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Back in 2019, it was announced that Ben Wheatley would be writing, directing, and executive producing Generation Z, a “hilarious, frightening, and political” series that would consist of six hour-long episodes that would “mix flesh-eating zombies into a story that satirizes how Brexit has divided the UK.” That project didn’t make it into production when it was originally supposed to because of the pandemic shutdown… but after making Meg 2: The Trench (you can read our review at This Link and check out our interview with the filmmaker Here), Wheatley circled back around to Generation Z. The show started airing on Channel 4 last October… and now, it has been confirmed that it will not get a second season.

Deadline broke the news that Generation Z has been axed because, while the network was “understood to have had high hopes for the show and it was touted at the Edinburgh TV Festival,...

Amanda Seyfried is singing the praises of just how “crazy” — in a good way — Mona Fastvold’s upcoming “Ann Lee” musical is. Seyfried stars in the title role of the historical film, which centers on the religious leader Ann Lee, who founded the Shaker Movement in the late 1770s. Lee’s followers deemed her the female Jesus Christ, and her worshippers prayed through song and dance, hence her story getting the musical biopic treatment.

The film is co-written by Fastvold and her “The Brutalist” collaborator and real-life partner Brady Corbet. The pair are currently nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for their work on the film, which is also nominated for Best Picture and in a slew of other categories.

Seyfried told Vanity Fair that shooting Fastvold and Corbet’s secret indie film after wrapping the upcoming Peacock limited series “Long Bright River,” was tough. “I went to hell and back,...

With just a week to go until Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, ranking quite highly on our best films of 2024, arrives in theaters, we’re getting new details on what the filmmaker has up next. Although it took six years for him to get his latest off the ground, thankfully it doesn’t look like the wait will be as long for his next project.

First up, he’s co-written Ann Lee with his partner and collaborator Mona Fastvold, who directed the film, which has already wrapped production. Deadline reports the musical stars Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Christopher Abbott, Tim Blake Nelson, Stacy Martin, Matthew Beard, Scott Handy, Viola Prettejohn, David Cale, and Jamie Bogyo. With a score by The Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg, the “epic fable” follows the “founding leader of the Shaker Movement, who was proclaimed by her followers as the female Christ and went on...

After missing out on playing Glinda in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked,” Amanda Seyfried is teaming up with the makers of another buzzy 2024 film for a musical: “The Brutalist” co-writer Mona Fastvold directs the musical “Ann Lee,” which she wrote with “Brutalist” co-writer and director, and her partner, Brady Corbet.

Seyfried stars in the title role in the historical film, which shot in Hungary right after “The Brutalist” and features original songs by Golden Globe-nominated “The Brutalist” composer Daniel Blumberg. Choreography comes from Celia Rowlson Hall, the dancer who played the adult Sophie in “Aftersun.” The secret indie film has already wrapped production and is looking for a 2025 premiere, with sales and distribution yet to be set. Deadline first reported the news. IndieWire confirmed the project.

“Ann Lee” centers on the religious leader Ann Lee, who founded the Shaker Movement in the late 1770s. Lee’s followers deemed her the female Jesus Christ,...

Exclusive: The team behind seven-time Golden Globe nominee The Brutalist have been quietly working on a starry musical called Ann Lee, which has now wrapped, with Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried (Mank) in the lead role.

Mona Fastvold (The World To Come), Golden Globe-nominated co-writer of The Brutalist, serves as director, co-screenwriter, and producer. Venice Silver Lion winner Brady Corbet co-wrote with his Brutalist collaborator and partner, Fastvold. Golden Globe-nominated composer Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist) wrote and produced the original music.

The film, inspired by real events, is described to us as “an epic fable” about religious leader Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, who was proclaimed by her followers as the female Christ and went on to build one of the largest utopian societies in American history. Lee–one of the rare female religious heads at the time– and her followers worshipped through exuberant song and dance.

Kill List Ben Wheatley returns to the small screen this month with Channel 4 zombie comedy series, Generation Z. Here’s a trailer:

Kill List director Ben Wheatley is about to television with this autumn’s Generation Z, which Wheatley has written and directed for Channel 4.

