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On January 26, 2024, it was revealed that Satoshi Kirishima, a fugitive wanted in connection with a series of corporate bombings and a member of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front, had been hospitalized in Kanagawa Prefecture. He had been living under an alias but came forward, saying, “I want to face the end with my real name.” Kirishima passed away three days after the news broke, and due to his death, he was not prosecuted for his suspected involvement in the bombing of the Korea Industrial and Economic Research Institute building, for which he had been on the national wanted list under charges of violating explosives control regulations.

This year saw two films tackling the his life, both directed by former associates of Koji Wakamatsu, whose ties with Jra and Pflp are well documented. Banmei Takahashi created “I Am Kirishima,” while Masao Adachi, who was more deeply involved in the armed...

One part The Office, one part Dracula, and several parts the 2014 What We Do In The Shadows movie from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, this charming FX sitcom has been chugging along for the past six years, reliably producing season after season of quality comedy with a horror twist. What We Do In The Shadows occasionally earned a viral moment or a spike in popularity, but mostly it sank or swam by doing what sitcoms always did: introducing a great cast of memorable characters, finding hilarious people to play them, and then making merciless fun of them episode after episode, year after year.

The only minor difference is that most of the characters here happen to be vampires: ancient lunkhead Nandor (Kayvan Novak), quick-to-anger Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), smooth-talking Lazslo (Matt Berry), the boring-on-purpose energy vampire Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), and Nandor's long-suffering familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), who is more competent...

No matter what happens on “What We Do in the Shadows,” you know you’re going to laugh until it hurts.

The same was true for the show’s Season 6 panel at Paleyfest in New York Citayyyy on October 19, when showrunner Paul Simms and stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, and Mark Proksch discussed the final season and how it felt to conclude the story of their Staten Island vampires.

“We just felt like better too soon than too late, and we didn’t want to be doing it after we used everything up,” Simms said of deciding to end the show with Season 6. “We knew it was going to be sad, but that also gave us a clear direction for the season. We thought about all the other shows [that have] done final seasons, and shows that are like a ‘very special final season.’ We were like ‘No; we want to make...

It’s always fascinating to know the reasons why actors decide to go behind the camera for the first time. After all, the subject must have hit a very personal part of their being so as to take up the extraneous effort of mounting an entire story to the screen in a language that is mostly foreign to them. So, when Maggie Gyllenhall was asked why she decided to make The Lost Daughter (now streaming on Netflix), her answer assured me more than anything else.

She said that when she first read Elena Ferrante’s book that goes by the same name, her first line of thought was “Oh my god! This woman is so fucked up and I totally related to her. So am I so fucked up?” As funny as that sounds, the reason feels palpable. I mean, I have always wanted to see a mother on screen...

Gemma Arterton has revealed that she once had to resist pressure from an unnamed director to film a sex scene that was written to take place off-camera.

Arterton, who has performed alongside Daniel Craig in James Bond movie Quantum of Solace and is currently starring in The Critic, said she “flat out” rejected the director’s demand.

In an interview with The Radio Times, the actress said: “I remember being on a set once and the director said, ‘You’re going to shag on the bed.’ And I said, ‘No, this scene was written for us to be off-screen, so you just hear the noises. I’d never have accepted the role if it was going to be filmed.’

“He put pressure on us on the day. The other actor, God bless him, was mortified. There were very high-profile people there.”

Arterton said she only felt able to push back...

When Kurt Russell was 12 years old, he faced a fork in his career path. His father, Bing Russell, owned a minor league baseball club, but made the bulk of his money as an actor; the elder Russell played Deputy Clem Foster in the successful TV Western "Bonanza." Kurt, exposed equally to baseball and acting, began following both his father's paths simultaneously, becoming equally interested in being a star little league player or an on-screen child star.

It was around the age of 12 that the young Kurt Russell attracted the attention of Walt Disney. He had already appeared in several hit TV shows like "Dennis the Menace," "Lost in Space," "The Virginian," "Gilligan's Island," and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," and Disney saw nothing but potential for the lad. Most notably, Russell had starred as the title character in "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters," a Western series based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,...

When Lucasfilm announced that another animated series was on the horizon for Star Wars, fans everywhere rejoiced. Animation has long been one of the franchise's greatest strengths, and the existing animated shows feature some of the greatest stories in the series. Ranging from The Clone Wars to Star Wars Rebels, there's something for everyone to love within the realm of animation, and this new show is certain to build on that time-honored tradition.

The revelation of the subject of a new Star Wars show is always one of the most exciting moments for fans, and there already has been a lot of speculation about what it might focus on. Here are the ten things fans most want to see from a new Star Wars animated series.

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“Close to You” marks a reintroduction for Elliot Page, a screen presence at once warmly familiar and sharply redefined, finally established on his own terms. In his first film role since coming out as a trans man, the actor has evidently brought much of his own identity and experience to this sensitively observed story of a trans man cagily reunited with his family after a five-year period of estrangement. But Page’s performance isn’t moving merely for whatever parallels it might hold to his life: Rather, it’s a reminder of what a deft and perceptive actor he can be, capable of both naked emotional candor and acidic wit — both assets to a script that sometimes errs on the side of caution.

