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Simon Brew May 10, 2017

Bill Nighy headlines The Limehouse Golem, which threats to spook the nation this September. Here's the trailer...

British cinema screens are currently being treated to a bit of Bill Nighty action with Their Finest, that’s currently playing and well worth seeking out. He’s going to be back in your multiplex later this year too, thanks to the new horror The Limehouse Golem. Penned by Jane Goldman and directed by Juan Carlos Medina, the cast for this one also includes Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth and Eddie Marsan.

A first trailer and official synopsis have been release for the movie, and we’ve got them both right here. As tradition dictates, we’ll do them in the order in which you’re interested.

Here’s the trailer…

And here’s the synopsis…

A serial killer stalks the Limehouse streets of Victorian London in 1880, the terrified population of...

Acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to the epic fantasy action adventure King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword.

Starring Charlie Hunnam in the title role, the film is an iconoclastic take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne.

On Saturday, Warner Bros. debuted the trailer during their Comic-Con presentation in Hall H.

When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy…whether he likes it or not.

Starring with Hunnam (FX’s “Sons of Anarchy”) and Oscar nominee Law (“Cold Mountain,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley...

To celebrate the Australian release of BBC One series And Then There Were None on home video, Rlj Entertainment is giving local readers the chance to win one of Five copies of the series on DVD! Here’s a description of the series: The incredibly shot three-part series is one of Agatha Christie’s most popular classic thrillers. And Then There Were None tells the story of ten individuals invited to an isolated island, where they are killed off one by one by an unknown killer. It’s Christie at her darkest and most sinister and has seen many adaptations in the past. This latest incarnation returns to the dark roots of the story and was written by Sarah Phelps (Great Expectations, Oliver Twist) and produced by Mammoth...

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Claire, prepare to have your honor defended.

Outlander has cast Oscar Kennedy as John William Grey, someone who will play an incredibly important role in both Jamie and Claire’s lives for decades to come, TVLine has confirmed. (The series first announced the casting via Twitter.)

RelatedOutlander Video: Diana Gabaldon Gets a Boar-ing Behind-the-Scenes Tour

But if you’re a fan of the books who’s dying to meet the smooth, blonde British officer… you’ll have to wait a while. The Starz series is introducing Grey as a boy, the same way readers meet him in Dragonfly in...

To coincide with Agatha Christie's 125th anniversary, BBC One and Lifetime are teaming up for an all-star mini-series based on arguably the Grand Dame of mystery's most famous work - "And Then There Were None".

Set on the eve of World War Two, the story follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, their host is mysteriously absent.

A recording starts with each accused of a terrible crime. As each member of the party starts to mysteriously die one-by-one every few hours, the survivors realise one of them is a killer and start to turn on each other.

This time out the ensemble will be: Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones"), Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park"), Toby Stephens ("Black Sails"), Aidan Turner ("The Hobbit"), Miranda Richardson ("Harry Potter"), Anna Maxwell Martin ("The Bletchley Circle...

BBC One's adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None has gone into production, with an all-star cast including Douglas Booth, Sam Neill and Aiden Turner.

The story is the best-selling crime novel of all time with 100 million copies sold across the globe. It will be adapted into a three-part series by Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, Great Expectations).

Set in 1939, ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island off the Devon coast where all are accused of terrible crimes.

When one is killed, the group must come to terms with and investigate a possible murderer amongst them.

Amongst the group are "a reckless playboy, a troubled Harley Street doctor, a formidable judge, an uncouth detective, an unscrupulous mercenary, a God-fearing spinster, two restless servants, a highly decorated general and an anxious secretary".

Joining Booth, Neill and Turner are Charles Dance, Burn Gorman and Anna Maxwell Martin.

Completing the cast are Miranda Richardson,...

Lionsgate’s Zygi Kamasa commits to making “independent British films at the forefront of cinema worldwide”.

Lionsgate has pledged to finance and co-invest in up to 25 British independent films “with an increased production value” over the next four years.

The company has invested in and released more than 20 British features in the past three years with a combined production budget of more than $225m including Lasse Hallstrom’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt; Ralph Fiennes’ The Invisible Woman and Coriolanus; Mike Newell’s Great Expectations; and Jon S Baird’s Filth starring James McAvoy.

Lionsgate Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa, who recently signed a long-term deal to stay at the company, said of the move: “The UK is one of the most creatively exciting places in the world to be making movies right now and we want to help make independent British films be at the forefront of cinema worldwide.”

