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Hollywood star Mel Gibson has faced controversy in the industry over several incidents, including his 2006 DUI arrest. However, despite that, the actor-filmmaker has received support from several industry figures, including the Marvel star Robert Downey Jr.

Mel Gibson in Monster Summer | Credit: Pastime Pictures

And the Iron Man star is no longer the sole supporter of the Braveheart star. Andrew Garfield, who previously worked with Gibson in the 2016 war drama Hacksaw Ridge, also defended him, asserting that he deserves the opportunity to create more films.

Andrew Garfield voiced his support for Mel Gibson

The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield, who reprised his superhero role in Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, has expressed his support for the Oscar-winning filmmaker, Mel Gibson.

Andrew Garfield in Hacksaw Ridge | Credit: Lionsgate Films

Talking about his experience working with the filmmaker, the Mainstream star shared that he gained valuable insights, including the belief that everyone deserves “second chances,...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.

Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.

The Pitch: Christopher Walken Gets to Dance and Steve Martin Sings… Sort of?

Known for his BBC TV series “The Singing Detective,” starring Michael Gambon, and “Pennies from Heaven,” which launched the career of Bob Hoskins, British journalist and screenwriter Dennis Potter seemed to have a fascination with the music trapped inside our inner beings. Mixing fantastical musical sequences with harsh dramatic realities, Potter used spectacle to expose his characters’ complex natures, as well as the complex nature of the world around them, with biting wit and stunning inventiveness. When his work arrived on the big screen,...

The actor, musician and all-round subversive talks about getting his own back on critic AA Gill, his favourite football song and why he’d really like a part that involves lying down

You’ve performed naked on stage with Max Bygraves, bared all in Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave and posed nude for the BBC’s Celebrity Painting Challenge. Do you enjoy getting your kit off? VerulamiumParkRanger

I should point out that in two of those instances, I was paid to do so. The Max Bygraves one, I chose to do, merely to disrupt his show. I did a whole one-man show naked at the Albany Empire called Whatever Happened to the AA Man’s Salute, so I’m not afraid to be naked. I don’t think Saltburn is up my alley, but if a part came along and I had to dance naked to a song at the...

Exclusive: UK director Jon Amiel has signed to direct upcoming feature Sands of Fortune which explores the story behind the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia and the birth of the country’s petroleum and natural gas giant Aramco.

The feature, being put together by producer Uri Singer under his L.A.-based Passage Pictures banner, revolves around the real-life partnership between American geologist Max Steineke and Bedouin Khamis Bin Rimthan, who together discovered the country’s first oil well in 1938.

The script is written by Bernie Campbell, a long-time strategist and speechwriter who has spent years living in Saudi Arabia and was the first American to write for its ruling royal family.

Prolific director, writer and producer Amiel is best known internationally for the multi-award-winning series The Singing Detective as well as movies such as Sommersby, with Jodie Foster and Richard Gere; Copycat with Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter,...

Mel Gibson credits Robert Downey Jr. for giving him second chance in Hollywood after facing career-ending backlash in 2006. Downey Jr. defended Gibson at the 2011 American Cinematheque Awards, encouraging industry to forgive and offer clean slate. Both actors have faced troubles in past but have made successful comebacks in Hollywood.

Academy Award winner and controversial Hollywood star Mel Gibson has thanked his friend and Air America co-star Robert Downey Jr. for urging the industry to give him a second chance following his arrest and antisemitic remarks back in 2006. As part of Esquire’s recent cover story on the Iron Man star, Gibson heaped praise on Downey Jr., calling him “bold and generous and kind.”

“One time, I got into a bit of a sticky situation where it kind of ended my career. I was drunk in the back of a police car and I said some stupid s--t, and all of a sudden: blacklisted.

Actor Sir Michael Gambon, known for his portrayal of Dumbledore in the beloved Harry Potter film series, has bequeathed his entire fortune to his wife of 61 years, Anne Gambon.

The 82-year-old stage and screen icon, who died in September last year after a battle with pneumonia, left no inheritance to his long-term girlfriend, Philipa Hart.

