The new Netflix miniseries Eric asks one of the universal questions: What if Jim Henson was an emotionally abusive drunk, his son went missing in mid-Eighties New York City, the investigation involved crooked cops and a queer nightclub and an underground encampment for the unhoused, and Henson began hallucinating conversations with his newest Muppet as a way to cope with all of this?
You know, that old chestnut.
Technically, Benedict Cumberbatch is not playing Henson, but a fictional peer of the late, great puppet master: Vincent Anderson, creator and chief puppeteer of a beloved,...
You know, that old chestnut.
Technically, Benedict Cumberbatch is not playing Henson, but a fictional peer of the late, great puppet master: Vincent Anderson, creator and chief puppeteer of a beloved,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Lord of the Rings star Morfydd Clark and Under the Banner of Heaven’s Billy Howle will star in new versions of John Osborn’s Look Back In Anger and Arnold Wesker’s Roots, which will run in rep at London’s Almeida in what has been dubbed the Angry and Young season. Ahead of the season, Romola Garai will appear in Eline Arbo’s adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s exceptional Noble Prize-winning novel The Years.
Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.
Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.
Roots, with Clark in the central role of Beatie Bryant who returns to her family in Norfolk after living a highly charged political life in London, will run at the Almeida in Islington, North London, from September 10 through November 23, directed by Diyan Zora.
Howle will take a small part in Roots but in Look Back In Anger, which will run from September 20 through November 23, he’ll play Jimmy Porter, the theater’s original angry young man.
- 5/20/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: An insider account of how the women of “Newsnight” secured Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Review: Sometimes, pursuing a news story is as fascinating as the story itself. From All The President’s Men to Spotlight, countless films have looked at the reporters and journalists who have investigated the most significant revelations of all time and have garnered awards for the recreation of the tireless journey. The distance between the event and the dramatization often reminds audiences of the stakes at play, but Scoop chronicles a news story that occurred just six years ago. Led by Billie Piper as the producer who secured the shocking interview alongside Gillian Anderson, Romola Garai, Keeley Hawes, and Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, Scoop has some exciting stories from an insider’s point of view. Still, it fails to generate anything we did not already get from the broadcast itself.
Review: Sometimes, pursuing a news story is as fascinating as the story itself. From All The President’s Men to Spotlight, countless films have looked at the reporters and journalists who have investigated the most significant revelations of all time and have garnered awards for the recreation of the tireless journey. The distance between the event and the dramatization often reminds audiences of the stakes at play, but Scoop chronicles a news story that occurred just six years ago. Led by Billie Piper as the producer who secured the shocking interview alongside Gillian Anderson, Romola Garai, Keeley Hawes, and Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, Scoop has some exciting stories from an insider’s point of view. Still, it fails to generate anything we did not already get from the broadcast itself.
- 4/7/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Netflix’s “Scoop” is inspired by the real events behind the bold efforts of “Newsnight” booker Sam McAlister to secure an interview with Prince Andrew amidst the fallout he felt from his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
It traces the admirable behind-the-scenes teamwork of McAlister, journalist and interviewer Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson), editor Esme Wren (Romola Garai), producer Stewart Maclean (Richard Goulding) and ultimate fact-checker Freddy (Jordan Kouamé), as well as photographer Jae Donnolly (Connor Swindells).
High stakes, adrenaline and twists and turns make “Scoop” a compelling watch, in addition to the star-stacked cast that portrays all the real-life players.
Here are the cast and characters of “Scoop” on Netflix:
(Netflix/BBC)
Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson)
Emily Maitlis worked for “Newsnight” and the BBC for years before leaving the network to work on “The New Agents” podcast with Jon Sopel. When she isn’t conducting measured interviews, she...
It traces the admirable behind-the-scenes teamwork of McAlister, journalist and interviewer Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson), editor Esme Wren (Romola Garai), producer Stewart Maclean (Richard Goulding) and ultimate fact-checker Freddy (Jordan Kouamé), as well as photographer Jae Donnolly (Connor Swindells).
High stakes, adrenaline and twists and turns make “Scoop” a compelling watch, in addition to the star-stacked cast that portrays all the real-life players.
Here are the cast and characters of “Scoop” on Netflix:
(Netflix/BBC)
Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson)
Emily Maitlis worked for “Newsnight” and the BBC for years before leaving the network to work on “The New Agents” podcast with Jon Sopel. When she isn’t conducting measured interviews, she...
- 4/5/2024
- by Dessi Gomez, Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
When the 2019 Newsnight interview finally blew up the time bomb that was Prince Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, not all of the pieces came back down to Earth in the same place. The interview that the Duke of York’s team were hoping would charm the public and rid him of his “Randy Andy” reputation achieved the opposite. Viewers found Prince Andrew to be callous and unsympathetic, while his denials of wrongdoing failed to convince many.
What followed were legal proceedings, a substantial out-of-court settlement, and a great many job resignations. From the prince to his team and the journalists behind the interview, here’s where the major players as featured in Netflix’s Scoop were left.
Prince Andrew
Days after the Newsnight interview aired, the Duke of York issued a statement announcing that his request to step back from public duties had been granted by Hm the Queen,...
What followed were legal proceedings, a substantial out-of-court settlement, and a great many job resignations. From the prince to his team and the journalists behind the interview, here’s where the major players as featured in Netflix’s Scoop were left.
Prince Andrew
Days after the Newsnight interview aired, the Duke of York issued a statement announcing that his request to step back from public duties had been granted by Hm the Queen,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
In the final minutes of Netflix’s Scoop, a fictionalised behind-the-scenes account of Newsnight’s infamous Prince Andrew interview, Billie Piper’s character Sam buys a kebab. Two lamb shawarmas – her usual, says the vendor, who gestures at the TV news and asks if she’s seen all this business with the prince? Boy, he’d love to have been in the room when that interview was filmed. Sam McAlister looks wistfully at the screen with the beginning of a smile on her face. “Yeah I did. I saw it,” she tells him, and then turns and leaves.
So humble. So real. So unmotivated by personal glory. Sam McAlister could have told the kebab shop man that she very much was in the room when that interview was filmed, and that as the guest booker on Newsnight, without her it might never even have happened. She doesn’t. The former...
