#it is a crime that this man has no baftas

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant at the 2023 BAFTA TV Ceremony

for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

[poirott]

Agatha Christie's 'Towards Zero' tv series: First Look

The BBC has released the first pictures of Towards Zero, based on the classic mystery by Agatha Christie.

England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull's Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile's aunt, Lady Tressilian.

With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts, plus the presence of Nevile's new wife Kay, tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady's companion, a mysterious gentleman's valet, an exiled cousin with a grudge, a venerable family lawyer, an inquisitive orphan and a French con man, and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death?

The new pictures give a first glimpse at Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston), Inspector Leach (Matthew Rhys) and British tennis star Nevile Strange (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) - seen in the pics with the two ladies in his life: ex-wife Audrey (Ella Lily Hyland) and new wife Kay (Mimi Keene). The series is also starring Clarke Peters as Mr. Treves, an old friend of Lady Tressilian, Anjana Vasan as Mary Aldin, another party guest caught up in this disastrous mess, Jack Farthing as suspect Thomas Royde, Jackie Clune (Motherland), Grace Doherty (Call the Midwife), Khalil Gharbia (Mary & George), and Adam Hugill (Sherwood).

Towards Zero is expected to premiere on the BBC over the 2024 holidays and arrive on BritBox in early 2025. It's been adapted for screen by BAFTA-nominated Rachel Bennette (NW) and directed by the Olivier Award-winning Sam Yates (Magpie).

Source: BBC, Agatha Christie Official Instagram - October 1 2024

[thealogie]

Chris Bennion in The Telegraph says comedy Bafta is a "three-way race between Salmon, Animashaun and Gilgun". And lol at British critics continued dismissal of DT deserving anything on his own merits, Chris outright says "Well, he did such a nice job of hosting the Film Baftas that it would be rude not to nominate Tennant for something. Always nice to have him on the red carpet too".

Hey, Doctor Who, come here and charm our big US cousins with your incomprehensible inside jokes and give the UK plebs something to 'awww' about on the telly. Here is your long-awaited Bafta nom that you don't really deserve and won't actually win, oh, and thanks for being pretty on the red carpet!

I also liked the projected win of Steve Coogan "whose bravura performance as Jimmy Savile outstripped an uneven and disappointing drama". Because Des was too brutal to even nominate for (even though no critics said it was "an uneven and disappointing drama"), and everyone said how voters are tired of true crime Bafta bait etc. That's fair, but here's Coogan (whom I love, even though I don't plan on watching the Savile thing), and he is nominated all right and projected to win, even if the whole thing has mixed reviews.... Do I sound bitter about the award troubles of a celeb from another country? You bet! It'll pass in an hour, but if we as a society go on like this we will NEVER cure David Tennant of his religious trauma.

He did mention that no Michael Sheen for Best Interests was "harsh" though. So one half of this old man yaoi at least got some respect.

*looking at the British* these people’s hate mail game is insane. I genuinely have never been more historically, sociopolitically and personally victimized by a nation more than the UK.

Why are they constantly going between “he’s one of your finest actors” and “aw he’s kind of cute to keep around.”

[oswincoleman]

The Jetty reviews!

Beware, some of these reviews contain spoilers! I will highlight some non-spoiler parts of the reviews here though.

Soundsphere magazine: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The newest BBC One series ‘The Jetty’, which is full of shocks, twists, and more turns than you can shake a stick at, will immediately grab your attention and won’t let go until the credits of the final episode roll.

It’s safe to say, from the opening few scenes, The Jetty is an outstanding piece of cinematography!  The beautiful lakes of West Yorkshire are almost characters themselves, from their haunting stillness to their choppy and aggressive waves.  The metaphor never seems lost with this series.

With a stellar cast helmed by the ever-brilliant BAFTA and Emmy Award nominated Jenna Coleman (The Wilderness, Doctor Who) as recently widowed and single mother, Detective Ember Manning as she investigates a fire in a small town in Lancashire

Coleman shines as Ember, just as she does in almost all of her dramatic roles, she plays grief in a new light and as the case rears its head, Coleman just goes to prove she really is one of the best actresses of our generation.

Inews: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The ever-reliable Jenna Coleman is the glue that holds the series together, but it’s these flashes into the past where the drama really comes to life. 