Hart, a set designer, first crossed paths with Gambon when he filmed Longitude in 2000. The couple shares two teenage children, Tom, 17, and William, 15. For two decades, Gambon divided his time between his wife and Hart, but his will makes no provision for her.

The three-page document, drafted in 2016, named Gambon’s wife and their 60-year-old son, Fergus, as executors. In the event of his wife’s passing before him, the entirety of his £1,465,882 ($1.7 million) fortune was designated to be inherited by Fergus.

The will stipulated that his children with Hart would each receive £10,000 and a trophy.

Michael Gambon's Dumbledore is his most famous, but his career spanned almost 60 years. Michael Gambon excelled at playing villains in movies like The Insider and Sleepy Hollow. While working with several notable directors, Michael Gambon often played smaller roles, but he always made his characters special.

It's important to remember the ongoing controversial statements by the creator of the Harry Potter franchise. Cbr supports the hard work of industry professionals on properties fans know and love and the wider world of Harry Potter that fans have adopted as their own. You can find Cbr's continuing coverage on Rowling here.

The late Michael Gambon will always be best remembered as Professor Dumbledore, taking over the role in the Harry Potter franchise after Richard Harris passed away, starting with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. But like so many of the franchise's cast, his credentials extend far beyond that to the roots of British theater.

The ‘Harry Potter’ star released a statement mourning the death of Sir Michael Gambon.

The world of entertainment is mourning the loss of one of its legendary actors, Sir Michael Gambon, known for his iconic portrayal of Professor Albus Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” film series. The news of Gambon’s death has not only saddened fans across the globe but has also deeply affected those who had the privilege of working alongside him. Among them, Daniel Radcliffe, who played the titular role of Harry Potter. The actor shared heartfelt words of remembrance and admiration for his late co-star.

In a statement released by Radcliffe, he expressed his profound grief over Gambon’s death, stating, “With the loss of Michael Gambon, the world just became considerably less fun.” Radcliffe’s poignant words offered a glimpse into the camaraderie and joyous moments they shared on the set of the beloved film franchise.

At the news of “Harry Potter” alum Michael Gambon’s death, his castmates have taken to social media to memorialize his performance as Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s book series.

The author wrote about her first memory of Gambon, which involved his performance in “King Lear” in 1982.

“If you’d told me then that brilliant actor would appear in anything I’d written, I’d have thought you were insane. Michael was a wonderful man in additional to being an outstanding actor,” Rowling wrote. “I absolutely loved working with him, not only on Potter but also The Casual Vacancy. My deepest condolences go to Michael’s family and everyone who loved him.”

I've just heard the awful news about Michael Gambon. The first time I ever laid eyes on him was in King Lear, in 1982, and if you'd told me then that...

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and J.K. Rowling are among the Harry Potter franchise stars that have paid tribute to the late Michael Gambon, who has died at the age of 82.

The giant of the British stage became beloved by U.S. audiences after taking over the role of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore for six films — starting with 2004’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban following the passing of Richard Harris. Gambon died peacefully in the hospital surrounded by his family after a bout of pneumonia, according to a statement from the Irish actor’s family provided to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.

Radcliffe, who starred as the book-to-screen franchise’s titular character, Harry Potter, celebrated Gambon’s spirited personality and dedication to his craft.

“With the loss of Michael Gambon the world just became considerably less fun. Michael Gambon was one of the most brilliant, effortless actors I’ve...

The cast of Harry Potter is mourning Michael Gambon, who died on Thursday (September 28).

Michael, who famously played Professor Albus Dumbledore in six out of the eight films, died at 82. He passed away peacefully in the hospital alongside his family after suffering from pneumonia.

Now, Daniel Radcliffe and more of Michael‘s costars are paying tribute to their talented late friend.

Keep reading to find out what they said…

Daniel, who of course played Harry Potter himself, shared in a statement to Variety, “With the loss of Michael Gambon the world just became considerably less fun. Michael Gambon was one of the most brilliant, effortless actors I’ve ever had the privilege of working with, but despite his immense talent, the thing I will remember most about him is how much fun he had doing his job.”

The actor continued, “He was silly, irreverent and hilarious. He loved his job,...