British director Savage is known for his improvisatory collaborations with actors, which recently drew career-best work from Gemma Arterton in the 2017 feature “The Escape,” and extended to the TV project “I Am…...

The O.C. dealt with various issues such as mental health, addiction, and love, making it a staple in conversations about teen dramas. Key moments throughout the seasons shape and define the main characters, leading to some of the biggest moments in the show overall. Marissa's death was a defining moment in the show, impacting the characters' lives and plot lines for the following season.

This year, The O.C. celebrated its 20-year anniversary, and years after its finale, a few moments remain definitive of the series. Through many ups and downs in its four seasons, The O.C. has remained a staple in conversations about teen drama shows in the 2000s. The story surrounds a group of four friends and their families in the rich community of Newport Beach and, while not always handled in the best way, the show deals with various issues such as mental health, addiction, and love.

The actor makes a convincing big screen comeback as a man visiting his family for the first time since transitioning, but effective moments are offset by clunkiness

Dominic Savage’s work tends to focus on people, usually women, facing some form of disruptive challenge to their everyday life, specific and stressful and never anything but utterly believable. He drew out Gemma Arterton’s greatest performance in 2017’s Toronto premiere The Escape as a deeply unsettled woman wanting out of her responsibilities as wife and mother. His Channel 4 anthology series I Am… has introduced a range of characters at an intersection, from a devastating Vicky McClure grappling with her partner’s emotional abuse to recent Bafta winner Kate Winslet as a mother struggling with a daughter crippled by social media addiction. His preference for often mundane naturalism, with dialogue usually improvised, has teased out grounded, unshowy performances and unusual, instinctive...

Sam (Elliot Page) has been dreading this day for weeks, maybe entire years: The young trans man is heading home for a long-delayed family visit, back to the sleepy Canadian suburb he fled years earlier, this time more fully himself than ever, even if his own flesh and blood are — at least, he suspects — loathe to fully accept him as he is. And who is he?

In “Close to You,” we eventually learn that Sam is on a delayed calendar, stunted by the years he spent struggling before his somewhat recent transition, though crisper details are harder to come by. At one point, he mentions off-handedly that he graduated high school nearly twenty years ago (Page turned 36 a few weeks after production on the film wrapped), but he’s living a life closer to that of someone who just graduated. He lives in a friend’s house, he’s finding...

Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page has been captivating audiences with his performances for the past decade and change, and recently opened up about his tumultuous relationship with Hollywood during all that time in his new memoir Pageboy. Setting out to define his career as he wishes now, another big project has just hit his docket. Per a report from Deadline, he is set to star in the newest upcoming indie film from Dominic Savage titled Close To You, which is currently winding down production in Page's native Canada.

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Close to You is a heartfelt family drama feature helmed by the award-winning Dominic Savage, who has previously worked on a number of British dramas including the series 'I Am...' (2019) as well as The Escape (2017). He serves as both director and co-writer of the script alongside its lead star Elliot Page,...

Production wrapped recently in Canada.

Elliot Page and Hillary Baack have been unveiled as the stars of Close To You from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.

Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee developed the project under their Me + You Productions label in the UK and produce alongside Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada, and Savage and Page, who conceived and co-wrote the story.

Kindred Spirit is co-financing the feature and Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw The TV Glow) serve as executive producers alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani (The Trial Of The Chicago 7...

Elliot Page (Oscar-nominee for “Juno” and star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy”) and Hillary Baack (“Sound of Metal) will star in “Close to You.” The new film from the BAFTA-winning writer/director Dominic Savage (“The Escape” and “I am Ruth”) will be co-financed by Kindred Spirit, with Anita Gou and Sam Intili executive producing alongside Rolling Dice’s Nai Vazirani.

Executive producers include Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions. Producers are Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee who developed the project under their Me + You Productions banner in the UK and Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada. Savage and Page are also producing after conceiving and co-authoring the story together.

Principal photography was recently completed in Canada. The picture stars Page as Sam, who has a fluke encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a family reunion which...

Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy) is set to star opposite Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) in Close to You, a new film from BAFTA-winning writer-director Dominic Savage (I Am…), which has wrapped production in Canada.

Pic follows Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.

Producers include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their UK banner, Me + You Productions; Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada; and Savage and Page, who together conceived and co-authored the story. Kindred Spirit is co-financing with Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw the TV Glow) exec producing alongside Rolling Dices Nia Vazirani (The Trial of Chicago 7), as well as Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.

It was a shock to viewers when Haley Dunphy and Andy Bailey broke up on Modern Family. After Andy was hired by Haley’s family member as a nanny, the two spent months getting to know each other and eventually became close friends. When romantic feelings between the two developed, they had to put their friendship on pause because Andy was engaged to someone else. This all changed, however, when their feelings for each other were stronger than Andy’s feelings for his fiancée.