According to the British Comedy Guide, the series is a horror satire which pits a group of small-town teenagers (the gen-z of the title) against a horde of toxin-infected, rabid pensioners. It’s a little bit like Rabid Grannies, then, but with a distinctly political, post-austerity, post hope-for-the-future spin.

As the synopsis points out, it’s about “the increasingly stark divisions between generations,” and depicts “a modern Britain at war with itself. Sounds good!

The cast is itself a platter of multi-generational comedy talent. Elder states-people of telly Sue Johnston (The Royle Family), Anita Dobson (EastEnders) and Robert Lindsay (Citizen Smith) are joined by...

Five years ago, it was announced that Ben Wheatley would be writing, directing, and executive producing Generation Z, a “hilarious, frightening, and political” series that would consist of six hour-long episodes that would “mix flesh-eating zombies into a story that satirizes how Brexit has divided the UK.” That project didn’t make it into production when it was originally supposed to because of the pandemic shutdown… but after making Meg 2: The Trench (you can read our review at This Link and check out our interview with the filmmaker Here), Wheatley circled back around to Generation Z. The show is now ready to start airing on Channel 4 in October, and in anticipation of the premiere, Empire has unveiled two new images. One can be seen above, and the other can be found at the bottom of this article.

The show is described as “a coming-of-age parable for our very...

Sarah Snook’s 2023 Best Drama Actress Emmy victory specifically came for her 23-minute and 40-second performance in the “Tailgate Party” episode of “Succession.” Whereas she ranked second in terms of physical screen time in her own lineup behind only Keri Russell, the 2024 group includes five nominees whose submitted performances outpace hers by up to 18 minutes, with two even surpassing Russell’s.

The six current drama actress contenders asked voters to consider their work in episodes in which they appear for an average of 28 minutes and 28 seconds (or 47.03% of the total running time). This data was calculated using a simple definition of stand-alone screen time, which is any time a given performer can be seen on screen or heard off screen. Contiguous moments of silent and non-visible scene time were not counted.

Said physical average is almost twice the size of the corresponding male one, whereas the 2023 results were flipped with...

Experienced U.K. personal publicist Ellie Norton, previously at the London-based agency Public Eye, has set up her own company, Track Publicity.

Track launches with an already impressive roster of clients, including Paul Mescal, Kit Connor, David Jonsson, Alison Oliver, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Hannah Dodd, Richard Rankin, Clara Rugaard and Viola Prettejohn.

“I’m so excited to launch Track Publicity, a new agency dedicated to representing actors and creatives,” said Norton. “It’s particularly inspiring to continue crafting unique publicity campaigns and collaborate with clients in an impactful way.”

Norton said that Track will specialize in representing actors and creatives both in the U.K. and internationally and, whether they are a new or already established name, will “craft quality, distinctive publicity campaigns by offering personalized strategies tailored to each client.”

Track’s launch coincides with a busy period for some of its biggest clients. “Normal People” breakout Mescal is on...

“The Crown” concluded its six-season run in December 2023 with Imelda Staunton being the third and final actress to portray the iconic role of Queen Elizabeth II. The English actress took over the gig in Seasons 5 and 6, following Olivia Colman in Seasons 3 and 4, and Claire Foy in Seasons 1 and 2. Both Colman and Foy won Emmy Awards in the Best Drama Actress category for their second seasons as leads, so now Staunton is hoping to follow directly in their Emmy-winning footsteps. (Foy also claimed a guest actress trophy for appearing in a flashback during the fourth season.)

Season 6 of “The Crown” was split into two volumes on Netflix, with the first part focusing on the death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) in 1997, and the second part detailing the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth in 2002 and the wedding of Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla Parker Bowles (Olivia Williams) in 2005.

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“The Diplomat” star Rory Kinnear has joined Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany in Joe Barton’s upcoming Sky limited series “Amadeus.”

Based on the story of famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sharpe stars as the virtuoso while Bettany plays his fierce rival, Italian composer Antonio Salieri.

Kinnear, who is also known for his turns in “Skyfall” and “Men” has been cast as Emperor Joseph.

