Jenna Coleman is one of the most talented and charming actresses working in the film and TV industry. The English actress made her TV debut with the 2005 British soap opera Emmerdale, and her first feature film role was a very small one but it was in Captain America: First Avenger. She recently starred in the adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s DC comics The Sandman as Johanna Constantine and she is currently starring in the Prime Vide thriller series Wilderness. So, if you also love Coleman’s performances here are the 10 best movies and TV shows starring Jenna Coleman that should be on your watchlist.
10. Room at the Top (Not Available in the US) Credit – BBC
Synopsis: Room At The Top is a drama series based on John Braine’s classic book about Joe Lampton, a young man on the make in 1940’s Yorkshire.
9. Dancing on the Edge (Tubi & Prime Video...
10. Room at the Top (Not Available in the US) Credit – BBC
Synopsis: Room At The Top is a drama series based on John Braine’s classic book about Joe Lampton, a young man on the make in 1940’s Yorkshire.
9. Dancing on the Edge (Tubi & Prime Video...
- 9/11/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Box Office
Gross box office in the European Union (EU) and the U.K. grew by 70% in 2022 compared with 2021 – from €3 billion ($3.27 billion) to €5.1 billion ($5.57 billion), down by 28% on pre-pandemic levels. The numbers were revealed in the 2023 edition of Focus – World Film Market Trends, a report which is prepared each year for the Cannes film market.
Three U.S. films, “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Minions: The Rise of Gru” topped the European charts in 2022, selling 34.4 million, 30.6 and 30.2 million tickets throughout the calendar year respectively. Cinema attendance in the EU and the U.K. increased by 63% from 403 million tickets sold in 2021 to an estimated 657 million in 2022, representing 67% of the average pre-pandemic admission level registered between 2017 and 2019.
European films also performed well and market share for European films increased year-on-year from 26.8% to 28.4% in 2022, the report recorded. It also notes that film production in the EU and the U.
Gross box office in the European Union (EU) and the U.K. grew by 70% in 2022 compared with 2021 – from €3 billion ($3.27 billion) to €5.1 billion ($5.57 billion), down by 28% on pre-pandemic levels. The numbers were revealed in the 2023 edition of Focus – World Film Market Trends, a report which is prepared each year for the Cannes film market.
Three U.S. films, “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Minions: The Rise of Gru” topped the European charts in 2022, selling 34.4 million, 30.6 and 30.2 million tickets throughout the calendar year respectively. Cinema attendance in the EU and the U.K. increased by 63% from 403 million tickets sold in 2021 to an estimated 657 million in 2022, representing 67% of the average pre-pandemic admission level registered between 2017 and 2019.
European films also performed well and market share for European films increased year-on-year from 26.8% to 28.4% in 2022, the report recorded. It also notes that film production in the EU and the U.
- 5/12/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s Sas Rogue Heroes has been renewed for a second season by the BBC.
The wartime drama, which was picked up for season one by Epix in the U.S., ended in the past few minutes with a “To Be Continued” caption as Jack O’Connell’s character Paddy Mayne took over the Rogue Heroes.
Series one followed David Stirling (Connor Swindells), Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen) and Paddy Mayne (O’Connell) in a dramatized account of how the Sas was formed in the darkest days of World War Two, with fellow cast members including Dominic West, Sofia Boutella, Tom Glynn-Carney and Theo Barklem-Biggs. Series two will show viewers what comes next for the Sas, following a dramatic turn of events.
The show’s launch became one of the BBC’s top five drama launches of the year with 3.8M viewers, beating all UK launches for Netflix, Amazon...
The wartime drama, which was picked up for season one by Epix in the U.S., ended in the past few minutes with a “To Be Continued” caption as Jack O’Connell’s character Paddy Mayne took over the Rogue Heroes.
Series one followed David Stirling (Connor Swindells), Jock Lewes (Alfie Allen) and Paddy Mayne (O’Connell) in a dramatized account of how the Sas was formed in the darkest days of World War Two, with fellow cast members including Dominic West, Sofia Boutella, Tom Glynn-Carney and Theo Barklem-Biggs. Series two will show viewers what comes next for the Sas, following a dramatic turn of events.
The show’s launch became one of the BBC’s top five drama launches of the year with 3.8M viewers, beating all UK launches for Netflix, Amazon...
- 12/4/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sex Education’s Connor Swindells said he felt privileged to land the lead role in the stonking BBC One WW2 desert warfare drama Sas Rogue Heroes, and he praised director, Tom Shankland (The Serpent) “for considering me for this, because this isn’t something that comes my way.”
