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The cast for FX/Hulu’s “Alien: Earth” is growing this week, with Deadline announcing that eleven fresh faces have joined the franchise’s first TV series in a guest starring capacity.

New additions include Richa Moorjani (Never Have I Ever), Karen Aldridge (Severance), Enzo Cilenti (The Crown), Max Rinehart (Industry), Amir Boutrous (Good Omens), Victoria Masoma, Tom Moya (Midsomer Murders), Andy Yu (Fargo), Michael Smiley (Bad Sisters), Jamie Bisping (Mandy) and Tanapol Chuksrida (Thai Cave Rescue).

They join a previously announced cast that includes Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling), Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984”), Erana James (“Uproar”), Lily Newmark (“Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black”), Adrian Edmondson (“War & Peace”), Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror”), Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger), Sandra Yi Sencindiver (“Foundation”), and Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral...

Ahead of the show’s special activation at SXSW this week, FX has released a new TV spot for this summer’s “Alien: Earth,” the legendary franchise’s very first television series.

“Alien: Earth” is headed to FX on Hulu this summer. Watch the new footage below!

When the monsters come, all you can do is Scream…

Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien: Earth,” set before Alien in the year 2120. FX had originally teased, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

From creator Noah Hawley, “Alien: Earth” deals with “the emergence of the story’s infamous Weyland-Yutani Corporation and the race between corporations to create new android life.”

In the upcoming series…

“Five corporations – Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold – wield the power of nations, and proprietary advancements in technology provide the promise of a new tomorrow. When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth,...

“House of the Dragon” has found its Ormund Hightower.

Variety has learned exclusively that James Norton will join the HBO show’s upcoming third season as Ormund.

The official description for the character states that he is “Otto’s (Rhys Ifans) nephew, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Gwayne’s (Freddie Fox) cousin, and the Lord of Oldtown. He is presently leading the Hightower host in a march on King’s Landing to support his house against Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy).”

The character had previously been reference during Season 2 of “House of the Dragon” but has never been seen onscreen.

Norton is perhaps best known for his roles in the British TV shows “Happy Valley” and “Grantchester,” though he has also starred in series such as “McMafia” and the 2016 miniseries adaptation of “War & Peace.” Norton also previously starred in the HBO series “The Nevers” and he received a BAFTA nomination in 2015 for his role in “Happy Valley.

The Alien franchise comes to the small screen for the very first time with the upcoming FX/Hulu series “Alien: Earth,” and the show’s first official poster has arrived this weekend.

The poster comes with an ominous warning: “We were safer in space.”

Check out the “Alien: Earth” poster below and expect the trailer soon.

Update: You’ll find tonight’s brand new teaser trailer below as well!

Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien: Earth,” set roughly 70 years in the future. FX had originally teased, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

The series is set 30 years before the events of the original Alien…

“When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.”

The upcoming “Alien: Earth...

James Norton has a solo trip to Japan booked for mid-January, but the actor can’t seem to get the time away from work.

“I keep having to delay the flights,” the British star confesses to The Hollywood Reporter. At the time of writing, he is shooting House of Guinness, a new Netflix series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight detailing the birth of the Irish stout empire. “It’s Steven firing on all cylinders,” Norton teases about the tightly-under-wraps show. “He’s having the time of his life. You can tell he’s loved writing it because it’s just so fun and powerful. It’s sexy and smoky. Even in the [script], you can taste the soot and the beer and the sweat.”

Norton plays Guinness factory foreman Sean Rafferty, who splits his time between the depths of the brewery and high-society Dublin (“I beat up all the men...

In the wake of Alien: Romulus comes the FX/Hulu series “Alien: Earth,” and a new teaser unveiled this morning puts the franchise’s star – the Xenomorph- front and center.

Get ready for the new Alien series to arrive in Summer 2025.

The new teaser also reveals that the series is set in 2120. “When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in the sci-fi horror series Alien: Earth. As members of the crash recovery crew search for survivors among the wreckage, they encounter mysterious predatory life forms more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. With this new threat unlocked, the search crew must fight for survival, and what they choose to do with this discovery could change planet Earth as they know it.”

Sydney Chandler leads...

In the wake of Alien: Romulus comes the FX/Hulu series “Alien: Earth” sometime next year, which is set to be the first ever television series set within the official Alien universe.

As part of a 2025 preview video from Disney+, we’ve got the first footage from “Alien: Earth” this morning, which gives us a brief sneak peek at the locations and characters.

