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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“The Batman” actor Andy Serkis is set to showrun and direct “Madame!,” an epic period series about the life of Marie Tussaud, the visionary French artist known for her wax sculptures and the world-famous museum Madame Tussauds.Newen Connect, the distribution arm of TF1 Group-owned Newen Studios, has signed a deal with Imaginarium Productions, the company founded by Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish, to co-develop and distribute the series which Serkis created. Cavendish will produce alongside Marie Guillaumond at Felicita Films.The compelling series will shed light on this ruthless yet pioneering business woman who built her business, starting in 18th century Paris, during the age of enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, before travelling to England.

The two women responsible for persuading Prince Andrew to sit down on camera and give his now-notorious interview explaining his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein are now in competition to bring the behind-the-screen events to film.

The Toronto International Film Festival is ready to roll out the carpet in a big way, revealing a list of new titles featuring some big stars.

The Crown have revealed they might be halting production – in the circumstance that Queen Elizabeth’s death.WATCH BELOW: Imelda Staunton on The Crown season fiveSpeaking with The Post, a series insider revealed the show has its own ‘Operation London Bridge’, which is the protocol covering what will happen from the moment the queen dies up until her son, Prince Charles, is named King.“We have our own version of Operation London Bridge,” they said.“This is particularly pertinent for if we are filming.

Sarah Paulson is set to lead a new horror film from Searchlight Pictures.

Andrew Haigh has another big production on the way.

Claire Foy, star of The Crown, received more than 1,000 emails in a month from an alleged stalker who wanted to be her boyfriend, a court has heard. Foy, 38, who played the young Queen in the first two series of the hit Netflix show, was allegedly targeted by Jason Penrose, 39, in November and December last year.

Andrew Haigh surprised everyone with his last project, BBC‘s “The North Water,” a grisly adaptation of a novel about the doomed crew on a whaling vessel in the Arctic. Critics loved the show, but it’s quite a departure from Haigh’s understated earlier work, like 2011’s queer festival darling “Weekend” or 2015’s “45 Years.” READ MORE: ‘The North Water’: Andrew Haigh’s Brutal Whaling Drama WIth Colin Farrell & Jack O’Connell Is Relentless, Yet Captivating [Review] But “Strangers,” Haigh’s next movie, looks more in line with those films.

A protection order against “The Crown” star Claire Foy’s alleged stalker has been extended.

Claire Foy has played many historical figures, but found her biggest challenge yet portraying Duchess Margaret Campbell.

Claire Foy will tell you she’s played her fair share of historical figures on both the big and small screens. From her Emmy and SAG Award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Crown” to Janet Armstrong in “First Man” to, more recently, Emily Richardson-Wain in “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.” But the challenge of portraying the utterly complex Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll, in “A Very British Scandal” another matter entirely READ MORE: “A Very British Scandal” Review: Paul Bettany and Claire Foy battle it out as a divorcing Duke and Duchess The daughter of a successful businessman, Campbell married Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll (Paul Bettany) in 1951.

EXCLUSIVE:Claire Foy, who won two Emmy awards when she ascended to The Crown as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II,is having none of it,sympathy that is, for Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, a society beauty,whom she portrays,to the manner born,in the BBC1/Amazon Prime mini-series A Very British Scandal which replayed the socialite’s scandalous 1963 divorce case from her husband Ian Campbell, the  11th Duke of Argyll, played as a rum sort of aristocrat  by Paul Bettany.

From Monday to Friday, 9-5, Harriet Ball, from Ormskirk in Lancashire, is a media trainee. But when the clock strikes 5:00pm on a Friday afternoon she begins the process of transforming into Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. The 23 year old is particularly busy at the moment for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, but took the time to tell OK! about her unique part time job...

Notting Hill and Kensington and Chelsea have become synonymous with celebrity over the years, and have a traditional feel of wealth to them. However, given London is such a huge place, there are a number of lesser known areas which have also become celebrity hotspots. Whether it be for their picturesque views, village feel or great shops, here are nine lesser known areas of London that have become total celebrity magnets over the past few years.

Amid all the Doctor Who news, Jodie has some news of her own, Metro. co. uk has confirmed, as she and her husband Christian Contreras have welcomed their baby.

Jodie Whittaker still made time for a royal appointment with The Crown star Claire Foy on an outing with her new baby. The Doctor Who actress, 39, was spotted for the first time with her newborn as she enjoyed a coffee with Miss Foy. Miss Whittaker, who already has a daughter with her actor husband Christian Contreras, looked relaxed and chatty as the baby curled up in a sling on her chest.