Amid the tennis and the football and Glastonbury taking up the schedules recently, TV has been crying out for a series like The Jetty – one the entire nation can really get stuck into and chat about at work the next day. I can’t remember the last time a BBC crime series gripped me this much.

The Standard: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Jetty is a complex series, and Coleman carries it beautifully; whether she’s doggedly interviewing suspects or breaking down at home, she’s never less than magnetic. The police case is just the start of the story, really: what the show is really about is power, and how power can be abused, especially in relationships between young girls and older men.

The setting is also a stroke of genius. The picturesque lake acts as the focal point of all the action, veering from pretty to ominous as it laps at the titular jetty of Mack’s boathouse, hiding both secrets and bodies. The end result can be unbearably tense at times, but the show also offers flickers of light in the form of Ember’s relationships with her nearest and dearest.

It’s a welcome breath of fresh air in a series that spotlights and celebrates women – as well as pointing out the dangers of being a young girl in a world where men lurk in the shadows. It’s a message that feels all too relevant today; the show doesn’t offer any easy answers, but the end result is electric.

The Guardian: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jenna Coleman stars in a very good thriller that evolves into a dark, funny and moving look at how women navigate the brutally male world. It’s better than you would ever expect … especially after that opening

The Times: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-jetty-review-a-thoughtful-metoo-thriller-with-a-smart-twist-cx3z2z2zm

Still, it is an impressively mature and engaging role for Coleman. Her dry put-downs of her sidekick Hitch (Archie Renaux) were neatly done, showing that sexism operates on many levels, big and small, conscious and unconscious. Sometimes it can just be a thoughtless remark. And Jones was also careful to show that toxicity in this community wasn’t entirely male. 

Horse pleasuring aside, it also looks fabulous: breathtaking winter sunsets, the lovely lake glinting in the sharp grey light serving as an emblem for all the murkiness that lies beneath the surface of what shapes into a carefully calibrated four-parter. Too many dramas seem to voyeuristically revel in the terrifying threats that women and girls face. This shows what can be done about it.

What to Watch:

The Jetty should come with a warning because this new thriller is about to become your next TV obsession. 

I hope you haven't got much on for the next few days, because you are going to be busy watching Jenna Coleman in her latest thriller - and her first-ever role as a police detective.

I have always been a big Jenna fan, right from her early career as Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale back in 2005. Since then the British star has spent almost two decades in film and television starring in huge shows like Doctor Who, Victoria, The Serpent and more recently her gripping Prime Video thriller, Wilderness (another show you really have to check out of you haven't already - you won't regret it!).

But somehow The Jetty feels different. While Jenna is very familiar with taking on lead roles in huge TV shows, this four-part thriller marks her first role as a TV detective.

So if you do one thing this week, set aside four hours to yourself and watch The Jetty - this is a show that everyone is going to be talking about. 

Stylist

The new BBC miniseries stars Jenna Coleman in a magnetic, layered turn as Detective Ember Manning, a whip-smart, no-nonsense police officer in Lancaster. After the old yacht club, now a showy holiday home, is burned down, Ember’s investigations lead her back to the cold case of Amy Knightly, a local teen who went missing 17 years ago. As her investigations continue, Ember is faced with the disturbing possibility that her late husband, Mac, may have been involved in the girl’s disappearance. To give away much more would spoil the delightfully twisty-turny plot that ensues, but suffice it to say, this show offers up a truly gripping crime story. 

But what makes The Jetty a true work of nuance is that it refuses to be overcome by the very real darkness it is portraying – as such, it feels quietly, doggedly brave. Instead of succumbing to doom, gloom and victimhood, it is littered with moments that capture the vast array of experiences of womanhood. Some particularly lovely moments of release include Ember and Hannah belting out KT Tunstall’s Suddenly I See in the car and, later, dancing wildly to The Killers’ When You Were Young. Being a woman in the world is still profoundly dangerous, but it is also filled with elation, joy, friendship, silliness and hope. The Jetty may seem like your average nail-biting detective thriller, but below the surface, it has surprisingly poetic depths.

