Suits’ Patrick J. Adams and Unbelievable’s Merritt Wever are confirmed to star in BBC and Netflix’s Lockerbie series. Filming is now underway in Scotland on the six-episode series based on the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight.
Connor Swindells (Sas Rogue Heroes), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Tony Curran (Mary & George), Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road), Lauren Lyle (Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment), Khalid Laith (Cobra), and Amanda Drew (Wolf) were also just announced as starring in the drama.
“On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in its hold over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans. It was the worst-ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on US citizens,” reads BBC and Netflix’s synopsis. “Lockerbie will focus...
Connor Swindells (Sas Rogue Heroes), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Tony Curran (Mary & George), Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road), Lauren Lyle (Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment), Khalid Laith (Cobra), and Amanda Drew (Wolf) were also just announced as starring in the drama.
“On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in its hold over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans. It was the worst-ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on US citizens,” reads BBC and Netflix’s synopsis. “Lockerbie will focus...
- 3/5/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Suits star Patrick J. Adams, Connor Swindells (Sex Education, Sas Rogue Heroes), Merritt Wever (Unbelievable, Godless) and Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road, The Pact) are part of the the cast of the upcoming six-episode series Lockerbie, about the December 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103, for the BBC and Netflix.
Further castmembers unveiled Tuesday include Peter Mullan (Ozark, Payback), Tony Curran (Mary & George, Mayflies), Lauren Lyle (Karen Pirie, Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War, Traces), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Guilt), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master, P-Valley), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment, The Victim), Khalid Laith (Vigil, Cobra) and Amanda Drew (The Gold, Wolf).
The BBC and Netflix didn’t detail what roles each castmember will play, but said that filming on the show, described as a “factual drama” made by ITV Studios banner World Productions, has begun in Scotland.
“The six-part series is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-u.
Further castmembers unveiled Tuesday include Peter Mullan (Ozark, Payback), Tony Curran (Mary & George, Mayflies), Lauren Lyle (Karen Pirie, Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War, Traces), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Guilt), Parker Sawyers (Spy/Master, P-Valley), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment, The Victim), Khalid Laith (Vigil, Cobra) and Amanda Drew (The Gold, Wolf).
The BBC and Netflix didn’t detail what roles each castmember will play, but said that filming on the show, described as a “factual drama” made by ITV Studios banner World Productions, has begun in Scotland.
“The six-part series is based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scottish-u.
- 3/5/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Patrick J. Adams, star of Suits — the most watched series on Netflix and all streaming in 2023 — is returning to the platform with a new show, Lockerbie. He will star opposite Connor Swindells of Netflix’s Sex Education who has been cast as the lead in the BBC and Netflix six-part limited series. Merritt Wever, two-time Emmy winner, for Netflix’s Godless and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, also stars in the BBC/Netflix series based on the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scots-u.S. investigation which sought to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The cast also includes Ozark alum Peter Mullan, Tony Curran (Mary & George), Downton Abbey‘s Phyllis Logan, Eddie Marsan (The Pact), Lauren Lyle (Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Parker Sawyers ( P-Valley), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment), Khalid Laith (Vigil), and Amanda Drew (Wolf).
On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from...
The cast also includes Ozark alum Peter Mullan, Tony Curran (Mary & George), Downton Abbey‘s Phyllis Logan, Eddie Marsan (The Pact), Lauren Lyle (Vigil), Andrew Rothney (The Undeclared War), Parker Sawyers ( P-Valley), James Harkness (The Sixth Commandment), Khalid Laith (Vigil), and Amanda Drew (Wolf).
On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from...
- 3/5/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Line of Duty and This Is England star Vicky McClure is to front a bomb squad drama for ITV, produced by Htm Television, the production company set up by Line of Duty and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio.
Trigger Point is a six-part thriller, written by new writer Daniel Brierley, that follows counter terrorism policing and the terrifying work of the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad.
Set in London, Trigger Point, follows the ‘expo’ officers, who risk their lives daily on the long walk towards danger. Death is always just a heartbeat away.
McClure, who also starred in Broadchurch, plays front line officer Lana Washington, who is an experienced bomb disposal operative. Reckless and out of control, Lana is ex-military and pushed to breaking point dealing with a series of improvised explosive devices which threaten the capital during a terrorist summer campaign. Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, Lana...
Trigger Point is a six-part thriller, written by new writer Daniel Brierley, that follows counter terrorism policing and the terrifying work of the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad.
