To celebrate the release on Disney+ of Shardlake we spoke to Sean Bean, Arthur Hughes and Anthony Boyle about the importance of getting the period looks and tone just right. Starring Arthur Hughes, Anthony Boyle, Sean Bean, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Babou Ceesay, it is based on the internationally popular Tudor murder mystery novels by the late C.J. Sansom.
During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era Britain, Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) is sent by Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote town of Scarnsea. Alongside Jack Barak (Boyle) – one of Cromwell’s men – Shardlake vows to solve the mystery behind a series of murders that took place in a remote seaside monastery.
Shardlake will air on 1st May, exclusively on Disney+
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During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era Britain, Matthew Shardlake (Arthur Hughes) is sent by Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) to investigate the death of a commissioner in the remote town of Scarnsea. Alongside Jack Barak (Boyle) – one of Cromwell’s men – Shardlake vows to solve the mystery behind a series of murders that took place in a remote seaside monastery.
Shardlake will air on 1st May, exclusively on Disney+
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- 5/1/2024
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The star of Disney+’s Shardlake has addressed having a different disability to the character he portrays in the C.J. Sansom adaptation, which launches today.
Arthur Hughes, who was the first person with a disability to portray Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, stressed that Shardlake was always going to have a disabled lead – whether him or another actor – coming as debate rages over authentic representation in TV and film.
Hughes has radial dysplasia in his right arm, while the titular Matthew Shardlake is a crime-solving barrister with scoliosis.
Hughes said at a London screening: “I was aware that Shardlake has a disability that is not my own, and I wanted to find a level of truth in what I was doing and not necessarily affecting something that was not my own experience. We look at hunchbacks in film, and they’re often mad, kind of grotesque caricature kind of things,...
Arthur Hughes, who was the first person with a disability to portray Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, stressed that Shardlake was always going to have a disabled lead – whether him or another actor – coming as debate rages over authentic representation in TV and film.
Hughes has radial dysplasia in his right arm, while the titular Matthew Shardlake is a crime-solving barrister with scoliosis.
Hughes said at a London screening: “I was aware that Shardlake has a disability that is not my own, and I wanted to find a level of truth in what I was doing and not necessarily affecting something that was not my own experience. We look at hunchbacks in film, and they’re often mad, kind of grotesque caricature kind of things,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Hannah Abraham
- Deadline Film + TV
Who Is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis from Shardlake? Meet the Alice Actress - Main Image
The first of C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, is about to hit the small screens on Disney Plus. One of the cast members of Shardlake is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer, in addition to Arthur Hughes (Matthew Shardlake) and Sean Bean (Thomas Cromwell).
Get to know Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and where you’ve seen her before in this article.
Who Is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis? Is She Related to Andy Serkis?
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is an actress who hails from Hackney, East London.
She was born on October 1, 1998, to actors Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy) and Lorraine Ashbourne (Cheryl in I Used to Be Famous).
She has two younger siblings, Sonny and Louis Ashbourne Serkis, who are also working in film and television.
Before landing a titular role...
The first of C.J. Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, is about to hit the small screens on Disney Plus. One of the cast members of Shardlake is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer, in addition to Arthur Hughes (Matthew Shardlake) and Sean Bean (Thomas Cromwell).
Get to know Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and where you’ve seen her before in this article.
Who Is Ruby Ashbourne Serkis? Is She Related to Andy Serkis?
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis is an actress who hails from Hackney, East London.
She was born on October 1, 1998, to actors Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy) and Lorraine Ashbourne (Cheryl in I Used to Be Famous).
She has two younger siblings, Sonny and Louis Ashbourne Serkis, who are also working in film and television.
Before landing a titular role...
- 5/1/2024
- EpicStream
"Why in this house of God do I smell secrets and fear?" "We have no secrets..." Hulu has unveiled an official trailer for their next epic streaming series titled Shardlake, arriving to watch at the start of May (including on Star worldwide). During the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor era, Matthew Shardlake is sent by Thomas Cromwell to investigate the death of a commissioner in a remote town of Scarnsea. Described as an "eerie whodunnit adventure" drenched in mystery, suspense, deception, directed by the same filmmaker of The Other Boleyn Girl and Tulip Fever. Set in 16th century England during the dissolutions, Shardlake is a four-part drama based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom's popular Tudor murder mystery series. Following lawyer Matthew Shardlake and Jack Barack as they work to uncover the truth behind a horrific murder. The two men are sent out on a mission...
