Robert Downey Jr. has had a phenomenal year after his performance as Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer won him multiple accolades, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The Avengers star has had multiple career renaissances, with Iron Man aiding his resurgence as an actor, while Oppenheimer introduced a new dimension to his skills.
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Robert Downey Jr. was asked along with his fellow nominees what they would be doing if they never became actors. While actors such as Mark Ruffalo and Paul Giamatti preferred to go into the arts, Downey Jr. joked that if he had not been an actor, he would be in prison doing ‘hard time’.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Career Renaissance Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr.’s career renaissance is a story as incredible as the films he has been a part of. After...
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Robert Downey Jr. was asked along with his fellow nominees what they would be doing if they never became actors. While actors such as Mark Ruffalo and Paul Giamatti preferred to go into the arts, Downey Jr. joked that if he had not been an actor, he would be in prison doing ‘hard time’.
Robert Downey Jr.’s Career Renaissance Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr.’s career renaissance is a story as incredible as the films he has been a part of. After...
- 3/12/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
As the season of film awards and achievements heads towards the night of The Oscars, a select few and equally auspicious award ceremonies are yet to happen. Among them, the Screen Actors Guild Awards seemed to have chosen Robert Downey Jr. as their pick for the Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Oppenheimer, a deserving accolade that almost all organizations and individuals seem to agree with.
Robert Downey Jr. in a still from Oppenheimer
And thus, when the star took to the stage to formally accept the award with his hands, he was sure to give credit to the recent accolades of his career to several actors he has worked with in the past. Among them, he also includes the name of Mel Gibson, the actor and filmmaker who practically brought his career on track again after he made a film that un-blacklisted the star from Hollywood.
Robert Downey Jr. in a still from Oppenheimer
And thus, when the star took to the stage to formally accept the award with his hands, he was sure to give credit to the recent accolades of his career to several actors he has worked with in the past. Among them, he also includes the name of Mel Gibson, the actor and filmmaker who practically brought his career on track again after he made a film that un-blacklisted the star from Hollywood.
- 2/25/2024
- by Deepak Bisht
- FandomWire
In the most important scene of the first season of The Sopranos — arguably the most important scene of television of the last 25 years, if not much longer — Mob boss Tony Soprano stalks and murders Febby Petrulio, a former wiseguy who testified against friends of Tony’s and then went into hiding.
What would have happened, I asked Sopranos creator David Chase recently, if he had pitched the same idea 25 years before that, back when he was a young writer on The Rockford Files, a hit NBC drama starring James Garner as a wisecracking private detective?...
What would have happened, I asked Sopranos creator David Chase recently, if he had pitched the same idea 25 years before that, back when he was a young writer on The Rockford Files, a hit NBC drama starring James Garner as a wisecracking private detective?...
- 1/3/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Beloved actor Michael Gambon has passed away at the age of 82, it has been confirmed. Renowned for his performances both on screen and on stage, Gambon died peacefully following an illness. “We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” reads a statement on behalf of his wife Lady Gambon and son Fergus, released via his publicist. “Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia. Michael was 82. We ask that you respect our privacy at this painful time and thank you for your messages of support and love.”
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- 9/28/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Exclusive: Shia Labeouf has joined action thriller Mace, directed by Jon Amiel from a script by David Chisholm. Trevor Jackson will co-star. Myriad Pictures is shopping the project to buyers here in Cannes this week.
Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.
Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.
- 5/17/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
If you were packaging a film in 2004, you couldn't have rounded up a colder trio of artists than Shane Black, Val Kilmer, and Robert Downey Jr. Black had been struggling to reinvent himself as a writer after gaining notoriety as one of Hollywood's spec script kings; as a result, he hadn't sold a screenplay since 1996's "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (which New Line purchased for a then-record 4 million). Val Kilmer was the whole damn package: a movie star with method acting chops. There was a moment when he was compared to the revered likes of Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift. Then came the flops and tales of rotten on-set behavior. Despite terrific performances in James Cox's "Wonderland" and David Mamet's "Spartan," Kilmer's public wasn't showing up.
And then there was Downey Jr. The son of legendary indie filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. had been on the cusp of stardom...
And then there was Downey Jr. The son of legendary indie filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. had been on the cusp of stardom...
- 12/10/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Exclusive: UTA has signed actress and filmmaker Katie Holmes and her recently launched production company, Lafayette Pictures, for representation in all areas.
Holmes is best known for her work in features ranging from Christopher Nolan’s tentpole Batman Begins, to such critically acclaimed art house pictures as Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Peter Hedges’ Pieces of April.
Additional credits include STXfilms’ Brahms: The Boy II, the film adaptation of the New York Times bestseller, The Secret, Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys, Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking, Sam Raimi’s The Gift, Stephen Gaghan’s Abandon, Doug Liman’s Go, Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth, Simon Curtis’ Women in Gold, Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky, Keith Gordon’s The Singing Detective, Forest Whitaker’s First Daughter, Kevin Williamson’s Teaching Mrs. Tingle, David Nutter’s Disturbing Behavior and the Guillermo del Toro-produced thriller, Don’t Be Afraid of The Dark,...
Holmes is best known for her work in features ranging from Christopher Nolan’s tentpole Batman Begins, to such critically acclaimed art house pictures as Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Peter Hedges’ Pieces of April.
Additional credits include STXfilms’ Brahms: The Boy II, the film adaptation of the New York Times bestseller, The Secret, Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys, Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking, Sam Raimi’s The Gift, Stephen Gaghan’s Abandon, Doug Liman’s Go, Joel Schumacher’s Phone Booth, Simon Curtis’ Women in Gold, Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky, Keith Gordon’s The Singing Detective, Forest Whitaker’s First Daughter, Kevin Williamson’s Teaching Mrs. Tingle, David Nutter’s Disturbing Behavior and the Guillermo del Toro-produced thriller, Don’t Be Afraid of The Dark,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is the best TV show — former or current — that handles mental illness well?
Joyce Eng (@joyceeng61), TVGuide.com
“Bojack Horseman,” especially Season 4, is almost peerless when it comes to a raw, honest portrayal of mental health. His depression and anxiety aren’t deployed as plot devices like we’ve seen plenty of times elsewhere; they’re just part of him and none of it is rubbed in your face. He’s allowed to be, break down, self-destruct, and the show never offers quick fixes or easy answers. “Stupid Piece of Sh*t” is a brutal depiction, even if you don’t suffer from depression or anxiety,...
This week’s question: What is the best TV show — former or current — that handles mental illness well?
Joyce Eng (@joyceeng61), TVGuide.com
“Bojack Horseman,” especially Season 4, is almost peerless when it comes to a raw, honest portrayal of mental health. His depression and anxiety aren’t deployed as plot devices like we’ve seen plenty of times elsewhere; they’re just part of him and none of it is rubbed in your face. He’s allowed to be, break down, self-destruct, and the show never offers quick fixes or easy answers. “Stupid Piece of Sh*t” is a brutal depiction, even if you don’t suffer from depression or anxiety,...
