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On the day season three of Abi Morgan’s drama series The Split launches in the U.S. on BBC America, producer Sister has snapped up rights to the screenwriter’s autobiographical book This is Not a Pity Memoir.

Benedict Cumberbatch has told NME about the challenge of embracing a character with as much internal darkness as Vincent in the Netflix drama Eric.The miniseries was written by Abi Morgan (Shame, Suffragette), and Cumberbatch plays Vincent, the puppeteer father of nine-year-old Edgar, who has gone missing in New York. Vincent tries to track his son down by creating an enormous furry puppet, which he names Eric, that the kid had been doodling before he disappeared.The six-part psychological thriller is streaming in full now on Netflix following its May 30 release.In a new interview with NME, Cumberbatch has given an insight into how he accessed the inner life of Vincent, a heavy-drinking misanthrope.When asked whether embracing a character with such darkness was actually more fun, he answered: “Yes, but I think like writing anything off in a two-dimensional manner, if there’s not some causality or understanding or empathy for why he is the way he is then it gets old very quick.”See the interview below:“So, my main question to Abi [Morgan] when I met her,” he continued.

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed to NME what he has been listening to on Spotify recently, including an eclectic range of new and old music.The BAFTA-winning star of Doctor Strange and Sherlock is also known as a music lover, and in a new interview with NME’s Alex Flood, he has shared his most recently played tracks.Cumberbatch named Elbow’s new album ‘Audio Vertigo’ as a current favourite. “Guy is a friend and I love him to bits,” he said.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays a troubled puppeteer in psychological thriller miniseries Eric.Created by Abi Morgan, the Netflix series follows Vincent Anderson (Cumberbatch) whose young son Edgar goes missing in 1980s New York, which leads him into a spiral of volatile behaviour. Detective Michael Ledroit (McKinley Belcher III) is investigating the case, which strikes the heart of other unsettling crimes within the area.Other cast members include Ivan Morris Howe, Gaby Hoffmann, Roberta Colindrez, Jeff Hephner, Mark Gillis and Dan Fogler.After his son goes missing, Vincent strays further into substance abuse and alcoholism.

Netflix fans are obsessed with a new crime drama starring Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Eric, the new miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is streaming now on Netflix, but what songs are on the soundtrack?In the show, which was written by Abi Morgan (Shame, Suffragette), Cumberbatch plays Vincent, the puppeteer father of a child that goes missing in New York who tries to find his son by creating an enormous furry puppet, which he names Eric, that the kid had been doodling before he disappeared.The six-part psychological thriller is streaming in full now on Netflix after its May 30 release. Watch the trailer below:In a three-star review of the series, NME wrote: “Eric does, undoubtedly, have valid things to say about racial politics in the US – as well as how terrible it is to suppress your true identity.

Eric, the new miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is streaming now on Netflix, but who is the kidnapper of the missing boy? In the show, which was written by Abi Morgan (Shame, Suffragette), Cumberbatch plays Vincent, the puppeteer father of nine-year-old Edgar, who has gone missing in New York. Vincent tries to track his son down by creating an enormous furry puppet, which he names Eric, that the kid had been doodling before he disappeared. The six-part psychological thriller is streaming in full now on Netflix after its May 30 release.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the limited series “Eric,” now streaming on Netflix. Abi Morgan wants the sting of her new Netflix limited series “Eric” to linger with the audience long after it’s over. Sure, there is plenty to be happy about in the final moments. Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe) returns home to his parents.

In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo delves into the underworld to wrestle with the emotions of “Eric.” The Abi Morgan-written Netflix series follows Vincent, a neurotic puppeteer whose son goes missing, leading him to attempt to solve the case with his son’s imaginary friend – a monster named Eric. The show stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler, Ivan Morris Howe, and more.

EXCLUSIVE: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring.

Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Josette Simon (Anatomy of a Scandal), Nico Parker (How to Train Your Dragon) and Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie) have joined the cast of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, with nine signing on to reprise roles from previous installments of the beloved rom-com franchise.

Jack Dunn “Wedding Crashers” star Isla Fisher, Nico Parker (“How To Train Your Dragon”), Josette Simon (“Anatomy of a Scandal”) and Leila Farzad (“Black Mirror: Joan is Awful”) have joined the cast of “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” which premieres on Valentine’s Day next year in theaters internationally and on Peacock in the U.S. Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent return to play Bridget’s mom and dad. Sarah Solemani, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson and James Callis will return to reprise their roles as Bridget’s friends.

Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of new Netflix series Eric, has spoken about how the role of a dad whose son goes missing affected him at the London premiere of the show.The actor, who is best known for his roles as Sherlock and Doctor Strange, is the father of three sons – Christopher Carlton, 8, Hal Auden, 7, and five year old Finn – with wife Sophie Hunter. Eric is written by The Split’s Abi Morgan, and is set in New York in the 1980s.The six part series tells the story of Vincent, a puppeteer with his own successful kids’ TV show, whose life is torn apart when his son Edgar mysteriously disappears on the way to school.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann are stepping out to promote their new Netflix thriller series.

BBC legal drama The Split is returning to our screens for a two-part special after the show came to an end in 2022 - and its welcoming a new cast member.The series stars Nicola Walker as family lawyer Hannah Defoe, navigating her high-intensity career with her complicated love life. While the drama came to a close with series three, the BBC has revealed that the Defoe family will be back for a two-part special.