One character says in voiceover, “This ship collected specimens from faraway moons… monsters.” The suggestion there is that a Xenomorph specimen has been brought back to Earth in the upcoming “Alien: Earth,” which will indeed be the franchise’s first installment set here on Earth. Check out the first look preview footage for next year’s “Alien: Earth” below.

Creator Noah Hawley recently told Deadline, “There’s something about seeing a Xenomorph in the wilds of Earth with your own eyes that is truly chilling… to think...

The excitement builds as “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” returns for its much-anticipated Season 7, titled “Pillow Talk: War & Peace.” Fans can look forward to a unique twist this season, where beloved couples invite everyone into their homes to watch the latest episode of “Happily Ever After?” The premiere airs at 12:01 Am on Monday, November 4, 2024, on TLC.

In this season, favorites like Elizabeth and Andrei, Kenny and Armando, Tim and Veronica, and Robert and Anny will share their thoughts and reactions. With their lively personalities, viewers can expect plenty of laughter, heartfelt moments, and even some heated discussions. Each couple brings their own perspective, making every episode a fun watch.

As they comment on the drama unfolding on screen, it’s clear that no one is holding back. The mix of humor and honesty will keep fans engaged and entertained. This season promises to be a rollercoaster of emotions,...

A spate of deals out of MIPCOM Cannes this week indicates there is still life in the global TV market.

Paramount Global Content Distribution inked a multi-year volume deal with beIN Media Group, giving the Qatari-owned group exclusive rights to Paramount’s content library, including acclaimed series like Yellowstone, Billions, new offerings such as NCIS: Tony & Ziva and feature films including Bob Marley: One Love and the Transformers and Mission: Impossible franchises, across the Middle East and North Africa for beIN’s premium Pay TV channels and Tod streaming platform. The deal will see the shows carried in English subtitled in Arabic. Paramount has similar agreements in place with the likes of Streamz in Belgium, MultiChoice in Africa, and JioCinema in India.

Disney-owned Hulu, which on Monday announced its acquisition of StudioCanal’s action series Paris Has Fallen, has also snapped up U.S. streaming rights to Critical Incident,...

Actress Saoirse Ronan has been in the television industry for a while now and has done some amazing work. But out of the lot, she’s primarily known for her involvement in the period drama genre. However, the most noteworthy project in this would be 2018’s Mary Queen of Scots. In this historical drama, she featured alongside Margot Robbie and also worked with her now husband, Jack Lowden.

Saoirse Ronan via The Late Late Show | Credits: YouTube

It was the duo’s first project together, and almost immediately, sparks flew between them. And now, after six years of being together, the duo has recently tied the knot. In this article, we will dive deeper into how they met as well as their professional endeavors.

All You Need to Know About Saoirse Ronan’s Husband Jack Lowden Jack Lowden via BBC | Credits: YouTube

British actor Jack Lowden was born in Chelmsford,...

In the wake of Alien: Romulus comes the Hulu series “Alien: Earth” next year, which is set before the events of all previous movies and brings the franchise to Earth for the first time.

If it’s taking place on Earth… before the original Alien… does that mean “Alien: Earth” won’t actually feature any Xenomorphs at all? That’s been the speculation/worry from many fans these past several months, but creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”) is here to debunk the rumors.

Chatting with Deadline on the Emmys red carpet last night, Noah Hawley has made it crystal clear that were will be at least one Xenomorph featured in next year’s “Alien: Earth.”

He explains, “There’s something about seeing a Xenomorph in the wilds of Earth with your own eyes that is truly chilling… to think of it moving here among us. And so I can’t tell...

After Bridgerton season 3, audiences are understandably eager to see what awaits in the story's next installment yet the best place to get more historical drama from a similar period and setting is actually a critically acclaimed 2016 BBC series. With its emphasis on social intrigue, romance, and complex relationships, Bridgerton is a compelling melodrama that brings early 19th-century society to life in an engaging and unconventional way. While features like Bridgerton's ingenious use of modern music and seductive tone are difficult to replicate, other aspects of what has made the show such a hit can be found elsewhere.

Even though Bridgerton first stole headlines for its steamy romances and soap opera-style subplots, it's become clear that the show is much more nuanced than many initially gave it credit for. Rather than the salacious surface, the real key to its success is the believable and complicated character dynamics, with relationship arcs spanning...

