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The Flash, which ran for 9 seasons, was one of the most successful shows in the Arrowverse and had a cast that many fans found very charming. Grant Gustin remains a popular choice as the Scarlet Speedster, and Candice Patton’s portrayal of Iris West is still praised by fans.

However, despite the strong cast, the show faced some controversies. For fans familiar with the comics, it’s known that Iris West is originally portrayed as white, but this was changed for the show, leading to backlash from some viewers.

Raceswapping has become more common in recent years as studios try to include more diversity in their casts, and it’s not just in superhero media. Some changes, like Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, were mostly accepted, while others, like Candice Patton’s Iris West, faced strong backlash.

Patton openly talked about the abuse she received. She shared that during the second season,...

‘The Flash’ which ran for 9 seasons was one of the most successful ‘Arrowverse’ shows and according to many fans, it had the most charming cast. Grant Gustin is still one of the most notable actors to portray the Scarlet Speedster and Candice Patton’s portrayal of Iris West is still considered extraordinary among the fans.

However, despite the charming cast, the show wasn’t without its controversies. If you are an avid reader of ‘The Flash’ you are likely aware that Iris West is actually white in the comics. This is something that was changed for the show and it caused quite the backlash among certain fans.

Raceswapping is nothing new in the last few years, there are attempts among major studios to include more diverse casts in their projects and quite frankly, it’s not only superhero media that’s affected. Some instances of race swapping are mostly ignored...

From one Juliet to another, Rachel Zegler is speaking up about the horrible treatment of West End star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.

As the Golden Globe winner makes her Broadway debut in the Sam Gold-directed Romeo + Juliet revival, opening Thursday at Circle in the Square Theatre for a 16-week engagement, Zegler called out the racist abuse the other “Juliet” received in a different production and the lack of protection she was provided.

After they were connected by her Snow White co-star Dujonna Gift, Zegler noted she texted her support to Amewudah-Rivers. “She responded and vocalized her thanks for people who stood up for her in the time where everybody was tearing her down,” she told Teen Vogue.

“I think she was failed by the people around her,” added Zegler. “You need to protect people when you make a vow to cast them in...

The Batman guy and the Spider-Man guy are teaming up.

Tom Holland is in talks to star in Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to his Best Picture winner “Oppenheimer,” Deadline reports.

Holland will reportedly join Matt Damon in the ensemble of the as-yet-untitled, shrouded-in-secrecy picture that’s rumored to be in the espionage genre. This will be Holland and Nolan’s first time working together. The film is expected to start filming in early 2025 and is scheduled to be released on July 17, 2026. Universal is the studio behind it.

The film will be Nolan’s second for Universal, after leaving his longtime studio home, Warner Bros., during Warners’ pandemic experiment of sending its theatrical movies to Max. His last film, “Oppenheimer,” won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr. Matt Damon also starred in “Oppenheimer” as Gen. Leslie Groves,...

Tom Holland is in talks to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s next film.

Should the deal go through, the “Spider-Man” actor would star alongside Matt Damon in the otherwise top-secret film. Nolan is writing and directing the movie, which Universal Pictures is releasing in theaters on July 17, 2026.

Universal had no comment about Holland’s casting.

The upcoming feature, which does not have a title, is expected to start shooting in early 2025, though Holland’s casting could prove challenging to production timelines. The actor, best known for playing Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be busy with “Spider-Man 4” and potentially the next “Avengers” sequel over the next year and change, as first noted by the Hollywood Reporter. In between stints as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Holland appeared in the West End adaptation of “Romeo & Juliet” alongside Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.

This project reunites Nolan with the studio...

Exclusive: Jamie Lloyd, director of the Broadway-bound Sunset Boulevard musical led by an incandescent Nicole Scherzinger center stage as Norma Desmond, is making a move into the world of movies and reveals to Deadline that his London-based Jamie Lloyd Company “will set up a separate film division and work with new partners from the film world.”

Lloyd met with us as he prepared to fly to New York this weekend to oversee rehearsals for Sunset Boulevard which begin on Monday.

He was also concerned about a fire that ripped through the roof of the west wing of the landmark Somerset House, a might 18th century palace that stretches from the Embankment to the Aldwych, where the Jamie Lloyd Company keeps a small suite of production offices. The fire was contained although it’s not yet known how much smoke and water damage the Jlc offices sustained.

The step into filmmaking...