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Alan Rickman, Olivia Cooke ("Bates Motel," Ouija") and Douglas Booth ("Jupiter Ascending," "Great Expectations") have boarded Juan Carlos Medina's gothic murder mystery "The Limehouse Golem" at Lionsgate.

Jane Goldman has penned the adaptation of Peter Ackroyd's best-selling novel "Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem" which is set in London in 1880.

A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times, a mythical Golem, must be responsible.

The tone is said to be akin to a mix of "Se7en" and "The Woman In Black". Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen and Joanna Laurie will produce.

Source: Deadline...

Narco Sub is one of those projects that just floats in the depths of development for years while filmmakers come and go. Originally targeted for Tony Scott, it now appears to be surfacing with Game Of Thrones veteran Brian Kirk directing and Liam Neeson wanted for the lead. The thriller, which has a script by David Guggenheim, finds a disgraced American naval officer (Neeson, if he signs) forced to pilot a submarine loaded with cocaine past the Us Coast Guard’s watchful eye. And given what happened the last time Neeson was aboard a cinematic sub in K-19: The Widowmaker, does anyone expect this mission to go well?Kirk, whose only film-directing gig so far was indie drama Middletown, nevertheless has plenty of TV experience in addition to Thrones. He’s worked on the likes of Dexter, Great Expectations, Luther, and Boardwalk Empire. He’s taking over a project that,...

Acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to an original King Arthur epic, a sweeping fantasy action adventure starring Charlie Hunnam (FX’s “Sons of Anarchy”), for Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures.

Principal photography has begun at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, UK.

Ritchie posted this first shot from the film on his Instagram account.

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The bold new story introduces a streetwise young Arthur who runs the back alleys of Londonium with his gang, unaware of the life he was born for until he grasps hold of the sword Excalibur—and with it, his future. Instantly challenged by the power of Excalibur, Arthur is forced to make some hard choices. Throwing in with the Resistance and a mysterious young woman named Guinevere, he must learn to master the sword, face down his demons and unite the people to defeat the tyrant Vortigern, who stole...

Warner Bros. has announced that Guy Ritchies upcoming new take on the King Arthur mythos has started filming today, and along with the announcement they've revealed the film's cast and details on the plot. Come inside to see how different this version will be.

I love the tale of King Arthur. It's a great fantasy story with a rich history and potential. As such, I've been looking forward to seeing how Guy Ritchie would handle the tale, and what he would be changing. Today, cameras have started rolling on the film, and we're able to get a little more information on plot:

The bold new story introduces a streetwise young Arthur who runs the back alleys of Londonium with his gang, unaware of the life he was born for until he grasps hold of the sword Excalibur—and with it, his future. Instantly challenged by the power of Excalibur, Arthur...

"The Casual Vacancy," the mini-series based on J.K. Rowling's adult mystery, will land Stateside on HBO in April. The three-part show will premiere on BBC One on February 15.

In the meantime, there's a little teaser trailer to introduce us to the quaint British town of Pagford. It all looks veddy proper and jolly indeed, but naturally there are all sorts of grown-up, non-wizard-y secrets lurking just below the surface. However, it probably doesn't help that Dumbledore is part of the ensemble cast. Just saying. It also stars Rory Kinnear, Emily Bevan, Julia McKenzie, Keeley Hawes, Monica Dolan, and Abigail Lawrie. The adaptation was written by Sarah Phelps, who also penned scripts for "Great Expectations," "Camelot," and "EastEnders."

"The Casual Vacancy" was J.K. Rowling's first novel outside of the "Harry Potter" series. Her second, "The Cuckoo's Calling," was released under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, although soon enough the author's real identity was revealed.

BBC America has announced that the second season of The Musketeers will debut on Saturday, January 17th, at 9pm.

Here are the details:

"The Musketeers" Returns To BBC America Saturday, January 17, And There's A New Villain In Town

Marc Warren joins the cast to play the Comte De Rochefort, a dashing and persuasive aristocrat, with a talent for sword fighting and betrayal

BBC America's drama series, The Musketeers, returns for season two in January. The series, which has thrilled audiences across the globe, having sold to 140 territories, is set on the streets of seventeenth century Paris, where law and order is more of an idea than a reality. Returning for season two is Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias) as D'Artagnan, Tom Burke (Great Expectations, The Hour) as Athos, Santiago Cabrera (Merlin, Heroes) as Aramis and Howard...

