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Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming Apple limited series “Manhunt” has added Anthony Boyle and Lovie Simone to its cast, Variety has learned.The pair join previously announced series lead Tobias Menzies. The show is based on the book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” by James Swanson.

HBO‘s new LA Lakers drama.The actor is set to portray former Lakers owner Jerry Buss in the forthcoming basketball drama Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty, which is due out next month.Reilly was the third choice for the role in the Adam McKay drama after Will Ferrell and Michael Shannon dropped out.“I’d been sitting at my kitchen table, thinking, ‘Man, I’m dead in the water, all this work, 80 movies, and I got nothing going on,’ when I got the text from Adam,” Reilly told The Hollywood Reporter.He landed the part after Ferrell fell out with his longstanding collaborator McKay over the role.“It ended not well,” McKay said in a recent interview with Vanity Fair after Ferrell, a die hard fan of the team, had his heart set on playing Buss.McKay thought that Ferrell’s Step Brothers co-star Reilly would be better suited for the role.“Ferrell just doesn’t look like Jerry Buss, and he’s not that vibe of a Jerry Buss,” added McKay. “And there were some people involved who were like, ‘We love Ferrell, he’s a genius, but we can’t see him doing it.’ It was a bit of a hard discussion.” To make things worse, McKay didn’t personally notify Ferrell of the choice.

BBC Studios has appointed Lorraine Burgess, the former MD of Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures, as Chief Financial Officer.

K.J. Yossman First look images from upcoming U.K./Italian co-production “Commedia” have been released, Variety can exclusively reveal.Actor and writer Greta Bellamacina, who will next be seen in Sky Atlantic’s “This Sceptred Isle,” plays the lead, Irene.Helmed by Italian film and theater director Riccardo Vannuccini, “Commedia” will be Vannuccini’s first English-language film and is intended as an homage to renowned Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri (“Storie di ordinaria follia,” “The House of Smiles”).Set as a “film within a film,” Vannuccini also co-stars in the feature, playing a director called Rocco Cucovaz who unsuccessfully directs Bellamacina in a variety of scenes, each one descending into chaos until the female actors eventually take over the production.

Josh Hartnett in Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut The Virgin Suicides, he is lit like an old-school movie star. “Eight months before the suicides,” explains a voiceover, “he’d emerged from baby fat to the delight of girls and mothers alike. ” In her cult 1999 film, Coppola frames Hartnett strutting down a school hallway with Seventies pin-up hair before receiving brownies and completed homework from would-be female suitors.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFremantle has sold out most major territories worldwide on the Martin Freeman-led BBC One smash hit “The Responder,” consolidating the acclaimed crime drama’s contention, even at this early stage, to become one of Europe’s top series of 2022. Banner deals take in France (Canal Plus), Italy (Disney Plus), Germany’s (Magenta TV). Spain (Movistar Plus) and Russia & CIS (Viasat), all leading pay/SVOD operators.

HBO has renewed US teen drama Euphoria for a third season.The network confirmed the news on Twitter, ahead of the premiere of the fifth episode from season two on Sunday (February 6).In the second season, Rue (Zendaya) has relapsed after Jules (Hunter Schafer) left her for the city in the first season, while classmates Nate (Jacob Elordi), Maddy (Alexa Demie) and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) are navigating their own tensions with school back in session.The show is written, directed and executive produced by Sam Levinson, who also helmed the 2021 film Malcolm & Marie which also starred Zendaya.#EUPHORIA has been renewed for season 3. pic.twitter.com/JR17ATJQCh— HBO (@HBO_UK) February 4, 2022Francesca Orsi, EVP of HBO programming, said: “Sam, Zendaya, and the entire cast and crew of Euphoria have taken season two to extraordinary heights, challenging narrative convention and form, while maintaining its heart.

AMC+ has picked up ITV’s soon-to-air big-budget adaptation of Len Deighton’s The Ipcress File from distributor ITV Studios.

Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson has made a surprise cameo in new Olivia Colman-starring HBO miniseries Landscapers.Colman stars alongside David Thewlis (Harry Potter) in the show, which premiered on Sky Atlantic last night (December 7) and tells the story of a couple in late 1990s Nottingham who killed and buried Colman’s character Susan’s parents undetected for over 15 years.A synopsis for the show reads: “Landscapers tells a unique love story involving a seemingly ordinary couple who

Inspired by actual events, a brand-new drama is coming to Sky Atlantic and NOW TV about the lives of convicted killers Susan and Christopher Edwards.

BT has launched Black Friday sales a week before the day itself.