“Harry Potter” actor Daniel Radcliffe honored his late co-star Michael Gambon in an emotional statement in which he called Gambon “one of the most brilliant, effortless actors I’ve ever had the privilege of working with.” Gambon died Thursday at 82 years old.

“With the loss of Michael Gambon the world just became considerably less fun,” Radcliffe wrote in a statement to Variety. “Michael Gambon was one of the most brilliant, effortless actors I’ve ever had the privilege of working with, but despite his immense talent, the thing I will remember most about him is how much fun he had doing his job. He was silly, irreverent and hilarious. He loved his job, but never seemed defined by it. He was an incredible story and joke teller and his habit of blurring the lines of fact and fiction when talking to journalists meant that he was also one of the...

Michael Gambon, best known as Dumbledore in Harry Potter, is being remembered by co-stars and fans following his death at the age of 82. Gambon had a legendary career spanning six decades and was knighted in 1998. He was not only a talented actor but also a beloved figure who had a significant impact on both the Harry Potter series and the acting world as a whole.

Sir Michael Gambon is being remembered by his Harry Potter co-stars, fans, and Hollywood following his death. The Irish-English actor is best known for his role as the Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, in six installments of the Harry Potter film series starting with The Prisoner of Azkaban, a role which he took over from Richard Harris after he passed away. Though Gambon is best known as Dumbledore, he made innumerable contributions to the stage and screen over his legendary career, which spanned six decades and saw him knighted in 1998.

Now,...

Jk Rowling and Harry Potter actors are recalling memories of sharing a set with Michael Gambon following his death on Thursday at the age of 82.

The Irish-English actor replaced the late Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore in 2003 and went on to star in six of the eight Harry Potter films.

Harry Potter author Rowling led tributes to Gambon, telling her followers on Twitter (now known as X) that she could not believe that he was embodying one of her characters.

“The first time I ever laid eyes on him was in King Lear, in 1982, and if you’d told me then that brilliant actor would appear in anything I’d written, I’d have thought you were insane,” she said. “Michael was a wonderful man in additional to being an outstanding actor, and I absolutely loved working with him.”

I've just heard the awful news about Michael Gambon. The...

Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his storied career on the stage and screen and who gained admiration from a new generation of moviegoers with his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died. He was 82.

A statement by his family, issued by his publicist Thursday, said the actor died following “a bout of pneumonia.”

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon. Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside,” his family said.

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The actor was equally at home playing rough or aristocratic, with a nice line in unforgettable bad-guy roles as well as Harry Potter’s mentor Dumbledore – who made him a king-like figure in the imaginations of children everywhere

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Of all the classic generation of British and Irish actors who found they had a new lease of world-fame due to recurring roles in the Harry Potter movie franchise, perhaps the most iconic was Michael Gambon, who took over the role of the mysterious, snowy-haired Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore when Richard Harris died in 2002. It put him in charge of the school and at the head of the Hogwarts high table in Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Goblet of Fire (2005), Order of the Phoenix (2007), Half-Blood Prince (2009) and...

Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in the final six Harry Potter movies, has died.

He was 82.

Gambon's family revealed in a statement that he passed away while battling pneumonia.

The statement on behalf of his wife, Lady Gambon, and son, Fergus Gambon, issued by publicist Clair Dobbs, said:

"We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon."

"Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia. Michael was 82."

"We ask that you respect our privacy at this painful time and thank you for your messages of support and love."

Michael was born in Dublin, Ireland, on October 19, 1940.

His mother was a seamstress, and his father was an engineer.

He left school at 15 and began training to be a toolmaker.

At age 21, he was a qualified engineer, but he aspired to act and gave up the profession shortly after.

Stage and screen actor Michael Gambon has died at age 82, with fans and fellow actors alike sharing tributes to the late “Harry Potter” star and protégé of Laurence Olivier on social media.

Per an official statement from Gambon’s family, the Irish actor passed away peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” the statement read, adding that Gambon was a “beloved husband and father. We ask that you respect our privacy at this painful time and thank you for your messages of support and love.”