British star of Sexy Beast and Noah to talk on stage about his screen career.

British tough-guy actor Ray Winstone is to discuss his craft and career at a BAFTA A Life In Pictures event on Oct 5. The event will take place at BAFTA’s headquarters in London’s Piccadilly.

Winstone’s association with BAFTA goes back to 1980 when he was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer for one of his earliest roles in drama That Summer!.

The actor first made an impact in 1977 playing a young offender in the controversial television drama Scum. He went on to star in British cult classics Quadrophenia, Nil By Mouth (for which he received his second BAFTA nomination), The War Zone and Sexy Beast.

The past decade has seen Winstone star in Hollywood blockbusters including The Departed, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, Beowolf and more recently Darren Aronofsky’s Noah.

His TV work has included BAFTA-winning Great Expectations, Emmy-winning Henry VIII...

Utopia’s series 2 opener is a surprising, bold, strikingly handsome hour of television. Here’s Louisa’s review…

Review

This review contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free review is here.

“We’ve got a very odd first episode,” Utopia creator Dennis Kelly said last year about series two, “people are either going to really like it or really say ‘what the fuck did you do that for?’”.

You won’t hear that last question from us, not only because there’s a rude word in it, but also because the opening episode is superb and Kelly’s reasons for going back in time couldn’t be clearer. Documenting the beginnings of Janus, establishing the brutal scope of The Network’s power, and fattening up the emotional lives of Jessica, Arby and Milner gives Utopia series two an unshakeable foundation. Kelly’s “very odd first episode”, it turns out, is nothing short of a masterstroke.

Though it may not have been met with the critical acclaim or sales numbers of her juggernaut Harry Potter series, British author J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy certainly did not go unnoticed by BBC One and HBO when it hit shelves in 2012. The television networks announced in April that they would be collaborating on a miniseries adaptation of the adult-oriented drama. Now, the impressive cast that the networks has pulled together for The Casual Vacancy, which will run for three one-hour episodes, has been revealed.

Michael Gambon (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) will take on the role of Howard Mollison, owner of a delicatessen in the town of Pagford. Julia McKenzie (Notes on a Scandal) will play his wife, Shirley. Rufus Jones (Bill) is playing Howard Mollison’s son Miles, and Miles’ wife Samantha Mollison will be portrayed by Keeley Hawes (Ashes to Ashes). Rory Kinnear (Showtime’s...

Author J.K. Rowling is bringing her bestseller "The Casual Vacancy," her first novel following the "Harry Potter" series, to HBO and the BBC for a three-hour miniseries.  The book centers on a seemingly quaint and bucolic English village, where in fact a number of simmering tensions are about to reach lid-blowing proportions -- the wealthy vs. the poor, teens vs. their parents, schoolteachers vs their students, and more. Rick Senat and Sarah Phelps ("EastEnders," BBC's "Great Expectations") are set to pen the adaptation, with Johnny Campbell ("Eric & Ernie") directing. Production will begin this summer, with Rowling exec producing. ...

HBO is to co-produce the miniseries adaptation of Jk Rowling’s bestseller The Casual Vacancy with the BBC.

Production on the trio of one-hour episodes is scheduled to kick off this summer in Southwest England.

The Casual Vacancy takes place in Pagford, a seemingly placid idyll that hides a series of running battles between its inhabitants.

BAFTA winner Jonny Campbell will direct from a screenplay by Sarah Phelps, whose roster of credits include soap EastEnders, the BBC’s Great Expectations and The Crimson Field.

Rowling and Neil Blair’s Bronte Film and Television is producing the miniseries. Blair serves as executive producer with Paul Trijbits and Rick Senat. Ruth Kenley-Letts produces.

Rowlings book has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide since it was published in 2012.

HBO Programming president Michael Lombardo made the announcement.

J.K. Rowling's magic is headed to TV. HBO and the BBC have teamed up to produce the "Harry Potter" author's first novel aimed at adults, "The Casual Vacancy," as a three-hour miniseries.  Sarah Phelps, a veteran of the BBC who's written "EastEnders" and "Great Expectations," adapted the novel and Jonny Campbell ("In the Flesh") is attached to direct. Rowling will serve as executive producer along with Paul Trijbits ("Saving Mr. Banks"), Rick Senat, and her partner at Bronte Film and Television, Neil Blair. Ruth Kenley-Letts ("The Hour") will produce. Published by Little, Brown Book Group in 2012, "The Casual Vacancy" is a small town political drama set in a suburban town called Pagford. After the death of a parish councillor, an open seat on the council creates turmoil as citizens compete to fill the seat. The novel sets up battles between the rich and poor, old and young, and husbands and wives.

