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Stars: Nick Frost, Synnove Karlsen, Luke Norris, George Bukhari, Tessa Parr, Tilly Woodward | Written by Virginia Gilbert | Directed by Bruce Goodison

Starring Nick Frost, Black Cab is a tense, slow-burning psychological thriller that caught me off guard in the best way. Going in, I had certain expectations based on Frost’s previous filmography which blended comedy And horror (for the most part), but what I got instead was a brooding, atmospheric deep-dive into paranoia, guilt, and the quiet madness of isolation. It’s one of those films that lingers long after the credits roll, and not necessarily because of any grand spectacle, it’s more about mood, subtlety, and performance.

Black Cab follows Anne and Patrick, an estranged couple who are trying, awkwardly, to reconnect during a night out in London. After a few drinks and some emotional tension, they hail a black cab to head home. That’s when everything starts to unravel.

Black Cab, the latest offering from Bruce Goodison (director of the gritty 2016 drama Murdered By My Father), stars Nick Frost as Ian, the titular black cab driver. Alongside him, Synnove Karlsen and Luke Norris play a troubled couple who unwittingly find themselves on a harrowing journey after taking a ride with Frost’s character. As the journey unfolds, the couple’s horror grows, mirroring the dark twists in the story.

The film begins with strong supernatural elements that gradually weave into the narrative. Combined with the menacing presence of Frost’s character, the supernatural undertones add to the growing sense of horror and unease that propels this thrilling ride forward.

Black Cab also touches on deep themes like grief and parenting, handling them with sensitivity without detracting from the horror. The story progresses in a brooding, unpredictable manner, which keeps you on edge throughout. A large part of this is...

Though the narrative goes the long way round, there are plenty of strong performances and good ideas to keep this journey interesting

Although this British horror flick gets a little muddy in strictly narrative terms with its tricky shifts in viewpoint, it’s rich enough in ideas and strong performances as well as running a blessedly crisp 88 minutes, that any flaws are easily forgiven. The story starts with Anne waking from a frightening dream and going to join her boyfriend Patrick (Luke Norris) for dinner with another couple, Ryan (George Bukhari) and Jessica (Tessa Parr). The snappy banter between the foursome, which instantly and economically establishes that Patrick is an outright asshole who doesn’t deserve quiet, circumspect Anne, suddenly chills when it’s revealed the two are engaged. Jessica, for one, doesn’t approve, for reasons only revealed later.

Nevertheless, Anne and Patrick depart in the titular vehicle, driven by excessively chatty Ian.

To celebrate the release of Black Cab available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital 7th April courtesy of Acorn Media International, we are giving away a Blu-Ray to a lucky winner!

Nick Frost gives a chilling performance as the cab driver from hell in spine-chilling horror Black Cab from director Bruce Goodison (Born to Kill, Murdered by my Father, Doctor Foster).

Nick Frost gives a brilliant performance as creepy cabbie Ian, playing against type in his most sinister role yet with Synnøve Karlsen bringing an emotive and compelling performance as his tormented passenger, making this one serious spine tingler.

After an awkward date Anne (Karlsen) and her controlling, abusive fiancé (Luke Norris – Poldark) hail a taxi, but it quicky dawns on them that they’ve picked the wrong ride, as their night goes from bad to terrifying…

Brutally abducted and tied up, the couple are at the mercy of their captor and with their destination unknown,...

It’S Time to hail the Black Cab from hell with Bruce Goodison’s chilling horror, starring the inimitable Nick Frost. The thrilling Shudder Original is one seriously spooky, twisted affair and is coming to Blu-ray, DVD and digital on 7th April 2025 courtesy of Acorn Media International.

Frost gives a brilliant performance as creepy cabbie Ian, playing against type in his most sinister role yet with Synnøve Karlsen bringing an emotive and compelling performance as his tormented passenger, making this one serious spine tingler.

After an awkward date Anne (Karlsen) and her controlling, abusive fiancé (Luke Norris – Poldark) hail a taxi, but it quicky dawns on them that they’ve picked the wrong ride, as their night goes from bad to terrifying…

Brutally abducted and tied up, the couple are at the mercy of their captor and with their destination unknown, things become even more frightening as ghostly visions...

Nick Frost steps into uncharted territory with his recent role, transforming from his signature comedic charm to a deeply unsettling presence in Black Cab, a psychological horror arriving on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital on 7 April 2025. The Shudder Original, directed by Bruce Goodison, delivers a relentless ride into terror, blending abduction horror with ghostly apparitions and psychological torment.