The six-part drama, written and created by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight and from Kudos, is based on Ben Macintyre’s 2016 bestselling authorized wartime history of the Sas.
Swindells, proudly working-class, said that he was apprehensive about auditioning for the part of David Archibald Stirling, a Scots Guard officer and scion of a grand Scottish family with bloodlines stretching back on his mother’s side to King Charles II, and son of a WW1-decorated army general.
“I hadn’t been in those conversations for these types of roles, and it was really Tom Shankland that championed me so much. He really...
The six-part drama, written and created by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight and from Kudos, is based on Ben Macintyre’s 2016 bestselling authorized wartime history of the Sas.
Swindells, proudly working-class, said that he was apprehensive about auditioning for the part of David Archibald Stirling, a Scots Guard officer and scion of a grand Scottish family with bloodlines stretching back on his mother’s side to King Charles II, and son of a WW1-decorated army general.
“I hadn’t been in those conversations for these types of roles, and it was really Tom Shankland that championed me so much. He really...
- 10/28/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
In a major deal that lit up the concluding hours of MipTV 2022, Canal Plus acquired BBC series “Rogue Heroes.”
Produced by Kudos and Nebulastar for the BBC, and titled “Sas Rogue Heroes” in the U.K. market, the series developed for television and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), is a dramatized account of how British Special Forces unit, the Sas, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of WWII.
In a deal negotiated by Isabelle Queme, senior VP French-speaking Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Banijay Rights, “Rogue Heroes” has been picked up by Canal Plus in France and for all Canal Plus territories around the world to broadcast in late 2022.
The agreement follows Epix’s acquisition of the drama for the U.S. in 2021 and further sales to HBO Max in Europe, Prime Video in Canada and Sbs in Australia in early 2022.
Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book,...
Produced by Kudos and Nebulastar for the BBC, and titled “Sas Rogue Heroes” in the U.K. market, the series developed for television and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), is a dramatized account of how British Special Forces unit, the Sas, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of WWII.
In a deal negotiated by Isabelle Queme, senior VP French-speaking Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Banijay Rights, “Rogue Heroes” has been picked up by Canal Plus in France and for all Canal Plus territories around the world to broadcast in late 2022.
The agreement follows Epix’s acquisition of the drama for the U.S. in 2021 and further sales to HBO Max in Europe, Prime Video in Canada and Sbs in Australia in early 2022.
Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
“Sas: Rogue Heroes,” the new, six-part limited series from “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight, will bow on MGM’s premium network Epix in the U.S.
Epix acquired the series from global distributor Banijay Rights. The deal was negotiated by Matt Creasey, EVP sales, co-productions and acquisitions at Banijay Rights. This is the first international deal for the series.
Produced by Kudos and Nebulastar for Epix and U.K. broadcaster BBC, who commissioned it, “Sas: Rogue Heroes” is a dramatized account of how Special Forces unit, the Sas, was formed during WWII. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, the series centers on David Stirling, an eccentric young officer, who is hospitalized after a training exercise gone wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, Stirling creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare.
Connor Swindells (“Vigil”) will play Stirling,...
Epix acquired the series from global distributor Banijay Rights. The deal was negotiated by Matt Creasey, EVP sales, co-productions and acquisitions at Banijay Rights. This is the first international deal for the series.
Produced by Kudos and Nebulastar for Epix and U.K. broadcaster BBC, who commissioned it, “Sas: Rogue Heroes” is a dramatized account of how Special Forces unit, the Sas, was formed during WWII. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, the series centers on David Stirling, an eccentric young officer, who is hospitalized after a training exercise gone wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, Stirling creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare.
Connor Swindells (“Vigil”) will play Stirling,...
- 11/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
US network Epix has become the first international buyer of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s BBC1 drama Sas: Rogue Heroes.
Epix struck the deal with distributor Banijay Rights for the six-parter, which is produced by Banijay-backed Kudos alongside Knight’s indie Nebulastar and tells the story of how the Sas was formed under extraordinary circumstances in World War Two.
Developed for TV by Knight from a book penned by Ben Macintyre, the series stars Dominic West, Jack O’Connell, Sex Education’s Connor Swindells and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), with Swindells leading as a founder Sas member who becomes convinced that traditional commando units don’t work and creates a radical plan that flies in the face of accepted rules of modern warfare.
The deal was negotiated by Matt Creasey, Banijay Rights’ EVP Sales, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, and marks the show’s debut international sale.
Creasey said: “Sas: Rogue Heroes...
Epix struck the deal with distributor Banijay Rights for the six-parter, which is produced by Banijay-backed Kudos alongside Knight’s indie Nebulastar and tells the story of how the Sas was formed under extraordinary circumstances in World War Two.