- 11/14/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Author: Samuel Spencer
Picture the 1970s in your head, and chances are a Mick Rock image has come to mind. David Bowie managing to be the sexiest man alive despite a red mullet, a business suit and a saxophone? That’s Mick Rock. Topless Iggy Pop bending over backwards in a moment of rock ’n’ roll abandonment? Mick Rock. Debbie Harry looking like the girl next door (if you live next door to CBGBs circa 1974)? That too was done by certain Mr Michael David Rock. Yes, Rock is his real last name.
With that sort of pedigree, ‘Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock’, a new documentary on Rock’s life, would have probably got four stars if it had just been a few of those pictures on the big screen alongside a few anecdotes about doing drugs with David Bowie. However, director Barney Clay (husband of Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
Picture the 1970s in your head, and chances are a Mick Rock image has come to mind. David Bowie managing to be the sexiest man alive despite a red mullet, a business suit and a saxophone? That’s Mick Rock. Topless Iggy Pop bending over backwards in a moment of rock ’n’ roll abandonment? Mick Rock. Debbie Harry looking like the girl next door (if you live next door to CBGBs circa 1974)? That too was done by certain Mr Michael David Rock. Yes, Rock is his real last name.
With that sort of pedigree, ‘Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock’, a new documentary on Rock’s life, would have probably got four stars if it had just been a few of those pictures on the big screen alongside a few anecdotes about doing drugs with David Bowie. However, director Barney Clay (husband of Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
- 7/18/2017
- by Samuel Spencer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is your favorite murder mystery show?
Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams), A.V. Club
It has to be “Twin Peaks,” right? I’m one of those annoying people who insists the show is so much more than “Who killed Laura Palmer?”, but that is our entry point to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird little world, and the question that briefly made “Twin Peaks” a pop-culture phenomenon. And the chapters of the series that deal with finding Laura’s murderer are some of the most compelling, from the dream-sequence enhanced “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer” or the eventual solution to the mystery, a...
This week’s question: What is your favorite murder mystery show?
Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams), A.V. Club
It has to be “Twin Peaks,” right? I’m one of those annoying people who insists the show is so much more than “Who killed Laura Palmer?”, but that is our entry point to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird little world, and the question that briefly made “Twin Peaks” a pop-culture phenomenon. And the chapters of the series that deal with finding Laura’s murderer are some of the most compelling, from the dream-sequence enhanced “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer” or the eventual solution to the mystery, a...
- 2/22/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Gorgeous. Damien Chazelle’s got a lot of eyes on him as he prepares his follow-up to Whiplash for release, and based on today’s first trailer for La La Land, he’s got precious little to worry about. When you cast Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as young pretty people falling in love, you’re already halfway done with your work, but when you add in the surreal and beautiful take on Los Angeles, a city that is plenty surreal and beautiful on its own, you might end up with something really special. I started laughing today when I saw some dude on Twitter dismiss this because he thought it looked too much like Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I Love You. Hi, random dude. Please see more movies. Musicals have always been one of the most expressionistic forms of mainstream film, with song and dance standing in for...
- 7/13/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Earlier this week, I published my rave review of HBO's new miniseries The Night Of, and I'm going to put it into the weekly review rotation for its run, starting with thoughts on the first episode, coming up just as soon as I can name two Yankees headed for the Hall of Fame... "Am I really here?" -Naz Because "The Beach" has been available for a few weeks through HBO's On Demand and streaming services, I've gotten to see the early reactions to it, which tend to break down along three paths: 1)That was unbearable to watch because I felt so bad for Naz as his night out went so horribly awry; 2)That was unbearable to watch because Naz acted like such a complete idiot at every turn; 3)Even though I felt bad for Naz, and/or couldn't believe how stupid he kept being, I was riveted by the whole thing.
- 7/11/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
If you were a TV critic from 1956 to 1976, you would have witnessed some big changes in the business: the rise and fall of the Western as the dominant primetime genre, or the color TV boom, or CBS' shift from silly rural comedies to socially conscious ones like All in the Family and M*A*S*H. If you covered the beat from 1976 to 1996, you would have written about Hill Street Blues and its many imitators, the classic years of SNL, and the early days of original cable programming. Almost any 20-year span would give you a front row seat to enormous artistic and technological change. As of this week, I've been professionally writing about television for exactly 20 years(*), and it's safe to say that the only two-decade period that featured a more radical transformation in how television was made and consumed would be back when the medium was first introduced into America's living rooms.
- 6/2/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Two guys, some guns, a suitcase full of cash and the open road: what could go wrong? Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen meet their match in Joanne Whalley Kilmer, a neo-noir bad news dame if there ever was one. The murderous melodrama stretches the length of Nevada; director John Dahl adds the cops and the Mob to his annihilating cocktail. Kill Me Again Blu-ray Olive Films 1989 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / Street Date March 22, 2016 / Starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Michael Madsen, Jon Gries. Cinematography Jaques Steyn Film Editors Eric Beason, Frank Jiminez, Jonathan Shaw Original Music William Olvis Written by John Dahl, David W. Warfield Produced by Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, David W. Warfield Directed by John Dahl
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
One of the best of the neo-noirs, Kill Me Again put director John Dahl on the map as a man to watch, much like Carl Franklin and the nervous mini-classic One False Move.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
One of the best of the neo-noirs, Kill Me Again put director John Dahl on the map as a man to watch, much like Carl Franklin and the nervous mini-classic One False Move.
- 3/22/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This week on Off The Shelf, Ryan is joined by Brian Saur to take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week of August 25th, 2015, and chat about some follow-up and home video news.
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Episode Links & Notes Follow-up Honeymoon Killers Don Hertzfeldt’s Kickstarter News Arrow’s Us announcements for November French Battlestar Galactica Blu-ray release Spartacus Restoration Screenshots City of Lost Children 20th Anniversary Blu-ray KLStudio Classics – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Delirious, Up The Creek Vincent Price Oop Moc Announcements: Shane, Robinson Crusoe On Mars, The Quiet Man New Releases
August 18th
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem Burn, Witch, Burn The Couch Trip Cruel Story Of Youth (Masters Of Cinema) Day for Night (Criterion) Diggstown Dressed to Kill Elena Face to Face aka Faccia A Faccia Hackers The Hunger La Sapienza La Grande Bouffe My Darling Clementine Navajo Joe...
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Episode Links & Notes Follow-up Honeymoon Killers Don Hertzfeldt’s Kickstarter News Arrow’s Us announcements for November French Battlestar Galactica Blu-ray release Spartacus Restoration Screenshots City of Lost Children 20th Anniversary Blu-ray KLStudio Classics – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Delirious, Up The Creek Vincent Price Oop Moc Announcements: Shane, Robinson Crusoe On Mars, The Quiet Man New Releases
August 18th
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem Burn, Witch, Burn The Couch Trip Cruel Story Of Youth (Masters Of Cinema) Day for Night (Criterion) Diggstown Dressed to Kill Elena Face to Face aka Faccia A Faccia Hackers The Hunger La Sapienza La Grande Bouffe My Darling Clementine Navajo Joe...