When a judge finally granted the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in 1963, he famously delivered a blistering three-hour and seven-minute rebuke of Duchess Margaret Campbell, disguised as a judgment, where he branded her a “completely promiscuous woman.” The divorce case was filled with accusations by her husband, Ian Campbell, the Duke, of flagrant adultrey, titilating rumors about sexual liaisons coded in her diaries, and much discussion about a scandalous Polaroid photograph of Margaret in an intimate act with someone other than her husband. The case left Margaret vilified by the press in a pre-sexual revolution Britain and branded the “Dirty Duchess,” while her former husband, who was also accused of adultrey, escaped similar criticism.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“A Very British Scandal” production designer Christina Moore spent time driving around the Scottish Highlands as she sought locations for the Amazon Prime limited series. Set in 1963, the historical drama charts the tumultuous marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, played by Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.The Duke, who had inherited Scotland’s crumbling Inveraray Castle, married a series of women hoping to use their money to maintain the castle.

A Very British Scandal” premieres Friday on Amazon Prime, it will be the first time that most Americans learn all about Margaret, the Duchess of Argyll; her husband Ian Campbell, the Duke of Argyll — and the ill-fated string of pearls that proved to be her downfall during their bitter and lascivious divorce battle.The duchess was the Kim Kardashian of her day, a socialite photographed every time she stepped out on the town and famed for a string of affairs.But it all came crashing down when Campbell used photos he had stolen of his wife “in flagrante” with another man to shame her in court during their 1962 divorce. It worked, with Judge Lord Wheatley blasting her as “a completely promiscuous woman” whose attitude towards marriage was “wholly immoral.”The judge, a highly conservative Jesuit and a relative of Campbell, added: “I consider her to be a highly sexed woman who had ceased to be satisfied with normal relations and had started to indulge in disgusting sexual activities to gratify a debase sexual appetite.”As The New York Times reported at the time, the photos “reportedly showed a naked man gratifying himself and pictured [the duchess], dressed in nothing but three strands of pearls, performing a sex act on a naked man in the mirrored gilt and silver bathroom of her Mayfair apartment.”“Margaret really invented the tabloid scandal, which now is such a huge industry,” show writer Sarah Phelps told The Post.

, this one is for you), then you'll definitely want to tune into the upcoming second season of — which, perhaps revealed by the name, depicts the scandalous society divorce that shook Britain in the 1960s.The original series from BBC and Amazon follows one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century, with the separation of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll — and the media's treatment of the scandal in postwar Europe — at the center of the story. All three episodes of  are now streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Brought to life by the same creators behind, this dark and extraordinarily decadent drama series is led by an A-list cast that includes Claire Foy, Paul Bettany and Julia Davis, among many others.Here's everything to know about when, where and how to stream the juicy historical drama's new season.  is now available to stream beginning Friday, April 22.

A Very British Scandal, now streaming on , let’s confront the elephant in the room. Or as British people would say (probably), “The Big Ben in the teapot.”A Very British Scandal is a three-part original series based on a real scandal that happened in the U.K.

Claire Foy and Paul Bettany take on one of Britain's biggest scandals in , the follow-up to Amazon Prime Video's The season chronicles the contentious 1963 divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, which is considered the country's most salacious legal splits in the 20th century. But Foy and Bettany were not familiar with the scandal, which involved adultery, forgery, theft, bribery and heavy drug use, when they signed on to play Margaret Campbell, the Duchess, and Ian Campbell, the Duke.«I was so surprised that it was so public -- the demise of their relationship,» Foy told ET.

, this one is for you), then you'll definitely want to tune into the upcoming second season of — which, perhaps revealed by the name, depicts the scandalous society divorce that shook Britian in the 1960s.The original series from BBC and Amazon follows one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century, with the separation of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll — and the media's treatment of the scandal in postwar Europe — at the center of the story.Brought to life by the same creators behind, this dark and extraordinarily decadent drama series is led by an A-list cast that includes Claire Foy, Paul Bettany and Julia Davis, among many others.Here's everything to know about when, where and how to stream the juicy historical drama's new season.  will be available to stream beginning Friday, April 22. The series will be available to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

, this one is for you), then you'll definitely want to tune into the upcoming second season of — which, perhaps revealed by the name, depicts the scandalous society divorce that shook Britian in the 1960s.The original series from BBC and Amazon follows one of the most notorious legal cases of the 20th century, with the separation of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll — and the media's treatment of the scandal in postwar Europe — at the center of the story.Brought to life by the same creators behind, this dark and extraordinarily decadent drama series is led by an A-list cast that includes Claire Foy, Paul Bettany and Julia Davis, among many others.Here's everything to know about when, where and how to stream the juicy historical drama's new season. The second season will be available to stream beginning Friday, April 22.