Joining them are Lucy Cohu (“Becoming Jane”) as Cecilia Weber, Jonathan Aris (“The Sixth Commandment”) as Leopold Mozart, Ényì Okoronkwo (“Renegade Nell”) as Da Ponte, Jessica Alexander (“The Little Mermaid”) as Katerina and Hugh Sachs (“Bridgerton”) as Von Strack.

Paul Bazely (“Such Brave Girls”), Rupert Vansittart (“Game of Thrones”), Anastasia Martin (“In From The Cold”), Nancy Farino (“Masters of the Air”), Olivia-Mai Barrett (“Invasion”), Viola Prettejohn (“The Crown”) and Jyuddah Jaymes (“Hijack”) round out the cast.

“Set within the musical hub of bustling Vienna at the end of the 18th century,...

Exclusive: The starry packages keep on coming at the Cannes market.

The latest is comedy The Temptation Of Gracie, starring Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Andie MacDowell (Maid), Rupert Everett (My Policeman), Franco Nero (John Wick Chapter 2), Viola Prettejohn (The Crown), and Isabella Rossellini (La Chimera). More cast are set to join the ensemble.

Imrie will play Gracie Burton, an ordinary widow who lives quietly in Devon, but who splashes out on a week’s cookery course at a beautiful castello in Italy. Unbeknownst to everyone, she is hiding an extraordinary secret. With her estranged workaholic daughter Carina (Fisher) and teenage granddaughter Anastasia (tbc) reluctantly in tow, the three women rediscover each other and the sensual delights of Italy. And Gracie starts to peel back the secret past she has not faced in over 40 years.

WestEnd Films has acquired international rights and is launching...

Warning: The following article contains spoilers from The Crown season 6 part 2.

Viola Prettejohn joins the prestigious group of actresses playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown season 6. Prettejohn portrays a young Princess Elizabeth during a post-wwii era in The Crown. Prettejohn is the fifth actress to play Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix historical drama series.

Netflix released the final episodes of The Crown on December 14, 2023, and in one of them, a new actress joined the prestigious group of stars who have played Queen Elizabeth II in the show. The historical drama television series chronicles the life of the former Queen of the United Kingdom, from her marriage to Philip Mountbatten in the late 1940s to her son, Prince Charles, and Camilla Parker Bowles's wedding in 2005. Since the Netflix show covers many years of her life, a handful of different actresses have played Queen Elizabeth II over the course of its six seasons.

Spoilers are ahead for The Crown's series finale.

Claire Foy and Olivia Colman's cameos in The Crown's final moments bring closure to the long-running series, satisfyingly uniting three generations of Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth's final episode focuses on her funeral planning as well as the end of the monarchy's relevance. The powerful scene featuring Foy, Colman, and Imelda Staunton symbolizes the end of Elizabeth, the monarchy, and The Crown itself.

In The Crown's final moments, viewers are treated to poignant appearances from former Queen Elizabeth II actors Claire Foy and Olivia Colman. The duo's The Crown season 6 cameos help bring closure to Netflix's long-running series. The Crown's rotating cast of characters always provided powerhouse performances, but there's no denying just how satisfying it is to see Foy and Colman standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Queen Elizabeth's final actor, Imelda Staunton. Queen Elizabeth spends the bulk...

“The Crown doesn’t ask existential questions of itself,” Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) is told when she contemplates modernizing the British monarchy during a time of particularly frigid public opinion. “It suggests a loss of confidence. It’s putting blood in the water.” But if the Crown won’t pose those inquiries, Peter Morgan’s The Crown often has.

Since 2016, the Netflix drama has probed the British royal family from an array of angles, and in doing so asked us to consider what the monarchy is worth, what the monarchy is for, what the monarchy has cost the people at its center and the people around them and the nation they purport to serve — all conversations that feel, if anything, even more relevant in 2023. In its final six episodes, however, The Crown proves less interested in interrogating the status quo than admiring it. It surely makes for a sweeter finish.

The stars are stepping out for The Crown’s Finale Celebration!

Elizabeth Debicki and Emma Corrin, who both played Princess Diana on the hit Netflix show, attended the screening of the finale episodes on Tuesday (December 5) held at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England.