Gambon was recruited as a contemporary by Olivier to join the National Theatre Company in the 1960s. Later, Gambon was nominated 13 times for an Olivier Award, winning three times including for Arthur Miller’s 1988 play “A View From the Bridge.” Gambon also received...

Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon has passed away at the age of 82 from pneumonia. Sir Michael Gambon is known for playing the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movie franchise, in addition to many other roles. Sir Michael Gambon's wife and son released a statement asking for privacy during this difficult time and expressing gratitude for the messages of support and love.

Harry Potter movie franchise star Sir Michael Gambon has passed away. The iconic Irish and English actor, who was born in Dublin on October 19, 1940, is best known to contemporary audiences as Harry Potter's Albus Dumbledore, the mysterious headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Gambon played the role from 2004's Prisoner of Azkaban through 2011's Deathly Hallows Part 2, replacing original actor Richard Harris when he passed away after filming the first two movies.

Per The Guardian, Sir Michael Gambon has passed away from pneumonia...

Legendary actor Sir Michael Gambon, known for his iconic role as Dumbledore in Harry Potter, has sadly passed away at the age of 82. Gambon had a successful career spanning over six decades, appearing in over 170 TV and movie productions. Some of his notable roles include The King's Speech and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. His portrayal of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise made him widely recognized and beloved. Social media has been filled with tributes from fans and fellow stars mourning his loss. Rest in peace, Sir Michael Gambon.

Legendary actor Sir Michael Gambon, the man who would become known to millions as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise, has sadly died at the age of 82. The Irish actor, whose illustrious career lasted over six decades and included roles on stage and screen, was reported to have passed away peacefully following a bout of pneumonia.

In a...

Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who spent decades performing on-screen and on-stage, has died.

Per the Associated Press, Gambon's publicist has confirmed that the actor died following a bout of pneumonia. A statement was also released by his family, which noted, "We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon. Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside."

Gambon began his acting career working on stage as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre alongside Laurence Olivier; he'd go on to win three Olivier Awards with another ten nominations. For his on-screen work, he'd won two Screen Actors Guild Awards and four BAFTA Awards. He was nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Play with his role in his Broadway debut Skylight in 1997, and earned two Emmy nominations for Path to War and Emma.

Michael Gambon, the veteran Irish-English actor of stage and screen known internationally for his role as Professor Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films, died Thursday in hospital after a bout of pneumonia. He was 82.

A statement issued by the actor’s publicist Clair Dobbs said, “We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon.”

“Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia. Michael was 82. We ask that you respect our privacy at this painful time and thank you for your messages of support and love.”

In recent years, Gambon was best known internationally for the role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, which he played from 2004-11 after replacing the late Richard Harris.

Michael Gambon and Daniel Radcliffe in 2005’s ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...

Michael Gambon, a protégé of Laurence Olivier and giant of the British stage who portrayed Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, apparently with little effort, in the final six Harry Potter movies, has died. He was 82.

“The Great Gambon,” as Ralph Richardson once called him, died “peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia,” according to a family statement provided Thursday by a publicist.

Among the first group of actors recruited by Olivier for the National Theatre Company in the early 1960s, Gambon, a Dublin native, was nominated 13 times for an Olivier Award, winning in 1986 and ’90 for Alan Ayckbourn’s A Chorus of Disapproval and Man of the Moment, respectively, and in 1988 for Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge.

He received another one for his turn as a recently widowed businessman trying to reunite with his former mistress in Skylight,...

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,...

Gambon appeared as Albus Dumbledore in six ‘Harry Potter’ films.

Michael Gambon, the Irish-English actor who excelled in Shakespeare productions and found later acclaim as Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died aged 82.

Gambon died in hospital following a bout of pneumonia.

A statement issued on behalf of his wife Anne Gambon and their son Fergus Gambon read,

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon. Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia. Michael was 82. We ask that...

“Essential Truths of the Lake” is the last thing most people would expect from Lav Diaz: a direct follow-up to his previous film, “When the Waves Are Gone.” It’s not a sequel, per se (this one actually comes earlier), but they are connected, with a third movie featuring the same disillusioned police detective in the works.