- 8/26/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
The Making of Harry Potter tour is to feature a host of creatures from the films, including the characters Hedwig and Crookshanks.
The Warner Bros Studio Tour in London is to include the original animals that played Harry's beloved owl and Hermione's cat over February half-term.
Animal trainer Julie Tottman will present over 250 live creatures that featured in the film series to the public between February 13 and February 25.
The snowy owl and Red Persian cat will be joined by Argus Filch's Maine Coone cat Mrs Norris and Neville Longbottom's pet toad Trevor, among other magical and non-magical creatures.
Jk Rowling spoke last month about the nature of the monsters in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, revealing the origin of the 'Inferi'.
The author recently completed work on the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the Harry Potter spinoff will begin shooting later this year.
Harry Potter...
The Warner Bros Studio Tour in London is to include the original animals that played Harry's beloved owl and Hermione's cat over February half-term.
Animal trainer Julie Tottman will present over 250 live creatures that featured in the film series to the public between February 13 and February 25.
The snowy owl and Red Persian cat will be joined by Argus Filch's Maine Coone cat Mrs Norris and Neville Longbottom's pet toad Trevor, among other magical and non-magical creatures.
Jk Rowling spoke last month about the nature of the monsters in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, revealing the origin of the 'Inferi'.
The author recently completed work on the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the Harry Potter spinoff will begin shooting later this year.
Harry Potter...
- 1/6/2015
- Digital Spy
British actor David Ryall died on Christmas Day at the age of 79.
Ryall is perhaps most famous for playing Elphias Doge, a wizard in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, but as his daughter Charlie tweeted, his career spanned five decades and he starred in much more than this one film.
Please take a moment to remember his huge five-decade-spanning career outside of the more well-known TV & film. Not just Harry Potter.
— Charlie Ryall (@charlie_ryall) December 27, 2014
Not that I don't love Harry Potter. I do, I do. But there's so much more.
— Charlie Ryall (@charlie_ryall) December 27, 2014
Photos: Stars We Lost in 2014
Ryall began his career on stage at the National Theater after receiving a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art back in 1962.
Since then he has appeared in numerous British TV series including The Singing Detective, Outnumbered, and The Village. He also starred in films, The [link=tt...
Ryall is perhaps most famous for playing Elphias Doge, a wizard in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, but as his daughter Charlie tweeted, his career spanned five decades and he starred in much more than this one film.
Please take a moment to remember his huge five-decade-spanning career outside of the more well-known TV & film. Not just Harry Potter.
— Charlie Ryall (@charlie_ryall) December 27, 2014
Not that I don't love Harry Potter. I do, I do. But there's so much more.
— Charlie Ryall (@charlie_ryall) December 27, 2014
Photos: Stars We Lost in 2014
Ryall began his career on stage at the National Theater after receiving a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art back in 1962.
Since then he has appeared in numerous British TV series including The Singing Detective, Outnumbered, and The Village. He also starred in films, The [link=tt...
- 12/28/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Veteran actor David Ryall, best known by Americans as Elphias Doge in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, died on Christmas, Dec. 25 at the age of 79.
Friend and colleague Mark Gatiss, “Sherlock” and “Doctor Who” writer, broke the news on Twitter.
“The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip,” Gatiss wrote.
See photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2014
The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip.
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 27, 2014
Ryall replaced Peter Cartwright...
Friend and colleague Mark Gatiss, “Sherlock” and “Doctor Who” writer, broke the news on Twitter.
“The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip,” Gatiss wrote.
See photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2014
The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip.
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 27, 2014
Ryall replaced Peter Cartwright...
- 12/27/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Harry Potter star David Ryall passed away on Christmas Day (December 25), aged 79.
Sherlock writer and star Mark Gatiss revealed the news by tweeting his sadness at the passing of his colleague.
The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip.
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 27, 2014
"The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip," Gatiss wrote.
The actor had a long and successful career across theatre, film and television.
Ryall appeared in numerous films, including playing the role of Elphias Doge in 2010's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
He was featured in the first two series of BBC One comedy Outnumbered as Frank, a grandfather who suffers from dementia.
He also starred in The Village as Britain's oldest man Old Bert, who narrated the series through flashback scenes.
Sherlock writer and star Mark Gatiss revealed the news by tweeting his sadness at the passing of his colleague.
The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip.
— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 27, 2014
"The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip," Gatiss wrote.
The actor had a long and successful career across theatre, film and television.
Ryall appeared in numerous films, including playing the role of Elphias Doge in 2010's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
He was featured in the first two series of BBC One comedy Outnumbered as Frank, a grandfather who suffers from dementia.
He also starred in The Village as Britain's oldest man Old Bert, who narrated the series through flashback scenes.
- 12/27/2014
- Digital Spy
Benedict Cumberbatch features in a new trailer promoting BBC Drama.
The Sherlock actor has recorded William Shakespeare's 'All the World's a Stage' monologue from As You Like It for the promo, which aired before new drama The Missing on BBC One at 8.58pm tonight (October 28).
The promo features moments from BBC dramas of the past, present and future.
Upcoming dramas featured in the trailer include the adaptation of Jk Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Esio Trot starring Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, James Nesbitt's The Missing, Damian Lewis drama Wolf Hall, Jimmy McGovern's new series Banished, the new version of Poldark, Susanna Clarke's Strange and Norrell, One Child and The Interceptor.
Past dramas include the likes of The Singing Detective, House of Cards, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, This Life, Pride and Prejudice, Criminal Justice, Small Island, Spooks and Life on Mars.
Doctor Who, Last Tango in Halifax,...
The Sherlock actor has recorded William Shakespeare's 'All the World's a Stage' monologue from As You Like It for the promo, which aired before new drama The Missing on BBC One at 8.58pm tonight (October 28).
The promo features moments from BBC dramas of the past, present and future.
Upcoming dramas featured in the trailer include the adaptation of Jk Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Esio Trot starring Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, James Nesbitt's The Missing, Damian Lewis drama Wolf Hall, Jimmy McGovern's new series Banished, the new version of Poldark, Susanna Clarke's Strange and Norrell, One Child and The Interceptor.
Past dramas include the likes of The Singing Detective, House of Cards, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, This Life, Pride and Prejudice, Criminal Justice, Small Island, Spooks and Life on Mars.
Doctor Who, Last Tango in Halifax,...
- 10/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Benedict Cumberbatch will feature in a new trailer promoting BBC Drama tonight (October 28).
The Sherlock actor has recorded William Shakespeare's 'All the World's a Stage' monologue from As You Like It for the promo, which will air before new drama The Missing on BBC One at 8.58pm.
The promo will feature moments from BBC dramas of the past, present and future.
Upcoming dramas featured in the trailer will include the adaptation of Jk Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Esio Trot starring Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, James Nesbitt's The Missing, Damian Lewis drama Wolf Hall, Jimmy McGovern's new series Banished, the new version of Poldark, Susanna Clarke's Strange and Norrell, One Child and The Interceptor.
Past dramas will include the likes of The Singing Detective, House of Cards, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, This Life, Pride and Prejudice, Criminal Justice, Small Island, Spooks and Life on Mars.