So humble. So real. So unmotivated by personal glory. Sam McAlister could have told the kebab shop man that she very much was in the room when that interview was filmed, and that as the guest booker on Newsnight, without her it might never even have happened. She doesn’t. The former...
- 4/5/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Scoop is a dramatized feature about the BBC’s Newsnight team scoring a sensationally revealing 2019 interview with Prince Andrew about his relationship with millionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. For a film about a journalistic exclusive, it has the most generic title possible. There are already at least four other movies out there called Scoop, including a rubbishy 2006 Woody Allen film and a 1987 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s peerless 1938 satirical novel, a twofer satire of both the press and the British aristocracy.
Sadly, this latest Scoop has none of Waugh’s acid wit or alkaline intelligence. Although serviceable as a retread of the events that led up to the royal interview conducted by Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis (impersonated here by Gillian Anderson), an interview recreated for big chunks of the running time, it doesn’t significantly deepen or enrich our understanding of the personalities involved — let alone journalism, privilege, sexual exploitation or the price of fish.
Sadly, this latest Scoop has none of Waugh’s acid wit or alkaline intelligence. Although serviceable as a retread of the events that led up to the royal interview conducted by Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis (impersonated here by Gillian Anderson), an interview recreated for big chunks of the running time, it doesn’t significantly deepen or enrich our understanding of the personalities involved — let alone journalism, privilege, sexual exploitation or the price of fish.
- 4/4/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Do yourself a favor and, whether you’ve only seen snippets or have never set eyes on it, watch the full 2019 Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. You can find it on YouTube. The conversation is just as fascinating, revealing, and horrifying as you’ve heard it is. For journalists, it’s a masterclass to observe the show’s host/interrogator Emily Maitlis calmly ask questions about the nature of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and firmly hold her ground. For aspiring actors, we advise you to keep your eyes on...
- 4/4/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
On November 16, 2019, the BBC got a “scoop” that just might have saved Britain’s premier network for news. That is the night it aired its seemingly impossible “get” of Hrh Prince Andrew actually sitting down with the BBC’s signature news show, Newsnight, to talk about the raging scandal over his relationship with the notorious Jeffrey Epstein, as well as his alleged sexual encounters with Virginia Roberts. However, the facts of the matter, such as they were, are not at all what the new Netflix film Scoop is all about.
Instead, much like She Said, The Post, Spotlight and All the President’s Men, the emphasis here is on the reporters, four key woman journalists who incredibly negotiated a sit-down interview with Andrew when such a thing would be unthinkable. They pulled it all off just at a time when facts themselves were on trial and the future of legitimate newsgathering...
Instead, much like She Said, The Post, Spotlight and All the President’s Men, the emphasis here is on the reporters, four key woman journalists who incredibly negotiated a sit-down interview with Andrew when such a thing would be unthinkable. They pulled it all off just at a time when facts themselves were on trial and the future of legitimate newsgathering...
- 4/4/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
It makes sense that Netflix leapt at the chance to adapt Sam McAllister’s “Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews,” as the story that screenwriter Peter Moffat has pulled from it feels like nothing so much as an episode from season eight or nine of “The Crown” — the most compelling thing about this film might be the case it makes in support of the streamer’s decision to end that series after season six.
A thin but propulsive journalistic thriller about the making of the November 2019 “Newsnight” segment in which Prince Andrew self-immolated on national television while being grilled about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, “Scoop” fleetly dramatizes how a small team at the BBC’s most prestigious current affairs program convinced the Duke of York to hoist himself on the petard of his own alleged sex crimes. It’s a juicy, well-acted slice of...
A thin but propulsive journalistic thriller about the making of the November 2019 “Newsnight” segment in which Prince Andrew self-immolated on national television while being grilled about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, “Scoop” fleetly dramatizes how a small team at the BBC’s most prestigious current affairs program convinced the Duke of York to hoist himself on the petard of his own alleged sex crimes. It’s a juicy, well-acted slice of...
- 4/4/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Clockwise from left: Anyone But You (Sony Pictures Releasing), Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver (Netflix), Scoop (Netflix) Image: The A.V. Club
Netflix adds a few high-profile originals and a recent rom-com blockbuster to kick off the first full month of spring. Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver is the...
Netflix adds a few high-profile originals and a recent rom-com blockbuster to kick off the first full month of spring. Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver is the...
- 4/1/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Gillian Anderson is hitting the red carpet for the world premiere of her new Netflix movie!
The 55-year-old Emmy-winning actress joined co-stars Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper at the premiere of Scoop on Wednesday (March 27) held at The Curzon Mayfair in London, England.
Fellow cast members in attendance included Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai.
Keep reading to find out more…Here’s the synopsis: Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earth shattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, Scoop takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it.
Scoop will hit Netflix on April 5 – watch the trailer here!
Click through the gallery for 25+ pictures...
The 55-year-old Emmy-winning actress joined co-stars Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper at the premiere of Scoop on Wednesday (March 27) held at The Curzon Mayfair in London, England.
Fellow cast members in attendance included Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai.
Keep reading to find out more…Here’s the synopsis: Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earth shattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, Scoop takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it.
Scoop will hit Netflix on April 5 – watch the trailer here!
Click through the gallery for 25+ pictures...
- 3/28/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
This evening the Curzon Mayfair played host to the World Premiere of Netflix’s Scoop, based on the infamous BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew. Directed by Philip Martin, the movie stars Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai & Rufus Sewell.
The movie hits Netflix on April 5th. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Scoop Premiere Interviews
Plot:
From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, the movie takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.
The post Scoop World Premiere Interviews: the cast & director of Netflix’s new film appeared first on HeyUGuys.
The movie hits Netflix on April 5th. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Scoop Premiere Interviews
Plot:
From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, the movie takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.
The post Scoop World Premiere Interviews: the cast & director of Netflix’s new film appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 3/27/2024
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton in One Life. Courtesy of Bleecker Street
The moving One Life throws a spotlight on a British man, Nicholas Winton, who has been called the “British Schindler,” saved far more than one life in the early days of WWII. Anthony Hopkins plays the older Nicholas Winton, who in 1938 had organized a kindertransport, an effort to get hundreds of children, mostly Jewish, out of Prague ahead of the Nazis, but whose heroic efforts were not widely known or recognized until 1988, when he appeared on a popular British TV talk show.