Andy eventually called it quits with his fiancée and focused on Haley as the new woman in his life. Things were rocky at first since he wanted to take things slow, but slow was good for Haley since she was used to boyfriends who wanted the complete opposite. Andy helped Haley with her job, and Haley prepped Andy to work for her dad, Phil. Andy had...

While many fans know Snowpiercer from the acclaimed 2013 film or the following TV adaptation, the story originally comes from a 1982 French graphic novel titled Le Transperceneige. However, rather than the vicious class-based satire of the on-screen versions, the comic is about the dangers of climate change, leading to a very different ending.

Le Transperceneige was written by French comic book writer Jacques Lob and artist Jean-Marc Rochette, while the popular 2013 film Snowpiercer was directed by Bong Joon-ho and starred Chris Pine as Curtis, a very loose adaptation of the main character of Snowpiercer Volume 1 - The Escape, Proloff. To be clear, the climate crisis and issues of classism are heavily present in both versions of Snowpiercer, but the incredibly depressing ending to Le Transperceneige shows how the original story was a worst-case-scenario exploration of the horrors of climate collapse, intended to engage with an audience who were far less familiar...

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 48 episodes entered as 2022 Emmy Award submission for the eight Best Comedy Series nominees. Each program submits six episodes from this past season. Television Academy voters are asked to watch each of the episodes entered for that category before marking their ballots.

See 2022 Emmy nominations: Complete list of contenders for 74th Primetime Emmys

The complete list of submission for this category below:

“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

“Pilot,” “Light Bulb,” “Work Family,” “Step Class,” “Open House,” “Zoo Balloon”

“Barry” (HBO)

“forgiving jeff,” “limonada,” “all the sauces,” “710N,” “candy asses,” “starting now”

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO)

“The Five-Foot Fence,” “The Watermelon,” “Irasshaimase!,” “What Have I Done?,” “Igor, Gregor & Timor,” “The Mormon Advantage”

“Hacks” (HBO)

“There Will Be Blood,” “Quid Pro Quo,” “The Captain’s Wife,” “Retired,” “The Click,” “The One, The Only”

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon Prime)

“Everything Is Bellmore,” “Interesting People on Christopher Street,” “How to Chew Quietly and Influence People,...

“1976,” the awaited first feature of Chile’s Manuela Martelli, has closed first new major territories for sales company Luxbox before its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight later this upcoming week.

The film is produced out of Chile by writer-directors Omar Zúñiga (“The Strong Ones”) and Dominga Sotomayor (“Too Late to Die Young”) at auteur-focused Chile-based Cinestación (“Too Late to Die Young”) as well as Alejandra Garcia and Andrés Wood, another celebrated Chilean director (“Violeta Went to Heaven”) at Wood Productions. Nathalia Videla Peña and Juan Pablo Gugliotta at Argentina’s Magma Cine co-produce.

“1976” is set, as its title implies, in 1976, one of the bloodiest years of Augusto Pinochet’s hugely bloody dictatorship. Carmen, the wife of a well-heeled Santiago de Chile doctor heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation during the holidays.

The local priest appeals to her to help cure a young man who’s escaped from jail.

John Aylward, an actor best known for his portrayals of Dr. Donald Anspaugh on ER and former DNC chairman Barry Goodwin on The West Wing, died this week at his home in Seattle. He was 75.

Aylward’s death overnight Monday was confirmed by his wife Mary Fields to his longtime agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs. He had been in declining health, according to Fields.

“I was shocked. He was a wonderful actor and a phenomenal human being,” Stubbs told Deadline. “He was a dream client, a friend and a dream person.”

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Born and raised in Seattle, Aylward appeared in dozens of television series over the course of his more than four-decade career, but he is perhaps best remembered for his role as Dr. Donald Anspaugh in ER. Aylward joined the NBC series in the third season in the heavily recurring role and appeared in more than 70 episodes over 12 years.

Kate Winslet will star in the first feature-length episode of I Am, Channel 4’s award-winning female-led drama anthology series.

The Oscar winner will appear with her daughter Mia Threapleton in I Am Ruth, with filming set to start at the end of April. As with both previous series, three each new episodes will be named after its lead character, with further cast and narrative details to follow.

Created, written and directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Dominic Savage (The Escape), the stories for each film have been developed in a creative partnership with the leading actors, with semi-improvised dialogue. The series of distinctive single films explores the experience of women in moments that are emotionally raw, thought-provoking and personal.

The series has built on its strong debut in 2019 when it debuted as Channel 4’s most successful new 10pm drama in six years. The cast for the first series included Vicky McClure...

"They say no one ever dies in Stillwater..." Readers of Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez's comic book series Stillwater know there are a lot of morbid (and immortal) mysteries just waiting to be solved, and we're excited to exclusively reveal that some of the series' most intriguing questions will be explored like never before early next year when Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment release the one-shot comic Stillwater: The Escape #1.

