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K.J. Yossman BAFTA president Prince William is set to miss the BAFTA Awards for the second year running.Despite the fact the ceremony is set to take place at the Royal Albert Hall, which is practically a stone’s throw from the prince’s Kensington Palace home, William will skip the ceremony on Sunday, March 13.Instead, the prince – who is also known as the Duke of Cambridge – will deliver a speech via a pre-recorded video transmission.“We’re delighted that BAFTA president, the Duke of Cambridge will be participating in the EE BAFTA Film Awards via a pre-recorded video message,” a BAFTA spokesperson told Variety.

an existing deal between Fox and Warner Bros. that extends through 2022, and similarly saw Guillermo del Toro’s Best Picture-nominated “Nightmare Alley” come to both streaming services at the beginning of February.Based on the 1937 Agatha Christie novel, “Death on the Nile” sees Kenneth Branagh reprise his role as detective Hercule Poirot as another murder is committed – this time on a ship. Branagh directs the 20th Century Studios film just as he directed “Murder on the Orient Express,” and the ensemble cast includes Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright. The film is written by Michael Green, adapted from Christie’s novel, and is produced by Ridley Scott, Kenneth Branagh, p.g.a., Judy Hofflund, p.g.a.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominated and Tony award winning Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jing Lusi and Paul Ready have joined Gal Gadot in Netflix and Skydance’s international thriller Heart Of Stone starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan and Alia Bhatt.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen costume designer Paco Delgado was creating Gal Gadot’s look as the heiress Linnet Ridgeway Doyle in Kenneth Branagh’s “Death on the Nile,” he played with the concept of wealth touched by vulnerability.Branagh assembled an all-star cast, including Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Sophie Okonedo and Letitia Wright, for his retelling of the Agatha Christie murder mystery among a group of friends joining Linnet and Simon Doyle (Hammer) on their honeymoon in 1930s Egypt.At the center of the film is Linnet, a woman who on the surface has everything. She’s powerful, but Delgado says she’s insecure. “She’s surrounded by people who constantly criticize her, and she feels everyone wants to take her money.

Death on the Nile (★★☆☆☆) miscalculates from the start, marching into a mystery Christie herself showed no interest in exploring: the origins of Hercule Poirot’s trademark mustache.Director and star Kenneth Branagh, helming his second Christie adaptation following the 2017 hit Murder on the Orient Express, digs into a black-and-white, WWI-set prologue that firmly establishes Belgian sleuth Poirot as the film’s romantic hero.Christie’s sturdy plots and colorful characters certainly invite inventive reinterpretation, but it feels misguided making this or any Poirot story more about the man solving the mystery, than about the mystery that Poirot must solve.The sprightlier 1978 version of Death on the Nile, directed by John Guillermin and scripted by Sleuth playwright Anthony Shaffer, struck a more satisfying balance between the famous detective and the cast of suspects all harboring motives for murder.That whodunnit boasted a lineup of eccentric legends — Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, David Niven, and, of course, Peter Ustinov as Poirot — inhabiting Dame Agatha’s larger-than-life characters while swooning about in Anthony Powell’s Oscar-winning ’30s-era costumes.The result was gloriously camp, as much as it was wickedly intriguing.

The long-awaited movie Death on the Nile has finally arrived in theaters and audiences checking out the film this weekend will probably wonder if they should stick around for an end credits scene.

produced another PR liability for the studio in the interim. That said, “Death on the Nile” is projected by independent trackers for an opening between $11-13 million. That would be less than half of the opening of its predecessor, “Murder on the Orient Express,” which opened to $28.6 million in November 2017 and in its previews made $1.6 million.

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Arnold, the French actor who stars opposite Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu and Ashley Park in Emily in Paris, has signed with APA for representation.

Good Deed Entertainment has taken US distribution rights to the animated drama Charlotte inspired by the autobiographical painting series “Life? or Theatre?” by Charlotte Salomon.

EXCLUSIVE: Maxim Swinton (Halston) has joined the cast of Raymond and Ray, writer-director Rodrigo García’s (Four Good Days) film for Apple Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Studios’ Raymond and Ray has added Maribel Verdú and Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo to the cast alongside Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke. The pic is now filming in Virginia.

Jennifer Yuma Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley will lead the voice cast of graphic novel adaptation “Charlotte,” which is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.Along with Knightley, the “Charlotte” voice cast includes Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Brenda Blethyn and Sophie Okonedo.“Charlotte” is directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana, with the screenplay written by Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis.

Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley joins Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, the late Helen McCrory, Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong as part of the voice cast for the Canada-France-Belgium animated drama feature Charlotte. 

Keira Knightley has joined the voice cast of an upcoming animated drama film called “Charlotte” that will make its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. She joins a voice cast that includes Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Sophie Okonedo, Mark Strong and the late Helen McCrory.

In a world with new anthology series with star-studded casts coming seemingly every month or so, a show really has to do something special to impress audiences. And while “Modern Love” already released a successful first season, the anthology is going even bigger with the A-list names that are populating the stories being told in Season 2.

You may not have heard of “Flack,” but it’s worth paying attention to just on its cast alone: Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Genevieve Angelson, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, Arinze Kene, Marc Warren and Rufus Jones. Originally on the PopTV network (formerly known as TV Guide Network) and the very reason why you probably haven’t heard about it, the show has moved to Amazon Prime for season two.