BBC America today set a June 22 premiere date for The Musketeers and a second season pickup for the series, which it co-produces with BBC Worldwide. The Musketeers, a BBC Drama production for BBC One, already was renewed by the flagship BBC network last month. A contemporary take on the classic Alexandre Dumas characters, The Musketeers, created by Adrian Hodges (My Week With Marilyn), is set on the streets of seventeenth century Paris, where law and order is an idea more than a reality. In addition to being King Louis Xiii’s personal bodyguards, Athos, Aramis and Porthos stand resolutely for social justice, honor, valor, love – and for the thrill of it. Luke Pasqualino (The Borgias) stars as D’Artagnan alongside Tom Burke (Great Expectations) as Athos, Santiago Cabrera (Heroes) as Aramis and Howard Charles (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Porthos. Peter Capaldi, Maimie McCoy, Tamla Kari and Hugo Speer also star.

From the inspirational story of courage, sacrifice, hope and redemption, Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan,” “The Wrestler,” “The Fountain”) brings to the screen Noah. Academy Award winner Russell Crowe portrays the man chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world. Never before has the full story been brought to life on screen in a vivid epic – inviting the audience to experience these spectacular events through the eyes and emotions of Noah and his family, as they journey through fear and faith, destruction and triumph, hardship and hope.

The production took the film’s world-class cast and crew on their own unexpected journey as they set out to intensively research Noah’s world, honor the text and board an authentic Ark, hand-built to biblically-detailed specifications. In every aspect of the film’s performances, action and innovative special-effects, the creative team’s aim was...

London – Acorn Productions, the rights division of U.S. giant Rlj Entertainment, has licensed two new adaptations of Agatha Christie's work for BBC One, the public broadcaster's flagship channel. Acorn Productions said the channel BBC One has commissioned a fresh take of And Then There Were None, Christie’s most successful work and one of the best-selling crime novels of all time. Sarah Phelps (Great Expectations, BBC) is adapting the book, which will be produced by Mammoth Screen (Parade’s End) in partnership with Acorn Productions. It is slated for broadcast at Christmas 2015. Crime-fighting duo Tommy and Tuppence

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Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week

"Dallas Buyers Club"

What's It About? Based on a true story, "Dbc" stars Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof, a good old boy diagnosed with HIV and given 30 days to live. He begins importing non-fda approved drugs into the Us to treat himself and begins selling them to other people living with HIV as part of a buyers club. Jared Leto plays his business partner and friend Rayon, a transgender woman who also has HIV.

Why We're In: Although "Dbc" has been criticized for some of its more liberal interpretation of the facts, strong performances have earned this movie six Oscar nominations.

Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week

"Jules and Jim" (Criterion)

What's It About? Two friends fall in love with the same woman, played by the legendary Jeanne Moreau, in this incredible French New Wave film by François Truffaut.

Why We're In: The movie...

Richard Curtis's latest and very possibly last Brit-com stars Domhnall Gleeson as a young man, Tim, whose 21st birthday takes an unexpected turn for the futuristic. His father (Bill Nighy) reveals that all the men in their family have the power to travel in time, which ends up having a powerful impact on Tim's burgeoning relationship with Mary (Rachel McAdams).

The film is available to watch online now without a subscription, thanks to blinkbox.

Here are six reasons for you to stop whatever you're doing and watch About Time as soon as possible:

1. Domhnall Gleeson is the new Hugh Grant

Only in the sense that he channels roughly the same blend of leading man charm and terribly British awkwardness that Grant became famous for in Curtis's Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill. He's even got the floppy hair.

2. It's not your average rom-com

Did we mention the part about time travel?...

