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Exclusive: Warren Kole (Shades of Blue) is set as a series regular and Peter Gadiot (Queen of the South), Keeya King (Van Helsing) and Alex Wyndham (Rome) have been tapped for recurring roles in Showtime’s drama series Yellowjackets. Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress star in the drama series from writers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Entertainment One and studio-based producer Drew Comins. Production has begun in Vancouver, Canada for a 2021 debut on the network.

Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving...

CAA has signed Dan Stevens. Best known for his work on Downton Abbey and theater work like Broadway’s The Heiress, Stevens next stars in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga, alongside Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan. He’s also starring with Judi Dench and Isla Fisher in the Noel Coward comedy Blithe Spirit and The Rental, which marks Dave Franco’s feature directing debut.

Stevens had been repped by Wme. He most recently appeared in Call of the Wild and starred in the Noah Hawley Marvel series Legion on FX. This after he appeared in Hawley’s directing debut Lucy In The Sky.

His other work includes HBO’s High Maintenance, Sense & Sensibility, The Line Of Beauty and Maxwell. Stage work includes Arcadia, The Vortex and Hayfever on the West End, and Every Good Boy Deserves A Favor at The National Theatre in London.

CAA has signed Dan Stevens for representation.

Stevens stars in the upcoming Netflix film “Eurovision: Song Contest: The Story of Fire Sage” alongside Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan.

Also coming up in 2020, Stevens will star in “Blithe Spirit,” an adaptation of Noel Coward’s classic comedy, starring Judi Dench and Isla Fisher. He also can be seen in Dave Franco’s feature directorial debut, “The Rental.”

He most recently appeared in “Call of the Wild” with Harrison Ford, and starred in Noah Hawley’s acclaimed Marvel series “Legion,” which wrapped its third and final season on FX. Stevens also appeared in Hawley’s feature directorial debut, “Lucy in the Sky.”

Stevens’ television credits include the Golden Globe-winning drama “Downton Abbey,” HBO’s “High Maintenance,” “Sense & Sensibility” and “The Line of Beauty,” as well as the TV movie “Maxwell.” His theater credits include “The Heiress” on Broadway, “Arcadia,...

Seeking to diversify and bolster its scripted output, Banijay Rights has signed a first-look development deal with Ellie Wood (“Bleak House”), a veteran British producer who founded and runs the independent production company Clearwood Films.

Under the pact, Banjiay Rights and Wood will work together to develop and produce all of Clearwood Films’ TV series for the U.K. and international markets. Banijay Rights will also handle international sales on the shows.

Caroline Torrance, the head of scripted at Banijay Rights, said this “new partnership further bolsters Banijay’s commitment and expertise in scripted programming, and capitalizes on the continued growth we are witnessing in the drama market.”

The first drama to be co-developed by both companies is “Stonehouse,” a spy thriller series based on an idea by John Preston, the author of “A Very English Scandal.”

The series will revolve around the true story of John Stonehouse, the former...

Pop culture comes to life in St. Louis next month! It’s the Wizard World Comic Con May 22nd through the 24th at America’s Center downtown (701 Convention Plaza – St. Louis, Mo 63101), and boy oh boy, do they have an amazing line-up of guests!

Sure, you got the comic artists and cosplayers, wrestlers, a St. Louis Ram, a Power Ranger, and of course the ubiquitous Walking Dead stars, but what We Are Movie Geeks is most excited about are the celebrities from movies that will be on hand: Horror legend George Romero, Sharknado legend Tara Reid, horror hostess with the mostest (if you know what I mean) Elvira, Guardians Of The Galaxy tough guy Dave Bautista, Henry the serial killer himself Michael Rooker, Do The Right Thing’s ‘Buggin Out’ Giancarlo Esposito. Lord of the Rings Trilogy’s Pippin Billy Boyd, Captain America squeeze Hayley Atwell, and Silent Bob’s buddy Jay aka Jason Mewes.

Michelle Williams stars as a bourgeois Frenchwoman who falls in love with a Nazi officer (Matthias Schoenaerts) during the Occupation in the long-awaited but soapy and numbingly flat Suite Francaise. Based on the second part of Holocaust victim Irene Nemirovsky's unfinished novel, which became an acclaimed worldwide bestseller in 2004, this filleting by writer-director Saul Dibb (The Duchess, TV series The Line of Beauty), co-written by Matt Charman and completed in 2014, has sturdy production values, a tony cast and middlebrow tastefulness up the wazoo, but barely any soul, bite or genuine passion. Fans of the book will

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Auf Weidersehen Pet's Christopher Fairbank is rumoured to be making a guest appearance in Doctor Who series 8...

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Details are thin on the ground for this one so far, but on the authority of the mighty Blogtor Who and filming set photos, it's been reported that Christopher Fairbank, a familiar face from well, just about everything is to make a guest appearance in Doctor Who's new series.