Attached to select showings of Alien: Romulus on the big screen was a short teaser trailer for “Alien: Earth,” and the teaser has been officially released online by FX this week.

Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien: Earth,” which is coming exclusively to Hulu in 2025. Watch the teaser trailer below and read on for the brand new official synopsis.

The series comes from creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”). Of particular note, it’s set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place here on Earth, set roughly 70 years in the future.

FX teases, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

In “Alien: Earth”…

“When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.”

The series is set...

Slow Horses Star Plays Young Sauron in Chilling Rings of Power S2 Premiere - Main Image

In the premiere's flashback, a younger version of Sauron comes into play. If you noticed he's played by a different actor, you guessed right. Meet the "steed of Slow Horses" star Jack Lowden who recently joined The Rings of Power's latest season.

Spoiler Warning: This article contains major spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2, so proceed with caution.

Why Does Sauron Look Different in The Rings of Power S2?

Sauron, aka the true identity behind Halbrand, who could shift his shape and form into anything he desires, showed a vulnerable piece of himself in the premiere of The Rings of Power season 2.

As fans are brought back to Middle-Earth in season 2, a younger depiction of Sauron graced the screens before we get to Charlie Vickers' present version.

Apart from the fact that he has shapeshifting abilities,...

Attached to select showings of Alien: Romulus on the big screen is a very short teaser trailer for “Alien: Earth,” the franchise’s first ever TV series that’s coming soon to FX.

Sydney Chandler stars in “Alien: Earth,” which recently wrapped production and is likely arriving in 2025. This short teaser more or less exists to announce the show’s official title, and it will probably be a while before we see any actual footage from the small screen project.

Check out the teaser below and expect more soon.

The series comes from creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”). Of particular note, it’s set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place here on Earth, set roughly 70 years in the future.

FX teases, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

The series is set 30 years before the events of the...

While we wait for Fede Alvarez’s new movie Alien: Romulus to arrive in theaters next month, we’ve learned this week that filming has wrapped on the “Alien” TV series from FX.

The series had been filming in Thailand throughout the first half of the year, with production originally beginning last summer before being shut down due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Series star Sydney Chandler announced the end of production on Instagram this week. You can find her post below. Read on for everything you need to know about FX’s “Alien.”

Update: The show’s official title at this time is “Alien: Earth.”

The Alien franchise’s first ever television series comes from creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”), and it’s likely to arrive sometime next year. Of particular note, it’s set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place here on Earth, set roughly 70 years in the future.

Netflix has confirmed a Peaky Blinders film is going ahead with Tom Harper set to direct.

The untitled feature, which carries on from the BBC hit series, was originally confirmed by series creator Steven Knight back in March but now Netflix has officially greenlit the project which will be made in association with BBC Film.

Cillian Murphy is returning to star as the infamous Tommy Shelby and will produce the film alongside Knight, Caryn Mandabach and Guy Heeley. Knight is also writing the script.

Production is set to begin later this year and will shoot at Knight’s own Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham.

Peaky Blinders caught the imagination by swerving the unexpected. Creator Steven Knight put the whole thing on a tilt from the start by not setting his gangster drama in London, but in (then) unfashionable Birmingham. He made family leader Tommy Shelby not the eldest but the middle brother. He mad Helen McCrory’s indelible Polly Gray not Tommy’s mother but his aunt. His working class characters weren’t to be pitied, but feared and respected… Nothing, from the contemporary rock music to the interweaving of Romany culture, was quite what period audiences had come to expect.

Knight’s slanted take on historical drama was exemplified at the climax of the Peaky Blinders series one finale, directed by Tom Harper. Now, over a decade later, Harper is coming back to direct the long-discussed Peaky Blinders movie, which starts filming in September 2024 in the West Midlands, after being officially commissioned by...

It's been long awaited and highly anticipated, but the "Peaky Blinders" are officially coming back in movie form. That's right, it's a race to see which gets to six seasons and a movie first: "Community" or the Steven Knight-created British period crime drama.

Deadline has confirmed that Netflix greenlit a "Peaky Blinders" movie, with Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy set to return to the role of Tommy Shelby, leader of the Birmingham criminal gang (the titular Peaky Blinders). The show began airing in 2013 and ran for six seasons until 2022. Knight is back to write the screenplay, with Tom Harper, who directed the back half of season 1, helming the feature film.

"It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn't finished with me," Murphy told Deadline. "It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of 'Peaky Blinders.' This is one for the fans." Meanwhile,...