The Filipino filmmaker, whose pokey social critiques run anywhere from three to 11 hours, established the character of Lt. Hermes Papauran (John Lloyd Cruz) in “Waves.” Described there as “arguably the greatest Filipino investigator ever,” he’s Diaz’s version of “The Singing Detective”: a tortured enforcer afflicted with a skin condition that reflects on the surface the conflict and cynicism roiling within him. He’s a good cop in a corrupt country, furious with how Rodrigo Duterte mishandled the war on drugs.

It’s a basic rule of dramaturgy that it...

U.S. actor Robin Wright will be awarded the President’s Award at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s closing ceremony. In honor of Wright, it will screen “The Princess Bride.”

Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five Screen Actors Guild award nominations for the show, and received five consecutive Emmy nominations.

In 2017, Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in “Blade Runner 2049,” and Amazon warrior General Antiope in “Justice League” and Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman.” The following year, she reprised her role as Antiope in “Wonder Woman 1984.” She will be seen this Fall starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown in the fantasy film “Damsel,” and co-starring with Tom Hanks in “Here,” directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe and a SAG, came as early as 1995 for her...

This year’s Cannes Film Festival could be a defining moment for Johnny Depp’s acting career comeback. Jeanne du Barry will open this year’s festival on the evening of May 16 in a coup for Depp and widely known French multihyphenate Maïwenn. The period royal drama stars Depp as King Louis Xv, while Maïwenn plays the titular character in addition to directing.

The following day, Depp will participate in the festival’s official press conference for Jeanne du Barry, according to sources familiar with his schedule.

The various events — as well as the movie itself — will provide a chance for Hollywood to assess Depp’s current composure. “I haven’t seen the movie, but it feels like was a good way for him [Depp] to get into back into everything,” says a veteran specialty distributor.

Jeanne du Barry will open in theaters in France timed to its Cannes debut, but...

Alison Steadman has reflected on filming the first lesbian kiss on British television in the 1974 BBC drama, Girl.

The scene saw Steadman and Myra Frances’s military officers share an intimate moment in the then-controversial drama about gay women in the army.

Speaking in a new reader interview in The Guardian, Steadman, 76, said: “I remember being very nervous about the whole thing. Then I got over it. Then I was worried about how my parents, who lived in a quiet suburban area of Liverpool, would cope.

“I thought, ‘My poor mum! The neighbours will be whispering, “Did you see your daughter on television?”’ By the time we came to record, this great director [Peter Gill] didn’t make a fuss and said, ‘So this is the bit where they kiss … All right, quick kiss, let’s carry on.’

“I was just nervous about people’s reactions. But my mum was great,...

Paramount+ is not just the home of the Taylor Sheridan universe, it has also quietly assembled one of the best film libraries of any of the streaming services. Look no further than the list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March, which includes prestige dramas like “12 Years a Slave” and “Last of the Mohicans,” iconic thrillers like “The Sixth Sense,” “The Rock” and “Crimson Tide,” delightful rom-coms like “Kate & Leopold” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and other classics like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “Galaxy Quest.”

And that’s not to mention the new originals premiering in March: Kiefer Sutherland plays a corporate espionage operative framed for murder in “Rabbit Hole,” while “School Spirits” follows a high school teen who suddenly discovers she’s dead and still haunting her school.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ in March 2023 below.

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Cinematographer Tom Richmond, whose résumé included work on such films as Stand and Deliver, Killing Zoe, Little Odessa, Slums of Beverly Hills and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, has died. He was 72.

Richmond died Friday in New York City, Anthony Jannelli, head of cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, told The Hollywood Reporter (Richmond also taught at NYU). The cause of death was not immediately available.

Richmond, who was the director of photography on nearly four dozen features, also shot Keenan Ivory Wayans’ I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Scott Silver’s Johns (1996), Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) and Todd Solondz’s Palindromes (2004).

He won the best cinematography prize at Sundance in 2006 for his work on Right at Your Door, a drama about a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs.

He received Spirit Award nominations for Stand & Deliver...

Jon Amiel to direct from script by David Chisholm.

Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights for Mace starring starring James Franco from Meyers Media Group and will commence sales in Cannes next week.