The children and their families had fled to Prague after Hitler seized the Sudetenland, a German-speaking area in the north of the then Czechoslovakia, in 1938, the beginning of Hitler’s plan for conquest. In the infamous appeasement of Hitler, European countries, including Britain, had agreed to Hitler’s demands and ceded the Sudetenland to Germany, with a false promise of peace.
The moving One Life throws a spotlight on a British man, Nicholas Winton, who has been called the “British Schindler,” saved far more than one life in the early days of WWII. Anthony Hopkins plays the older Nicholas Winton, who in 1938 had organized a kindertransport, an effort to get hundreds of children, mostly Jewish, out of Prague ahead of the Nazis, but whose heroic efforts were not widely known or recognized until 1988, when he appeared on a popular British TV talk show.
The children and their families had fled to Prague after Hitler seized the Sudetenland, a German-speaking area in the north of the then Czechoslovakia, in 1938, the beginning of Hitler’s plan for conquest. In the infamous appeasement of Hitler, European countries, including Britain, had agreed to Hitler’s demands and ceded the Sudetenland to Germany, with a false promise of peace.
- 3/21/2024
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sir Anthony Hopkins returns to the big screen in the true-to-life tale of Nicholas Winton who helped groups of mostly Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to hide and flee during the beginning of World War II. The film also stars Johnny Flynn as the young Nicholas, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Jonathan Pryce,
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- 3/19/2024
- by manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Netflix released the official trailer for Scoop as social media is flooded with rumors about Kate Middleton’s disappearance from public life. Manipulated photos and ridiculous denials have done nothing to quell reports the Royal Family is in chaos. So now seems the perfect time to drop a trailer for a film about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Emily Maitlis.
Rufus Sewell stars as Prince Andrew, Billie Piper plays Sam McAlister, and Gillian Anderson is Emily Maitlis. The cast also includes Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai.
Scoop is based on McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview and was adapted by Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil. Philip Martin directs and The Lighthouse Film & TV’s Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville produced. McAlister executive produced along with Voltage TV’s Sanjay Singhal.
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the...
Rufus Sewell stars as Prince Andrew, Billie Piper plays Sam McAlister, and Gillian Anderson is Emily Maitlis. The cast also includes Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai.
Scoop is based on McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview and was adapted by Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil. Philip Martin directs and The Lighthouse Film & TV’s Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville produced. McAlister executive produced along with Voltage TV’s Sanjay Singhal.
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the...
- 3/18/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Amid online conspiracies around Kate Middleton’s whereabouts, Netflix has released a trailer for its new film about a famous “car crash” interview with another member of the royal family. The streaming giant has offered a new look at Scoop, which tells the behind-the-scenes story of Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Inspired by true events, the film delves into BBC producer Sam McAlister’s (Billie Piper) negotiations with Buckingham Palace, which led to the Emily Maitlis-anchored (Gillian Anderson) interview. During the remarkable conversation,...
Inspired by true events, the film delves into BBC producer Sam McAlister’s (Billie Piper) negotiations with Buckingham Palace, which led to the Emily Maitlis-anchored (Gillian Anderson) interview. During the remarkable conversation,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell in ScoopPhoto: Peter Mountain/Netflix
The British royal family has been the subject of much tabloid gossip and online speculation lately due to Kate Middleton’s lack of public appearances. (Do you think it’s all a cover up to help promote Prince William’s mistress?...
The British royal family has been the subject of much tabloid gossip and online speculation lately due to Kate Middleton’s lack of public appearances. (Do you think it’s all a cover up to help promote Prince William’s mistress?...
- 3/18/2024
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
One interview can change everything according to the new one-sheet poster of Scoop. Scoop is the new political drama from Netflix, which is based on former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview. The new film features an ensemble cast that includes Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai & Rufus Sewell. The movie is directed by Philip Martin from a screenplay by Peter Moffatt & Geoff Bussetil. Scoop is set to release on Netflix Friday, which is April 5.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, Scoop takes us inside the story,...
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance. From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, Scoop takes us inside the story,...
- 3/18/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
As conspiracy theories continue to swirl snd the Telegraph fills with irritated harrumphing about KateGate (are we calling it that?), the Royal Family is probably not exactly thrilled that Netflix has chosen today to launch the full trailer for Scoop, which digs into another not-so-stellar moment for The Firm: Prince Andrew's nail-chewingly awkward Newsnight interview with the Beeb's Emily Maitlis about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Take a look:
Adapted from former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes Of The BBC’s Most Shocking Interview, the new film will see Billie Piper as McAlister, who led the high-stakes negotiations to secure the interview as allegations about sexual misconduct with a minor swirled around Andrew. Gillian Anderson is Maitlis, who would go on to conduct the no-holds barred one-on-one, which ended up covering the Prince's bizarre pizza-based alibi and his claim that thanks to his service in the Falklands,...
Adapted from former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes Of The BBC’s Most Shocking Interview, the new film will see Billie Piper as McAlister, who led the high-stakes negotiations to secure the interview as allegations about sexual misconduct with a minor swirled around Andrew. Gillian Anderson is Maitlis, who would go on to conduct the no-holds barred one-on-one, which ended up covering the Prince's bizarre pizza-based alibi and his claim that thanks to his service in the Falklands,...
- 3/18/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Netflix has debuted the official full trailer for the highly anticipated feature ‘Scoop.’ Inspired by real events, the story is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance.
From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, the movie takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.
Directed by Philip Martin, the movie stars Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai & Rufus Sewell.
Also in trailers – “What do you want to do today?” First trailer lands for ‘The Greatest Hits’
The movie hits Netflix on April 5th.
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From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, the movie takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.
Directed by Philip Martin, the movie stars Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai & Rufus Sewell.
Also in trailers – “What do you want to do today?” First trailer lands for ‘The Greatest Hits’
The movie hits Netflix on April 5th.
