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Clémence Poésy (The Essex Serpent, Genius) has been cast opposite leads Callum Turner and Briana Middleton in Neuromancer, Apple TV+‘s 10-episode drama series based on the award-winning sci-fi novel of the same name by William Gibson.

Created for television by Graham Roland and Jd Dillard, Neuromancer follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high-stakes crime with his partner Molly (Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.

Poésy will play Marie-France Tessier. in addition to Turner and Middleton, she joins previously cast Mark Strong, who plays Armitage, Case and Molly’s mysterious employer, and Joseph Lee who plays Hideo, a professional bodyguard.

A co-production between Skydance Television, Anonymous Content and Apple Studios, Neuromancer is also produced by Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment. Roland will serve as showrunner and...

One day longer and hosting unveils of big, big must-check-out series such as Paramount’s “King & Conqueror,” Fremantle’s “Sandokan” and BBC Studios reboot “Walking With Dinosaurs,” this week’s London TV Screenings did nothing to dent its recent status in a new biz order as one of Europe’s two key TV markets alongside October’s Mipcom.

It was these titles and a brace of classy star-studded crime thrillers – Andrew Lincoln’s “Cold Water,” Jesse Williams’ “Costiera,” Mark Gatiss’ “Bookish,” “Maigret” with Benjamin Wainwright – which looked to be moving the needle at this year’s London Screenings, which unspooled Feb. 23-28.

“We are very positively surprised to see that the London TV Screenings has quickly become a key gathering for European fiction,” said José Antonio Salso at Spain’s Atresmedia TV.

“Companies have presented and screened productions with high production value which are sure to be successful.” They...

Directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, King & Conqueror tells the story of Harold, Earl of Wessex (played by Norton), and William, Duke of Normandy (portrayed by Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). The series takes a raw, unfiltered approach to medieval history, capturing the intensity of battle and the personal struggles of its central figures.

James Norton may have looked fresh-faced when he greeted the audience at the London Screenings, but filming King & Conqueror was anything but glamorous. The actor recalled the tough conditions while shooting in Iceland, saying, “I was covered in mud and blood and layers of leather, it was a brutal shoot.”

From the start, Kormákur had a clear vision for the show’s tone and style. Norton explained, “He had a very clear vision around the tone and the aesthetic – from the very beginning he wanted to avoid this being a clean, cozy period drama.

Exclusive: James Norton was fresh-faced as he greeted a London Screenings crowd to talk about his upcoming period drama King & Conqueror, but that was not the case during filming in Iceland. “I was covered in mud and blood and layers of leather, it was a brutal shoot,” the star said.

Icelandic helmer Baltasar Kormákur directed the first episode and was heavily involved in the series, which brings an historical tale of Harold, Earl of Wessex (Norton), and William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), to life.

The result is a gritty and earthy look. “He had a very clear vision around the tone and the aesthetic – from the very beginning he wanted to avoid this being a clean, cozy period drama,” Norton explained.

“It took me hours every day to get ready because I had layer after layer of leather and chain mail. It paid dividends because you can see everything is so authentic.

James Norton will be on hand to talk about his historical epic King & Conqueror as Paramount Global ushers buyers into the Curzon Cinema in London’s Soho later this week. Giving clients a first look at the period drama is top of mind for Lisa Kramer, President, International Content Licensing at Paramount Global Content Distribution. The studio exec and her team will also be pushing hard on selling premium originals from Paramount+ to buyers, with second window sales a bigger priority for premium tentpoles.

London offers a moment for the Hollywood studio to see clients before the LA Screenings in May. Some mid-season network shows have hit the air and there’s a helpful pause before acquisition execs head to LA to watch new network series. Because of that, London is a better bet for the U.S. heavyweights than the now defunct MIPTV.

“The timing of the London...

The London TV Screenings, or just London Screenings, are set to kick off on Sunday, with production companies and sales outfits screening the latest shows to international buyers looking for the next big hits.

Running through Feb. 28, the London Screenings will see a range of new dramas, reality TV shows, and other series and formats getting touted in the British capital.

The Hollywood Reporter asked Lisa Kramer, president, international content licensing at Paramount Global Content Distribution, and James Townley, chief content officer, development at Banijay, about key market trends and titles.

What big-picture trends are you seeing in the TV market going into London Screenings?