Exclusive: It’s been a long time coming amid trickles of information that never were fully confirmed, but the Shelby family faithful can now wholly rejoice as the Peaky Blinders movie is officially moving forward. Netflix has greenlit a feature film that will star Oscar winner Cillian Murphy in a return to the iconic role of the Birmingham clan’s leader Tommy Shelby.

Tom Harper is directing the untitled film. Harper is no stranger to Peaky, having helmed the back half of Season 1.

Production is set to begin later this year from a script by Peaky creator Steven Knight. Producers are Caryn Mandabach, Knight, Murphy and Guy Heeley. Exec producers include Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren and David Mason. The feature will be made in association with BBC Film.

Related: ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Steven Knight On Series Finale & How It...

Exclusive: Blackwater Pictures, the British indie production company behind the buzzy biopic about the life of veteran Snooker player Jimmy White, has set up what they describe as a “multi-million-pound” fund to support commercially-minded independent British films.

Helmed by Kevin Harvey and Antoine Dixon-Bellot, Blackwater Pictures will commit to supporting five projects as part of a slate focused on emerging directors. The fund will prioritize “commercial independent British films,” organizers said today.

The fund is being managed in collaboration with BAFTA-nominated producer Tiernan Hanby (The Karman Line, Summit Fever, Heavyweight) of Pin Sharp Pictures and Simon Marriott of development & production company Shout Loud Creative. Money for the fund was raised through private equity and personal funds.

The slate currently includes Antecedent, the directorial feature debut of Dan Bronzite. He is best known for his supernatural horror Long Time Dead produced for Working Title Films/Universal...

Exclusive: Veteran industry executive Negeen Yazdi has joined Tom Harper’s Popcorn Storm Pictures as Partner. Yazdi, who was formerly SVP of Film Development & Production at Fifth Season, will oversee Popcorn Storm’s film and TV development slate in a move that reunites her with Harper after the pair previously collaborated on 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace.

Popcorn Storm is a London-based, talent-led firm founded in 2018 by Harper. His diverse portfolio spans two decades with credits including directing the first season of Peaky Blinders (2013), BBC miniseries War & Peace (2016) and features Wild Rose (2018), The Aeronauts (2019) and Heart of Stone (2023). Harper and Yazdi previously collaborated on the Emmy-nominated War & Peace which laid the foundation for this new partnership.

Yazdi’s appointment comes at an exciting time for Popcorn Storm which is building on the success of its current Paramount+ series A Gentleman in Moscow, exec produced by Harper and the...

Callum Turner is staying employed at Apple TV+.

Turner, who recently co-starred in Apple’s World War II miniseries Masters of the Air, has been tapped to lead Neuromancer, the streamer’s series adaptation of William Gibson’s classic sci-fi/cyberpunk novel.

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Callum Turner has been cast in the lead role of the series adaptation of the William Gibson novel “Neuromancer” at Apple TV+, Variety has learned.

The series was originally announced in February. Per the official description, the 10-episode drama 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, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.”

This will mark the second starring role in an Apple series for Turner. Previously, he starred in the World War II series “Masters of the Air” alongside a cast that included Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan. The show debuted on the streaming arm of the tech giant earlier this year. He has also starred in shows like “Glue” and the 2016 BBC series version of “War & Peace.” In film,...

There’s a lot going on in the world of Alien at the moment. The original classic is returning to theaters, for starters, and the Xenomorphs will be fighting Marvel’s superheroes in the upcoming mashup comic Aliens vs. Avengers. Of course, the main event for 2024 is Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus, a brand new big screen movie set between Alien and Aliens!

With so much going on, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that Disney is also working on an “Alien” television series, in the works for FX from creator Noah Hawley (“Legion”).

The Alien franchise’s first ever television series is likely to arrive sometime in 2025, set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.

FX teases, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

So what’s the latest on the “Alien” TV series?...

Exclusive: Actor Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) has penned a screenplay that he will direct based on the life of veteran Snooker player Jimmy White, with Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk) and Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) signed on to star.

Barnard — best known for his breakout in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk but also has credits such as The Goldfinch and the BBC’s popular 2016 War & Peace adaptation — will play White in the pic. Producers told us the film will condense the life and career of the colorful six-time Snooker World Championship finalist into “one crazy night” during which he “is forced to confront his darker side.”

