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14.03.2024 - 20:11 / variety.com
Ellise Shafer Netflix has revealed a slew of commissions out of the U.K., including a political thriller series starring Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones, the reality show “Buying London” and a TV adaptation of Marian Keyes‘ bestselling novel “Grown Ups.” As reported by Variety exclusively earlier, Netflix has also commissioned the Jamie Dornan crime noir series “The Undertow,” which will go into production in Scotland this year and premiere on the platform in 2025. Also set for 2025, “The Choice” stars Jones and Delpy as the British Prime Minister and French President, respectively, in what is being described as a high-stakes political thriller.
Jones plays “Abigail Dalton, the recently elected British Prime Minister fighting for office thanks to a healthcare crisis. Vivienne Toussaint, played by Julie Delpy, is the first female French President campaigning for re-election no matter what — including tackling France’s borders.
A summit between the two women could be the answer to their prayers, if they can agree,” the show’s synopsis reads. “But when Dalton’s husband is kidnapped and Toussaint is blackmailed, they both face unimaginable choices.
Forced into a fierce rivalry where their political futures, and lives, might hang in the balance, can they work together to uncover the plot that threatens them both?” Corey Mylcreest, Lucian Masmati, Ashley Thomas, James Cosmo and Jehnny Beth round out the cast. Coming to the platform this year, “Buying London” will follow property mogul Daniel Daggers and his team at DDRE Global as they take on London’s luxury property market.
Ummm, we could be closer to a family reunion here than we ever thought possible! Maybe…
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When Grammy-winning musician Jack Antonoff was curating the music for AppleTV+’s series “The New Look,” he shared ideas of instrumentation and a list of artists he had in mind for who could form the soundtrack. “We started looking at that wish list and who was realistic,” says the show’s music supervisor Mark Wike. “We looked at who was touring and who was doing what.
Tom Morello has announced an intimate solo show in London for this summer – you can find all the details below.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist is due to perform at the 1,500-capacity Electric Ballroom in Camden Town on Thursday, June 13 along with some yet-to-be-confirmed “special guests”.It’ll serve as a warm-up for his UK and European festival tour, which will kick off with an appearance at Download 2024 the following Saturday (June 15).Tickets for Morello’s upcoming London date go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (April 5) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.
Martin Scorsese is exploring the journeys of eight men and women toward sainthood in a new docudrama series for Fox Nation.
Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen are teaming up for a new Peacock series!
Michael Jackson’s son, Bigi, has taken his grandmother to court in an attempt to prevent her from using funds from his father’s estate as part of a legal battle.Bigi – whose legal name is Prince Michael Jackson III, and is also known as Blanket – has requested that Katherine Jackson be prevented from using the funds to finance her legal battle against executors.Attorneys have said that Katherine’s legal services requests do not benefit the estate, so a judge should not approve them (per USA Today).It comes after reports emerged last week that the late pop legend’s son was filing a legal injunction against his grandmother.The filing was thought to be in response to Katherine’s opposition of the recent landmark deal the estate made with Sony to sell half of Michael’s music catalogue for $600million (£475million).The deal is expected to be the biggest-ever valuation of an artist’s music assets, with sources valuing it at between $1.2billion and $1.5billion in total (£950million – £1.19billion).Bigi previously claimed that he and Katherine presented their arguments against the deal, but ultimately the court ruled against them – which seemingly brought the legal issue to a close.However, a filing states that “despite the expense and long odds, Katherine decided to pursue an appeal.”The court filing said the Sony deal was “of paramount significance to Bigi, both financially and personally”, who has decided to move on from the court dispute.Katherine had previously told the court that Michael never wanted his music catalogue to be sold.Last week, Billboard reported that Katherine Jackson has received more than $55million (£43.5million) since the singer’s death in June 2009, according to claims from Michael Jackson’s estate
Michael Jackson’s estate, his son Bigi Jackson, also known as Blanket, has taken an unexpected step by filing against his grandmother, Katherine Jackson. The 22-year-old son of the pop icon contested the use of estate funds to support Katherine’s legal battle against the executors.In documents obtained by PEOPLE, Bigi asserts that Katherine Jackson should not be allowed to draw from Michael Jackson’s estate to finance her legal challenges against the estate’s executors, John Branca and John McClain.