Lisa Kramer, Paramount: The TV market is an ever-changing business, and we continue to evolve with it and are able to provide various opportunities for our clients. One of the trends we’ve noticed is that the windowing of content has expanded with more available platforms and additional windows,...

Showcasing some of the biggest shows on the open market – “King & Conqueror,” “Sandokan,” “Walking With Dinosaurs”– as well as a bevy of awaited titles – “Bookish,” “Cold Water,” “Maigret,” “A Prophet,” “This City is Ours”– the 2025 London TV Screening is again a powerhouse showcase of some of the biggest TV highlights of 2024, plus the trends shaping TV markets.

To help you cut through the slates, here’s Variety’s picks of 20+ shows that will whet buyers’ appetites.

“All Her Fault,” (NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution)

Sarah Snook, fresh off “Succession” and an Olivier win for “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” plays Marissa Irvine. She arrives to collect her son Milo from his first playdate, but the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She doesn’t have Milo, she says, and has never heard of him. And so, the nightmare begins. Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy, Michael Peña,...

The London TV Screenings, or London Screenings for short, the global TV industry event running Feb. 23-28, is ready for its close-up. The once low-key affair, where networks and sales outfits screen their latest shows for international buyers, has grown to can’t-miss status over the years. 2025 will be London Screenings’ time to shine, particularly without any competition from the now-defunct Mip TV.

That said, Mip will be holding its own inaugural Mip London event during the week, featuring panel discussions on industry trends, hot new properties from the likes of South Korea and Japan, as well as a session with David Beckham and Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria.

The London Screenings come at an inflection point for the global TV industry. After a sustained boom in high-end drama, networks, and streamers are again cutting costs and betting more on lower-cost non-fiction and reality shows. In the fiction arena,...

While fans of Netflix's flashy spy series The Recruitwould love to see star Noah Centineo play the next James Bond, English actor James Norton is the current frontrunner. As of mid-February 2025, Oddschecker has Norton and Aaron Taylor-Johnson tied with the shortest betting odds to play 007 in Bond 26, with each given a 5/2 chance of winning the role. However, once Bond producers and casting agents see Norton in the underrated spy drama Rogue Agent, Norton's odds could increase considerably.

Released in 2022, Rogue Agent stars Norton as a conniving criminal who tricks the world into believing he is a top-ranking MI5 agent. Although he is not, Norton's performative ability to convince those around him that he's a skilled spy only bolsters his chances of proving his James Bond bona fides. Meanwhile, those drawn to The Recruit's stylish implausibility will enjoy Rogue Agent's extreme twists and turns.

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Amanda Seyfried and Happy Valley alums James Norton and Sally Wainwright will be adding a dose of star power to this year’s Series Mania, while Pamela Adlon is to head up the jury.

Seyfried will attend promoting her Peacock series Long Bright River, which is having its French premiere in the international competition. In Long Bright River, which is based on the Liz Moore novel, Seyfried plays a Philadelphian police officer who works in a neighborhood with high drug use where a series of murders take place.

Long Bright River is in the international competition alongside the likes of Cooper Raiff’s Hal & Harper, with Raiff set to attend, Joe Wright’s Mussolini: Son Of The Century and Israel-America’s The German from Yes Studios.

The jury for these shows will be led by Emmy winner and Better Things star Pamela Adlon. The jury will consist of Victor Le Masne...

The first new cast member of House of the Dragon Season 3 has been revealed. James Norton will join the HBO series as book character Ormund Hightower. He’s previously been seen in Grantchester and Happy Valley and will star alongside Game of Thrones alum Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the upcoming series King and Conqueror. The Targaryen civil war will take place over just two more seasons of House of the Dragon. HBO and series co-creator Ryan Condal announced on August 5, the day after the Season 2 finale, that the Game of Thrones prequel will end with Season 4. They also shared the first production update on Season 3. Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen. War has broken out between the two sides of the family after Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) usurped...

It’s perhaps the greatest underdog story next to Rocky. Heck, it’s used as a phrase to describe a match-up that seems so unevenly matched. The David and Goliath tale is one of the most popular stories in the Bible. It tells of a normal man who went up against the fiercest warrior in the land in the biggest size difference imaginable. Amazon’s House of David is a series that will retell the story in eight epic episodes. Three episodes will premiere on February 27, with one episode weekly thereafter. The trailer has just been released.

