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The AMC Networks December 2024 schedule has been announced and includes the annual programming event, “Best Christmas Ever.” The company’s suite of targeted streaming services will deliver a festive lineup of holiday programming.

Subscribers can look forward to the new film Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point; Shudder’s exclusive streaming debut of holiday horror film A Creature Was Stirring; an all-new original Shudder special, Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage; and Acorn TV’s The Chelsea Detective Christmas Special; plus AMC+ will debut two new Yule logs for The Walking Dead and Anne Rice fans.

The month also features a trio of exclusive new series from Sundance Now, including mystery thriller White Lies starring Natalie Dormer, period drama The Newsreader starring Sam Reid (Interview with the Vampire) and Anna Torv (Fringe), and stranger-than-fiction documentary Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness & The Hare Krishnas, among other new series, films and specials.

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in December 2024. The Acorn TV December 2024 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The December schedule includes The Chelsea Detective Season 3 Christmas special, Dalgliesh Season 3, Darby and Joan Season 2, and more.

Dalgliesh Season 3 Acorn TV December 2024 Highlights

Dalgliesh Season 3 (Acorn TV Original Series) – The New Season Premieres Monday, December 2; Two Episodes Premiere Every Monday Until the Season Finale on December 16

Based on three of the novels from P.D. James’ bestselling murder mystery series, “Adam Dalgliesh Mystery,” with Bertie Carvel reprising his role as the enigmatic titular investigator.

Season 3 is made up of three distinct mysteries, each two episodes long — set in 1979 on the cusp of Margaret Thatcher’s victory and sees Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Carvel) take on three highly sensitive cases – from a...

George R.R. Martin is teasing a project with Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams.

The author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the fantasy novel that inspired the HBO drama series created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, hinted he was working with Williams on something.

“We also got together with Maisie Williams for pizza and pasta, and talked about — well, no, better not get into that, do not want to jinx it,” Martin wrote in his blog as he recounted his travels in London. “But it could be so much fun.”

Martin didn’t specify what the project with Williams was about or whether it involved a Game of Thrones sequel. Williams played Arya Stark throughout the show’s eight-season run on HBO.

HBO head Casey Bloys commented earlier in the day on how it to work with Martin on the multiple projects set in the Game of Thrones universe.

Dalgliesh has its premiere date. Season three of the British detective series will arrive in December, and Acorn TV has released a trailer teasing the show's return.

Bertie Carvel, Carlyss Peer, and Alistair Brammer star in the Dalgliesh series, which is based on the novels by P.D. James. Set in the mid-1970s, the crime drama follows Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Carvel) and his team as they investigate crimes.

Anton Lesser, Lloyd Owen, Claire Goose, Liz White, Adam James, Richard Lintern, Ellora Torchia, Parth Thakerar, Soni Razdan, and Josie Walker will be guest stars this season.

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Bertie Carvel’s ever-sharp Dci Adam Dalgliesh returns to Acorn TV this December 2, and this time, he’s not just cracking cases – he’s taking charge behind the camera. Season 3 of Dalgliesh features three fresh two-part mysteries adapted from P.D. James’ novels, each richly evoking the mood of late-1970s Britain. From the hushed halls of […]

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The adaptations business is alive and well at MIPCOM, the international television market, running Oct. 21-24 in Cannes, with new local versions of hit procedurals Monk and Doctor Foster in the works.

Banijay Asia and Disney+ Hotstar have unveiled an Indian adaptation of Monk, NBCUniversal’s iconic comedy crime detective series, while BBC Studios Global Entertainment has revealed a new Greek adaptation of its award-winning drama Doctor Foster.

The Indian Monk marks the first Asian adaptation of the series, the original of which starred Tony Shalhoub and ran for eight seasons on USA Network, and only the second worldwide, following a Turkish version. The series will stream exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar and Hulu.

Deepak Dhar, CEO of Banijay Asia, said he was confident the adaptation will resonate with Indian audiences, pointing to Banijay Asia’s previous successful adaptations of The Good Wife and The Night Manager.

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What Do We Know About the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? More than you may think. The Game of Thrones prequel series is the second new project set in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy realm of Westeros and the first to exist as a limited series. With multiple Game of Thrones projects in development based on existing source material, we have some solid details about this show. So, let’s dive in and take a look at what we know about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

The series will be based on multiple stories and novellas.

