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The 39 Steps
The buzzy remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic The 39 Steps starring Benedict Cumberbatch will be headed to a Netflix queue near you. The streamer made what is being described as an aggressive bid for the rights to the new adaptation of John Buchan's thriller, which reportedly "
Anne Boleyn
The first teaser clip for the buzzy, controversial new Channel 5 series Anne Boleyn is here, starring actress Jodie Turner-Smith as the doomed English queen. The three-part series aims to re-examine the final months of the infamous queen's life as a sort of period psychological
The Serpent Queen
Upcoming Starz period drama The Serpent Queen has found its star in former Harlots leading lady Samantha Morton. Morton will play the infamous Catherine de Medici, one of the most influential - and often controversial - women to ever wear a crown. A queen and mother to three kings, Catherine wielded significant
The Serpent
Perhaps part of the instantaneous appeal of Netflix's The Serpent is that the story of serial killer Charles Sobhraj isn't terribly familiar to modern-day audiences. (Especially American ones.) A horrifying tale of a monster who preyed on well-meaning hippies traversing Southeast Asia searching for
Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher
The third and final season of the popular Welsh mystery thriller Keeping Faith will arrive in the U.S. this spring, by way of streaming service Acorn TV. The series stars Torchwood alum Eve Myles as small-town lawyer Faith Howells, whose husband, Evan, disappears whilst she is on maternity
The Essex Serpent
Tom Hiddleston has been tapped to play the male lead in Apple TV+'s upcoming adaptation of Sarah Perry’s 2016 historical novel The Essex Serpent. And, while impressive, this isn't the only big casting news recently announced about the series: The show has also swapped leading
The Larkins
The Bridgerton effect continues: Sabrina Bartlett, who played opera singer Sienna Rosso in the first season of the breakout Netflix hit, has been tapped to star in The Larkins, ITV's new adaptation of the classic series The Darling Buds of May. The original series, adapted from the HE
Sherlock
Mystery series Sherlock basically made a global star out of actor Benedict Cumberbatch, launching him into everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Doctor Strange), to the Star Trek franchise (Star Trek Into Darkness), and the Lord of the Rings prequels (The Hobbit trilogy). And while the series hasn't
Bloodlands
It's official, crime thriller Bloodlands, which just arrived in America by way of streamer Acorn TV this month, has been renewed for a second season. The series, which stars James Nesbitt as DCI Tom Brannick, a veteran detective who delves into his own dark past to try and
Movies
Benedict Cumberbatch has an array of intriguing roles in the works, but one of the most interesting has to be The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, a biopic that features both vibrant art and multiple cats. (My dream? My dream.) The Sherlock star will portray the real-life Wain, who
Movies
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer is in talks to star in director Ridley Scott's upcoming film Kitbag, an epic tale of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Deadline reports that while there's no official deal in place just yet, Comer is Scott's first choice to
The Frankie Drake Mysteries
It's official: Canadian series Frankie Drake Mysteries will not return for a fifth season. The female-led period mystery is currently airing its fourth - and now final - season in Canada and the U.K., but the CBC has opted not to pick up the series beyond that point.