Ethan Shanfeld Amazon Prime Video announced that Sophie Okonedo and Tobias Menzies have joined the cast of “Modern Love” Season 2, which will premiere Aug.

Amazon has set Friday, August 13 for the Season 2 premiere of Modern Love, its half-hour romantic anthology series, inspired by The New York Times column. All eight half-hour episodes will be released at once.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominee Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda), rising actor Billy Howle (Outlaw King), Tony-winner Denis O’Hare (American Horror Story) and Southside With You breakout Parker Sawyers have joined Naomi Watts in survival thriller Infinite Storm.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian actress Madeleine Madden, known for her work in Amazon’s Picnic At Hanging Rock and soon-to-be-seen in a starring role in The Wheel of Time, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

The Hollywood Reporter.The show is one of several from Murphy with the streaming service, including The Politician and Hollywood.The series was given 18 episodes right off the bat so it means we have 10 more episodes to enjoy from the twisted mind of Ryan Murphy.Sarah Paulson, Cynthia Nixon, Finn Wittrock, Sophie Okonedo, Amanda Plummer, and Judy Davis are all likely to return.As are Vincent D’Onofrio and Brandon Flynn who’s destined for institutionalization given his character’s Henry Osgood’s

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Ratched” or Season 2 of “Criminal: U.K.,” streaming now on Netflix.Tony Award winner Sophie Okonedo has spent her whole career appearing on stage and notes she does a play every year. In that medium she has ample rehearsal time to study the script and utilize secondary sources to get into character.

Naman Ramachandran Sophie Okonedo joins “Britannia”; Sony Pictures Classics takes “The Human Voice”; HBO Europe commissions two series; Viz Media takes Japanese animation; “Out of Love” renewed; BBC Studioworks launches talent plan; Laika and Park Circus team for repertory sales deal.“Ratched” actor Sophie Okonedo, Oscar nominee for “Hotel Rwanda,” has joined the cast of Sky original series “Britannia” for its third season.

is Ryan Murphy’s latest, ambitious series, exploring the origins of one of film’s most iconic villains, Nurse Ratched of  Led by Sarah Paulson, the series fills out her backstory with a cast of eclectic characters played by the likes Cynthia Nixon, Sharon Stone, Sophie Okonedo and Jon Jon Briones, who opens up to ET about playing Dr.

Netflix for its second season with a new and exciting cast.

Peter White Television EditorGame of Thrones star Kit Harington and The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar are among the cast of the second season of Netflix’s police interrogation drama Criminal.The second season of the English-language version of the drama – there are French, Spanish and German versions – also includes Catastrophe co-creator and star Sharon Horgan and Sophie Okonedo, who stars in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest prequel Ratched.The drama takes place

The star-packed trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile dropped Wednesday, offering a first glimpse at the filmmaker’s take on the Agatha Christie murder mystery. Branagh joins Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Emma Mackey, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Russell Brand, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, and Jennifer Saunders in the film and most can be seen in the nearly two-minute clip.

Kenneth Branagh returns to direct and star as Hercule Poirot, but he didn’t come alone.  The film also stars Armie Hammer, Gal Gadot, Annette Bening, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman, and Emma Mackey.The plot, is, of course, a murder, and again, everyone is a suspect. ‘Death on the Nile’ releases on October 23, 2020.

Update 8/19/20: Amazon's epic series Wheel of Time has added five more people to its ranks. The streaming service announced on Wednesday that the series has added Sophie Okonedo as Siuan Sanche, Kae Alexander as Min Farshaw, Kate Fleetwood as Liandrin Guirale, Peter Franzen as Stepin, and Clare Perkins as Kerene Nagashi. They join Criminal Minds alum Daniel Henney, whose casting was announced last September, and Rosamund Pike who will lead the genre series based on the bestselling fantasy.

Death on the Nile, the sequel to 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express has just been given a glamorous new trailer.The Agatha Christie adaptation sees Branagh reprising his role as famed Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot as he investigates another murder.Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer lead a star-studded cast that also includes Black Panther’s Letitia Wright, Sex Education’s Emma Mackey, Dawn French, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Russell Brand."Around 7,000 jobs to be axed in further M&S

Jake Kanter International TV EditorOscar-nominated actress Sophie Okonedo and former Game Of Thrones star Kae Alexander are the latest names to sign up for The Wheel Of Time, Amazon’s adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy epic.Okonedo will assume the recurring role of legendary Amyrlin Seat Siuan Sanche, while Alexander will be playing fan-favorite Min Farshaw.Also joining are Kate Fleetwood (Harlots), Peter Franzen (Vikings), and Clare Perkins (Been So Long), who will play Liandrin Guirale,

Also Read: 'Ratched': Cynthia Nixon, Corey Stoll, Sharon Stone Among 10 to Join Ryan Murphy's Netflix DramaOther cast members include Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, Judy Davis as Nurse Betsy Bucket, Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood, Jon Jon Briones as Dr. Richard Hanover, Finn Wittrock as Edmund Tolleson, Charlie Carver as Huck, Alice Englert as Dolly, Amanda Plummer as Louise, Corey Stoll as Charles Wainwright, Sophie Okonedo as Charlotte and Vincent D’Onofrio as Gov.