Financial Times: ⭐⭐⭐

[vonlipvig]

so, loch henry.

i mean, HOLY FUCK.

i actually really, really liked this one! i have some thoughts that give me pause, but overall this was such a good episode!

so, our true crime obsession episode. that's actually a very clever idea for a black mirror episode, cause it's definitely very current yet grounded in reality, and it made for a very interesting episode.

the plot twist...yeah, i didn't see that one coming, i'll be honest! sincerely left me with my jaw hanging. if anything, it's a damn good little thriller!

but yeah, the true crime criticism...i'll be honest, for a moment i thought we were kinda losing the plot of that because of it being such a good fun thriller and kinda moving away from the effect these shows can have on the victims, families, communities, etc...but man, the ending. the revitalized morbid tourism industry, the awards and the fame, the blatant disregard the studio has for the actual victims involved in the story, already planning to turn it all into a dahmer-esque franchise...and the shot at the very end with davis and his BAFTA, reading his mom's note, and crying...MAN THAT WAS GOOD.

that all said...i do feel very weirded out by all this being a NETFLIX PRODUCT, y'know? netflix? the ones that help contribute to all this true crime mania? feels disingenuous for that. i mean, it's not on the writers, they probably wanted to tell this story and that's great, but with this and last episode being all 'haha netflix evil' it's like...ok cut it with the self-referential bullshit, ok?

last unrelated note, but is it streamberry or is it netflix? cause stuart mentioned netflix, but in-universe it's streamberry? or do both exist?

wait, scariest part of the whole thing was that their bathroom had a glass window on the door. wtf.

yeah this one was good i loved it.

[lboogie1906]

Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee (born March 20, 1957) is a film director, producer, writer, actor, and professor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks has produced more than 35 films since 1983.

He was born in Atlanta, the son of Jacqueline Carroll (néeShelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician, and composer. He has three younger siblings, Joie, David, and Cinqué, each of whom has worked in many different positions in his films. Director Malcolm D. Lee is his cousin. When he was a child, the family moved from Atlanta to Brooklyn. His mother nicknamed him “Spike” during his childhood. He attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn’s Gravesend neighborhood.

He graduated from Morehouse College with a BA in Mass Communications, where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn. He took film courses at Clark Atlanta University. He did graduate work at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned an MFA in Film and Television.

He made his directorial debut with She’s Gotta Have It. He has since written and directed such films as Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, He Got Game, The Original Kings of Comedy, 25th Hour, Inside Man, Chi-Raq, and BlacKkKlansman. He acted in ten of his films.

His films have explored race relations, colorism in the African American community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. He has won numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Student Academy Award, a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and the Cannes Grand Prix. He has received an Academy Honorary Award, an Honorary BAFTA Award, an Honorary César, and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

He married attorney Tonya Lewis Lee (1992). They have two children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[mthguy]

One of the best young actors of his generation, Tom Holland's accolades include a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA),  three Saturn Awards, an Empire Award, a Hollywood Film Award and two Jupiter Awards. He was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list of 2019. 

Holland achieved international recognition playing Spider-Man in six Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The sequels, subtitled Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. He had another action film role in Uncharted (2022), and also expanded to play against-type roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021). Holland has additionally directed the short film Tweet (2015) and voiced roles in animated features, including Spies in Disguise (2019) and Onward (2020).

In spring 2024, he starred on stage in the West End, London in Romeo and Juliet.

[heavenboy09]

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McAvoy gained recognition for playing Mr. Tumnus in the fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and an assassin in the action film Wanted (2008). His performances in the period dramas The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Atonement (2007) gained him nominations for the BAFTA Award. In 2011 he voiced the title character in Arthur Christmas, and portrayed Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in future installments of the X-Men series. McAvoy gained praise for starring in the independent crime film Filth (2013) and as a man with 23 alternate personalities in M. Night Shyamalan's Split (2016) and Glass (2019). He portrayed Lord Asriel in the fantasy series His Dark Materials from 2019 to 2022, and starred as Bill Denbrough in the horror film It Chapter Two (2019).

On stage, McAvoy has starred in several West End productions, such as Three Days of Rain in 2010, Macbeth in 2013, The Ruling Class in 2015, and Cyrano de Bergerac in 2020, for which he received four nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.

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[denimbex1986]

'Paul Mescal said he “fell in love” with Andrew Scott while filming their BAFTA-nominated movie, All of Us Strangers.