Call it “lowered expectations” or a “great mistake” or just answer that titular question with a big “it already happened, and just last month” – but yes, Mike Newell, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ralph Fiennes made a movie and none of you bothered to see it. That’s perhaps a bit hyperbolic as some people saw it, but the odds that you, the one reading this right now, didn’t see it are exceedingly high. And no, I’m not getting high and mighty on this one – even I didn’t see the film, and that’s entirely the point here. It was called (or, well, still is called, I guess) Great Expectations, and no one cared to see it when it finally hit the American box office in November. Guess the high schoolers haven’t hit that part of their syllabus yet. Earlier this year, I examined whether or not the modern box office (or, at...

Gillian Anderson has become the American queen of British TV with powerful performances in such classics as Great Expectations and Bleak House. Season 1 of The Fall, her latest Brit hit, a highly praised contemporary crime thriller, has just been released on DVD by Acorn. The X Files star talks to TV Guide Magazine about the BBC show as well as her return to U.S. network television and a possible sci-fi project.

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Appropriately enough for this time of year, Acorn Media’s latest batch of DVD releases includes The Fall. It’s a Belfast based psychological crime drama in which Dsi Stella Gibson attempts to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who seems to delight in deviousness. Somewhat unusually for a crime drama, the killer is identified fairly early on as Paul Spector. Thereafter, Spector and Gibson become embroiled in a game of cat and mouse that lasts through five suspensful episodes. The relationship between Spector and Gibson is similar to the one involving Hannibal Lector and Clarice except for the fact that Lector was banged up while Spector is on the loose.

X-Files actress Gillian Anderson takes on the role of Gibson and she seems quite at home on British TV these days having enjoyed success in recent hits such as Great Expectations. Her nemesis is the rather less...

The BBC has commissioned more than 2,500 hours of programming that will span four years to mark the centenary of World War I. As part of the ambitious undertaking Rupert Murdoch will be interviewed about his father’s role as the whistle-blower who told the world the truth about the botched Gallipoli campaign in Turkey. The season kicks off in early 2014 and will run through 2018 on BBC TV, Radio and Online and across international, national and local services. At MipTV in April, BBC controller Ben Stephenson foreshadowed some of the plans when he announced five-part half-hour series The Great War from Life On Mars’ Tony Jordan. The series is now titled The Passing-Bells and will be stripped over one week. Other highlights include drama The Ark from Sarah Phelps (Great Expectations) and starring Oona Chaplin, Hermione Norris and Kerry Fox as a dedicated team of medics; factual drama 37 Days about the...

News Louisa Mellor 16 Oct 2013 - 09:21

Rose Leslie, Ian McDiarmid and more have joined the cast of Dennis Kelly's Utopia for its second series...

Wonderful things are afoot. Not only is BBC Three's In the Flesh currently filming its second series, but Channel 4's Utopia has also set to work on the first block of episodes for series two.

Dennis Kelly's unsettling conspiracy drama is returning next year with six new fifty-minute episodes, including - in Kelly's own words - "a very odd" series opener, "which people are either going to really like or really say ‘what the fuck did you do that for?’ and I’ve got no idea what the reaction’s going to be".

Director Marc Munden, who was responsible for establishing Utopia's impressive style in series one, is back to head up the first three episodes of series two.

Also returning for...

Douglas Booth landed on the radar thanks to his impressive turns as Boy George in Worried About the Boy and Pip in Great Expectations, but this week he heads to the big screen to play Romeo in the Julian Fellowes-scripted Romeo and Juliet.

Digital Spy sat down with the fast-rising star to discuss working with Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld and the pressures of following in the footsteps of Leonardo DiCaprio.

"You have to throw that baggage out the window at the beginning," Booth said in reference to the previous actors who have portrayed William Shakespeare's doomed Montague.

"You can't think about the other people that've played it. Me and Hailee were closest in age to the play than has ever been done on screen before - she was 15 and I was 19.

"For us that meant that we could create this in a very natural and kinetic way... just...

Believe it.

Three months after celebrating their sci-fi classic’s 20th anniversary at Comic-Con, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are reuniting once again.

This time, the pair that brought Mulder and Scully to life will appear together at New York City’s Paley Center, where they’ll discuss “the iconic sci-fi series that largely defined the paranoid thriller for the nineties, and whose influence can still be felt in supernatural dramas airing today,” according to the event’s official description.

Those words echo something creator Chris Carter said at the anniversary panel this summer: “The suspicion and conspiracy theories are so much more rampant today.

Cast as Special Agent Scully at 24, it is unsurprising that Gillian Anderson left for London at the end of the decade long X-Files series. In the 10 years that followed, Anderson shunned Hollywood and reinvented her career in the UK with low-key roles in film and television costume dramas such as Bleak House, The House of Mirth, The Crimson Petal and the White and Great Expectations.

Cast as Special Agent Scully at 24, it is unsurprising that Gillian Anderson left for London at the end of the decade long X-Files series. In the 10 years that followed, Anderson shunned Hollywood and reinvented her career in the UK with low-key roles in film and television costume dramas such as Bleak House, The House of Mirth, The Crimson Petal and the White and Great Expectations.

What poster from yonder browser window breaks? Tis the new one for Carlo Carlei's adaptation of Romeo And Juliet and it's below for you to gaze upon. Gird your cod-pieced loins, fish out your Gsce English notes and pack your tissues for more star-crossed tragedy. While at first glance it seems to be about 174 per cent hair, somewhere under those perfectly tousled manes are its two young leads, Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth. They're the youngest members of the Capulet and Montague houses who fall headlong into love and a dangerous no-man's land between their warring clans.With a script by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, this Romeo And Juliet (note the 'And' here: none of that fancy-dan Baz Luhrmann '+' business) has been shooting in Mantua - the city Romeo is banished to in the play, authenticity fans - with some extra soundstage work at Rome’s famous Cinecitta Studios.

BBC director general Tony Hall has promised to stop actors mumbling their lines for once and for all. Catch these lazily enunciating thespians while you still can

It is every British TV viewer's inalienable right to watch their favourite programmes while leaning in closer and closer to the screen while screwing their faces up, but perhaps not for much longer. BBC director general Tony Hall has vowed to put an end to actors who insist on mumbling incomprehensibly throughout their scenes. With an entire species under threat of extinction, all we can really do is celebrate these lazily enunciating thespians while we still can. Here, then, are the five greatest TV mumblers of the modern age. We may never see their kind again.

Ray Winstone, Great Expectations

The majority of the BBC's 2011 Dickens adaptation was upsettingly comprehensible. Gillian Anderson gave it a good go as Miss Havisham, clearly pronouncing...

Sansa on "Game of Thrones" has been on quite the roller coaster throughout Season 3 and Izzy Meikle-Small, who lost the role to the HBO show's star Sophie Turner, doesn't regret missing out on the wild ride.

“I got to the final two to play Lady Sansa Sark," 17-year-old East Sussex-born Meikle-Small told The Telegraph recently at London screening of "The Big Wedding." "I was a bit sad, because the show’s massive, but I’m not that unhappy, because they all show a lot of flesh, don’t they? I don’t think my parents would be happy.”

Turner, who is also 17, hasn't had to show any skin yet -- Sansa avoided consummating her marriage to Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) earlier in the show's current third season.

Check out Meikle-Small and Turner as Sansa on "Game Of Thrones" side-by-side below:

Though she may have missed out on playing Sansa on the hit HBO series,...

BBC America has dropped the first image from its upcoming drama series "The Musketeers."

The series, due on the network next year, stars Luke Pasqualino, formerly of "Skins" and Showtime's "The Borgias," as D'Artagnan, and Tom Burke ("Great Expectations") as Athos.

Santiago Cabrera from "Merlin" plays Aramis and Howard Charles (whose background is at the Royal Shakespeare Company), is Porthos.

Photos: The Brit Pack: Hot Shots Of Stars From The UK!

"The Musketeers" is a co-production of BBC America and BBC Worldwide.

-- Jolie Lash

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He may not be in the movie for very long, but the newest trailer for "Only God Forgives" introduces audiences to Ryan Gosling's older brother -- a man preparing to meet the devil after murdering a prostitute. Played by Tom Burke ("Great Expectations"), the character serves as a plot catalyst in the upcoming crime drama when Thailand authorities call upon a retired cop named Chang (Vithaya Pansringarm) to bring the criminal to justice. Also read: Ryan Gosling's Ready to Rumble in 'Only God Forgives' Red Band Trailer (Video) Justice in this case is death,...

Digital Theatre and CinemaLive have paired up to screen best of British theatre, both new and from the archives, in UK cinemas

Digital Theatre, which makes filmed theatre productions available for download online, is to screen some of its recordings in cinemas around the UK.

The company has partnered with film producers CinemaLive and will present its first series of screenings in September 2013. Titles have not yet been announced, but the focus will initially be on commercial West End productions, some newly recorded and some from Digital Theatre's archive, which includes David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing and David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker in Arthur Miller's All My Sons.

