The Return of a Time Lord

First up, although, we’ve information of a brand new movie that includes Jason Isaacs and Ciarán Hinds (Lucius Malfoy and Aberforth Dumbledore, respectively). They’re each set to star in Mom Russia, an upcoming drama about Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (who will probably be performed by Black Mirror‘s Maxine Peake), who gave up every thing throughout her investigation into corruption underneath Vladamir Putin. The film is ready to start filming later this yr.

There’s thrilling information for any Gradual Horses followers subsequent. We already knew that the present had been renewed for a second season, however now we’ve a shock trailer! The primary season was targeted on a bunch of MI5 rejects, led by Gary Oldman‘s (Sirius Black) character, who discover themselves in a harmful cat-and-mouse state of affairs, and we will anticipate extra of the identical in Season 2 based mostly on the trailer. Check out it under!

 

 

Dame Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley) is ready to star in an upcoming present for Channel 4. The present is known as Truelove and can comply with a bunch of outdated associates after they’ve made a pact to assist one another die in their very own superb manner. The Head of Drama at Channel 4, Caroline Hollick, described the present as a “distinctive, poignant, and darkly humorous sequence.”

There’s thrilling information from the Tardis to share subsequent. We rounded up all the rumors about David Tennant‘s (Barty Crouch Jr.) potential return to Physician Who, and whereas Ncuti Gatwa (Intercourse Schooling) will probably be taking over the position of the 14th Physician, it was introduced earlier this week that we’ll even be seeing the Tenth Physician again in motion for the present’s Sixtieth-anniversary celebration! Beloved companion Donna, performed by Catherine Tate, will even be returning.

 

 

We now have a launch date for Domhnall Gleeson’s (Invoice Weasley) upcoming psychological thriller, The Affected person! The present facilities round a serial killer who kidnaps a psychotherapist and retains him hostage till he can cease his homicidal urges. Nevertheless, making an attempt to assist his kidnapper solely forces the therapist to face his personal points. It’ll premiere on August 30 on Disney+.

We have a trailer that includes Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) to point out you subsequent. He is starring in The Forgiven, a movie that explores how the results of an accident can reverberate via a neighborhood. The movie debuted ultimately yr’s Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition and can hit theaters on July 1. Take a look at the trailer under, and tell us what you suppose!

 

 

Sticking with trailers, we have one to point out you that includes Dame Emma Thompson and Isabella Laughland (Professor Trelawney and Leanne, respectively). Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a couple of retired trainer who begins a stunning relationship with a younger intercourse employee. Take a look at the most recent trailer for the present, however bear in mind that it’s NSFW.

 

 

The Superb Maurice, an animated film starring David Tennant and David Thewlis (Remus Lupin), has been picked up by distribution firms throughout the globe! The movie is predicated on Terry Pratchett’s novella of the identical identify and has been bought in main territories, together with Scandanavia, Spain, and Australia and New Zealand. Sky already introduced that that they had the rights for the UK, and provides are nonetheless on the desk from American and South Korean firms. 

The Superb Maurice is not the one undertaking that Thewlis has been engaged on lately. He stars within the music video for Leeds-based band Yard Act’s single “100% Endurance.” The video was launched earlier this week, with the band’s frontman James Smith describing Thewlis as “a superb actor, and an absolute pleasure to look at work.” You possibly can watch the video under!

 

 

Thewlis has additionally been working alongside audiobook narrator Stephen Fry on a brand new adaption of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comics. We nonetheless haven’t got a launch date for the sequence, however Netflix has dropped some stills from the present. All of them characteristic Dream and Lucifer (Recreation of Thrones‘s Gwendoline Christie and Sweetbitter‘s Tom Sturridge, respectively), however sadly, we do not but have any photos of Fry or Thewlis in costume. Take a look at one of many new photos under!

 

 

The Sandman is not the one Netflix adaptation that we will look ahead to seeing Fry in. He supplied the voice for Truham Grammar College’s headmaster in Season 1 of Heartstopper, and after an announcement yesterday, it appears as if we’ll be listening to much more of him within the position. The LGBTQ+ drama, which is predicated on Alice Oseman’s webcomic and graphic novel sequence of the identical identify, has lately been renewed for not one however two extra seasons!

 

 

Our penultimate story this week is the primary clip of Sir Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart) in costume for Sky’s upcoming drama This England. The present is ready to inform the behind-the-scenes story of the UK authorities’s response to COVID-19, Brexit, and different controversies. Branagh will play Prime Minister Boris Johnson within the present. Take a look at the teaser under!