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Martin Freeman joins Diane Kruger in The Operative

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Sherlock and Black Panther star Martin Freeman has signed on to star alongside Diane Kruger in director Yuval Adler’s spy thriller The Operative, Deadline has revealed.Based on former Israeli intelligence officer Yiftach Reicher Atir’s bestselling novel, the film will see Kruger as Rachel, “”a rogue spy from Israel’s feared national intelligence force Mossad, who vanishes […]

Benedict Cumberbatch calls Martin Freeman’s Sherlock fan criticism “pathetic”

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Last month, Martin Freeman hit out at a section of the Sherlock fan base, stating that he felt that their high expectations had sucked the fun out of making the show and that his involvement was “not a thing to be enjoyed, it’s a thing of: ‘You better fucking do this, otherwise, you’re a cunt.’”Well, […]

Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)

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Ghost Stories, 2017.Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, and Alex Lawther.SYNOPSIS:An academic and arch-sceptic is drawn into a quest to disprove the reality of three inexplicable cases of supernatural activity.Adapted from a successful stage play that first toured the UK in 2010, Ghost Stories is a macabre anthology piece […]

New poster, clip and images for Martin Freeman zombie drama Cargo

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With just a month to go until Cargo arrives on Netflix, a new poster, clip and batch of images have been released for the Australian post-apocalyptic zombie drama which you can check out below…SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Cargo hereStranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately […]

14 new images from Marvel’s Black Panther

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Empire Magazine has released a batch of images from next year’s first Marvel superhero outing Black Panther featuring T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), Okoye (Danai Gurira), Zuri (Forest Whitaker), W’Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Ayo (Florence Kasumba), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), Shuri (Letitia […]

Steven Moffat teases possible fifth series of Sherlock at Comic-Con

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Although all signs have pointed towards the fourth series of Sherlock being its last – including comments from both Benedict Cumberbatch and co-creator Mark Gatiss – it seems that Steven Moffat isn’t quite ready to rule out the possibility of a fifth series for the popular BBC show.Speaking at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, Moffat […]

Sherlock’s co-creator isn’t sure series 5 will ever happen

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One of the co-creators for hit drama Sherlock thinks the show’s end may have come.The series began back in 2010, and has only managed four seasons in that significant period of time.This is mainly due to the scheduling of the show’s two stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.Mark Gatiss claims that this is exactly the […]

Mark Gatiss doesn’t know if we’ll see more Sherlock

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Prior to the premiere of Sherlock series four on New Year’s Day, there was a lot of talk that the latest season could be the final run of episodes for the beloved BBC drama.Back in October, Benedict Cumberbatch indicated that the fourth series “might be the end of an era”, only for Steven Moffat to […]

Sherlock Series 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Final Problem’

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Tori Brazier reviews the third and final episode of Sherlock series four… Well, after the usual teasing references to it over previous episodes, Sherlock finally pulled on the deerstalker again – but you’d be forgiven for missing this detail in a series finale rammed with tests, puzzles and challenges galore, for the characters and audience […]

Sherlock’s series 4 finale ‘The Final Problem’ suffers a new ratings low

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Last night the BBC aired the finale of the fourth series of Sherlock, with ‘The Final Problem’ slumping to a ratings low for the show with 5.9 million viewers overnight. The previous week’s ‘The Lying Detective’ had pulled in 6 million viewers in overnight ratings, down considerably from the opening episode ‘The Six Thatchers’, which […]