I woke up this morning to an email alerting me to the fact that Warner Bros TV and Amazon are in talks to turn JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings into a TV series.
My jaw hit the floor.
I’m sorry but how can anyone think a new version of LOTR less than 20 years after Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy arrived in cinemas is a good idea? Oh yeh, the money men. Fools of a Took!
Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville and Hugh Grant have all been confirmed to attend the world premiere of Paddington 2.
Continue reading Whishaw, Bonneville, Grant et al due at Paddington 2 world premiere
If you’re counting down the days until the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, here’s something that might keep you going.
David Walliams will publish his fifth picture book for younger readers in November.
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Cher’s forthcoming ‘intimate’ memoir will get a UK release.
Sir Lenny Henry is putting to pen to paper and writing his memoirs.
David Tennant is lending his voice to a new BBC animation which will be broadcast this Christmas.
Here’s our first look at the forthcoming BBC/PBS adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.
Daisy Ridley’s gone blonde for her next film, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’ YA novel The Knife of Never Letting Go.
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The White Princess, the Starz-produced drama based on Phillipa Gregory’s novel, has finally found a home with UKTV.
The drama is a sequel to The White Queen which was aired in BBC One in the UK and helped make Rebecca Ferguson a star. However, the BBC decided against being involved in the sequel.
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