‘Esio Trot’ Writer Paul Mayhew-Archer’s BBC Drama ‘But When We Dance’ To Film After Three-Year Delay
Exclusive: The BBC is finally going into production on But When We Dance, the feature-length Parkinson’s drama penned by Esio Trot writer Paul Mayhew-Archer.
The show was greenlit in 2019 but the Endor Productions shoot was delayed for around three years after the pandemic wreaked havoc on production schedules.
But When We Dance is expected to shoot in the coming months, with the BBC still finalizing the drama’s cast. Jonny Campbell, who has helmed episodes of Westworld and Doctor Who, was set to direct.
The story centers on two people with lots in common: a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
Mayhew-Archer is one of 153,000 people in the UK who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He has helped raise awareness for the disease through the Movers and Shakers podcast, which he co-hosts with former BBC presenters including Jeremy Paxman.
Mayhew-Archer’s 2015 TV movie...
The show was greenlit in 2019 but the Endor Productions shoot was delayed for around three years after the pandemic wreaked havoc on production schedules.
But When We Dance is expected to shoot in the coming months, with the BBC still finalizing the drama’s cast. Jonny Campbell, who has helmed episodes of Westworld and Doctor Who, was set to direct.
The story centers on two people with lots in common: a great sense of humor, a love of dance, and Parkinson’s.
Mayhew-Archer is one of 153,000 people in the UK who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. He has helped raise awareness for the disease through the Movers and Shakers podcast, which he co-hosts with former BBC presenters including Jeremy Paxman.
Mayhew-Archer’s 2015 TV movie...
- 2/27/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC drama “Informer,” which originally starred Paddy Considine, Bel Powley and Nabhaan Rizwan, is getting a German adaptation.
Production has begun in Hamburg, Germany, on “Informant,” an adaptation of the All3Media International scripted format, which was BAFTA-nominated. The BBC One show was executive produced by Sam Mendes, who produced via his production outfit Neal Street Productions.
The six-part German thriller is being produced by filmpool fiction (part of All3Media Deutschland) for Ndr, Ard Degeto, Arte and Nrk (Norway). The show is expected to debut in fall 2024.
Starring Jürgen Vogel (“Trust Me”), Elisa Schlott (“Das Boot”) and Ivar Wafaei (“Rheingold”), “Informant” tells the story of how the ‘war on terror’ and indications of an attack on the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg plunges people into a maelstrom of fear, prejudice and hysteria.
The cast also includes Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Bayan Layla, Claudia Michelsen, Sabrina Ceesay, Nico Holonics, Ali Reza Ahmadi and Majid Bakhtiari.
Production has begun in Hamburg, Germany, on “Informant,” an adaptation of the All3Media International scripted format, which was BAFTA-nominated. The BBC One show was executive produced by Sam Mendes, who produced via his production outfit Neal Street Productions.
The six-part German thriller is being produced by filmpool fiction (part of All3Media Deutschland) for Ndr, Ard Degeto, Arte and Nrk (Norway). The show is expected to debut in fall 2024.
Starring Jürgen Vogel (“Trust Me”), Elisa Schlott (“Das Boot”) and Ivar Wafaei (“Rheingold”), “Informant” tells the story of how the ‘war on terror’ and indications of an attack on the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg plunges people into a maelstrom of fear, prejudice and hysteria.
The cast also includes Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Bayan Layla, Claudia Michelsen, Sabrina Ceesay, Nico Holonics, Ali Reza Ahmadi and Majid Bakhtiari.
- 6/22/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Filming is now underway on sci-fi thriller Cold Storage, and Deadline reports today that Sosie Bacon (Smile) has joined a cast that’s led by the previously announced Liam Neeson.
Joe Keery (Stranger Things) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) also star, and Deadline additionally reports that Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) is also in talks to star.
Deadline details, “The darkly comedic sci-fi-action film will chart a deadly micro-organism that will stop at nothing to spread.”
“The film opens several decades ago when a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. Fast-forward to the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sub level selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity rests on...
Joe Keery (Stranger Things) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) also star, and Deadline additionally reports that Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) is also in talks to star.
Deadline details, “The darkly comedic sci-fi-action film will chart a deadly micro-organism that will stop at nothing to spread.”
“The film opens several decades ago when a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. Fast-forward to the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sub level selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity rests on...
- 3/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Almost eleven months have gone by since we first heard about the sci-fi virus thriller Cold Storage, and now filming is officially underway, with production set to take place in Italy and Morocco. Now that cameras are rolling, Deadline reports that Sosie Bacon (Smile) has signed on to join the previously announced Liam Neeson (Taken), Joe Keery (Stranger Things), and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) in the cast. With Bacon, Keery, and Campbell in there, this movie has a lot of modern genre cred. Deadline adds that Oscar nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) is also in final talks to take a role in the film.
Doctor Who and Westworld director Jonny Campbell is directing Cold Storage from a screenplay by David Koepp. Koepp has been one of the biggest screenwriters in Hollywood for about thirty years at this point, having worked on such films as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, The Lost World: Jurassic Park,...
Doctor Who and Westworld director Jonny Campbell is directing Cold Storage from a screenplay by David Koepp. Koepp has been one of the biggest screenwriters in Hollywood for about thirty years at this point, having worked on such films as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, The Lost World: Jurassic Park,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Filming has begun on location in Italy and Morocco on virus thriller Cold Storage with Smile star Sosie Bacon joining Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Liam Neeson (Taken) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian). The Crown star and Oscar nominee Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) is in final talks to join.
From Zombieland producer Gavin Polone and written and produced by Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny sceenwriter David Koepp, the darkly comedic sci-fi-action film will chart a deadly micro-organism that will stop at nothing to spread.
The film opens several decades ago when a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. Fast-forward to the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sub level selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread,...
From Zombieland producer Gavin Polone and written and produced by Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny sceenwriter David Koepp, the darkly comedic sci-fi-action film will chart a deadly micro-organism that will stop at nothing to spread.
The film opens several decades ago when a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. Fast-forward to the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sub level selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hulu has acquired Daisy May Cooper’s hit BBC comedy-thriller Am I Being Unreasonable?
The streamer has taken U.S. rights to all six episodes of the genre-bending comedy, which was written by the This Country creator and Selin Hizli (Mum), and exec produced by Jack Thorne. Show will debut as a Hulu original on April 11. BBC Studios struck the deal, having shopped the show at Mipcom Cannes.
Am I Being Unreasonable?, which has been recommissioned for a second season, aired to critical acclaim on the BBC last September and is considered a frontrunner for the upcoming UK TV awards season.
The six-parter from Boffola Pictures and Happy Valley producer Lookout Point follows Nic (Cooper), a mother grieving a loss that she can’t share with anyone whilst stuck in a depressing marriage. Only her son, Ollie, keeps her going. But when Jen (Hizli) arrives in town,...
The streamer has taken U.S. rights to all six episodes of the genre-bending comedy, which was written by the This Country creator and Selin Hizli (Mum), and exec produced by Jack Thorne. Show will debut as a Hulu original on April 11. BBC Studios struck the deal, having shopped the show at Mipcom Cannes.
Am I Being Unreasonable?, which has been recommissioned for a second season, aired to critical acclaim on the BBC last September and is considered a frontrunner for the upcoming UK TV awards season.
The six-parter from Boffola Pictures and Happy Valley producer Lookout Point follows Nic (Cooper), a mother grieving a loss that she can’t share with anyone whilst stuck in a depressing marriage. Only her son, Ollie, keeps her going. But when Jen (Hizli) arrives in town,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
French pay-tv giant Canal+ went on the offensive at a special event in Paris on Wednesday, promoting its historic role as the biggest supporter of local and international cinema in France and laying out its past track record and future plans.
The roadshow-style conference was part of an operation laying the ground for the launch of a new high-end, cinema-focused channel Canal+ Box Office which was teased at the end of the event.
“2023 will be the most beautiful year for cinema in the history of Canal+. We’ve never held an event like this before devoted only to cinema, but we felt the need to talk about this,” declared Canal+ Group Chairman and CEO Maxime Saada.
The exec said the banner year was due to three factors, topped by the agreement it signed with the French cinema guilds in early 2022, pledging to invest at least €200M (213M) annually in cinema over five years.
The roadshow-style conference was part of an operation laying the ground for the launch of a new high-end, cinema-focused channel Canal+ Box Office which was teased at the end of the event.
“2023 will be the most beautiful year for cinema in the history of Canal+. We’ve never held an event like this before devoted only to cinema, but we felt the need to talk about this,” declared Canal+ Group Chairman and CEO Maxime Saada.
The exec said the banner year was due to three factors, topped by the agreement it signed with the French cinema guilds in early 2022, pledging to invest at least €200M (213M) annually in cinema over five years.
- 2/15/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Studiocanal has boarded development on part English-language thriller Smiling Hacker which is currently being written by Audrey Diwan.
