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EXCLUSIVE: Principle photography has begun on the WWII drama The Boy In The Woods, a big-screen adaptation of the wartime novel The Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Maxwell Smart. 

K.J. Yossman “Peaky Blinders” star Aimee-Ffion Edwards and “This is Going to Hurt’s” Kadiff Kirwan are set to join season 2 of Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses,” Variety can exclusively reveal.Although it has not yet been confirmed which parts Edwards and Kirwan will play, season 2 of the show about a group of MI5 no-hopers is understood to be based on “Dead Lions,” Mick Herron’s second book in the “Slow Horses” novels, which sees the addition of two new Slough House recruits: Shirley Dander and Marcus Longridge.The logline for the “Dead Lion” novel reads: “As the agents dig into their fallen comrade’s circumstances, they uncover a shadowy tangle of ancient secrets that seems to lead back to a man named Alexander Popov, and a decades-old conspiracy with a brand-new target: London’s newest, tallest skyscraper…” As well as playing Esme Shelby opposite Cillian Murphy in “Peaky Blinders,” Edwards has appeared in “War of the Worlds,” “Blithe Spirit” and the “Four Weddings and a Funeral” television series.Kadiff, meanwhile, is best known for Netflix’s “The Stranger,” which also features Richard Armitage, and recently starred as Julian alongside Ben Whishaw in “This is Going to Hurt.” Apple hasn’t given any indication of when season 2 might drop but most of the Slough House gang from the first season – including Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Rosalind Eleazar, Dustin Demri-Burns, Saskia Reeves and Christopher Chung – are set to return as well as Kristin Scott Thomas and Freddie Fox as Slough House nemeses Diana Taverner and Spider Webb.Edwards is repped by Conway van Gelder Grant while Kadiff is repped by McEwan & Penford and Grandview.

The Hobbit star Richard Armitage and Peaky Blinders’ Charlie Murphy are leading a three-part Netflix UK erotic thriller about obsession and desire from Gaumont and Moonage Pictures.

K.J. Yossman Richard Armitage is set to star in “Damage,” a new Netflix series from Gaumont U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Bernd Schlotterer’s German outfit Palatin Media is launching world sales on Richard Armitage thriller The Man From Rome. Moonstone Entertainment’s Etchie Stroh is serving as a sales consultant.

Netflix thriller Stay Close. The character is so scary that the flame-haired Brit’s friends and family are no longer certain they trust her! Poppy, 23, told the Sunday People how the hitwoman was inspired by fellow femme fatale Villanelle played by Jodie Comer in Killing Eve and – less predictably – Britney Spears. Stay Close was the most watched show on Netflix earlier this month and fans have called for Barbie and her sidekick Ken to have their own spin-off.

“The worst TV adaptations are slavishly devoted to the [original] text,” according to The Stranger creator Harlan Coben, who said he “hopes to continue” working with Netflix as his five-year deal draws to a close.

Fans of mystery drama will be delighted to discover a new series is coming to Netflix, based on a book written by acclaimed novelist Harlan Coben.

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Jacob Dudman, best known for his role in the recent Netflix teen drama Fate: A Winx Saga, has joined upcoming British LGBTQ+ feature Now & Then. The film will see Dudman — who will portray the younger version of the lead character, Chris — reteam with previously announced lead Richard Armitage, having played his son in Netflix drama The Stranger, based on the Harlan Coben novel.

Naman Ramachandran Eddie Izzard (“The High Note”), Jo Joyner (“Ackley Bridge”) and Andi Osho (“Line of Duty”) are joining Cush Jumbo and James Nesbitt in the cast of Harlan Coben’s Netflix drama “Stay Close.” Also joining previously announced cast members Richard Armitage and Sarah Parish are Daniel Francis (“Small Axe”), Bethany Antonia (“Get Even”), Rachel Andrews (“Butcher Boy”), Poppy Gilbert (“The Pale Horse”) and Hyoie O’Grady (“Mayday”).The team behind Harlan Coben’s Netflix adaptations

Dawn French  has received the backing of her Vicar of Dibley co-star and on-screen husband Richard Armitage following backlash over a Black Lives Matter scene.

Richard Armitage — best known for playing Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy and most recently seen in Netflix's The Stranger — is set to take the lead in Now & Then, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.

Richard Armitage (The Hobbit trilogy), Paz Vega (Spanglish) and John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge) are set to star in the theological crime thriller The Man from Rome, based on the bestselling book of the same name by famed Spanish author Arturo Perez-Reverte and set to start shooting in Spain in February, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal.

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The trailer for hotly anticipated Netflix thriller The Stranger has dropped ahead of its release on Thursday.

The trailer has dropped for the upcoming The Lodge, the new film from Veronika Franz, the director of Goodnight Mommy. The film starts to roll out into cinemas from next month. Amongst the cast is the likes of Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, and Richard Armitage.

We all have secrets. Here’s the first trailer for a limited original series over at Netflix that I have been looking forward to for quite some time. The Stranger comes to the small screen from the brilliant mind of bestselling author Harlan Coben and features a cast that includes the likes of Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley), Hannah John-Kamen (Ready Player One), Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit), Anthony Head (The Split), and Dervla Kirwan (Strike Back).

Netflix has struck again, with a new trailer that will make the hairs on your arms stand up and send a chill down your spine. Yes, the popular streaming service has released the trailer for much-anticipated thriller The Stranger and it looks utterly terrifying.The star-studded series will star Jennifer Saunders and Richard Armitage and looks as though it’s going to be a chilling watch with the occasional hands over eyes moment.