“It’s a very easy thing to do,” he told British Vogue. We agree. In fact, it’s too easy.

Scott has always been in plain sight, yet he’s always flown under the radar, and lived a fairly normal existence for a big star.

Supporting roles he’s made legendary. From the ‘Hot Priest’ in Fleabag, to the titular character’s devilishly handsome nemesis Moriarty in Sherlock, and now a lonely screenwriter opposite Mescal in All of Us Strangers, Scott delivers a new and memorable character every time.

In his next project, Netflix’s Ripley, we expect he’ll deliver a killer performance as Tom Ripley.

The eight-episode limited series is based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, which Matt Damon brought to screens in the 1999 film adaptation of the same name.

Despite Ripley being a sociopath and a grifter, Scott has some sympathy for his character, telling The Guardian, “To me, it’s about what it’s like never to be invited to the party. We all know people who don’t make it easy for themselves, who are maybe a bit strange."

"But if you’re constantly ignored, or sidelined, or don’t fit in, what happens? Is it that something dark emerges?”

Playing such a creepy character did end up having an emotional effect on Scott, who began filming when the rest of the world was locked down.

“I don’t mind saying that playing him was challenging,” the 47-year-old admitted. “It was very lonely. We filmed during COVID, and the five-day isolation requirements that were in place both here and in Italy meant people couldn’t come and visit, and I couldn’t come home … he’s a solitary figure in this version, so I was on my own a lot.”

Being alone and delving into the mind of a psycho killer sounds like hell, but for Scott it helped get the job done, and that’s one of the reasons why fans, and his friends, adore him.

“Andrew is a very easy person to fall in love with,” Mescal told Screen Daily, explaining that they were friends before shooting the desperately moving All of Us Strangers, but their bond grew stronger during filming.

“He’s kind, generous, talented. We shot the film at the perfect junction in our friendship where there was a lot we didn’t know about each other, but there was mutual admiration and respect. And a similar sense of humour,” he added.

Scott called his connection with Mescal “immediate”. He told People, “A lot of that is kind of a magic [that] happens and you don’t necessarily know what it’s down to and you’re just grateful that it’s there.”

Fans of Strangers, which centres around Mescal and Scott’s characters falling in love, have called the movie’s Oscars snub an abomination.

Meanwhile, film critics have credited Scott’s performance in the role, as a man also searching for answers about the death of his parents decades earlier, as a “masterpiece” and “one of the greatest displays of acting in modern times”.

“When I was growing up, the idea that a film like this would even exist, and that I would be able to play that role in it – it’s miraculous,” he told Vanity Fair.'

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

New Article and Video!!

"BEST PERFORMANCES: Eddie Redmayne Taps Into His Dark Side"

The Golden Globe-nominated star of The Good Nurse talks playing one of America’s most notorious serial killers.

Interview by Lynn Hirschberg

Photographs by Jamie Hawkesworth

Styled by Sara Moonves

01.09.23

Eddie Redmayne is the sort of actor whose talent across stage and film precedes him. Having won Academy, BAFTA, Tony, and Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards for dramatic roles like Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and Shakespeare’s Richard II, he also has a certain cross-generational appeal for his leading role as wizard Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts series. Redmayne has now put his natural charisma and deep sense of performance to work for a darker role in Netflix’s The Good Nurse. His portrayal of the real life serial killer Charles Cullen who murdered dozens, if not hundreds, of patients earned the British star a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Below, Redmayne discusses preparing for the grim role and his attempts at being a cool dad.

In The Good Nurse, you play Charles Cullen, a nurse who may have killed as many as 400 people, making him the most prolific serial killer in American history. Are you a fan of true crime dramas?

I’m not. I know the world is obsessed with true crime, but I have a slightly moral opinion of fetishizing killers. Our film is not just about this monster—it’s about the hero who stopped him. And she stopped him by using compassion and empathy rather than through violence. That felt like an important message.

No one knows exactly why Charles Cullen killed all those people. Was that frustrating for you?

He never expressed why, and when I read the script, I was like, “Why?!” It’s a human instinct to need to know why, so we can look at the murderer and go, “Well, he had this happen to him, and I’m nothing like that, so it would never happen to me.”

You’re so likable as a performer and as a person. Was it hard to take on the mantle of a sociopathic serial killer and live with that every day?