Set in London, Trigger Point, follows the ‘expo’ officers, who risk their lives daily on the long walk towards danger. Death is always just a heartbeat away.
McClure, who also starred in Broadchurch, plays front line officer Lana Washington, who is an experienced bomb disposal operative. Reckless and out of control, Lana is ex-military and pushed to breaking point dealing with a series of improvised explosive devices which threaten the capital during a terrorist summer campaign. Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, Lana...
- 2/20/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s something comforting about the predictability of a period piece novel adaptation in the Masterpiece Theater tradition. Knowing the story, or even just the rhythms of the genre, there are rarely many surprises. The women will toss off witticisms and cry careful, pretty tears; the men will steel their jaws and declare their love, ideally after reluctantly falling for a woman they hadn’t considered before. There will be romance, heartbreak, births, deaths. Even when it’s not a great adaptation, it’s at least familiar, and that can go a long way.
“Vanity Fair” is counting on just such leniency. It’s neither terrible nor amazing, but at the very least, it’s efficient.
In seven episodes spanning years of social climbing, devastating warfare, and undulating class dynamics, this latest version of William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair” enlists a game cast to follow Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke), an...
“Vanity Fair” is counting on just such leniency. It’s neither terrible nor amazing, but at the very least, it’s efficient.
In seven episodes spanning years of social climbing, devastating warfare, and undulating class dynamics, this latest version of William Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair” enlists a game cast to follow Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke), an...
- 12/14/2018
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Anne”ITV drama “Anne” tells the true story of Anne Williams and her long campaign for justice following the death of her teenage son Kevin in the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster. The two-part factual drama is written by local novelist Kevin Sampson and produced by Julia Stannard. Filming begins in Liverpool on Sept. 10 and casting director Jill Trevellick is attached to the project, which is casting now. “Deep Water”New female-led drama “Deep Water” begins filming on location in the Lake District this autumn. The stories follow three women living in the beautiful surrounding of the Lakes but having to make some controversial choices to deal with the pressures of modern family life. Adapted from the...
- 7/9/2018
- backstage.com
ITV and Amazon have unveiled a first-look at the forthcoming adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s classic 1848 novel Vanity Fair.
The partners have debuted a short trailer that features Ready Player One star Olivia Cooke with her foot all over a globe, as the seven-part drama is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Mammoth Screen-produced series sees Cooke play Becky Sharp, as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing, takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes along the way.
It is the latest adaptation of the classic novel and follows a 2004 feature with Reese Witherspoon as Becky, and a 1998 BBC version. Vanity Fair is produced by Julia Stannard (War & Peace...
The partners have debuted a short trailer that features Ready Player One star Olivia Cooke with her foot all over a globe, as the seven-part drama is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Mammoth Screen-produced series sees Cooke play Becky Sharp, as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story of villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing, takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes along the way.
It is the latest adaptation of the classic novel and follows a 2004 feature with Reese Witherspoon as Becky, and a 1998 BBC version. Vanity Fair is produced by Julia Stannard (War & Peace...
- 6/20/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ready Player One star lines up alongside Johnny Flynn and Michael Palin in Thackeray adaptation.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
- 4/9/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ready Player One star lines up alongside Johnny Flynn and Michael Palin in Thackeray adaptation.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
- 4/9/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
A raft of global buyers have snapped up “Vanity Fair,” the ITV and Amazon adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s literary classic with “Ready Player One” star Olivia Cooke.
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is selling the series and gave buyers a sneak peek at a spring preview earlier this year. As MipTV opens, the distributor has closed European sales with Movistar+ in Spain, Npo in the Netherlands, Svt in Sweden, Nrk in Norway, and Yle in Finland.
“With this series Mammoth Screen and Amazon Studios are at their very best,” said Maria Kyriacou, president, ITV Studios International. “Getting a head start on MipTV by hosting our own drama festival earlier in the year has put us in a great position for a busy market this week.”
ITV Studios has also shopped the period drama to Canadian pubcaster CBC, BBC First in Australia, and Tvnz in New Zealand.
The series follows...
ITV Studios Global Entertainment is selling the series and gave buyers a sneak peek at a spring preview earlier this year. As MipTV opens, the distributor has closed European sales with Movistar+ in Spain, Npo in the Netherlands, Svt in Sweden, Nrk in Norway, and Yle in Finland.
“With this series Mammoth Screen and Amazon Studios are at their very best,” said Maria Kyriacou, president, ITV Studios International. “Getting a head start on MipTV by hosting our own drama festival earlier in the year has put us in a great position for a busy market this week.”