Frost, best known for his work in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Attack the Block, plays Ian, a seemingly unassuming cab driver with a sinister agenda. Alongside him, Synnøve Karlsen delivers a gripping performance as Anne, a woman trapped in a nightmare, while Luke Norris (Poldark) plays her controlling fiancé, whose presence only adds to the mounting tension.

What starts as an awkward date takes a horrifying turn when Anne and her fiancé unknowingly step into the wrong taxi. What should have been a simple ride home descends into a brutal...

Halloween may be over, but scary movies never go away. The latest chiller coming to streaming service Shudder is the unique ghost story Black Cab. Starring Shaun of the Dead‘s Nick Frost and directed by Bruce Goodison, Black Cab is an unconventional horror movie that harkens back to the supernatural chills of classic frights while also forging a unique story about the unknown. Boasting an original premise and a rate dramatic turn from Nick Frost, Black Cab is worth checking out.

Black Cab follows Anne (Synnøve Karlsen) and Patrick (Luke Norris) as they depart a party with their friends. With a rift between them, they chat up the odd driver of their car (Nick Frost). As the tensions begin to mount in the vehicle, Anne realizes this may not be the ride she expected. Things take a turn involving murder, ghosts, and something far more sinister. You probably think...

The challenge of setting your movie inside a vehicle is inherently … nifty? Attention-grabby? Crazy enough to work? Bruce Goodison's Black Cab takes a swing at horror storytelling from a cabbie's backseat, with Cornetto trilogy favorite and accomplished actor Nick Frost at the wheel. Imagine this year's yellow cab confessional Daddio pit against supernatural snippets that recall 2003's Dead End, but it's a bumpy ride. Virginia Gilbert's story strives for the best of true crime thriller and haunted legend worlds, only to fumble both as scenes bounce off one another like bumper cars.

Frost's chatty driver (Ian) is one point in a triangle of lead performances. Synnove Karlsen stars as Anne and Luke Norris as her douchey boyfriend-slash-hopeful-fiancé, Patrick. After a public dinner with friends, where Patrick announces their (surprise) engagement, Anne visibly retreats before calling a cab. Anne and Patrick's tumultuous relationship hasn't stabilized, as evidenced by...

The movie Black Cab is a scary psychological thriller that turns a normal cab ride into a scary trip through supernatural lands. This 87-minute film, which you can stream on Shudder, is a ride where reality and ghostly interference are hard to tell apart.

The story is about Anne, a young woman who doesn’t want to get back together with her troublesome partner Patrick. They have a weird dinner to start the night, quickly becoming a much scarier journey. When they call Ian, the cab driver (played by Nick Frost), what seems like a normal ride turns into a terrifying experience that makes them question what is safe and what is real.

Nick Frost, who is mostly known for comedic roles, really goes out of his comfort zone when he plays Ian, a charming and very scary cab driver. His character changes from a happy, singing driver to a...

Next week we’ll start getting serious awards contenders on streaming when “Emilia Perez” debuts on Netflix. This week, though, it’s a light week. Which is not to say our top pick, coming-of-age comedy “My Old Ass,” isn’t worth watching on Prime Video, because it is — and the film’s young star Maisy Stella received a breakthrough award nomination from the Gotham Awards earlier this month.

Stella stars as Elliott, an 18-year-old who, during a mushroom trip, meets her 39-year-old self, played by Aubrey Plaza. Armed with her older self’s advice — and her phone number, so she can text her follow-up questions — Elliott navigates the excitement and heartbreak of the summer before college. It’s the kind of quirky indie comedy Sundance used to produce in droves. It’s now streaming on Prime Video.

Here are some other movies to stream this weekend:

“Black Cab”: Affable...

Kidnapped by their deceptively jovial cab driver (Nick Frost) with a deadly detour in mind, a strained couple (Synnove Karlsen and Luke Norris) are forced to face their dysfunctional relationship while striving to survive the wrath of their captor—and an unsettling paranormal presence—in Black Cab.

With the new supernatural thriller now streaming on Shudder, Daily Dead had the pleasure of talking with star Nick Frost (who also wrote additional material for the film) and director Bruce Goodison about Black Cab, including exploring the compelling complexity of Nick Frost's character, infusing their ghost story with realism, and setting most of the movie within the claustrophobic confines of a cab.

Synopsis: "When Anne (Synnøve Karlsen) and Patrick (Luke Norris) hail a black cab after a night out their driver (Nick Frost) is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk. In fact, the couple is barely on speaking terms.

Halloween may be over but the good news is that the horror genre never sleeps. And that’s why the first full week of November is kicking off with Five brand new horror movie releases.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Friday, November 8, 2024!

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From directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, A24 released Heretic in theaters nationwide beginning last night. A24’s latest big screen horror villain? Hugh Grant!