One of the things that I found intriguing about it was that, speaking to the real Amy Loughren, who Jessica Chastain plays, Charles Cullen was a kind, generous, open-hearted, brilliant nurse who saved her life. And then there was this other person who was a monster. There were various reasons he was able to get away with this for as many years as he did, but one of them was that he was kind and gentle and self-deprecating and, at times, sort of invisible. So it was interesting to try and find this empathetic man, and then the other version of him, who was weaponizing that empathy.

You went to nursing school to prepare for the role.

Jessica and I went to nursing school for two weeks, which I found hilarious. The older you get the more you romanticize education. You go, ‘Well, maybe I want to go back to university. Maybe that would be a wonderful thing to do.’ And then you do go back, as we did, and quite promptly, you turn into the 15-year-old version of yourself. I was leaning back in the classroom. I couldn't really concentrate. It was all science, and none of that made any sense to me. When I was practicing with needles, I succeeded in injecting my finger. It was a disaster.

Early in your career, what was your first love scene?

It was in a film called Savage Grace. It was based on a true story. The character I played was gay, and his mum, played by Julianne Moore, tried to sleep with him. There ended up being a ménage à trois with another man, played by Hugh Dancy. It was definitely one of the more surreal experiences of my life. And it turns from incest to violence. My early work! [Laughs] Before I found tweeds and period dramas.

You have two young children. Have they seen the Fantastic Beasts films?

No, they haven’t. They've seen a bit of the trailer. They both asked, “Daddy, are you a wizard?” Which is tricky because one of the perks of the job is that you get to do these cool things and be an interesting dad. You want to say yes, but you also don't want to lie to your children, so in the moment, I said, "Sort of.”

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"With Pickett, it has always been a little bit more difficult because he is literally a little stick man. These pictures are from the beginning of the film, where he takes the button from Newt’s coat and then chases it. We thought it would be funnier if he doesn’t notice Newt at all at first – and then suddenly he does notice him, but carries on for a bit. Again, we are relating to the sorts of things that domestic animals do that we all see.

“The most difficult thing is to work out how to make those moments really sing. With Pickett, it’s almost like the Gromit effect – those simple poses and expressions that replicate what we see as humans in each other, which get across those emotions – that he’s really cross or he’s really happy. Everybody loves those moments because you really get his connection with Newt.”

“As the guardians of the French Ministry, the Matagots had to have a bit more menace. We went through quite a journey with the design of them. Because they are more ‘familiars’ than beasts, initially we had them posed on two legs – almost human-like but cat-like at the same time.

“But again, we went back to nature. We started looking at bald cats, and how evil they can look. And then we added the slow gait of a prowling tiger. Then we started playing around with the proportions, so that they’ve got greater limb length and more human-like front legs so it just feels a little bit more uncomfortable. And then obviously the glowing blue eyes, so they have have a bit more sense of threat – we initially tried them with more realistic eyes, but they just looked bizarre.

“The idea of them turning into real black cats came to us quite early in preproduction. We had a wonderful artist who had the idea of what they would look like when they come out of the magical boundaries of the Ministry and how they would appear in the real world. That idea actually did make the cut. It’s a good example of where we are given the freedom by David and Jo to play and come up with stuff, which makes these films – and we’re going into the third one now – such a collaborative experience. It’s not a bad job!”

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Arrivals & Departures . 25 December 1949 . Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek

Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek (/ˈspeɪsɛk/; born) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for four BAFTA Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. Spacek was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

After attending Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute she had her breakout role in Terrence Malick's crime film Badlands (1973), which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Spacek went on to earn the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn in the biographical musical Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in Carrie (1976), Missing (1982), The River (1984), Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In the Bedroom (2001). Her other prominent films include 3 Women (1977), Raggedy Man (1981), 'night, Mother (1986), JFK (1991), Affliction (1997), The Straight Story (1999), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Nine Lives (2005), North Country (2005), Four Christmases (2008), Get Low (2010), The Help (2011), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018).

Spacek is also known for her television roles, receiving Primetime Emmy Award nominations for The Good Old Boys (1995), Last Call (2002), and Big Love (2011). She portrayed matriarch Sally Rayburn on the Netflix drama thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017),[2] Ruth Deaver on the Hulu series Castle Rock (2018), and Ellen Bergman on the Amazon Prime Video series Homecoming (2018).