Developed for TV by Knight from a book penned by Ben Macintyre, the series stars Dominic West, Jack O’Connell, Sex Education’s Connor Swindells and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), with Swindells leading as a founder Sas member who becomes convinced that traditional commando units don’t work and creates a radical plan that flies in the face of accepted rules of modern warfare.
The deal was negotiated by Matt Creasey, Banijay Rights’ EVP Sales, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, and marks the show’s debut international sale.
Creasey said: “Sas: Rogue Heroes...
- 11/15/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Outlander actor César Domboy has joined the cast of Steven Knight’s (Peaky Blinders) new series Sas: Rogue Heroes in a supporting role.
Filming is ongoing on the starry series, which is led by Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Jack O’Connell (The North Water), Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones), Sofia Boutella (Modern Love), and Dominic West (The Wire).
The BBC series dramatizes how Britain’s Special Forces unit was formed in the darkest days of World War Two. Produced by Banijay-owned Kudos, the drama centers on Stirling, an eccentric young officer, hospitalized after a training exercise went wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest, and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines.
Tom Shankland (The Serpent...
Filming is ongoing on the starry series, which is led by Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Jack O’Connell (The North Water), Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones), Sofia Boutella (Modern Love), and Dominic West (The Wire).
The BBC series dramatizes how Britain’s Special Forces unit was formed in the darkest days of World War Two. Produced by Banijay-owned Kudos, the drama centers on Stirling, an eccentric young officer, hospitalized after a training exercise went wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest, and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines.
Tom Shankland (The Serpent...
- 6/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, Steven Knight’s “Sas: Rogue Heroes” starts shooting, Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan” cleans up at Czech Lion Awards, BBC Comedy hires “I May Destroy You” producer Tanya Qureshi, Content Catalyst Fund adds executives and reveals slate and George Takei’s “Allegiance” streams on BroadwayHD.
Filming is underway on BBC One drama series “Sas: Rogue Heroes,” from “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, “Sas: Rogue Heroes” is a dramatized account of how a Special Forces unit, the Sas, was formed under extraordinary circumstances during WWII.
The lead cast includes Connor Swindells (“Sex Education”), Jack O’Connell (“Skins”), Alfie Allen (“Game of Thrones”), Sofia Boutella (“Modern Love”) and Dominic West (“The Wire”).
The six-part series will be directed by Tom Shankland (“The Serpent”), with Stephen Smallwood (“Patrick Melrose”) as producer. The series will be executive produced by Karen Wilson,...
Filming is underway on BBC One drama series “Sas: Rogue Heroes,” from “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight. Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, “Sas: Rogue Heroes” is a dramatized account of how a Special Forces unit, the Sas, was formed under extraordinary circumstances during WWII.
The lead cast includes Connor Swindells (“Sex Education”), Jack O’Connell (“Skins”), Alfie Allen (“Game of Thrones”), Sofia Boutella (“Modern Love”) and Dominic West (“The Wire”).
The six-part series will be directed by Tom Shankland (“The Serpent”), with Stephen Smallwood (“Patrick Melrose”) as producer. The series will be executive produced by Karen Wilson,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC has announced the cast for Sas: Rogue Heroes, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s dramatized account of how Britain’s Special Forces unit was formed in the darkest days of World War Two.
Connor Swindells (Sex Education) will play David Stirling, with Jack O’Connell (The North Water) as Paddy Mayne, Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones) as Jock Lewes, and Sofia Boutella (Modern Love) as Eve. Dominic West (The Wire) will play Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke.
Produced by Banijay-owned Kudos, the series also features Amir El Masry (Industry), Theo Barklem-Biggs (Carnival Row), Corin Silva (The Bay), Jacob Ifan (Bang), Dónal Finn (Cursed), Jacob McCarthy (The Last Summer), Michael Schaeffer (Chernobyl), and Miles Jupp (The Great).
Sas: Rogue Heroes centers on Stirling, an eccentric young officer, hospitalized after a training exercise went wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in...
Connor Swindells (Sex Education) will play David Stirling, with Jack O’Connell (The North Water) as Paddy Mayne, Alfie Allen (Game Of Thrones) as Jock Lewes, and Sofia Boutella (Modern Love) as Eve. Dominic West (The Wire) will play Lieutenant Colonel Wrangel Clarke.
Produced by Banijay-owned Kudos, the series also features Amir El Masry (Industry), Theo Barklem-Biggs (Carnival Row), Corin Silva (The Bay), Jacob Ifan (Bang), Dónal Finn (Cursed), Jacob McCarthy (The Last Summer), Michael Schaeffer (Chernobyl), and Miles Jupp (The Great).