Hugh Grant (D&d: Honor Among Thieves), Chloe East (The Fabelmans) and Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets”) lead the cast of A24’s new horror movie. In the film…

“Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.”

Heretic made its world premiere back in September at TIFF, which...

Nick Frost is out of control in Black Cab. The beloved Shaun of the Dead star plays a manic cabbie in Shudders new psychological thriller, giving costars Synnve Karlsen (Last Night in Soho) and Luke Norris (Poldark) a haunting nighttime ride they'll never forget. Frost, who, along with pal Simon Pegg, rounded out their Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy with 2007s Hot Fuzz and 2013s The World's End, lent his writing talents to Black Cab, alongside writers David Michael Emerson and Virginia Gilbert. And its Frosts writing process that truly piqued our interest.

I get up early, get the kids to school and what I do is essentially put horror films on all day, back to back, and they're just there in the background while I'm working, Frost told MovieWeb in a recent interview promoting Black Cab. Sometimes, I don't watch any of it. He added:

I think if you're going...

Plot: When Anne and Patrick hail a black cab after a night out their driver is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk. In fact, the couple is barely on speaking terms. That is, until they realize the driver has no intention of taking them home. Locked in the cab with no means of escape, the driver transports the couple to a stretch of deserted and supposedly haunted road. But what is his purpose? Is he mad or just plain evil? And why has he selected Anne and Patrick as his victims?

Review: Most of us have had a less-than-enjoyable ride in a cab or an Uber. At least with rideshares, you can tell if the driver has been a creep or not, while a taxi is a complete crapshoot. Jumping into a cab, we generally trust that we are safe, but everyone knows someone who...

After often showcasing his skills in the world of comedy, Nick Frost is tapping into a new side of performing with Black Cab. Frost is best known for his work co-leading the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy with Simon Pegg, while also finding success with everything from 2011's Attack the Block to his and Pegg's sci-fi comedy Paul, AMC's Into the Badlands and Fighting with My Family. Beyond straightforward comedy, Frost has also starred in more horror-driven fare, including Slaughterhouse Rulez and Truth Seekers, the latter of which he co-created with Pegg.

Black Cab

Director Bruce GoodisonRelease Date October 25, 2024Writers Virginia GilbertCast George Bukhari, Synnve Karlsen, Luke Norris, Nick FrostCharacter(s) Uncredited, Patrick, Anne, RyanRuntime 87 minutesGenres Thriller, Horror

Black Cab primarily focuses on Synnve Karlsen's Anne, a young woman who is reluctantly about to resume her relationship with Luke Norris' Patrick, a brazen, self-centered man. When a night out with...

The anxiety one feels getting into a cab has mostly been lost with the advent of rideshare apps. However, every once in a while, terrible stories break through with tragic results. Black Cab, a new thrilling horror film from director Bruce Goodison, reminds us of those anxious experiences. With Nick Frost returning to horror to play an antagonist to Syvonne Karlsen, Black Cab transitions between tones and subgenres with precise maneuvering. Thanks to its great performances, Black Cab rises above the seclusion of its actors.

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After a tension-filled dinner, Anne (Synnøve Karlsen) and Patrick (Luke Norris) prepare for a ride home in silence. However, their cab driver (Nick Frost) actively breaks up the dead air. In his jokes and stories, he accidentally reveals Anne’s secret,...

Black Cab, Shudders new film starring Nick Frost is quick to swerve away from being a bona fide horror ride. It merges somewhere onto the highly trafficked super freeway of psychological thrillers where the likes of Leave the World Behind, Knock at the Cabin, and the recent Cellar Door manage to do more by showing less.

Directed by Bruce Goodison, and written by David Michael Emerson with additional material by Frost and Virginia Gilbert, the film also stars Synnve Karlsen in a standout performance that is fierce and deeply layered. Luke Norris (The Weekend Away) also stars in this film that recalls the ethereal 1981 slow-burn thriller Ghost Story, which featured the great Fred Astaire in a tale about how internal angst can become the most frightening thing around.

Our story tracks beleaguered couple Anne and Patrick (Karlsen and Norris), who hail a black cab and quickly discover their ber chatty...

Shudder is undoubtedly the best horror streaming platform available since it is solely dedicated to bringing the best horror the industry has to offer. Founded in 2015, the video-on-demand streaming service offers a diverse selection of films, from vintage titles to the most recent originals and exclusives.

In October 2024, for example, Shudder released numerous highly entertaining horror films, including Azrael, The Exorcism, and MadS. However, the streamer has prepared a plethora of movies for horror geeks in the following month, ranging from renowned franchises such as Chucky and Children of the Corn to the newest arrivals like Black Cab and Rita. With that in mind, let's take a look at what Shudder has to offer in November 2024.