The post “An hour of television can change everything…” Full trailer swoops in for ‘Scoop’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 3/18/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The biggest scoop of the century is pinning the British royal family to a sex trafficking scandal, as relived in Netflix film “Scoop.”
The feature, directed by Philip Martin and based on former “Newsnight” producer Sam McAlister’s memoir “Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview,” stars Gillian Anderson as BBC anchor Emily Maitlis, who infamously interviewed a disgraced Prince Andrew (Rufus Sewell) about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.
“Scoop” is written by Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil, with Billie Piper starring as producer/author McAlister. Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai co-star.
The film debuts on Netflix, following the conclusion of royal family drama “The Crown” in 2023. To note, “Scoop” lead star Anderson appeared on “The Crown” as Margaret Thatcher.
“Scoop” centers on the behind-the-scenes push to land an interview with Prince Andrew after the royal was listed in court papers as part of a U.
The feature, directed by Philip Martin and based on former “Newsnight” producer Sam McAlister’s memoir “Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview,” stars Gillian Anderson as BBC anchor Emily Maitlis, who infamously interviewed a disgraced Prince Andrew (Rufus Sewell) about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019.
“Scoop” is written by Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil, with Billie Piper starring as producer/author McAlister. Keeley Hawes and Romola Garai co-star.
The film debuts on Netflix, following the conclusion of royal family drama “The Crown” in 2023. To note, “Scoop” lead star Anderson appeared on “The Crown” as Margaret Thatcher.
“Scoop” centers on the behind-the-scenes push to land an interview with Prince Andrew after the royal was listed in court papers as part of a U.
- 3/18/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The infamous BBC Newsnight interview between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew is now a Netflix film starring Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell. Here’s the new trailer:
Update: A new trailer for Scoop, the upcoming film drama based on Prince Andrew’s calamitous BBC Newsnight interview from 2019, has been uploaded to the internet.
Here it is:
Our original story follows…
12th February 2024: Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell headline Philip Martin’s new Netflix film as Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.
The film depicts the shocking BBC Newsnight interview, which took place in 2019 and resulted in a PR nightmare for Buckingham Palace.
During the interview, Prince Andrew was asked about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged sexual assault against a young woman. Prince Andrew’s alibi was memorably being at a Pizza Express in Woking during the alleged incident.
Take a look at the Scoop trailer below.
Billie Piper plays producer Sam McAlister,...
Update: A new trailer for Scoop, the upcoming film drama based on Prince Andrew’s calamitous BBC Newsnight interview from 2019, has been uploaded to the internet.
Here it is:
Our original story follows…
12th February 2024: Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell headline Philip Martin’s new Netflix film as Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.
The film depicts the shocking BBC Newsnight interview, which took place in 2019 and resulted in a PR nightmare for Buckingham Palace.
During the interview, Prince Andrew was asked about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged sexual assault against a young woman. Prince Andrew’s alibi was memorably being at a Pizza Express in Woking during the alleged incident.
Take a look at the Scoop trailer below.
Billie Piper plays producer Sam McAlister,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
By now the inspiring story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the 669 children he saved from near certain death at the hand of the Nazis on the eve of World War II in Europe has been well told in books, documentaries, television programs, a 60 Minutes segment, and many other ways. Even a myth of sorts has been created around this heroic man that isn’t quite the whole truth, but nevertheless Nicky, as he was known, was indeed a hero. He also kept his story secret for 50 years until a BBC show called That’s Life uncovered it and became a sensation in England in the late 80’s. Winton never felt he kept his efforts a half century earlier “secret”, instead he “just never talked about it”.
Now a new film, One Life, which premiered in September at the Toronto Film Festival, and is now being released this week in North America,...
Now a new film, One Life, which premiered in September at the Toronto Film Festival, and is now being released this week in North America,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
After two weeks of moviegoers returning to theaters in force, we’re back to a weekend with a number of lower-key releases just hoping to make any sort of mark against the two big movies. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
This weekend will once again be about “Kung Fu Panda 4” vs. “Dune: Part Two,” although it’s likely to be a second weekend with the animated movie dominating, with both of them remaining in over 4,000 theaters.
Opening in 2,850 theaters, the biggest new wide release of the weekend is the Mark Wahlberg drama “Arthur the King,” based on the true story of Mikael Lindnord (renamed “Michael Light” for the movie), an outdoors endurance racer who puts together a team to cross the Dominican Republic. That team also includes actors Simu Liu (“Barbie”), Nathalie Emmanuel (the “Fast and Furious” movies) and Ali Suliman (“Lone Survivor”), and along the way,...
This weekend will once again be about “Kung Fu Panda 4” vs. “Dune: Part Two,” although it’s likely to be a second weekend with the animated movie dominating, with both of them remaining in over 4,000 theaters.
Opening in 2,850 theaters, the biggest new wide release of the weekend is the Mark Wahlberg drama “Arthur the King,” based on the true story of Mikael Lindnord (renamed “Michael Light” for the movie), an outdoors endurance racer who puts together a team to cross the Dominican Republic. That team also includes actors Simu Liu (“Barbie”), Nathalie Emmanuel (the “Fast and Furious” movies) and Ali Suliman (“Lone Survivor”), and along the way,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
The juxtaposition at the core of director James Hawes’s frustratingly staid One Life is between the gravity and urgency of Nicholas Winton’s Kindertransport rescue movement, which began almost a year before the start of World War II, and the man’s relative obscurity in 1987 living in Maidenhead, England. Winton helped to save 669 children in Prague from the horrors of the Holocaust, so Hawes’s film constitutes an attempt at immortalizing an unsung hero. But given the profound lack of risk that it takes in depicting Winton’s heroic efforts, One Life seems ironically destined to also fade into obscurity.
Throughout, One Life toggles between two time periods. In one, the young Winton (Johnny Flynn) conceptualizes and then carries out his humanitarian mission to move as many refugee (and mainly Jewish) children as he could out of Czechoslovakia, and in the other, the seventysomething Winton (Antony Hopkins) lives a...
Throughout, One Life toggles between two time periods. In one, the young Winton (Johnny Flynn) conceptualizes and then carries out his humanitarian mission to move as many refugee (and mainly Jewish) children as he could out of Czechoslovakia, and in the other, the seventysomething Winton (Antony Hopkins) lives a...