Since the launch of National Theatre Live in 2009, theatre has had an increasingly regular presence in cinemas. In June, Nt Live will broadcast its first West End production, The Audience starring Helen Mirren, following the lead...

Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit") fakes a British accent with ease in the first trailer for the latest movie adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." The 16-year-old Oscar nominee stars as Juliet opposite Douglas Booth ("Great Expectations") as Romeo, while Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl") plays Tybalt, "Homeland" star Damien Lewis plays Lord Capulet, and Paul Giamatti portrays Friar Laurence in Carlo Carlei's film.  Also read: Elizabeth Olsen to Play Juliet in Off-Broadway Production of 'Romeo & Juliet' Unlike the last big screen incarnation of the classic tragedy -- Baz Luhrmann's 1996 "Romeo + Juliet" starring...

It's a tale as old as time, but the newest version of William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” comes with a bit of “Downton Abbey” and “Gossip Girl” flavor. The Julian Fellowes-penned script sticks closely to the classic -- no gunfights and drugs a la the 1996 adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The title roles are played by Douglas Booth (“Great Expectations”) and Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit"). A new trailer features “Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick as the hot-headed Tybalt of the Capulet family, who taunts Romeo, “Come settle with me, boy!” (Actually feels like something Chuck Bass might've said on “Gossip Girl.”) He's joined by big names including Damian Lewis as Lord Capulet, Paul Giamatti as Friar Laurence, and Stellan Skarsgard as the Prince of Verona. It's been quite a while since there was a big, classic adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet.” But unlike Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version,...

Before there was an imprisoned Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in the Thomas Harris novels "Red Dragon" and "The Silence of the Lambs" and the feature films made from them, Lecter was at loose in the world, working as a psychiatrist and occasionally eating his own murder victims.

On Thursday, April 4, NBC premieres "Hannibal," a crime thriller series that brings the Hannibal Lecter character into today's world -- but the events still take place prior to his imprisonment -- and pairs him with his "Red Dragon" nemesis, FBI profiler Will Graham.

As reimagined by writer/producer Bryan Fuller ("Pushing Daisies"), Graham, played by British actor Hugh Dancy ("Elizabeth I"), is on the hunt for a serial killer. Even though he has the ability to find his way into the psyches of the criminals he's chasing, this particular quarry proves too complex even for him.

So Graham calls on the expertise of respected psychiatrist Dr.

Michonne and Merle!

Day 2 of Emerald City Comicon quickly arrived. Most of the day and early afternoon I spent trolling the show floor, wandering in circles, not bothering with maps or directions, and just going with the flow, bumping into people, apologizing, walking in a daze at the signs, the posters, the art, the costumes, the creators and the freebies (my favorite was a Buffy bracelet from Dark Horse Comics with the quote “I just want you to be strong.”).

Saturday is always the best day of the con (hailed as the best people watching day by many I talked to). The most jam-packed, the most costumes, the most panels, and the most time. Again, I was just in awe of the creativity of these fans, and the sheer number of people in tight clothes that shouldn’t astounded. I opted not to dress up, lest I sacrifice my everlasting professionalism,...

From the creators of The Gruffalo, the charming and magical tale of Room On The Broom whooshes onto DVD and digital download on 18 March 2013 from Entertainment One – just in time for Easter!

Based on the bestselling book from author and Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler, this timeless story about friendship and family is narrated by Simon Pegg (Ice Age: Continental Drift). The all-star voice cast features Gillian Anderson (Johnny English Reborn) as the kind-hearted Witch and Rob Brydon (The Gruffalo) as her loyal companion Cat. Cat is joined by Bird (Sally Hawkins; Great Expectations), along with the very enthusiastic Dog (Martin Clunes; Doc Martin) and Frog (David Walliams (Little Britain) to help scare away a large, hungry Dragon (Timothy Spall; Harry Potter).

Bring home Les MISÉRABLES, the unmissable film adaptation of the beloved global musical sensation, when it comes to DVD, Blu-ray on 13th May. Pre-order your copy now: http://j.