The J-Horror Virus Streaming November 1

When it comes to filmmaking, Japanese horror has long had a distinct tradition emphasizing psychological horror featuring vengeful spirits known as Yurei. The J-Horror Virus is a new horror...

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If you are a horror fan then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription you might be wondering what’s in store for you in October 2024. Don’t worry there is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month and we have listed the 10 best movies coming to Shudder in November 2024.

Curse of Chucky (November 1)

Curse of Chucky is a supernatural slasher horror thriller film written and directed by Don Mancini. The 2013 film is sixth entry in the Child’s Play franchise and it follows Nica after her mysteriously dies and she begins to suspect that the red-haired doll her niece has been playing with is behind the killings. Curse of Chucky stars Fiona Dourif, Danielle Bisutti,...

We’re somehow already in the fourth quarter of 2024, but the good news is that we’re getting a new Nick Frost horror movie every month as we wrap up this year. The action horror comedy Krazy House, which JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray hated when he caught a screening at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, was given a VOD release on October 4th. The serial killer thriller Get Away will be getting a theatrical release on December 6th. And slotting in between those two is the supernatural horror movie Black Cab, which is coming our way from Shudder, Sony Pictures Television, and Stolen Pictures, and will be released through the Shudder streaming service on November 8th. Our friends at Bloody Disgusting got the first look at the trailer, which is now embedded above.

Directed by Bruce Goodison (Murdered By My Father) from a screenplay by A Long...

"Whenever she appears, she's always after the same thing – a child. She's waiting for us..." A crazy ghost lady And a crazy cab driver?! If you aren't already scared of creepy cab drivers, you might be after watching this horror! Shudder has unveiled an official trailer for a horror thriller called Black Cab, from British filmmaker Bruce Goodison. This is one of three (!!) new horror films that Nick Frost has appeawred in this year, in addition to Krazy House and Get Away. It will be streaming on Shudder in November to watch. After a night out, a couple are kidnapped by their black cab driver. Terrified, he drives them to a deserted and supposedly haunted road. At first jovial, he later reveals the disturbing motives and his true intentions - involving this ghost. Black Cab stars Nick Frost, Synnøve Karlsen, and Luke Norris. All the ghost stuff in this looks...

James Wan's Teacup Takes Over Horror Vibes Coffee: Peacock and James Wan's Teacup will be taking over Horror Vibes Coffee in North Hollywood, offering specialty drinks, giveaways, and photo ops for two days only:

When: 9Am-8Pm on October 19 & 20 Where: 5251 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601 Additional Info: There will be a specialty drink that will be sold these two days only - A dark blue raspberry black tea lemonade with a blue hard candy on top, which is a nod to a major plotline in the series. In addition to specialty drinks, the first 25 customers each day will receive a collectible Teacup. There will be additional premium giveaway items as well as exclusive photo opportunities. About Horror Vibes: Horror Vibes Coffee is an independent horror-themed coffee bar in Los Angeles, California that specializes in serving handcrafted specialty beverages inspired by iconic horror cinema and horror culture. This is a...

From Shudder, Sony Pictures Television and Stolen Pictures comes Black Cab, a supernatural horror movie starring Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) that’s headed to Shudder.

Black Cab debuts on Shudder beginning Friday, November 8.

Exclusively watch the official trailer below.

Nick Frost will play “an erratic cab driver” in the upcoming horror movie from director Bruce Goodison (Murdered By My Father, Leave To Remain, Then Barbara Met Alan).

In Black Cab, “When Anne (Synnøve Karlsen) and Patrick (Luke Norris) hail a black cab after a night out their driver (Nick Frost) is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk. In fact, the couple is barely on speaking terms. That is, until they realize the driver has no intention of taking them home.

“Locked in the cab with no means of escape, the driver transports the couple to a stretch of deserted and supposedly haunted road.

Film Constellation, the London and Paris-based production, finance and sales outfit, has secured a raft of additional sales on UK filmmaker Bruce Goodison’s completed supernatural horror Black Cab.

The film has sold to Portugal (Nos Audiovisuais), Poland (Best Film), Scandinavia (NjutaFilms), Cis and Baltics (Arna Media), Middle East & North Africa (Falcon Films), Turkey (Mars) and Vietnam (Lumix), with discussions ongoing in multiple territories including Spain and Latin America.

As previously announced, AMC Networks’ genre streamer, Shudder, will debut the film on its platform in North America, UK-Ireland and Australia and New Zealand, with a release date now confirmed of...

Warning: This article discusses topics of sexual assault, suicide, and political and religious beliefs.