K.J. Yossman Abi Morgan’s compulsive legal drama “The Split” is set to return for a two-part special. “The Split” is focused on high-powered divorce attorney Hannah Defoe and her family.

The final season may have concluded in 2022 but the BBC isn’t letting go of legal drama The Split just yet, with a Barcelona-set special greenlit three months after a Manchester spin off.

Eric, the new Netflix limited series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, has a debut trailer.

From the looks of “Eric,” Abi Morgan has cooked up a stirring psychological thriller for Netflix. And for her latest limited series, the writer of Steve McQueen‘s 2011 film “Shame” returns to the Big Apple, but this is a much different NYC than that film.

J. Kim Murphy Benedict Cumberbatch sees the strings in the first trailer for Netflix’s “Eric,” a new limited series that sees the British actor take on the role of a children’s television puppeteer that becomes wracked by guilt after his son disappears, as well as obsessed with the nine-year-old’s imaginary creation.

A first look at Netflix’s Eric is here!

Netflix have confirmed the release date for a new thriller series starring British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

The BBC’s hit legal drama The Split is getting a brand new spin-off show set in Manchester.

K.J. Yossman Sister co-founder and chief creative officer Jane Featherstone spoke about how difficult it is to back original IP – as opposed to the relentless stream of reboots and spin-offs – in the current climate. “We have to hold our nerve,” Featherstone said. “As producers, we have to try and [walk] that tightrope of kind of giving people what they think they want but surprising people. And I don’t think audiences always do know what they want until they see it, and you can’t always emulate. So we have to be bold and brave.” Featherstone was speaking in Cannes during a keynote speech at MipTV as she accepted Variety’s 2023 International Achievement in Television Award on behalf of Sister, the production company known for original fare such as “Chernobyl” and divorce drama “The Split,” which she runs with Elisabeth Murdoch and Stacey Snider.

EXCLUSIVE: FX is getting back into espionage.

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Fire star Jeff Hephner has boarded Abi Morgan’s Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Netflix UK series Eric.

Benedict Cumberbatch is to lead and EP Netflix’s Eric, playing a puppeteer whose son goes missing in 1980s Manhattan.

Over the last several years, we’ve seen more and more A-list actors making the leap to prestige TV, but Benedict Cumberbatch has played in the TV sandbox well before it was the hip thing to do. And now that he’s leading a billion-dollar franchise (“Doctor Strange”) and is no stranger to awards and accolades, it appears Cumberbatch is still making time to show up on your TV screen, with a new project titled “Eric.” READ MORE: ‘Book Of Clarence’: Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, James McAvoy, Alfre Woodard & More Join Jeymes Samuel’s Biblical Story According to Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to star in the upcoming Netflix limited series, “Eric.” The series, written and produced by Abi Morgan, tells the story of a famous puppeteer from a kids’ show (Cumberbatch), who finds himself at the lowest point in his life after the disappearance of his young son, Eric.

Naman Ramachandran Transatlantic production powerhouse Sister (“Chernobyl”) has optioned the rights to adapt BAFTA and Emmy winning screenwriter and longtime collaborator Abi Morgan’s (“The Split”) “This is Not a Pity Memoir.” Morgan will adapt her book for screen, and also direct and executive produce, with Sister co-founder and chief creative officer, Jane Featherstone (“Landscapers”). The memoir follows Morgan’s family life after a tragic change in her family circumstance.Morgan said: “Working with Jane and Sister over the last few tumultuous years, they have been my running partners, given a unique birds eye view on the unfolding drama.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Sussman, Netflix’s Director of UK Scripted Series, is leaving the streamer, Deadline has learned.

K.J. Yossman Director Dee Koppang O’Leary cut her teeth on documentaries such as “Justin Bieber: All Around the World” for NBC and Sky One’s “Minnie Driver’s Excellent Adventure” before moving into drama via a brief shadowing stint on “Sherlock,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios has revealed a format agreement for an Italian version of Abi Morgan‘s hit show “The Split.” Locally titled “Studio Battaglia,” the screenplay has been adapted by Lisa Nur Sultan (Golden Globe winner for “On My Skin”) and is directed by Simone Spada (“Hotel Gagarin”). The Italian cast includes Barbora Bobulova, (“Sacred Heart”), Miriam Dalmazio (“Anna”), Marina Occhionero (“Monterossi”), Lunetta Savino (“Saturn in Opposition”), Massimo Ghini (“The New Pope”) Thomas Trabacchi (“Nico, 1988”) and Giorgio Marchesi (“Medici”) .Originally produced by “Chernobyl” maker Sister in association with Little Chick, the six-part Italian series is produced by Palomar with Tempesta Film in collaboration with Rai Fiction.

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K.J. Yossman Netflix is re-making David Nicholls weeper “One Day” as a series with a screenplay from Nicole Taylor (“The Nest”), working with Anna Jordan, Vinay Patel and Bijan Sheibani.The novel tells the story of Emma and Dexter, who meet at college and whose on/off relationship is told through the lens of the same day each subsequent year.A 2011 film adaptation of the novel starred Anne Hathaway in the lead role opposite Jim Sturgess.

Abi Morgan, the creator and writer behind BBC series The Split, is making her debut in the directing chair on season three of the show.

Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has acquired North American rights to This Is Not a Pity Memoir, the first book by award-winning screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan. The book, part of collaboration with the publishing arm of Michael Sugar’s Sugar23, is set to be published June 2022.