As far as the three young women sitting in row E at London’s Bush Theatre were concerned, the name of the character Tosin Cole was playing in Benedict Lombe’s “spicy” love story Shifters, wasn’t Dre — short for Dream — but “Dreamboat.”

It’s a double whammy of love, well, sort of, for Cole, who also stars in Rapman’s game-changing Netflix drama Supacell, playing a love-struck south London courier who discovers he has developed superpowers.

Adelayo Adedayo and Tosin Cole in ‘Supacell’

Back at the Bush, one of the women leant forward and cried, ”Bring Dreamboat over ‘ere to me now!”

Those ladies swooning over him when I saw the play in late March added a surreal layer to Lombe’s two-hander about Dre and Des — for Destiny — played by Heather Agyepong, former lovers who meet again, after an eight-year gap,...

The controversial adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet starring Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers has finally premiered and the first reactions are coming in. Jamie Lloyd adapted this version and the director is known for his very modernized remakes of stage classics, and that fact has already caused some controversy in the theater circles. But, pairing Lloyd with Holland made the tickets sell, especially since this was Holland’s first return to the stage after Billy Elliot: The Musical, in which he appeared very early in his career. Even before the premiere, the show has been heavily discussed by fans due to the hate given to Juliet’s actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers due to her skin color.

But, based on the early reviews that we have for you, it seems that Francesca Amewudah-Rivers completely outshined Holland, whose performance was described as disappointing, while Ameduwah-Rivers managed to stand out and...

There’s been a lot of heat around London’s new Romeo & Juliet, understandably so given its pairing of director Jamie Lloyd (Betrayal, A Doll’s House), known for his radical remodeling of classics, usually around A-list actors, with young global superstar Tom Holland. The latter is returning to the stage for the first time since Billy Elliot: The Musical at the very start of his career, his name causing tickets to sell out in just two hours.

It’s ironic, then, that one thing this production itself lacks is heat — romantic, dramatic, tragic heat. There is much to commend, but it suffers from a single, strategic mistake on the director’s part, to mute the action, quite literally, since much of it is played in whispers and mumbles; even miked, at times the actors are barely audible. The result is that this tale of violent family rivalry and courageous...

Tom Holland has given some of the best performances of his lifetime in star-studded projects like those from Marvel including the Avengers and the Spider-Man film series, and has even garnered a massive fan following. However, his latest project isn’t gaining the best of reviews from anyone, including not only critics but a considerable majority of his fandom as well.

Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home. | Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing.

The project that has been getting all this hate is his latest play Romeo and Juliet with Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, and one of the biggest reasons behind this backlash is only understandable: the glumness and lack of energy in the drama. However, even through such tough times, Holland has his biggest supporter and the love of his life still right by his side: Zendaya.

Tom Holland’s Romeo and Juliet is Getting the Worst Critical Reviews

Among multiple other star-studded projects,...

Not sure that I would equate Tom Holland and Zendaya with the same level of triple-a star firepower as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, but the last time I witnessed sheer frenzied pandemonium outside the Duke of York’s Theatre was when Taylor went to see Burton read excerpts from Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood in February 1982.

It was bonkers, with onlookers five deep on both sides of the street waiting for a glimpse of the superstar much-married Hollywood lovers.

Four decades on, I found myself at the same theatre that has stood on the site in St. Martin’s Lane since 1892.

This time it was the occasion of the official opening night for Jamie Lloyd’s stark, modern-dress production of Shakespeare’s The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, to give its full title, starring Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as the tragic star-crossed lovers.

This time barricades...

Updated, 7:23 Am: Romeo + Juliet starring Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler will begin Broadway performances on Thursday, September 26, at Circle in the Square Theatre, with an official opening night set for Thursday, October 24. The run, directed by Sam Gold, is a strictly limited, 16-week engagement.

Producer Seaview also announced today the production’s creative team: scenic design will be by dots, costume design by Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, and sound design by Cody Spencer.

Previous, April 16, 2024: Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler will star in the new Broadway production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet this fall, directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold, with music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh.

Producers Seaview made the announcement today.

The production should not be confused with yet...

Tom Rothman, the Sony Motion Pictures Group chairman and CEO, wined and dined a select few at a splendidly swish soirée Friday at Mamo Michelangelo in Antibes, hosted by Charles Finch as part of his annual Filmmakers Dinner honoring 100 years of Columbia Pictures, and there was something he said about why movies matter that has stuck with me.

