Mads Mikkelsen, Armie Hammer Join Amma Asante's Cold War Thriller 'Billion Dollar Spy'

British film star who captured the public’s imagination when he appeared in The Dam Busters as Flight Lieutenant JV “Hoppy” Hopgood, taking part in a daring Second World War RAF operation – and offering a pint of beer to the beloved dog of his wing commander.He followed the 1955 box-office hit two years later by taking the role of Inigo Jollifant in The Good Companions, a screen musical version of the JB Priestley play.

John Travolta is making his list and checking it twice in honour of Capital One’s new Christmas commercial.

The stakes are high. You’re going to hear that a lot from now until January 5.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorPolly Cochrane, recently set as Country Manager for WarnerMedia UK & Ireland, today announced her leadership team comprising Alison Morris, Neil Marshall, Rachel Wakley, Alex Lewis, Allan Stenhouse and Charlie Cubbon.

No Time To Die.And like most British actors in the 25 to 35 age range, the Star Wars actor has been asked whether he'd be keen on the part.Speaking to MTV, he said: “Hey listen, [with] Steve McQueen directing, let’s do this. We could show them something different.“We’ll still bring that sophistication – you know, James Bond has to be James Bond.

If you haven’t been watching Last Week Tonight lately, we can’t blame you. 2020 has been a year of bad news followed by worse news followed by INSANE news. So even a comedy news show can feel a little oppressive at time.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA new drama about Tudor queen Anne Boleyn, starring Jodie Turner-Smith, has found its Henry VIII.British actor Mark Stanley has been cast as the iconic monarch. Best known for playing Grenn in the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” Stanley has also had starring roles in “Kajaki,” “Our Kind of Traitor” and “Dickensian.”Boleyn was the Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterStuart Ford’s AGC Studios has optioned rights to David Gilman’s thriller novel The Englishman.Gilman is a former reconnaissance platoon paratrooper in the British Army, a firefighter and a professional photographer who has also spent time as a writer on ITV series A Touch Of Frost.

Disney+ is reintroducing “Black Beauty” to the world in a new trailer released on Tuesday.

Hannibal and Casino Royale star Mads Mikkelsen is reportedly in early talks to replace Johnny Depp as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3.Depp, who portrayed the villainous character in the first two Fantastic Beasts movies, was asked by Warner Bros.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer“Hannibal” and “Doctor Strange” actor Mads Mikkelsen is in early talks to take on the role of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in “Fantastic Beasts 3,” replacing Johnny Depp in the role, Variety has confirmed.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Jeffrey Wolf’s documentary Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts and is planning to release in Spring 2021.The doc captures the life of the titular Bill Traylor who, in his late 80s, living homeless on the street in the thriving segregated black neighborhood of Montgomery, produced a body of extraordinary art.

Ethan Hawke will star in war thriller Zeros and Onesfrom writer-directorAbel Ferrara. Hawke will play JJ, an American soldier stationed in a Rome that is under siege, locked down, and at war.

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Dave McNary Film ReporterEthan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac and Phil Neilson will star in the upcoming war thriller “Zeros and Ones,” with Abel Ferrara directing from his own script.Filming begins in Italy later this month. Hawke will portray an American soldier stationed in Rome as it’s under siege, with the Vatican blown up.

Cinemas across Europe have gone back into lockdown, theaters in much of the U.S. — including L.A.

who has died of a heart attack aged 67, was an actor and stand-up comedian whose diverse work included one-man stage shows and screen portrayals of famous British politicians such as Harold Wilson and Edward Heath following his rise to fame in Whose Line Is It Anyway?He and Stephen Fry were regular panellists on the game show, improvising scenes suggested by the studio audience or presenter, Clive Anderson, during its single series on BBC radio in early 1988.When the programme switched to