Fellow stars in attendance included actors that appeared on The Crown throughout the show’s six seasons.

Season six, part two of The Crown premieres on Netflix on December 14, 2023. You can stream the first half of the final season already. Watch the trailer for the final episodes here!

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Angus Imrie

Beau Gadsdon

Bertie Carvel

Claudia Harrison

Dominic West

Ed McVey

Elizabeth Debicki

Fyi: Elizabeth is wearing a Christian Dior dress, Falke jewelry, and Roger Vivier shoes

Emma Corrin

Fyi: Emma is wearing...

A few more returns and more than two dozen (!) new bits of casting have been announced for the second/final season of Wolf Hall.

Masterpiece PBS and the BBC previously announced that the six-episode Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy, will bring back Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser.

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The Crown is a Netflix series that follows the life of Queen Elizabeth II and her royal family, spanning multiple generations and years. Queen Elizabeth II is played by different actresses throughout the series to cover different stages of her life, starting from her early twenties to her late seventies. The show features numerous members of the royal family, including Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, as well as their marriages and children.

The Crown shows how convoluted Queen Elizabeth II's royal family tree is, and understanding their connections is key to appreciating the show. The Netflix historical drama series is loosely based on the true events of Queen Elizabeth II's life during her reign, beginning in 1947 and expected to end in 2005. In The Crown, a single episode can span several years, allowing for multiple generations of the royal family to be portrayed onscreen and have their stories told.

Four years ago, it was announced that Ben Wheatley would be writing, directing, and executive producing Generation Z, a “hilarious, frightening, and political” series that would consist of six hour-long episodes that would “mix flesh-eating zombies into a story that satirizes how Brexit has divided the UK.” That project didn’t make it into production when it was originally supposed to because of the pandemic shutdown… but after making his latest film Meg 2: The Trench (you can read our review at This Link and check out our interview with the filmmaker Here), Wheatley has circled back around to Generation Z and is now knee-deep into filming it! To celebrate the fact that Generation Z is finally being made, Channel 4 has unveiled a batch of first look images, and you can check those out at the bottom of this article.

The show is described as “a coming-of-age parable for...

Kill List, Free Fire, and High-Rise director Ben Wheatley announced plans for the Brexit zombie series “Generation Z” for UK’s Channel 4 back in 2019. UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled first look images at the six-part series, along with its cast.

Channel 4 describes the series as a “coming-of-age parable for our very strange times – cut with a heavy dose of outlandish gore.” Check out the first look images below.

The plot for the six-part series: “In a small British town, tensions come to a head when a mysterious military convoy crashes outside the Sunnywise Retirement Home. The vehicles were carrying a toxic substance, which, as a result of the crash, leaks into the local environment and infects the residents of the retirement community. The symptoms of this infection quickly manifest – an overwhelming appetite for raw flesh. They’re old, they’re angry and they’re on the rampage. As the...

Ben Wheatley’s zombie series Generation Z is building its bite.

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled a first look at the six-part series, which is currently being filmed in Wales by The Forge, the outfit that produced Help and Roadkill.

Generation Z, Wheatley’s first TV series, boasts a cast including Robert Lindsay (Wimbledon), Sue Johnston (Downton Abbey), and Anita Dobson (Call The Midwife).

The series centers on the fictional town of Dambury, where a chemical leak outside a care home starts an apocalypse led by old-aged pensioners hungry for human flesh.

A group of teenagers are caught up in the virus when one of the gang’s grandmothers becomes infected and attacks her.

Here’s the logline: “Generation Z is about intergenerational justice and community breakdown that boldly satirizes a world where truth is stranger than fiction, exploring not just the political fault lines in our society but...

The Crown will pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II during its sixth and final season, and it sounds positively splendid.

The Sun newspaper recently reported that producers have approached everyone who played the longest-reigning monarch in the UK on the Netflix hit.

Claire Foy started the series off, taking on the role for the first two seasons, while Olivia Colman took over for the middle two seasons.

Imelda Staunton has been on the show since The Crown Season 5 and will remain the lead for the final season.