There are loads of fantastic period drama TV shows from the UK that US viewers havent seen but should check out. Some of the best TV shows of all time are period dramas, with the genre being so popular because of how many settings and plots come under the label. Period dramas are set in the past, which can vary from ten years ago to centuries. This allows for all manner of characters and stories to unfold.

Period dramas continue to soar in popularity, especially in recent years, as streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime are jumping on the trend. TV shows like Bridgerton are notably successful because they send audiences back in time and draw them into a new world. British TV is known for producing stellar period dramas, and some titles are relatively unknown in the United States,...

The world premiere of Bruce Goodison’s Black Cab starring Nick Frost will open this year’s Grimmfest, a UK horror and sci-fi fantasy festival held in Manchester October 3-6, 2024.

Frost stars in the Shudder title as an erratic cab driver who has no interest in taking the bickering couple he’s just picked up to their destination. Synnøve Karlsen and Luke Norris also star in the film which Sony Pictures Television and Stolen Pictures produce.

Black Cab will screen as part of the festival’s ‘Fear On Four Wheels’ strand which also includes the world premiere of Joey Palmroos...

Exclusive: Married actors Harry Hadden-Paton and Rebecca Night on Friday morning announced the launch of Symphony Films, a new production company that they’ve co-founded.

Based out of London, the company will be active across a variety of genres, in both film television, pursuing projects that embody the values of diversity, inclusion, sustainability and equality.

Symphony Films’ first project is Legacy, a dramatic comedy short starring James Purefoy, Luke Norris and Amelia Gething, which marks Hadden-Paton’s first as writer-director, and Night’s first as a producer. In it, a girl brings her fiancé home to meet her father for the first time. But… home is not merely a home. And her father is from a very different world. Social classes and generations clash in this black comedy of manners set in the stunning English countryside, where the responsibility of conserving the family legacy is not for the faint-hearted.

Already completed,...

From Shudder, Sony Pictures Television and Stolen Pictures comes Black Cab, a supernatural horror movie starring Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) that Screen Daily previews today.

Nick Frost will play “an erratic cab driver” in the upcoming horror movie from director Bruce Goodison.

Screen Daily details, “Last Night In Soho’s Synnøve Karlsen and The Colour Room’s Luke Norris play a couple who find their jovial black cab driver is not taking them home.

“Trapped on a desolate, supposedly haunted road, they are faced with their captor’s true intentions.”

David Michael Emerson and Virginia Gilbert wrote the screenplay, with what Screen Daily describes in their report as “additional writing material from [Nick] Frost.”

You can expect Black Cab to open up its doors on Shudder later this year.

The post ‘Black Cab’ – First Look at Nick Frost in Supernatural Horror Movie appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

London and Paris-based production, finance and sales outfit Film Constellation has boarded Bruce Goodison’s supernatural horror Black Cab starring Nick Frost.

Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz star Frost play an erratic cab driver, with Last Night In Soho’s Synnøve Karlsen and The Colour Room’s Luke Norris playing couple who find their jovial black cab driver is not taking them home. Trapped on a desolate, supposedly haunted road, they are faced with their captor’s true intentions.

Sony Pictures Television and Stolen Pictures are co-producing alongside AMC Networks’ genre entertainment streamer, Shudder, which will debut the...

Exclusive: Sam Mendes has picked Johnny Flynn, Tuppence Middleton and Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss to portray legendary stars Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and John Gielgud in The Motive and the Cue, a mouth-watering new play by Jack Thorne that explores how acting giants Burton and Gielgud staged Hamlet on Broadway in 1964.

Burton, newly wed to Taylor after their affair on the set of epic film Cleopatra, signed on to play the Danish prince in a fabled production directed by Gielgud in New York.

On opening night in April, 1964, scores of police hemmed in crowds who were as eager to catch a glimpse of Taylor entering the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre as they were to see her husband as the depressed Dane.

(Original Caption) Welsh actor, Richard Burton (left), listens intently as he takes direction from director, John Gielgud, during rehearsal of Burton’s Broadway-bound production of “Hamlet,...

Current B-grade thrillers so frequently have too little plot — often not much more than a starting premise — that it’s almost refreshing to see something like “The Weekend Away,” which has many more narrative complications than it can pull off. Certainly not with sufficient credibility, suspense or atmosphere, and not in one hectic hour and a half. Nonetheless, this Netflix original plunging Leighton Meester into peril on a Croatian holiday is fast-moving enough to provide a decent night’s disposable home entertainment for viewers whose expectations aren’t geared any higher.