Sas: Rogue Heroes centers on Stirling, an eccentric young officer, hospitalized after a training exercise went wrong. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in...
- 3/9/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix revealed the premiere date and trailer for “The Serpent,” and Apple TV Plus announced the streaming premiere date for “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown.”
Dates
Netflix announced that crime drama “The Serpent” will premiere on April 2. Inspired by real events set in the 1970s, the limited series tells the story of the merciless killer Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman), who prey on tourists exploring the “hippie trail” in South Asia. When Sobhraj becomes the chief suspect in a series of murders of young Western travelers, it’s up to Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle), a Dutch diplomat in Bangkok, to investigate the spree of crimes. The series also stars Ellie Bamber, Amesh Edireweer and Tim McInnerny. Directed by Tom Shankland and Hans Herbots, the series was written by Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay. Warlow, Shankland, Preethi Mavahalli,...
Dates
Netflix announced that crime drama “The Serpent” will premiere on April 2. Inspired by real events set in the 1970s, the limited series tells the story of the merciless killer Charles Sobhraj (Tahar Rahim) and his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (Jenna Coleman), who prey on tourists exploring the “hippie trail” in South Asia. When Sobhraj becomes the chief suspect in a series of murders of young Western travelers, it’s up to Herman Knippenberg (Billy Howle), a Dutch diplomat in Bangkok, to investigate the spree of crimes. The series also stars Ellie Bamber, Amesh Edireweer and Tim McInnerny. Directed by Tom Shankland and Hans Herbots, the series was written by Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay. Warlow, Shankland, Preethi Mavahalli,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
Tahar Rahim stars as “Asia’s most notorious killer” Charles Sobhraj in a new trailer for the upcoming Netflix series “The Serpent,” released on Thursday.
Inspired by real events, the eight-episode series tells the story of Sobhraj, a serial conman who posed as a gem dealer and travelled across Southeast Asian in the 1970s with his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (played in the series by Jenna Coleman), carrying out a spree of crimes on the so-called “Hippie Trail.” Together the duo became the chief suspects in a series of murders of young Western travelers.
The limited series also stars Billy Howle as Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg; Ellie Bamber as Herman’s wife Angela Knippenberg; Amesh Edireweera as Ajay Chowdhury; and Tim McInnerny as Paul Siemons.
A co-production between BBC One and Netflix, “The Serpent” is set to debut on Netflix on April 2.
Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay are writers on the series,...
Inspired by real events, the eight-episode series tells the story of Sobhraj, a serial conman who posed as a gem dealer and travelled across Southeast Asian in the 1970s with his girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc (played in the series by Jenna Coleman), carrying out a spree of crimes on the so-called “Hippie Trail.” Together the duo became the chief suspects in a series of murders of young Western travelers.
The limited series also stars Billy Howle as Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg; Ellie Bamber as Herman’s wife Angela Knippenberg; Amesh Edireweera as Ajay Chowdhury; and Tim McInnerny as Paul Siemons.
A co-production between BBC One and Netflix, “The Serpent” is set to debut on Netflix on April 2.
Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay are writers on the series,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Netflix and BBC’s serial killer series “The Serpent” is one of the international shows whose filming was impacted by the pandemic, and required shifting production from Asia to Europe.
The drama, which stars Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet”) as the French conman and mass murderer Charles Sobhraj, was on its last stretch of shooting on location in Thailand in late March when the country went into lockdown. After a near five-month pause, the series had to relocate filming to the U.K. where production decamped in Hertfordshire, just north of London, on Aug. 17. The lensing, which took place for 10 days and will conclude Friday, consisted of remaining scenes that were initially scheduled to be shot in Thailand in March.
“It’s a testament to the hard work and sheer inventiveness of ‘The Serpent”s creative team, cast and crew that we’ve been able to safely wrap the series here in the U.
The drama, which stars Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet”) as the French conman and mass murderer Charles Sobhraj, was on its last stretch of shooting on location in Thailand in late March when the country went into lockdown. After a near five-month pause, the series had to relocate filming to the U.K. where production decamped in Hertfordshire, just north of London, on Aug. 17. The lensing, which took place for 10 days and will conclude Friday, consisted of remaining scenes that were initially scheduled to be shot in Thailand in March.
“It’s a testament to the hard work and sheer inventiveness of ‘The Serpent”s creative team, cast and crew that we’ve been able to safely wrap the series here in the U.
- 8/28/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
UTA has hired Jason Garber and David Morris, who had been production agents at Wme. They are now moving to UTA’s Production division based in Los Angeles and report to Pete Franciosa, UTA Partner and Head of Production.