The eagerly awaited return of Dexter is finally almost here and viewers are being treated to a 10-part series called Dexter: New Blood.

Comcast-owned European pay-TV giant Sky is overhauling its UK channel portfolio, retiring its flagship Sky One after nearly 40 years and launching Sky Showcase in its place.

While it might have been a sleeper start for many Irish fans, Mare of Easttown has quickly become one of the most talked-about shows of the year.

Friends fans were overjoyed when they learned that a reunion special was en route. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are all involved in the star-studded special.

I Hate Suzie season two will begin this autumn.Piper, who created and starred in the hit Sky Atlantic drama, recently told NME of current plans to develop the second season about a singer-turned-actress whose private photos are leaked.“When [Sky Atlantic] talked about a second series, I think we both cried,” Piper said of her reaction alongside her co-writer on the show, Lucy Prebble.

Friends fans were overjoyed when they learned that a reunion special was en route. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are all involved in the star-studded special.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, the deceasing average of ages in BAFTA TV actress nominees raises ageism concerns; Gary Barlow sets music show at the BBC; RED Productions hires Chloe Dunbar as head of development; the European Audiovisual Observatory and the U.K.’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announce sustainability conference; “Game of Thrones” prequel finds home at Sky Atlantic; and a Stanley Tucci Italian culinary series will debut in June on CNN

60-year-old actor will play the British Prime Minister in the new Sky Atlantic drama.The five-part series will chart the events surrounding the Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.Kenneth’s casting as Bojo was first announced last month, and now the first look image of him as the PM shows his utter transformation into the 56-year-old politician.Kenneth has swapped his neatly trimmed brown hair for Boris’ trademark wild blonde locks

Manori Ravindran International EditorSky has unveiled the first look at Kenneth Branagh playing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the forthcoming drama “This Sceptred Isle.”Production has begun on the Fremantle-produced drama, which charts the events surrounding Johnson, his government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.The Sky Original drama will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW TV in 2022.

ZeroZeroZero (Sky Atlantic)The Drowning (Channel 5) | My5The Repair Shop (BBC One) | iPlayerCraftivism: Make a Difference (BBC Four) | iPlayerRamy (Channel 4) | All 4You could tell that the latest big Sky Atlantic thing takes itself unutterably seriously by the fact that it’s a full 19 minutes before the opening credits roll. I hesitate to use the word “pompous”, but I’ve downed full bottles of Malbec faster.

Manori Ravindran International EditorIf there was any question about the original content ambitions of Comcast-backed pay-TV operator Sky under its new leadership, a 125-title film and TV slate for 2021 reflects a company poised to build a distinct, autonomous service that can compete with its deep-pocketed SVOD rivals.Sky in late 2019 renewed its output deal with HBO — which allows the business to offer the U.S.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to have a moment to shine in an upcoming scripted series about the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

Henry V star Kenneth Branagh is to play British Prime Minister in Sky drama This Sceptred Isle.

Euphoria has landed – and it comes with a confirmed release date.Part 2: Jules (the full title of which is F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob) will premiere in the US on HBO Max this Friday (January 22), and on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in UK on January 25.The forthcoming episode focuses on Jules (Hunter Schafer).

Naman Ramachandran British star and producer Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures and BAFTA-nominated producer Kris Thykier’s Archery Pictures are entering a multi-year joint venture to work together on select future film and TV projects.Thykier was BAFTA-nominated for “The State” and “Trash.” Archery recently completed production on fantasy series “Fate: The Winx Saga” for Netflix, the third season of Sky Atlantic’s top-rated “Riviera,” and John Madden’s feature “Operation Mincemeat,” starring

Olivia Colman has been knocking it out of the park with her incredible portrayal of The Queen on Netflix.

David E. Kelley and Susanne Bier’s limited series The Undoing is gripping audiences in the UK just as tightly as those in America, where the psychological thriller broadcasts on HBO.

Naman Ramachandran HBO series “The Undoing,” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, has proven to be a success for Comcast’s U.K. pay TV operation Sky Atlantic, with the opening episode reaching a cumulative 28-day audience of over 2.78 million viewers, marking a bigger launch than “Game of Thrones” in 2011.The first three episodes have recorded audiences of more than 2.5 million viewers.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterKris Thykier’s Archery Pictures, which has credits including the upcoming Colin Firth-starring Mincemeat and Sky Atlantic series Riviera, is teaming with Elysian Film Group, the banner formed by ex Studiocanal UK boss Danny Perkins, to create a new label focused on producing comedy for the UK theatrical market.Mews Films will be run by MD Kurban Kassam, who has credits including Sally Potter’s The Party.