Outfest announced its grand jury prize winners today, after the LGBTQIA+ film festival in Los Angeles wrapped its 41st edition.
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Agatha Christie novel adaptation “Murder Is Easy.” Based on Christie’s 1939 novel, the two-part thriller is adapted by Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu Gaur (“World on Fire”). The cast includes David Jonsson (“Industry,” “Rye Lane”), Morfydd Clark (“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Saint Maud”), Penelope Wilton (“Downton Abbey”), Sinead Matthews (“The Crown”), Tom Riley (“The Nevers”), Douglas Henshall (“Shetland”), Mathew Baynton (“Ghosts”), Mark Bonnar (“World on Fire”), Nimra Bucha (“Ms Marvel”), Tamzin Outhwaite (“The Tower”), Jon Pointing (“Big Boys”) and Phoebe Licorish in her screen debut.
The story is set in 1954 England. On a train to London, Fitzwilliam (Jonsson) meets Miss Pinkerton (Wilton), who tells him that a killer is on the loose in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe. The villagers believe the deaths are accidents, but Miss Pinkerton knows otherwise — and when she’s later found dead on her way to Scotland Yard, Fitzwilliam feels he must find the killer before they can strike again.
“Murder Is Easy” is made by ITV Studios’ Mammoth Screen (“The Serpent”) and Agatha Christie Limited (“Death on the Nile”) and is a co-commission between the BBC and BritBox International. It is produced by Karen Kelly. The casting directors are Karen Lindsay-Stewart and Emily Jacobs. Executive producers are Ejiwunmi-Le Berre, James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited, James Gandhi and Damien Timmer for Mammoth Screen, Danielle Scott-Haughton for the BBC and Reemah Sakaan and Stephen Nye for BritBox International. Fifth Season is handling international sales. “Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre’s amazing adaptation of ‘Murder Is Easy’ digs into the divides at the heart of post-war English society, and
Outfest announced its grand jury prize winners today, after the LGBTQIA+ film festival in Los Angeles wrapped its 41st edition.
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Devon Live reported, a tree was knocked down by the wind and rain on a road leading to the property, meaning that there was no way out.Tourist Caroline Heaven told the outlet that around 100 people were stranded in the grounds of the house, with a spokesperson for the National Trust, who run the property, saying that they were aware that there were “visitors, staff and volunteers still at Greenway unable to leave.”They added that they were “doing everything” to make them comfortable while waiting, and that they could leave as soon as possible.During the incident, many on social media compared the situation to Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, where strangers are invited to a Devon mansion and many of them murdered.Greenway is set to remain closed for an indefinite amount of time due to the “extensive storm damage” it sustained on the day.
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Industry and Rye Lane star David Jonsson, Lord of the Rings lead Morfydd Clark and Downton Abbey‘s Penelope Wilson are among the cast of BBC and Britbox International’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, Murder is Easy.
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Smallville, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021 for manipulating women into becoming sex slaves for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere. She previously pleaded guilty in 2019.According to online records by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Mack was released on Monday (July 3) from federal prison in Dublin, California.Mack avoided a longer prison sentence by cooperating with prosecutors and providing information on Raniere, including an audio recording of the cult leader instructing her about the branding ceremonies for the recruited DOS slaves.As reported by the New York newspaper Albany Times Union, Mack apologised prior to her sentencing for her involvement in the group.
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