Anna Marsh, Deputy CEO of parent group Canal+ Group, teased the project at an event in Paris on Wednesday promoting the pay-tv giant’s commitment to local and international cinema and launching a new channel bannered Canal+ Box Office.
The film is loosely inspired by Algerian hacker Hamza Bendelladj. He made headlines internationally for stealing from U.S. banks and giving the proceeds to charity and came to be known as the “Smiling Hacker” or “Happy Hacker”.
Marsh said talks were underway to sign The Serpent and The Mauritanian star Tahar Rahim for the lead role and Belgian Bad Boys directorial duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct.
“It’s a French thriller in the English language in part. It’s written by Audrey Diwan. We’re honored and proud to work with her,...
Anna Marsh, Deputy CEO of parent group Canal+ Group, teased the project at an event in Paris on Wednesday promoting the pay-tv giant’s commitment to local and international cinema and launching a new channel bannered Canal+ Box Office.
The film is loosely inspired by Algerian hacker Hamza Bendelladj. He made headlines internationally for stealing from U.S. banks and giving the proceeds to charity and came to be known as the “Smiling Hacker” or “Happy Hacker”.
Marsh said talks were underway to sign The Serpent and The Mauritanian star Tahar Rahim for the lead role and Belgian Bad Boys directorial duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct.
“It’s a French thriller in the English language in part. It’s written by Audrey Diwan. We’re honored and proud to work with her,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The horror film Barbarian, which stars Georgina Campbell (Krypton), was just given a digital release earlier this week (you can watch it Here), and social media has been full of positive reactions from viewers. So this was the perfect time for Deadline to break the news that Campbell has joined previously announced stars Liam Neeson (Taken) and Joe Keery (Stranger Things) in the cast of the sci-fi virus action thriller Cold Storage, which Doctor Who and Westworld director Jonny Campbell will be directing from a screenplay David Koepp.
David Koepp has been one of the biggest screenwriters in Hollywood for about thirty years at this point, having worked on such films as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Mummy. Koepp wrote the script for Cold Storage based on his 2019 novel of the same name,...
David Koepp has been one of the biggest screenwriters in Hollywood for about thirty years at this point, having worked on such films as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Mummy. Koepp wrote the script for Cold Storage based on his 2019 novel of the same name,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) has signed on to star alongside Liam Neeson and Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery in the sci-fi actioner Cold Storage, based on the novel by David Koepp, which Jonny Campbell is directing for Studiocanal.
The synopsis for Cold Storage is as follows: Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism — capable of extinction-level destruction — was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel, selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape — and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity now rests on a retired bioterror operative and two unlikely heroes employed in the facility, who are caught in a race against time to destroy the organism and save mankind.
But nine-time Emmy nominee Gavin Polone is producing, with Studiocanal fully financing, having launched worldwide sales at the 2022 Cannes Market. Those overseeing the project for Studiocanal include Chief Creative Officer of U.S. Operations Shana Eddy Grouf, EVP Global Production Ron Halpern, and VP International Production & Development, Aaron Ensweiler.
Campbell is coming off of a breakout performance alongside Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long in Zach Cregger’s critically acclaimed horror-thriller Barbarian, which grossed over 42M upon its release via 20th Century Studios in September. The actress first burst onto the scene with her BAFTA-winning performance in the BBC Three drama, Murdered by My Boyfriend, and has more recently appeared in series including Apple TV+’s Suspicion, as well as Prime Video’s The Pale Horse, HBO’s His Dark Materials, Syfy’s Krypton, BBC America’s Broadchurch and others.
Other past film credits for the actress include the horror-comedy All My Friends Hate Me, the thriller Wildcat and the Charlie Hunnam-led action adventure pic King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from director Guy Ritchie. Further upcoming projects for the thesp include Teresa Sutherland’s psychological horror Lovely, Dark and Deep, as well as A Ciegas, the international spin-off to Netflix’s sci-fi horror pic Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, which was taken in by a worldwide audience of 45M+ in its first seven days on the platform.
Campbell is represented by UTA, the UK’s Independent Talent Group and Range Media Partners.
The synopsis for Cold Storage is as follows: Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism — capable of extinction-level destruction — was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel, selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape — and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity now rests on a retired bioterror operative and two unlikely heroes employed in the facility, who are caught in a race against time to destroy the organism and save mankind.
But nine-time Emmy nominee Gavin Polone is producing, with Studiocanal fully financing, having launched worldwide sales at the 2022 Cannes Market. Those overseeing the project for Studiocanal include Chief Creative Officer of U.S. Operations Shana Eddy Grouf, EVP Global Production Ron Halpern, and VP International Production & Development, Aaron Ensweiler.
Campbell is coming off of a breakout performance alongside Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long in Zach Cregger’s critically acclaimed horror-thriller Barbarian, which grossed over 42M upon its release via 20th Century Studios in September. The actress first burst onto the scene with her BAFTA-winning performance in the BBC Three drama, Murdered by My Boyfriend, and has more recently appeared in series including Apple TV+’s Suspicion, as well as Prime Video’s The Pale Horse, HBO’s His Dark Materials, Syfy’s Krypton, BBC America’s Broadchurch and others.
Other past film credits for the actress include the horror-comedy All My Friends Hate Me, the thriller Wildcat and the Charlie Hunnam-led action adventure pic King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from director Guy Ritchie. Further upcoming projects for the thesp include Teresa Sutherland’s psychological horror Lovely, Dark and Deep, as well as A Ciegas, the international spin-off to Netflix’s sci-fi horror pic Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, which was taken in by a worldwide audience of 45M+ in its first seven days on the platform.
Campbell is represented by UTA, the UK’s Independent Talent Group and Range Media Partners.
- 10/27/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Liam Neeson and Stranger Thing’s Joe Keery are set to star in Cold Storage. Jonny Campbell (Westworld and Doctor Who) will direct the sci-fi action film from a novel by David Koepp. Koepp, whose film work includes Jurassic Park, Spider-Man and Mission: Impossible, has written the script. Zombieland and Panic Room’s Gavin Polone is producing.
The film will shoot this fall, with Studiocanal fully financing and launching worldwide sales in next week’s Cannes Market. The subject matter is timely, and its cause is about the only conspiracy theory we didn’t hear about Covid.
Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread,...
The film will shoot this fall, with Studiocanal fully financing and launching worldwide sales in next week’s Cannes Market. The subject matter is timely, and its cause is about the only conspiracy theory we didn’t hear about Covid.
Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Former BBC comedy bosses Shane Allen and Kate Daughton’s Boffola Pictures has landed its debut commission, a BBC comedy-thriller from This Country creator Daisy May Cooper and Deadwater Fell’s Selin Hizli, exec produced by Jack Thorne.
Cooper and Hizli will play the leads and are starring in the untitled six-part show, portraying two friends who love fun, laughter and booze until everything unravels.
His Dark Materials writer Thorne is on board to exec the project, which was ordered several weeks ago by then-acting Director of BBC Comedy Kate Phillips, who took the post temporarily before Jon Petrie joined to oversee the genre permanently. BBC Studios, which owns Lookout Point, is distributing internationally and Allen, Cooper, Hizli and Daughton are all exec producing alongside director Jonny Campbell.
Thorne said the show “balances joy and truth, funny and real,” adding that it has “been a brilliant education for me as a writer.
Cooper and Hizli will play the leads and are starring in the untitled six-part show, portraying two friends who love fun, laughter and booze until everything unravels.
His Dark Materials writer Thorne is on board to exec the project, which was ordered several weeks ago by then-acting Director of BBC Comedy Kate Phillips, who took the post temporarily before Jon Petrie joined to oversee the genre permanently. BBC Studios, which owns Lookout Point, is distributing internationally and Allen, Cooper, Hizli and Daughton are all exec producing alongside director Jonny Campbell.
Thorne said the show “balances joy and truth, funny and real,” adding that it has “been a brilliant education for me as a writer.
- 10/28/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonny Campbell, who recently directed Netflix’s “Dracula” series, will helm Paramount’s “Cold Storage,” an adaptation of veteran screenwriter David Koepp’s first novel.
Koepp became the go-to screenwriter for blockbusters, having worked on features like “Jurassic Park,” “Angels and Demons”, “Panic Room,” and “Mission: Impossible.” When he brought his debut book to the market in 2018, most major studios tried to grab rights, with Paramount being the most aggressive. Publishing rights went to Ecco and Harper Collins.
Paramount considers the project a high priority, with the current Covid-19 pandemic shuttering the industry, a production start date is still unknown.
“Cold Storage” follows a Pentagon bioterror operative named. Roberto Diaz. When he is sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he finds something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contains it and buries it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository. Now, after...
Koepp became the go-to screenwriter for blockbusters, having worked on features like “Jurassic Park,” “Angels and Demons”, “Panic Room,” and “Mission: Impossible.” When he brought his debut book to the market in 2018, most major studios tried to grab rights, with Paramount being the most aggressive. Publishing rights went to Ecco and Harper Collins.
Paramount considers the project a high priority, with the current Covid-19 pandemic shuttering the industry, a production start date is still unknown.