Coming to comic book shops and digital platforms on March 9th, the 40-page Stillwater: The Escape #1 features a star-studded creative team that will dive into the eerie world and sinister secrets of Stillwater ahead of the series' final arc.

Below, we have an exclusive look at the cover art for Stillwater: The Escape #1 as well as the official press release with additional details. To learn more about Stillwater, visit:

https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/stillwater-by-zdarsky-p%C3%A9rez

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Take a look at actress Gemma Arterton, aka 'Polly' in director Matthew Vaughn's prequel action feature "The King's Man", opening December 22, 2021, posing for "The Rake" magazine, wearing Caroline Andrew, Meváris and a whole lot more, photographed by Mariano Vivanco:

Arterton's extensive film work includes playing 'Bond Girl' 'Strawberry Fields' in "Quantum of Solace"...

...lead roles in  "Clash of the Titans" (2010), "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010), "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" (2013)...

..."The Disappearance of Alice Creed" (2009), "Tamara Drewe" (2010), "The Escape" (2017) and "Vita and Virginia" (2018). 

Since 2016 Arterton has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions...

...focusing on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera.  

"The King's Man" will be released December 22, 2021.

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Take a look at new images of actress Gemma Arterton ("The King's Man") in the March 2021 issue of  "M Revista de Milenio":

Arterton's extensive film work includes playing 'Bond Girl' 'Strawberry Fields' in "Quantum of Solace"...

...lead roles in  "Clash of the Titans" (2010), "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010), "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" (2013)...

..."The Disappearance of Alice Creed" (2009), "Tamara Drewe" (2010), "The Escape" (2017) and "Vita and Virginia" (2018). 

Since 2016 Arterton has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions...

...focusing on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera.  

Click the images to enlarge...

Take a look at new images of actress Gemma Arterton ("The King's Man") in the February 2021 issue of "The Rake" magazine, wearing Caroline Andrew, Meváris and a whole lot more, photographed by Mariano Vivanco:

Arterton's extensive film work includes playing 'Bond Girl' 'Strawberry Fields' in "Quantum of Solace"...

...lead roles in  "Clash of the Titans" (2010), "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010), "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" (2013)...

..."The Disappearance of Alice Creed" (2009), "Tamara Drewe" (2010), "The Escape" (2017) and "Vita and Virginia" (2018). 

Since 2016 Arterton has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions...

...focusing on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera.  

"The King's Man" will be released February 26, 2021.

Click the images to enlarge...

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It’s easy (and mostly correct) to assume that the majority of superhero television is based on comics. But Hollywood loves existing IP, which means there are plenty of other series on TV right now based on comic books or graphic novels that have nothing to do with super powers or saving the day.

Comics are much more than caped crusaders — graphic novels run the same genre gamut as literary novels, from journalism to sci-fi and plenty in between. Below, we’ve rounded up a bunch of TV series that you might not have realized were based on comic books. Read on to find out where you can watch each show and, more importantly, where to find the graphic novels that inspired them.

“Snowpiercer”

Yes, the long-delayed TNT series...

In a cozy, seaside cottage in Kent, with the winds of WWII still at a distance, Alice Bloom (Gemma Arterton) bangs out academic theses about folklore on her typewriter and launches verbal attacks on neighbors who dare to interrupt her work. The locals have the swaggering, chainsmoking Alice pegged as a witch who’s probably signaling the Nazis from her perch over the white cliffs. The Brit villagers are not even half right — but oh, does she have anger to spare. Her reveries concern a torrid affair with Vera ((Gugu Mbatha-Raw...

Suranne Jones, the star of BBC/HBO drama Gentleman Jack and Doctor Foster, is to feature in the second season of Channel 4’s female-led anthology drama series I Am.

Jones will star in I Am Victoria alongside Top Boy actor Ashley Walters, as Channel 4 confirmed that it has commissioned another three episodes of the show created by Dominic Savage, the writer of Gemma Arterton-fronted feature The Escape.

Produced by Me+You Productions, Savage writes each episode in collaboration with the leading actor, for whom each story has a personal resonance. The BAFTA-nominated first season featured Vicky McClure in I Am Nicola; Samantha Morton in I Am Kirsty; and Gemma Chan in I Am Hannah.

The two other leads for Season 2 are yet to be announced. Executive producers are Richard Yee and Savage, with Channel 4 head of drama, Caroline Hollick, and head of development Gemma Boswell overseeing the project.

The ending of Star Wars Resistance feels like a paradox, finished and unfinished. So many opportunities have been untouched in the previous season, yet so much has unraveled in the finale that provides a closure that feels decisive and open-ended without being a cliffhanger. All the little humanities in the past bubble up into emotional […]

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Star Wars Resistance ends with a bombastic escape but ultimately fails to provide a reason for the entire series in the first place.