- 4/10/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hulu has shared the trailer and key art for Shardlake, the new series based on the popular Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom. The series premieres on Wednesday, May 1, on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in select territories.
Drenched in mystery, suspense, and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom’s book series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure set in 16th-century England during the dissolution of the monasteries.
Shardlake’s sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery, and it is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery.
He leaves Shardlake in no doubt...
Drenched in mystery, suspense, and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in C.J. Sansom’s book series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure set in 16th-century England during the dissolution of the monasteries.
Shardlake’s sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery, and it is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery.
He leaves Shardlake in no doubt...
- 4/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
"Sex 'n bugs 'n sausage rolls." ShineHouse has revealed a new official US trailer for a British indie comedy called La Cha Cha, directed by filmmaker Kevin Allen. After first premiering in the UK in 2021 during the pandemic, the film is set for a VOD release in the US this April a few years later. Liam Hourican stars as Solti Buttering, who is on a road trip to scatter his grandfather's ashes. Along the way he stumbles upon "La Cha Cha", a closed holiday park with a lively off-grid retiree community. Struggling to keep the place going, feisty owner Libby and brother Damien unveil an unconventional plan to sustain it and the residents. This also stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Dougray Scott, Alfie Allen, Keith Allen, Llyr Ifans, with Rhys Ifans & Melanie Waters. Even with an impressive cast, looks as kooky and as strange as they come. Not sure it'll appeal to many!
- 3/26/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s the battle of the TV Cromwells! On BBC One later this year, Mark Rylance returns in the role of Henry VIII’s right hand man in series two of Wolf Hall, adapted from Dame Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels. But before then, Sean Bean will play Thomas Cromwell in Disney+ British historical crime mystery Shardlake.
(Incidentally, if Bean wanted to dispel his reputation for playing characters who meet sticky, early ends, then his agent may want to get their head in a history book before forwarding the next script…)
Thomas Cromwell is a supporting role in Shardlake, a new four-part series adapted from the first in C.J Sansom’s successful mystery novels about Matthew Shardlake, a 16th century lawyer born with what would now be understood as scoliosis, and who investigates murder mysteries for the Crown.
Working for Cromwell, Shardlake must navigate the dangers of his powerful boss...
(Incidentally, if Bean wanted to dispel his reputation for playing characters who meet sticky, early ends, then his agent may want to get their head in a history book before forwarding the next script…)
Thomas Cromwell is a supporting role in Shardlake, a new four-part series adapted from the first in C.J Sansom’s successful mystery novels about Matthew Shardlake, a 16th century lawyer born with what would now be understood as scoliosis, and who investigates murder mysteries for the Crown.
Working for Cromwell, Shardlake must navigate the dangers of his powerful boss...
- 2/8/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece is finally here. Based on the popular managa of the same name by Eiichiro Oda story of One Piece follows Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), who is inspired by his childhood idol “Red-Haired” Shanks (Peter Gadiot) he makes his own crew and names them Straw Hat, and together they go out on an adventure to find the One Piece treasure which will make the King of the Pirates. Created by Eiichiro Oda and Steven Maeda, One Piece also stars Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Taz Skylar, and Jacob Gibson. So, if you loved the live-action adaptation of One Piece here are some similar shows you could watch next.
One Piece
Synopsis: Monkey D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line, this is...
One Piece
Synopsis: Monkey D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line, this is...
- 8/31/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
“Green Book” director Peter Farrelly returns after his film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2019 for a new adventure: “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe. Farrelly recently sat down with TheWrap in its Toronto International Film Festival Studio with Shutterstock to talk about the true story at the heart of his upcoming film.
“Somebody sent me a 12-minute documentary that Andrew Muscato did about the greatest beer run ever, and I just couldn’t believe what I was looking at, that this guy actually went to Vietnam during the war, somehow found his way around the country and dropped off beers with people and happened to get there right before the Tet Offensive. I was like, ‘That’s unbelievable,’” he told TheWrap’s Brian Welk after the movie’s world premiere on Sept. 13.
Fans of Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and/or Farrelly may be...
“Somebody sent me a 12-minute documentary that Andrew Muscato did about the greatest beer run ever, and I just couldn’t believe what I was looking at, that this guy actually went to Vietnam during the war, somehow found his way around the country and dropped off beers with people and happened to get there right before the Tet Offensive. I was like, ‘That’s unbelievable,’” he told TheWrap’s Brian Welk after the movie’s world premiere on Sept. 13.
Fans of Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and/or Farrelly may be...
