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Big & Small Screens / BBC season of classics
« Last post by patch on February 02, 2024, 05:32:03 AM »BBC celebrates literary adaptations with season of classics
The season stars a host of well-known names such as Dame Maggie Smith, Sean Connery, Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Brian Cox, Sir Ian McKellen and Julie Christie
The season stars a host of well-known names such as Dame Maggie Smith, Sean Connery, Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Brian Cox, Sir Ian McKellen and Julie Christie
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The BBC will celebrate some of our best-loved literary adaptations with a season of 14 classics spanning five decades, including Pride and Prejudice, Lady Chatterley and The Great Gatsby.https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/bbc-celebrates-literary-adaptations-season-of-classics
The season stars a host of well-known names such as Dame Maggie Smith, Sean Connery, Naomie Harris, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Brian Cox, Sir Ian McKellen and Julie Christie, as part of BBC Four and iPlayer’s ongoing commitment to shine a light on the BBC’s rich history of original, quality drama from some of the UK’s greatest creative talents.
It also features introductions by some of the creatives and actors including Andrew Davies for Pride and Prejudice, Waris Hussein for A Passage to India and Claire Bloom for Anna Karenina.
The season runs weekly on Wednesdays at 10pm on BBC Four and iPlayer. Pride and Prejudice, Memento Mori, All Passion Spent and A Passage to India are already available on BBC iPlayer.
The dramas are:
Lady Chatterley
Ken Russell made his cinematic breakthrough with his 1970 adaptation of Lawrence’s Women in Love and returned to the writer two decades later to film an adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Joely Richardson has the title role and Sean Bean stars as Mellors, the groundskeeper. The late Shirley Anne Field also stars.
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Flicks & Films / Deep Cover
« Last post by patch on February 01, 2024, 09:20:10 AM »‘Deep Cover’: Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Paddy Considine Set For Prime Video UK Action Movie About Improv Actors Working For The Cops
Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Nick Mohammed Set for Amazon Film ‘Deep Cover’
Ian McShane, Paddy Considine and Sonoya Mizuno are also part of the star-studded cast for the U.K. action comedy about improv actors hired by the police to help stage low-level stings.
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Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean and Paddy Considine are aboard an Amazon movie about improv actors hired by the police to help stage low-level stings.https://deadline.com/2024/02/deep-cover-bryce-dallas-howard-orlando-bloom-sean-bean-paddy-considine-amazon-movie-1235810805/
The quartet are joined by the likes of Ian McShane, Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) and House of the Dragon’s Sonoya Mizuno in Deep Cover, which will launch globally on Prime Video.
Directed by Stath Lets Flats’ Tom Kingsley, the movie is based on an original script from Jurassic World’s Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow with British improv duo Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen. Set in London, Deep Cover sees three improv actors hired by the police. Their instinct to “always say yes” without breaking character leads them deep inside the capital’s criminal underworld
“We’re delighted to be bringing this new action comedy to our customers”, said Tushar Jindal, Head of Content, UK for Prime Video. “With an incredible cast, a top-class creative team, and a fantastic script we know it’s going to be a hit.”
The film will be produced by Trevorrow via his Metronome Film Co. alongside Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (Men In Black). Annys Hamilton will co-produce.
Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Nick Mohammed Set for Amazon Film ‘Deep Cover’
Ian McShane, Paddy Considine and Sonoya Mizuno are also part of the star-studded cast for the U.K. action comedy about improv actors hired by the police to help stage low-level stings.
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Amazon has ordered Deep Cover, a U.K. original action comedy movie starring Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings), Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), Ian McShane (John Wick), Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon) and Sonoya Mizuno (Maniac, House of the Dragon).https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/orlando-bloom-bryce-dallas-howard-amazon-deep-cover-cast-1235812372/
The Prime Video film sees three improv actors hired by the police to help stage low-level stings. “Their instinct to ‘always say yes’ without breaking character leads them deep inside the London criminal underworld,” according to a plot description.
Production begins Feb. 5 in London. Deep Cover will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide as part of the Prime subscription.
Based on an original script by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World, Safety Not Guaranteed) with British improv duo Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen, the film will be produced by Trevorrow via his Metronome Film Co. alongside Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (Men in Black, Galaxy Quest). Annys Hamilton will co-produce. Tom Kingsley (Stath Lets Flats) will direct.
“With an incredible cast, a top-class creative team and a fantastic script, we know it’s going to be a hit,” Tushar Jindal, head of content, U.K. for Prime Video, said about Deep Cover.
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Flicks & Films / Re: Rogue Trooper
« Last post by patch on January 30, 2024, 09:27:02 AM »Cult sci-fi favourite to be given Welsh makeover
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A cult sci-fi favourite is to be given a Welsh makeover courtesy of David Bowie's son.https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68139233
Filmmaker Duncan Jones has revealed the casting for his upcoming adaption of Rogue Trooper, a project which was first announced in 2018.
The futuristic soldier, a staple of long-running UK comic 2000 AD, will be played by Bridgend's Aneurin Barnard.
And it seems the character will also be a Welshman, with Jones tweeting hints about his nationality.
"I'd just like to take credit for giving the world its first non-Tom Jones Welsh superhero," posted the director, who won a BAFTA for his debut 2009 film Moon.
The 52-year-old added: "A Welsh Rogue Trooper, how the hell did that happen?", before admitting being inspired by the rousing speech Newport-born actor Michael Sheen gave on TV in 2002 for Wales's football team ahead of the World Cup.
Asked by one fan if the character will have a Welsh accent, Jones replied: "It is a very, very regional film."
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Flicks & Films / Rogue Trooper
« Last post by patch on January 29, 2024, 11:43:33 AM »Duncan Jones wraps principal photography on 2000AD’s Rogue Trooper movie
FEATURE FILM IN PRODUCTION
Rogue Trooper
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8707622/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_0_q_Rogue%2520Trooper
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Duncan Jones’ (Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute) eagerly anticipated movie adaptation of classic British comic Rogue Trooper has wrapped principal photography in the UK. Written and directed by Jones, Rogue Trooper is an animated science fiction feature from Rebellion and Liberty Films.https://www.liveforfilm.com/2024/01/29/duncan-jones-wraps-principal-photography-on-2000ads-rogue-trooper-movie/
Shot at Rebellion Film Studios in Oxfordshire, breakout talent Aneurin Barnard (The Goldfinch, Dunkirk) stars as the eponymous Rogue Trooper, alongside Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk), Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters, Good Luck To You Leo Grande), and Reece Shearsmith (Inside No. 9, Saltburn). Rounding out the cast is an incredible ensemble, which includes Jemaine Clement (Avatar 2: The Way of Water), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), Diane Morgan (Cunk on Earth), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror), Asa Butterfield (Sex Education, Hugo) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings).
The film is set to complete in 2025.
FEATURE FILM IN PRODUCTION
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ABOUT THE FILMhttps://roguetrooper.com/
Rogue Trooper tells the story of 19, a ‘Genetic Infantryman', who finds himself the sole-survivor of an invasion force. Desperate to track down the traitor who sold him and his comrades out, the super soldier is accompanied by three killed-in-action squad mates, whose personalities have been stored in his gun, helmet and rucksack.
Based on the classic 2000 AD comic series, Rogue Trooper has been written and directed by Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute). It will star breakout talent Aneurin Barnard (The Goldfinch, Dunkirk) as the eponymous Rogue Trooper, alongside Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk), Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters, Good Luck To You Leo Grande) and Reece Shearsmith (Inside No. 9, Saltburn).
Rounding out the cast is an incredible ensemble, which includes Jemaine Clement (Avatar 2: The Way of Water), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows), Diane Morgan (Cunk on Earth), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror), Asa Butterfield (Sex Education, Hugo) and Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings).
The eagerly anticipated animated science fiction feature from Rebellion and Liberty Films will be out in 2025.
Based on the classic 2000 AD comic series created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons.
Rogue Trooper
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8707622/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_0_q_Rogue%2520Trooper
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Aneurin Barnard will be playing the main character, the eponymous Rogue Trooper, who in the film will be referred to as ‘19’. None of the other principle cast members announced for the film – Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden, Daryl McCormack, and Reece Shearsmith, nor those of Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry, Diane Morgan, Alice Lowe, Asa Butterfield, and Sean Bean – have had their roles revealed so they could be anything from other Genetic Infantrymen, Rogue’s fallen allies, members of either of the two warring armies, scientists, or something else entirely. And someone – of course – will be the mysterious traitor general that Rogue/19 will hunt down.https://www.comicsbeat.com/duncan-jones-rogue-trooper-adaptation-breaks-silence-with-major-reveal/
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Photo Shack / Re: Get the Picture?
« Last post by patch on January 29, 2024, 03:19:20 AM »Legends
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Marty's Sports Grill / Re: Sheffield United
« Last post by patch on January 27, 2024, 11:07:56 AM »THE FA CUP - FOURTH ROUND
Sheffield United 2-5 Brighton & Hove Albion
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68110791
Sheffield United 2-5 Brighton & Hove Albion
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68110791
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Television / Re: Shardlake
« Last post by patch on January 24, 2024, 04:40:06 AM »New British Crime Drama for 2024: Detective Series, Cosy Crime, Murder Mysteries & Serial Killer Shows
UNCONFIRMED AIR DATES
UNCONFIRMED AIR DATES
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Shardlake Disney+https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/new-british-crime-drama-cosy-crime-detective-series-murder-mysteries-serial-killer-shows/
Something a little different from your average whodunnit here – a whodunnit set in the Tudor period, about the dissolution of England’s monasteries. It’s a battle of the Cromwells on TV in 2024, with Sean Bean playing Henry VIII’s erstwhile right-hand-man Thomas Cromwell in Shardlake, and Mark Rylance playing him in the BBC’s return to Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. Adapted by The Last Kingdom’s Stephen Butchard from the mystery novel series of the same name by CJ Sansom, this one’s the story of a murder and the young lawyer tasked with solving it while sussing out dodgy monks and a potential mole.
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Special Appearances / Re: 'Tracie' Wig
« Last post by patch on January 23, 2024, 04:42:16 AM »Win a wig worn by Sean Bean and raise money to help women keep their confidence during cancer treatment
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fC6uFtc6g/
'Tracie' wig as worn by Sean Bean in Accused
https://www.breastcancerchat.com/product-page/tracie-wig-as-worn-by-sean-bean-in-accused
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A unique piece of Sean Bean memorabilia is being auctioned to help women facing cancer treatments keep their confidence.https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/win-wig-worn-sean-bean-raise-money-help-women-keep-confidence-during-cancer-treatment-4488809
The Sheffield actor, known for gritty historical dramas and hard-up modern thrillers alike, donned a different look in 2012 when he appeared on BBC One's 'Accused' in a dress and wearing a fabulous blonde wig.
Now, the very wig worn by the acclaimed actor is being auctioned off to support women facing cancer treatments.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fC6uFtc6g/
'Tracie' wig as worn by Sean Bean in Accused
https://www.breastcancerchat.com/product-page/tracie-wig-as-worn-by-sean-bean-in-accused