- 3/9/2024
- by Greg Nussen
- Slant Magazine
The first season of British crime drama “Vigil” won Emmy and BAFTA Awards and was the most-watched new drama in the United Kingdom since 2018. In the United States, the show streams on Peacock and the second season premieres on the platform on Thursday, Feb. 15. In this new mystery, Amy Silva (played by Suranne Jones) and Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) investigate multiple murders on an Air Force base and have to contend with new technology to unravel this international conspiracy. You can watch with a subscription to Peacock.
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In a brand-new investigation, Amy Silva and Kirsten Longacre are plunged into the secret world of drone warfare in the six-episode second season of the BBC’s “Vigil,” streaming in the U.
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In a brand-new investigation, Amy Silva and Kirsten Longacre are plunged into the secret world of drone warfare in the six-episode second season of the BBC’s “Vigil,” streaming in the U.
- 2/15/2024
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
One Life is heading to DVD and Blu-ray in the UK this March in the UK: details of the physical media release are right here.
The first cinema release of the year, and it was a good one: that’d be One Life, the dramatic retelling of the story of the late Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton.
Played by both Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn in the movie, the film earned strong reviews, and solid box office too. Directed by James Hawes – his feature directorial debut too – the movie also featured turns from Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter.
Now, with its cinema run pretty much done, we get news of its home release.
Warner Bros will first of all be making the film available to buy and rent digitally from next week, on 19th February.
Then, for those after the physical media release,...
The first cinema release of the year, and it was a good one: that’d be One Life, the dramatic retelling of the story of the late Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton.
Played by both Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn in the movie, the film earned strong reviews, and solid box office too. Directed by James Hawes – his feature directorial debut too – the movie also featured turns from Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter.
Now, with its cinema run pretty much done, we get news of its home release.
Warner Bros will first of all be making the film available to buy and rent digitally from next week, on 19th February.
Then, for those after the physical media release,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Netflix’s first teaser trailer for Scoop declares that one interview can change everything as Prince Andrew (Emmy nominee Rufus Sewell) and Emily Maitlis (two-time Emmy winner Gillian Anderson) sit down for the Royal’s disastrous 2019 interview. Directed by Philip Martin and based on the memoir of an insider, Scoop is set to premiere on Netflix on April 5, 2024.
In addition to Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell, the drama’s cast includes Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, and Romola Garai. Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil wrote the screenplay, and The Lighthouse Film & TV’s Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville served as producers.
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell in ‘Scoop’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earth-shattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace,...
In addition to Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell, the drama’s cast includes Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, and Romola Garai. Peter Moffatt and Geoff Bussetil wrote the screenplay, and The Lighthouse Film & TV’s Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville served as producers.
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell in ‘Scoop’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)
“Inspired by real events, Scoop is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earth-shattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer for the highly anticipated feature ‘Scoop.’ Inspired by real events, the story is the inside account of the tenacious journalism that landed an earthshattering interview – Prince Andrew’s infamous BBC Newsnight appearance.
Scoop
From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, the movie takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.
Directed by Philip Martin, the movie stars Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai & Rufus Sewell.
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The movie hits Netflix on April 5th.
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Scoop
From the tension of producer Sam McAlister’s high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace, all the way to Emily Maitlis’ jaw-dropping, forensic showdown with the Prince, the movie takes us inside the story, with the women who would stop at nothing to get it. To get an interview this big, you have to be bold.
Directed by Philip Martin, the movie stars Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Romola Garai & Rufus Sewell.
Also in trailers – “The sky is the limit…” First look teaser trailer drops for ‘Wicked’
The movie hits Netflix on April 5th.
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- 2/12/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Another royal scandal is getting the Netflix treatment.
After “The Crown” concluded in 2023, the streaming platform is releasing film “Scoop” about the infamous 2019 BBC “Newsnight” interview between anchor Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew. “The Crown” alum Gillian Anderson portrays Maitlis in the movie based on the former “Newsnight” editor Sam McAlister’s book “Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview.” Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.
“Scoop” centers on the behind-the-scenes flurry to land an interview with Prince Andrew after the royal was listed in court papers as part of a U.S. civil case against convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. During the “Newsnight” broadcast, Prince Andrew addressed the allegations made by Epstein and his victims. Prince Andrew alleged that he only knew Epstein through socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted on sex-trafficking charges in December 2021. Maxwell’s story...
After “The Crown” concluded in 2023, the streaming platform is releasing film “Scoop” about the infamous 2019 BBC “Newsnight” interview between anchor Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew. “The Crown” alum Gillian Anderson portrays Maitlis in the movie based on the former “Newsnight” editor Sam McAlister’s book “Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview.” Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at Buckingham Palace.
“Scoop” centers on the behind-the-scenes flurry to land an interview with Prince Andrew after the royal was listed in court papers as part of a U.S. civil case against convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. During the “Newsnight” broadcast, Prince Andrew addressed the allegations made by Epstein and his victims. Prince Andrew alleged that he only knew Epstein through socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted on sex-trafficking charges in December 2021. Maxwell’s story...
- 2/12/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
ScoopPhoto: Peter Mountain/Netflix
The Crown covered a lot, but it didn’t get to the biggest scandal in modern royal history: Prince Andrew’s association with “billionaire pedophile” Jeffrey Epstein and the subsequent fallout. But Netflix’s commitment to making fictionalized Windsor drama is unparalleled, and so they’ve...
The Crown covered a lot, but it didn’t get to the biggest scandal in modern royal history: Prince Andrew’s association with “billionaire pedophile” Jeffrey Epstein and the subsequent fallout. But Netflix’s commitment to making fictionalized Windsor drama is unparalleled, and so they’ve...
- 2/12/2024
- by Mary Kate Carr
- avclub.com
Netflix’s dramatization of Prince Andrew’s infamous Newsnight interview has taken its next step with launch of first trailer. Scroll down to watch.
Coming a few days after a set of first-look images, Scoop’s trailer shows Gillian Anderson as the notorious Emily Maitlis, whose grilling of Prince Andrew on the BBC led to an enormous humiliation for the prince, who has since settled a sexual assault case filed against him by Jeffrey Epstein-accuser Virginia Giuffre.
