Ahead of its premiere on BBC Two this coming Monday, a new trailer has arrived online for director Robert Eyre’s modern re-imagining of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. The adaptation stars Anthony Hopkins in the title role alongside Emma Thompson, Emily Watson, Florence Pugh, Jim Broadbent, John Macmillan, and Andrew Scott; watch it here… The 80-year-old […]
First clip from Fighting with My Family featuring Florence Pugh as WWE Superstar Paige
The first clip has arrived online for Fighting with My Family the upcoming comedy-drama biopic of WWE Superstar Paige, played by Lady Macbeth star Florence Pugh. In the clip, the future Paige and her brother receive some advice from Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as to how to win over a crowd; check it out here… “Fighting With My […]
First look at Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh in King Lear
BBC Two has released a first look image of Anthony Hopkins and Florence Pugh in the upcoming TV adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. The modern reimagining of the tragedy takes place in the fictional present, and sees Hopkins as the eponymous ruler, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England. Emma Thompson (The Children Act, […]
Michael Shannon joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation
AMC has made another casting addition to its upcoming miniseries adaptation of John le Carré’s The Little Drummer Girl with the news that Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water) has joined Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies) and Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) in the series. Shannon will portray Kurtz, an Isreali spymaster who recruits Pugh’s character into a complex […]
Movie Review – The Commuter (2018)
The Commuter, 2018. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sam Neill, Florence Pugh, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jonathan Banks. SYNOPSIS: An insurance salesman loses his job but, on his usual train home, he’s approached by an attractive woman offering him a lot of money in return for doing one small job. […]
The Commuter gets a new behind-the-scenes featurette
Ahead of its US release this coming Friday, a featurette has arrived online for The Commuter, which takes us behind the scenes of the action thriller and includes interviews with stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Florence Pugh, and Jonathan Banks, director Jaume Collet-Serra, producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman, and the films screenwriters Philip […]
Exclusive Interview – BAFTA Rising Star nominee Florence Pugh on Lady Macbeth, Fighting With My Family and being taught to punch by The Rock
Tom Beasley sits down with British actress Florence Pugh, star of period drama Lady Macbeth, to discuss her nomination for the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs… British actress Florence Pugh was today named as one of the five nominees for the EE Rising Star Award at the BAFTAs. The public will now vote […]
Nominees for the 2018 BAFTA Rising Star Award announced
The nominations for the 2018 EE BAFTA Rising Star Award have been announced at BAFTA HQ this morning, with Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth), Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country), Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), and Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) set to contest the honour. The Rising Star Award is the […]
Park Chan-wook to direct John le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl
Following on from the success of The Night Manager, AMC, the BBC and Ink Factory are teaming for another John Le Carre miniseries, with Oldboy director Park Chan-wook set to direct a six-episode adaptation of le Carre’s The Little Drummer Girl. According to The Daily Mail, Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) has signed on for the […]
Movie Review – Lady Macbeth (2016)
Lady Macbeth, 2016. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, and Christopher Fairbank. SYNOPSIS: Lady Macbeth is an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. It tells the plight of the young newlywed whose loveless marriage leads her into a forbidden and adulterous love […]