Jon Amiel will direct from a script by David Chisholm two very different types of cops. Franco will play veteran officer Mace, a corrupt and dangerously unhinged man, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes he can change the from within.

Inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods risks everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the...

James Franco is set to star in action thriller Mace from The Singing Detective helmer Jon Amiel.

The title, which is the first production from Meyers Media Group, follows the story of two very different kinds of cops. Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. Inspired by the racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mace, risking everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes.

Amiel directs from a script written by David Chisholm while Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides will produce. Brendan McDonald and Kirk D’Amico will serve as exec producer with Jonathan Tybel as an associate producer.

As he stars alongside Olivia Colman in a drama about the Mansfield Murders, the actor talks about his discomfort with Naked, doing night shoots with Julie Walters – and growing old grotesquely

David Thewlis, speaking by Zoom from his home in the Berkshire village of Sunningdale, has set his screen at a jaunty angle. His manner is equable, nerdy, eager to please. Nothing like what you’d expect, in other words – unless you had watched Landscapers, a new four-part TV drama in which Thewlis stars opposite Olivia Colman. Perhaps he’s one of those actors who doesn’t de-role until he’s on to the next character.

Landscapers is true crime, in so far as the protagonists are Susan and Christopher Edwards, the so-called Mansfield Murderers convicted in 2014 of killing Susan’s parents and burying them in the garden 15 years before. Yet it is absolutely nothing like true crime. It jumps through time and genre,...

Jimmy Rich, who was Robert Downey Jr.’s longtime personal assistant, died in a car crash Wednesday night. He was 52 and his death was announced by Downey on his Instagram page.

Rich had been working with Downey since 2003, joining him on the set of 2003’s The Singing Detective. They would go on to work together 22 more times, including on all of Downey’s Marvel films, according to Rich’s IMDb page.

“This is not news,” Downey wrote on his Instagram page today. “This is a terrible and shocking tragedy. Jimmy Rich was in a fatal car accident at approx. 8pm yesterday. He was a brother, my right hand man, an uncle to our kids and beloved by all who experienced his singular character and wit.. our thoughts go to his relatives, friends, co-workers, and all the fans who knew him as the man who supported every step of my recovery,...

Jimmy Rich, who served as Robert Downey Jr.’s assistant since 2003, has died. He was 52.

Downey, 56, shared the news of the “terrible and shocking tragedy” on his Instagram page, where he revealed Rich was in a fatal car accident on Monday night around 8 p.m. The pair first worked together on 2003’s “The Singing Detective,” where Downey starred alongside Mel Gibson as detective novelist Dan Dark. In total, Rich served as Downey’s assistant on 22 feature-length projects, including every Marvel film with Tony Stark.

“This is not news,” Downey wrote. “This is a terrible and shocking tragedy. Jimmy Rich was in a fatal car accident at approx. 8pm yesterday. He was a brother, my right hand man, an uncle to our kids and beloved by all who experienced his singular character and wit.. our thoughts go to his relatives, friends, co-workers, and all the fans who knew him as the...

“He was a brother, my right hand man, an uncle to our kids and beloved by all,” Downey wrote

Jimmy Rich, longtime assistant to Robert Downey Jr., died at the age of 52 on Wednesday, after a fatal car crash. Downey Jr. posted the news to his Instagram, noting that “This is not news. This is a terrible and shocking tragedy.”

Rich and Downey Jr. began their friendship long before the MCU came around — Rich is credited as Downey’s assistant on every one of his films dating all the way back to “The Singing Detective” in 2003. That year marked the beginning of Downey’s road to sobriety after his much-publicized battles with drug and alcohol use. In the post, Downey hailed Rich as “the man who supported every step of my recovery, life and career.”

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The partnership between Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel Studios turned out to be more beneficial to both parties than either could have possibly imagined, especially when it all started with a huge level of risk and a giant leap of faith.

Just four years before he was cast as Tony Stark, Downey Jr. couldn’t even mount a comeback because nobody would insure him, with close friend Mel Gibson putting his hand in his own pocket so the troubled talent could take the lead role in The Singing Detective, while 40% of his salary for Gothika was withheld until shooting had finished just in case he went off the rails again.