Hours earlier, Rothman had introduced a gloriously restored print of Charles Vidor’s 1946 movie Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth as the eponymous nightclub temptress and Glenn Ford as the hardboiled gambler from her past.

They hate each other, but as we all know, that’s often a prelude on the road to love both in real and reel life.

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Vidor also uses the vocabulary of dance to signal Gilda’s emotional temperature.

The great choreographer Jack Cole, who later coached Marilyn Monroe on her moves in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,...

That sweet and innocent-looking friendly neighborhood Spider-Man guy from Marvel, who rampaged about spilling spoilers during interviews out of excitement, seems to be gone now. Looking at Tom Holland in the latest look for his Romeo & Juliet play seems a lot different than his usual happy-go-lucky ones. In fact, he feels completely different after witnessing him with his on-stage love interest for the play, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.

Tom Holland in a still from The Devil All The Time.

However, fans aren’t clamoring in support of this duo, especially for their pairing up for the stage as the iconic couple from Shakespeare’s lore. This comes after the first look images of Holland and Amewudah-Rivers as their respective characters were released, which, unarguably, have been garnering quite a bit of sarcastic and terribly negative reviews and backlash from fans.

Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers’ First Look as Romeo and Juliet...

Update: Performances for Romeo & Juliet starring Tom Holland are now scheduled to begin “on Monday, May 13,” according to Jo Allan PR, the production’s press representative.

“No other previews are being cancelled,” they added.

They stated that Saturday’s cancellation was “due to the technical aspects of the production needing further preparation.”

Exclusive: Wherefore art Tom Holland’s Romeo? You might well ask.

Director Jamie Lloyd’s production of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet starring the Spider-Man actor and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers in the titular roles was due to begin previews Saturday night at London’s Duke of York’s theatre, but ticket holders have been informed that the show “cannot go ahead as planned.”

The reason given was “due to the technical aspects of the production needing further preparation, the performance of Romeo & Juliet on Saturday, 11 May, 2024 can not go ahead as planned.”

According to insiders, there have...

Update: After “Homeland’s” David Harewood told The Guardian that actors should be able to “Black up” for roles, but warned “it’d better be fucking good,” the actor clarified in a statement to Variety, “I don’t support or condone Blackface. My own documentary on the subject can be found on the BBC website. It is a grotesque distortion of race and should always be condemned.”

Previously: Speaking to The Guardian, Harewood, who also serves as president of prestigious British drama school the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, said: “We’re at this strange point in the profession where people go: ‘Oh, you can’t play that role because you’re not disabled, or you can’t play that because you’re not really from there.’ The name of the game is acting.”

He added, “Yes, we’ve got to be representative, but I do think we have to be careful.

According to Zack Snyder, one of the most significant Dceu storylines seems to have originated from none other than Oscar-winning star Leonardo DiCaprio. The 49-year-old actor was once considered for the role of Lex Luthor, Superman’s greatest enemy. In an exclusive interview with Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the director disclosed that he had a meeting with the Titanic star to discuss the role in his 2016 superhero flick, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

However, Jesse Eisenberg ultimately won the role. Snyder also recalled that DiCaprio came up with the plan to pit Henry Cavill’s Superman against the Justice League. Sadly, the Dceu timeline came to an end in 2023 (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), capping ten years of superhero films that started with Snyder’s Man of Steel (2013).

Leonardo DiCaprio in a still from Inception

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It has been known for a while that the new West End production of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, will be returning to the Duke of York’s Theatre from May 11 through August 3, with Jamie Lloyd directing. But, more importantly for some fans, it has been confirmed that Spider-Man star Tom Holland will be playing Romeo in the play, with Bad Education star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers co-starring as Juliet. And while all of this seems fine and dandy to us, some people are dissatisfied with the fact that Juliet will be played by a black actress and have taken to the Internet to express their anger in the most deplorable way.

The young actress has, thus, been the target of significant racial slander and abuse recently, which is an act that has to be condemned immediately. The producers, as well as some of Rivers’ colleagues, were quick to react,...

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet this fall.

The production will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, movement by Sonya Tayeh (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) and direction by Sam Gold. Exact dates and a theater have yet to be announced, but tickets are set to go on sale in May.

While few details have been released about this version of the Shakespeare classic, the production is using the tagline “The Youth Are Fucked” and promises an angrier take on the tale.

“With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are inheriting,” said Gold, who is helming this season’s An Enemy of the People.

Exclusive: Jamie Lloyd, director of the history-making reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, reveals that his star Nicole Scherzinger initially “refused to consider” accepting his offer to play Norma Desmond in the show adapted from Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic.