Spacek has also ventured into music, and recorded vocals for the soundtrack album of Coal Miner's Daughter, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart and garnered her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. She also released a studio album, Hangin' Up My Heart (1983), which peaked at number 17 on Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

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With award-winning writers, renowned and upcoming on-screen talent and unparalleled production labels at the helm, each of the standout titles forming BBC Studios’ scripted slate this year delivers on our commitment to bring unique and compelling storytelling to audiences across the globe."

BBC Studios has announced that the stars of Outrageous, the brand-new drama from Firebird Pictures, co-commissioned by UKTV and BritBox International, will head to Mipcom to launch the series.

On screen stars Bessie Carter (Bridgerton), Joanna Vanderham (Crime), Joshua Sasse (Love is in the Air, Galavant) and James Purefoy (The Veil, Malpractice), will be joined in Cannes by the shows writer and creator Sarah Williams (Small Island, Flesh and Blood, The Long Song) and Executive Producer from Firebird Pictures, Liz Kilgarriff (The Jetty) to introduce international buyers to the six-part original series.

Outrageous is based on Mary Lovell's definitive biography, The Mitford Girls, and tells the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often-scandalous lives making headlines around the world. Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, masked by the decadence, frivolity and lavishness of British high society, Outrageous will bring the full, uncensored story of the Mitford sisters to the screen for the first time - a story of family bonds and betrayals, public scandal, political extremism, love, heartache and even imprisonment.

Janet Brown, President US Distribution, BBC Studios said, “With award-winning writers, renowned and upcoming on-screen talent and unparalleled production labels at the helm, each of the standout titles forming BBC Studios’ scripted slate this year delivers on our commitment to bring unique and compelling storytelling to audiences across the globe. We’re thrilled to be bringing to Mipcom some of our incredibly talented cast and two brilliant creative minds behind one of these new shows, Outrageous, which is destined to be the latest period drama everyone is talking about.”

Other new scripted titles that BBC Studios will be distributing at Mipcom include, Death Valley, The Split: Barcelona, Reunion and Return to Paradise.

Produced by Warp Films and written and executive produced by William Mager, a deaf writer originally from Sheffield, Reunion (6x50’) is an emotional thriller of revenge and redemption. Set in Sheffield it follows the journey of Daniel Brennan (Matthew Gurney - Name Me Lawand, Theatre Ad Infinium, Coffee Morning Club) a deaf man determined to right his wrongs, while unravelling the truth behind the events that led him to prison. The series also stars Anne-Marie Duff (Bad Sisters, The Salisbury Poisonings, Suffragette), Eddie Marsan (Back to Black, Ray Donovan), Rose Ayling-Ellis (Summer of Rockets, As You like It, EastEnders) and Lara Peake (How to Have Sex). Reunion is a bilingual series featuring both British Sign Language (BSL) and spoken English.

Written by Paul Doolan (Mammoth, Trollied) BBC Studios Comedy Productions’ Death Valley (6x45’) follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure John Chapel (BAFTA winner Timothy Spall - The Sixth Commandment, Mr Turner), a retired actor and star of hit fictional detective TV show ‘Caesar’, and disarming Welsh detective sergeant Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth - Alex Rider, Hidden). Thrown together by the murder of John’s neighbour, John and Janie are an odd, yet hilarious duo with opposing instincts. Every week, they get to the bottom of gripping murders, in stunning Welsh locations.

The BAFTA and Emmy award winning Abi Morgan and SISTER are joining forces again. After the success of three series of The Split, the hit legal drama returns with a two-part special The Split: Barcelona (2 x 60’) to explore the themes of love, legacy, and modern marriage, through a sparkling cast of characters that audiences know and love. Set two years on from series three, formidable family lawyer Hannah Defoe (Nicola Walker) and her family are back and have gathered for a beautiful wedding at a magnificent vineyard, nestled in Catalonia’s wine region. Set across one sun soaked weekend, The Split: Barcelona will encompass break-ups, reunions and like all good weddings, plenty of romance.