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Star Wars Resistance Season 2 Episode 18

And so it goes. Star Wars Resistance ends, not with a bang, but with a series of bangs, a sort of “back to basics” sentiment that does a yeoman’s job of straight-forward, good ol’ fashion Star Wars action. “The Escape” resembles A New Hope more than anything else, with it’s all out breakout from the Star Destroyer, all phasers blasting and ships exploding. It’s not at all deep or clever, it’s not really rewarding in terms of character revelations or developments, and it’s not particularly the best visually or strongest directed episode of the series. But it gets the job done: there’s an immediate conflict, our...

Pour yourself a mug of eggnog and get settled in front of your screen. 'Tis the season for some holiday cheer, and the festive TV takeover tradition is well underway. If you're like us, you'll take all the onscreen merriment you can get, from feel-good cartoon Christmas classics to gushy holiday

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The Middle East premiere of Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” will open the Cairo Film Festival, which has assembled a rich lineup of international and Arabic titles for its 41st edition. “The Irishman” will screen in the Egyptian capital Nov. 20 prior to being dropped globally by Netflix onto its service Nov. 27.

Scorsese’s mob epic is among 150 films from 63 countries set to screen during the 10-day fest, which this year has also secured several world premieres, such as Palestinian director Najwa Nadir’s divorce amid diaspora drama “Between Heaven and Earth”; the latest feature from Romanian auteur Anrdrei Gruzsniczk (“The Escape”), titled “Zavera”; and Colombian helmer David David’s “The Border,” about a pregnant indigenous woman living on the Colombian-Venezuelan border who is forced to fend for herself when her husband and her brother are killed.

The competition also comprises the international bows of “The Fourth Wall” by Chinese directorial...

Exclusive: Alessandro Nivola and Gemma Arterton head a killer cast for a three-part adaptation of the 1939 classic Rumer Godden literary novel Black Narcissus, a tale of sexual repression and forbidden love. BAFTA-winning writer Amanda Coe wrote the three hourlong episodes and renowned Dp Charlotte Bruus Christensen makes her directing debut.

BBC One is producing with DNA TV and FX Productions. The exec producers are Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich and Coe for DNA TV and FX Productions and Lucy Richer for the BBC. Filming starts in October in Jomsom, Nepal and Pinewood Studios, UK.

Black Narcissus was previously adapted for screen in 1947 by Powell and Pressburger and subsequently won two Oscars for Cinematography (Jack Cardiff) and Art Direction (Alfred Junge).

Arterton plays Sister Clodagh, the leader of the nuns of St Faiths, who travel to Nepal to...

Exclusive: Gemma Chan, who is next up playing Minn-Erva opposite Brie Larson in Captain Marvel, the latest Disney/Marvel superhero tentpole that is set for a March 8 release, has signed with Wme for representation.

Chan recently played Astrid in Warner Bros’ breakout hit Crazy Rich Asians and is onscreen now in Focus Features’ Mary Queen of Scots opposite Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.

The busy times comes after the London-born Chan broke out in the Channel 4/AMC AI drama series Humans, which just aired its third season. She recently finished shooting a starring role in a Channel 4-set three-part anthology drama series from Dominic Savage (The Escape). Her TV credits include BBC/PBS’ Sherlock and ITV2/Showtime’s Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

Chan also was part of the West End cast of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face at the Park Theatre and in the National Theatre’s revival.

In two of the last three years, this poll has come down to One vote. And while at first it seemed like we’d see another close finish in 2018 – Avengers: Infinity War was always in the mix, and for a good stretch Phantom Thread was in pole position – in the end Tom Cruise did what he always does and ran away with it. After a whopping 197 lists (a new record!) were counted, Mission: Impossible – Fallout emerged as your best movie of 2018.

Check out the full breakdown below.

The Top Ten

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout – 83 votes

2. Avengers: Infinity War – 74 votes

3. Phantom Thread – 73 votes

4. You Were Never Really Here – 70 votes

5. BlacKkKlansman – 69 votes

6. A Quiet Place – 68 votes

7. Black Panther – 66 votes

8. The Shape of Water – 63 votes

9. Widows – 59 votes

10. Roma / Annihilation / Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – 55 votes

The Best of the Rest

13. Lady Bird – 54 votes

14. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 50 votes

15. Hereditary – 45 votes

16. A Star is Born...

“The Favourite” proved to be just that at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards, winning a whopping 10 categories including Best Picture. Coming into the evening with a lucky 13 nominations, it lost just two races: Best Film Editing to “American Animals” and Best Sound to “You Were Never Really Here,” which also took home the prize for Best Music. “The Favourite” had two nominees in Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz won over, among others, co-star Emma Stone. (Scroll down to see the complete list of winners and read the full report on the BIFAs)

To be eligible for consideration, films had to be intended for theatrical release, produced or co-produced by a British company and have budgets of under 10 million pounds. This year’s ceremony took place at the Old Billingsgate market.

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“American Animals”

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Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Puller, an hourlong drama based on David Baldacci’s bestselling John Puller book series, from former Bones executive producer Carla Kettner, Drop Dead Diva creator Josh Berman, Oscar winner Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Douglas Urbanski and Sony Pictures TV, where Berman is under an overall deal.