In the trailer, Maitlis can be seen striding towards the camera as the team prepares to roll on what became one of the most shocking British TV interviews of all time.
Maitlis is joined in Scoop, which launches April 5, by Rufus Sewell, who plays the prince, and Billie Piper, who plays Sam McAlister, the author of the source material that the movie is based on. Others featuring in the film include Romola Garai,...
Coming a few days after a set of first-look images, Scoop’s trailer shows Gillian Anderson as the notorious Emily Maitlis, whose grilling of Prince Andrew on the BBC led to an enormous humiliation for the prince, who has since settled a sexual assault case filed against him by Jeffrey Epstein-accuser Virginia Giuffre.
In the trailer, Maitlis can be seen striding towards the camera as the team prepares to roll on what became one of the most shocking British TV interviews of all time.
Maitlis is joined in Scoop, which launches April 5, by Rufus Sewell, who plays the prince, and Billie Piper, who plays Sam McAlister, the author of the source material that the movie is based on. Others featuring in the film include Romola Garai,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Prince Andrew‘s infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview is being adapted into a new scripted drama for Netflix, which will provide an inside account of how the earth-shattering interview came to be. Directed by Philip Martin and written by Peter Moffatt (Your Honor), Scoop is an adaptation of former Newsnight editor Sam McAlister’s book Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interview. The series centers on the controversial royal’s memorable BBC Newsnight appearance in 2019, where he addressed his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations of sex with a teenage girl. Gillian Anderson stars as real-life journalist and TV presenter Emily Maitlis, while Billie Piper portrays McAlister as the producer in the middle of high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace. In addition, Rufus Sewell plays Prince Andrew, Keeley Hawes portrays the prince’s private secretary Amanda Thirsk, and Romola Garai plays journalist Esme Wren.
- 2/12/2024
- TV Insider
In 2019, England’s Prince Andrew agreed to sit down with BBC Newsnight to talk about his alleged friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The ensuing interview went so poorly for the prince that it spawned not one but two upcoming dramatizations.
The first to come out, Netflix’s Scoop, released its teaser trailer Monday. In the video above, you can see The X-Files‘ Gillian Anderson — as BBC reporter Emily Maitlis — kick off the historic chat with Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat), who plays the royal.
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The first to come out, Netflix’s Scoop, released its teaser trailer Monday. In the video above, you can see The X-Files‘ Gillian Anderson — as BBC reporter Emily Maitlis — kick off the historic chat with Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat), who plays the royal.
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- 2/12/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Even though The Crown has drawn to a close, Netflix isn’t done with stirring up royal drama yet. Fresh from depicting the tumultuous last few decades of Royal Family life, the streamer is next serving up a film titled Scoop – one set to re-stage that astonishing Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew from 2019, in which journalist Emily Maitlis questioned him on his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and allegations of sexual assault of a minor. Yes, it was the one with the bizarre alibi involving Pizza Express in Woking. The film is expected to hit our screens later in 2024 – and Netflix has unveiled a whole load of official images. Take a look here.
That’s Rufus Sewell playing the sweat-free Prince Andrew, with Gillian Anderson as Maitlis. Billie Piper is playing Sam McAlister, the producer who secured the interview. Elsewhere, the cast includes Keeley Hawes, Sex Education’s Connor Swindells, Romola Garai,...
That’s Rufus Sewell playing the sweat-free Prince Andrew, with Gillian Anderson as Maitlis. Billie Piper is playing Sam McAlister, the producer who secured the interview. Elsewhere, the cast includes Keeley Hawes, Sex Education’s Connor Swindells, Romola Garai,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Anthony Hopkins returns in a trailer for the film based on an extraordinary true story. Bleecker Street has released the new preview for One Life. The film showcases Hopkins as a man who happened upon a tragically developing encounter with refugee Jewish children who are in the path of Nazi occupation in Prague. Amazingly Hopkins’ younger version of the character had taken it upon himself to embark on a mission to save the children from the growing threat.
The official synopsis from Bleecker Street reads,
“Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, One Life tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue...
The official synopsis from Bleecker Street reads,
“Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, One Life tells the incredible, emotional true story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue...
- 1/25/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
David Nicholls’ romance One Day has been adapted for the screen for a second time, this time on Netflix: here’s the trailer.
Novelist David Nicholls has had considerable success as a screenwriter, from penning episodes of Cold Feet and BBC dramas The 7:39 and Aftersun to adapting his own novels Starter For Ten and Us.
His most well known novel, One Day, was previously adapted into a 2011 film by Nicholls himself. Directed by Lobe Scherfig, it saw Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess take on the central roles of Emma and Dexter, alongside Patricia Clarkson, Ken Stott and Romola Garai. It received middling reviews which particularly criticized Hathaway’s Yorkshire accent.
A new adaptation is heading to Netflix, this time as a limited series. The synopsis reads as follows:
Netflix’s adaptation of One Day tells the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, on July 15th 1988, the night of their graduation,...
Novelist David Nicholls has had considerable success as a screenwriter, from penning episodes of Cold Feet and BBC dramas The 7:39 and Aftersun to adapting his own novels Starter For Ten and Us.
His most well known novel, One Day, was previously adapted into a 2011 film by Nicholls himself. Directed by Lobe Scherfig, it saw Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess take on the central roles of Emma and Dexter, alongside Patricia Clarkson, Ken Stott and Romola Garai. It received middling reviews which particularly criticized Hathaway’s Yorkshire accent.
A new adaptation is heading to Netflix, this time as a limited series. The synopsis reads as follows:
Netflix’s adaptation of One Day tells the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, on July 15th 1988, the night of their graduation,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Pictures: Netflix – Illustration by What’s on Netflix
A new year is just around the corner and if you’re wondering what new British productions Netflix has coming up for 2024 and beyond, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll break down all the currently announced new British movies, series and documentaries in the works.
Please remember that this doesn’t represent every movie and series currently in development at Netflix. There are a few that we’re not allowed to mention just yet, including a hotly anticipated new series from a writer who has produced some excellent titles for Netflix so far.
