Hugh Bonneville
‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ Review: Noel Fielding in Thin but Enjoyably Silly Apple TV+ Comedy
The Brit funnyman stars as an 18th century highwayman who builds a reputation for panache while trying to escape the clutches of a corrupt thieftaker, played by Hugh Bonneville.
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‘Douglas Is Cancelled’ Stars and Its Creator on the Cancel Culture Series: “Pick Your Heroes With Care”
Screenwriter and executive producer Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Dracula, Sherlock) shared a show idea with Karen Gillan (Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy) a few years ago when the term “cancel culture” wasn’t as widely known as it is now. “When I wrote my very first draft of this story, a different version of it, […]
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Hugh Bonneville on Future of ‘Downton Abbey’: “It Might Be the Right Time to Stop”
Downton Abbey: A New Era, Focus Features’ second feature spin-off from the phenomenally successful TV series, jitterbugged its way into cinemas earlier this year. Bringing back the original ensemble of regulars, plus a few new additions in Dominic West, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock and Nathalie Baye, the film — directed by Simon Curtis — ramped up […]
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Cannes: Saban Takes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Hugh Bonneville WWII Spy Thriller ‘Lives in Secret’ (Exclusive)
Saban Films is in final negotiations to acquire North America and multi-territory rights — including for the U.K., German-speaking Europe, Scandinavia, Spain, Benelux and Australia — to real-life WWII spy thriller Lives in Secret, starring Hugh Bonneville and Charlotte Gainsbourg. From director John Hay, the film sees Gainsbourg play intelligence officer Vera Atkins, who became […]
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‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’: Film Review
The familiar characters from the long-running Yorkshire country house saga are joined by new faces as a film shoot comes to the estate and an inheritance stirs up mysteries from the Dowager Countess’ past.
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Vertical Entertainment Nabs Roald Dahl Biopic ‘To Olivia’ (Exclusive)
Vertical Entertainment has nabbed the North American rights to director John Hay’s To Olivia, a U.K. drama based on the true lives of renowned novelist Roald Dahl and his film star wife Patricia Neal. Vertical plans a day-and-date release on April 15, 2022, for the drama written by David Logan and Hay and based on […]
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George Mackay, Kelly MacDonald, Hugh Bonneville Team for Netflix Thriller ‘I Came By’
Babak Anvari, the BAFTA-winning director of critically acclaimed horror Under the Shadow and, more recently, Wounds, has assembled an all-star cast for his next project, the neo-noir thriller I Came By for Netflix. George Mackay (1917, True History of The Kelly Gang, Captain Fantastic), Kelly Macdonald (Line of Duty, No Country for Old Men, Trainspotting) and […]
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‘Downton Abbey’ Costume Designer on Using Vintage Jewels, Replicated Queen Elizabeth Tiara in Film
'Downton Abbey' costume designer talks about sourcing vintage pieces and recreating a legendary tiara that dates to 1874 and ranks high among Queen Elizabeth’s favorites.
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‘Downton Abbey’: Film Review
THR review: In the 'Downton Abbey' movie, the toffs upstairs and the servants below must pull together in Yorkshire's most famous fictional stately home when royals visit.
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Cherie Blair to Make First Foray Into Film With Middle East-Based Feature
Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is to make her first foray into film as exec producer on Middle East drama 'The Rock Pool.'
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‘The Corrupted’: Film Review
Sam Claflin, Timothy Spall and Hugh Bonneville co-star in 'The Corrupted,' a gritty crime thriller about the murky land deals behind the 2012 Olympics.
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Berlin: Sam Claflin Joins Timothy Spall in ‘The Corrupted’ (Exclusive)
Hugh Bonneville, David Hayman and Naomie Ackie are also to star in the crime thriller to be shopped in Berlin by The Exchange.
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