Olivia Colman segues from royalty to convicted killer in ‘Landscapers’

After a couple of detours in the land of James Bond, filmmaker Sam Mendes delighted audiences in 2019 with the release of his one-take war film, “1917,” proving the director hasn’t lost a step after dabbling in the superspy franchise.

K.J. Yossman Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are Britain’s answer to Dr.

Based on Elena Ferrante‘s book of the same name, Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s terrific directorial debut, the Gotham Award-winning film “The Lost Daughter” is about a woman’s beach vacation in Greece, which takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront the secrets of her past. The movie uncovers the complex notions of guilt and resentment that can build up when confronting how motherhood is all-consuming.

Olivia Colman (The Night Manager, The Crown) has already more than secured her reputation as one of the best drama actors the UK has ever produced.

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NEW YORK -- It’s not often that two actors inhabit the same role seamlessly in a movie. But in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play a woman in vastly different chapters in her life with a rare harmony.“The Lost Daughter,” Gyllenhaal's remarkably accomplished directorial debut, is adapted from Elena Ferrante's 2006 novel.

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She's the Oscar winning actress who scored another hit on the small screen when she replaced Claire Foy as the Queen in The Crown. And now Olivia Colman has teamed up with Harry Potter star David Thewlis to take the lead roles in a real-life crime story, written by Olivia’s real-life husband Ed Sinclair.The stars play mild-mannered couple Susan and Christopher Edwards, who are convicted of the murder of Susan’s parents 15 years previously.

Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson has made a surprise cameo in new Olivia Colman-starring HBO miniseries Landscapers.Colman stars alongside David Thewlis (Harry Potter) in the show, which premiered on Sky Atlantic last night (December 7) and tells the story of a couple in late 1990s Nottingham who killed and buried Colman’s character Susan’s parents undetected for over 15 years.A synopsis for the show reads: “Landscapers tells a unique love story involving a seemingly ordinary couple who

Inspired by actual events, a brand-new drama is coming to Sky Atlantic and NOW TV about the lives of convicted killers Susan and Christopher Edwards.

The wild true story at the center of “Landscapers” came to its conclusion in 2014 when Susan and Christopher Edwards were convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder. The series opens, however, on the day of their capture.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn the early aughts, an English couple, Christopher and Susan Edwards, were found guilty of the 1998 double homicide of Susan Edwards’ parents. However, for years after, the Edwards’ pretended the older couple was still alive, forging correspondence from them and drawing from their bank accounts.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe omnipresence of Olivia Colman has been a truly happy development in recent years.Since her shock Oscar win for “The Favourite” in early 2019, Colman has appeared in films including “The Father” and “The Lost Daughter” and, among several other TV projects, one season of “Fleabag” and two of “The Crown.” And while at times in that latter series she seemed to be withholding her broad-ranging abilities towards the absurd, her willingness to go anywhere for a

It’s official: Dakota Johnson can add “tattoo artist” to her already-extensive resume. In a December 1 interview with Town & Country, the 32-year-old revealed that she gave Olivia Colman her first-ever ink in October after a night of partying.

Dakota Johnson.During a chat with Town & Country, Dakota spoke of the film's cast celebrating after a New York Film Festival screening in October.

Dakota Johnson and Olivia Colman are now bonded in a very special way!