There are also plenty of shows and movies that should probably be listed here but won’t be. That’s because of how entwined US and UK projects tend to be, with some more US-produced series like The Witcher also falling into the UK camp...
A new year is just around the corner and if you’re wondering what new British productions Netflix has coming up for 2024 and beyond, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll break down all the currently announced new British movies, series and documentaries in the works.
Please remember that this doesn’t represent every movie and series currently in development at Netflix. There are a few that we’re not allowed to mention just yet, including a hotly anticipated new series from a writer who has produced some excellent titles for Netflix so far.
There are also plenty of shows and movies that should probably be listed here but won’t be. That’s because of how entwined US and UK projects tend to be, with some more US-produced series like The Witcher also falling into the UK camp...
- 12/30/2023
- by Kasey Moore
- Whats-on-Netflix
We spoke to Actors Romola Garai and Johnny Flynn as well as director James Hawes about their experiences of working on the tremendous new Nicholas Winton biopic.
One Life is based on the true story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton who helped groups of Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to flee the nazis between 1938–39, just before the beginning of World War II. Legendary British actor Sir Anthony Hopkins stars as the older Winton while Johnny Flynn plays the younger version of Winton.
The film also stars Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Jonathan Pryce, and Helena Bonham Carter in supporting roles.
One Life had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023, and its European premiere at the 2023 London Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in the UK on January 1st 2024.
One Life Interviews
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One Life is based on the true story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton who helped groups of Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia to flee the nazis between 1938–39, just before the beginning of World War II. Legendary British actor Sir Anthony Hopkins stars as the older Winton while Johnny Flynn plays the younger version of Winton.
The film also stars Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Jonathan Pryce, and Helena Bonham Carter in supporting roles.
One Life had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023, and its European premiere at the 2023 London Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in the UK on January 1st 2024.
One Life Interviews
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- 12/29/2023
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If executed well, twist endings can result in a fun experience. Having the rug pulled out from under you in a way that sheds new light on the entire film can make you instantly want to watch the rest of the film again. Whether it's "The Usual Suspects," "Fight Club," or "The Sixth Sense," the twist sends a blast of dopamine through your brain that leaves you walking out of the theater on a dizzying high.
Rarer are the twist endings that leave you utterly bereft and devastated, where that hit of dopamine is replaced by crushing defeat. Attempting this kind of ending can be enormously precarious, as you introduce the distinct possibility of completely alienating your audience. Sometimes that's the point, like in Michael Haneke's "Funny Games," but more often than not, you are looking to give the viewers an emotionally cathartic ending that is in keeping with the narrative.
Rarer are the twist endings that leave you utterly bereft and devastated, where that hit of dopamine is replaced by crushing defeat. Attempting this kind of ending can be enormously precarious, as you introduce the distinct possibility of completely alienating your audience. Sometimes that's the point, like in Michael Haneke's "Funny Games," but more often than not, you are looking to give the viewers an emotionally cathartic ending that is in keeping with the narrative.
- 12/13/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
This spoiler-free review is based on the three episodes made available to preview.
Between Christmas specials and twinkly festive ads, TV can get cloying at this time of year. What’s needed to cut through the Baileys truffle eggnog of it all is a show from the ice-cold ‘Send a Team to the Perimeter’ genre. Action! Intrigue! Explosions! Cliff-hangers! A formula that keeps us alert while while the rest of the season gently cosies us to sleep.
Vigil is exactly that show. Airing on consecutive nights and available to stream in three-episode chunks released a week apart, it’s a shot in the arm for the Christmas TV schedule and makes a solid binge-watch.
It’s a couple of years after Dci Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) closed the case on Hms Vigil – the nuclear submarine beset by a Russian-sponsored saboteur – and she’s in a better place now. Well, it’s still Glasgow,...
Between Christmas specials and twinkly festive ads, TV can get cloying at this time of year. What’s needed to cut through the Baileys truffle eggnog of it all is a show from the ice-cold ‘Send a Team to the Perimeter’ genre. Action! Intrigue! Explosions! Cliff-hangers! A formula that keeps us alert while while the rest of the season gently cosies us to sleep.
Vigil is exactly that show. Airing on consecutive nights and available to stream in three-episode chunks released a week apart, it’s a shot in the arm for the Christmas TV schedule and makes a solid binge-watch.
It’s a couple of years after Dci Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) closed the case on Hms Vigil – the nuclear submarine beset by a Russian-sponsored saboteur – and she’s in a better place now. Well, it’s still Glasgow,...
- 12/9/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Picturehouse Central was the scene for this evening’s red carpet Premiere for James Hawes’ One Life. Directed by Hawes, Anthony Hopkins and Johnny Flynn both play Nicholas Winton at different stages of his extraordinary life. Helena Bonham-Carter plays Winton’s mother, Babi. The cast also includes Jonathan Pryce, Lena Olin, Romola Garai and Alex Sharp.
One Life will be released on the 1st of January, 2024. Scott Davis, Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
One Life Premiere Interviews
Plot
One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion.
One Life will be released on the 1st of January, 2024. Scott Davis, Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
One Life Premiere Interviews
Plot
One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion.
- 11/30/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A new Prime Video series will tackle the royal family drama that The Crown won’t touch. The streamer’s upcoming limited series A Very Royal Scandal focuses on Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 interview with the BBC, which drew fresh attention to the sexual assault allegations against the prince and his association with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Michael Sheen will play Prince Andrew Michael Sheen | Dominik Bindl/Getty Images
Who will step into the Andrew role in A Very Royal Scandal? Michael Sheen will take play the prince, according to Variety. Ruth Wilson will play Emily Maitlis, the BBC interviewer who grilled the Duke of York about Virginia Giuffre’s claims that he’d assaulted her when she was a teen, as well as his ties to Epstein. The blowback from the interview eventually forced the prince to step away from his royal duties.
A Very Royal Scandal is in production in the U.
Michael Sheen will play Prince Andrew Michael Sheen | Dominik Bindl/Getty Images
Who will step into the Andrew role in A Very Royal Scandal? Michael Sheen will take play the prince, according to Variety. Ruth Wilson will play Emily Maitlis, the BBC interviewer who grilled the Duke of York about Virginia Giuffre’s claims that he’d assaulted her when she was a teen, as well as his ties to Epstein. The blowback from the interview eventually forced the prince to step away from his royal duties.
