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‘Harry Potter’ Producer Brings ‘Out of Africa’ to Television

Feb 09, 2017

Posted by: Kim McChesney

Filmmaker Interviews, Films, Heyman, Heyman Interviews, News, Producers, Television Programmes

David Heyman, the producer of all eight Harry Potter films as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is developing a small screen adaption of the award-winning 1985 epic, Out of Africa according to The Hollywood Reporter here.  The film version of Out of Africa, which starred Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, won seven …read more!

Warwick Davis Appears on ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’

Feb 07, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Davis, Films, HP Cast, Movies, News, Television Programmes

Warwick Davis, known to Harry Potter fans as the Hogwarts Charms instructor and choir director, Professor Flitwick, will feature on an upcoming episode of BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are? The genealogy program will take Davis to Bury St. Edmunds’ historic Athenaeum, as he explores his own musical legacy. Davis’ search focused on his great-great-grandfather, Dennis …read more!

Peter Capaldi Wants Frances de la Tour to Replace Him as the Doctor

Feb 01, 2017

Posted by: Storie Chastain

de la Tour, News, Television Programmes

Peter Capaldi has recently announced that he will be saying farewell to his role as the Doctor on the television series Doctor Who this coming Christmas. This announcement has raised the question of who will take over the role after his departure. Many fans of the show have said that a female Doctor is long overdue …read more!

Perfect Ending for Broadchurch Season 3

Jan 31, 2017

Posted by: Ashley Kurtz

Actor Interviews, Interviews, Television Programmes, Tennant

While David Tennant played the tongue flicking Barty Crouch Jr, he plays the complicated DI Alec Hardy in Broadchurch. For its very last season, Tennant and Olivia Coleman return to the show to play DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller. The drama will end with the third season, but Tennant is insistent that it will …read more!

Brendan Gleeson Cast as Lead in ‘Mr. Mercedes’

Jan 30, 2017

Posted by: Storie Chastain

Gleeson, News, Television Programmes

In this upcoming film based on a Stephen King novel, Mr. Mercedes centers around a retired police detective tormented by a demented killer. The killer, Hartsfield, taunts the detective, Hodges, with a series of letters and emails, leading the detective to take drastic measures to apprehend the criminal before he decides to strike again. This television …read more!

David Tennant says it’s going to be all okay!

Jan 29, 2017

Posted by: Ashley Kurtz

Media, Television Programmes, Tennant, Videos

With the ever changing climate of our political world, it’s easy , and justifiable to be scared about what the future could hold. In times like these, an encouraging speech is always required. And we get one; from non-other than the Doctor himself! David Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor, DI Hardy in Broadchurch,  and Barty …read more!

Emma Thompson to Star as Queen Elizabeth I

Jan 27, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

HP Cast, News, Television Programmes, Thompson

Viewers are mad for shows about the royals these days, and it doesn’t seem to matter if they’re period pieces or set in present day. The next season of Upstart Crow, the breakout BBC2 comedy, is the latest to fall into that category, and it’s sure to draw audiences. The show now boasts a collaboration with the …read more!

‘Flash’ Producer Talks Tom Felton’s Season 3 Future

Jan 23, 2017

Posted by: Dawn Johnson

Celebration of Harry Potter, Felton, HP Cast, Interviews, News, Producers, Television Programmes

It’s a big week for Tom Felton! This weekend he joins former Harry Potter cast members Warwick Davis, Jason Isaacs, and Matthew Lewis at the Celebration of Harry Potter event at Universal Studios Orlando, with mysterious revelations keeping fans on the edge of their seats in anticipation. He also returns to the small screen Tuesday, January …read more!

UPDATE: Filming for the ‘Cormoran Strike’ Series Continues

Jan 18, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Burke, Career of Evil, Cormoran Strike series/Robert Galbraith, Cormoran Strike TV Series, Cuckoo's Calling, Grainger, J.K. Rowling, Media, News, Television Programmes, The Silkworm

Film crews were spotted on Barrow Island today at the Crow’s Nest pub filming scenes for the upcoming BBC One TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s popular book series about detective Cormoran Strike. Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke, playing Robin Ellacot and Cormoran Strike respectively, as previously reported on by Leaky, were seen outside the Crow’s …read more!

Rupert Grint to Star in ‘Urban Myths’

Jan 12, 2017

Posted by: Lainey Ruffner

Casting, Fun, Grint, Humor, Media, News, Potter News, Television Programmes

Sky Arts is releasing a new television series comprised of eight, unrelated stories and Rupert Grint, who provided clever comic relief as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is starring in one of the episodes. The series will consist of two seasons of four, thirty minute, comedy shows with each episode featuring a myth or urban legend about a historical figure. Some of the legends are widely …read more!



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