Director Kim Farrant’s last two features both involved suspicions cast on unstable adults over missing children. Whereas in “Weekend’s” missing person scenario, our protagonist is pretty much the sole character who doesn’t end up looking guilty of something or other. London-based American Beth (Meester) arrives in Split for a long-planned getaway with old pal Kate (Christina Wolfe...

"The Weekend Away" on Netflix keeps you guessing the whole way through. The Netflix thriller is about two best friends who take a weekend trip to Croatia, but things go awry when one of them turns up murdered. The movie will have you questioning every character as you try to figure out who is guilty of murder. In the end, it comes down to a twist, because of course it does. If you want to skip to the end to find out what happens - whether you plan to watch the movie or not - here's everything you need to know.

How Does "The Weekend Away" Start?

Beth (Leighton Meester) just had a baby with her husband, Rob (Luke Norris), and her relationship with her best friend Kate (Christina Wolfe) has sorta fallen to the wayside. They decide to take a girls' trip to Croatia for the weekend and have some fun.

This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s The Weekend Away

If you’re the kind of person who tends to umm and ahh about whether you really do need to get that new piece of budget tat that’s sitting in your online cart before you commit, Netflix’s The Weekend Away is here to encourage you to be more enthusiastic about clicking “buy now” in the future with its Chekhov’s necklace ending.

The new thriller movie, which stars Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester and Luke Norris (Poldark), is now available for the streaming service’s large base of murder-mystery junkies to gleefully consume, and follows depressed mom Beth (Meester) as she leaves her highly suspicious husband and much less suspicious baby at home to embark on a much-needed weekend vacation in Croatia.

Reuniting with her best friend Kate (Christina Wolfe), who exudes a flawless level of chaotic energy at all times,...

"Did you lose something?" "My friend." Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a new "edge-of-your-seat thriller" titled The Weekend Away, about a trip-gone-wrong in Croatia. Ah man, don't make Croatia look scary, too! I've always wanted to visit. A weekend getaway to Croatia goes awry when a woman (Leighton Meester) is accused of killing her best friend (Christina Wolfe) and her efforts to get to the truth uncover a painful secret. From that description this sounds like a thriller version of the Amanda Knox story, which was already turned into the Matt Damon film Stillwater from last year. In addition to Meester & Wolfe, the cast includes Ziad Bakri, Luke Norris, and Amar Bukvic. This looks extra cheesy, with all the partying and all the on-the-run scenes. They're just rehashing this same story and setting it in another country again. Here's the official trailer for Kim Farrant's The Weekend Getaway,...

“Bridgerton” breakout Phoebe Dynevor is attached to star and executive produce “Exciting Times,” a book-to-screen adaptation and romance series in development at Amazon Studios. Based on Irish author Naoise Dolan’s debut novel, “Exciting Times” centers on Ava, an Irish transplant teaching English grammar abroad to wealthy children. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with banker Julian and lawyer Edith.

The project is helmed by Black Bear Pictures (“The Imitation Game”), which optioned the rights to the book prior to its June 2020 release in the U.S. Author Dolan writes and executive produces alongside director Cooper Raiff, as well as Dynevor and Teddy Schwarzman, founder, president and CEO of Black Bear Pictures. Ben Stillman and Michael Heimler also executive produce via Black Bear Pictures.

Dynevor is currently slated to lead the Sky original feature flick “The Colour Room,” which centers on the rise to fame of Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff,...

“Gossip Girl” actor Leighton Meester is set to star in Netflix’s twisty thriller “The Weekend Away,” an adaptation of the novel by Sarah Alderson.

The psychological thriller takes place amid weekend getaway to Croatia that goes awry when a woman is accused of killing her best friend. As she attempts to clear her name and uncover the truth, her efforts unearth a painful secret.

Along with Meester, the cast includes “Batwoman” actor Christina Wolfe, Ziad Bakri and Luke Norris.

Alderson is adapting the screenplay, with Kim Farrant set to direct.

“I am so excited to see ‘The Weekend Away’ make it to the screen,” Alderson said in a statement. “To have adapted my own novel makes it even more special, and I am thrilled that Leighton will be bringing this character to life.”

A prolific author, Alderson has published 20 books throughout her career such as the best-selling young adult novels “Hunting Lila,...

Phoebe Dynevor has swapped the corsets of Bridgerton for a trench coat for her latest role as Clarice Cliff, a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s pottery industry.

Dynevor stars as Cliff in Sky’s original movie The Colour Room, and the Comcast-owned European broadcaster has released a first-look image of the actress in the drama, in which she features opposite Matthew Goode.

The Colour Room is produced by Caspian Films, Sky, and Creative England, while the feature is based on a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning script from Claire Peate. Ophelia helmer Claire McCarthy directs. Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts), and Luke Norris (Poldark).