“Nicole was not flattered,” he gasped, speaking to Breaking Baz backstage at the London theatre awards, held at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night.

Lloyd says that the show’s “obviously associated with Glenn Close’s iconic performance and therefore people think about Norma Desmond being a much older woman.”

Mmm, that’s unlikely to amuse Glenn Close.

He tells me that Scherzinger, a one-time member of The Pussycat Dolls, called Norma Desmond a “has been” and stormed at Lloyd that she “still looks good under the bright lights.”

Lloyd encouraged her to study Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s book and lyrics and to listen to Lloyd Weber’s music.

Leonardo DiCaprio may keep his distance from the superhero genre today, but he was the studios’ favorite in playing some crucial Cbm characters. At the start of his career, he was offered the role of Robin in Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever. During the Dark Knight trilogy, Warner Bros. wanted Christopher Nolan to make The Riddler as the central villain in the third film. They wanted Nolan to bring DiCaprio on board the film for the same.

WB wanted Inception star Leonardo DiCaprio in a role in The Dark Knight Rises

However, Nolan didn’t concede to the demands of the studio and insisted that he worked with a villain that suited the story. Nolan later worked with DiCaprio in Inception, which remains the actor’s highest-paying gig to date.

Warner Bros. Tried To Convince Christopher Nolan To Cast Leonardo DiCaprio as The Riddler

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Daniel Mays remembers Michael Douglas and Timothy Van Patten, the respectively star and director of new Apple TV drama Franklin, bursting into song whenever he appeared on set.

It came about because during the Franklin shoot in Paris, director Nicholas Hytner asked Mays to star at London’s Bridge Theatre as good old reliable Nathan Detroit in an immersive production of the classic Broadway fable Guys & Dolls by Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling.

Upon hearing this news, Douglas insisted, ”You’re doing it, Danny — no question about it.”

The adaption of Damon Runyon’s tales was Van Patten’s father’s favorite musical, “so then within the hour, more like a whole bloody second, every time I came on set, they kept playing ‘The Oldest Established [Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York], and Michael and Noah Jupe would join in.”

Even the French crew got in the swing of it.

In French or English?...

More than 800 Black women — including Lashana Lynch and Sheila Atim — and non-binary actors signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who has been the target of online racial abuse following the announcement of her casting as Juliet in a London West End production of Romeo & Juliet. She is set to star alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo in the play.

The letter, which The Guardian published on Wednesday, was spearheaded by Enola Holmes actor Susan Wokoma and Crowning Glory playwright Somalia Nonyé Seaton. It begins: “When news of...

Prominent Black actors including No Time to Die star Lashana Lynch and Enola Holmes’ Susan Wokoma have signed an open letter decrying the abuse faced by Francesca Amewudah-Rivers after she was cast in a West End theatre production of Romeo & Juliet.

The Jamie Lloyd Company announced last month that Amewudah-Rivers will play Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo in the staging of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, which opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on May 23.

More than 880 people have signed the open letter, which was organized by Wokoma and writer Somalia Nonyé Seaton. Signatories include Sheila Atim (The Woman King), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies), Lolly Adefope (Ghosts), Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who), Wunmi Mosaku, and Tamara Lawrance (Time).

“Too many times, Black performers – particularly Black actresses – are left to face the storm of online abuse after committing the crime of getting a job on their own,...

William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet centuries ago but to this day, the play remains one of the most frequently performed and beloved plays of all time. And now, Tom Holland will soon be seen taking up the role of Romeo in the tragic love story in a new West End production directed by Jamie Lloyd. His Juliet will be played by Bad Education actress, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.

Tom Holland in Uncharted (2022)

Unfortunately, fans of the entertainment industry are not always kind in their feedback and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers’ casting has proven this once again. The actress has been receiving buck loads of hate for playing Juliet in the upcoming play but thankfully, the producers have got her back as they release a strong statement supporting her and condemning the racist abusers.

Romeo & Juliet’s Producers Hit Back at Haters

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers (left) in a still from Bad Education

Ever since...

Jamie Lloyd, director of the Tom Holland-led West End revival of Romeo & Juliet, released a statement Friday condemning an incident of “deplorable racial abuse” against an unnamed castmember.

“Following the announcement of our Romeo & Juliet cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company,” Lloyd’s theater company wrote on social media. “This must stop. We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment.”