Set between House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is based on the novellas collectively known as The Tales of Dunk and Egg. Focused on a smaller scale narrative compared to the epic series that came before it, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms...

Alas, the end of 2024 is drawing closer, and another Game of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, waits in the wings of 2025.

This particular prequel is an exciting prospect for the keen and savvy book readers out there.

Given what we know of the books, Max’s latest outing (Max is on a roll heading into 2025) should easily develop into a multi-series story.

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There are three books in the Dunk and Egg series (the nicknames given to two of the story’s primary characters), and their story is set some hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones.

In fact, Dunk (short for Duncan) interacted with one of the characters every Game of Thrones viewer is familiar with.

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Seven actors have joined the cast of the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series, including an actor to play Daeron Targaryen. Henry Ashton is taking on the role, which has been mentioned but not seen in House of the Dragon on HBO. By the time of Knight, the character is called Daeron the Drunken and is known for having prophetic dreams.

The new additions will join the previously revealed cast of Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol, Finn Bennett, Bertie Carvel, Tanzyn Crawford, Daniel Ings, and Sam Spruell. These two Game of Thrones prequel series are set 100 years apart, so viewers will likely see different people and characters in the timeline.

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The cast for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – the latest Game of Thrones spinoff series – is starting to come together.

The new series, which is set between the events of GoT and House of the Dragon, entered production earlier this summer in Belfast, Ireland.

On Thursday (August 8), seven stars joined the project, and their roles have been revealed. The new round of casting has introduced us to the star who will play a new Daeron Targaryen.

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According to reporting by Variety, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will feature Edward Ashley as Ser Steffon Fossoway, Henry Ashton as Daeron Targaryen, Youssef Kerkour as Steely Pete, Daniel Monks as Ser Manfred Donadrrion, Shaun Thomas as Raymun Fossoway, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Plummer and Danny Webb as Ser Arlan of Pennytree.

The new stars join the cast, which includes Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell, Finn Bennett,...

Updated with the Latest: First–look footage has been released for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms alongside HBO’s upcoming slate of shows such as The Last of Us, The White Lotus and And Just Like That.

In April 2023, HBO announced it had ordered the show, tentatively titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Ordered to series in April 2023, the prequel is based on novellas written by George R.R. Martin. During the Warner Bros. Discovery February, 2024 earnings call, CEO David Zaslov revealed the prequel is currently in preproduction.

What is A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms about?

“A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg,” reads the logline. “Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the memory of...

HBO is rounding out cast for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, George R.R. Martin’s six-episode Game of Thrones prequel series, an adaptation of his novella The Hedge Knight, adding Edward Ashley (Masters of the Air), Henry Ashton, Youssef Kerkour (House of Gucci); Daniel Monks (Kaos); Shaun Thomas (How To Have Sex), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Infinity War) and Danny Webb.

They join previously announced Peter Claffey as Dunk; Dexter Sol Ansell as Egg; Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen; Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle; Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon and Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen.

Ashley will play Ser Steffon Fossoway; Ashton portrays Daeron Targaryen; Kerkour is Steely Pate, Monks will play Ser Manfred Dondarrion, Thomas portrays Raymun Fossoway; Vaughan-Lawler is Plummer and Webb portrays Ser Arlan of Pennytree.

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HBO’s latest Game of Thrones prequel sure is filling up its tournament rolls.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has cast several more actors in its forthcoming first season, TVLine has learned. Among them are Edward Ashley (The Terror, Masters of the Air), who’ll play Ser Steffon Fossoway; Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (the Avengers films, Dublin Murders), who’ll play Plummer; and Henry Ashton (My Lady Jane, Outlander), who’ll play Daeron Targaryen — a relative of the one you’ve heard about in the most recent season of House of the Dragon.

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Westeros is getting some new faces.

The “Game of Thrones” spinoff “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” has added seven new cast members.

The HBO series has cast Edward Ashley (“Masters of the Air”) as Ser Steffon Fossoway, Henry Ashton (“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” and “My Lady Jane”) as Daeron Targaryen, Youssef Kerkour (“House of Gucci”) as Steely Pate, Daniel Monks (Netflix’s upcoming film “Kaos”) as Ser Manfred Dondarrion, Shaun Thomas (“How to Have Sex”) as Raymun Fossoway, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (“Avengers: Infinity War”) as Plummer and Danny Webb (HBO’s “The Regime” and “The Dig”) as Ser Arlan of Pennytree. For fans who recently finished Season 2 of “House of the Dragon,” the Daeron in “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is different than the one in the prequel series — just like how there are multiple Aegons in Westeros history.

They join stars Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan...

HBO has released the first teaser for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a highly anticipated prequel to Game of Thrones. The teaser was unveiled alongside previews for The Last of Us Season 2 and The White Lotus Season 3. This seven-second clip offers a glimpse into the pre-Game of Thrones era, featuring a first look at Ser Duncan the Tall, portrayed by Peter Claffey.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms* is set to premiere on June 15, 2025. The spin-off series, set 100 years after House of the Dragon and a century before Game of Thrones, was first teased by HBO in June, though the exact release date was not disclosed until now. The teaser aired ahead of the House of the Dragon Season 2 finale on Sunday.

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The official logline for the series confirms that the show...

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Max ha publicado un nuevo spot que ofrece un vistazo exclusivo a varias de sus series más esperadas, incluida la nueva serie del universo de Juego de tronos, El caballero de los siete reinos, basada en los libros de George R.R. Martin.

La trama nos transporta un siglo antes de los acontecimientos de Juego de tronos, presentándonos a dos héroes improbables que recorren Poniente: Ser Duncan el Alto (Peter Claffey), un joven caballero valiente pero ingenuo, y su astuto y diminuto escudero, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell). Ambientada en una época en la que el linaje Targaryen aún ostenta el Trono de Hierro y el recuerdo del último dragón aún no ha desaparecido de la memoria viva, grandes destinos, poderosos enemigos y peligrosas hazañas aguardan a estos improbables e incomparables amigos.

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All The Game Of Thrones Spinoffs. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

HBO’s fantasy show, Game of Thrones, has undoubtedly left its footprint on the industry and we are not expecting it to leave anytime soon. The show, which ended in 2019 still holds much influence on its fans with the stories of Westeros, dragons, Iron Throne, and a lot of Houses. As its prequel series, House of the Dragon has already aired the first season, instantly getting renewed for another season which is airing currently, the original show may never stop working on releasing the stories of the different eras regarding Westeros’ history. Thanks to the rich detailing of the story, several other projects are under-development or in talks to further explore stories from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. Let’s talk about the spinoffs that will take the viewers to a deeper history of Westeros and beyond.

“The Crown” concluded its six-season run in December after charting the life and career of Queen Elizabeth II over several decades. Now the series enters the 2024 Emmy race with 30 total submissions across the ballots that the television academy made publicly available. That excludes VFX races where “a panel comprised of voting members from the Special Visual Effects Peer Group will prescreen all submissions to determine the nominations,” as per the academy’s new rules. Scroll down to see all of “The Crown’s” entries for consideration.

The Netflix series comes into these awards already a winner. In 2021 it claimed Best Drama Series for its fourth season, making it the first Netflix series ever to win that prize. That year it also won five out of the six drama acting awards, plus writing and directing honors. It lost a step in season five, however, picking up just six noms overall. But...

One Game of Thrones prequel series has returned for its second season, as another, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, has started production. The new HBO series, inspired by George R. R. Martin’s The Hedge Knight novella, is set a century before the events seen in Game of Thrones.

Five have joined the show's cast. Finn Bennett, Bertie Carvel, Tanzyn Crawford, Daniel Ings, and Sam Spruell are joining the previously cast Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol.

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Author Susanna Clarke‘s best-selling fantasy novel Piranesi is getting the animated feature treatment.

Animation studio Laika has acquired the 2020 book, with the company’s CEO Travis Knight set to helm the project. The novel Piranesi, which won the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, centers on the titular narrator arriving in a parallel universe made up of endless rooms and hallways where newcomers slowly lose their identity.

Knight is directing Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action Masters of the Universe feature that hits theaters in 2026, with Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) starring as He-Man. Knight’s other films as director include Bumblebee (2019) and the Oscar-nominated animated movie Kubo and the Two Strings (2016). His animated movie Wildwood — that hails from Laika and includes voice work from Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali and Awkwafina — is set to hit theaters next year.

“Piranesi is a treasure and very dear to me,” Knight said in a statement.

“The Crown” has been a consistent Emmy contender since its first season debuted on Netflix in 2016. Last year, its sixth season premiered on the streaming service, bringing the drama to a conclusion once and for all. We expect this season to be a big hit with Emmy voters once more and several stars could benefit from that attention, including Queen Elizabeth actress Imelda Staunton.

Staunton took over the role from Olivia Colman, who in turn inherited the character from Claire Foy. Staunton joined the show in season five and, in season six, she provided her best performance as Queen Elizabeth yet. This season takes place between 1997 and 2005 and depicts the death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), the premiership of Tony Blair (Bertie Carvel) as Prime Minister, and the wedding of Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Camilla Parker Bowles (Olivia Williams). Critics agree, Staunton is excellent again as she leads the line as Queen Elizabeth.

Descubre todos los detalles de la nueva serie basada en los libros de George R.R. Martin. © Max

Arranca el rodaje de la esperada nueva serie original de HBO, “El Caballero de los Siete Reinos: El Caballero Errante”, en Belfast (Irlanda), basada en los libros de George R.R. Martin, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” del universo de “Juego de Tronos”.

La trama nos transporta un siglo antes de los acontecimientos de “Juego de Tronos”, presentándonos a dos héroes improbables que recorren Poniente: Ser Duncan el Alto (Peter Claffey), un joven caballero valiente pero ingenuo, y su astuto y diminuto escudero, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell). Ambientada en una época en la que el linaje Targaryen aún ostenta el Trono de Hierro y el recuerdo del último dragón aún no ha desaparecido de la memoria viva, grandes destinos, poderosos enemigos y peligrosas hazañas aguardan a estos improbables e incomparables amigos.

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Game of Thrones was a major hit for HBO, and it is still regarded as one of the best series of all time, especially within the fantasy genre. The broadcasting company was quick to produce a spin-off, House of the Dragon, whose second season is going to premiere soon, but we also know that a prequel series titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is in the works as well, which is also going to be part of the larger Game of Thrones TV universe. As the series is getting ready for filming, we are going to prepare you for the final product with this report.

In this report, as you might have guessed, we are going to bring you all that we know about the upcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series in one place. You are going to find out all that we know about the series’ release date,...

House of the Dragon is all the craze right now for those who have religiously watched the eight seasons of Game of Thrones. In fact, there are many who have started watching the spin-off without having seen a single episode of the O.G. series. But now, it looks like the Emma D’Arcy-starrer might soon be getting some serious competition.

Emma D’Arcy in House of the Dragon | HBO

Game of Thrones is coming out with yet another spin-off series titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Production has already begun and fans got the first look into the show which can give them a clue on what they should be expecting. While everything looks so good so far, it may never be enough to undo what Game of Thrones did in its final season.

Game of Thrones Gets Another Spin-Off

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The “House of the Dragon” Season 2 premiere brought Max its most-watched day in history, Warner Bros. Discovery said on Tuesday. This, despite the Season 2 premiere being down 22 percent from the series premiere in 2022. How does that work?

Simple, actually: the “House of the Dragon” Season 1 premiere was on HBO Max. This one was on Max. Wbd must know how much we all appreciate a good technicality.

The “House of the Dragon” series premiere on August 21, 2022 on HBO Max landed 10 million cross-platform viewers. Sunday’s Season 2 premiere received 7.8 million viewers across Max and linear HBO. Each episode from the first season ultimately reached about 29 million viewers, so we’ve got a long way to go here.

HBO Max and Discovery+ combined a little over a year ago to form Max. Discovery+ is still available as a standalone option — albeit not a very popular one.

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Although it looks like the Jon Snow sequel series starring Kit Harington is no longer moving forward, there are still a number of Game of Thrones spin-off shows in development, including A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.

Production is now underway in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and HBO/Max has released a first official look at Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall, aka "Dunk." It seems we're going to have to wait a little longer for a glimpse of Dexter Sol Ansell as his young squire, the secret Targaryen prince Aegon, aka "Egg."

Several new cast members have also been announced, including Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country) as Aerion Targaryen, Bertie Carvel (The Crown) as Baelor Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things) as Tanselle, Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Sam Spruell (Fargo) as Maekar Targaryen.

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More Game Of Thrones spin-offs are on the way as A Knight Of Seven Kingdoms begins production. More on the series below.

House Of The Dragon season 2 is just getting started, but there’s even more Game Of Thrones goodness ahead of us.

A Knight Of Seven Kingdoms has started production in Belfast, Ireland, as reported by Variety. The series is set 100 years after the events of House Of The Dragon and a 100 years before the events of Game Of Thrones and follows Ser Duncan the Tall (played by Peter Claffey) and his squire, Egg (played by Dexter Sol Ansell).

Here’s the full synopsis: “A century before the events of ‘Game of Thrones,’ two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory...

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die — or so the saying goes. And with House Of The Dragon Season 2 getting off to a flying start as a third season has already been confirmed to be on the way, Game Of Thrones fans just can't stop winning. Now, in yet another exciting bit of Thrones news for fans of the fantasy franchise, HBO have just released a first look at upcoming prequel series A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms alongside some exciting casting news as filming on the series gets underway in Belfast.

New additions to the prequel, which has been written by House Of The Dragon scribes Martin and Ira Parker, include Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country), Bertie Carvel (The Crown), Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things), Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) and Sam Spruell (Fargo). Bennett is set to play Aerion Targaryen, with Carvel as Baelor Targaryen,...

Ser Duncan the Tall lives up to his name in the first photo from Game of Thrones‘ upcoming prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

HBO released the first look at Peter Claffey (Bad Sisters) as the neophyte knight Dunk (who towers over most) on Tuesday in conjunction with an announcement that the series had begun production in Belfast, Ireland. The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin’s novella, also stars Dexter Sol Ansell (ITV’s Emmerdale) as Egg, Dunk’s bald young squire.

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Ser Duncan the Tall lives up to his name in the first photo from Game of Thrones‘ upcoming prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

HBO released the first look at Peter Claffey (Bad Sisters) as the neophyte knight Dunk (who towers over most) on Tuesday in conjunction with an announcement that the series had begun production in Belfast, Ireland. The series, which is based on George R.R. Martin’s novella, also stars Dexter Sol Ansell (ITV’s Emmerdale) as Egg, Dunk’s bald young squire.

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The next Game of Thrones prequel series is returning to a familiar filming location — and has released a first-look photo.

Above is the first image of Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall in the series. The photo arrives as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms begins shooting its debut season in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The move returns the franchise to the same production hub as Game of Thrones, while the franchise’s other prequel series, House of the Dragon, has shot outside London for its first two seasons.

In addition, the project has added several new actors: Finn Bennett (True Detective) as Aerion Targaryen, Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster) as Baelor Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things) as Tanselle, Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) as Ser Lyonel Baratheon and Sam Spruell (Fargo) as Maekar Targaryen.

Also, Sarah Adina Smith (Lessons In Chemistry) has joined the production to direct three of the season’s six episodes.

Production has commenced on the HBO Original drama series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in Belfast, Ireland. The series is an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s novella The Hedge Knight.

A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg.

Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits all await these improbable and incomparable friends.

The newly announced cast includes Finn Bennett as Aerion Targaryen, Bertie Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Tanzyn Crawford as Tanselle, Daniel Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Sam Spruell as Maekar Targaryen.

They join the cast of George R.R. Martin and Ira Parker’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,...

The tales of Dunk and Egg are underway. Production on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” spinoff series “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” has started in Belfast, Ireland. Five actors are joining the cast, including Finn Bennett (“True Detective: Night Country”), Bertie Carvel (“The Crown”), Tanzyn Crawford (“Tiny Beautiful Things”), Daniel Ings (“Sex Education”) and Sam Spruell (“Fargo”).

Sarah Adina Smith will direct three of the six episodes for Season 1; executive producer Owen Harris will direct the other three episodes.

