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Two years ago, Anya Taylor-Joy was in the middle of filming both Peaky Blinders and The Dark Crystal when she got word that Godless writer-director Scott Frank wanted to talk to her about a new project. There wasn't a script yet, but there was a book — and within hours of getting her hands on Walter Tevis' 1983 novel The Queen's Gambit, she had devoured its 243 pages.
"From the second I opened the book, I fell in love with Beth," says the actress of the fictional chess prodigy. "I felt really
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While filming of the second season of The Witcher is getting back underway, its prequel is assembling its cast.
Queen & Slim star Jodie Turner-Smith has been cast in the upcoming spin-off of Netflix fantasy smash The Witcher.Turner-Smith will star opposite Game of Thrones‘ Jason Momoa in The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-part live-action limited series.The Witcher: Blood Origin will take place 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher, in an elven world, and will focus on “the events that lead to the pivotal ‘conjunction of the spheres’, when the world of monsters, men, and elves merged to become
The Queen's Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy has had the release of her new movie Last Night in Soho delayed. The psychological horror is the latest in a long line of films that have had their release dates pushed back as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the most recently announced list of delays including Daniel Craig's final James Bond outing No Time to Die and the much-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
just getting a head start on undoing the damage wrought by single term as president of the United States. Sure, on day one, he's already signed a revoking , rejoining the , mandating masks be worn on federal property, and more. However, he's also made a slight adjustment to the Oval Office. According to political commentator Tom Newton Dunn, has removed a special button on Trump's desk that was used to summon a butler with a fresh .
isn’t haunted — it just has spirits. But as the site of multiple pet deaths, the old house built in 1926 raised eyebrows in the Netflix original, which premiered Friday.“I think there are spirits” in the house, Shay said in Season 1, Episode 3, explaining why her pet pocket monkey and fish died.But haunted or not, Shay’s Spanish Mediterranean-style estate on Sunset Boulevard is listed for an eye-popping $16 million, and it is filled with 1920s-style mosaics, terra cotta tiles and greenery.“It
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David O. Russell seems to have tapped most of Hollywood for his upcoming new feature film as Deadline reports a massive new wave of casting additions for the New Regency project.
previously reported that the film would be about the unlikely relationship between a doctor and a lawyer.New Regency’s Arnon Milchan is producing the film along with Matthew Budman and Anthony Katagas.This is Russell’s first film since 2015’s “Joy,” which starred Jennifer Lawrence.
EXCLUSIVE: While we still don’t know much about David O. Russell’s forthcoming feature for New Regency, Deadline has confirmed that Robert De Niro, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Shannon, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Andrea Riseborough, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Alessandro Nivola have all joined the starry ensemble.
Netflix star Anya Taylor-Joy sent fans into a frenzy after speaking with a subtle Scottish accent on the Graham Norton Show. The 24-year-old Queen’s Gambit actress appeared on Friday night’s episode to speak about the show’s worldwide success after scoring 62 million views since being released.
The Lord Of The Rings trilogy on Christmas Day.The 24-year-old actress, who stars as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in Netflix‘s The Queen’s Gambit, is such a big fan of the fantasy films that watching them in one sitting is a Christmas tradition.While sporting a very similar look to the Galadriel (the character played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson’s 2001-2003 film series), Taylor-Joy told The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that her “number one goal in life” is to look like an elf.“I just
With her turn in The Queen's Gambit, Marielle Heller proved that she's just as talented in front of the camera as she is behind it. The director of such critically lauded films as The Diary of a Teenage Girl and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood returned to her acting roots with a surprise part in Netflix's record-breaking miniseries about fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon (played by Anya Taylor-Joy).
Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA teacher has showcased his amazing talent on a hit TV music show.Jeremy Levif, 29, appeared on The Voice UK wowing judges including legendary singer Sir Tom Jones.The singer-songwriter, originally from France and now living in Prestwick, regularly gigs in venues across Ayrshire.And on Saturday, his sparkling performance of ‘How Long Will I Love You’ caught the eye as he sailed through to the next
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor [SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers specific to Marielle Heller’s character, Alma Wheatley, in “The Queen’s Gambit.”]Marielle Heller insists she never imagined that “The Queen’s Gambit” would be such a huge hit.“I had no idea how the chess was going to play out,” Heller, who plays Alma Wheatley, the mother of a 1950s female chess prodigy (Anya Taylor-Joy), in the Netflix series, says on today’s episode of the Variety and iHeart