Michaela Coel teases her next TV series after ‘I May Destroy You’

Cole Sprouse has returned to Instagram after taking «a much needed mental health break.» The star last posted on June 26, and on Tuesday explained his departure from the social media platform by sharing a black-and-white photo at the NEST Tulum in Mexico.«I’ve never been the most active user of social media, but even the minor amount I had been engaging during quarantine had become a bit too taxing,» Sprouse, 27, explained. «Work is slowly beginning to pick back up within a new normal.

Netflix deal for her drama series I May Destroy You.The actress, who wrote and starred in all 12 episodes of the BBC/HBO show – as well as co-directing nine – revealed earlier this month that the show was initially offered seven figures from Netflix.

Naman Ramachandran “I May Destroy You” creator and star Michaela Coel has said she felt “incredibly empowered” after turning down a $1 million offer from streaming giant Netflix for the show that eventually found its home at HBO and the BBC.Coel revealed earlier this month how, in May 2017, with the help of her then agents CAA, she had negotiated a deal with Netflix, but it fell through when she asked for a percentage of the show’s copyright.

Following her brilliant and tender breakout feature “The Rider,” Chloé Zhao’s next move has been hotly anticipated – making moves at Marvel Studios as well as working on her followup film, “Nomadland,” starring Frances McDormand.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorPaapa Essiedu, one of the breakout stars of BBC/HBO’s I May Destroy You, and Gangs Of London actor Joe Cole have joined the cast of ITV’s Black Lives Matter-inspired drama shorts series Unsaid Stories….Deadline last week revealed the four-part anthology series, which will be made by Greenacre Films, the producer behind Netflix’s Michaela Coel-fronted feature Been So Long.Essiedu and Pippa Bennett-Warner (Maxxx) will feature in Lynette Linton’s Look At Me, which

The Theatre Artists Fund, spearheaded by Sam Mendes to help support freelancers in the U.K. stage industry struggling during the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has raised £1.6 million ($2 million) since it launched on July 6, with donations from a number of major stars.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThree weeks after filmmaker Sam Mendes teamed up with Netflix to launch a $620K (£500K) fund to support the UK’s embattled theater workers, the pot has swollen to $2M (£1.6M) and counting.Prominent figures to contribute include the estate of the late Peter Saunders and Lady Saunders, the UK theater impresario behind The Mousetrap, which joins Netflix as the headline supporter.

Red Hot Chili Peppers podcast after just one episode.The pair debuted their new creation earlier this month, which followed on from their podcasts on the music of U2 and R.E.M.But after discussing the band’s 1985 debut album ‘Freaky Styley’ in episode one, the pair have decided that they’d much rather discuss Talking Heads instead.The clues began when the second episode arrived last week (Juky 15) with the title ’77’, which is Talking Heads’ 1977 debut LP.The episode started with Aukerman and

I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel has revealed that the BBC show was littered with many easter eggs and secret messages.Coel told Obsessed with… I May Destroy You podcast: “There are Easter eggs littered all over that show and I think you have to rewatch and rewatch and rewatch to really begin enjoying it.”While on the podcast with presenter Sophie Duker, the writer who starred as Arabella talked about a Metro UK article where hair and makeup artist Bethany Swan explained the significance

Jake Kanter International TV EditorI May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and Cynthia Erivo, the Grammy-winning singer and actress, are to headline the BBC’s first Creative Diversity Xperience.The online event will take place on 28-29 July with the ambition of showcasing the vibrancy, innovation and leadership of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic talent in the creative industry.Over the course of 12 hours of content, Coel will provide a masterclass on her BBC/HBO hit series I May Destroy You,

Naman Ramachandran Michaela Coel, creator and star of BBC and HBO Max series “I May Destroy You,” and Cynthia Erivo, the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated star of “Harriet,” are set to headline the BBC’s first ‘Creative Diversity Xperience’ (CDX).CDX is a two-day virtual event taking place July 28-29, aimed at younger audiences that will showcase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic talent in the U.K. creative industry.

I May Destroy You actor Paapa Essiedu has shared his thoughts on the future of his character.Essiedu, who plays Kwame in Michaela Coel’s BBC/HBO series focusing on the varying nuances of sexual assault, says, “I definitely have hope for Kwame.”In an interview with Digital Spy, Essiedu said, responding to the question of a potential second season: “It’s really interesting – I think it’s quite short-sighted to think, ‘How can we bring closure to Kwame’s story?’“That’s not how it works.

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Monday's episode I May Destroy You. Read at your own risk!]This show keeps getting better with every episode, doesn't it? Those of us who have been keeping up with Michaela Coel's genre-shattering and groundbreaking dark comedy I May Destroy Youare by now accustomed to having our perspective turned upside down as we watch its lead characters Arabella (Coel), Terry (Weruche Opia), and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu) reckon with varying dimensions of sexual

Tackling issues such as sexual consent, gender, race, class, drugs, victim shaming and social media obsession with the sort of raw, unflinching, angry, often hilarious, at times deeply upsetting and frequently hedonistic honesty unseen on TV before, I May Destroy You has become one of the summer's must-watch events.

Michaela Coel’s new show I May Destroy You, which premiered on BBC One and HBO Max on June 7, is an unflinching tale of the ongoing violence Black women are subject to, as well as its lasting impact.The show centres Arabella, a young Black working class writer from Hackney in east London, who, upon the success of her self-published memoir Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial, is thrust into the world of traditional publishing, where she is surrounded by those unlike the people in her close circle –

said on Thursday.The Trump lawyer had originally been released from prison in May to serve out his three-year sentence from home due to the pandemic.