“Cold Storage” follows a Pentagon bioterror operative named. Roberto Diaz. When he is sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he finds something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contains it and buries it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used military repository. Now, after...
- 4/23/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Take a look at the new live-action "Dracula" TV series, produced by BBC One and Netflix, directed by Jonny Campbell, starring Claes Bang as 'Count Dracula' and John Heffernan as 'Jonathan Harker', with Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Jonathan Aris, Lyndsey Marshal, Lydia West and Matthew Beard, now streaming on Netflix:
"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
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"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
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- 1/4/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Louisa Mellor Jan 4, 2020
From the creators of Sherlock, BBC One’s Dracula is a funny, scary, invigorated retelling.
This Dracula review contains spoilers. It originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
Dracula Episode 1
With a personal brand that stretches across all of culture, the who, what, when and where of Count Dracula are well known. He’s a centuries-old nobleman in a Transylvanian castle who vants to suck your blooood. The novel question this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s story asks is: why? Why crucifixes, why the need for an invitation, why the brides, why everything. Why is Count Dracula the best, most successful vampire of all time?
It’s a good hook, and a much-needed one for this lengthy four and a half-hour adaptation. Asking "why" reinvigorates a story we already know, bringing the villain out of the shadows and refashioning him as the lead and not just the title character.
From the creators of Sherlock, BBC One’s Dracula is a funny, scary, invigorated retelling.
This Dracula review contains spoilers. It originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
Dracula Episode 1
With a personal brand that stretches across all of culture, the who, what, when and where of Count Dracula are well known. He’s a centuries-old nobleman in a Transylvanian castle who vants to suck your blooood. The novel question this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s story asks is: why? Why crucifixes, why the need for an invitation, why the brides, why everything. Why is Count Dracula the best, most successful vampire of all time?
It’s a good hook, and a much-needed one for this lengthy four and a half-hour adaptation. Asking "why" reinvigorates a story we already know, bringing the villain out of the shadows and refashioning him as the lead and not just the title character.
- 1/1/2020
- Den of Geek
Take a look at the new live-action "Dracula" TV series, produced by BBC One and Netflix, directed by Jonny Campbell, starring Claes Bang as 'Count Dracula' and John Heffernan as 'Jonathan Harker', with Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Jonathan Aris, Lyndsey Marshal, Lydia West and Matthew Beard, streaming January 3, 2020 on Netflix:
"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Dracula"...
"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
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- 12/30/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new footage from the upcoming live-action "Dracula" TV series, a co-production between BBC One and Netflix, directed by Jonny Campbell, starring Claes Bang as 'Count Dracula' and John Heffernan as 'Jonathan Harker', with Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Jonathan Aris, Lyndsey Marshal, Lydia West and Matthew Beard, streaming on Netflix in 2020:
"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Dracula"...
"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
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- 12/13/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Louisa Mellor Dec 12, 2019
At the launch of the BBC’s Dracula, airing this New Year, here’s what its cast and creators shared about their new 3-part drama…
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
It won’t all be tinsel and Aled Jones on TV this festive season. To balance out the sweetness, BBC One has prepared us a dread delight in the form of a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. It comes from Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, who’ve turned their attention from the most-filmed fictional character of all time to the second most-filmed fictional character of all time. What kind of adaptation is it? One that’s both funny and horrifying, paying homage to what’s gone before while delivering a swaggeringly confident new take on the source material – which is more varied than one might think, as Moffat pointed out at the launch.
At the launch of the BBC’s Dracula, airing this New Year, here’s what its cast and creators shared about their new 3-part drama…
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
It won’t all be tinsel and Aled Jones on TV this festive season. To balance out the sweetness, BBC One has prepared us a dread delight in the form of a new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. It comes from Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, who’ve turned their attention from the most-filmed fictional character of all time to the second most-filmed fictional character of all time. What kind of adaptation is it? One that’s both funny and horrifying, paying homage to what’s gone before while delivering a swaggeringly confident new take on the source material – which is more varied than one might think, as Moffat pointed out at the launch.
- 12/12/2019
- Den of Geek
The first episode of the new, live-action "Dracula" co-production between BBC One and Netflix is directed by Jonny Campbell, starring Claes Bang as 'Count Dracula' and John Heffernan as 'Jonathan Harker', with Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark, Sacha Dhawan, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Jonathan Aris, Lyndsey Marshal, Lydia West and Matthew Beard, streaming on Netflix in 2020:
"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
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"...the makers of 'Sherlock' bring you a brand new take on the most famous vampire of them all: the brooding and deadly 'Count Dracula'.
"'Episode One: The Rules Of The Beast'- in 1897, English lawyer 'Jonathan Harker' travels to 'Transylvania' to meet a new client, in a terrifying tale of a maze-like castle, of undead 'Brides', and a vampire 'Count' whose ambition is to conquer a new world..."
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- 12/3/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Paul Mayhew-Archer, who co-wrote Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench Roald Dahl adaptation Esio Trot with Richard Curtis, has penned a feature-length Parkinson’s drama for BBC One.
The British public broadcaster has commissioned But When We Dance, a story about two people with lots in common – a great sense of humour, a love of dance and they both have Parkinson’s. Filming locations include the English National Ballet classes for people with Parkinson’s where romance first blossoms for Tony and Emma. The disease is thought to afflict around 145,000 people in the UK alone.
Doctor Who and Westworld director Jonny Campbell is helming the 90-minute drama, which is produced by Red Arrow Studios-backed Endor Productions, which produces Fox Networks Group drama Deep State, and Clearwood Films, run by Ellie Wood, who has worked on shows such as Bleak House. It will be produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and exec...
The British public broadcaster has commissioned But When We Dance, a story about two people with lots in common – a great sense of humour, a love of dance and they both have Parkinson’s. Filming locations include the English National Ballet classes for people with Parkinson’s where romance first blossoms for Tony and Emma. The disease is thought to afflict around 145,000 people in the UK alone.
Doctor Who and Westworld director Jonny Campbell is helming the 90-minute drama, which is produced by Red Arrow Studios-backed Endor Productions, which produces Fox Networks Group drama Deep State, and Clearwood Films, run by Ellie Wood, who has worked on shows such as Bleak House. It will be produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and exec...
- 12/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
From the makers of “Sherlock”, Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) stars as “Dracula” in the first teaser trailer for this brand new mini-series inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Bang stars alongside John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark and Lujza Richter in the Bcc and Netflix co-production. Jonny Campbell (“Westworld”) is directing the opening […]...
- 10/28/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The BBC has lifted the coffin lid on the first teaser trailer for Dracula, its co-production with Netflix from the makers of Sherlock.
The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films.
The series, which finished filming in August, is inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy.
In Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London, and judging by the teaser, the series will be full of gruesome nastiness that will not be for the faint of heart.
The trailer features blood-spattered letters, a fly in an eyeball, loose fingernails, and Bang whispering menacingly to a terrified victim: “Try and stay calm, you’re doing very well.”
Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas (Killing Eve) and Paul McGuigan (Sherlock) direct the series.
The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films.
The series, which finished filming in August, is inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy.
In Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London, and judging by the teaser, the series will be full of gruesome nastiness that will not be for the faint of heart.
The trailer features blood-spattered letters, a fly in an eyeball, loose fingernails, and Bang whispering menacingly to a terrified victim: “Try and stay calm, you’re doing very well.”
Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas (Killing Eve) and Paul McGuigan (Sherlock) direct the series.
- 10/28/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a first look at Claes Bang (The Girl in the Spider’s Web) as the title character in BBC and Netflix’s upcoming “Dracula” series. He stars alongside a cast that includes the recently added John Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, Morfydd Clark and Lujza Richter. Jonny Campbell (“Westworld”) is directing the opening installment with Damon Thomas (“Killing Eve”) and Paul McGuigan (“Film […]...
- 7/5/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first look of their Dracula reboot as they have rounded out the cast.
The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films. the series is inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.
Lyndsey Marshal (The League of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (This Is England), Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), Lydia West (Years & Years), Paul Brennen (Happy Valley), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe), Sofia Oxenham (Poldark), John McCrea (God’s Own Country), Phil Dunster (Humans) and newcomer Millicent Wong have joined the series alongside John Heffernan, Joanna Scanlan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Morfydd Clark and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.
Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas...
The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films. the series is inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel and will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.
Lyndsey Marshal (The League of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (This Is England), Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), Lydia West (Years & Years), Paul Brennen (Happy Valley), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe), Sofia Oxenham (Poldark), John McCrea (God’s Own Country), Phil Dunster (Humans) and newcomer Millicent Wong have joined the series alongside John Heffernan, Joanna Scanlan, Dolly Wells, Sacha Dhawan, Jonathan Aris, Morfydd Clark and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.
Jonny Campbell (Westworld), Damon Thomas...
- 7/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The scheme is open to writers, directors and producers who are Scottish residents.