Meanwhile, Marvel had grown weary of watching Hollywood earn billion from their characters, so the startup studio took out a $525 million loan in order to fund their own slate of movies, with 33 year-old Kevin Feige named President of Production in...

It’s both cynical and mostly accurate to observe that if you want to tell a story of disability or physical/mental impairment on the big or small screen, your chances are improved if there’s a mystery involved. It’s a format that has yielded stone-cold classics (BBC’s The Singing Detective), negligible duds (The CW’s In the Dark) and everything in-between, the spoonful of genre sugar that gives storytellers a structure and marketing executives a selling point.

That’s not, of course, to say that projects like Masterpiece’s Elizabeth Is Missing are pandering. The adaptation of Emma Healey’...

It’s both cynical and mostly accurate to observe that if you want to tell a story of disability or physical/mental impairment on the big or small screen, your chances are improved if there’s a mystery involved. It’s a format that has yielded stone-cold classics (BBC’s The Singing Detective), negligible duds (The CW’s In the Dark) and everything in-between, the spoonful of genre sugar that gives storytellers a structure and marketing executives a selling point.

That’s not, of course, to say that projects like Masterpiece’s Elizabeth Is Missing are pandering. The adaptation of Emma Healey’...

If it wasn’t for his brief yet critically acclaimed Golden Globe winning guest stint on Ally McBeal, there’s every chance Robert Downey Jr. could have faded into total obscurity at the turn of the 21st Century, even if his personal demons ended up getting him fired from the show. After all, despite finally cleaning himself up in the summer of 2003, nobody was willing to take a chance and resuscitate his big screen career.

It was longtime friend Mel Gibson who provided the platform for a comeback, though, after he paid Rdj’s insurance bond so he could play the lead role in that year’s The Singing Detective, and a month later he took second billing behind Halle Berry in psychological horror Gothika. As a precaution, however, producer Joel Silver had it written into the actor’s contract that he wouldn’t get paid the final 40% of his...

Robert Downey Jr. knows better than most how it feels to hit rock bottom, with the actor once lauded as one of the finest young talents in the industry before succumbing to his personal demons, leaving his career lying in tatters after a series of highly publicized drug-related arrests and stints in rehab rendered him uninsurable to all of the major studios.

However, having overcome his problems and mounted a minor comeback, Downey Jr. was instantly launched towards the very top of the Hollywood A-list in 2008 thanks to his casting as Tony Stark, and the perfect marriage of actor and character saw Iron Man become a massive box office success as well as one of the most important and influential blockbusters ever made.

The 55 year-old is well aware of the benefits that a second chance can provide, and he got his own from the most unexpected of places when Mel Gibson...

Dame Vera Lynn, the British singer and actress who was known as the “forces’ sweetheart,” has died at the age of 103.

Her family confirmed her death on Thursday, saying they were “deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers.”

Lynn is best known for performing the song We’ll Meet Again, which was made famous during World War II for boosting the morale of British troops and was recently evoked by Queen Elizabeth II to rally the nation in an address on the coronavirus crisis.

The song has appeared in countless movie and TV soundtracks, including Hellboy, Stranger Things and The Singing Detective. Lynn also featured in three films in the 1940s, including One Exciting Night and We’ll Meet Again, and presented BBC variety show Vera Lynn Presents in the 1960s.

BBC director general Tony Hall said: “She demonstrated how music and entertainment can bring joy in the most challenging times.

Music? Great. TV shows? Great. Musical TV shows? Buddy, now we're cooking with gas! If you've been needing some new binge-worthy shows in your life, and want those binge sessions to come stacked with catchy-ass tunes to get stuck in your head, look no further. While the history of the musical television show is still not as long and experimental as, say, the history of the musical film, there are still plenty of options to choose from, and plenty of honorable mentions left off this list (shout-outs to The Singing Detective, Tenacious D, and Nashville …...

Showtime is saying goodbye to a number of titles in April.

The network announced a list of movies that are set to disappear throughout next month.