A statement from the @JamieLloydCo. pic.twitter.com/C7j7g9ZZNE

— Romeo and Juliet (@RomeoJulietLDN) April 5, 2024

News of the production first made headlines in February. The show will open at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre on May 23, and run through August. Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, known for her onscreen role in Bad Education, will play Juliet. The remaining cast includes...

Tom Holland’s new project has sparked widespread social media discussion after The Jamie Lloyd Company announced its cast. The 27-year-old English actor is set to take on the role of Romeo alongside Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who will be portraying Juliet in Jamie Lloyd’s West End revival of Romeo & Juliet.

Tom Holland in The Crowded Room

However, the decision to cast one of the lead characters in a role with a different racial background has ignited controversy, with some expressing concerns that the production team is trying to rewrite historical accuracy within a fictional narrative. The outcry even prompted the director to issue a statement addressing the matter.

Controversy Surrounds Tom Holland’s Latest Project Due to Casting Choices

Last month, The Jamie Lloyd Company announced the cast for the revival of Shakespeare’s timeless classic Romeo & Juliet. It included Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers in the leading roles alongside an ensemble cast.

Tom Holland’s above-the-title appearance in Romeo & Juliet will transfer to Broadway, according to an insider quoted in the UK press.

The Spider-man star’s return to London’s West End stage (where he starred in Billy Elliot The Musical as a boy) has seen tickets for the show at the Duke of York’s Theatre all sell out in under two hours.

Now, the UK’s Mirror newspaper reports that the Jamie Lloyd Company production will be transferring to New York once it finishes in London in August, following a 12-week run.

The Mirror quotes a source saying:

“Romeo & Juliet will head to Broadway after its London run, with details to be announced in due course. While director Jamie Lloyd has made a name for his minimalist adaptations of classic texts, the headline grabber for what is essentially yet another production of Romeo & Juliet is undoubtedly its leading man.

In a statement posted on Friday, April 5, The Jamie Lloyd Company addressed the "deplorable racial abuse" directed toward actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers. The company insists on creating work without facing online harassment and will not tolerate bullying or harassment in the industry. At the time of this writing, Romeo & Juliet star Tom Holland has not responded to the company's "racial abuse" post.

“This must stop.” Those are the words written in a statement posted Friday, April 5 by @RomeoJulietLDN from The Jamie Lloyd Company, which addresses “a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company.” Although she went unnamed in the statement, the “racial abuse” is directed toward actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who portrays Juliet in the upcoming sold-out run of Romeo & Juliet. The 12-week production is set to appear at London’s The Duke of York’s Theatre, and it features Spider-Man and MCU star...

Tom Holland's next role will see him take to the stage as Romeo in a new West End production of Romeo and Juliet in London, and he'll be co-starring with Francesca Amewudah-Rivers as Juliet. Following the casting announcement, there has been a "a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online" leveled at Holland's co-star, prompting an official response from the show's producers.

Per the BBC, the statement from the Jamie Lloyd Company reads, “This must stop. We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment. We will continue to support and protect everyone in our company at all costs. Any abuse will not be tolerated and will be reported. Bullying and harassment have no place online, in our industry or in our wider communities.”

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The producers of a forthcoming West End production of Romeo and Juliet, starring Tom Holland, have condemned “deplorable racial abuse” aimed at his co-star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers who plays Juliet.

The Spider-Man actor will play Romeo in the new production in London, and its full cast was announced last week.

Now, the BBC reports that Jamie Lloyd Company said there had been a “barrage of deplorable racial abuse directed towards a member of company.”

Their statement said:

“This must stop. We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment. We will continue to support and protect everyone in our company at all costs. Any abuse will not be tolerated and will be reported. Bullying and harassment have no place online, in our industry or in our wider communities.”

Amewudah-Rivers is making her West End debut in the play,...

The Duke of York Theatre in London’s West End has shared a statement challenging what it described as the “deplorable” racist abuse it has clocked online following the reveal of the cast for its forthcoming production of Romeo & Juliet.

In the production, newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, a woman of color, has been cast as Juliet opposite Tom Holland, who will be Romeo. We reported on the production last week.

Today’s statement shared by The Duke of York on X, but attributed to The Jamie Lloyd Company, said the company has since received a “barrage” of online racist abuse directed towards members of its company.

“This must stop,” the statement read.

“We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment. We will continue to support and protect everyone in our company at all costs. Any abuse...