Amber Dowling Long before Britney Spears or Pamela Anderson, there was Margaret Whigham, the 1930s British socialite more famously known as the Duchess of Argyll. The only child in a wealthy Scottish family, Margaret’s beauty, fashion sense and string of high-profile romances made her constant tabloid fodder.

At this point, we’ve all probably seen enough TV shows and movies to convince us that marriage isn’t for everyone. That’s made especially clear in historical works, which often serve to remind viewers that, not that many years ago, marriage was an obligation and occasionally a nightmare.

Claire Foy stepped out this week with her A Very British Scandal co-star Paul Bettany to promote the limited series!

Of course, Paul Bettany enjoys a good prank.

Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby), Ayo Edebiri (Big Mouth), Marshawn Lynch (Murderville), Ruby Cruz (Castle Rock), Havana Rose Liu (No Exit), Kaia Gerber (American Horror Story), Nicholas Galitzine (The Craft), Miles Fowler (Winning Time), Dagmara Dominczyk (Succession) and Punkie Johnson (Love Life) have signed on to star in Bottoms, an upcoming high school sex comedy that Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby) is directing for MGM’s Orion Pictures and Brownstone Productions.

Variety.While “The Crown” covers Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding in 1947 and her reign from the 1950s to the present day, the new show would look into the earlier events of the family’s tumultuous history.The series would reportedly dive into the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, and then into the dynasties of four British kings: Edward VII (1901-1910), George V (1910-1936), Edward VIII (1936) and George VI (1936-1952).These rulers governed the UK and the country’s Commonwealth realms from the period after Victoria and up to the start of Queen Elizabeth’s monarchy in 1952.The outlet reported that the new show has not been greenlighted nor is it in production as of yet.According to the Daily Mail, though, the prequel would run for about three to five seasons.In earlier seasons of “The Crown,” Jared Harris played King George VI, while Alex Jennings and Derek Jacobi both appeared as King Edward VIII.Jennings, 64, originated the role of the controversial Duke of Windsor for Seasons 1 and 2. Jacobi, 83, took over for Season 3, portraying the royal in his older years.George VI and King Edward VIII famously had a contentious relationship, with the latter abdicating the throne after less than a year in power back in 1936 so he could marry his beloved Wallis Simpson.

Russell T Davies’ Channel 4/HBO Max drama It’s a Sin scooped the coveted Best Drama and Best Writer prizes at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, while the BBC/Amazon’s A Very British Scandal took home Best Drama Mini-Series and Best Actress for Claire Foy.

Naman Ramachandran Channel 4’s “It’s A Sin” and the BBC’s “A Very British Scandal” have won the top honors at the annual Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards.“It’s a Sin” won best drama series and its creator, Russell T. Davies won best writer. “A Very British Scandal” was voted best drama mini-series and its star Claire Foy won best actress.Stephen Graham won best actor for his performances in Channel 4’s “Help” and BBC’s “Time.” Peter Jackson’s Disney Plus series “The Beatles: Get Back” was voted best documentary mini-series.

2018’s “A Very English Scandal,” based on the 2016 book of the same name by John Preston, ended up a critical darling for BBC with lots of overseas appeal. Now, Blueprint Pictures is back for a new iteration of the miniseries, “A Very British Scandal,” with an all-new serial ripped straight from the British tabloids.

comes another nonfiction series,, which will chronicle the notorious 1963 divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. Written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Anne Sewitsky, the sensational series stars Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell and Claire Foy as Margaret Campbell, the couple at the center of one of the most extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the time. Ahead of its April 18 premiere, Prime Video has released the first official trailer and images, giving audiences a look at the social and political scandal that included accusations of bribery, drugs, secret recordings, theft and violence.

Unfrosted” is Seinfeld’s film about the invention of the Pop Tart that he’s directing and starring in; “Beverly Hills Cop 4” starring Eddie Murphy; and “Atlas” starring Jennifer Lopez. There is also an untitled Amazon Studios film.

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