Young Films Foundation’s second-annual residency on Scotland’s Isle of Skye welcomed mentors including producer Margaret Matheson, actor Joe Thomas, director Jonny Campbell, writers Olivia Hetreed (Girl With A Pearl Earring) and Francesca Gardiner and more to mentor six selected rising Scottish film and TV creatives.
Other top industry attendees included Dan MacRae (StudioCanal), Dionne Farrell (BBC Films), Celine Coulson (Film4), Isabel Davis and Sean Greenhorn from Screen Scotland, producers Beth Willis and Liz Lewin (Derry Girls).
The six participants, selected from more than 100 applicants, were:
Daisy Costello,...
Young Films Foundation’s second-annual residency on Scotland’s Isle of Skye welcomed mentors including producer Margaret Matheson, actor Joe Thomas, director Jonny Campbell, writers Olivia Hetreed (Girl With A Pearl Earring) and Francesca Gardiner and more to mentor six selected rising Scottish film and TV creatives.
Other top industry attendees included Dan MacRae (StudioCanal), Dionne Farrell (BBC Films), Celine Coulson (Film4), Isabel Davis and Sean Greenhorn from Screen Scotland, producers Beth Willis and Liz Lewin (Derry Girls).
The six participants, selected from more than 100 applicants, were:
Daisy Costello,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
The BBC’s upcoming Dracula reimagining has announced a batch of new cast members, and it seems showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have brought with them some old co-stars from past TV series they’ve worked on.
Sherlock fans who were already looking forward to the drama, as it’s being positioned as something of a sister show to the hit detective series, will be pleased to find out that Anderson himself, Jonathan Aris, is joining the cast. Aris starred on all four seasons of Sherlock as the forensics expert who has a rivalry with Benedict Cumberbatch’s sleuth.
Sacha Dhawan is also signing up for the Victorian-set supernatural drama. Best know to audiences as Davos in Marvel’s Iron Fist, the actor also has Sherlock pedigree as he was the killer in season 4’s “The Six Thatchers.” Alongside Aris and Dhawan, three more stars have been announced as well: Catherine Schell,...
Sherlock fans who were already looking forward to the drama, as it’s being positioned as something of a sister show to the hit detective series, will be pleased to find out that Anderson himself, Jonathan Aris, is joining the cast. Aris starred on all four seasons of Sherlock as the forensics expert who has a rivalry with Benedict Cumberbatch’s sleuth.
Sacha Dhawan is also signing up for the Victorian-set supernatural drama. Best know to audiences as Davos in Marvel’s Iron Fist, the actor also has Sherlock pedigree as he was the killer in season 4’s “The Six Thatchers.” Alongside Aris and Dhawan, three more stars have been announced as well: Catherine Schell,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
The much-anticipated “Dracula” series from the BBC and Netflix is showing more of its fangs, with the directors now set and new cast members added.
Jonathan Aris (“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”), Sacha Dhawan (“The Boy With the Top Knot”), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Misfits”) and Catherine Schell (“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”) will be joining the already-announced Claes Bang, who plays the bloodthirsty count, in the three-part drama. Youssef Kerkour (“Jack Ryan”) and Clive Russell (“Game Of Thrones”) have also signed on to the series.
Production is now underway, with Jonny Campbell (“Westworld”) directing the opening installment. Damon Thomas (“Killing Eve”) and Paul McGuigan (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”) will helm Episodes 2 and 3, respectively.
“Sherlock” producer Hartswood Films is making the series. It will bow on BBC One in the U.K. and Ireland and then play on Netflix in the U.S. and internationally.
Former “Doctor Who” showrunner Steven Moffat...
Jonathan Aris (“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”), Sacha Dhawan (“The Boy With the Top Knot”), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Misfits”) and Catherine Schell (“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”) will be joining the already-announced Claes Bang, who plays the bloodthirsty count, in the three-part drama. Youssef Kerkour (“Jack Ryan”) and Clive Russell (“Game Of Thrones”) have also signed on to the series.
Production is now underway, with Jonny Campbell (“Westworld”) directing the opening installment. Damon Thomas (“Killing Eve”) and Paul McGuigan (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”) will helm Episodes 2 and 3, respectively.
“Sherlock” producer Hartswood Films is making the series. It will bow on BBC One in the U.K. and Ireland and then play on Netflix in the U.S. and internationally.
Former “Doctor Who” showrunner Steven Moffat...
- 4/29/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC/BBC America show earned 14 nods, including for its leads Jodie Comer and Sandrah Oh, and best drama.
Killing Eve leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards.
The BBC/BBC America show earned 14 nods, including for its leads Jodie Comer and Sandrah Oh in the best actress category, and best drama.
Just behind was A Very English Scandal starring Hugh grant and Ben Whishaw, with 12 nominations including best mini-series.
Patrick Melrose scooped six nominations, with Bodyguard and The Little Drummer Girl earning five.
Netflix’s Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror picked up three nominations including best single drama.
Killing Eve leads the nominations for this year’s Bafta Television and Bafta Craft awards.
The BBC/BBC America show earned 14 nods, including for its leads Jodie Comer and Sandrah Oh in the best actress category, and best drama.
Just behind was A Very English Scandal starring Hugh grant and Ben Whishaw, with 12 nominations including best mini-series.
Patrick Melrose scooped six nominations, with Bodyguard and The Little Drummer Girl earning five.
Netflix’s Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror picked up three nominations including best single drama.
- 3/28/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The trouble with the format popular among British dramas — a scant number of episodes, standing alone or else subject to years’-long hiatuses between installments — is that fans are bound to be left wanting more. But for everyone who felt a hankering for more propulsive counterterrorism drama after the recent Netflix import “Bodyguard,” with its relatively meager six episodes, can be comforted by Amazon’s “Informer.” Like “Bodyguard,” it’s been brought over from a first airing in the U.K. (where it played on the BBC), and like that show, too, it foregrounds a transporting, granular depiction of contemporary London. While it’s at times glutted with incident and could use a bit less complication and a bit more springy tension, it still makes for a compelling and, finally, rewarding binge.
The story begins with a crystalline moment of horror, as a pair of Londoners’ seeming meet-cute is interrupted by an act of terror.
The story begins with a crystalline moment of horror, as a pair of Londoners’ seeming meet-cute is interrupted by an act of terror.
- 1/10/2019
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Kirsten Howard Apr 29, 2019
Netflix and BBC will team for a Dracula TV miniseries from Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
Dracula will creep his shadow onto the peak television scene soon enough. Plans from the former Doctor Who mastermind, Steven Moffat, and his co-creator on Sherlock, Mark Gatiss, for a new TV version of Bram Stoker's iconic tome, Dracula, are about to come to fruition.
The Girl in the Spider's Web's Claes Bang will go fang as Dracula himself in the miniseries, a co-production of BBC One and Netflix, set as three 90-minute episodes to air in the UK on the former and stream in the U.S. on the latter. The plan by co-creators Moffat and Gatiss will, according to the official description, “re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.
Netflix and BBC will team for a Dracula TV miniseries from Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
Dracula will creep his shadow onto the peak television scene soon enough. Plans from the former Doctor Who mastermind, Steven Moffat, and his co-creator on Sherlock, Mark Gatiss, for a new TV version of Bram Stoker's iconic tome, Dracula, are about to come to fruition.
The Girl in the Spider's Web's Claes Bang will go fang as Dracula himself in the miniseries, a co-production of BBC One and Netflix, set as three 90-minute episodes to air in the UK on the former and stream in the U.S. on the latter. The plan by co-creators Moffat and Gatiss will, according to the official description, “re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who made evil sexy. In Transylvania in 1897, the blood-drinking Count is drawing his plans against Victorian London.
- 4/17/2018
- Den of Geek
Balancing times of peace and periods of conflict is a challenge that almost all military stories face. As soldiers weigh their duty to their work and to their families, the uniform can become an all-encompassing force and few dramatized stories can exist outside its long shadow. Just this year alone, series like “The Long Road Home” and “Six” have struggled to make their characters exist as something more than stand-ins for ideas and fulfillers of narrative obligation.
But “The Last Post,” the latest co-venture between the BBC and Amazon, finds a special balance by reaching decades into the past. Charting the respective experiences of a Royal Military Police unit stationed in Aden, Yemen and the twin drama of their personal family lives, “The Last Post” considers the nature of escalation and retaliation, both within and outside the base’s walls. Drawn in part from writer Peter Moffat’s family experiences at a similar outpost,...
But “The Last Post,” the latest co-venture between the BBC and Amazon, finds a special balance by reaching decades into the past. Charting the respective experiences of a Royal Military Police unit stationed in Aden, Yemen and the twin drama of their personal family lives, “The Last Post” considers the nature of escalation and retaliation, both within and outside the base’s walls. Drawn in part from writer Peter Moffat’s family experiences at a similar outpost,...
