The BBC is bringing Enid Blyton's The Famous Five books to life through a new TV series. The three-part series will be the first time the BBC has ever adapted The Famous Five for the screen.
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Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers’ work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.
It would have been easy for Netflix’s Emmy-winning The Crown to recreate Princess Diana’s infamous BBC interview with Martin Bashir by simply having Elizabeth Debicki, as Her Royal Highness, deliver the entire transcript from a makeshift Kensington Palace. But series creator Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon), was more interested in showing the drama behind the scenes, like how executives at the BBC wrestled over airing the interview and how Diana had doubts about Bashir and whether she could actually trust him.
Named after England’s notorious Gunpowder Plot of 1605 — which was the failed attempt to assassinate King James I during the Opening of Parliament — the episode even draws upon the history by comparing Diana’s hesitation over doing the interview to how 13 members of the plot “almost pulled out at the last minute and it took the ringleader to encourage them to stick with it,” says Bashir (Prasanna Puwanarajah).
“Well maybe he shouldn’t have,” Diana responded. “Not only were they were unsuccessful, they were hung, drawn and quartered.”
As history dictates, Diana certainly wasn’t hung, drawn and quartered — but she did finally get that divorce.
“Gunpowder” was directed by Erik Richter Strand and penned by Morgan, who won an Emmy for writing The Crown‘s Season 4 finale “War.”
Here is the script for Episode 508 with an introduction by Morgan, in which he discusses how he turned one of the most famous TV interviews into what he
The BBC is bringing Enid Blyton's The Famous Five books to life through a new TV series. The three-part series will be the first time the BBC has ever adapted The Famous Five for the screen.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Eye Eye Pictures, the banner recently launched by the producers of Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World,” has started filming “Armand,” a feature film starring Cannes prizewinning actor Renate Reinsve. Charades has come on board to handle international sales on the film. “Armand” marks the feature debut of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, whose short film “Fanny” was nominated for an Amanda Award, Norway’s equivalent to the Oscars, in 2017. The story follows a 6-year-old boy, Armand, who is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school. While no one knows what actually happened between the two boys, the incident triggers a series of events, forcing parents and school staff into a captivating battle of redemption where madness, desire and obsession arise.
Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers’ work plays in a show’s success. Arrangements were made before the WGA strike began on May 2.
Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writer’s work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.
Tom Cruise hit the red carpet at the world premiere of his new movie Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and critics released some glowing reactions to the film after the big event.
On the Friday after Tom Wambsgans became the new puppet CEO of the Waystar-Royco media empire, the actor who has spent the past five years essaying the character’s ups, downs, and withering one-liners is propping up the bar of a small boutique hotel in London’s Chelsea. Matthew Macfadyen is nursing a lime tonic and contemplating a rest after several months of hard work on Succession’s blockbusting fourth season. In some other world, one imagines his fictional alter-ego is already discovering the poison in the chalice of the job he has spent a lifetime coveting. Macfadyen, instead, is content simply to think ahead to a quiet family dinner, and to reflect on the adventure of his past half decade.
After the all-out Battle between Homerlander and Soldier Boy at the end of Season 3 of The Boys. We see Soldier Boy being put back to sleep in a new secure sight. Supernatural star Jensen Ackles, AKA Soldier Boy has stated many times he would like to return in future seasons.
Elizabeth Debicki is looking back on the “heaviness” she felt playing the beloved Princess Diana in season 5 of Netflix’s hit historical drama “The Crown”.
Hilary Duff is opening up about her life now.