The Sherlock actor has recorded William Shakespeare's 'All the World's a Stage' monologue from As You Like It for the promo, which will air before new drama The Missing on BBC One at 8.58pm.
The promo will feature moments from BBC dramas of the past, present and future.
Upcoming dramas featured in the trailer will include the adaptation of Jk Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Esio Trot starring Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, James Nesbitt's The Missing, Damian Lewis drama Wolf Hall, Jimmy McGovern's new series Banished, the new version of Poldark, Susanna Clarke's Strange and Norrell, One Child and The Interceptor.
Past dramas will include the likes of The Singing Detective, House of Cards, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, This Life, Pride and Prejudice, Criminal Justice, Small Island, Spooks and Life on Mars.
- 10/28/2014
- Digital Spy
Michael Gambon ("The Singing Detective"), Keeley Hawes ("Ashes to Ashes"), Rory Kinnear ("Skyfall"), Monica Dolan ("Sightseers"), Julia McKenzie ("Agatha Christie's Marple") and newcomer Abigail Lawrie have all signed up for BBC One & HBO's three hour miniseries adaptation of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling's "The Casual Vacancy".
The story centers on a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty facade is a town at war: Rich vs. poor, teens vs. parents, wives vs. husbands and teachers vs. pupils.
Gambon plays delicatessen owner Howard Mollison with McKenzie playing his wife. Rufus Jones plays his son Miles, while Hawes plays Miles' wife. Simon McBurney ("Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy"), Richard Glover ("A Field in England") and Michelle Austin ("Secrets & Lies") also star.
Sarah Phelps penned the script which is scheduled to begin shooting on July 7th in South West England. Six million copies of the...
The story centers on a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty facade is a town at war: Rich vs. poor, teens vs. parents, wives vs. husbands and teachers vs. pupils.
Gambon plays delicatessen owner Howard Mollison with McKenzie playing his wife. Rufus Jones plays his son Miles, while Hawes plays Miles' wife. Simon McBurney ("Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy"), Richard Glover ("A Field in England") and Michelle Austin ("Secrets & Lies") also star.
Sarah Phelps penned the script which is scheduled to begin shooting on July 7th in South West England. Six million copies of the...
- 6/6/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mark Lawson finds authorial controversy and romantic scrawl in an imitation library book
Creators of popular television have often invoked comparisons with written fiction: Dennis Potter and Steve Bochco both used the term "TV novel" to describe series such as Potter's The Singing Detective and Bochco's La Law and NYPD Blue. Both screenwriters also published novels, and this switchover tradition continues with Jj Abrams, the power behind Alias and Lost.
Perhaps surprisingly, writers who rethought the structures of television often became reverentially conventional on the page: Potter's Ticket to Ride and Bochco's Death by Hollywood had impressive plot and dialogue, as you might expect, but an Edwardian reader would be at ease with the novels' approach to narrative and chapters.
Abrams, though, has come up with a novel of such structural daring that the first task of the audience is to work out a way of reading it. And I...
Creators of popular television have often invoked comparisons with written fiction: Dennis Potter and Steve Bochco both used the term "TV novel" to describe series such as Potter's The Singing Detective and Bochco's La Law and NYPD Blue. Both screenwriters also published novels, and this switchover tradition continues with Jj Abrams, the power behind Alias and Lost.
Perhaps surprisingly, writers who rethought the structures of television often became reverentially conventional on the page: Potter's Ticket to Ride and Bochco's Death by Hollywood had impressive plot and dialogue, as you might expect, but an Edwardian reader would be at ease with the novels' approach to narrative and chapters.
Abrams, though, has come up with a novel of such structural daring that the first task of the audience is to work out a way of reading it. And I...
- 11/13/2013
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
House of Cards
Kieran Kinsella
David Croft
If you write a list of your 10 favorite British TV sitcom characters, probably half of them were created by comic genius David Croft. His creations include Mr Humphries (Are You Being Served?), Sergeant Major ‘Shut up’ Williams (It Ain’t Half Hot Mum) Herr Flick (Allo, Allo) and Corporal Jones (Dad’s Army). Like many great comedy writers, Croft collaborated with others including Jimmy Perry and David Floyd. Few writers though could match his creativity or career longevity. Such was Croft’s popularity that he was a regular guest on the British TV convention circuit right up until his death at the age of 89.
Paul Abbott
BAFTA and Emmy winning writer Paul Abbott, rose from humble origins to become one of the most successful writers in British TV history. His hard-hitting dramas are far removed from the idyllic world of Marple and Midsomer Murders.
Kieran Kinsella
David Croft
If you write a list of your 10 favorite British TV sitcom characters, probably half of them were created by comic genius David Croft. His creations include Mr Humphries (Are You Being Served?), Sergeant Major ‘Shut up’ Williams (It Ain’t Half Hot Mum) Herr Flick (Allo, Allo) and Corporal Jones (Dad’s Army). Like many great comedy writers, Croft collaborated with others including Jimmy Perry and David Floyd. Few writers though could match his creativity or career longevity. Such was Croft’s popularity that he was a regular guest on the British TV convention circuit right up until his death at the age of 89.
Paul Abbott
BAFTA and Emmy winning writer Paul Abbott, rose from humble origins to become one of the most successful writers in British TV history. His hard-hitting dramas are far removed from the idyllic world of Marple and Midsomer Murders.
- 7/31/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
The Festival was over, and the boys were all planning for the Fall…
Due to circumstances outside of my control my intended 12 movies this year was reduced to 10, meaning that I saw less of this year’s Festival than any Edinburgh Film Festival in years. So you are welcome to take my conviction that it wasn’t a great year with a pinch of salt; I am not in a position to say it with any authority. And still, I suspect I am correct; there was a time when almost every public screening at the Festival would be sold-out, while this year 2-for-1 and free tickets seemed to be offered on a daily basis to get bums on seats. There were empty seats, once again, for the closing night film (Not Another Happy Ending and, judging by the film, there may have been more empty seats at the end than...
Due to circumstances outside of my control my intended 12 movies this year was reduced to 10, meaning that I saw less of this year’s Festival than any Edinburgh Film Festival in years. So you are welcome to take my conviction that it wasn’t a great year with a pinch of salt; I am not in a position to say it with any authority. And still, I suspect I am correct; there was a time when almost every public screening at the Festival would be sold-out, while this year 2-for-1 and free tickets seemed to be offered on a daily basis to get bums on seats. There were empty seats, once again, for the closing night film (Not Another Happy Ending and, judging by the film, there may have been more empty seats at the end than...
- 7/3/2013
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
With talky TV drama more and more dominant, has film ceded the intellectual high ground for ever? Pieces such as Richard Linklater's latest seem to offer a sliver of hope
In recent years, cultural smart alecs have warmed to an increasingly insistent theme: television, they've announced, is now better than the movies. Our picture houses, they've assured us, are in thrall to superhero nonsense, CGI explosions and sentimental drivel fit only for 12-year-olds. Persons of discernment look instead to the small screen, which these days is awash with edifying drama, complex characters and witty comedy.