Fairbank has been a regular presence in TV and film since the late 1970s, memorably playing the role of Albert Arthur Moxey in Auf Weidersehen Pet, as well as appearing in just about any novel adaptation worth its salt (The Rotters' Club, The Line Of Beauty, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles and this year, Jamaica Inn). He's also tipped up in Merlin, Pirates Of The Caribbean 4, and The Fifth Element. Buy a ticket to the Dwayne Johnson-starring Hercules to enjoy all the Rock's...

The novelist talks to Emma Brockes about friendship, rivalry and being a '30-year overnight success'

Fiction asks a lot of people, says Meg Wolitzer, "to tell them that you need to learn about these characters, to take time out in your day from being frightened for your livelihood and your children, to think about Susan and Bill, who don't exist. It's a nervy thing to ask." She asks it of herself every time she sits down to write – "What fiction ought to do" – and the answer had better be good. "The anxiety makes me a stronger writer."

The Interestings, Wolitzer's ninth novel, is more ambitious than any she has written so far, tracking a group of friends from the moment they meet, at summer camp, up through the decades of their lives. It has done very well in the Us, so that at 54, Wolitzer has become, as a friend joked to her recently,...

London -- Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon – skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep.

With her uncompromising politics, ironclad certainty, bouffant hairstyle and ever-present handbag, the late British leader was grist for comedians, playwrights, novelists and songwriters whether they loved her or – as was more often the case – hated her.

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Thatcher's free-market policies transformed and divided Britain, unleashing an outpouring of creative anger from her opponents. A generation of British comedians, from Ben Elton to Alexei Sayle, honed their talents lampooning Thatcher.

To the satirical puppeteers of popular 1980s TV series "Spitting Image," Thatcher was a cigar-smoking bully, a butcher with a bloody cleaver, a domineering leader ruling over her docile Cabinet. One famous sketch showed Thatcher and her ministers gathered for dinner. Thatcher ordered steak. "And what about the vegetables?" the waitress asked.

Trendy. Hip. Water cooler fodder. Those aren’t words usually used when discussing programming from that most staid of networks – PBS. But those are exactly the sort of sentiments the network is hearing about itself these days thanks to the second season of Downton Abbey, currently airing Sunday nights on PBS.

In the era of The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and American Horror Story that a show set in 1914 following the lives of the wealthy people who live on an English estate with the servants who pamper them, should become an international hit is … remarkable. Downton Abbey features no graphic violence, nudity or sex. It is not laden with special effects or outrageous antics by a character in a black rubber suit. Instead, it’s simply features great storytelling, the beautiful English countryside, and, of course, terrific acting from actors such as Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville.

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Former History Boy and Abba warbler Dominic Cooper has joined the cast of turn-of-the-century drama Summer In February, based on the well-received novel by Jonathan Smith. He will appear opposite Dan Stevens, best known for period cliché factory Downton Abbey (but whose fearless turn in Andrew Davies’ superb miniseries The Line Of Beauty is proof of his talent), and, erm, Mr Popper’s Penguins’ Ophelia Lovibond in a true story of ‘love, liberty and scandal.’ Cooper has been suffering from...

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Casualty bosses have announced that two new doctors are to join the medical drama in the coming months. Beowulf, The Tudors and Bedlam star Charlotte Salt, 26, has been cast as Sam Nicholls, a "fast-living, fearless and fiery" army medic who has a surprising link with another member of the Ed team. Meanwhile, 28-year-old actor Oliver Coleman - who has previously appeared in The Line of Beauty and The Other Boleyn Girl - will play paediatric specialist doctor Tom Kent. Billed as "gentle, calm and a brilliant children's doctor", Tom finds that his maturity at work doesn't always carry over into his private life. (more)...

Stepping out to support her designer pal, Sienna Miller was spotted out in London, England on Wednesday evening (May 26).

The "Factory Girl" actress proudly flaunted her stylish new bangy hairdo as she posed alongside Matthew Williamson for his new store opening.

In related news, Miss Miller is rumored to be pondering a role in the stage show "Birdsong," which is scheduled to open at the Comedy Theatre on September 29th with previews beginning on September 18th.

According to the report, "[Miller] is said to be pursuing the role of Isabelle after playing the part in an early read-through of the play in February...Dan Stevens, the actor who played the lead in the BBC's adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst's novel, The Line of Beauty, is thought to be in the running for the role of Stephen."...

LONDON -- Hayley Atwell has joined the cast of helmer Julian Jarrold's film adaptation of "Brideshead Revisited", financier and sales house HanWay Films said Tuesday.

Atwell will play Julia Flyte opposite Ben Whishaw and Matthew Goode in a screenplay by Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock.

The screenplay, based on the Evelyn Waugh novel, has been developed through Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae's Ecosse Films production banner and the duo are producing with Kevin Loader. Location filming will begin in late May in Oxford, Venice and Morocco.

Atwell has previously appeared on TV in "The Ruby in the Smoke", "Fear of Fanny" and "The Line of Beauty" for the BBC. Her feature film resume includes Woody Allen's upcoming "Cassandra's Dream" alongside Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell.