A trio of Oscar favorites are about to take a deep dive into history. Kerry Condon is the latest actor to join Anthony Maras’ “Pressure” which will begin shooting in the U.K. next month. The Working Title and StudioCanal title also features Emmy nominee Andrew Scott and Oscar winner Brendan Fraser.

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The World War II drama is the true story of the United Kingdom’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg (Scott), who was responsible for keeping Dwight D.

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Andrew Scott is in a career renaissance right now thanks to “All Of Us Strangers“ and “Ripley,” and it looks like it’ll continue in 2025 thanks to the actor’s casting in “Wake Up Dead Man,” the next “Knives Out” mystery. But it’s another upcoming project that may put Scott into next year’s Golden Globe/Oscars hunt.

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It may not seem like there is a lot to celebrate in Hollywood these days, but the 2024 Emmy Awards nominations provided joy for many this morning. “Shogun” and “The Bear” were some of the major winners in nomination totals And Netflix topped competitor HBO/Max with the most nominations overall with 107. But, leave it to Larry David to provide the most blunt reaction to his own Emmy Haul.

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It has begun. We are now in the stage of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” where a new cast member is announced each day or so. Yesterday, we shared that Cailee Spaeny and Josh O’Connor have been added. And now, we got another big name joining Rian Johnson’s ensemble cast.

READ MORE: ‘Wake Up Dead Man’: Josh O’Connor & Cailee Spaeny Join The Cast Of The Next ‘Knives Out’ Film

According to Deadline, Andrew Scott is the newest member of the “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” cast.

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When is an already well-distinguished artist arguably underrated and still overdue for further and greater recognition? Well, 71-year-old writer/director Steven Zaillian, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter (“Schindler’s List”) and five-time nominee (“Moneyball,” “The Irishman”), is already regarded as one of the most celebrated screenwriters on the planet. Yet, following the release of the fabulous “Ripley,” his striking and haunting new Netflix series— not to mention in addition to his excellent and deeply undervalued 2016 series, “The Night Of” starring Riz Ahmed— Zaillian’s filmmaking career recognition merits an ascension to the level of venerated master.

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Author Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and all the subsequent novels are obviously huge in the literary canon of crime and psychological thrillers. The books have been adapted for the screen several times, perhaps most famously in “Purple Noon” (1960) starring Alain Delon and perhaps the much-more famous “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (1999), starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman (what cast).

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How far can an obsession go? “Ripley” focuses on a ’60s conman whose fascination leads to deadly results. The Netflix series is yet another adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s popular Tom Ripley novels. Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian heads up the project — writing and directing all episodes. Filming in black and white offers a stylish touch that evokes classic noir titles. For Zallian, the decision came from a single picture.

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I was only a few moments into my conversation with Andrew Scott when a look of puzzlement came on his face. And that’s when I realized, “Oh, no I’d spoiled the ‘Drag Race UK’ season, er, series 5 winner for him.” Granted, it had been almost two weeks since the finale and as a publically avid “Drag Race” fan, I just assumed he would have watched it. Especially considering his “All of Us Strangers” director, Andrew Haigh, was catching up every week.

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There was one last critics’s group to give their say on the top films and performances of 2023, the National Society of Film Critics, and they didn’t disappoint. In a mild surprise, the NSFC picked Celine Song’s “Past Lives” as Best Picture in a weighted voting system ahead of Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” The A24 release premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival almost a year ago.

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We often wax effusive about movies, their meaning, their craft, their intention, how they are sculpted and shaped, but sometimes we forget about the director’s mantra: that casting is everything and we arguably sometimes take for granted how some movies that seem so perfect, may not work at all without the actors and performers at their center.

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2023 was a great year for movies, see our Best Films Of 2023 list, but let’s be real, so many of these movies were make or break based on their performances.

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Has any series in recent memory taken as long to get to the screen as “Ripley,” the new Tom Ripley/Patricia Highsmith adaptation from Oscar-winning writer/director/producer Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List,” “Moneyball,” “The Irishman”). The most recent iteration of this project, starring Andrew Scott from “Fleabag” and this year’s critically-acclaimed, “All of Us Strangers,” was first announced in 2019.

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From acclaimed British filmmaker Andrew Haigh, known for “Weekend,” “45 Years,” “Lean on Pete,” and most recently, the BBC series, “The North Water,” his latest film is the heralded love story/family drama/quasi ghost story, “All Of Us Strangers.”

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Starring the stellar cast of Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy, one wants to tread lightly when discussing the film to avoid spoiling it; the drama centers on a lonely screenwriter (Scott) drawn back to his childhood home.

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Andrew Haigh’s latest movie, “All of Us Strangers,” is poised to be a massive awards contender this year. After the incredible acclaim of some of Haigh’s past efforts, like “45 Years” and “Weekend,” the filmmaker looks like he has another critical darling this year. And before making its way to theaters in December, the movie travels the Fall film festival circuit, which started with its world premiere at the Telluride.

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You might be asking, where has British filmmaker Andrew Haigh been, and the answer is right here and under your nose. While he hasn’t made a feature-length film since 2017’s English coming-of-age movie, “Lean On Pete,” starring Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny and Travis Fimmel, he was right back on it in 2021 with The BBC miniseries “The North Water” starring Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell and Stephen Graham.

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“Catherine Called Birdy” is Lena Dunham’s second feature film of 2022, and they present a striking study in contrasts. “Sharp Stick” is a provocative and occasionally cringe-y examination of contemporary mores, particularly regarding sexuality—in other words, exactly what you’d expect from a Lena Dunham movie. “Birdy,” on the other hand, is a period piece based on a book and rated PG-13; it feels like a movie made as a conscious effort to prove that she’s more than you think.

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Writer/director/producer/actor Lena Dunham has had a couple of quiet years. Maybe that’s because she became Internet persona non grata from oversharing on social media and perhaps including a little bit too many TMI personal details in her books. Whether she deserved that online abuse or not (and look, people usually go too far), she’s back and back with a vengeance in 2022.

READ MORE: ‘Sharp Stick’: Lena Dunham Talks Sex, Diane Keaton & Her Provocative New Coming Of Age Fairytale

Dunham’s already had one film arrive this year, the coming-of-sexual-age comedy “Sharp Stick” starring Kristine Froseth, that premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and it just came out in limited release over a week ago.

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Andrew Haigh surprised everyone with his last project, BBC‘s “The North Water,” a grisly adaptation of a novel about the doomed crew on a whaling vessel in the Arctic. Critics loved the show, but it’s quite a departure from Haigh’s understated earlier work, like 2011’s queer festival darling “Weekend” or 2015’s “45 Years.”

READ MORE: ‘The North Water’: Andrew Haigh’s Brutal Whaling Drama WIth Colin Farrell & Jack O’Connell Is Relentless, Yet Captivating [Review]

But “Strangers,” Haigh’s next movie, looks more in line with those films.

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Best known for the HBO series “Girls,” Lena Dunham is making a name for herself as a filmmaker with films such as her recent Sundance entry “Sharp Stick” which was reviewed by The Playlist in January, and the upcoming film “Catherine Called Birdy.”

The latter is a PG-13 period comedy at Amazon Prime Video with an interesting British cast that consists of Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper (“Doctor Who“), Andrew Scott (“Fleabag,” “Spectre“), Joe Alwyn (“The Favourite“), Ralph Ineson (“The Witch“), Dean-Charles Chapman (“1917“), and with Dunham also taking a role.

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Based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford, Emily Mortimer’s “The Pursuit of Love” is a breezy, swirling look at the romantic lives of two upper-crust British cousins in between WWI and WWII. The first of three novels featuring the two characters, this miniseries adaptation keeps the format of the novels as Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) narrates the story, focusing mostly on the romantic adventures of her beloved cousin Linda Radlett (Lily James).

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While it’s already premiered in the U.K., the BBC‘s romantic drama, “The Pursuit of Love,” is coming to Amazon this summer. There’s great talent attached to this one too. The miniseries was written and directed by Emily Mortimer based on the novel of the same name by Nancy Mitford, and it stars Lily James (“Rebecca,” “Baby Driver“) and Emily Beecham (“Little Joe,” “Cruella“).

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To say there is bad blood between Israel and Palestine is a gross understatement. For decades, the two sides have been battling each other with seemingly no end in sight. But in the upcoming HBO film, “Oslo,” we see how secret behind-the-scenes meetings led to the first real peace talks between the two sides.

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As seen in the trailer for “Oslo,” the film tells the story of the secret meetings that happened in Norway between a group of Israelis and Palestinians that led to the creation of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords.

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In the face of conflict, they sought peace. What’s the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords? In 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Negotiator Mahmoud Abbas signed a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, commonly referred to as the “Oslo Accord,” at the White House. The accords eventually collapsed in 1996 after Rabin’s assassination by an Israeli who opposed the Oslo Accords on religious grounds, but “Oslo,” a new HBO political thriller, is about the road to those accords.

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Believe it or not, it’s been more than a decade since Lena Dunham broke out with her feature film, “Tiny Furniture.” And since then, she has yet to follow up with another feature film. However, that appears to be changing, as she begins casting the upcoming project, “Catherine, Called Birdy.”

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According to dependable U.K.

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You’ve probably noticed that Comic-Con has been dominated by television in recent years, perhaps even challenging movie’s dominance at the festival. Given, COVID-19 has thrown movies for a loop, more than television series’ that can be seen at home, this phenomenon remains true for 2020. Today, during HBO and BBC’s “His Dark Materials,” Comic-Con@ Home panel, the first official trailer for the upcoming second season of the fantasy drama series was revealed.

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In a night where three awards resulted in ties and a ton of winners didn’t show up, the Critics Choice Association handed out the 2020 Critics Choice Awards top honor, Best Picture, to “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.”  “Joker’s” Joaquin Phoenix took Best Actor while Renee Zellweger won Best Actress for “Judy.”  Bong Joon Ho and Sam Mendes tied for Best Director for “Parasite” and “1917” respectfully.

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