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British actor Adrian Schiller has died "suddenly" and unexpectedly, his agent has announced.The 60-year-old previously appeared in the hit BBC show Death in Paradise, as well as Netflix's The Last Kingdom and Victoria on ITV. Scott Marshall Partners, who represented Adrian for more than 30 years, said in a statement released on Thursday 4 April: “He has died far too soon, and we, his family and close friends are devastated by the loss.

If you experienced your teenage years in the 90s, chances are you knew of, or were into the music of Chris Leng, Giles Kristian, Jamie Browne and Richard Micallef, aka former boyband, Upside Down. Alongside Britpop, the 1990s was the decade of the boyband, and the era produced other major stars like Take That, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys and Five.

Alison Herman TV Critic The MGM+ series “The Winter King,” adapted from a trilogy of novels by English author Bernard Cornwell, derives much of its plot from Arthurian myth. But in practice, the drama acts more like earthbound historical fiction than fairy tale or fantasy.

Naman Ramachandran Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has revealed a raft of global sales on “Twisted Metal,” “The Winter King” and “Ten Pound Poms,” which will be screened to international clients this week during the LA Screenings market. Based on the PlayStation game series and starring Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz, action-comedy drama “Twisted Metal” has sold to India (SonyLIV); New Zealand (TVNZ); Australia (Stan); the Middle East (BeIN); Central and Eastern Europe (HBO and HBO Max) and across sub-Saharan Africa on MNET’s Showmax. The series will have its world premiere on Peacock in the U.S. on June 27. “The Winter King,” the King Arthur tale based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, produced by SPT-backed Bad Wolf, and co-commissioned by ITVX for the U.K. and MGM+ in the U.S., has been acquired for the Middle East by BeIN, in India (SonyLIV) and in Australia (Stan). The cast includes Iain De Caestecker, Ellie James and Eddie Marsan.

Sony Pictures Television has pre-sold Twisted Metal, The Winter King and Ten Pound Poms to international buyers as the LA Screenings gets underway.

Marvel Agents of SHEILD star Iain De Caestecker is transformed into Arthur Pendragon in first-look images for a new series which retells the Arthurian legend.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Last Kingdom” is ready for its last run. With the debut of the feature-length film “Seven Kings Must Die” on Netflix on April 14, the epic series is wrapping up, with the fifth and final season having aired on Netflix in March 2022. The film serves as a fitting send off to the series, which is based on the Bernard Cornwell novel series “The Saxon Stories.” Like the books, the show follows the fictional character Uhtred (played by Alexander Dreymon), a Saxon who was captured and raised by Danish invaders in England in the ninth century A.D. Uhtred is raised to live the life of a viking, but destiny puts him in the employ of the House of Wessex and King Alfred, who seeks to unite the disparate kingdoms into one country called England.

Catherine Bray Set mostly in England, back before it was officially called England — and centuries before Great Britain was so much as a glint in the eye of James I — director Ed Bazalgette’s workmanlike historical epic “The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die” wraps up the events of “The Last Kingdom,” the Netfix drama series based on Bernard Cornwell’s “Saxon Tales” novels. Playing like “Game of Thrones” with more history and fewer dragons, the film opens with several smaller kingdoms, including Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia, gearing up for a power struggle exacerbated by the recent death of Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, and worsened by the surreptitious attempts of the Danes to sow discord. 

EXCLUSIVE: Alberto Ferreras’ novel B as in Beauty is getting the TV treatment.

EXCLUSIVE: Additional cast members have been revealed for the first series of ITVX’s The Winter King, produced by His Dark Materials and Doctor Who outfit Bad Wolf.

K.J. Yossman The television adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s series “Warlord Chronicles” will debut in the U.K. on ITV’s new streaming platform ITVX.It will then air later on linear.U.S.

Selome Hailu Though the reign of “Encanto” has begun to subside, Disney Plus remains on top with Pixar’s latest feature “Turning Red” debuting in the No. 1 position in Nielsen’s newly released Top 10 streaming rankings. The title accrued more than 1.7 billion minutes watched from March 7 to 13, beating out “The Last Kingdom” and “Pieces of Her,” the Netflix series that nabbed positions 2 and 3 respectively, both with 1.4 billion minutes watched.“Turning Red” wasn’t originally intended for a streaming debut at all, until Disney announced in January that the title would skip theaters and head straight to the small screen on March 11.

Sony Pictures Television International Production President Wayne Garvie has revealed his desire for the outfit to be the biggest drama studio in Britain and push into Europe, as he spoke publicly alongside Bad Wolf CEO Jane Tranter for the first time.

Manori Ravindran International EditorJane Tranter’s Bad Wolf has set up its first major drama since joining Sony Pictures Television, Variety can reveal.The company is adapting the first book in Bernard Cornwell’s “Warlord Chronicles” trilogy, “The Winter King,” into a 10-part series. The show — which is expected to be a returner that will go on to cover the other books in the series — will shoot in Wales and the West Country in 2022.“The Winter King” is being positioned as a revisionist take on the Arthurian legends, which were first published in the mid-1990s.

Netflix’s Viking drama series The Last Kingdom is a big hit!

The Last Kingdom is returning for its fifth and final season on Netflix next month.

Naman Ramachandran The fifth and final season of Netflix historical drama “The Last Kingdom,” due in 2022, will be followed by a two-hour feature film titled “Seven Kings Must Die.” The film will stream on Netflix.The news was announced by Alexander Dreymon, who plays the lead role of Uhtred, at the London Comic Con on Sunday. Based on the novels of Bernard Cornwell, filming on “Seven Kings Must Die” will begin in Budapest in early 2022, with Dreymon reprising his role.

EXCLUSIVE: Domina actor Ewan Horrocks has landed a recurring role in the final season of Netflix’s historical drama The Last Kingdom.

EXCLUSIVE: The Last Kingdom is to ride out for a final time, as Netflix brings the curtain down on the beloved adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling The Saxon Stories novels.

The Last Kingdom will be back on Netflix for a brand new season, as the streaming service has announced the renewal of the show.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Last Kingdom” has been renewed for a fifth season at Netflix. Time to celebrate, arselings!The cast posted a video on social media making the announcement, which can be viewed below.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNetflix has commissioned a fifth season of The Last Kingdom, its adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling The Saxon Stories novels.Made by Carnival Films, the Downton Abbey producer that is part of NBCUniversal International Studios, Season 5 will be based on Cornwell’s ninth and tenth novels: The Warriors of the Storm and The Flame Bearer.The 10-part series will continue to follow the adventures of Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon), a warrior born