Like so many crude generalisations, this one contains some truth. It's TV that has given us The Sopranos, The Simpsons, The Office, The West Wing, The Wire, Mad Men, Sex and the City, The Larry Sanders Show, I'm Alan Partridge and The Killing. In comparison, the big-screen highlights of the last couple of decades look a little bit thin.
In recent years, cultural smart alecs have warmed to an increasingly insistent theme: television, they've announced, is now better than the movies. Our picture houses, they've assured us, are in thrall to superhero nonsense, CGI explosions and sentimental drivel fit only for 12-year-olds. Persons of discernment look instead to the small screen, which these days is awash with edifying drama, complex characters and witty comedy.
Like so many crude generalisations, this one contains some truth. It's TV that has given us The Sopranos, The Simpsons, The Office, The West Wing, The Wire, Mad Men, Sex and the City, The Larry Sanders Show, I'm Alan Partridge and The Killing. In comparison, the big-screen highlights of the last couple of decades look a little bit thin.
- 6/24/2013
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
How many times have you been told not to use wifi you don’t recognize? This week’s episode takes the threat of identity theft to an all new degree. And the only reason The Doctor found out about it at all is cause he got a call from a lady who said she couldn’t find the Internet. Spoiler shields up, watch for falling planes, and listen for…
The Bells Of Saint John
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Colm McCarthy
The Doctor is in the early 13th century, meditating over the living (well, living somewhere) mystery that is Clara Oswin Oswald. So when he’s told “The Bells of St. John are ringing”, he races back to his hidden Tardis, (with its “St. John’s Ambulance” label) where the phone in the door is ringing. He’s getting an impossible call from modern day, from the impossible Clara Oswald,...
The Bells Of Saint John
By Steven Moffat
Directed by Colm McCarthy
The Doctor is in the early 13th century, meditating over the living (well, living somewhere) mystery that is Clara Oswin Oswald. So when he’s told “The Bells of St. John are ringing”, he races back to his hidden Tardis, (with its “St. John’s Ambulance” label) where the phone in the door is ringing. He’s getting an impossible call from modern day, from the impossible Clara Oswald,...
- 3/31/2013
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Rufus Sewell was a pin-up in the 1990s, then his career stalled. He tells us about moving to La, giving up drinking and why he can't wait to lose his looks
There was a moment in the mid-1990s when Rufus Sewell's international stardom was assured. Before his 30th birthday, he had starred in two hugely successful TV adaptations, of Middlemarch and Cold Comfort Farm, and taken a lead role in the original production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, alongside Felicity Kendal and Bill Nighy. He would clearly become stupidly famous. But then he… didn't.
"People talk about opportunity knocking," he says, "but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. I was the lead in Interview With The Vampire, until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in The Wings Of The Dove with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I...
There was a moment in the mid-1990s when Rufus Sewell's international stardom was assured. Before his 30th birthday, he had starred in two hugely successful TV adaptations, of Middlemarch and Cold Comfort Farm, and taken a lead role in the original production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, alongside Felicity Kendal and Bill Nighy. He would clearly become stupidly famous. But then he… didn't.
"People talk about opportunity knocking," he says, "but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. I was the lead in Interview With The Vampire, until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in The Wings Of The Dove with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I...
- 3/30/2013
- by Liese Spencer
- The Guardian - Film News
The nominees for this year’s Möet British Independent Film Awards were announced earlier this month, celebrating the best and most promising talents in the British film industry over the past year.
The ceremony itself is to be held on 9th December, and the joint directors of the awards, Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, have announced that the recipients of The Richard Harris Award and The Variety Award will be Sir Michael Gambon and Jude Law, respectively.
The Richard Harris Award is held in recognition of an outstanding contribution to British film by an actor, and very much deservedly earned by Gambon, who took over from the late Richard Harris, himself, as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series. He will soon be seen in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, Quartet, starring alongside the likes of Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, and Sheridan Smith, which...
The ceremony itself is to be held on 9th December, and the joint directors of the awards, Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, have announced that the recipients of The Richard Harris Award and The Variety Award will be Sir Michael Gambon and Jude Law, respectively.
The Richard Harris Award is held in recognition of an outstanding contribution to British film by an actor, and very much deservedly earned by Gambon, who took over from the late Richard Harris, himself, as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series. He will soon be seen in Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, Quartet, starring alongside the likes of Dame Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, and Sheridan Smith, which...
- 11/22/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
British Independent Film Awards To Honor Michael Gambon, Jude Law Sir Michael Gambon is to receive the Richard Harris Award at the British Independent Film Awards next month. The prize recognizes outstanding contribution to British film by an actor. Last year’s recipient was Ralph Fiennes. Gambon’s career spans six decades in theater, TV and film and includes such titles as The Singing Detective; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover; Gosford Park; The King’s Speech and six of the eight Harry Potter films. Gambon took over the role of Professor Albus Dumbledore when Richard Harris died in 2002 after completing Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. Jude Law will also be honored at the BIFAs with The Variety Award which recognizes an actor, director, writer or producer who has helped focus international attention on the UK. Kenneth Branagh was the honoree last year. Law is...
- 11/22/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
For all the many strengths of "The Avengers," there's one important element that writer-director Joss Whedon can't take credit for: the casting. Of the main characters, only one, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, hasn't appeared in one of the previous five Marvel movies that have led to this point. So given the casting committee that assembled The Avengers, it's something of a miracle that it's ended up with one of the most enjoyable collections of actors in a big tentpole movie for quite some time.
Of course, for the most part, it's to be expected: while there are a few newcomers in the mix, the principle cast have close to a century of experience in the movies between them, and countless great performances in their back catalogs. With "The Avengers" finally hitting U.S. theaters tomorrow, we've picked out the greatest performance of each of the seven members...
Of course, for the most part, it's to be expected: while there are a few newcomers in the mix, the principle cast have close to a century of experience in the movies between them, and countless great performances in their back catalogs. With "The Avengers" finally hitting U.S. theaters tomorrow, we've picked out the greatest performance of each of the seven members...
- 5/3/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
The British tabloid press had one of its regular clammy spasms of outrage in November 1986, aroused by a shot of actor Patrick Malahide's pale, naked buttocks bobbing up and down amid the bracken of the Forest of Dean. In many ways, the furore over the sex scenes in Dennis Potter's BBC masterpiece The Singing Detective marked the full extent of the Aids-panicked, neo-puritan backlash against nudity and coitus in film and on television. It is a pendulum that had been swinging since the 1970s, when Hollywood and then British TV drama started to disrobe and feign explicit sexual intercourse, and the past decade, when simulated (and un-simulated) sex returned to our screens with a vengeance.
- 4/21/2012
- The Independent - Film
'After all this time, I always think the next play will be the one where I forget my lines'
What got you started?
As a child, I was constantly impersonating people – teachers, our neighbour's gentle Scottish accent. So I grew up thinking that making people laugh was a great thing.
What was your big breakthrough?
Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh. I'm a terrible giggler, and we laughed so much doing it, so I suppose we knew it was going to be fun. But we had no idea it would still be talked about 35 years later.
Stage or screen?
I've always said stage – but even after all these years, I think the next play will be the one when I'll forget the lines, and they'll find me out. And I do enjoy doing TV – I've just done a half-hour monologue for BBC4 called A Very Civil Arrangement. I think it may...
What got you started?
As a child, I was constantly impersonating people – teachers, our neighbour's gentle Scottish accent. So I grew up thinking that making people laugh was a great thing.
What was your big breakthrough?
Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh. I'm a terrible giggler, and we laughed so much doing it, so I suppose we knew it was going to be fun. But we had no idea it would still be talked about 35 years later.
Stage or screen?
I've always said stage – but even after all these years, I think the next play will be the one when I'll forget the lines, and they'll find me out. And I do enjoy doing TV – I've just done a half-hour monologue for BBC4 called A Very Civil Arrangement. I think it may...
- 4/4/2012
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
'My biggest career regret? Not turning up for that interview for a part in Alien'
What got you started?
I had no desire to be an actor. But I started going along to the Citizens theatre in Glasgow in my mid-teens and got completely obsessed. I saw everything from Shakespeare to Brecht; I went so often they eventually just let me in for nothing. Later, after drifting into the building trade as a quantity surveyor, I decided to pack it in and become a drama teacher. I was asked to be in a schools' play, and the next thing I knew I was an actor.
What was your big breakthrough?
I was a founder member of the Scottish company 7:84, and in 1973 we made a show called The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, about the effects of the discovery of North Sea oil on Highland life.
What got you started?
I had no desire to be an actor. But I started going along to the Citizens theatre in Glasgow in my mid-teens and got completely obsessed. I saw everything from Shakespeare to Brecht; I went so often they eventually just let me in for nothing. Later, after drifting into the building trade as a quantity surveyor, I decided to pack it in and become a drama teacher. I was asked to be in a schools' play, and the next thing I knew I was an actor.
What was your big breakthrough?
I was a founder member of the Scottish company 7:84, and in 1973 we made a show called The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, about the effects of the discovery of North Sea oil on Highland life.
- 2/8/2012
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
DVD Release Date: Feb. 21, 2012
Price: DVD $14.98
Studio: Image
Theresa Russell and Gary Oldman embark on a different kind of train ride in Track 29.
Gary Oldman (Sid & Nancy), Theresa Russell (Insignificance) and Christopher Lloyd (Piranha) star in the eccentric 1988 drama film Track 29, directed by Nicolas Roeg (Don’t Look Now) , Russell’s then-husband.
Unhappy with her barren marriage to her model train-loving surgeon husband (Lloyd), restless suburban housewife Linda Henry (Russell) craves something to awaken her lonely existence.
She soon becomes captivated with Martin (Oldman), a hitchhiker who drops in on Linda claiming to be the child she gave up for adoption after a teenage pregnancy. They spend time together trying to forge a bond, but bizarre events and behaviors make Linda wonder about this oddity who has shown up at her doorstep.
Executive produced by George Harrison and written by Dennis Potter (Pennies From Heaven, The Singing Detective), this DVD is the U.
Price: DVD $14.98
Studio: Image
Theresa Russell and Gary Oldman embark on a different kind of train ride in Track 29.
Gary Oldman (Sid & Nancy), Theresa Russell (Insignificance) and Christopher Lloyd (Piranha) star in the eccentric 1988 drama film Track 29, directed by Nicolas Roeg (Don’t Look Now) , Russell’s then-husband.
Unhappy with her barren marriage to her model train-loving surgeon husband (Lloyd), restless suburban housewife Linda Henry (Russell) craves something to awaken her lonely existence.
She soon becomes captivated with Martin (Oldman), a hitchhiker who drops in on Linda claiming to be the child she gave up for adoption after a teenage pregnancy. They spend time together trying to forge a bond, but bizarre events and behaviors make Linda wonder about this oddity who has shown up at her doorstep.
Executive produced by George Harrison and written by Dennis Potter (Pennies From Heaven, The Singing Detective), this DVD is the U.
- 11/30/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Full listing of Game of Thrones Season 2 New Characters and Actors. Major and minor characters for Game of Thrones: Season 2 have been casting for months now. We have compiled a list of them all from different sources so that you will know what characters will be in Season 2 of HBO‘s Game of Thrones and who would be playing them. There are major spoilers below, especially if you have not read the A Song of Ice and Fire books so be warned. I personally have only shimmed over the detailed information below as I want characters and their motivations kept in shadow as much as possible. The list will be updated when new characters are cast so you might want to bookmark this page.
We previously posted on casting for Season 2 of Game of Thrones here: Game of Thrones: Season 2 Casts Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Stephen Dillane,...
We previously posted on casting for Season 2 of Game of Thrones here: Game of Thrones: Season 2 Casts Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten, Stephen Dillane,...
- 10/16/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Patrick Malahide has joined the cast of Game of Thrones. The actor will appear in the show's upcoming second season as Balon Greyjoy, Winter Is Coming reports. Balon, who is the father of Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen), is the leader of the Iron Islands. Malahide has previously appeared in British dramas including The Singing Detective, Minder, Five Days, Survivors and Law & Order: UK. His film credits include Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Billy Elliot and The World Is Not Enough. Malahide is the latest (more)...
- 8/25/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
"Game of Thrones" has added another actor to the Season 2 cast: British actor Patrick Malahide has been cast as Balon Greyjoy.
Balon, Theon Greyjoy's (Alfie Allen) father, has a "small but pivotal" part in Season 2, according to Winter Is Coming, which broke the news of Malahide's casting. The character is the ruler of the Iron Islands and led an unsuccessful rebellion against King Robert in the time before the series started; Theon was taken hostage by Ned Stark in the aftermath and later became Stark's ward.
Malahide has a long list of credits stretching back to the 1970s. Among them are "The Singing Detective," "The Alleyn Mysteries," "Billy Elliott" and the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough."
More recently he starred in the BBC/HBO miniseries "Five Days" and has had recurring parts on the Beeb's "Survivors" and "Law & Order: UK."
For a complete rundown of the (many...
Balon, Theon Greyjoy's (Alfie Allen) father, has a "small but pivotal" part in Season 2, according to Winter Is Coming, which broke the news of Malahide's casting. The character is the ruler of the Iron Islands and led an unsuccessful rebellion against King Robert in the time before the series started; Theon was taken hostage by Ned Stark in the aftermath and later became Stark's ward.
Malahide has a long list of credits stretching back to the 1970s. Among them are "The Singing Detective," "The Alleyn Mysteries," "Billy Elliott" and the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough."
More recently he starred in the BBC/HBO miniseries "Five Days" and has had recurring parts on the Beeb's "Survivors" and "Law & Order: UK."
For a complete rundown of the (many...
- 8/24/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
One of the few remaining roles of Game of Thrones season 2 has been filled. This time, it's that of Theon Greyjoy's father, Balon Greyjoy, the harsh ruler of the Iron Islands. Patrick Malahide will be playing Balon for an unspecified number of episodes in the second season, Winter Is Coming.net is reporting.
Theon (Alfie Allen) will return home to the Iron Islands as an emissary for King Robb (Richard Madden), where he'll be reunited with his father, from whom he was taken by the Starks as a ward (read: war hostage) during one of Balon's attempted rebellions. Theon's job will be to convince Balon to join Robb's side of the growing war, but it'll be a tough sell.
Malahide has been acting since the '70s, and has appeared in classic shows like The Singing Detective and Middlemarch. More recently, he's had a recurring role on Law & Order: UK...
Theon (Alfie Allen) will return home to the Iron Islands as an emissary for King Robb (Richard Madden), where he'll be reunited with his father, from whom he was taken by the Starks as a ward (read: war hostage) during one of Balon's attempted rebellions. Theon's job will be to convince Balon to join Robb's side of the growing war, but it'll be a tough sell.
Malahide has been acting since the '70s, and has appeared in classic shows like The Singing Detective and Middlemarch. More recently, he's had a recurring role on Law & Order: UK...
- 8/24/2011
- by Sam McPherson
- TVovermind.com
The unveilings continue for Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" with today's dwarf pictorial coming from Time Magazine.
Their photo shows the dwarf lords Balin (Ken Stott) and Dwalin (Graham McTavish), brothers who are close relatives and the "most loyal and trusted friends" of the Company's leader Thorin Oakshield.
Balin has fought many battles but harbors doubts about their quest, Dwalin has no such doubts and is a strong fighter with a distrust of all non-Dwarves - especially Elves.
Both Stott and McTavish are Scottish actors best known for their TV work but have had plenty of big screen experience as well.
Stott is mostly known for British police dramas such as taking over the title role in the detective series "Rebus" from "The Mummy" actor John Hannah in 2006 and 2007. Stott also scored much acclaim and an award nomination for his work as Di Chappell in ITV police...
Their photo shows the dwarf lords Balin (Ken Stott) and Dwalin (Graham McTavish), brothers who are close relatives and the "most loyal and trusted friends" of the Company's leader Thorin Oakshield.
Balin has fought many battles but harbors doubts about their quest, Dwalin has no such doubts and is a strong fighter with a distrust of all non-Dwarves - especially Elves.
Both Stott and McTavish are Scottish actors best known for their TV work but have had plenty of big screen experience as well.
Stott is mostly known for British police dramas such as taking over the title role in the detective series "Rebus" from "The Mummy" actor John Hannah in 2006 and 2007. Stott also scored much acclaim and an award nomination for his work as Di Chappell in ITV police...
- 7/15/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Actor best known for his part in Potter's The Singing Detective
The actor Badi Uzzaman, who has died from a lung infection aged 72, was perhaps best known for playing the patient in the hospital bed next to Michael Gambon in The Singing Detective (1985). The pair's camaraderie provided some of the lighter moments in Dennis Potter's TV series and showed off Uzzaman's talent for comedic roles. In their scenes together, Gambon (as Philip Marlow) and Uzzaman (as Ali) were shown to share an outsider status, Marlow due to his disfiguring skin condition and Ali due to his race.
Uzzaman again explored British attitudes toward race in Brothers in Trouble (1995), a film directed by Udayan Prasad and based on Abdullah Hussein's novel about the experiences of Pakistani illegal immigrants in Britain in the 1960s. Uzzaman himself was no stranger to the immigrant experience. He was born in Phulpur, in Azamgarh,...
The actor Badi Uzzaman, who has died from a lung infection aged 72, was perhaps best known for playing the patient in the hospital bed next to Michael Gambon in The Singing Detective (1985). The pair's camaraderie provided some of the lighter moments in Dennis Potter's TV series and showed off Uzzaman's talent for comedic roles. In their scenes together, Gambon (as Philip Marlow) and Uzzaman (as Ali) were shown to share an outsider status, Marlow due to his disfiguring skin condition and Ali due to his race.
Uzzaman again explored British attitudes toward race in Brothers in Trouble (1995), a film directed by Udayan Prasad and based on Abdullah Hussein's novel about the experiences of Pakistani illegal immigrants in Britain in the 1960s. Uzzaman himself was no stranger to the immigrant experience. He was born in Phulpur, in Azamgarh,...
- 6/21/2011
- by Tania Ahsan
- The Guardian - Film News
With British cop thriller Blitz out in cinemas today, we caught up with Aidan Gillen to talk about the film, and fighting Jason Statham...
An actor who’s often specialised in bringing flawed, unusual characters to the screen, including mayor Thomas Carcetti in The Wire and Stuart in Queer As Folk, Aidan Gillen may have found his most strange and unsettling role yet in the form of Blitz’s crazed murderer, Barry Weiss. A swaggering outsider with an affection for bright green shades and outlandish violence, Weiss is quite possibly the most memorable antagonist to appear on the big screen this year.
With Blitz out in UK cinemas today, we just had to find out how Gillen prepared for the role, what it was like to fight Jason Statham, and where he got that extraordinary pair of shades.
Did you base the character on anyone in particular? Weiss reminded me of Sid Vicious.
An actor who’s often specialised in bringing flawed, unusual characters to the screen, including mayor Thomas Carcetti in The Wire and Stuart in Queer As Folk, Aidan Gillen may have found his most strange and unsettling role yet in the form of Blitz’s crazed murderer, Barry Weiss. A swaggering outsider with an affection for bright green shades and outlandish violence, Weiss is quite possibly the most memorable antagonist to appear on the big screen this year.
With Blitz out in UK cinemas today, we just had to find out how Gillen prepared for the role, what it was like to fight Jason Statham, and where he got that extraordinary pair of shades.
Did you base the character on anyone in particular? Weiss reminded me of Sid Vicious.
- 5/19/2011
- Den of Geek
An Aardman Production For Sony Pictures Animation Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen Also On Board
Culver City, Calif. – Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in North America.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to...
Culver City, Calif. – Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012 in North America.
Hugh Grant, starring in his first animated role, is the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to...
- 5/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michael York dashes onto the cinematic scene as the blundering but very enthusiastic D'Artagnan in Richard Lester's hugely enjoyable period comic romp. The late great Roy Kinnear is the long-suffering vassal of aristocratic swordsmen Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay, whilst Raquel Welch and Faye Dunaway shine as heroine and villainess, respectively. Producers Alexander and Ilya Salkind filmed the following year's sequel back-to-back with this more successful first part, which approach they would revisit shortly for Superman and Superman II. Dumas with wit, energy and integrity.
Notable Quotable: "That man in his time has insulted me, broken my father's sword, had me clubbed to the ground, laid violent hands on the woman I love! He is inconvenient. "
Martin Anderson
Mike Nichols and Buck Henry achieve what seemed impossible, at least on the evidence of an earlier attempt: to transliterate the pitch-dark war humour of Joseph Heller into a cohesive,...