Excitement is brewing as news spreads about the possibility of another thrilling MCU Spider-Man adventure hitting the screens soon! Recent rumors suggest that the movie’s development is well underway and is progressing smoothly. But there is more! Fans can expect some major changes and shockers especially when it comes to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and his love life! With MCU and Sony in cahoots, many fans speculate that what they have been anticipating might come true!

Tom Holland has solidified his space in the minds of people as Spider-Man

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Following the No Way Home cliffhanger, fans are now eagerly seeking answers to a plethora of questions. And it seems that both Kevin Feige and Sony are taking these questions very seriously, as recent rumors indicate they’re working closely to deliver the next...

Tom Holland rose to international recognition with his portrayal of Peter Parker, a.k.a., Spider-Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Captain America: Civil War. The audience’s perception of the actor has been solidified with his standalone movies, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far From Home, and No Way Home. There is no doubt that he is indeed one of the finest young actors in the entertainment industry currently.

The English actor has also been a part of movies, including Uncharted, The Devil All the Time, and Cherry. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Holland’s performance and dedication to the Apple TV+ miniseries The Crowded Room was appreciated by the fans. The actor is now looking forward to returning to stage, performing one of the most beloved characters of William Shakespeare, and giving Leonardo DiCaprio a tough competition for its title.

Tom Holland has solidified his space in the...

Tom Holland was a theater kid long before he started swinging off buildings. Having joined the West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical at the age of twelve years old, he played the role of Michael Caffrey, Billy Elliot’s best friend, later being cast as the protagonist himself. Through his time here, he gained immense recognition and experience, which has followed him through his time as Spider-Man, as well as his various other roles.

Tom Holland

Since then, it would seem that he has been itching to get back to his roots, wanting to get on a stage and act rather than in front of a camera. This is why he was extremely excited to announce his role as Romeo in the West Ends’ upcoming production of Romeo & Juliet.

Tom Holland As Romeo and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers As Juliet

Earlier this year, Tom Holland announced that he would...

Tom Holland has concluded the hunt for his Juliet in the new production of Romeo & Juliet that he will star in on the West End.

The 27-year-old Spider-Man actor is set to play Romeo in the retelling of Shakespeare’s iconic and tragic love story. He’ll be sharing the stage with newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers on opening night!

Keep reading to find out more…

Deadline confirmed that Francesca would play Juliet in the adaptation, which opens on May 23 at the Duke of York’s Theatre.

The cast will also feature Freema Agyeman (Nurse), Michael Balogun (Friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel Quinn-Toye (Paris), Ray Sesay (Tybalt), Nima Taleghani (Benvolio) and Joshua-Alexander Williams (Mercutio), according to the outlet.

“Beyond excited to announce our cast for Romeo and Juliet,” Tom gushed in a statement, adding, “I can’t wait to get started and I know we’ll create something really special together.

The Jamie Lloyd Company today announced the full cast for the upcoming West End production of Romeo & Juliet, with newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers confirmed as Juliet opposite Tom Holland.

Also starring in the anticipated Jamie Lloyd-directed show will be Freema Agyeman (Nurse), Michael Balogun (Friar), Tomiwa Edun (Capulet), Mia Jerome (Montague), Daniel Quinn-Toye (Paris), Ray Sesay (Tybalt), Nima Taleghani (Benvolio), Joshua-Alexander Williams (Mercutio) and Callum Heinrich and Kody Mortimer (Camera Operators).

Romeo & Juliet opens at the Duke of York’s Theatre on Thursday 23 May with previews from Saturday 11 May, and runs until Saturday 3 August 2024.

Amewudah-Rivers previously appeared in two seasons of BBC series Bad Education and three short films. She has stage experience in productions at the Globe and Lyric Hammersmith among other venues. The Daily Mail had speculated on her casting in recent weeks.

Holland said today: “Beyond excited to announce our cast for Romeo and Juliet.

BritBox is bringing more of Britain’s best across the pond and around the world! This month, the best-of-British TV and film streamer will be adding several titles, from critically acclaimed debuts to historical miniseries. Binge BAFTA-winning projects, including Michaela Coel’s “Chewing Gum,” the series finale of “There She Goes,” and get ready for this year’s Ee BAFTA Film Awards, which will once again be simulcast on the streamer on Sunday, Feb. 18 for BritBox subscribers in the United States, Canada, and five other countries.

Ready to watch? Continue below to see The Streamable’s top picks for BritBox’s February additions, and find out everything joining the platform this month!

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