The official description reads,

“House Of David tells the story of the ascent of the biblical figure, David, who eventually becomes the most renowned and celebrated king of Israel. The series follows the once-mighty King Saul as he falls victim to his own pride. At the direction of God, the prophet Samuel anoints an unlikely,...

David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) and Emily Beecham (1899) have joined Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as the parents of Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl, Deadline can confirm.

They join a cast led by House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock, who landed the title role after a long search. Others on board include Matthias Schoenaerts as villain Krem of the Yellow Hill, Jason Momoa as Lobo, and Eve Ridley as Ruthye Mary Knolle.

Details as to the plot of the film, centered on Superman’s cousin, remain under wraps. But production has just gotten underway in the UK.

Craig Gillespie is directing from a script by Ana Nogueira. The project is based on Tom King’s 2022 comic book series Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which Bilquis Evely illustrated. DC bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran are producing, with DC EVP Chantal Nong executive producing.

Most recently seen in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and indie Lousy Carter,...

Big Brit stars including Tom Hiddleston, Tamara Lawrance and Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln are set to grace the small screen next year. Here, we round up the biggest shows coming out of the UK in 2025, as The Night Manager returns, Steven Knight’s latest drops and, just maybe, the next big hit launches. Read on, and feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments section.

‘The Night Manager’

Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine is back baby, and he’ll be on TV for a little while. A supercharged double-season order of one of the shows that defined TV’s golden era was actioned earlier this year and Season 2 will land in 2k25 with a brand new director in I Hate Suzie’s Georgi Banks-Davies and new American co-producer in Prime Video, which replaces AMC. Last seen in the back of a paddy wagon driven...

As always, it’ll be a busy year for the BBC. The corporation has released a partial TV slate for 2025.

A list of 28 shows — some new, and some more familiar — premiering next year are detailed below, including the return of Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager, Ncuti Gatwa in the 15th series of Doctor Who, an Austen-themed period piece with Keeley Hawes and Rose Leslie and the season two of Sas Rogue Heroes following season one’s cliffhanger ending.

A program on the Pan Am flight bombing in Lockerbie, Scotland, as well as a sparkling new Agatha Christie adaptation and the latest material from BAFTA-winning Sally Wainwright, are also included.

Read below The Hollywood Reporter‘s list of 28 shows coming to the BBC next year. Unless specified, exact release dates are yet to be revealed.

Sas Rogue Heroes (Season 2)

Created by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and made by production company Kudos (a Banijay U.

Quick Links Nikolaj Wields Swords And Armies In A New Series From Fantasy To Historical Epic His Character's Historical Motivations Are Much Different From Jaime's

Since he graced the small screen on HBO's epic fantasy series Game Of Thrones, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been a hidden gem among this new generation of actors in Hollywood. Audiences loved to hate him and also saw him grow as Jaime Lannister, but his career on the big screen in Hollywood has only manifested smaller roles. Although his next upcoming role is also a television series, it places him front-and-center, as Western medieval history's most well-known figure. From his fame-blasting emergence as a fantasy knight, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will now play William the Conqueror in the BBC series King and Conqueror.

The intriguing irony of this role and Waldau's casting is largely in its context. The roles of Jaime and William, although heir-apparent nobles at the base,...

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will always be known for his role as Jaime Lannister in the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, but soon he’ll venture back into the world of swords and horses for another series that’s coming soon. Waldau will star alongside James Norton in King & Conqueror. The upcoming show follows William of Normandy (Coster-Waldau) and Harold of Wessex (Norton), two men who started as allies but were driven into conflict over a desire for the British crown during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Norton shared the first images from the series on his personal Instagram, and he spoke about the series in an interview with Collider’s Maggie Lovitt earlier this year, praising his cast members — Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson, Emily Beecham, and Clémence Poésy in particular — while also touting the show’s historical accuracy and ability to stay on the path.

James Norton looks set to defend the Anglo-Saxon throne from French invader Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the first glimpse from upcoming medieval drama series “King and Conqueror.”

Norton plays Harold, Earl of Wessex in the series as he prepares to face Coster-Waldau’s William, Duke of Normandy at the famous Battle of Hastings.

Also starring are Emily Beecham as Edith Swan-neck and Clémence Poésy as Matilda.

James Norton in ‘King and Conqueror’ (courtesy of BBC)

The images show Harold leading an army as well as clad in a full suit of armor in the middle of the battlefield. Norton said the six-month shoot in Iceland was “dirty, messy – I was covered in mud for six months.”

“‘King and Conqueror’ is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties,...

James Norton has revealed he was set on playing William the Conqueror in upcoming Middle Ages drama series “King and Conqueror” but was thwarted by HBO, who had an option on the actor for another series.

Norton, who is also an executive producer on the upcoming BBC/CBS show about the iconic Battle of Hastings, was already starring in Joss Whedon’s HBO sci-fi series “The Nevers” when he began developing “King and Conqueror.” Under the terms of his HBO contract, he was not allowed to appear in another returning series, meaning his only option was to play Anglo-Saxon king Harold, who famously died on the battlefield in 1066 after being shot in the eye with an arrow.

“HBO said very clearly, ‘You can go and shoot “King and Conquer,” especially considering you’re an EP and you’re developing it, but you must die,” Norton revealed during a panel about “King and Conqueror” at U.

Sometimes casting can be a completely creative process and sometimes contracts can get in the way.

With CBS Studios’ upcoming King and Conqueror about Harold of Wessex and William the Conqueror, it was a fair bit of the latter.

Star James Norton revealed at Content London this morning that he initially wanted to play William who (spoiler alert) slays Harold at the great Battle of Hastings, but HBO had other ideas. At the time production was ramping up, Norton was starring in HBO series The Nevers, and HBO didn’t want him to commit too strongly to King and Conqueror. The get-out was obvious.

“[HBO] said you can go and do King and Conqueror but you must die because we can’t afford you to go for too long,” said Norton. “If it’s a hit they were worried there would be a conflict. That’s what often happens with actors’ contracts,...

In the middle of a lava field on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland, the crew of “The Fires” is setting up the next shot. In the production village, producer Grímar Jónsson and other crew members are taking a coffee and pastry break in an Rv near a picture car on a truck bed in what appears to be a crater. A few hundred feet away, as steam from the famous Blue Lagoon rises in the distance, a makeup artist fights the gusting wind to touch up the lead of the volcano romance disaster movie.

The striking setting is par for the course in the island country that has seen a surge in production since its already healthy 25% production rebate was increased two years ago to 35% for qualified larger productions.

Shooting on location for Icelandic volcano romance “The Fires”

“The Fires,” with a 28-day shoot, is the most recent project to wrap in the small country,...

This past Sunday, the Toronto Raptors faced off against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Crypto.com Arena in L.A. It makes sense that stars and celebrities from nearby Hollywood occasionally show up to take in a basketball game, and maybe the Lakers are used to that kind of thing. But coming as he does from Canada, the North in real life, Raptors guard Rj Barrett was caught by surprise when he saw none other than Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) in the stands.

The moment is captured on film. Barrett makes a tricky shot, turns to the audience, spots Coster-Waldau sitting courtside, pauses, points, says "Game of Thrones?" and then gets back to business:

Raptors star Rj Barrett spotted Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) at the Lakers game...

Exclusive: Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Ruby Cruz (Bottoms) and Ines Asserson (Royalteen) are set as series regulars in Season 5 of Apple TV+’s For All Mankind. They join previously announced new series regulars Mireille Enos and Costa Ronin and returning cast Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, Toby Kebbell, Tyner Rushing, Daniel Stern and Svetlana Efremova.

Season 4 of For All Mankind picked up eight years after the events of Season 3, when Happy Valley rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus of the space program turns to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they were working toward.

Kaufman will play Alex Poletov Baldwin, son of Kelly Baldwin...

Adar has been recast in The Rings of Power season 2, and the actor change might leave viewers wondering why Joseph Mawle is no longer portraying the character. Adar is a character original to The Rings of Power, and he plays a fairly mysterious role throughout season 1. It's later revealed that he's one of the Elves who was tortured by Morgoth. And The Rings of Power season 2 shows how he tried to kill Sauron, preventing him from reigning over the Orcs. This is why the Orcs call him "father," and it's why they help him conquer the Southlands.

Mawle plays Adar impressively in The Rings of Power season 1, conveying the villain's bitterness over his past and compassion for the Orcs with ease. The actor's performance makes Adar a compelling character, even though he's an antagonist. After Mawle's stint as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones, it's no surprise the actor fit...

The Game of Thrones verse follows the ritual of ‘Wed, bed, behead’ instead of the popular game ‘Kiss, marry, kill’. Emilia Clarke, who portrayed the role of Daenerys Targaryen, seems to be hinting at some bedding activities between certain characters!

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones | HBO

There were hundreds of things wrong with the final season of Game of Thrones. However, what the people can agree upon is that the show had an impeccable cast when it came to portraying the characters.

Emilia Clarke Hints At Some Bedding Activities For Daenerys Targaryen!

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau better known as Ser Jamie Lannister, is a Danish actor who the world simped over when Game of Thrones aired. Being the prince of charming who was handsome and bold (ignore the incest part), Coster-Waldau had quite a fan following.

Jamie Lannister with Brienne of Tarth [Credit Home Box Office Inc.]

Although trying to kill Bran Stark...

The BBC’s upcoming historical drama series, King & Conqueror, has recently wrapped up filming in Iceland. Leading the series are James Norton, taking on the role of Harold, Earl of Wessex, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William, Duke of Normandy, with Emily Beecham portraying Edith Swan-neck. The eight-part series will explore the famous rivalry between these […]

King & Conqueror: BBC Historical Drama Series Wraps Filming in Iceland...

The next period project for one Game of Thrones star just got a thrilling update. A new report from Deadline revealed that King and Conqueror, the CBS period drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, James Norton, Eddie Marsan and more, has officially wrapped production in Iceland. The report also revealed six new cast members to an already stacked ensemble, including Elander Moore, Indy Lewis, and Jason Forbes coming on board. Ines Asserson, Sveinn lafur Gunnarsson and Ingvar Sigurdsson have also joined the cast of King and Conqueror, which currently has tapped three directors to helm episodes of the series: Erik Leijonborg, Blint Szentgyrgyi, and Baltasar Kormkur.

“The Northman” star Ingvar Sigurdsson has replaced Joseph Mawle in Middle Ages drama “King & Conqueror.”

Sigurdsson, who has also appeared in “Everest” and “Killing Eve,” will take on the role of Fitzosbern, protector of William of Normandy. He’s described as “a grounded and straightforward soldier who has stood beside William his whole life” and the closest thing William has to a friend.

Sigurdsson joins “Happy Valley’s” James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the upcoming CBS Studios and BBC drama series.

Norton plays Harold, Earl of Wessex while Coster-Waldau is William, Duke of Normandy.

“Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown,” reads the logline.

The show, which has just wrapped in Iceland,...

Elander Moore (Kaos, Interview with the Vampire) and Jason Forbes (My Lady Jane, A Gentleman in Moscow) have joined the cast of the BBC and CBS’ joint period project King & Conqueror, about the Battle of Hastings.

They join a previously confirmed star-studded line-up including James Norton as Harold, Earl of Wessex, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William, Duke of Normandy, Emily Beecham as Edith Swan-neck, Harold’s wife, and Clémence Poésy as Matilda, William’s spouse.

As the series officially wraps filming in Iceland, the latest cast news also includes Indy Lewis (Industry, La Fortuna), Ines Asserson (Royalteen, Skam), and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson (Heartstone, Summerlight…And Then Comes The Night) alongside the already-announced Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson, Jean-Marc Barr, Luther Ford, Geoff Bell, Elliot Cowan, Bo Bragason, Bjarne Henriksen, Olivier Masucci, and Clare Holman.

Moore stars as Morcar, the son of the Earl of Mercia, one-third of England’s power, and heir to the Mercian Earldom,...

Update, 8.12 a.m. Pt: Leo Legrand has been added to the cast. He will play William’s cowardly half-brother, who must be kept on a leash.

Previously, 6 a.m. Pt: Shooting on the CBS Studios and BBC period drama series King & Conqueror has wrapped in Iceland, with six more cast members unveiled.

Elander Moore,, Indy Lewis, Jason Forbes, Ines Asserson (Royalteen, Skam), Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson and Ingvar Sigurdsson have joined the cast of the period how, which is from Michael Robert Johnson.

They join the likes of James Norton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emily Beecham, Clémence Poésy, Eddie Marsan and Juliet Stevenson in the series, which is set in 11th-century Britain, where Harold (Norton) faces a threat to his throne from the ambitious Duke of Normandy,...