The latest addition to the ‘Paraverse’, BBC Studios Productions Australia and Red Planet Pictures produced Return to Paradise (6x55’) follows DI Mackenzie Clarke, an Australian ex-pat who’s made a name for herself in London’s Metropolitan Police for cracking uncrackable murder cases. When she is accused of tampering with evidence, Mackenzie returns to Australia, where she reluctantly joins the team at Dolphin Cove Police Station, having fled the town six years ago, infamously leaving her ex- fiancée Glenn at the altar. Mackenzie is not welcome back but once a case lands on her desk, she can’t rest until she’s figured it out, and the killer is in handcuffs. It’s that tenacity and work ethic that might just, over time, help Mackenzie win over her new colleagues, the people of Dolphin Cove and maybe even her ex- fiancée.

BBC Studios will participate in a number of scripted sessions during the market. Matt Forde, MD, Global Entertainment will take part in a scripted formats panel, Producer and Distributor Collaboration in the Remake Process, at 14:30 in the Producer’s Hub on Monday 21st October.

Elsewhere on Tuesday 22nd October between 08:30 – 09:30, Rebecca Ransley, SVP Scripted EMEA will be at the Producers Hub joined by a whole host of other producers and distributors across the industry shaping today’s international drama in the Co-Production Breakfast Roundtables.

Meanwhile Lawrence Szabo, Executive Vice President, U.S. Content Distribution, will be participating in YA - The Secret Sauce Behind Success on Wednesday 23rd October, 14:30-15:00, discussing the success of the international co-production for A Good Girls Guide to Murder.

BBC Studios will be located at P0.E1 within the Palais des Festivals Verrière section at the market.

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Blood on the Border

Sicario (2015) is an intense and gripping action thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin, the film takes viewers deep into the heart of the U.S.-Mexico drug war. Blunt plays Kate Macer, a dedicated FBI agent who gets pulled into a covert government task force to take down one of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartels. However, as she descends deeper into the mission, she begins to question the ethical and legal lines being crossed.

Premiering at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the prestigious Palme d’Or, Sicario gained immediate critical acclaim for its dark and suspenseful storytelling. Released in the U.S. on October 2, 2015, it captivated audiences with its intense performances, expertly crafted action sequences, and stunning cinematography by Roger Deakins. The film earned three Academy Award nominations, including Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Sound Editing, along with BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Music.

The Plot of Sicario

The story begins in Chandler, Arizona, where FBI agents Kate Macer (Blunt) and Reggie Wayne (Daniel Kaluuya) lead a raid on a house connected to the powerful Sonora Cartel. Inside, they make a horrific discovery—dozens of decomposing bodies hidden in the walls. Outside, a booby trap explodes, killing two police officers. This raid sets the stage for Kate’s recruitment into a secretive joint task force led by CIA officer Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and the mysterious Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro), a former prosecutor turned hardened assassin.

The team’s mission is to bring down Manuel Díaz, a lieutenant in the Sonora Cartel, but the operation quickly proves to be far more dangerous and morally complex than Kate anticipated. Their journey takes them across the border to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, where cartel violence is rampant. After a high-tension shootout with cartel hitmen during a border crossing, Kate begins to see just how ruthless this war is. Her idealistic view of law enforcement is shattered as she realizes the task force is operating outside of standard legal and ethical boundaries.

As the mission unfolds, it becomes clear that Alejandro has his own vendetta. Once a prosecutor in Juárez, his wife and daughter were brutally murdered on orders from cartel boss Fausto Alarcón. Now, Alejandro is driven by a singular goal: revenge. The plot thickens when Alejandro abducts Díaz’s drug mule, Silvio, and uses him to track down Díaz and, ultimately, Alarcón.

The film builds toward a brutal climax as Alejandro takes matters into his own hands, infiltrating Alarcón’s compound and exacting a deadly personal revenge. In the film’s most harrowing moment, Alejandro confronts Alarcón and murders his entire family before killing the drug lord himself.

Themes of Sicario: Morality, Power, and the Cost of Justice

Sicario explores the thin line between justice and vengeance, highlighting the murky ethics of the drug war. Kate, the moral center of the film, is constantly faced with choices that force her to question her principles. As she becomes more entangled in the violence and corruption, her belief in doing the right thing is repeatedly challenged.