Adapted from George R. R. Martin’s novella “The Hedge Knight,” the first season of “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” will follow the exploits of the knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his young squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), roughly 100 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and 100 years after the events of “House of the Dragon.” Their journey will take them to a competition in...

With production underway in Belfast, Ireland on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, HBO has announced five new additions to the cast, along with a new director.

New cast members include Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country), Bertie Carvel (The Crown), Tanzyn Crawford (Tiny Beautiful Things), Daniel Ings (The Gentlemen) and Sam Spruell (Fargo). Bennett plays Aerion Targaryen, with Carvel as Baelor Targaryen, Crawford as Tanselle, Ings as Ser Lyonel Baratheon, and Spruell as Maekar Targaryen.

Also new to the production is Sarah Adina Smith (Lessons in Chemistry), who has joined to direct three of the six episodes. As previously announced, Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell will also star. Check out a first look still from the series below.

A drama series based on the novella The Hedge Knight from George R. R. Martin, the visionary whose A Song of Ice and Fire inspired Game of Thrones, A Knight...

British playwright and dramatist James Graham will deliver the flagship address of this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.

Graham’s work includes the BAFTA and Rts-winning Sherwood, starring David Morrissey and Lesley Manville, set against the backdrop of his hometown of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire which returns to BBC later this year, as well as The Way, a collaboration with Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis. The award-winner was also the mastermind behind the hugely popular Quiz starring Matthew Macfadyen and Sheen.

Recent stage work includes Olivier award-winning Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes which debuted at the National Theatre and transferred to the West End earlier this year and is currently being adapted into a TV series for BBC and his new musical Tammy Faye, written with Elton John and Jake Shears, which is soon to debut on Broadway.

Graham has also penned a range of political projects,...

“The Crown” can only play a pair of Queens at the Emmys.

Emmy winner Olivia Colman, who portrayed Queen Elizabeth in the series finale episode of Netflix’s monarchy drama, is not eligible to submit in the guest drama actress race by only a few seconds. However, her co-star Claire Foy, who also portrays Her Majesty in her younger years and appears in the same episode, is eligible and will be the sole guest submission for the series, angling for her second win in the category.

The “Sleep, Dearie Sleep,” written by Peter Morgan and directed by Stephen Daldry, clocks in at a robust 72 minutes, the longest of any episode across its six seasons. In the series’ final moments, Imelda Staunton’s Elizabeth looks back on the highs and lows of her reign as she grapples with the idea of handing the crown to Charles. Her younger self appears to...

Exclusive: A third season of Acorn TV and Channel 5 detective drama Dalgliesh has begun filming in Northern Ireland.

Produced by New Pictures (The Long Shadow) for Acorn and C5 in association with All3Media International, the third run will include lead actor Bertie Carvel making his directorial debut.

Another three P.D. James novels will be adapted for the season over two hour-long episodes each, in which Commander Dalgliesh is seen with Margaret Thatcher on the cusp of power in the UK. In the first book, Death in Holy Orders, Dalgliesh travels to a remote seminary overlooking a windswept lake, where a body has been found gruesomely murdered. Nearly everyone in the seminary has reason to resent the victim, and Dalgliesh and DS Tarrant must unpick a complicated set of motives to find their killer.

In the second, Cover Her Face, Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the Essex home of the Mehtas,...

Oppenheimer won the award for best performance by a cast in a motion picture at the 2024 SAG Awards, which were handed out Saturday night.

The film also scooped up two other awards, for leading actor Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr.

Leading actress honors went to Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, while Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress for The Holdovers.

On the TV side, The Bear won three awards, including best ensemble in a comedy series. Star Jeremy Allen White won the nod for best performance by a male actor in a comedy series, while Ayo Edebiri won the female actor award in the same category. Another awards favorite, Succession, was named best drama series ensemble, but lost out in the other categories in which it was nominated.

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“The Crown” is gearing up for its last hurrah at the SAG Awards, an organization that has bestowed a number of prizes onto the Netflix regal show over the years. It claimed the highly coveted TV drama ensemble prize twice (2019 and ’20), while individual winners through the years were Claire Foy (2016 and ’17), John Lithgow (2016) and Gillian Anderson (2020). Now the sixth and final season is hoping to prevail for a third time, which would tie it with “Downton Abbey” in this category at three total wins.