Written by Kettner, Puller is described as an action-forward procedural thriller about John Puller, an investigator with the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. Puller, a decorated former Army Ranger, faces the most difficult case of his life when his brother, a convicted traitor, escapes from a maximum security prison. Together with Veronica Knox, an army intel specialist, Puller searches for his fugitive brother. In the book series, John and Veronica solve the most difficult of crimes while John secretly battles to restore his family honor.

Kettner executive produces with Baldacci, along with Berman and his...

Exclusive: Mamma Mia! and Preacher star Dominic Cooper is fronting a comedy for Sky from two of the team behind breakout British series People Just Do Nothing.

Cooper is to star in and produce Peacock, a pilot for the pay-tv giant, from Big Talk Productions, the British company behind series including Friday Night Dinner and Raised By Wolves as well as features Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver.

He stars as Andy Peacock, a physical training instructor in a mid-market gym, where the punters are obsessed with selfies and Instagram. The non-tx pilot is filming in the next couple of weeks with more casting set to be announced.

It is written and directed by Steve Stamp and Ben Murray, who are part of the team behind BBC Three mockumentary comedy People Just Do Nothing, which is being remade in the U.S. for Amazon.

It is set for Sky One,...

We are big supporters of the annual BIFAs, and in the past have interviewed up and coming stars such as Joe Cole, Maisie Williams, Asa Butterfield, Alicia Vikander and Gugu Mbatha-Raw at the London events. It celebrates the best of this country’s independent filmmaking, and the road to Bifa 2018 has begun.

The nominees were announced yesterday in a ceremony hosted by Ellie Bamber & Arinze Kene, which you can see below. You can also see interviews conducted with some of the class of 2018 including nominees Molly Wright (Apostasy), Jessie Buckley (Beast) and Beast writer director Michael Pearce.

The full list of nominees is below – see you on the 2nd of December…

Best British Independent Film American Animals Beast Disobedience The Favourite You Were Never Really Here Wilson Best Director Andrew Haigh ​— Lean On Pete Yorgos Lanthimos — The Favourite Bart Layton — American Animals Michael Pearce — Beast Lynne Ramsay — You Were Never...

Nominations for the 21st British Independent Film Awards were announced on Oct. 31 in London. To be eligible for consideration, a film must be intended for theatrical release, produced or co-produced by a British company and have a budget of under 10 million pounds. This year’s contenders are led by “The Favourite” with a lucky 13 nominations followed by “American Animals” with 11, “Beast” with 10 and ““You Were Never Really Here” with eight. All four of these compete for Best British Independent Film as does “Disobedience.” (Scroll down to see the complete list of nominations)

Because “The Favourite” counts both British and American companies among its producers, it was also eligible for the Gotham Awards where it reaped three bids. While those kudos are honoring the cast as a whole, the BIFAs singled out leading lady Olivia Colman and supporting players Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz for nominations. Weisz also earned a Best...

Yorgos Lamthimos’ twisted period piece “The Favourite” led all films in nominations for the British Independent Film Awards (Bifa), which were announced on Wednesday in London.

The black comedy, which stars Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in a tale of 18th century palace intrigue in England, was nominated in 13 categories, two shy of the record set last year by “Lady Macbeth.”

Its nominations come on the heels of three nominations and one award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which means that the film from a Greek director has been accepted as an American independent film by one awards body and as a British indie by another.

Also Read: 'The Favourite' Film Review: Emma Stone Plays an 18th Century Eve Harrington in a Twisted Historical Farce

Bart Layton’s “American Animals” was runner-up with 11 nominations, while Michael Pearce’s “Beast” received 10 and Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Venice Special Grand Jury Prize winner The Favourite leads nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards with 13 in its court. The twisted take on the British monarchy and period cinema, which Fox Searchlight releases November 23 in North America, has nods for Venice Best Actress laureate Olivia Colman as well as for Best Film, Director, Screenplay and for its supporting cast Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. The latter is also up for Best Actress in Oscar winner Sebastian Lelio’s Disobedience, which likewise scored a Best Film nom and put Rachel McAdams in the Supporting Actress category.

Following The Favourite is Bart Layton’s heist pic American Animals with 11 nominations, Michael Pearce’s Beast with 10 and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here scooping eight. Each is also competing in the Best British Independent Film race.

Bifa noted today that the nominations list demonstrates a record year for female representation, with over 40% of the individual nominations recognizing women in the industry across directing, writing, producing, performance and craft. Female nominees make up over 50% of the talent nominated in Best British Independent Film and dominate both Most Promising Newcomer and Breakthrough Producer.

Ramsay notably continues her long association with Bifa, scoring her third nomination for Best Screenplay and her second for Best Director. With her You Were Never Really Here, Joaquin Phoenix scores his second Bifa Best Actor nomination for his role as a tortured hitman in the psychological noir thriller.

Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn), Rupert Everett (The Happy Prince), Charlie Plummer (Lean On Pete) and Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie) round out Best Actor. The Best Actress category also features Gemma Arterton (The Escape), Maxine Peake (Funny Cow) and Jessie Buckley (Beast).

