star Rory Culkin, who Deadline revealed was in season six last week.
Herrold is fast becoming a household name both sides of the Pond following her highly-rated performance as Harper Stern in HBO/BBC drama Industry, about a group of interns competing for roles at a prestigious London investment bank. Season two launched on HBO on August 1 and is coming to the BBC soon, where it has been promoted from BBC Two to BBC One. Herrold, who just wrapped on Sam Esmail’s upcoming Netflix adaptation Leave the World Behind opposite Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke, mainly featured in plays prior to her Industry and Bodies Bodies Bodies roles.
Having entered production recently, the latest Black Mirror is the first from Brooker’s new Netflix-backed outfit Broke & Bones, which he runs with Black Mirror exec Annabel Jones. The dystopian anthology has been one of Netflix’s most successful international hits since it was picked up from the UK’s Channel 4 for its third, fourth and fifth seasons.
Each episode tells a contained story speculatively reflecting on the near future with a dystopian style. The fifth season featured the likes of Andrew Scott, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Miley Cyrus.
Herrold is repped by Laura Gibson at 11:11 Entertainment, UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner
EXCLUSIVE: UK pay TV service Sky cut portions of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver yesterday evening over tongue-in-cheek comments related to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Picard” will debut on Feb. 16, Paramount+ revealed on Thursday during the streamer’s “Star Trek Day” festivities, along with a new teaser for the season that showcases the return of “Star Trek: the Next Generation’s” original cast. The video, which you can view below, features a first look at the Patrick Stewart-led show’s new starship, the U.S.S. Titan, as well as hints at the central storyline, which appears to involve the old bridge crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D rallying together to support Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), who seems to find herself in mortal peril. The 10-episode season of “Picard” stars Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on “The Next Generation,” and follows Picard in his next — and likely final — chapter. Along with Stewart and McFadden, LeVar Burton (as Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (as Worf), Jonathan Frakes (as Will Riker), Marina Sirtis (as Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (in an undisclosed role), Jeri Ryan (as Seven of Nine) and Michelle Hurd (as Raffi Musiker) round out the cast.
Zack Sharf Detective Benoit Blanc is back in the first trailer for Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” Daniel Craig returns in the lead role of the murder mystery sequel, but this time he will be interrogating an entirely new ensemble cast: Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick and Ethan Hawke. “Glass Onion” is set in Greece on the private island of tech billionaire Miles Bron, played by Norton, where another game of whodunnit will take place. The original “Knives Out” opened to rave reviews in November 2019 and earned $311 million at the worldwide box office, an impressive gross for an original script that’s light on action and heavy on dialogue. Johnson earned an Oscar nomination for original screenplay. Whereas Lionsgate released the first film, “Glass Onion” has the backing of Netflix after the streaming giant made a reported $450 million deal to acquire two “Knives Out” sequels.
Henry Selick, the wildly original mastermind behind such extraordinarily conceived feature film animations as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “James And The Giant Peach,” marks his first feature film since 2009s unsettling creeper, “Coraline,” in “Wendell & Wild.” Debuting on Netflix later this year, the stop-motion animation, billed as a dark fantasy comedy horror, “Wendell & Wild” is based on a screenplay penned by Selick and Jordan Peele, who also produces and stars in a voice role alongside long time collaborator Keegan-Michael Key.
The Crown has cast their Prince William and Kate Middleton for season six.MORE: The Crown season five early review: 'This season is going to blow people’s minds'Two actors will portray William as the show covers his years as a teenager at Eton through to a young adult attending university at St Andrews in Scotland. Teenager Rufus Kampa will pick up the role of Prince William at the age of 15, while Ed McVey will portray the prince’s later teen and early adult years.WATCH: Princess Diana's brother reveals real reason he rejected The Crown's request to film at AlthorpDeadline reports that newcomer Meg Bellamy has been cast as Kate; Kate and William met as students at the Scottish university.The news comes after it was revealed that Netflix was on the hunt for "an exceptional young actor to play PRINCE WILLIAM in the next series".
K.J. Yossman The makers of hit Netflix series “The Crown” have revealed who is set to play Prince William and Kate Middleton in season six.
EXCLUSIVE: Catastrophe star Rob Delaney has become the latest to board season six of Charlie Brooker Netflix anthology Black Mirror, which is hotting up.
Black Mirror season six is underway and some major casting news has been revealed.
Daniel Craig has revealed that he had to hire a dialect coach for Knives Out 2.
Dancing with the Stars is once again looking to social media to cast its next batch of celebrity hoofers.
Bullet Train”), Julia Roberts (54, “Ticket to Paradise”) and Tom Cruise (60, “Top Gun: Maverick”) to make a buck. There just aren’t any millennials or Gen Z stars who have the box office power to capably replace them.Although supremely talented, young Oscar nominees such as Timothée Chalamet (26), Saoirse Ronan (28) and Lucas Hedges (25) have not yet proven massive draws — a necessity to selling the sort of non-tentpole films that tend to struggle to sell tickets. Enter Harry Styles.Besides the former “One Direction” heartthrob’s successful albums and concert tours — he’s currently in the middle of a 15-show stint at Madison Square Garden — 28-year-old Styles has two movies premiering next month on separate continents.Sophisticated fare aimed at adults, both have the potential to do big business.
Of all the actors in recent months and years who have tried transforming into John Wick in punishing, stylized action movies, Allison Janney in her new film “Lou” may be the most surprising transformation yet. Janney leads the Netflix action movie “Lou” that also stars Jurnee Smollett and Logan Marshall-Green and is produced by J.J.
Wilson Chapman editorDaniel Craig is ready to revive his southern accent. “Glass Onion,” the sequel to 2019’s whodunnit smash “Knives Out,” will debut on Netflix December 23, as well as “be released in select theaters on a to be announced date.”The global Netflix release will follow the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
The first look at Knives Out 2, aka Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, is finally here!
Black Mirror” is coming back for a new season. The anthology series is packing its sixth season with a variety of exciting actors, among them, Salma Hayek.Salma Hayek praises Angelina Jolie and describes her as the ‘best director’ she has ever workedSalma Hayek motivates her followers with a stunning bikini photoA post shared by Salma Hayek Pinault (@salmahayek)The report was revealed by Variety, which claims the show has added a string of newcomers and seasoned actors that include Kate Mara, Aaron Paul, Annie Murphy,Danny Ramirez, Anjana Vassan, and more.
Charlie Brooker‘s “Black Mirror” is arguably our modern version of twisty genre shows like “The Twilight Zone” and “Outer Limits” but specifically focuses on the dark side of technology from the exploitation of digital people referred to as Cookies to how tech can be used against us or hurts society. More often than not we see characters navigating a dystopian setting.
Manori Ravindran International EditorSalma Hayek and Annie Murphy are in talks to star in the new season of “Black Mirror,” Variety can reveal.The dystopian Netflix series is slowly assembling a star-studded roster of talent for its long-awaited Season 6, with Hayek and Murphy the latest actors set to join the cast.Variety previously revealed that the new season has signed Zazie Beetz, Paapa Essiedu, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Danny Ramirez, Clara Rugaard, Auden Thornton and Anjana Vasan. Elsewhere, Deadline reported that Rory Culkin, who was most recently seen in FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven,” is also joining the show.Hayek recently wrapped on Angelina Jolie’s new movie “Without Blood,” which has been filming in Italy, and stars in Steven Soderbergh’s forthcoming “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” She also starred in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” and Marvel’s “Eternals.” A Hayek-produced series on the death of Argentina’s Eva Perón, titled “Santa Evita,” aired on Disney’s Star last month.