Season 6 faces off in the TV drama ensemble race against fellow nominees “The Gilded Age,” “The Last of Us,” “The Morning Show” and “Succession.” Elizabeth Debicki is “The Crown’s” only solo acting nominee this year, with her co-nominees in the TV drama actress category being Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”), Bella Ramsey (“The Last of Us”), Keri Russell (“The Diplomat”) and Sarah Snook (“Succession”).

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Doctor Who writer Peter Harness is back in the word of science fiction for Apple TV+ drama Constellation, starring Noomi Rapace. Here’s the trailer.

Screenwriter Peter Harness is perhaps best known as a regular writer on the revived series of Doctor Who, where he was responsible for Kill The Moon, one of the more divisive episodes among the fandom. Now, Harness is back in the world of science fiction for eight part drama Constellation, starring Noomi Rapace.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Constellation stars Noomi Rapace as Jo — an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space — only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The space adventure is an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology, and one woman’s desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and recover all that she has lost.

This year’s SAG Awards nominations for drama ensemble run the gamut in terms of total cast members nominated. You have “The Gilded Age” on one side with a jaw-dropping 34 people represented. And then you have “The Last of Us” on the other side with just two — hi, Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey! HBO’s zombie apocalypse series has now tied the Screen Actors Guild record with “Key and Peele,” which was the first TV show to nab an ensemble citation with just two stars: Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele.

The “Key and Peele” funny duo lost to “Orange Is the New Black” for comedy ensemble in 2016, which had a whopping 34 cast members nominated that year. Hmm, a two-person cast losing to a 34-person ensemble? Might SAG Awards history repeat itself? “The Last of Us” competes this year against “The Gilded Age” (34 cast members), “Succession” (18), “The Crown” (15) and “The Morning Show...

Network: Netflix

Episodes: 60 (hour)

Seasons: Six

TV show dates: November 4, 2016 -- December 14, 2023

Series status: Ended

Performers include: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Anton Lesser, Matthew Goode, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty, Charles Dance, Josh O'Connor, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Boxer, Emerald Fennell, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Jonny Lee Miller, Olivia Williams, Claudia Harrison, Natascha McElhone, Marcia Warren, Salim Daw, Khalid Abdalla, Bertie Carvel, Ed McVey, Luther Ford, and Meg Bellamy.

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Based on the award-winning play called The Audience, this dramatic TV show revolves around the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II....

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The Crown Season 6 (Part 2) Review: Star Rating:

Cast: Imelda Staunton, Ed McVey, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Meg Bellamy and others

Creator: Peter Morgan

Director: Alex Gabassi, Christian Schwochow

Streaming On: Netflix

Language: English (with subtitles)

Runtime: Four episodes, around 50 minutes each

The Crown Season 6 (Part 2) Review(Photo Credit –YouTube) The Crown Season 6 (Part 2) Review: What’s It About:

We’re a dying breed; when the dialogue appears in one of the episodes, it feels almost ironic that this show, which once had been one of the most glorious visions a story could have, seems like dying a slow death – death, as slow as 24 frames per second. The Crown has a glorious past. A show based on the royal monarchs of England, this web series was something the world saw with glittering eyes. A captivating storyline, spot-on casting, and brilliant sets...

"The Crown doesn't ask existential questions of itself."

That's what Queen Elizabeth II's (Imelda Staunton) longtime advisor and private secretary Robert Fellowes (Andrew Havill) cautions when the Queen, confronted with yet another round of dismal polls, suggests her team "find out what seems to have gone wrong" and how she "could do better." For decades, the monarch has been reluctant to respond to negative feedback, preferring to keep her head down and wait for things to blow over, but with the ultra-popular Prime Minister Tony Blair (Bertie Carvel) being hailed as "King Tony," she can no longer afford to ignore criticism from the public. After all these years, she says, "I think, finally, I'm ready to hear it."...