Peter Capaldi is to star in 'The Three Musketeers'. The 54-year-old actor - best known for his role as ruthless politician Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick Of It' - will play Cardinal Richelieu in the BBC 10-part series alongside 'Skins' actor Luke Pasqualino, who will star as D'Artagnan. Penned by BAFTA-winning screenwriter Adrian Hodges, the Musketeers will be played by 'Great Expectations' actor Tom Burke (Athos), 'Merlin' star Santiago Cabrera (Aramis) and Royal Shakespeare Company actor Howard Charles (Porthos). Adrian is ''thrilled'' with the big names on board in his ''modern and original take on this great story'' - especially Peter's involvement...

Peter Capaldi is to star in 'The Three Musketeers'. The 54-year-old actor - best known for his role as ruthless politician Malcolm Tucker in 'The Thick Of It' - will play Cardinal Richelieu in the BBC 10-part series alongside 'Skins' actor Luke Pasqualino, who will star as D'Artagnan. Penned by BAFTA-winning screenwriter Adrian Hodges, the Musketeers will be played by 'Great Expectations' actor Tom Burke (Athos), 'Merlin' star Santiago Cabrera (Aramis) and Royal Shakespeare Company actor Howard Charles (Porthos). Adrian is ''thrilled'' with the big names on board in his ''modern and original take on this great story'' - especially Peter's involvement...

"The X-Files" Emmy winner Gillian Anderson is ready to return to TV in her first Us series regular role since that sci-fi classic went off the air. Anderson has booked a gig in an untitled conspiracy thriller pilot at NBC from "Life" creator Rand Ravich.

The pilot focuses on an international crisis that begins when the President's son is kidnapped along with several of his classmates. Anderson will play the aunt of one of the kidnapped children. Former "666 Park Avenue" star Rachael Taylor will play Anderson's sister, the biological mother of the kidnapped child and an agent in the Secret Service.

Anderson has not been a stranger to TV since "The X-Files" came to an end in 2002. She's starred in numerous British mini-series including "Bleak House," "Great Expectations" and "Any Human Heart." She also has a recurring role on NBC's soon-to-premiere "Hannibal" and headlines the upcoming five-episode U.K. crime...

By Carson Blackwelder

Television Contributor

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Everyone has his or her favorite actor on TV, but what about the more obscure entertainers out there?

Amid the slew of popular TV performers that dominate the headlines lies an undercurrent of cult favorites, made iconic by uber-fans and bloggers — we’re talking the people that inspire beautiful, beautiful fan fiction and subreddits.

These actors may not earn millions or attend award shows, but they garner a small fan base that makes up for its size in devotion. No matter where this entertainer goes, for better or for worse, fans are sure to follow.

Here are the top 10 cult actors and actresses of all time:

10. Donal Logue

Starting the list is Donal Logue, a Canadian actor best known for his role as Sean Finnerty on Fox/The WB’s Grounded For Life.

Logue, who made an appearance on a 1993 episode of Fox’s The X-Files...

Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc; Balazs Bolygo, Hsc; Kramer Morgenthau, Asc; Florian Hoffmeister; and Bradford Lipson claimed top honors in the four competitive categories at the 27th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) Awards for Outstanding Achievement, which was held here tonight at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. Deakins won the Asc Award in the feature film competition for Skyfall. Bolygo and Morgenthau tied in the one-hour television episodic category for Cinemax’s Hunted and HBO’s Game Of Thrones, respectively. Hoffmeister won the TV movie/miniseries award for PBS’ Great Expectations, and Lipson was the recipient of the half-hour television episodic category for FX’s Wilfred. The Asc Award for best feature was presented by Emmy®-nominated actor John Slattery. Deakins, who was regrettably not able to attend, has previously won Asc Awards for The Shawshank Redemption (1995) and The Man Who Wasn’T There (2002). His other Asc nominations include Fargo (1997), Kundun (1998), O Brother,...

The Asc awards saw Roger Deakins, Asc, Bsc; Balazs Bolygo, Hsc; Kramer Morgenthau, Asc; Florian Hoffmeister and Bradford Lipson claiming top honors in the four competitive categories at the 27th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) Awards for Outstanding Achievement, which was this past weekend at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. Deakins won the Asc Award in the feature film competition for Skyfall. Bolygo and Morgenthau tied in the one-hour television episodic category for Cinemax.s Hunted and HBO.s Game of Thrones, respectively. Hoffmeister won the TV movie/miniseries award for PBS. Great Expectations, and Lipson was the recipient of the half-hour television episodic category for FX.s Wilfred. The other nominees in the feature film category were Seamus McGarvey,...