James Norton, who you've probably seen bringing his A-game to dramas like Happy Valley and Grantchester, recently caught up with Colliders Maggie Lovitt to chat about his emotionally devastating new film, Nowhere Special. During the conversation, he couldn't help but spill some details about his other passion project thats right up the alley for history buffs the upcoming TV series King and Conqueror, which is being produced by BBC and CBS Studios. First off, lets set the stage for this new series. The Battle of Hastings, that legendary showdown in 1066, wasn't just a scrap over a piece of land; it was the event that reshaped Englands future. It saw William the Conqueror, a duke from Normandy, duke it out with Harold Godwinson, the King of England at the time. The clash ended with William taking the crown and starting a new chapter in English history. In the series, Norton takes...

Exclusive: In Playing Nice James Norton stars as Pete, a doting dad who finds out his son was switched at birth, giving him a different kind of hero to portray. “He’s a kind of small hero,” Norton told Deadline. “Unlike most of the characters I’ve played, he’s very likable, very amenable and recognizable. There’s a simplicity to him, which I hadn’t really played before, and a likability and quietness that made him feel very real.”

The adaptation of the Jp Delaney novel is produced by Studiocanal and Rabbit Track Pictures, the indie Norton set up with Kitty Kaletsky in 2019. It will bow on ITV in the UK and play on Canal+ in France. Studiocanal is handling international sales and will launch the series internationally this week in Cannes at MIPTV.

The baby-switch at the center of the story sets up an horrific dilemma for both...

Alfred Herrhausen, born in 1930, was the chairman of Deutsche Bank. But to the team behind German series “Herrhausen – The Banker and the Bomb,” premiering at Series Mania, he was a “visionary.”

“He was a humane banker, always looking into the future. What you see in this show is a person who tries to do something new and others prevent him from doing it. They say: ‘We have never done it before.’ He says: ‘Well, that’s the definition of the word ‘new,’” says actor Oliver Masucci.

The show, written by Thomas Wendrich, premieres the trailer in exclusivity with Variety.

Before taking on Herrhausen, Masucci gained prominence thanks to Netflix’s “Dark.” Next, he will be seen in the BBC and CBS Studios show “King and Conqueror” alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror.

“When we think of bankers now, we think of absolute capitalists. But he kept saying we needed to shift our perspective.

CBS Studios and the BBC’s period drama series “King & Conqueror” has revealed additional cast members, including “The Crown’s” Luther Ford and “Game of Thrones” actor Joseph Mawle, as it begins production in Iceland.

According to its official plot description, “King & Conqueror” is “the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.”

Additional cast members include Eddie Marsan, Juliet Stevenson, Jean-Marc Barr, Geoff Bell, Elliot Cowan,...

Emily Beecham and Clémence Poésy have joined James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the cast of the period drama series King and Conqueror, about the Battle of Hastings, from CBS Studios.

The show is based on the 11th-century figures Harold of Wessex, played by Norton (Happy Valley, Bob Marley: One Love) and William of Normandy, or William the Conqueror, portrayed by Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones).

Beecham (1899, Little Joe) will play Edith Swanneck, “the wife of Harold Godwinson who has never quite found her place in Harold’s family,” according to a plot description. “She married Harold for love and protection, but never expected her husband to end up fighting for the English crown.” Poésy (In Bruges, The Tunnel) will play Matilda, the wife of William of Normandy. “Raised in the cutthroat world of the royal court, she has realized that in order to succeed she has to be more devious,...

Clémence Poésy and Emily Beecham have joined the cast of eleventh century period drama “King & Conqueror.”

Based on Middle Ages figures Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy, the upcoming BBC/CBS Studios series stars “Happy Valley’s” James Norton as Harold and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) as William.

Beecham (“1899”) joins as Harold’s wife Edith Swan-neck while Poésy (“In Bruges”) will play William’s wife Matilda.

Edith, who married Harold for love as well as protection, has never fitted into his family but their lives are upended further when he ends up fighting for the English crown. Meanwhile Matilda is devious, ruthless and bloodier than even her male opponents after being raised in the Flemish royal court.

“’King & Conqueror’ is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades...

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is getting a sword back in hand.

The Game of Thrones star is partnering with James Norton (Happy Valley) to co-lead an 11th century historical drama series based on William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings.

The BBC and CBS Studios project is titled King and Conqueror and is from writer Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes) and with a premiere directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Everest).

King and Conqueror “is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country — and a continent — for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced...