Another decade, another adaptation of Great Expectations leaps from page-to-screen, this time brought to us by Peaky Blinders and Taboo writer Steven Knight. What makes this must-watch television is surely the appearance of Olivia Colman (Empire of Light) in the plum-role of Miss Havisham. A character previously embodied by Gillian Anderson in the 2011 BBC […]
Tom Hardy, Steven Knight and Ridley Scott reteaming for Great Expectations
Having worked together on Taboo and the recent Charles Dickens’ adaptation A Christmas Carol, Tom Hardy, Steven Knight and Ridley Scott are set to reunite to take on another Dickens classic in Great Expectations. “Adapting Dickens’ work is a delight,” said Peaky Blinders creator Knight. “I chose Great Expectations as the next work to bring […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Alfonso Cuaron
In our latest director beginner’s guide, Tom Jolliffe looks at Alfonso Cuaron… Alfonso Cuaron may be a director you’re familiar with. He’s on something of a high right now having attained at hat-full of Oscar nominations for his latest film Roma. One of the Mexican masters (alongside Guillermo del Toro who took the Oscars by storm […]