Produced by Black Water Pictures and Lipsync Productions, the feature shoots in London this April. Winstone and his long-term manager, Michael Wiggs, are also on board as co-producers. The film will mark Waddington’s feature directorial debut.

“I want to illuminate the darkness Jimmy...

Oscar-nominated Irish actor Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, Michael Collins, Greta) will be honored with the Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement for his “outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry,” the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) unveiled on Wednesday.

Rea will be presented with the honor in the presence of family, friends and industry colleagues at the 21st IFTA Awards ceremony, taking place on Saturday, April 20 at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. The evening will be hosted by Baz Ashmawy, one of Ireland’s most popular TV personalities.

“So much of Irish culture has been recovered and reimagined: music, language, literature, theater,” Rea said. “And cinema can be added to that list because of the special energy of John Boorman who produced Neil Jordan’s first film Angel. And to my astonishment, my first film too. Neil thrust the script and a saxophone into my hands,...

Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air” is the third collaboration from the team behind HBO’s “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific.” Trio Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Steven Spielberg produced the nine-part World War II epic series, which spotlights the men who fought in the 8th Air Force, specifically the men of the 100th Bomb Group. The vivid and vital story finds roots in the book of the same name by Donald L. Miller.

The crew of a typical Eighth Air Force heavy bomber plane included ten men — a pilot and his co-pilot flying the B17, the navigator and the bombardier in the machine’s nose, the flight engineer behind the pilot, the radio operator, two waist gunners, a ball turret gunner and a tail gunner. Not to mention the men who strategized from the bases, the plane engineers and Tuskegee airmen or Royal Airforce pilots who feature in this story.

The Alien franchise will return with its first ever television series in 2025, and it’s set to be the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.

Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films, but don’t expect Ridley Scott’s prequel movies to factor into the series. Scott, who’s on board the FX series as producer, dug into the origins of the Xenomorphs in both Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, but Hawley reveals in a new chat with Kcrw’s The Business that he’s not interested in playing with any of those story threads.

Furthermore, he’s only interested in exploring the tech of the original two movies.

“Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show,” Hawley explains. “For me, and for a lot of people,...

The cast for FX’s “Alien” series continues to grow, with Deadline reporting that actor Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral) joins in recurring capacity. More interestingly, the announcement gives a bit more insight to the many of the characters in the series.

The series is “set in a time period before Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley and is the first story in the franchise that takes place on Earth, roughly 70 years in the future.” FX originally noted, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

Bar-El joins previously announced cast members Babou Ceesay (“Guerrilla,” “Damilola”), Jonathan Ajayi (“Wonder Woman 1984,” “Noughts and Crosses”), Erana James (“Uproar,” “The Wilds”), Lily Newmark (“Pin Cushion,” “Sex Education”), Diêm Camille (“Washington Black,” “Alex Rider 3”), and Adrian Edmondson, Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror...

Emmy-nominated actress Lily James is the 2024 “Global Ambassador’ for ‘Only Natural Diamonds’, presented by the Natural Diamond Council to “celebrate the magnificence of natural diamonds, their timelessness and rarity—heirlooms ‘To Treasure Now and Forever’”:

James is noted for her role as 'Lady Rose Aldridge' in the ITV period drama "Downton Abbey"...

...followed by her title role in the feature "Cinderella" (2015).

After numerous roles including "Mama Mia" and "Baby Driver", she starred in "Pam & Tommy".

Her first features included "Wrath of the Titans", "Fast Girls"…

…and playing 'Countess Natasha Rostova' in the BBC historical drama TV series "War & Peace".

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The new trailer for Bob Marley: One Love reveals intriguing details about the upcoming biopic. Bob Marley's iconic music and his powerful social activism take center stage in this highly anticipated biographical feature. Paramount Pictures drops an exciting new trailer, teasing insights into the life and legacy of the reggae legend.

A new trailer for Bob Marley: One Love has been released, revealing more details about the upcoming biopic focused on the famous reggae singer. Marley rose to fame for his distinct musical style and social activism, which made him a political target during his career. He wrote many well-known songs during his career, including "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" and "One Love."

Now, Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer ahead of Bob Marley: One Love's release, revealing more details about the biographical feature.

The trailer promises a moving biopic about the legendary singer, focusing on his music...

Actress Lily James ("Downton Abbey") poses for the new fragrance "Versace Bright Crystal", photographed by Mert & Marcus:

James is noted for her role as 'Lady Rose Aldridge' in the ITV period drama "Downton Abbey"...

...followed by her title role in the feature "Cinderella" (2015).