The fifth episode of “The Crown’s” final season — and the first entry in the short-awaited Part 2 — is titled “Willsmania” — an awkward, silly name from which the gloomy series derives zero pleasure. How could it? After all, Prince William is still mourning the loss of his mother, Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), even as the English people shift their collective grief for the Princess of Wales into an outpouring of affection for her eldest son. “Affection” may be a bit misleading. Young women and girls scream at the sight of him, gathered behind police barricades, begging for an autograph, photo, or a passing touch. They’re fanatical, and the teen who would be king handles it as best he can, before escaping to the semi-private University of St. Andrews.

“The Crown,” however, rarely shakes its own case of Willsmania. The final season feels more like a set-up for “Will: The College Years...

Exclusive: Tony- and Olivier Award-winning actor Bertie Carvel, who portrays Tony Blair opposite Imelda Staunton’s Queen Elizabeth II in the final season of The Crown, remembers meeting the the real Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace “and nearly head-butting” her “in my attempt to try not to be too obsequious, but to follow the right form.”

He still has a photo of him being introduced to the monarch at an event nine years ago. “I look like the Mr. Bean sketch where he bows and knocks her out. I’m so towering over the queen and I look like I really should have gone to the barber, and I was red-faced and hairy.”

Well, The Crown’s crack hair and makeup team led by designer Cate Hall has ensured that he’s respectfully coiffured to portray Blair.

Proudly, he adds that on his fridge is the badge palace officials handed him at the event,...

Queen Elizabeth has been played by numerous actors over the years — three in Netflix’s The Crown alone. But tracking not far behind when it comes to onscreen depictions of major British figures is former prime minister Tony Blair. Among the names to have stepped into the shiny brogues of the divisive politician are the likes of Damien Lewis, Robert Lindsay, Toby Stephens, James Larkin, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Mangan, Harry Enfield and Pierce Brosnan (as a version of Blair in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer). Michael Sheen has also famously played Blair three times.

Joining this illustrious list is Bertie Carvel, the star of stage and screen who joined The Crown for its final outings in seasons five and six. While he’s mostly a supporting bystander in season five, the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit royal drama — which centered its first four episodes, now streaming,...

The stars are stepping out for The Crown’s Finale Celebration!

Elizabeth Debicki and Emma Corrin, who both played Princess Diana on the hit Netflix show, attended the screening of the finale episodes on Tuesday (December 5) held at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England.

Fellow stars in attendance included actors that appeared on The Crown throughout the show’s six seasons.

Season six, part two of The Crown premieres on Netflix on December 14, 2023. You can stream the first half of the final season already. Watch the trailer for the final episodes here!

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Angus Imrie

Beau Gadsdon

Bertie Carvel

Claudia Harrison

Dominic West

Ed McVey

Elizabeth Debicki

Fyi: Elizabeth is wearing a Christian Dior dress, Falke jewelry, and Roger Vivier shoes

Emma Corrin

Fyi: Emma is wearing...

“The Crown” series finale premiere in London on Tuesday evening brought out the cast and creatives behind the hit Netflix show as well as a smattering of other familiar faces keen to catch a sneak peek of the last-ever episode.

Imelda Staunton, who plays the last iteration of Queen Elizabeth II in the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, led the red carpet. Despite the chaos around her — from reporters clamoring to ask questions to photographers shouting her name — the star told Variety her focus had always been on the character.

“I don’t look at maelstrom,” she said. “It doesn’t interest me. I just look at the script, look at the part, go to work.”

Newcomer Meg Bellamy, who joined the series as a college-age Kate Middleton for Season 6, was more emotional about getting the part, which also happened to be her first ever professional acting job.

Netflix Releases Trailer for “The Crown” Season 6, Part 2

Netflix has released the trailer for the second and final half of “The Crown” Season 6, concluding the reign of the award-winning period drama.

Part 2 of the final season, which premiered its first four episodes on Nov. 16, will pick up in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death as Queen Elizabeth (played by Imelda Staunton) must reflect on her life and legacy and pave the way for her successors, Charles and William.

Watch the trailer for “The Crown” Season 6, Part 2 below:

Dominic West, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Claudia Harrison, Olivia Williams, Bertie Carvel, and Salim Daw make up the rest of the ensemble with Ed McVey, Luther Ford, and Meg Bellamy joining in the final part as Prince William, Prince Harry, and Kate Middleton, respectively.

The final six episodes of “The Crown” will premiere on Netflix on Dec. 14.

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