- 12/22/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Paddy Considine, Bel Powley and Nabhaan Rizwan have been set to star in Neal Street Productions’ Informer for BBC One. The six-part contemporary thriller will air on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., after the UK broadcast. Penned by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, and directed by Jonny Campbell, Informer centers on Raza (Rizwan), a young, second generation Pakistani man from East London who is coerced by Gabe (Considine), a Counter-Terrorism officer, to go undercover…...
- 10/13/2017
- Deadline TV
Ahead of its premiere this Sunday on HBO, the fifth episode of Westworld is teased in a batch of thought-provoking photos.
"Episode #5: “Contrapasso”
Debut date: Sunday, Oct. 30 (9:00–10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 30 (11:30 p.m., 2:00 a.m.) and 31 (9:35 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (9:00 p.m.), 2 (10:30 p.m.), 5 (10:30 p.m.) and 8 (8:00 p.m.) HBO2 playdates: Oct. 31 (8:00 p.m.) and Nov. 4 (8:00 p.m.), 5 (1:30 p.m.), 6 (8:00 p.m.) and 26 (4:10 p.m.)
Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression — and are recruited for a dangerous mission. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) meets an unlikely ally in his search to unlock the maze.
Teleplay by Lisa Joy; story by Dominic Mitchell & Lisa Joy; directed by Jonny Campbell."
In case you missed it, watch the preview video for the next episode of Westworld.
"Episode #5: “Contrapasso”
Debut date: Sunday, Oct. 30 (9:00–10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 30 (11:30 p.m., 2:00 a.m.) and 31 (9:35 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (9:00 p.m.), 2 (10:30 p.m.), 5 (10:30 p.m.) and 8 (8:00 p.m.) HBO2 playdates: Oct. 31 (8:00 p.m.) and Nov. 4 (8:00 p.m.), 5 (1:30 p.m.), 6 (8:00 p.m.) and 26 (4:10 p.m.)
Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression — and are recruited for a dangerous mission. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) meets an unlikely ally in his search to unlock the maze.
Teleplay by Lisa Joy; story by Dominic Mitchell & Lisa Joy; directed by Jonny Campbell."
In case you missed it, watch the preview video for the next episode of Westworld.
- 10/28/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Last week’s episode of “Westworld” brought up more clues as to where this hidden maze could be, as well as showed how the hosts, specifically Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) and Maeve (Thandie Newton), are slowly discovering who they really are. Ahead of episode 5’s debut, HBO released seven new images to get viewers hyped up on what’s to come.
Read More: ‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Dissonance Theory’ Knows This is No Longer A Game
In the upcoming episode titled “Contrapasso,” Dolores, William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression, where they will be recruited for a dangerous mission. The new photos show Dolores pointing a gun and also donning new attire, the first wardrobe change we’ve seen for the hosts.
Read More: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Westworld’ Crossover: George R. R. Martin Pitched Idea To Showrunners
This episode will also include...
Read More: ‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Dissonance Theory’ Knows This is No Longer A Game
In the upcoming episode titled “Contrapasso,” Dolores, William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression, where they will be recruited for a dangerous mission. The new photos show Dolores pointing a gun and also donning new attire, the first wardrobe change we’ve seen for the hosts.
Read More: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Westworld’ Crossover: George R. R. Martin Pitched Idea To Showrunners
This episode will also include...
- 10/27/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The search for "something true" is teased in an intense new look at the fifth episode of Westworld, airing next Sunday, October 30th at 9:00pm Et.
Episode 105 synopsis (via SpoilerTV): "Episode #5: “Contrapasso”
Debut date: Sunday, Oct. 30 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 30 (11:30 p.m., 2:00 a.m.) and 31 (9:35 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (9:00 p.m.), 2 (10:30 p.m.), 5 (10:30 p.m.) and 8 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 31 (8:00 p.m.) and Nov. 4 (8:00 p.m.), 5 (1:30 p.m.), 6 (8:00 p.m.) and 26 (4:10 p.m.)
Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression — and are recruited for a dangerous mission. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) meets an unlikely ally in his search to unlock the maze.
Teleplay by Lisa Joy; story by Dominic Mitchell & Lisa Joy; directed by Jonny Campbell.
Episode 105 synopsis (via SpoilerTV): "Episode #5: “Contrapasso”
Debut date: Sunday, Oct. 30 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 30 (11:30 p.m., 2:00 a.m.) and 31 (9:35 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (9:00 p.m.), 2 (10:30 p.m.), 5 (10:30 p.m.) and 8 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 31 (8:00 p.m.) and Nov. 4 (8:00 p.m.), 5 (1:30 p.m.), 6 (8:00 p.m.) and 26 (4:10 p.m.)
Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) reach Pariah, a town built on decadence and transgression — and are recruited for a dangerous mission. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) meets an unlikely ally in his search to unlock the maze.
Teleplay by Lisa Joy; story by Dominic Mitchell & Lisa Joy; directed by Jonny Campbell.
- 10/24/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With several successful miniseries, a film, and memorable TV episodes under his belt, British director Jonny Campbell has built a career that has allowed him to work on diverse genres and formats. Winning a slew of awards, including a BAFTA, for TV series like zombie dramedy “In the Flesh” or the iconic “Doctor Who” episode “Vincent and the Doctor,” Campbell has become one of the most respected and versatile helmers working in the U.K. today. His most recent project “The Casual Vacancy” is based on J.K Rowling’s adult-oriented novel by the same name and it’s available through HBO now. Campbell plans to spend some time in Los Angeles this month to seek opportunities this side of the Atlantic and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him land projects as interesting as his already eclectic body of work is.
We had the chance to talk to him about his unorthodox start in the industry, the stories that speak to him, and why he prefers directing over the solitude of writing.
Carlos Aguilar: I understand that you didn't get involved in the entertainment business in a traditional way or following the film school route. How did you get started?
Jonny Campbell: I got started sort of by accident. I studied languages in university, French and German. I wanted to get into marketing or advertizing when I left university, but there was an economic crisis at the time. I had to look into other fields and I just happened to be on set one day with a family friend who said, “Come and have a look at what I do for a living.” I was almost like an apprentice helping on a live TV show holding the sound cables. I thought, “Oh this looks like an interesting place to work.”
I had no experience in television. I had just done some acting and directing theater in school. I didn’t know much about that world. While I was there I asked someone if I could come back and watch what they do, watch the director and the studio, because it was a world I wanted to work in. Then I carried on getting on people’s nerves until they let me do more stuff. Eventually they needed a runner, so I started as a runner, and then I worked with a filmmaking crew doing short documentaries.
Aguilar: Seems like you've work in very diverse projects throughout your career including some really unique ones.
Jonny Campbell: I’ve done quite a lot of different shows for television in the U.K, some commercials, I also made a movie a few years ago, and more recently I’ve concentrated on miniseries because the canvas is just a bit larger to tell a story and to develop the characters. My last project before the “The Casual Vacancy” was called “In the Flesh,” which is a mini series about a family coping with a zombie apocalypse in Northern Britain, but played quite straightforward. There is dark humor and heart, Wired Magazine labeled it “a thinking person’s ‘Walking Dead’” It’s quite different.
Aguilar: Are you currently developing any projects after the success of the miniseries?
Jonny Campbell: I don’t know what I’m doing next. I’m just reading lots of scripts and having lots of meetings. I’m going to L.A. for a couple weeks to reconnect with some people and meet new people. You have to see which stories stay with you, there are some many things out there swirling around. It’s difficult to pair up with material that suits you.
Aguilar: What were some of your concerns when working on “The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling? And was it about the project that intrigued you?
Jonny Campbell: Obviously you are always going to be conscious of how famous J.K. Rowling is as a writer and why she is famous. It's because of the nature of the stories that people have fallen in love with them for some many years and they have become such a huge success. This interested me because it shows her changing directions. It’s her looking to tell a story for an adult audience, in that sense it made her the underdog. It had to be surprising. More important than working with such a famous author, was to feel an affinity with the material and for the story to move me.
That’s what it did and that’s why I wanted to tell that story. It didn’t matter who’d written it. I felt it was a story that needed to be told because it tapped into a lot of themes that I like. It deals with certain issues like grief and problems within these families. It’s a very character driven piece and as a director something like this with over two dozen characters to focus on never gets boring [Laughs]. You’ve got to bring so many different lives, houses, and locations to life. It was a real challenge.
Aguilar: You've worked extensively in television, more so than in film. In your experience, do you find these two formats very different ?
Jonny Campbell: I think that the more experience you get as a director you feel like you are aiming towards doing film, but actually what’s happened is that television is really coming to its own. It offers another opportunity to tell really intricate stories in a very cinematic way. The lines of division between film and television are sort of irrelevant now. You just have to get with the material. Some stories are suited to be told over 96 minutes and other stories need a ten part series. I think you just have to figure out which type of stories stay in your head and make you really want to do them.
Aguilar: You've directed episodes of the popular show "Doctor Who" and a post-apocalyptic zombie series, are you a fan of the science fiction genre?
Jonny Campbell: I don’t actively seek it out. I do like it and I’ve done a tad bit of it, but it always starts with the story. “Doctor Who” didn’t really appeal to me as a thing to do just to do because it was science fiction. It was the story about Vincent van Gogh and how the Doctor uses the time machine to bring him to the present day to help him with his depression by showing him how loved he is as an artist today. That moved me and made me think, “How amazing is this.” Although that can’t happen, with the beauty of storytelling you can make these stories come to life, and through that you can create stories about human nature and move audiences. That’s what attracted me about that story not necessarily the genre, but the genre allows you to do unusual things.
The same with “In the Flesh,” which is about bringing people back from the death. That premise allows you to explore how a child talks to his parents after he’s committed suicide. It’s a horrible scenario, but as people experience grief one of the things they want the most is for their loved one to come back. It’s part of the human psyche, part of what we yearn for, so to actually dramatize that is very fulfilling. Still, ultimately it was about the family issues and the character development that was interesting in those stories, not the genre itself. The genre is a means to an end, and it’s exciting to play with whether it's time travel in “Doctor Who” or zombies. In “The Casual Vacancy,” it was nice to have the opportunity to imagine someone’s nightmare, which again is a fantastical way of portraying the characters’ thoughts.
Aguilar: Working in television you have to deal with large groups of actors, what's your approach to getting the results you aimed for on screen ?
Jonny Campbell: I think I understand what an actor has to go through to get the performance. I always have an idea in my mind of how I want the actor to perform in a particular scene or speech. Then you rehearse and you talk about the scene, so hopefully it feels like the actor is saying the words for themselves rather than just repeating what they’ve learned. It’s all part of the process to allow the actor to be that character. Ultimately the actor will know that character best because they’ve spent all this time thinking about it. All you can do as a director is notch here and there.
Obviously if something is going disastrously wrong then you intervene and you have a conversation to make it better, or you cut some parts of the scene if it doesn’t work at all. That’s very rare. Hopefully all the choices you made from the person you chose to play that part, to the rehearsals, to the lines of dialogue, feel right for the story and they can be believable and interesting. You have to make sure you appreciate what they are going through in front of the camera, which is different from what you are doing behind the camera. I’ve done a bit of acting myself so I kind of know how difficult it is and I appreciate the comfort of being able to sit behind the camera watching some fantastic actors grapple with the material.
Aguilar: Is there any material you’ve written that you would like to bring to the screen or do you find it easier to just focus on the directing aspect of storytelling?
Jonny Campbell: There are a lot of stories that I come across with that I’d like to turn into a script, but I do get a lot of enjoyment and fulfillment from working with writers. Writers are a different breed. I think I’m good at knowing what works on a script and what doesn’t, but staring at the blank page and generating the material in the first place is not necessarily my forte. I might generate an idea but then I want to find the right writer to take it on and then collaborate with them. That’s what I really enjoy. The process of solitude where you come up with the ideas to put on the screen doesn’t entice me in the same way. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some really fantastic writers at the top of their game. It’s been a very rewarding experience.
Aguilar: In terms of the visual aesthetics of your work, how do you decide what fits a certain project and what doesn't?
Jonny Campbell: I try to let the material tell me how it needs to be told in terms of the visuals. I’m not a big fan of over-stylizing, I think a project can be stylish without being overly dependent on a particular style. It should always be about the storytelling so that the director almost becomes invisible. The story has to exist without letting people know about all the decisions that lead to what they are watching. What you really want to do is take them on a journey and tap into their emotions, their funny bone, or their sense of wonder. Hopefully they learn or question something about the human condition that might be thought provoking.
Aguilar: Are you anxious about your upcoming meetings in Hollywood or do you see this next step as another challenge?
Jonny Campbell: I did a series of meetings a few years ago and I think the more projects you do the more confident you get. You get to know your own mind and what stories you want to tell. It’ll be interesting to find kindred spirits or people that when you talk about a project also get exited about it. That's when you know those are the people you can work with because you might share some of the same sensibilities. That’s the point where I’m now. I’m ready to pull myself out of my comfort zone and explore other avenues. It’s an adventure. Lets see what comes of that.
We had the chance to talk to him about his unorthodox start in the industry, the stories that speak to him, and why he prefers directing over the solitude of writing.
Carlos Aguilar: I understand that you didn't get involved in the entertainment business in a traditional way or following the film school route. How did you get started?
Jonny Campbell: I got started sort of by accident. I studied languages in university, French and German. I wanted to get into marketing or advertizing when I left university, but there was an economic crisis at the time. I had to look into other fields and I just happened to be on set one day with a family friend who said, “Come and have a look at what I do for a living.” I was almost like an apprentice helping on a live TV show holding the sound cables. I thought, “Oh this looks like an interesting place to work.”
I had no experience in television. I had just done some acting and directing theater in school. I didn’t know much about that world. While I was there I asked someone if I could come back and watch what they do, watch the director and the studio, because it was a world I wanted to work in. Then I carried on getting on people’s nerves until they let me do more stuff. Eventually they needed a runner, so I started as a runner, and then I worked with a filmmaking crew doing short documentaries.
Aguilar: Seems like you've work in very diverse projects throughout your career including some really unique ones.
Jonny Campbell: I’ve done quite a lot of different shows for television in the U.K, some commercials, I also made a movie a few years ago, and more recently I’ve concentrated on miniseries because the canvas is just a bit larger to tell a story and to develop the characters. My last project before the “The Casual Vacancy” was called “In the Flesh,” which is a mini series about a family coping with a zombie apocalypse in Northern Britain, but played quite straightforward. There is dark humor and heart, Wired Magazine labeled it “a thinking person’s ‘Walking Dead’” It’s quite different.
Aguilar: Are you currently developing any projects after the success of the miniseries?
Jonny Campbell: I don’t know what I’m doing next. I’m just reading lots of scripts and having lots of meetings. I’m going to L.A. for a couple weeks to reconnect with some people and meet new people. You have to see which stories stay with you, there are some many things out there swirling around. It’s difficult to pair up with material that suits you.
Aguilar: What were some of your concerns when working on “The Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling? And was it about the project that intrigued you?
Jonny Campbell: Obviously you are always going to be conscious of how famous J.K. Rowling is as a writer and why she is famous. It's because of the nature of the stories that people have fallen in love with them for some many years and they have become such a huge success. This interested me because it shows her changing directions. It’s her looking to tell a story for an adult audience, in that sense it made her the underdog. It had to be surprising. More important than working with such a famous author, was to feel an affinity with the material and for the story to move me.
That’s what it did and that’s why I wanted to tell that story. It didn’t matter who’d written it. I felt it was a story that needed to be told because it tapped into a lot of themes that I like. It deals with certain issues like grief and problems within these families. It’s a very character driven piece and as a director something like this with over two dozen characters to focus on never gets boring [Laughs]. You’ve got to bring so many different lives, houses, and locations to life. It was a real challenge.
Aguilar: You've worked extensively in television, more so than in film. In your experience, do you find these two formats very different ?
Jonny Campbell: I think that the more experience you get as a director you feel like you are aiming towards doing film, but actually what’s happened is that television is really coming to its own. It offers another opportunity to tell really intricate stories in a very cinematic way. The lines of division between film and television are sort of irrelevant now. You just have to get with the material. Some stories are suited to be told over 96 minutes and other stories need a ten part series. I think you just have to figure out which type of stories stay in your head and make you really want to do them.
Aguilar: You've directed episodes of the popular show "Doctor Who" and a post-apocalyptic zombie series, are you a fan of the science fiction genre?
Jonny Campbell: I don’t actively seek it out. I do like it and I’ve done a tad bit of it, but it always starts with the story. “Doctor Who” didn’t really appeal to me as a thing to do just to do because it was science fiction. It was the story about Vincent van Gogh and how the Doctor uses the time machine to bring him to the present day to help him with his depression by showing him how loved he is as an artist today. That moved me and made me think, “How amazing is this.” Although that can’t happen, with the beauty of storytelling you can make these stories come to life, and through that you can create stories about human nature and move audiences. That’s what attracted me about that story not necessarily the genre, but the genre allows you to do unusual things.
The same with “In the Flesh,” which is about bringing people back from the death. That premise allows you to explore how a child talks to his parents after he’s committed suicide. It’s a horrible scenario, but as people experience grief one of the things they want the most is for their loved one to come back. It’s part of the human psyche, part of what we yearn for, so to actually dramatize that is very fulfilling. Still, ultimately it was about the family issues and the character development that was interesting in those stories, not the genre itself. The genre is a means to an end, and it’s exciting to play with whether it's time travel in “Doctor Who” or zombies. In “The Casual Vacancy,” it was nice to have the opportunity to imagine someone’s nightmare, which again is a fantastical way of portraying the characters’ thoughts.
Aguilar: Working in television you have to deal with large groups of actors, what's your approach to getting the results you aimed for on screen ?