That's not all: Viola Prettejohn is also set to appear as a young, pre-coronation Queen Elizabeth II.

“Netflix are playing a clever hand with these four queens, bringing the story of Her Majesty to a sensational end after telling virtually all of her life story over 60 episodes," a source told the outlet.

“It also indicates the respect and affection which the...

Shows come and go, but very few have caused quite the stir as Netflix’s The Crown. This drama masterpiece is now gearing up for its final salute. The series, having spent five seasons basking under the spotlight, has both been honored lavishly and debated heavily.

The upcoming final season of The Crown is pulling out all the stops, with its goal to pay tribute to the Queen, the late Elizabeth II. The show is making a bold move one last time, trying to bring together three actresses who have played as the Queen at different stages of her life as reported by UK's Sun Newspaper.

Remember Claire Foy, who brought the young and fresh-faced Elizabeth to life in the early seasons? Or Olivia Colman, who expertly handled the Queen's middle years? Both of them will return to the series’ final season to share the screen with Imelda Staunton,...

“The Crown” will bring back its past stars to honor the late Queen Elizabeth II in the series’ upcoming sixth and final season, which will premiere on Netflix this fall.

Actresses Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton, all of whom portrayed Queen Elizabeth II at various points throughout the sweeping drama, will be called back to film special scenes that will make up a tribute for the late queen, according to The Sun newspaper.

In addition to the familiar faces, the Sun also reports that newcomer Viola Prettejohn will portray a younger version of the Queen, when she was still a princess during World War II.

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While Staunton, whose casting for Season 6 was previously was known, plays the role of elderly Queen Elizabeth, Foy will reprise her role as the young Queen while Colman plays the monarch in her middle age.

Producers of The Crown’s final season are reportedly paying tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II with new scenes with all three actors who have starred as the British monarch on the Netflix drama: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton. According to The Sun, the scenes will also include a wartime depiction of Elizabeth, played by newcomer Viola Prettejohn (The Nevers). View this post on Instagram A post shared by viola prettejohn (@violamjprettejohn) Foy played Elizabeth for the first two seasons and guest-starred in later episodes, earning two Emmy Awards for her portrayal. Colman played the queen for the third and fourth seasons, winning one Emmy. And Staunton started playing Elizabeth in Season 5. “Netflix [is] playing a clever hand with these four queens, bringing the story of Her Majesty to a sensational end after telling virtually all of her life story over 60 episodes,” an insider told The Sun. “The...

The Crown is reportedly set to bring back every actor who has played Queen Elizabeth II so far. The series, which premiered on Netflix, follows the real-life monarch through various stages of her life, recasting the role after a significant time jump every two seasons. The series is ending with season 5 (which aired in November 2022) and season 6 (which returns later this year), following her life - and that of the royal family - through the 1990s and early 2000s with Imelda Staunton in the lead role.

According to The Sun, in addition to featuring Staunton in the main cast, The Crown season 6 will bring back both previous actors for special scenes. Reportedly, new scenes have already been shot with Claire Foy (seasons 1 and 2) and Olivia Colman (seasons 3 and 4). The series has also reportedly cast Viola Prettejohn as an even younger Queen Elizabeth II in her pre-coronation period during World War II.

Makers of The Crown have reportedly decided to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in the hit drama’s final season.

The Sun newspaper – which has previously been on the money with its scoops as to which actresses will play the monarch – suggests that producers have decided to recruit all three actresses – Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton – who have earlier starred in the role for a series of special scenes.

Additionally, it reports that a brand new actress, Viola Prettejohn, will join the cast to play the younger Elizabeth, when still a princess, during World War II, before her coronation in 1953.

The Crown has earned multiple awards for its five seasons so far, both Foy and Colman earning Emmy Awards and Staunton being nominated for a BAFTA.

However, the most recent season also drew controversy for scenes including the late Duke of Edinburgh’s close friendship...

Never Let Me Go is not coming to Hulu after all. FX ordered the sci-fi drama series in October after putting it into development in May 2022. Melissa Iqbal was set to act as showrunner.

