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Legendary’s “The Book of Clarence” has been dated to be released by Sony on Sept. 22, the studio announced on Thursday.Inspired by classic Hollywood epics set in biblical times, “The Book of Clarence” tells the tale of Clarence, a down on his luck denizen of Jerusalem embarking on a misguided attempt to capitalize on the rise of celebrity and influence of the Messiah for his own personal gain – a journey that leads him on an exploration of the idea of faith and to a highly unexpected path of his own.The Legendary Pictures film will reteam Samuel with Academy Award nominee LaKeith Stanfield in the title role as well as Omar Sy, RJ Cyler, BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, BAFTA winner James McAvoy, Anna Diop, Teyana Taylor, BAFTA nominee David Oyelowo, Oscar and BAFTA nominee Alfre Woodard and Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

Sony has just dated Legendary’s Jeymes Samuel’s Biblical-time set feature The Book of Clarence for Sept. 22 this year.

Amanda Abbington has revealed she believes “nepotism” helped land her role in hit BBC drama Sherlock.

Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock, Sigourney Weaver in sci-fi horror Alien 3 and appeared in Doctor Who, tweeted: 'The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty.  'Cutting deserving winners' speeches for toe-curling non-interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbins in memoriam.

Sherlock actor Phil Davis has resigned from BAFTA over its “embarrassing” 2023 awards ceremony.Davis, who starred as the first killer in the BBC series opposite Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, tweeted his resignation, calling the awards “an embarrassing travesty”.“Cutting deserving winners speeches for toe-curling non-interviews. Poor Richard E Grant pretending to arrive in a Batmobile and no Bernard Cribbins in memorium.

EXCLUSIVE: Wade Allain-Marcus (Insecure, Snowfall) has been cast in the Netflix limited series, Eric, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, in a recurring role. He will portray club owner, Ali Gator.

The 2023 Critics Choice Super Award nominations are here!

Nepotism is just as rife in the UK as it is in the states, with many of your favourite actors and musicians actually hailing from super famous or well-off families. From the Redgrave clan that dates back to the 19th century (Roy Redgrave was a well-known silent film actor) to Sally from Corrie’s Bridgerton-breakout star daughter Phoebe Dynevor, who else has risen to fame from within the confines of the entertainment industry? Lottie Moss Everyone knows Ms Moss as the half-sister of the iconic supermodel, Kate Moss. In terms of her career path, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as the 25 year old followed in her sibling’s footsteps for a short time by becoming a British fashion model, too.

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Fire star Jeff Hephner has boarded Abi Morgan’s Benedict Cumberbatch-starring Netflix UK series Eric.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the EFM, Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall’s Mossbank is launching international sales on action-horror film Azrael, starring Samara Weaving (Ready Or Not). CAA Media Finance and UTA will co-rep domestic.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the global success of Netflix original series D.P. and Hellbound, and the Netflix original film Jung-E, South Korea’s Climax Studio is developing filmmaker Jason Kim’s The Monster Tale along with Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s Imaginarium Productions.

Benedict Cumberbatch is to lead and EP Netflix’s Eric, playing a puppeteer whose son goes missing in 1980s Manhattan.

EXCLUSIVE: StudioCanal is returning to the UK television production investment scene as it finalizes a deal with an outfit co-founded by a Vigil and Downton Abbey director.

The Banshees of Inisherin stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson have been tapped to receive the Cinema Vanguard Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara Film Festival.

Over the last several years, we’ve seen more and more A-list actors making the leap to prestige TV, but Benedict Cumberbatch has played in the TV sandbox well before it was the hip thing to do. And now that he’s leading a billion-dollar franchise (“Doctor Strange”) and is no stranger to awards and accolades, it appears Cumberbatch is still making time to show up on your TV screen, with a new project titled “Eric.” READ MORE: ‘Book Of Clarence’: Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, James McAvoy, Alfre Woodard & More Join Jeymes Samuel’s Biblical Story According to Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to star in the upcoming Netflix limited series, “Eric.” The series, written and produced by Abi Morgan, tells the story of a famous puppeteer from a kids’ show (Cumberbatch), who finds himself at the lowest point in his life after the disappearance of his young son, Eric.

Is there anything more romantic than declaring your love during the holidays?

EXCLUSIVE: Annet Mahendru has signed with Buchwald for representation.  

Most people are familiar with the beloved Grinch character, who is known for trying to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. The legendary villain, who has been played by Jim Carrey and voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, is well-known for his iconic green fur and sarcastic sense of humour.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning actor Dev Patel (The Green Knight) has signed with CAA for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Plimsoll Productions, the company behind series such as Apple’s Tiny World and Disney+’s James Cameron-executive produced and Benedict Cumberbatch-narrated Super/Natural, has hired National Geographic’s Alan Eyres to run its U.S. arm.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Lewis’ fortunate timing has seemingly paid off.

A comedy-drama series from Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films about an ambitious young model tops this year’s Brit List of the best unproduced TV and film scripts.

It’s hard to not see how a Marvel Comics character like Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange has taken over the surrogate role of MCU leader post-Tony Stark as the cinematic universe has entered The Multiverse Saga, Strange’s domain. However, the British actor seemingly finds it hard to get those deeply emotional or character-driven scenes when you don’t have much screen time to play with in specific instances when they’re simply aiming to move the story along.  As Cumberbatch tells The Talks in a recent interview, when you only have five minutes in a massive Marvel movie like “The Avengers,” it can be tough as an actor to land the emotional aspects when the development of character isn’t exactly the focus and it can be mostly about servicing the story at hand.  READ MORE: Neil Gaiman & Guillermo Del Toro Pitched A ‘Doctor Strange’ Movie To Marvel That Would Have Taken Place In The 1920s “It’s not some sort of acting gym where you’re stripping off layers of self to reveal a layer of truth all the time,” said Cumberbatch.

EXCLUSIVE: Sky is developing a drama series on beloved composer Mozart’s time in Vienna from Giri/Haji writer Joe Barton and produced by Patrick Melrose indie Two Cities Television.

seems to have confirmed accusations that grabbed her hair after an SNL performance in 2016.As Murray of inappropriate and aggressive behavior by a number of former coworkers, TV writer and producer Judnick Mayard to “remind” her followers that she witnessed the Ghostbusters actor “put both his hands into Solange's scalp after asking her three times if her hair was a wig or not."On November 5, 2016, Solange performed "Cranes in the Sky" and "Don't Touch My Hair" as the musical guest of Saturday Night Live. Benedict Cumberbatch hosted the episode and Murray made a guest appearance.

Solange Knowles is adding her story to the recent accusations of inappropriate behavior by Bill Murray. The singer-songwriter set Twitter tongues wagging over the weekend when she liked the tweets of TV writer and producer Judnick Mayard, alleging that the «Cranes in the Sky» singer had an uncomfortable run-in with the 72-year-old actor when she made her musical debut on  on Nov. 5, 2016.The singer performed «Cranes in the Sky» and «Don't Touch My Hair» during the Benedict Cumberbatch-hosted episode, in which Murray made an appearance.«Your yearly reminder that i saw Bill Murray put both his hands into Solange’s scalp after asking her three times if her hair was a wig or not,» Mayard alleged on Sunday. The writer also tweeted a clarification that, although fitting, the aforementioned hit was not about the alleged incident since it occurred  Knowles released the single. «She had just finished performing that song on when he did it.