Jonny Campbell: I think I understand what an actor has to go through to get the performance. I always have an idea in my mind of how I want the actor to perform in a particular scene or speech. Then you rehearse and you talk about the scene, so hopefully it feels like the actor is saying the words for themselves rather than just repeating what they’ve learned. It’s all part of the process to allow the actor to be that character. Ultimately the actor will know that character best because they’ve spent all this time thinking about it. All you can do as a director is notch here and there.
Obviously if something is going disastrously wrong then you intervene and you have a conversation to make it better, or you cut some parts of the scene if it doesn’t work at all. That’s very rare. Hopefully all the choices you made from the person you chose to play that part, to the rehearsals, to the lines of dialogue, feel right for the story and they can be believable and interesting. You have to make sure you appreciate what they are going through in front of the camera, which is different from what you are doing behind the camera. I’ve done a bit of acting myself so I kind of know how difficult it is and I appreciate the comfort of being able to sit behind the camera watching some fantastic actors grapple with the material.
Aguilar: Is there any material you’ve written that you would like to bring to the screen or do you find it easier to just focus on the directing aspect of storytelling?
Jonny Campbell: There are a lot of stories that I come across with that I’d like to turn into a script, but I do get a lot of enjoyment and fulfillment from working with writers. Writers are a different breed. I think I’m good at knowing what works on a script and what doesn’t, but staring at the blank page and generating the material in the first place is not necessarily my forte. I might generate an idea but then I want to find the right writer to take it on and then collaborate with them. That’s what I really enjoy. The process of solitude where you come up with the ideas to put on the screen doesn’t entice me in the same way. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with some really fantastic writers at the top of their game. It’s been a very rewarding experience.
Aguilar: In terms of the visual aesthetics of your work, how do you decide what fits a certain project and what doesn't?
Jonny Campbell: I try to let the material tell me how it needs to be told in terms of the visuals. I’m not a big fan of over-stylizing, I think a project can be stylish without being overly dependent on a particular style. It should always be about the storytelling so that the director almost becomes invisible. The story has to exist without letting people know about all the decisions that lead to what they are watching. What you really want to do is take them on a journey and tap into their emotions, their funny bone, or their sense of wonder. Hopefully they learn or question something about the human condition that might be thought provoking.
Aguilar: Are you anxious about your upcoming meetings in Hollywood or do you see this next step as another challenge?
Jonny Campbell: I did a series of meetings a few years ago and I think the more projects you do the more confident you get. You get to know your own mind and what stories you want to tell. It’ll be interesting to find kindred spirits or people that when you talk about a project also get exited about it. That's when you know those are the people you can work with because you might share some of the same sensibilities. That’s the point where I’m now. I’m ready to pull myself out of my comfort zone and explore other avenues. It’s an adventure. Lets see what comes of that.
- 5/13/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
If you are a fan of the Harry Potter author's 2012 grown-up novel, be prepared for something a little different in the adaptation airing April 29-30 on HBO: They’ve made some changes from the book. However, if you are a fan of seeing some top actors in near top form and watching a new talent take flight, then, as my video review above says, you should tune in to The Casual Vacancy. Having already aired on the BBC this year, the Jonny Campbell-directed and Sarah…...
- 4/28/2015
- Deadline TV
The Casual VacancyDirected by Jonny Campbell and written by Sarah Phelps Starring Michael Gambon, Rory Kinnear, Julia Mackenzie, Keeley HawesBased on the novel by J.K. RowlingApril 29 and 30 on HBO CanadaA well-worn cliché in British fiction and drama is the a spot of bother behind perfectly manicured hedges and ancient roses defining picture postcard villages abuzz with smiling, ruddy cheeked villagers and hardworking shopkeepers and publicans with a local aristocrat in a big house. These are people who do not live in the city. Their world has breathing room, green fields and air. What could go wrong?Well, usually it’s […]...
- 4/27/2015
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
HBO’s miniseries/BBC adaptation of J.K. Rowling's bestseller The Casual Vacancy unfolds in a deceptively cozy British village thrown into an uproar by the sudden death of the Parish Councillor. Michael Gambon stars with Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan and Julia McKenzie and Abigail Lawrie. Jonny Campbell directed from a script by Sarah Phelps. The adaptation of the Harry Potter author’s first novel for adults was produced by Rowling and Neil Blair’s Bronte Film…...
- 3/28/2015
- Deadline TV
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy is her first book for adults, and the first trailer for an upcoming HBO adaptation of it makes that abundantly clear. “Look at my tits,” one character crows as others drop F-bombs, drink, smoke, fight each other and generally get up to other Nsfw shenanigans. Whether that’s an accurate representation of the plot or a sneak peek meant to be exceptionally shocking remains to be seen.
The three-part miniseries has certainly assembled enough strong performers to put it on any self-respecting TV snob’s radar. With Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan and Julia McKenzie, not to mention unproven actress Abigail Lawrie, in the cast, and Jonny Campbell sitting behind the camera, it could stand a chance of awards attention in the coming Emmy season – provided that screenwriter Sarah Phelps has captured the jet-black humor of Rowling’s novel.
The three-part miniseries has certainly assembled enough strong performers to put it on any self-respecting TV snob’s radar. With Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan and Julia McKenzie, not to mention unproven actress Abigail Lawrie, in the cast, and Jonny Campbell sitting behind the camera, it could stand a chance of awards attention in the coming Emmy season – provided that screenwriter Sarah Phelps has captured the jet-black humor of Rowling’s novel.
- 3/27/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Jk Rowling has admitted to crying while watching The Casual Vacancy.
Following the final episode of BBC One's three-part adaptation, Rowling tweeted her thanks to writer Sarah Phelps and director Jonny Campbell.
The Casual Vacancy episode 3 recap: Gifted cast shine in bleak finale
She posted: "Well, that's me crying my eyes out, so job done. Serves me right, some might say. Thank you, thank you xxx"
The adaptation - which starred Keeley Hawes and Michael Gambon - concluded with 4.56 million viewers on BBC One last night (March 1).
HBO will premiere The Casual Vacancy in the Us over two nights on April 29 and 30.
Last month, it emerged that Rowling wrote a letter to a bullied fan who had thanked her for writing Harry Potter.
Following the final episode of BBC One's three-part adaptation, Rowling tweeted her thanks to writer Sarah Phelps and director Jonny Campbell.
The Casual Vacancy episode 3 recap: Gifted cast shine in bleak finale
She posted: "Well, that's me crying my eyes out, so job done. Serves me right, some might say. Thank you, thank you xxx"
The adaptation - which starred Keeley Hawes and Michael Gambon - concluded with 4.56 million viewers on BBC One last night (March 1).
HBO will premiere The Casual Vacancy in the Us over two nights on April 29 and 30.
Last month, it emerged that Rowling wrote a letter to a bullied fan who had thanked her for writing Harry Potter.
- 3/2/2015
- Digital Spy
A new trailer for BBC One's The Casual Vacancy has been revealed.
The clip shows early signs that not everything is as idyllic as it seems in the West Country town of Pagford.
Keeley Hawes, Michael Gambon, Julia McKenzie, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan and Rufus Jones star in the adaptation of Jk Rowling's 2012 novel.
Sarah Phelps - the writer behind the BBC version - has insisted that Rowling did not interfere with her work.
In a statement, Rowling said: "Having met Sarah, and discussed the television adaptation of The Casual Vacancy, I was happy and confident to hand over the job of crafting my novel for the small screen.
"Sarah has done a great job and I am delighted with how it has turned out."
Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh) is on board to direct the show, which is being co-produced by BBC One and HBO.
The Casual Vacancy...
The clip shows early signs that not everything is as idyllic as it seems in the West Country town of Pagford.
Keeley Hawes, Michael Gambon, Julia McKenzie, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan and Rufus Jones star in the adaptation of Jk Rowling's 2012 novel.
Sarah Phelps - the writer behind the BBC version - has insisted that Rowling did not interfere with her work.
In a statement, Rowling said: "Having met Sarah, and discussed the television adaptation of The Casual Vacancy, I was happy and confident to hand over the job of crafting my novel for the small screen.
"Sarah has done a great job and I am delighted with how it has turned out."
Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh) is on board to direct the show, which is being co-produced by BBC One and HBO.
The Casual Vacancy...
- 2/2/2015
- Digital Spy
The BBC caused outrage in a picturesque village after setting up a lingerie shop to film 'The Casual Vacancy'. The three-part series - which has been adapted for the screen from J.K. Rowling's novel of the same name - was being filmed in Painswick, Gloucestershire, when local residents began to complain about the raunchy set, branding the fake underwear store ''a disgrace''. Speaking at a screening of 'The Casual Vacancy' at London's Princess Anne Theatre, director Jonny Campbell said: ''They complained about it at the local village council saying it was a disgrace.'' However, some residents were pleased the adaptation - which...
- 1/28/2015
- Virgin Media - TV
BBC One has released new pictures from its upcoming drama The Casual Vacancy.
The television adaptation of Jk Rowling's best-selling 2012 novel is being co-produced by BBC One and HBO.
Last month, the BBC released the first picture from the drama, featuring Julia McKenzie (Marple) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) as Shirley and Samantha Mollison.
