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Taboo producer Dean Baker has confirmed that work has officially begun on a second season of the Tom Hardy-led drama.The 2017 BBC series, which was co-created by Hardy, his father Chips Hardy and Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight, was originally renewed four years ago – though updates have been few and far between since.Speaking to The Radio Times, Baker has now confirmed that his team have officially started work on the second season, and are hopeful it will arrive on screens soon.The producer also noted that he, Kate Crowe, Ridley Scott and Hardy are keen to work on further adaptations of Charles Dickens’ work, having recently developed a Great Expectations TV series, set to air on BBC One on March 26.“Currently we are working on a second season of Taboo, and hopefully we will get to explore more Dickens [like Great Expectations] with Steve, Ridley and Tom,” Baker explained.Set in 1814, Taboo centres on Hardy’s character James Keziah Delaney as he returns to London from a 12-year stint in Africa.
Believed to be long dead, he returns home to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself.Back in August 2021, Hardy shared his ideas for season two, telling Esquire: “The second season of Taboo is really, really important to me, and it’s taken a lot of thinking, because I really enjoyed the first one and I want to be really fulfilled by the second one.“We’re still playing with ideas: you could go linear, a continuation of time, or we could drop prior to London, or we could quantum-leap through time! I don’t know whether to go orthodox – there’s a series of that already written – but I don’t know if that’s the right way to go.”Hardy continued: “In my head I was thinking, ‘Let’s say they
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Naman Ramachandran The BBC has appointed former CEO and editor-in-chief of ITN and executive VP at Walt Disney, John Hardie, to review how its social media guidance applies to freelancers. The review, which was announced by BBC director general Tim Davie earlier this month, will start immediately and will be completed by the summer and any changes to the BBC’s social media guidance will then be published. In early March, Lineker, commenting on the U.K. government’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill, tweeted, describing it as an “immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.” Lineker, a former star soccer player and presenter on the “Match of the Day” soccer show. was suspended by the BBC and then reinstated, raising questions about presenters’ acceptable use of social media.
Daisy Jones & The Six Season 2 could be a real possibility. According to Variety, fans of the hit TV series Daisy Jones & The Six are eagerly awaiting news of a second season.
Scarlett Moffatt has given fans a glimpse inside her baby's nursery as she prepares to welcome her first child. The former Gogglebox favourite, 32, is expecting a son with long-term boyfriend Scott Dobinson.
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Captain of the England women’s football team Leah Williamson is set to become the first female footballer to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story. The 25-year-old Arsenal captain led the Lionesses to victory in the Euro 2022 final against Germany last summer. Williamson will read Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller, an uplifting story that reassures children that being different and unique is something to be celebrated.
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has preemptively acquired a remake of the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock-directed psychological thriller Vertigo, with Robert Downey Jr eyeing the James Stewart lead role of the former police detective forced to retire after a line of duty trauma that leaves him with fear of heights and vertigo. The script will be written by Steven Knight, the See and Peaky Blinders creator who just signed on to write a Star Wars film.
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is set to write the screenplay for a new Star Wars film, according to reports.As reported by Variety, original screenwriters Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Justin Britt-Gibson have departed the project, with Knight on board as a replacement.The untitled film, which is expected to be among Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars films since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, will be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel).More information about the project is expected to be announced at Star Wars Celebration in London on April 7-10.Along with Peaky Blinders, Knight is known for writing and directing 2013 films Locke starring Tom Hardy and Hummingbird with Jason Statham.
Academy Award nominee Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) has taken over as the screenwriter for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Star Wars movie following the recently announced departure of scribes Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, Deadline can confirm.
Naman Ramachandran The talent behind FX and BBC series “Great Expectations,” “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ literary masterpiece, has spoken about it ahead of its premiere. “Great Expectations” is the coming-of-age story of Pip, an orphan who yearns for a greater lot in life, until a twist of fate and the evil machinations of the mysterious and eccentric Miss Havisham shows him a dark world of possibilities. Under the great expectations placed upon him, Pip will have to work out the true cost of this new world and whether it will truly make him the man he wishes to be. A critique of the class system, Dickens’ novel was published in 1861 after first releasing it in a series of weekly chapters beginning in December 1860.
Icelandic Political Drama ‘The Minister’ Greenlit For Season Two
Australian actor Peter Hardy, known for such TV series as McLeod’s Daughters, as well as films and stage musicals, died from drowning during a snorkeling excursion at West Australia’s South Beach in Fremantle on Thursday March 16. He was 66.
Bravo dropped the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 midseason trailer and it showcases a first look into the “Scandoval” drama that has plagued social media in the last weeks.
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures Platinum Dunes Producers Michael Bay and Brad Fuller continue to stay busy on the banners new overall deal as sources tell Deadline Universal will develop Lure with Platinum Dunes producing. Corin Hardy has signed on to direct the project currently being written by Chris Bernier, which is based on the true story of the haunting of King’s Tavern.
McLeod’s Daughters, Neighbours and more, has been identified as the man who drowned at Freemantle’s South Beach last week.Hardy, 66, had been snorkelling at the beach when he was found unconscious in the water on March 16, ABC News reported. Attempts were made to resuscitate the actor via CPR, but were ultimately unsuccessful.A coroner’s report is currently being prepared, according to The Guardian.His brother Michael Hardy confirmed the news on Facebook, writing: “I am devastated to say that my brother, Peter Hardy, passed away suddenly this morning.
Australian actor Peter Hardy shared some 'reasons to be cheerful' online just an hour before his sudden death while snorkeling at a West Australian beach. The 66-year-old was pulled unresponsive from the water at about 10. 40am at Fremantle's South Beach on Thursday, shortly after sharing a series of photos online.
Ben Hardy and Jessica Plummer have reportedly called time on their relationship after an eighteen-month romance. The pair had both previously spent separate stints on EastEnders but later met on the set of BBC drama The Girl Before, where they played romantic partners. Ben, 32, and Jessica, 30, grew close during filming and soon began dating, seeming to confirm their romance when they were spotted on a date night in December 2021 .
Nothing will keep Scheana Shay from sharing her thoughts on the Scandoval during the season 10 reunion of Vanderpump Rules – not even her co-star Raquel Leviss having a temporary restraining order against her!
The Crown star Erin Doherty has boarded Steven Knight’s Disney+ period drama A Thousand Blows.
Jeremy Podeswa (Station 11, Game of Thrones) is joining Prime Video’s limited series Blade Runner 2099 to direct the pilot and serve as producing director. He will also serve as executive producer.