Buying Beverly Hills returns this weekend with plenty of mansions and more drama!
EXCLUSIVE: Real Estate mogul Doval Bacall is set to finance producer Steven Schneider’s next feature film Boyfriend as his first significant entertainment deal.
For years, Rob Mariano operated as a veritable Survivor ambassador, having first appeared in Marquesas before going on to compete five more times on the CBS franchise. His celebrity became so valuable to the network that he would compete twice on The Amazing Race and even allowed CBS to film his 2005 nuptials to fellow Survivor contestant Amber Brkirch.
Michael Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor in Smallville, is opening up about the idea he has for a sequel series in an animated form.
EXCLUSIVE: Kurt Sutter‘s upcoming Netflix Western drama The Abandons is rounding out its recurring cast with 10, including Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio), Sarah Grace White (The Bastard Executioner), Michael Ornstein (Sons of Anarchy) and Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Three Pines).
Selling Sunset fans will be excited to learn that they won't have to wait until the new season drops to get their luxury property fix as Netflix has announced a brand new reality show Buying London. On Thursday, Netflix officially confirmed the new property reality series Buying London would be coming to the streaming giant soon.The show is set to look like the UK's answer to Selling Sunset as it follows a team of agents at DDRE Global taking on London's luxury property market.The last few years has seen shows like Selling Sunset, Selling The OC, Selling Tampa, Million Dollar Beach House and Buying Beverly Hills, showing the drama and deals in some of the world's most luxury real estate agencies.
Yungblud has announced a free major outdoor show to take place somewhere in London on Monday (March 18), with the location only to be announced on the day.The musician first teased an upcoming major announcement last week (March 8), thanking fans for the community that they have been able to build and for the journey so far.Now, he has added to the anticipation by adding that he will be making the announcement during the free show in the capital.FREE OUTDOOR SHOW and my biggest announcement yet. MONDAY 18th of MARCH.
Jamie Dornan has not one but two exciting roles to look forward to in a new Netflix series.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Jamie Dornan will lead the cast of a new crime noir series that has been ordered at Netflix titled “The Undertow,” Variety has learned exclusively. “The Undertow” is based on the Nordisk Film Production AS television series “Twin” created by Kristoffer Metcalfe. Dornan will star in the series as twin brothers Adam and Lee.
Editor’s Note: This in-depth interview with David Mixner, who passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the age of 77, originally appeared in the issue of July 29, 2004. Photography by Todd Franson.“You want a soundbite?”David Mixner grins.“I’ll give you a soundbite. I’m a man who’s devoted forty years of his life — sometimes at great validation and sometimes at great pain — to the struggle for freedom and human rights.“You know, when I was a child growing up,” he continues, “we didn’t have television, but we got Life magazine.
“Selling The Hamptons” reality show, whose second season premiered on Max on March 1. The series portrays the cutthroat agents going head-to-head to sell luxury homes in a world where the stakes are high, the inventory is low and the Whispering Angel rosé is free-flowing. “Everyone tries to go after everyone’s listings because it’s such a small, close-knit community – there’s more brokers than there are sellers,” Zabakolas, 37, told The Post.
The highly anticipated Netflix series The Gentlemen arrives on the streaming platform on Thursday 7 March with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario in the main roles as Eddie Halstead and Susie Glass.The series sounds familiar because Guy Ritchie, writer, executive producer and director also created the film with the same name. During the making of the series, the cast and crew filmed in various locations from Brocket Hall to Badminton House but during one take, the team made a costly error. During a Q&A at the world premiere, Guy revealed an incident on set left them in trouble.
We’re just days away from the premiere of Guy Ritchie‘s new television series The Gentlemen and the stars stepped out for a UK red carpet premiere.