Michael Gambon, Keeley Forsyth, Rufus Jones, Rory Kinnear and Monica Dolan also star in the adaptation.
The Casual Vacancy is set in the traditional English village of Pagford, which is hiding problems behind its pretty façade.
Sarah Phelps (The Crimson Field) has adapted the novel for television, with Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh) on board as director.
The Casual Vacancy will air on BBC One in 2015.
The television adaptation of Jk Rowling's best-selling 2012 novel is being co-produced by BBC One and HBO.
Last month, the BBC released the first picture from the drama, featuring Julia McKenzie (Marple) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) as Shirley and Samantha Mollison.
Michael Gambon, Keeley Forsyth, Rufus Jones, Rory Kinnear and Monica Dolan also star in the adaptation.
The Casual Vacancy is set in the traditional English village of Pagford, which is hiding problems behind its pretty façade.
Sarah Phelps (The Crimson Field) has adapted the novel for television, with Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh) on board as director.
The Casual Vacancy will air on BBC One in 2015.
- 12/4/2014
- Digital Spy
The first picture from BBC One's The Casual Vacancy has been released.
The television adaptation of Jk Rowling's best-selling 2012 novel will hit screens next year.
The first picture features Julia McKenzie (Marple) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) as Shirley and Samantha Mollison.
Michael Gambon, Keeley Forsyth, Rufus Jones, Rory Kinnear and Monica Dolan also star in the drama.
The Casual Vacancy takes place in the seemingly idyllic English village of Pagford, which behind its pretty façade is actually a town at war.
Sarah Phelps (The Crimson Field) has adapted the novel for television, with Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh) on board as director.
The Casual Vacancy is being co-produced by BBC One and HBO.
The television adaptation of Jk Rowling's best-selling 2012 novel will hit screens next year.
The first picture features Julia McKenzie (Marple) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) as Shirley and Samantha Mollison.
Michael Gambon, Keeley Forsyth, Rufus Jones, Rory Kinnear and Monica Dolan also star in the drama.
The Casual Vacancy takes place in the seemingly idyllic English village of Pagford, which behind its pretty façade is actually a town at war.
Sarah Phelps (The Crimson Field) has adapted the novel for television, with Jonny Campbell (In the Flesh) on board as director.
The Casual Vacancy is being co-produced by BBC One and HBO.
- 11/21/2014
- Digital Spy
Michael Gambon and Keeley Forsyth were pictured on the set of Jk Rowling's The Casual Vacancy TV adaptation over the weekend.
The Cotswold town of Northleach was transformed into the fictional and seemingly idyllic English village of Pagford for the upcoming mini-series, based on Rowling's best-selling 2012 novel.
Gambon, who starred as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film franchise, was seen looking dishevelled in a suit with a yellow tie half-way around his neck. He plays Howard Mollison, the owner of the Pagford delicatessen, in the movie.
Julia McKenzie also stars as Howard's wife Shirley Mollison, and was photographed taking a stroll on set alongside Hetty Banes, who plays Mo.
Former Coronation Street star Forsyth plays Terri Weedon, who was pictured caught up in a scuffle by a fruit and veg stall with on-screen daughter Krystal Weedon (newcomer Abigail Lawrie).
The Casual Vacancy centres on the apparently perfect location of Pagford,...
The Cotswold town of Northleach was transformed into the fictional and seemingly idyllic English village of Pagford for the upcoming mini-series, based on Rowling's best-selling 2012 novel.
Gambon, who starred as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film franchise, was seen looking dishevelled in a suit with a yellow tie half-way around his neck. He plays Howard Mollison, the owner of the Pagford delicatessen, in the movie.
Julia McKenzie also stars as Howard's wife Shirley Mollison, and was photographed taking a stroll on set alongside Hetty Banes, who plays Mo.
Former Coronation Street star Forsyth plays Terri Weedon, who was pictured caught up in a scuffle by a fruit and veg stall with on-screen daughter Krystal Weedon (newcomer Abigail Lawrie).
The Casual Vacancy centres on the apparently perfect location of Pagford,...
- 8/4/2014
- Digital Spy
Filming is underway in Stroud, Gloucestershire and surrounding villages, on The Casual Vacancy, the BBC One/HBO adaptation of Jk Rowling’s global bestseller.
The confirmed ensemble cast includes Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan, Rufus Jones, Michele Austin, Julia McKenzie, Keeley Forsyth, Lolita Chakrabarti, and Richard Glover, alongside whom casting director Lucy Bevan has assembled a cast of newcomers for the younger stars.
Abigail Lawrie (represented by Gordon & French) stars as Krystal Weedon. 18 year old Abigail, was a pupil at Harrodian School, the same school as Ee BAFTA Rising Star nominee George Mackay.
Simona Brown (represented by Iag) plays Gaia Bawden. Simona appeared as Kim in acclaimed BBC Three docudrama Murdered By My Boyfriend, played Jazz in Cbbc series Wizards vs Aliens, and earlier this year filmed on Big Talk feature film Man Up.
15 year old Welsh actor Joe Hurst (represented by On It Artists) plays Andrew 'Arf' Price.
The confirmed ensemble cast includes Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan, Rufus Jones, Michele Austin, Julia McKenzie, Keeley Forsyth, Lolita Chakrabarti, and Richard Glover, alongside whom casting director Lucy Bevan has assembled a cast of newcomers for the younger stars.
Abigail Lawrie (represented by Gordon & French) stars as Krystal Weedon. 18 year old Abigail, was a pupil at Harrodian School, the same school as Ee BAFTA Rising Star nominee George Mackay.
Simona Brown (represented by Iag) plays Gaia Bawden. Simona appeared as Kim in acclaimed BBC Three docudrama Murdered By My Boyfriend, played Jazz in Cbbc series Wizards vs Aliens, and earlier this year filmed on Big Talk feature film Man Up.
15 year old Welsh actor Joe Hurst (represented by On It Artists) plays Andrew 'Arf' Price.
- 7/25/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Dumbledore and J.K. Rowling are reunited once again! Well, kind of.
The BBC and HBO have announced the cast for the upcoming miniseries adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s novel The Casual Vacancy. Leading the cast is Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) as Howard Mollison, as well as Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty, Ashes To Ashes), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall, Penny Dreadful), Monica Dolan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa), Julia McKenzie (Notes on a Scandal), and newcomer Abigail Lawrie.
The story focuses on a local election in Pagford after a sudden death.
Additional cast members include Rufus Jones (Bill, W1A), Keeley Forsyth (Coronation Street,...
The BBC and HBO have announced the cast for the upcoming miniseries adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s novel The Casual Vacancy. Leading the cast is Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) as Howard Mollison, as well as Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty, Ashes To Ashes), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall, Penny Dreadful), Monica Dolan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa), Julia McKenzie (Notes on a Scandal), and newcomer Abigail Lawrie.
The story focuses on a local election in Pagford after a sudden death.
Additional cast members include Rufus Jones (Bill, W1A), Keeley Forsyth (Coronation Street,...
- 6/6/2014
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside TV
Though it may not have been met with the critical acclaim or sales numbers of her juggernaut Harry Potter series, British author J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy certainly did not go unnoticed by BBC One and HBO when it hit shelves in 2012. The television networks announced in April that they would be collaborating on a miniseries adaptation of the adult-oriented drama. Now, the impressive cast that the networks has pulled together for The Casual Vacancy, which will run for three one-hour episodes, has been revealed.
Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) will take on the role of Howard Mollison, owner of a delicatessen in the town of Pagford. Julia McKenzie (Notes on a Scandal) will play his wife, Shirley. Rufus Jones (Bill) is playing Howard Mollison’s son Miles, and Miles’ wife Samantha Mollison will be portrayed by Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes). Rory Kinnear (Showtime’s...
Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) will take on the role of Howard Mollison, owner of a delicatessen in the town of Pagford. Julia McKenzie (Notes on a Scandal) will play his wife, Shirley. Rufus Jones (Bill) is playing Howard Mollison’s son Miles, and Miles’ wife Samantha Mollison will be portrayed by Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes). Rory Kinnear (Showtime’s...
- 6/6/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Harry Potter star Michael Gambon is reuniting with the author on whose books the movies were based, J.K. Rowling. Gambon will topline the HBO/BBC three-part miniseries The Casual Vacancy, the adaptation of Rowling’s follow-up book to the Harry Potter series. Also starring in the mini are Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Monica Dolan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa), Julia McKenzie (Notes On A Scandal), and Rufus Jones (Bil). Directed by Jonny Campbell from a script by Sarah Phelps, Casual Vacancy centers on Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty façade, however, is a town at war: rich vs. poor, teenagers vs. parents, wives vs. husbands, teachers vs. pupils. Gambon plays Howard Mollison, owner of the Pagford delicatessen; Dolan plays Tess Wall; McKenzie plays Howard’s wife, Shirley Mollison; Jones plays Howard’s son, Miles Mollison; Hawes plays Miles’ wife,...
- 6/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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