The Bifa ceremony will be held on Sunday December 2 at London’s Old Billingsgate. Below is the full list of nominations.

Bifa Nominations 2018

Best British Independent Film

American Animals Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, Mary Jane Skalski

Beast Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon

Disobedience Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco, Rachel Weisz

The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday

You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay, Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab, James Wilson, Rebecca O’Brien

Best Director sponsored by Broadsword Event House

Andrew Haigh Lean on Pete

Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite

Bart Layton American Animals

Michael Pearce Beast

Lynne Ramsay You Were Never Really Here

Best Screenplay sponsored by BBC Films

Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara The Favourite

Bart Layton American Animals

SEBASTIÁN Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Disobedience

Michael Pearce Beast

Lynne Ramsay You Were Never Really Here

Best Actress sponsored by Mac

Gemma Arterton The Escape

Jessie Buckley Beast

Olivia Colman The Favourite

Maxine Peake Funny Cow

Rachel Weisz Disobedience

Best Supporting Actress

Nina Arianda Stan & Ollie

Rachel McAdams Disobedience

Emma Stone The Favourite

Rachel Weisz The Favourite

Molly Wright Apostasy

Best Actor

Joe Cole A Prayer Before Dawn

Steve Coogan Stan & Ollie

Rupert Everett The Happy Prince

Joaquin Phoenix You Were Never Really Here

Charlie Plummer Lean on Pete

Best Supporting Actor

Steve Buscemi Lean on Pete

Barry Keoghan American Animals

Alessandro Nivola Disobedience E

Van Peters American Animals

Dominic West Colette

Most Promising Newcomer

Jessie Buckley Beast

Michaela Coel Been So Long

Liv Hill Jellyfish

Marcus Rutherford Obey

Molly Wright Apostasy

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by Kodak & Pinewood

Richard Billingham Ray & Liz

Daniel Kokotajlo Apostasy

Matt Palmer Calibre

Michael Pearce Beast

Leanne Welham Pili

Debut Screenwriter

Karen Gillan The Party’s Just Beginning

Daniel Kokotajlo Apostasy

Bart Layton American Animals

Matt Palmer Calibre

Michael Pearce Beast

Breakthrough Producer supported by Creativity Media

Kristian Brodie Beast

Jacqui Davies Ray & Liz

Anna Griffin Calibre

Marcie MacLellan Apostasy

Faye Ward Stan & Ollie

The Discovery Award sponsored by Raindance

The Dig Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill, Stuart Drennan, Brian J. Falconer

Irene’S Ghost Iain Cunningham, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, David Arthur, Ellie Land

A Moment In The Reeds Mikko Makela, James Watson

Super November Douglas King, Josie Long

Voyageuse May Miles Thomas

Best Documentary

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story Steve Sullivan

Evelyn Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

Island Steven Eastwood, Elhum Shakerifar

Nae Pasaran Felipe Bustos Sierra

Under The Wire Christopher Martin, Tom Brisley

Best British Short Film supported by BFI Network

The Big Day Dawn Shadforth, Kellie Smith, Michelle Stein

Bitter Sea Fateme Ahmadi, Emma Parsons

The Field Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain

Pommel Paris Zarcilla, Sebastian Brown, Ivan Kelava

To Know Him Ted Evans, Kellie Smith, Jennifer Monks, Michelle Stein

Best International Independent Film sponsored by Champagne Taittinger

Capernaum Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwani, Khaled Mouzanar, Michel Merkt

Cold War Pawel Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki, Ewa Puszczynska, Tanya Seghatchian

The Rider Chloé Zhao, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bert Hamelinck

Roma Alfonso Cuarón, Nicolás Celis, Gabriela Rodriguez

Shoplifters Hirokazu Koreeda

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight

Dixie Chassay The Favourite

Julie Harkin Beast

Avy Kaufman American Animals

Andy Pryor Stan & Ollie

Michelle Smith Apostasy

Best Cinematography supported by Blackmagic Design

Ole Bratt Birkeland American Animals

Magnus Nordenhof JØNK Lean on Pete

Robbie Ryan The Favourite

Tom Townend You Were Never Really Here

David Ungaro A Prayer Before Dawn

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran Peterloo

Andrea Flesch Colette

Sandy Powell The Favourite

Guy Sperenza Stan & Ollie

Alyssa Tull An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin

Best Editing sponsored by Intermission Film

Joe Bini You Were Never Really Here

Marc Boucrot A Prayer Before Dawn

Nick Fenton, Julian Hart, Chris Gill American Animals

Yorgos Mavropsaridis The Favourite

Ben Wheatley Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

Best Effects

Howard Jones Early Man

Matthew Strange, Mark Wellband Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

George Zwier, Paul Driver Peterloo...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ acclaimed period drama “The Favourite,” and Bart Layton’s heist movie “American Animals,” have landed the most British Independent Film Award nominations this year, with 13 and 11 apiece. “You Were Never Really Here” also put in a strong showing with 8 noms.