McKinley Franklin editor Season 5 of Netflix’s historical drama “The Crown” covers Peter Morgan’s reimaginations of some of the most polarizing experiences endured by the royal family in the ‘90s. Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the beloved Princess Diana, tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast that she felt the “heaviness” and “weight” of playing the late icon. “It’s a unique experience playing a character where this tragedy is looming,” says Debicki. “It’s a strange, heavy place to exist in.” On this episode of the podcast, “The Crown” star Elizabeth Debicki talks to Adam B. Vary about playing a tragic real-life figure like Princess Diana, including the research that went into the role, and how she captured the voice of the former Princess of Wales. But first, on the Awards Circuit Roundtable, we look at the race as Emmy phase 1 voting begins. What shows benefitted from the FYC campaigns? And so much more. Listen below:
Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers’ work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.
Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writer’s work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.
Makers of The Crown have reportedly decided to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in the hit drama’s final season.
The much-hyped The Idol premiered on HBO this week, revealing a curious mixture of music industry satire and less successful eoritc thriller homage. The show is centered around Lily-Rose Depp's Jocelyn, a pop star whose lack of control in life drives her into the arms of a mysterious club owner Tedros (played by The Weeknd a.k.a.
Vanity Fair posted on Instagram, asking that very important question: “Who was the worst man on ‘Sex and the City’?” The post featured a slideshow of many of the men featured on the show, including the girl gang’s past beaus Jack Berger (Ron Livingston), Mr. Big (Chris Noth), Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) and Trey MacDougal (Kyle MacLachlan).The post quickly gained the attention “SATC” viewers as well as several celebrity fans, who all chimed in with their opinions.“Big!!!! Ultimate time-wasting vill[ain] and then he kicked the bucket.
Heather Dubrow has two words to describe season 17 of : «Very tough.» «This was not an easy season for me,» she admits to ET, sitting down inside her new Los Angeles penthouse. «I think, first of all, I was dealing with a lot in my life, in my personal life with my children, and we don't show everything about our kids and our families on the show, obviously; they are minors, you know? You don't tell everyone's stories for them, but you are still dealing with those things and so that, and two kids going to college and being involved in this group… it's a lot.»«I could very easily sit here and say, I had a terrible season and everyone was mean to me and it was just the worst,» she adds. «I mean, do I have PTSD from some things that happened? Yeah, I really do.»Heather returned to last year, her first season back after exiting the series in 2016. «It was so weird coming back last year,» she reflects.
Since the debut of Sam Raimi’s first ‘Spider-Man’ film back in 2002, there have been quite a few films featuring the wallcrawler over the past 20 years. Three of those feature none other than Tom Holland as Peter Parker.
Brent Lang Executive Editor As Matthew López prepared for the London debut of “The Inheritance,” his epic drama about the AIDS epidemic and its painful aftershocks, he was simultaneously outlining a first draft of “Some Like It Hot,” an effervescent re-imagining of the classic Billy Wilder film. The two shows could not have been more radically different. But López enjoyed toggling between comedy and tragedy. “I like working in extremes,” he says. “I like working in different modes.” Plus, he thinks that both productions benefitted from their author’s double act. “I got to live in both worlds at once,” López argues. “One helped the other. Doing the shows at the same time kept both projects in check. It prevented ‘The Inheritance’ from getting too dour and kept ‘Some Like It Hot’ from getting too lightweight. It brought some gravity to ‘Some Like It Hot’ and some levity to ‘The Inheritance.'”
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse swung into cinemas this week, and it appears the high expectations of critics and fans alike have been exceeded.Initial reviews have suggested it’s even better than 2018’s Into The Spider-Verse, which drew major plaudits for its unique animation style, storyline and music.Having developed the original score for the first film – which also included a number of contemporary songs from artists such as Jaden Smith, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Post Malone, and Ty Dolla $ign – Daniel Pemberton returns once again to handle the sequel’s soundtrack. Several songs from record producer and DJ Metro Boomin also feature.The following songs have been officially confirmed as part of the soundtrack, with more set to be announced soon:Hummingbird (Metro Boomin x James Blake)Link Up (Metro Boomin ft. Don Toliver & Tolan)Self Love (Metro Boomin x Coi Leray)We’ll update this article when the remaining tracks are officially confirmed on June 2.