ITV Studios has also shopped the period drama to Canadian pubcaster CBC, BBC First in Australia, and Tvnz in New Zealand.
The series follows...
- 4/9/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Kate Harwood, Oona King among executives to express support for more regulation.
BFI board member Baroness Oona King and former BBC drama head Kate Harwood have backed recent calls for diversity quotas to be attached to the UK film and TV tax relief.
Speaking at Mbi’s Media Production Show in London during a session on gender equality, panellists including King, Euston Films managing director Harwood and War & Peace and The Awakening producer Julia Stannard expressed support for building quotas into the UK’s film and high end drama incentives.
At Screen and Broadcast’s Media Summit earlier this week Ken Loach producer Rebecca O’Brien suggested making tax credits dependent on “certain diversity boxes being ticked”.
Former BBC head of drama Harwood said: “Rebecca’s [O’Brien’s] suggestion about tax breaks and diversity is such a good idea. I think it’s a bit of a no brainer.”
Stannard agreed: “Our industry is largely a freelance industry…There is...
BFI board member Baroness Oona King and former BBC drama head Kate Harwood have backed recent calls for diversity quotas to be attached to the UK film and TV tax relief.
Speaking at Mbi’s Media Production Show in London during a session on gender equality, panellists including King, Euston Films managing director Harwood and War & Peace and The Awakening producer Julia Stannard expressed support for building quotas into the UK’s film and high end drama incentives.
At Screen and Broadcast’s Media Summit earlier this week Ken Loach producer Rebecca O’Brien suggested making tax credits dependent on “certain diversity boxes being ticked”.
Former BBC head of drama Harwood said: “Rebecca’s [O’Brien’s] suggestion about tax breaks and diversity is such a good idea. I think it’s a bit of a no brainer.”
Stannard agreed: “Our industry is largely a freelance industry…There is...
- 6/10/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The first Media Production Show will take place in London June 9-10 with a host of top industry brands attending.
The inaugural Media Production Show, hosted by Media Business Insight, will host brands including Pinewood Studios, Cinecitta Studios, Canon and Panasonic and industry such as Tony Jordan (Red Planet Pictures), Julia Stannard (producer) and Hamish Hamilton (director).
Taking place between June 9-10 at the Business Design Centre in Islington more than 70 exhibitors will showcase the latest products and services while key industry will speak at the event to share ideas, techniques and plans for the future.
Event director Charlotte Wheeler reveals more about what visitors can expect…
Who should attend The Media Production Show and why?
Anyone who works in film and wants to learn more about making the best content across the globe should not miss this event.
Technology has had a huge impact on the creative process of film-making and the re-emergence of using film to...
The inaugural Media Production Show, hosted by Media Business Insight, will host brands including Pinewood Studios, Cinecitta Studios, Canon and Panasonic and industry such as Tony Jordan (Red Planet Pictures), Julia Stannard (producer) and Hamish Hamilton (director).
Taking place between June 9-10 at the Business Design Centre in Islington more than 70 exhibitors will showcase the latest products and services while key industry will speak at the event to share ideas, techniques and plans for the future.
Event director Charlotte Wheeler reveals more about what visitors can expect…
Who should attend The Media Production Show and why?
Anyone who works in film and wants to learn more about making the best content across the globe should not miss this event.
Technology has had a huge impact on the creative process of film-making and the re-emergence of using film to...
- 3/7/2016
- ScreenDaily
Oscar winner Jim Broadbent will play Tommy Butler, the detective who relentlessly sought to bring the gang behind the infamous August 8, 1963 robbery of a Royal Mail train to justice. The BBC‘s two-part drama The Great Train Robbery kicks off with The Robbers’ Tale, the story of how the heist was planned and executed. Luke Evans will play Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind behind the heist. The second part, A Coppers’ Tale, will feature Broadbent leading the Scotland Yard team Butler assembled to bring the thieves to justice in a race against time. Also joining A Coppers’ Tale are Tim Pigott-Smith (Downton Abbey, Alice In Wonderland), Robert Glenister (Law & Order: UK, Hustle), Tom Chambers (Waterloo Road), Tom Beard (Salmon Fishing In The Yemen), James Wilby (Titanic) and James Fox (W.E., Utopia). Created by Broadchurch and Camelot exec producer Chris Chibnall, the films are produced by World Productions for BBC One. Part...
- 5/2/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
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