James started her career as 'Ethel Brown' in the 2010 BBC production "Just William".

Her first features included "Wrath of the Titans", "Fast Girls" ...

...followed by playing 'Countess Natasha Rostova' in the BBC historical drama series "War & Peace".

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There is a lot of talk about a potential war, and the police has been asked to haul all vagrants from the streets with a vague explanation that civilians without identity impose a national threat. The men are brought to a local mental clinic where they are sedated and kept for months and then discharged with a bunch of pills, just in time to make space for the new lot. Tovino Tomas plays a man who was put in such an institution for no other reason than leaving his house to do some errands, and running into the wrong kind of uniformed guys. Upon his release, he returns to a settlement made out of old train wagons somewhere in the countryside, in an area impacted by the heavy industry. He discovers a new, not that pleasant type of neighbor living in the wagon opposite of his, but the times are difficult enough,...

The cast for FX’s upcoming “Alien” series continues to grow, with Variety reporting this week that six more actors have signed on to star in the franchise’s first small screen outing.

Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, and Adrian Edmondson have all been cast in the series.

Sydney Chandler stars in FX’s “Alien” as Wendy, said to be “a hybrid, a meta-human who has the brain and consciousness of a child but the body of an adult.”

The previously announced cast also includes Timothy Olyphant (“Fargo”), David Rysdahl (“Fargo”), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World), Samuel Blenkin (“Black Mirror”), and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger).

FX’s “Alien” series is expected sometime in 2025.

Creator Noah Hawley‘s take on the Alien franchise has been described as both an “extension and reinvention” of the films that have come before it,...

Noah Hawley’s “Alien” series at FX has filled out its main cast with six new additions, Variety has learned exclusively.

Babou Ceesay, Jonathan Ajayi, Erana James, Lily Newmark, Diêm Camille, and Adrian Edmondson have all been cast in the series.

They join previously announced cast members Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, David Rysdahl, Samuel Blenkin, and Adarsh Gourav.

Plot and character details are being kept under tight wraps on the project, which was first announced in December 2020. The only detail that has been confirmed is that the show will take place on Earth in the not-too-distant future.

Scripts for the series were completed ahead of the recent writers’ strike, and production began on the show in Thailand in July after the onset of the SAG-AFTRA strike with the British cast members who were members of Equity, the British entertainment union. Production was eventually placed on hold,...

Born and raised in Ireland, Jessie Buckley has quickly made a name for herself in the world of acting and singing. Her talent and dedication have led to her recognition and success in both film and theatre, earning her nominations for prestigious awards such as the Academy Award and three BAFTA Awards.

Born on December 28, 1989, in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Jessie was the eldest of five children. Her mother, Marina Cassidy, was a vocal coach and inspired Jessie’s early interest in music and the performing arts. Jessie attended the all-girls Ursuline Secondary School in Thurles, County Tipperary, where her mother worked. She took part in numerous school productions, often playing male lead roles, including Tony in West Side Story and Freddie Trumper in Chess1.

In addition to acting, Jessie demonstrated a deep passion for music. She achieved Grade eight in piano, clarinet, and harp at the Royal Irish Academy...

Warning: The following article contains spoilers from Heart of Stone.

Gal Gadot and the cast of Heart of Stone traveled around the world to film scenes for the Netflix movie, including Italy, Portugal, London, Iceland, Morocco, and Los Angeles, California. The production crew utilized iconic landmarks and locations in each country they filmed, such as the Glacier Hotel Grawand in Senales, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík. The cast and crew took precautions to ensure they didn't damage any property while filming, using movie magic and careful planning to execute action sequences without harming the locations.

Gal Gadot's character, Rachel Stone, traveled the world in Heart of Stone, and it turns out that the actress, along with the other cast members and crew, of course, flew all around to film scenes for the Netflix spy action thriller. Aside from Gadot, the cast includes Jamie Dornan,...

Netflix's Heart of Stone is a spy thriller that positions Gal Gadot as the star of her own action franchise, offering James Bond or Mission: Impossible vibes. The film features impressive practical stunts, with many scenes shot on location and a focus on reality-based action, making it a dream job for the stunt coordinator. Actors like Gal Gadot and Brie Larson, known for their Marvel and DC projects, work incredibly hard, pushing themselves physically and training extensively for their roles.

Netflix’s next spy thriller is Heart of Stone, which appears poised to put Gal Gadot at the center of her own James Bond or Mission: Impossible-esque franchise. The film was written by Greg Rucka (The Old Guard) and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures) and directed by Tom Harper, who is known for his work on series like Electric Dreams, War & Peace, and Peaky Blinders. Heart of Stone...

Contains some plot details for Heartstopper season two but no real spoilers.

Despite featuring no superheroes, superpowers or elaborate plans to destroy Gotham City, Heartstopper was one of 2022’s most anticipated comic book adaptations, and its second season – out now on Netflix – was no different. Alice Oseman’s webcomic about two British high school boys who fall in love has an extremely devoted fanbase who only have to see a drawing of falling leaves – Charlie and Nick’s romantic motif – to spill over with excitement.

The Netflix show, written and produced by Oseman, was such a hit that it was immediately renewed for seasons two and three, meaning fans could follow the on-screen stories of beloved characters Elle, Tao, Tara, Darcy and Isaac, alongside those of Nick and Charlie, past their Gcse year and beyond.

In season two, the existing cast is joined by new characters Sahar, Felix and Naomi,...

Comcast-owned Sky Studios has added to its drama team, tapping two new executives and promoting others, Variety can reveal.

In a memo circulated today, drama director Meghan Lyvers confirmed that Bad Wolf producer Ellen Marsh has joined the team as head of series development while UTA’s Megan Spanjian is set to join later this summer as senior executive producer.

Sam Hoyle, who joined last year as an executive producer, has transitioned to the role of commissioning editor, reporting to Katherine Butler. Hoyle will work alongside Paul Gilbert, Manpreet Dosanjh and Sholla Caramba-Coker while Tilly Coulson will continue to head up development for commissioning.

And executive producer Adrian Sturges, whose projects include “Gangs of London” Season 3 and “Cobra” Season 3, has been upped to senior executive producer.

At Bad Wolf, Marsh co-produced the 60th anniversary specials of “Doctor Who” among other projects. She previously worked on “Industry” and “Succession” for HBO.

Following its conclusion, fans are already looking for the next shows like The Last Kingdom. As The Last Kingdom is full of entertaining battle sequences, forbidden romances, and intense political storylines, it's likely that they will be looking for something similar. Although some fans might not believe it, there are actually several shows around that echo Uhtred's quest for justice and glory. However, only a few of them have proven to be memorable since they have added their own refreshing twists to the plot that are even better than those seen in The Last Kingdom at times.

The Last Kingdom ended with its fifth season and a movie, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die. While many fans were ecstatic that they got an epic and huge ending to Uhtred's story and for the writers to come up with a satisfying conclusion for all the characters, there are some that...

1923 star Helen Mirren explains why she does not think of Yellowstone as a franchise. Taylor Sheridan's universe continues to grow, tracking various generations of the Dutton family through each installment and revealing more about their land. In 1923, the second Yellowstone prequel to be released, Mirren stars as Cara Dutton and is joined by a cast that includes Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Darren Mann, Jerome Flynn, and Timothy Dalton.

Speaking at TheWrap's 2023 Awards Season Screening Series, Mirren said that she does not see Yellowstone as a franchise, but "more as an examination of the history of America." The actress also shared that she was not overly familiar with the original show but decided to get involved with 1923 because of Sheridan's writing. Read Mirren's comments regarding the Yellowstone franchise below:

I don’t see it as a franchise. I don’t see it like that. I know...

Exclusive: Brian Cox (Succession), Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone), Brooklynn Prince (Cocaine Bear) and Che Tafari (Me Time) are set to lead Little Wing, a new Paramount+ coming-of-age film from Awesomeness, which DGA Award nominee Dean Israelite (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) is directing from a script by Oscar nom John Gatins (Flight).

The film now in production in Oregon, which has been a passion project for Israelite over the past decade, is inspired by the New Yorker article of the same name by Susan Orlean. This is the story of Kaitlyn (Prince), a 13-year-old girl who, reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home, is drawn into the world of pigeon racing. She hopes to solve her family’s financial woes by stealing a valuable bird, but instead forms a bond with the owner who cultivates her love of the sport.

Cox plays Jaan, the pigeon racer,...

This year, all the Oscar-contending directors are nominated for original screenplay: the Daniels, Todd Field, Martin McDonagh, Ruben Östlund and Steven Spielberg (writing with Tony Kushner).

This is the first time it’s happened in AMPAS history.