Here’s the logline: “The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace in the 20th century.

As production ramps up for kick-off on the Sky Original movie ‘The Colour Room’ it’s announced that both ‘Bridgerton’ star Phoebe Dynevor and the always wonderful Matthew Goode have joined the cast.

The film is based on the rise to fame of legendary Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, played by Dynevor. Goode takes on the role of Colley Shorter.

The film follows the journey of a determined, working-class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionises the workplace in the 20th century. Clarice Cliff (Dynevor) is a vivacious young factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. Her creativity and ambition drives her to move from factory to factory, despite the financial impact on the household she shares with her widowed mother Ann (Kerry Fox) and youngest sister Dot (Darci Shaw). Bursting at the seams with ideas for colours and shapes, Clarice takes more...

The film depicts acclaimed ceramic artist Clarice Cliff.

Phoebe Dynevor, star of hit Netflix series Bridgerton, will make her feature film debut in Claire McCarthy’s The Colour Room opposite Matthew Goode, with filming getting underway at the end of March in England.

The title is a Sky Original film co-produced by Sky, the UK’s Caspian Films and Creative England. It is written by Claire Peate, who won the Bafta Rocliffe film award for her script in 2016.

Dynevor will play the real-life figure of Clarice Cliff, a factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s who revolutionized the 20th century workplace,...

Phoebe Dynevor, star of Netflix’s global smash “Bridgerton,” plays the lead in Sky original “The Colour Room.”

The film charts the rise to fame of Stoke-on-Trent ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, played by Dynevor. Cliff, a determined, working class woman in the 1920s, broke the glass ceiling and revolutionized the workplace in the 20th century, while becoming one of the greatest Art Deco designers.

The cast also includes Matthew Goode (“The Imitation Game”), David Morrissey (“The Walking Dead”), Darci Shaw (“Judy”), Kerry Fox (“Rare Beasts”) and Luke Norris (“Poldark”).

The film will be directed by Claire McCarthy (“The Luminaries”) and is written by Claire Peate, winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe new writing showcase in 2016.

“The Colour Room” will start production later this month in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham and will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema later this year.

“I am so excited to be joining the cast of ‘The Colour Room,...

Phoebe Dynevor is to lead Sky original movie The Colour Room alongside Matthew Goode, marking her first major role since headlining Netflix’s record-breaking Regency-era drama Bridgerton.

Dynevor will play Clarice Cliff, a pioneering ceramic artist who roared to prominence in the 1920s while working in Britain’s Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry. The Colour Room is produced by Caspian Films, Sky, and Creative England, while the feature is based on a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning script from Claire Peate. Ophelia helmer Claire McCarthy directs.

Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts), and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham, while the film will be released in cinemas and on Sky Cinema later this year.

Here’s the logline: “The Colour Room follows the journey of a determined, working class woman, Clarice Cliff, as she breaks the...

Phoebe Dynevor, recently seen as Daphne Bridgerton in Netflix’s hit period drama series Bridgerton, is to star alongside Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game) in the Sky original film The Colour Room.

Directed by Claire McCarthy (Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film — a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England — will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.

Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts) and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in the ...

Phoebe Dynevor, recently seen as Daphne Bridgerton in Netflix’s hit period drama series Bridgerton, is to star alongside Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game) in the Sky original film The Colour Room.

Directed by Claire McCarthy (Ophelia) from a script by Claire Peate, the film — a co-production from Sky, Caspian Films and Creative England — will tell the story of famed British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff, to be played by Dynevor.

Additional cast includes David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Darci Shaw (Judy), Kerry Fox (Rare Beasts) and Luke Norris (Poldark). The Colour Room will start production later this month in the ...

Network: PBS.

Episodes: 43 (hour).

Seasons: Five.

TV show dates: June 21, 2015 — November 17, 2019.

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Heida Reed, Jack Farthing, Kyle Soller, Ruby Bentall, Warren Clarke, Phil Davis, Beatie Edney, Alexander Arnold, Robert Daws, Tristan Sturrock, Caroline Blakiston, Luke Norris, John Hollingworth, Gabriella Wilde, Ed Browning, Richard Hope, Pip Torrens, and Richard Harrington.

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From creator and writer Debbie Horsfield, the Poldark TV show is a historical drama, based on the series of novels by Winston Graham. The story centers on Ross Poldark (Turner). In 1783, he returns to Cornwall from the American War of Independence, to find his father has died, and his estate is in tatters.

