Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter here with some Deadline must-reads in the week that U.S.
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Naman Ramachandran Stephen Graham (“The Irishman”) and Sean Bean (“Game of Thrones”) will star in three-part prison drama series “Time,” created by Jimmy McGovern (“Accused”) for U.K. broadcaster BBC One.Set within the British penal system, the drama is seen through the eyes of two different men, a teacher, husband and father who killed an innocent man in an accident, played by Bean, and a caring prison officer, played by Graham.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter here with some Deadline must-reads in the week that U.S.
Jake Kanter International TV EditorDominic West, the British actor who has starred in The Wire and The Affair, did not hold back when asked about Donald Trump testing positive for coronavirus.Appearing on ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain, West was asked if he had an instinctive reaction when he heard that the U.S. president had contracted coronavirus.“I did slightly leap in the air with joy,” he said.
Clayton Davis The first official trailer for Lee Isaac Chung’s critically lauded Sundance hit, “Minari,” has landed.Chung, who also wrote the script inspired by his own childhood, tells the story of a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny farm in Arkansas in search of better opportunities.Split between the Korean and English language, the trailer highlights and emphasizes the beautiful ensemble of actors that Chung assembles.
Also Read: Zac Efron Joins 'Three Men and a Baby' Remake for Disney+The film will follow a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to use her powers as a weapon.King’s novel was first published in 1980 and the following year, the book was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award and Balrog Award, and in 1984, it was adapted into a feature film that also starred David Keith and Martin Sheen.
Peter White Television EditorThe Gurin Company, run by Phil Gurin, whose credits include exec producing ABC’s Shark Tank, has teamed with Jeremy Fox’s format firm Action Time to bring back British entertainment format Game for a Laugh.This comes after Fox relaunched Action Time, the formats firm that he ran after creating The Krypton Factor.
Marta Balaga Currently shooting her new film and unable to travel to Switzerland due to new COVID-19 restrictions, British actress Olivia Colman tuned in live on Saturday to accept her Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, taking place physically and celebrating its 16th edition.
Steph McGovern has made the surprising revelation that she is in fact related to Britain's Got Talent star Ant McPartlin! Earlier this year, the TV presenter was enjoying her maternity leave with some great telly, and previously settled in to watch Ant & Dec's DNA Journey, with some surprising revelations!MORE: Steph McGovern receives sad news about new showThe former BBC Breakfast presenter revealed that she is in fact related to the BGT star - much to the delight of her fans! "'Ant & Dec's DNA
Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are going to be parents! The couple, who wed in 2019, revealed they’re expecting their first child together. The actress, 33, surprised fans when she debuted her baby bump in a photoshoot for the latest edition of Britain’s Make Magazine on September 26. She and Kit, 33, who starred opposite each other as Jon Snow and Ygritte on the HBO series Game of Thrones, first met on set.
Mirror Online has reported. In official Barb ratings, daytime show Steph's Packed Lunch registered a shocking ZERO viewers at 12.56pm on Tuesday September 22.Barb is an organisation that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the UK.Steph's show was up against ITV’s Loose Women, which peaked at a million viewers on the same day.
Black Mirror director Toby Haynes is set to helm a new Star Wars Rogue One spin-off series.Haynes is replacing Tony Gilroy in the director’s chair for the Disney+ show, which sources claim is due to coronavirus-related travel issues.As Deadline reports, sources say that Gilroy was uncertain whether to travel from his home in New York to the UK to undertake directing duties for the show, which is about to begin production.Haynes is set to direct the first three episodes of the show, having
Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate UK and Gangs Of London star Sope Dirisu have joined Number 9 Films’ (Carol) feature drama Mothering Sunday, which is now underway in UK .As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession), and is based on the novel of the same name
Peter White Television EditorThe Irishman star Stephen Graham and Game of Thrones star Sean Bean are reuniting a prison drama for the BBC from Cracker creator Jimmy McGovern.The pair are starring in three-part drama Time for BBC One.
“True Blood” co-stars and real-life spouses Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are opening the doors to their eccentric Los Angeles home to Architectural Digest, which is showcasing the couple’s abode in its latest issue.