The 2015 horror film The Hallow will be the first title taken off on April 4, followed by Nowhere Boy on April 8. Jake Gyllenhaal starrer Jarhead will say goodbye on April 11, while films such as District 9 and Gangster Land will depart on April 14. 

Other pics such as Cabin Fever; Frank Miller's Sin City; Girl, Interrupted; Hotel Artemis; Made of Honor; Rambo; The Singing Detective; Stone; This Isn't Funny; Timeline; and Total Recall will disappear on April 30. 

Though a ...

Showtime is saying goodbye to a number of titles in April.

The network announced a list of movies that are set to disappear throughout next month.

The 2015 horror film The Hallow will be the first title taken off on April 4, followed by Nowhere Boy on April 8. Jake Gyllenhaal starrer Jarhead will say goodbye on April 11, while films such as District 9 and Gangster Land will depart on April 14. 

Other pics such as Cabin Fever; Frank Miller's Sin City; Girl, Interrupted; Hotel Artemis; Made of Honor; Rambo; The Singing Detective; Stone; This Isn't Funny; Timeline; and Total Recall will disappear on April 30. 

Though a ...

Scottish director Bill Forsyth has a strange way, one for which audiences should be eternally grateful, of delivering a symphony of melancholy notes which register in his movies with a sort of blithe exhilaration instead of the customary patina of hopelessness they perhaps might otherwise be subject to in the hands of another filmmaker. One senses the discomfort, the confusion, the weariness some of Forsyth’s characters experience without feeling overwhelmed by them, and he infuses his best films with such lyrical, unexpected, transformative beauty that it’d be almost impossible to leave them with anything other than an entirely bearable lightness of being; suffocating ennui is not on this filmmaker’s palette.

Pauline Kael said of Forsyth’s much-beloved Local Hero (1983) that the picture was “like one of those lovely Elizabethan songs that are full of tra-la-la-la-la-las,” a quality that most appreciate about the film but that some use...

Just before the credits roll on Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn,” a dame looks up to her unlikely protector and sighs, “It’s funny how things turn out.” She’s referring to the mystery that has preoccupied us for the previous two hours and change — a sprawling, ambitious tale of murder, blackmail and corruption in mid-century New York to rival “Chinatown” in its complexity, if not necessarily that brain-bender’s elegance or appeal — but she could just as easily be speaking of the journey Jonathan Lethem’s novel took en route to the screen.

“Brooklyn,” in this case, is the nickname for Lionel Essrog, aka “Freakshow,” a man with Tourette syndrome whose spontaneous tics and off-color verbal outbursts can prove embarrassing in public, but serve him well in the employ of a professional snoop named Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). For an actor like Norton, who’s made a career of...

[Editor’s note: The following contains mild spoilers for “Russian Doll” Season 1.]

It takes eight episodes of repeatedly dying for Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) to learn how to live. That’s the basic premise of “Russian Doll,” the new existential Netflix dramedy created by Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland.

Directed by Lyonne, Headland, and “But I’m A Cheerleader” helmer Jamie Babbit, the show boasts a compelling supporting cast, including Chloe Sevigny, Elizabeth Ashley, Rebecca Henderson, and Charlie Barnett as Alan, another person who shares Nadia’s complicated relationship with life and death. But more importantly, it’s filled with huge ideas came from years of big sky conversations between friends.

For Lyonne, “Russian Doll” is a deeply personal story that reflects her complicated relationship with living in this world. As she told IndieWire, “Big and small, we’re constantly struggling with that dynamic of ‘How do I go on participating in life?’ It’s kind of a moment-to-moment choice to not...

Ben Affleck’s future playing Batman on the big screen may be over — in part because the cost of insuring him may have gotten too steep, multiple industry insiders told TheWrap.

The actor, a recovering alcoholic who checked himself into rehab last week for the third time in the last two decades and the second time in just over a year, may have priced himself out of a pricey tentpole studio movie like Warner Bros.’ upcoming “The Batman.”

“More than likely the studio will replace him because the insurance costs are going to go through the roof,” a representative for a completion bond company told TheWrap.

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“He would be bondable, but the deductible would be really high, probably the budget of the film,” the bond company insider added.

The bond company insider said insurers...