The pair’s client roster includes Oscar and Emmy winners Sanne Wohlenberg (Chernobyl), Erica Kay (Fosse/Verdon), Mary Rae Thewlis (The Americans), Caroline Baron (Mozart in the Jungle), Nikki Penny (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), Alison O’Brien (The Addams Family), Stephen Smallwood (Patrick Melrose), Montez Monroe (Sweetbitter), Mark Sanger (Gravity), James Wilcox (Hillbilly Elegy), Sean Faden (Mulan), Greg Baxter (Detective Pikachu), Matt Jenkins (Murder on the Orient Express) and Donald Mowat (Spider-Man: Far From Home) among others.
Two of their clients, Kazu Hiro and Vivian Baker, were among the trio that won the Oscar on Sunday for Bombshell in Makeup & Hairstyling.
They join a current UTA Production roster that includes this year...
The pair’s client roster includes Oscar and Emmy winners Sanne Wohlenberg (Chernobyl), Erica Kay (Fosse/Verdon), Mary Rae Thewlis (The Americans), Caroline Baron (Mozart in the Jungle), Nikki Penny (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), Alison O’Brien (The Addams Family), Stephen Smallwood (Patrick Melrose), Montez Monroe (Sweetbitter), Mark Sanger (Gravity), James Wilcox (Hillbilly Elegy), Sean Faden (Mulan), Greg Baxter (Detective Pikachu), Matt Jenkins (Murder on the Orient Express) and Donald Mowat (Spider-Man: Far From Home) among others.
Two of their clients, Kazu Hiro and Vivian Baker, were among the trio that won the Oscar on Sunday for Bombshell in Makeup & Hairstyling.
They join a current UTA Production roster that includes this year...
- 2/14/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
UK Television Network ITV is prepping a new 13-part 'warrior drama' mini-series, based on the saga of "Beowulf", starting April 2015:
Created by James Dormer, Tim Haines and Katie Newman, the series will be written by James Dormer ("Outcast") set in the mythical 'Shieldlands' "...a place of spectacle and danger populated by both humans and fantastical creatures..."
"...set in the 'Dark Ages' of Britain's past, the first episode sees 'Beowulf' who, after spending many years wandering as a mercenary warrior, returns to 'Herot' to pay his respects to the recently deceased 'Thane', 'Hrothgar' - the man who raised him. But when Herot is attacked by the terrifying monster 'Grendl', Beowulf has no choice but to hunt it down, winning favour with Herot’s new female Thane and the wider community..."
"Hundreds of years ago our ancestors listened to the story of 'Beowulf' because it was a great adventure story," said Dormer,...
Created by James Dormer, Tim Haines and Katie Newman, the series will be written by James Dormer ("Outcast") set in the mythical 'Shieldlands' "...a place of spectacle and danger populated by both humans and fantastical creatures..."
"...set in the 'Dark Ages' of Britain's past, the first episode sees 'Beowulf' who, after spending many years wandering as a mercenary warrior, returns to 'Herot' to pay his respects to the recently deceased 'Thane', 'Hrothgar' - the man who raised him. But when Herot is attacked by the terrifying monster 'Grendl', Beowulf has no choice but to hunt it down, winning favour with Herot’s new female Thane and the wider community..."
"Hundreds of years ago our ancestors listened to the story of 'Beowulf' because it was a great adventure story," said Dormer,...
- 12/19/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Strike Back" executive producer James Dormer is set to adapt a new action drama series based on the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf" for British broadcaster ITV.
The thirteen-episode series, which ITV has greenlit, is set in the mythical Shieldlands and described as a "western set in the Dark Ages of Britain's mythic past". Both humans and fantastical creatures populate this world which will actually be filmed in England's North East.
Tim Haines ("Primeval," "Sinbad") and Katie Newman ("Primeval: New World") will executive produce, Stephen Smallwood ("Ripper Street," "The Day of the Triffids") will produce. Filming is slated to begin in April, but there's no casting locked down as yet.
Source: Variety...
The thirteen-episode series, which ITV has greenlit, is set in the mythical Shieldlands and described as a "western set in the Dark Ages of Britain's mythic past". Both humans and fantastical creatures populate this world which will actually be filmed in England's North East.
Tim Haines ("Primeval," "Sinbad") and Katie Newman ("Primeval: New World") will executive produce, Stephen Smallwood ("Ripper Street," "The Day of the Triffids") will produce. Filming is slated to begin in April, but there's no casting locked down as yet.
Source: Variety...
- 12/15/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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