Debuting at the 2018 London Film Festival this is Netflix’s Been So Long, Tinge Krishnan’s London based musical starring Black Mirror and Chewing Gum’s Michaela Coel, George MacKay, Game of Thrones’ Joe Dempsie, Luke Norris, Arsher Ali, Arinze Keen and Ronke Adekoluejo. We spoke to the cast, director and to the film’s writer Che Walker who was in fine form alongside composer Arthur Darvill, better known to many as Rory Williams from Matt Smith’s reign on Doctor Who.

Been so Long will premiere on Netflix across the world on the 26th of October. Our perfectly harmonious songbirds Colin Hart and Scott Davis were on the red carpet to talk about this vibrant film, and about how having Netflix on board changed the filmmaking process. Here’s how they got on.

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A dedicated single mother who, on an unusual night on the town,...

"This is Camden, where everyone has a story..." Netflix has finally unveiled an official trailer for an indie romantic musical titled Been So Long, which is premiering at the London Film Festival this month before arriving on Netflix. This honestly looks like the first great movie musical since La La Land, and I've got a really good feeling it's going to be wonderful. Been So Long stars Michaela Coel as Simone, a dedicated single mother who, on an unusual night out on the town, is charmed by a handsome yet troubled stranger named Raymond, played by Arinzé Kene. Also starring George MacKay, Joe Dempsie, Luke Norris, Arsher Ali, Tom Forbes, Ashley Thomas, and Rakie Ayola. This isn't the greatest trailer, but there's still something about this that feels magical. As a fan of musicals myself, I can't wait to see this. Take a peek. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster...

Poldark creator Debbie Horsfield has lifted the lid on the final season of the British period drama, which will air in 2019.

Horsfield has opened up about her approach to the fifth and final season of the Mammoth Screen-produced drama after BBC and PBS confirmed its end. This comes ahead of the launch of the fourth season, which launches on PBS Masterpiece on Sunday September 30 at 9pm.

Poldark is based on twelve novels by Winston Graham; season four is based on the seventh novel, The Angry Tide. However, the author left a gap of ten years before the eighth novel, The Stranger from the Sea.

Horsfield, who has written every episode of the four series, said, “In The Stranger from the Sea, Winston Graham made many references to developments that happened in the gap years. Much can also be inferred. There are, of course, also historical events and people of the time,...

In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for PBS under their legendary “Masterpiece” umbrella. For this season, the public network has TV movie “The Child in Time” (Benedict Cumberbatch), limited series “Little Women” (Angela Lansbury) and drama series “The Durrells in Corfu” (Keeley Hawes), “Poldark” (Aidan Turner) and “Victoria” (Jenna Coleman) as their 2018 campaign.

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Below, the list of “Masterpiece” lead and supporting submissions for these programs. Keep in mind that other shows and specials not under the “Masterpiece” label will also be submitted. More names might be added by the network before final Emmy paperwork deadlines. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

“The Child In Time”

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The BFI awarded seven films £1m or more in 2017.

The BFI awarded seven movies £1m or more in 2017 with satirist Chris Morris’ anticipated follow up to controversial 2010 comedy Four Lions the recipient of this year’s biggest grant.

Since launching the BFI Film Fund seven years ago, the organisation’s biggest single production grant remains the £2m awarded to Aardman and Studiocanal’s animation Early Man in 2015. That film is due for release in 2018.

1. Untitled Chris Morris Project, See-Saw Productions Limited (£1.5m)

Source: Creative Commons

Anna Kendrick

Satirist Morris’s anticipated first film since controversial 2010 comedy Four Lions has been kept largely under wraps after shooting last year in the Us and the Caribbean. Cast is understood to include Anna Kendrick, Kayvan Novak, James Adomian and Orange is the New Black’s Danielle Brooks. Film4 backed the project which is produced by See-Saw Films and Archer Gray Productions

2. Country Music, Fable Pictures Ltd (1.4m...

The BFI awarded seven films £1m or more in 2017.

The BFI awarded seven movies £1m or more in 2017 with satirist Chris Morris’ anticipated follow up to controversial 2010 comedy Four Lions the recipient of this year’s biggest grant.

Since launching the BFI Film Fund seven years ago, the organisation’s biggest single production grant remains the £2m awarded to Aardman and Studiocanal’s animation Early Man in 2015. That film is due for release in 2018.

1. Untitled Chris Morris Project, See-Saw Productions Limited (£1.5m)

Source: Creative Commons

Anna Kendrick

Satirist Morris’s anticipated first film since controversial 2010 comedy Four Lions has been kept largely under wraps after shooting last year in the Us and the Caribbean. Cast is understood to include Anna Kendrick, Kayvan Novak, James Adomian and Orange is the New Black’s Danielle Brooks. Film4 backed the project which is produced by See-Saw Films and Archer Gray Productions

2. Country Music,...