Olivia Colman-Narrated Documentary About Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Acquired By Virgil Films

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: Michael Smerconish – Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking, a feature-length filmed version of the radio and TV host’s stage performance, has been acquired by Virgil Films.The film will hit VOD on October 30 and on digital HD and DVD on December 8.Smerconish, who has worked for 30 years in talk radio, hosts a daily show on SiriusXM’s POTUS channel.  He is also hosts a Saturday morning program on CNN.The one-man performance captured in the film is both

In a video from 2018, a woman stands at a busy traffic intersection in Tehran, takes off the headscarf mandated by law and waves it in protest. As we see in the stirring documentary Nasrin, other women follow suit in the next weeks.

Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter will wrap up their roles as Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret after the upcoming fourth season of The Crown on Netflix.

If you had any doubt about what Season 4 of “The Crown” focused on, then the new teaser has you covered as the show is clearly focusing on the growing relationship between Prince Charles and the young Lady Diana Spencer. Of course, as we know, the modern story of the Royal Family is dominated by the future Princess as the ‘80s turn into the ‘90s and Queen Elizabeth ages even more.

Kate Middleton has expressed her excitement at being back at the reopened Natural History Museum as she revealed she will announce the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the competition’s first virtual award ceremony.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAlexander Payne will no longer direct or executive produce “Landscapers,” the Olivia Colman drama in the works at HBO and Sky.News of his departure from the project comes less than two months after Rose McGowan accused the director of raping her when she was 15 years old.Will Sharpe, who starred in the BBC and Netflix series “Giri/Haji” last year, will replace Payne in the director’s chair.Inspired by real events, “Landscapers” explores the lives of convicted killers

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Will Sharpe, who starred in Netflix and BBC drama Giri/Haji and directed quirky British comedy Flowers, is taking over directing Olivia Colman drama series Landscapers.Sharpe replaces Alexander Payne, who was initially set as the director of the HBO and Sky co-production, which is produced by Chernobyl producer Sister. The Descendants and Sideways director Payne was also set to exec produce the project, when it was commissioned last year, but will no

Jake Kanter International TV EditorOlivia Colman’s South Of The River Pictures and its commercial partner Sister are launching a comedy writer competition, with at least one winner getting the chance to develop a TV script with the companies.The Screenshot initiative will be spearheaded by Debo Adebayo and will focus on comedy writer-performers from a theatre background.

Leonardo DiCaprio is lending his voice to a new documentary series on Netflix designed to encourage voter participation and suppression awareness ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The actor, 45, narrates the first episode of “Whose Vote Counts, Explained,” a short form limited series from Vox Media in partnership with his Appian Way Productions.The series tells the story of the history of voting rights in America and lays out the importance of voting in the upcoming election.

Sir Patrick Stewart, Olivia Colman, Dame Emma Thompson and Gary Lineker are among some 70 stars to have signed a letter urging the Prime Minister to reunite refugee families.

Marta Balaga Currently shooting her new film and unable to travel to Switzerland due to new COVID-19 restrictions, British actress Olivia Colman tuned in live on Saturday to accept her Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, taking place physically and celebrating its 16th edition.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the U.K. period drama Mothering Sunday, starring Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Josh O'Connor and first shopped at the virtual Cannes market.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics has picked up North America and key foreign rights to Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.SPC will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.

Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite) will receive the lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Eye, at this year's Zurich International Film Festival. Colman, who is currently filming and unable to travel to Zurich due to the corona pandemic restrictions, will link up to Zurich via a live-stream for the gala premiere screening of her latest film, The Father, which will have its festival debut on Saturday, Sept.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate UK and Gangs Of London star Sope Dirisu have joined Number 9 Films’ (Carol) feature drama Mothering Sunday, which is now underway in UK .As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession), and is based on the novel of the same name

Netflix on Monday unveiled a new Nigerian original series and three new films from the African country. "The new series and films, which are at different stages of production while others are ready to premiere, will join the growing slate of Nigerian content on the service and debut to 193 million members in 190 countries around the world," the streaming giant said.

Paul Mescal has an anxious wait ahead of him today before he finds out if he will be in receipt of his first Emmy Award tonight.

Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are among the nominees ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, which will take place with a largely virtual ceremony due to the pandemic.