The only year that came close was 2017, when all five helmers had written or co-written their scripts, though they didn’t all get writing noms.

So here’s Film History 101.

In Hollywood lore, Preston Sturges is often credited as the first scribe to become a hyphenate, as writer-director of the 1940 “The Great McGinty.” But as with all Hollywood “facts,” there is only an element of truth here.

In the next few years, he was joined by some heavyweights: Orson Welles (“Citizen Kane”) and John Huston (“The Maltese Falcon”) in 1941; Leo McCarey (co-writer of “Going My Way”); Billy Wilder (writing with Raymond Chandler) for “Double Indemnity” in 1944; and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (“Dragonwyck”), 1946.

However, a writer-director wasn’t an innovation.

Later this year, Ridley Scott will release his David Scarpa-scripted, Joaquin Phoenix-led take on Napoleon Bonaparte for Apple TV+, but he’s not the only major filmmaker mounting a cinematic take on the French military commander’s life and pursuits. After being in development for some time, it looks like an adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s unproduced Napoleon script is finally moving ahead in the hands of Steven Spielberg.

As revealed at a Berlinale press conference today, The Fabelmans director said the project is in active development with the backing of Stanley Kubrick’s widow Christiane Kubrick and his long-time producer and brother-in-law Jan Harlan. The “large production” will take the form of a seven-part limited series for HBO.

Back when Kubrick was developing it, the meticulously researched war epic was courting Audrey Hepburn and Jack Nicholson, the latter of whom would go on to lead The Shining,...

This past year, we've had a lot of discussions about whether Brendan Fraser should have been cast in Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale" due to him requiring a fat suit to play the role. On the one hand, we are all happy to see Fraser be given a lead role by a major director, which hasn't happened in many years. On the other, it is yet another entry on the long list of roles that should presumably have gone to fat actors but didn't. The likelihood that a central character is explicitly written to be large is already incredibly small, but if all those parts are getting taken by actors who need padding and prosthetics to make themselves appear large, when else are fat actors going to be given opportunities to lead films?

As someone who is indeed fat, I often find myself frustrated by this, but I also understand...

When a young Viesturs Kairiss started to dream about becoming a filmmaker thirty-some-odd years ago, he knew his path wouldn’t be straightforward or easy. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, aspiring Latvian directors would have to travel to Moscow or St. Petersburg to enroll in venerable Soviet film schools. After independence, Kairiss was among the first class of graduates from the newly launched film studies program at the Latvian Academy of Culture, one of many ways in which the small Baltic republic attempted to assert its own identity after half a century of Soviet rule.

“We didn’t have any technique,” Kairiss admits of he and his film school peers, laughing. For his first feature film, “Leaving by the Way” (2001), he enlisted friends for below-the-line work and recruited actors from the local theater school. When the film bowed in the Crystal Globe competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival,...

Neil Forsyth’s The Gold is a true crime drama with a distinctive perspective. As much as it’s about the cat-and-mouse chase between the robbers of £26 million’s worth of gold bullion in November 1983, and the special task force trying to catch them, it’s also about the British class system. Over six episodes (airing weekly on BBC One and available as a box-set on BBC iPlayer), Forsyth tells a story about villains on both sides of the social divide and the entrenched systems protecting those at the top. His London is just as veined with establishment corruption, freemasonry and snobbery as it is with armed robbers, hooky fences and locals who keep their mouths shut for fear of reprisal.

The ensemble drama covers the period from the 1983 robbery, then the largest gold heist in British history, to the investigation and sentencing of select ring leaders. The story, as the newspapers show,...

Prokofiev’s opera War & Peace is presented on 28 January 2023 by the internationally renowned Catalan opera director Calixto Bieito in a joint production between the Hungarian State Opera and the Grand Théâtre de Genève. The cast featuring 28 soloists is led by Andrea Brassói-Jőrös, Szabolcs Brickner and Csaba Szegedi, the Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Alan Buribayev.

The will to live of the physically and mentally broken Andrei Bolkonsky, wishing to die, is restored by his budding love for the young and cheerful Natasha Rostova in vain as the warm-hearted girl and her family are cruelly and harshly rejected by Andrei’s father, the elderly Prince Bolkonsky. As a result of Andrei’s obedience, Natasha falls into the net of the married Anatole Kuragin, but his elopement with the girl is eventually prevented by Natasha’s cousin, Sonya. The humiliated Natasha attempts suicide in her despair, unsuccessfully. As a result of the events,...