Bifa has made strides to ensure its voters for its awards are mindful of their influences and this year instigated a BFI-backed unconscious bias program for its voting members, juries, committees, and board.

In a record year for female representation – over 40% of nominations in the individual categories are women – Olivia Colman is nominated for best actress for her role as Queen Anne in “The Favourite.” Her co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz are both up for best supporting actress. The latter also landed a best actress nom for her performance in “Disobedience.”

“The Favourite” also puts in an impressive performance in the technical categories and is nominated...

Yorgos Lanthimos comedy to compete against American Animals, Beast, Disobedience and You Were Never Really Here.

The nominations for the 2018 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) were revealed today (October 31), with Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite leading the field with 13 nominations.

The historical comedy is up for best British independent film, best director and best screenplay. Olivia Colman is nominated for best actress, and her co-stars Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz have both been nominated for best supporting actress.

The Favourite will compete for best film against Bart Layton’s American Animals (11 nominations), Michael Pearce’s Beast (10 nominations), Sebastián Lelio...

An Idiot Abroad and Sick of It producer Me+You Productions is to make an aggressive push into the U.S. after striking an exclusive representation deal with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (Wme).

Under the two-year deal, Wme will represent Me+You’s drama and comedy properties in North America. The British company, which was established by Richard Yee and Krishnendu Majumdar, was previously represented by CAA in the U.S., but largely for its non-scripted titles.

Me+You recently produced Sky One comedy drama Sick of It, created and written by Karl Pilkington and Yee. The six-part series is being launched at Mipcom by BBC Studios. Similarly, Sky Vision will be selling Me+You’s three-part as-yet-untitled anthology series that was announced last week for Channel 4. The series, which is written by The Escape’s Dominic Savage, stars Crazy Rich Asian’s Gemma Chan, Minority Report’s Samantha Morton...

Crazy Rich Asians’ Gemma Chan is to star in an anthology drama series for UK’s Channel 4, written by Dominic Savage, the writer of Gemma Arterton-fronted feature The Escape.

Chan, who also starred in AMC and C4 co-pro Humans, will appear in the three-part series, as will Minority Report’s Samantha Morton and This Is England and Line of Duty star Vicky McClure.

The as-yet-untitled series has been developed and co-authored with the leading actors, with themes including relationships, identity and empowerment. The trilogy explores the experience of three women in moments that are emotionally raw, thought-provoking and utterly personal.

It is produced by An Idiot Abroad indie Me+You Productions with Savage and Richard Yee exec producing. Series producer is Me+You co-founder Krishnendu Majumdar with co-producers John Pocock (Chewing Gum) and Faiza Tovey (Uncle). The series was co-funded by Sky Vision, which will handle global distribution.

Dusty Springfield, the soul legend and Swinging Sixties icon who became one of the biggest British stars in the U.S., is getting the biopic treatment, with Gemma Arterton (Their Finest, The Escape) attached to star.

So Much Love, which is being introduced to buyers in Toronto by Rocket Science, reunites Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley's multi-award winning U.K. banner Number 9 Films with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy for the third time following 2014's critically-acclaimed Carol and the Emmy-nominated HBO film Mrs. Harris in 2005. The film will mark the directorial debut of Nagy, who also wrote the screenplay. ...

Dusty Springfield, the soul legend and Swinging Sixties icon who became one of the biggest British stars in the U.S., is getting the biopic treatment, with Gemma Arterton (Their Finest, The Escape) attached to star. 

So Much Love, which is being introduced to buyers in Toronto by Rocket Science, reunites Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley's multi-award winning U.K. banner Number 9 Films with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy for the third time following 2014's critically acclaimed Carol and the Emmy-nominated HBO film Mrs. Harris in 2005. The film will mark the directorial debut of Nagy, who also wrote the screenplay....

Holdovers likely to dominate UK box office this weekend.

It’s a soft-looking set of releases in the UK this weekend, which will mean holdover studio fare such as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal), Ant-Man And The Wasp (Disney) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount) will be looking to make use of the forecast break from the UK’s summer heatwave.

The Mamma Mia! sequel stayed top of the chart for the third straight week last weekend, moving to a mighty £39.3m, while Marvel’s Ant-Man sequel disappointed with a soft opening of £5m (for a superhero title).

In the indie space,...

Musical sequel tops UK chart for third straight week.

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RankFilm / DistributorThree-day gross (Aug 3-5) Running gross Week 1 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal) £4.1m £39.3m 3 2 Ant-Man And The Wasp (Disney) £3.8m £5m 1 3 Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount) £2.5m £13.3m 2 4 Incredibles 2 (Disney) £2.4m £40m 4 5 Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (Sony) £1.5m £7.8m 2 Universal

In its third week on release, musical sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again triumphed over the competition again, dropping 43% with £4.1m. The film now sits on a hugely impressive £39.3m, though still some way shy of Mamma Mia!