The FX on Hulu series was to be based on the 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. A feature film version was released in 2010. Viola Prettejohn, Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, Aiysha Hart, Spike Fearn, Shaniqua Okwok, Gary Beadle, Kwami Odoom, Susan Brown, Keira Chanse, and Edward Holcroft were to star in the sci-fi series.

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FX is no longer moving forward with its series adaptation of “Never Let Me Go,” Variety has learned exclusively.

The show was originally picked up to series by FX back in October and was meant to air exclusively on Hulu. It had originally been reported as being in development at FX in May 2022. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, production had not yet begun before the decision to scrap the series was made.

The drama series was inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 science fiction novel of the same name, which was previously adapted into a film in 2010. The film was written by Alex Garland, directed by Mark Romanek, and produced by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich.

Per the logline for the series, it followed “Thora (Viola Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society.

FX has decided to ignore the advice of its own series title and let go of the TV adaptation of "Never Let Me Go" before the show could ever air or even go into production. We first reported last May that the network was developing a new adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro's novel for television, with director Mark Romanek ("One Hour Photo") having previously adapted the book into a 2010 film starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield. Originally meant to stream on Hulu, the "Never Let Me Go" series received the official green light from FX last October, but now, it is no longer happening, according to Variety.

Viola Prettejohn ("The Nevers") was set to star in "Never Let Me Go" as Thora, described in the series logline as "a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society.

A series adaptation of Never Let Me Go, the Kazuo Ishiguro novel that was adapted as a film starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield, is no longer moving forward at FX, sources close to the project have confirmed to Deadline. Production had not yet begun.

The project, from The Nevers writer Melissa Iqbal, was announced as in development at FX in May 2022 and was ordered to series at FX in October 2022 to air on Hulu.

The series was to star Viola Prettejohn (The Nevers) in the lead role.

The series would have followed Thora (Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. As she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.

Cast also included Tracey Ullman,...

Network: HBO

Episodes: 12 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: April 11, 2021 -- Tbd

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Pip Torrens, Ben Chaplin, Denis O’Hare, Amy Manson, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, Eleanor Tomlinson, Elizabeth Berrington, Anna Devlin, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Vinnie Heaven, and Nick Frost.

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A sci-fi drama series, The Nevers TV show was created by executive producer, director, and writer Joss Whedon.

Set in 1896, Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event that gives certain people -- mostly women -- abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. But, no matter their particular “turns,” all who belong to this new underclass are in...

In years past, a series about super-powered women from Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, would have seemed likely to do well in the ratings and to land a second season renewal. Now, Whedon's been accused of mistreating some of his actors and writers from past movies and series. Will these accusations hurt The Nevers' chances of survival? Will this HBO show be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.

A sci-fi drama series created by Joss Whedon, The Nevers TV show stars Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Pip Torrens, Ben Chaplin, Denis O’Hare, Amy Manson, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, Eleanor Tomlinson, Elizabeth Berrington, Anna Devlin, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Vinnie Heaven, and Nick Frost. In the year 1896, Victorian London is rocked by a supernatural...

Can Amalia and Penance protect the "orphans" in the first season of The Nevers TV show on HBO? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Nevers is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of The Nevers here. *Status Update Below.

An HBO sci-fi drama series created by Joss Whedon, The Nevers TV show stars Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Pip Torrens, Ben Chaplin, Denis O’Hare, Amy Manson, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, Eleanor Tomlinson, Elizabeth Berrington, Anna Devlin, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Vinnie Heaven, and Nick Frost. In the year 1896,...

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Airing on the HBO cable channel, The Nevers TV show stars Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Pip Torrens, Ben Chaplin, Denis O’Hare, Amy Manson, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, Eleanor Tomlinson, Elizabeth Berrington, Anna Devlin, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Vinnie Heaven, and Nick Frost. In the year 1896, Victorian London is rocked by a supernatural event that gives certain people (mostly women) abnormal...

HBO and HBO Max are becoming very unpredictable.

Ever since the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, there have been plenty of controversial decisions from the higher-ups at the company.

If you thought Minx was the only cancellation this week, then we have bad news.

HBO Max has split up with Love Life, canceling the romantic anthology after two seasons.