The film also delves into themes of power—who holds it, and how it is wielded. The U.S. government’s efforts to control the drug trade, as portrayed in the movie, are not just about stopping crime but about re-establishing control over a complex and dangerous system. The moral ambiguity of these actions leaves the audience wondering: is the end goal worth the cost?

A Cinematic Masterpiece

What makes Sicario stand out is its relentless tension, atmospheric direction, and standout performances. Benicio del Toro’s portrayal of Alejandro earned him widespread praise, portraying a man driven by grief and revenge in a subtle, haunting performance. Emily Blunt brings vulnerability and strength to her role, while Josh Brolin’s Matt Graver represents the ruthlessness of government power.

Roger Deakins’ cinematography is another star of the film, capturing the stark beauty of the desert landscape and the ominous underworld of cartel violence. Johann Johannsson’s haunting musical score further enhances the sense of dread and moral conflict that pervades the story.

The Legacy of Sicario

Following the success of Sicario, a sequel titled Sicario: Day of the Soldado was released in 2018, directed by Stefano Sollima. A third film, titled Sicario: Capos, is currently in development, promising to continue the exploration of the dark and dangerous world of the drug cartels.

For fans of action, suspense, and thought-provoking narratives, Sicario remains a must-watch—a chilling and thrilling ride through the complexities of modern warfare.

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Tom Holland: The Rising Star of the Marvel Cinematic UniverseTom Holland is an English actor who has gained worldwide fame for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He is also known for his roles in The Impossible, The Devil All the Time, and Cherry. He is one of the most popular actors of his generation and has won several awards, including a BAFTA Rising Star Award and three Saturn Awards.Holland was born on 1 June 1996 in Kingston upon Thames, in south west London, to a photographer mother and a comedian father. He has three younger brothers and a paternal grandmother from Ireland. He was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of seven and attended various schools, including the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology.Holland's career began at age nine when he enrolled in a dancing class, where a choreographer noticed him and arranged for him to audition for a role in Billy Elliot the Musical at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. After two years of training, he secured a supporting part in 2008 and was upgraded to the title role that year, which he played until 2010. His performance received positive reviews and he appeared on several television shows to promote the musical.Holland made his film debut in the disaster drama The Impossible (2012) as a teenage tourist trapped in a tsunami, for which he received praise and nominations for various awards. He then decided to pursue acting as a full-time career, appearing in How I Live Now (2013) and playing historical figures in the film In the Heart of the Sea (2015) and the miniseries Wolf Hall (2015).Holland achieved international recognition playing Spider-Man in six MCU superhero films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The sequels, subtitled Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. He had another action film role in Uncharted (2022), and also expanded to play against-type roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021).Holland has additionally directed the short film Tweet (2015) and voiced roles in computer-animated features, such as Onward (2020). He is also involved in charitable work, having founded The Brothers Trust, a non-profit organization that supports various causes around the world. He is currently dating actress Zendaya, his co-star in the Spider-Man films.Tom Holland is a versatile and talented actor who has proven his ability to play diverse and challenging roles. He is one of the most successful and influential stars of the MCU and has a bright future ahead of him.

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Eric Marlon Bishop (December 13, 1967) known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an actor, comedian, and singer. He joined the cast as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color. He was given his television sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he starred, co-created, and produced. He portrayed Ray Charles in Ray, for which he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics’ Choice Movie Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming the second actor to win all five major lead actor awards for the same performance. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. He has served as the host and executive producer of the game show Beat Shazam.

Other acting roles include Staff Sergeant Sykes in Jarhead, record executive Curtis Taylor Jr. in Dreamgirls, Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the film Miami Vice, Django Freeman in the film Django Unchained, the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: No Way Home, Will Stacks in Annie, gangster Bats / Leon Jefferson III in Baby Driver and as Walter McMillian in Just Mercy, where he received a SAG Award nomination.

He is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producing four albums, which have charted in the top ten of the US Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, Intuition, Best Night of My Life, and Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses.

He sang in a band called Leather and Lace. He received a scholarship to the United States International University, where he studied musical and performing arts composition.

He was cast as Al Simmons in a reboot of the Spawn film franchise. He has revealed that he would be portraying former boxer Mike Tyson in the biographical drama Finding Mike. He signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. He will reprise his role as Electro in Spider-Man: No Way Home. He has two daughters. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence