Tag: The Night Manager
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Before ‘The Crown,’ Elizabeth Debicki Stole This Show From Tom Hiddleston
Adaptation is tricky. Retroactive adaptation is an even thornier beast. In 2016, director Susanne Bier and writer David Farr brought espionage novelist John le Carré’s 1993 book The Night Manager to screens for the first time. An unfairly excellent miniseries, The Night Manager out Bond-s James Bond in its neo-noir sleekness. In true John le…
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Loki Isn’t The First Time Owen Wilson And Tom Hiddleston Have Time Traveled Together
One could make — and no doubt some resourceful Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have made — a video about Loki (Tom Hiddleston) hooking up with different characters in the MCU using footage from Hiddleston’s non-Marvel projects. The actor had a tragic affair with Rachel Weisz (Melina Vostokoff in “Black Widow“) in “The Deep Blue Sea,”…
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Night Manager Remake Trailer: Aditya Roy Kapur vs. Anil Kapoor
“War is a magnificent spectacle,” says Anil Kapoor’s arms dealer Shelly Rungta in the first trailer for the Indian remake of The Night Manager, due out on Disney+ Hotstar. Based on the John le Carré novel of the same name, the six-episode original miniseries starred Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie in the central roles, and…
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Tom Hiddleston’s year in TV: ‘I hope Loki coming out as bisexual was meaningful to people who spotted it’
The Marvel star on his new TV spin-off, Loki, growing up watching Blackadder, and the need to ration your news intakeTom Hiddleston, 41, became a household name as part of the Marvel universe, playing the god of mischief, Loki. Alongside many high-profile film roles, his TV credits include The Hollow Crown and The Night Manager,…
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Emmy Watch: How ‘The Undoing’ Director Susanne Bier Delivered HBO’s Record-Setting Juggernaut
[Editor’s Note: The following piece contains spoilers for “The Undoing,” including the ending.]Susanne Bier is in demand. HBO reached out to “The Night Manager” Emmy-winner to direct the limited series “The Undoing”; she didn’t have to pitch. That’s not just because she’s a sought-after filmmaker — and because experienced women directors are a prize get…
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John le Carré Remembered as ‘Superb’ Writer With Style and Substance
John le Carré was lauded Sunday as a writer’s writer whose productivity and singular storytelling style was praised by fans ranging from late night star Seth Meyers to fellow novelists Stephen King and Paulo Coelho.Le Carré, who died Dec. 12 at the age of 89, was known as a master of espionage fiction who turned…
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Elizabeth Debicki: ‘I’m not interested in being comfortable’
Elizabeth Debicki had us all enthralled in The Night Manager (including Le Carré himself). Now she’s back in a new spy thriller. And, despite her 6ft 3in height and A-list pals, she’s still the down-to-earth girl from Melbourne…To have everybody on the planet in their own homes, not able to see their friends, and collectively…
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‘Village of the Damned’ TV Series Coming From ‘The Night Manager’ Writer
David Farr, writer of The Night Manager and Hanna, is taking a trip to The Village of the Damned. Farr is set to adapt John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos, which inspired Village of the Damned, into an eight-part series. The book concerns a small town where all of the women mysteriously become pregnant on…
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Raw, former Film4 exec Katherine Butler joins The Ink Factory
‘American Animals’ producer to join in early 2020.The Ink Factory, the London and Los Angeles-based production company behind Fighting With My Family and The Night Manager, has hired Katherine Butler as creative director.Butler joins from American Animals-producer Raw, where she was scripted creative director, and will take up the newly-created position in early 2020. She…
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Olivia Colman Wins Golden Globe For Actress in Film Comedy
Olivia Colman has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, beating Emily Blunt (“Mary Poppins Returns”), Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”), Charlize Theron (“Tully”), and Constance Wu (“Crazy Rich Asians”). Fisher and Wu were first-time nominees, while the other three all have previous Globe wins: Blunt for…