Tag: Catastrophe
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Jay Hunt Named British Film Institute Chair
Jay Hunt has been appointed chair of the British Film Institute.A hugely well-respected name in British TV, Hunt is currently the creative director for Apple TV+ in Europe, and has been a governor of the British Film Institute since 2020.Prior to joining Apple, she was chief creative officer at Channel 4 and, thanks to previous…
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Sharon Horgan on Her ‘Bad Sisters’ Pitch, Irish Luck, and Why Viewership Matters
Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.Sharon Horgan has seen success in her day. After cracking through in 2006 with the cult favorite and two-time BAFTA nominee “Pulling,” the England-born,…
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The Brit Romcom Evolves, Makes a Theatrical Comeback With ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It?’
For a solid decade, the U.K. contributed some of the most iconic floppy-haired lotharios, airport dashes and front-door confessions in romcom history. Films such as “Four Weddings and a Funeral” (1994), “Notting Hill” (1999) and “Love Actually” (2003) basically invented such hallmarks of the genre.But in the last decade, the global-facing British romcom has all…
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What Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters Teaches Us About Emotional Abuse
Bad Sisters, debuting this past August, has proven itself to be Apple TV’s most powerful dark comedy. Created by multitalented Irish actress, director, and producer Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe; This Way Up), it tells the story of five idiosyncratic sisters, orphaned young and living near each other on Ireland’s gorgeous coastline. But the siblings — Eva…
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‘You’ve got to bask in the sun of life’: actor Sarah Niles on her newfound acclaim
After roles in Catastrophe and I May Destroy you, Sarah Niles is relishing her Emmy nomination for Ted Lasso. She talks about giggling on set and why British shows need to be braverIt might be the medical breakthrough the world has been waiting for. Based on a sample size of one, it appears that an…
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What to Watch This Weekend: August 19-21
Hear that? It’s the weekend calling your name. Or, it’s dragons. The long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, which follows the Targaryen family and takes place a whopping 200 years before Game of Thrones, is hitting HBO. Idris Elba comes face-to-face with a bloodthirsty lion in the survival action film Beast.…
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Netflix Acquires YA Romance ‘The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight,’ Starring Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy
Netflix has acquired global rights to the YA romance “The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight,” starring Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy.The film adaptation of Jennifer E. Smith’s popular novel by the same name was financed and produced by Ace Entertainment, the producers of the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” movies.Richardson…
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‘Halo’ Cast Set with Natascha McElhone and Bokeem Woodbine in Lead Roles
The Halo TV series cast has been rounded out as the ambitious video game adaptation looks to finally start production later this year. Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is the New Black) was previously set in the lead role of Master Chief, but today Showtime announced that Natascha McElhone (Californication) and Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo) are also set…
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‘Bodyguard’ star Gina McKee, Douglas Hodge of ‘Catastrophe’ join ‘A Grand Romantic Gesture’ (exclusive)
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Ontario Creates among financiers.Gina McKee from drama series Emmy nominee Bodyguard and Douglas Hodge from Catastrophe have joined Paragraph Pictures and Highfield Grange Studios’ A Grand Romantic Gesture.Shooting on the Canada-uk comedy drama is underway in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Linda Kash, Rose Reynolds, Rob Stewart, and Dylan Llewellyn round…
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Richard E Grant to Star in ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ as Former Drag Queen
Fresh off his Oscar nomination for his work in “Can You Ever Forgive Me,” Richard E. Grant is set to star as a legendary drag queen in the film adaptation of the popular British stage musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.”“Catastrophe” star Sharon Hogan and “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire also join newcomer Max Harwood, who…