A Very Royal Scandal is in production in the U.
- 11/26/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
True-life story screens at BFI London Film Festival this week.
Bleecker Street has acquired US rights to See-Saw’s drama One Life starring Anthony Hopkins and will release theatrically in 2024.
James Hawes’ film premiered at TIFF last month and centres on Nicholas Winton, the British stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 children from the Nazis in the 1930s.
Winton reunited with some of those he saved in a 1988 episode of the TV programme That’s Life! Winton died in 2015.
See-Saw and BBC Films co-developed the project, which reunites the double Oscar winner Hopkins with his The Two Popes co-star Jonathan Pryce,...
Bleecker Street has acquired US rights to See-Saw’s drama One Life starring Anthony Hopkins and will release theatrically in 2024.
James Hawes’ film premiered at TIFF last month and centres on Nicholas Winton, the British stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 children from the Nazis in the 1930s.
Winton reunited with some of those he saved in a 1988 episode of the TV programme That’s Life! Winton died in 2015.
See-Saw and BBC Films co-developed the project, which reunites the double Oscar winner Hopkins with his The Two Popes co-star Jonathan Pryce,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences will present Viola Davis with the Muhammad Ali Voice of Humanity Honor at the Voice Arts Awards 10th Anniversary Gala. The honor recognizes Davis’ talent, passion for social justice and willingness to tackle social problems through her commitment to the truth.
“This honor was created in furtherance of The Champ’s legacy of embodying resilience and courage in the face of social injustice and adversity. Viola Davis shares those traits,” said Joan Baker, founder and vice President of Sovas, in a statement.
The Voice Arts Awards is an annual celebration for nominees and winners in the world of voice acting and associated craft professionals.
“Her journey from humble beginnings to achieving the highly vaunted Egot status, showcases her unwavering pursuit of excellence,” Baker continued. “And for Sovas, it is especially heartwarming that Viola is also an exceptional voice actor in animation, TV commercials and,...
“This honor was created in furtherance of The Champ’s legacy of embodying resilience and courage in the face of social injustice and adversity. Viola Davis shares those traits,” said Joan Baker, founder and vice President of Sovas, in a statement.
The Voice Arts Awards is an annual celebration for nominees and winners in the world of voice acting and associated craft professionals.
“Her journey from humble beginnings to achieving the highly vaunted Egot status, showcases her unwavering pursuit of excellence,” Baker continued. “And for Sovas, it is especially heartwarming that Viola is also an exceptional voice actor in animation, TV commercials and,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew, Jaden Thompson and Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
At least one high-profile TIFF title won’t be going to Netflix. “One Life,” the well-received and well-reviewed Anthony Hopkins vehicle has been acquired by Bleecker Street. The biopic, starring the two-time Oscar winner as the elder version Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, will get a domestic theatrical release in 2024. This would seemingly place it out of the current award-season race.
The James Hawes-directed film also stars Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter. Penned by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, the Saw-Saw Films and BBC Films production is based on Barbara Winton’s book “If It’s Not Impossible… The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton.”
The film features Flynn as a young Winton, a London broker who eventually convinces members of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue children in Prague as the Nazis close the borders in late 1938. Fifty years later,...
The James Hawes-directed film also stars Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter. Penned by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, the Saw-Saw Films and BBC Films production is based on Barbara Winton’s book “If It’s Not Impossible… The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton.”
The film features Flynn as a young Winton, a London broker who eventually convinces members of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue children in Prague as the Nazis close the borders in late 1938. Fifty years later,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to TIFF standout One Life, the James Hawes-directed drama that stars Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, with Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter. Scripted by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake, the film is a production of See-Saw Films, which developed it alongside BBC Film. Bleecker Street is planning a 2024 theatrical release.
Based on the Barbara Winton book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton, One Life tells the true story of Nicholas “Nicky” Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue as many children as possible before the Nazis close the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Hopkins) is haunted by the...
Based on the Barbara Winton book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton, One Life tells the true story of Nicholas “Nicky” Winton (Flynn), a young London broker who visits Prague in December 1938. In a race against time, Winton convinces Trevor Chadwick (Sharp) and Doreen Warriner (Garai) of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia to rescue as many children as possible before the Nazis close the borders. Fifty years later, Nicky (Hopkins) is haunted by the...
- 10/9/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Gambon, the Irish-English actor best known for his role as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died, Variety has confirmed. He was 82.
“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” his family said in a statement. “Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.”
While it is easier for a character actor, often working in supporting roles, to rack up a large number of credits than it is for lead actors, Gambon was enormously prolific, with over 150 TV or film credits in an era when half that number would be impressive and unusual — and this for a man whose body of stage work was also prodigious.
He played two real kings of England: King Edward VII in “The Lost Prince” (2003) and his son, King George V,...
“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” his family said in a statement. “Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.”
While it is easier for a character actor, often working in supporting roles, to rack up a large number of credits than it is for lead actors, Gambon was enormously prolific, with over 150 TV or film credits in an era when half that number would be impressive and unusual — and this for a man whose body of stage work was also prodigious.
He played two real kings of England: King Edward VII in “The Lost Prince” (2003) and his son, King George V,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
Updated with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicked off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that included world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Kristin Scott Thomas’ Scarlett Johansson pic North Star, Chris Pine’s Poolman, Michael Keaton-directed Knox Goes Away, Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour, Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils, Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana, Grant Singer’s Reptile, Viggo Mortensen’s The Dead Don’t Hurt, Lee Tamahori’s The Convert and Alex Gibney’s doc In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.
It ended Sunday when Cord Jefferson’s satire American Fiction won TIFF’s People’s Choice Award for best film, usually a steppingstone to a strong awards season to come.
The fest also...
It ended Sunday when Cord Jefferson’s satire American Fiction won TIFF’s People’s Choice Award for best film, usually a steppingstone to a strong awards season to come.
The fest also...
- 9/18/2023
- by Stephanie Bunbury, Valerie Complex, Pete Hammond, Todd McCarthy and Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
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