Notable Quotable: "That man in his time has insulted me, broken my father's sword, had me clubbed to the ground, laid violent hands on the woman I love! He is inconvenient. "
Martin Anderson
Mike Nichols and Buck Henry achieve what seemed impossible, at least on the evidence of an earlier attempt: to transliterate the pitch-dark war humour of Joseph Heller into a cohesive,...
- 5/12/2011
- Shadowlocked
Hollywood – The 25th American Cinematheque Award will be presented to two-time Academy Award® nominee Robert Downey, Jr. at the Cinematheque’s annual benefit gala, American Cinematheque Board chairman Rick Nicita announced today. The presentation takes place Friday, October 14, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel’s International Ballroom in Beverly Hills.
“The American Cinematheque is extremely pleased to honor Robert Downey, Jr. as the 25th recipient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita. “The pleasure that we receive from his charismatic and nuanced performances is matched only by the respect that he has earned for his personal and professional journey. The wide range of his talent has kept us enthralled in movies from a biopic like “Chaplin” to outrageous comedies like “Tropic Thunder” to franchises like “Sherlock Holmes” and, of course, “Iron Man.” While we have been enjoying him for years, it seems that he’s...
“The American Cinematheque is extremely pleased to honor Robert Downey, Jr. as the 25th recipient of the American Cinematheque award at our celebration this year,” said Rick Nicita. “The pleasure that we receive from his charismatic and nuanced performances is matched only by the respect that he has earned for his personal and professional journey. The wide range of his talent has kept us enthralled in movies from a biopic like “Chaplin” to outrageous comedies like “Tropic Thunder” to franchises like “Sherlock Holmes” and, of course, “Iron Man.” While we have been enjoying him for years, it seems that he’s...
- 5/6/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Actor Tim Blake Nelson will host the awards ceremony at the Sundance Film Festival, which also announced Tuesday the members of the five juries that will determine the winners. The festival runs from Jan. 20-30; the awards will be handed out the evening of Jan. 29. (The Short Film Awards will be named earlier at a ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Park City’s Jupiter Bowl.)
The complete list of jurors follows, with bios provided by the festival.
U.S. Documentary Jury
Jeffrey Blitz
Jeffrey’s film career started in 2002 with the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary “Spellbound.” His fiction feature debut, “Rocket Science,” became his first to play the festival (Sundance, 2007; Dramatic Directing Award). He has also directed the documentary “Lucky,” (Sundance, 2010) and multiple episodes of NBC’s “The Office.” In 2009, he won the Emmy for comedy directing.
Matt Groening
Matt Groening created the longest-running comedy in television history, “The Simpsons.” As a cartoonist,...
The complete list of jurors follows, with bios provided by the festival.
U.S. Documentary Jury
Jeffrey Blitz
Jeffrey’s film career started in 2002 with the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary “Spellbound.” His fiction feature debut, “Rocket Science,” became his first to play the festival (Sundance, 2007; Dramatic Directing Award). He has also directed the documentary “Lucky,” (Sundance, 2010) and multiple episodes of NBC’s “The Office.” In 2009, he won the Emmy for comedy directing.
Matt Groening
Matt Groening created the longest-running comedy in television history, “The Simpsons.” As a cartoonist,...
- 1/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Robert Downey, Jr. is set to show off his song and dance skills in a new movie-musical.
The Iron Man star has signed up for a lead role in a currently untitled film about two Broadway songwriters who take a job at a theatre camp when their stage musical flops.
The music for the new movie will be written by the Tony Award-winning team behind hit Broadway show Next to Normal, according to EW.com.
Downey, Jr. has previously contributed to several of his film's soundtracks including Chaplin and The Singing Detective and he also released an album in 2004 called The Futurist.
The Iron Man star has signed up for a lead role in a currently untitled film about two Broadway songwriters who take a job at a theatre camp when their stage musical flops.
The music for the new movie will be written by the Tony Award-winning team behind hit Broadway show Next to Normal, according to EW.com.
Downey, Jr. has previously contributed to several of his film's soundtracks including Chaplin and The Singing Detective and he also released an album in 2004 called The Futurist.
- 12/6/2010
- WENN
Just as Craig Ferguson's 'Who'-related talk show episode last week scored a lot of great columnist write-ups, details have begun to emerge on the currently shooting sixth season of "Doctor Who" via Gallifrey Base.
First up BBC America have announced that the Christmas special, entitled "A Christmas Carol", will be fast tracked to certain international territories including the U.S. and Australia where, with time zone differences taken into account, it will air literally just a few hours after the U.K. broadcast (December 25th in the U.S., December 26th in Australia).
The Steven Moffat-penned episode sounds like a different spin on the Dickens classic, best guess is that instead of three ghosts visiting the same man it's one ghost (The Doctor) visiting a man at three different stages in his life as the cast list features the characters 'Young Kazran', 'Middle Kazran' and 'Older Kazran' with...
First up BBC America have announced that the Christmas special, entitled "A Christmas Carol", will be fast tracked to certain international territories including the U.S. and Australia where, with time zone differences taken into account, it will air literally just a few hours after the U.K. broadcast (December 25th in the U.S., December 26th in Australia).
The Steven Moffat-penned episode sounds like a different spin on the Dickens classic, best guess is that instead of three ghosts visiting the same man it's one ghost (The Doctor) visiting a man at three different stages in his life as the cast list features the characters 'Young Kazran', 'Middle Kazran' and 'Older Kazran' with...
- 11/22/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol reunites Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill and guest stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, The Singing Detective) and Katherine Jenkins. Right now we don't know much about the special, but earlier in the year, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, confirmed, 'Oh, we're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters. And the Doctor. And a honeymoon. And ... oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything!'
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A Christmas Carol reunites Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill and guest stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, The Singing Detective) and Katherine Jenkins. Right now we don't know much about the special, but earlier in the year, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, confirmed, 'Oh, we're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters. And the Doctor. And a honeymoon. And ... oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything!'
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- 11/15/2010
- doorQ.com
From his rise to fame in the 90s to his action movie stardom of recent years, we celebrate the work of versatile, unique actor Robert Downey Jr...
It is about time I took to my soapbox and declared to the world my unadulterated love for Robert Downey Jr., and with his long awaited return to comedy in this year's Due Date (out in November), what better time to cast a retrospective eye over what makes him one of the most talked about, talented and often overlooked actors of our generation?
It is probably best to make a she-geek disclaimer at this point, before all the warm blooded males stop reading, for fear that what lies ahead is a girly drool fest about his eyes, chiselled good looks or endearing charm (please don't get me wrong, though, none of these facets have gone unnoticed). However, with the deserved success of the...
It is about time I took to my soapbox and declared to the world my unadulterated love for Robert Downey Jr., and with his long awaited return to comedy in this year's Due Date (out in November), what better time to cast a retrospective eye over what makes him one of the most talked about, talented and often overlooked actors of our generation?
It is probably best to make a she-geek disclaimer at this point, before all the warm blooded males stop reading, for fear that what lies ahead is a girly drool fest about his eyes, chiselled good looks or endearing charm (please don't get me wrong, though, none of these facets have gone unnoticed). However, with the deserved success of the...
- 8/4/2010
- Den of Geek
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