The writing had been on the wall with the lack of updates following the Season 2 finale back in November 2021.

The first season was headlined by Anna Kendrick, while the second had William Jackson Harper at the forefront.

The series has also been pulled from HBO Max, meaning there's a chance fans will never get to rewatch the series again.

Sam Boyd, the creator and co-showrunner, reflected on the cancellation on Twitter.

“Bummed that this is now a thing that can happen! Gonna try to figure out somewhere else for it to live,...

The work of Amalia and Penance is over. Deadline reports that both Westworld and The Nevers are leaving the HBO Max streaming service. Westworld was cancelled earlier this year after four seasons on HBO. The Nevers, which has been M.I.A. since 2021, has now also been cancelled.

An HBO sci-fi drama series created by Joss Whedon, The Nevers TV show stars Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Pip Torrens, Ben Chaplin, Denis O’Hare, Amy Manson, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, Eleanor Tomlinson, Elizabeth Berrington, Anna Devlin, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Viola Prettejohn, Ella Smith, Vinnie Heaven, and Nick Frost. In the year 1896, Victorian London is rocked by a supernatural event that gives certain people (mostly women) abnormal abilities -- from the wondrous to the disturbing. But, no matter their particular “turns,” all who belong to this new...

Joss Whedon’s The Nevers is being pulled from HBO Max, TVLine has confirmed, essentially bringing the HBO sci-fi drama to an end after one season.

Only the first half of the show’s 12-episode order has aired, and Variety reports that the remaining six could eventually stream on another platform.

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The Nevers was set in the last years of Queen Victoria’s reign, as London is beset by the “Touched”: people, mostly women,...

FX has given a pilot green light to The Bends, a drama from Homicide creator Paul Attanasio and Fargo and Dopesick executive producer Warren Littlefield.

Written by Attanasio based on the novel Killing Ground by Gerald Seymour, the thriller series follows a seemingly perfect American family in Berlin whose secrets come to light when they hire a new nanny, unaware that she is trying to expose the parents’ corrupt financial and familial ties.

Mike Barker (Hit & Run) will direct the pilot, which will be produced by 20th Television and The Littlefield Company and stems from The Littlefield Co.’s overall deal with 20th TV and ABC Signature.

Attanasio executive produces alongside Barker as well as Warren Littlefield, Ann Johnson, Graham Littlefield and Lisa Harrison of The Littlefield Company, and Kathy Ciric.

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Never Let Me Go, which has been ordered to series by FX, is headed to Hulu. The sci-fi thriller series is based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, and it will star Viola Prettejohn, Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, Aiysha Hart, Spike Fearn, Shaniqua Okwok, Gary Beadle, Kwami Odoom, Susan Brown, Keira Chanse and Edward Holcroft. The series follows a clone as she escapes boarding school and starts a revolution. A premiere date will be announced later.

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Back in May, it was announced that FX is developing a series based on the dystopian sci-fi novel “Never Let Me Go” by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro that comes from writer Melissa Iqbal from “The Nevers,” DNA Productions, FX Productions, and Searchlight Television. There are some updates on the status of the series along with casting announcements.

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Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go is being adapted at FX, with the network confirming they’ve given the adaptation a series order. Melissa Iqbal is on board as the showrunner and executive producer. In addition, Iqbal wrote the pilot which executive producer Marc Munden will direct.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro, Alex Garland Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, and Maria Fleischer of DNA Productions are also involved as executive producers. Garland adapted Ishiguro’s novel for the 2010 feature film directed by Mark Romanek and starring Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield.

“Never Let Me Go is a modern science fiction classic that Melissa Iqbal and the creative team have brilliantly adapted for FX as a drama exploring timely and unsettling themes on life and the ethics of technology,” stated Gina Balian, President, FX Entertainment. “We...

Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, and Viola Prettejohn will star in FX‘s series adaptation of Never Let Me Go, which will air exclusively on Hulu in the United States. Based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same name, the sci-fi thriller “is a modern science fiction classic that Melissa Iqbal and the creative team have brilliantly adapted for FX as a drama exploring timely and unsettling themes on life and the ethics of technology,” said Gina Balian, President, FX Entertainment. “We are honored to partner with Andrew and Allon at DNA Productions, Searchlight Television, Alex Garland, Marc Munden, Kazuo Ishiguro, and the incredible cast on this exciting new project.” The show stars Prettejohn as a rebellious teenage clone named Thora, who “escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society, but as she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly...

Kazuo Ishiguro’s sci-fi tearjerker “Never Let Me Go” is heading to the small screen. FX has officially ordered an adaptation of Ishiguro’s novel, set to air exclusively on Hulu.

Published in 2005, “Never Let Me Go” is one of Ishiguro’s — a Nobel Prize-winning author also known for “The Remains of the Day” — most popular and critically acclaimed novels. Set in Britain during the ’90s, the book focuses on three childhood friends: Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth. Raised at the mysterious Hailsham boarding school, the three are clones created for the purpose of growing up healthy and donating their organs to science. Resigned to their fates, the three grow up close, but interpersonal conflicts between them lead to mistakes that haunt them for the rest of their short lives.

The novel was previously adapted into a 2010 film directed by Mark Romanek, with a screenplay by Alex Garland; Carey Mulligan, Kiera Knightley,...

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FX has greenlit “Never Let Me Go,” a drama series inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 science fiction novel of the same name.

The thriller series will follow Thora (Viola Prettejohn), a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. As she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.

Along with Prettejohn, the cast includes Tracey Ullman, Kelly Macdonald, Aiysha Hart, Spike Fearn, Shaniqua Okwok, Gary Beadle, Kwami Odoom, Susan Brown, Keira Chanse and Edward Holcroft.

This is the second screen adaptation of the book, as a movie starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield came out in 2010 from Searchlight Pictures. The film was written by Alex Garland, directed by Mark Romanek and produced by Andrew Macdonald Allon and Reich.

FX has ordered a new one-hour drama series based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s science fiction novel “Never Let Me Go,” Gina Balian, president of FX Entertainment, announced today. The show of the same name will premiere exclusively on Hulu and has set its main cast.

Produced by DNA Productions, with FX Productions and Searchlight Television, the thriller stars Viola Prettejohn (“The Witcher”), Tracey Ullman (FX’s “Mrs. America”), Kelly Macdonald (“Boardwalk Empire”), Aiysha Hart (“Line of Duty”), Spike Fearn (“The Amazing Mr. Blunden”), Shaniqua Okwok (“Small Axe”), Gary Beadle (“Wheel of Time”), Kwami Odoom (BBC’s “Death in Paradise”), Susan Brown (“It’s a Sin”), Keira Chanse (“Come Away”) and Edward Holcroft (“Kingsman: The Secret Service”).

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FX has greenlit a series based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go.

The drama, which will stream on Hulu in the United States, comes from writer and showrunner Melissa Iqbal (HBO’s The Nevers) and counts filmmaker Alex Garland — who wrote the script for a 2010 feature based on the novel — as an executive producer. Viola Prettejohn, Tracey Ullman and Kelly Macdonald head the cast.

DNA Productions will produce the series along with FX Productions and Searchlight Television; DNA and Searchlight were behind the 2010 film as well. Iqbal will executive produce with Marc Munden, who directed the pilot; Garland; Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich and Maria Fleischer of DNA Productions; and Ishiguro. Garland and DNA previously collaborated with FX and Hulu on the limited series Devs.

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Viola Prettejohn, Tracey Ullman and Kelly Macdonald will star in the series adaptation of Never Let Me Go, which has been handed a series order by FX to air on Hulu.

Earlier this year, Deadline revealed that the Kazuo Ishiguro novel adapted as a film starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield was being turned into a TV series from The Nevers writer Melissa Iqbal.

The sci-fi thriller is now moving forward with Viola Prettejohn, who starred in The Nevers, in the lead role.

She plays Thora, a rebellious teenage clone who escapes from the boarding school where she and her fellow clones are kept hidden from society. But as she starts living undercover in the outside world, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will spark a revolution and test the boundaries of what it means to be human.

Ullman (Mrs. America) and Macdonald (Line of Duty) will...