- 9/30/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
The Greatest Beer Run Ever was reviewed at TIFF 2022
Plot: In 1967 New York, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) is a merchant seaman frustrated by the negative attitude towards soldiers serving in Vietnam. At the urging of his favourite bartender, The Colonel (Bill Murray), Chickie travels to Vietnam to pass out beers among all his old friends serving in the war. Once he gets there, his eyes are opened, and his naive view of the war quickly changes.
Review: Director Peter Farrelly is having one heck of a second act regarding his career. Often pigeonholed as a comedy director (with his brother Bobby), Green Book, which controversially won Best Picture at the Oscars, showed there was much more to him than meets the eye. He now specializes in a type of movie that’s become all too rare, the middle-of-the-road “feel good” movie. The Greatest Beer Run Ever is based on a...
Plot: In 1967 New York, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) is a merchant seaman frustrated by the negative attitude towards soldiers serving in Vietnam. At the urging of his favourite bartender, The Colonel (Bill Murray), Chickie travels to Vietnam to pass out beers among all his old friends serving in the war. Once he gets there, his eyes are opened, and his naive view of the war quickly changes.
Review: Director Peter Farrelly is having one heck of a second act regarding his career. Often pigeonholed as a comedy director (with his brother Bobby), Green Book, which controversially won Best Picture at the Oscars, showed there was much more to him than meets the eye. He now specializes in a type of movie that’s become all too rare, the middle-of-the-road “feel good” movie. The Greatest Beer Run Ever is based on a...
- 9/30/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
This week’s new film release may seem like more of a Summer escapist flick with an average Joe traveling across the globe and acting like the ole comic trope “the fish out of water”, That notion is somewhat re-enforced by the film’s star, who’s mostly known for musicals and comedies, and by the movie’s marketing team, who are ‘selling it” as a zany romp, Much as with Dog from earlier this year, don’t judge a flick by its cast or ads. That’s because the story’s protagonist is headed to Vietnam… in 1967, the definition of a “hot spot”. Now if this mix of whimsy and social/political upheaval in the “swingin’ 60s”, sounds a bit like the recent Best Picture Oscar winner The Green Book (which was set five or six years before this), well you’re pretty perceptive because this is from the...
- 9/30/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chickie Donahue (Zac Efron) is already deep in his self-appointed wartime mission when someone finally calls it what it really is: “the dumbest thing I ever heard.” By then, the part-time merchant marine and full-time screw-up is already in the middle of Vietnam and its war. The next step is embracing the idiocy of what’s he done while coming out of the whole damn thing alive.
Peter Farrelly’s “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is his first film since he won Best Picture for “Green Book,” a film embraced by audiences and maligned by critics. This one hits many of the same beats as that divisive feature, though with a lighter touch that strives more boldly to marry his comedic sensibilities and the reality of a painful history.
Like “Green Book,” “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is The trick this time: Farrelly seems far more aware of how he...
Peter Farrelly’s “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is his first film since he won Best Picture for “Green Book,” a film embraced by audiences and maligned by critics. This one hits many of the same beats as that divisive feature, though with a lighter touch that strives more boldly to marry his comedic sensibilities and the reality of a painful history.
Like “Green Book,” “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” is The trick this time: Farrelly seems far more aware of how he...
- 9/14/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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When filmmaker Peter Farrelly last attended the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, his feel-good message movie Green Book would take home the festival’s People’s Choice award and go on to win three Oscars, including Best Picture.
It’s unlikely that lightning will be striking twice with his latest effort, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which sees fit to address America’s involvement in the Vietnam War much in the same manner his previous film tackled the subject of race relations.
Inspired by the unlikely but true story of a working class New York Merchant Marine who boarded a ship bound for Saigon in 1967 with the sole intention of bringing his deployed buddies beer in order to lift their spirits, the new project, which arrives on Apple TV+ at the end of this month, admittedly holds some audience-pleasing potential. But while both the title and the set-up,...
When filmmaker Peter Farrelly last attended the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, his feel-good message movie Green Book would take home the festival’s People’s Choice award and go on to win three Oscars, including Best Picture.
It’s unlikely that lightning will be striking twice with his latest effort, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which sees fit to address America’s involvement in the Vietnam War much in the same manner his previous film tackled the subject of race relations.
Inspired by the unlikely but true story of a working class New York Merchant Marine who boarded a ship bound for Saigon in 1967 with the sole intention of bringing his deployed buddies beer in order to lift their spirits, the new project, which arrives on Apple TV+ at the end of this month, admittedly holds some audience-pleasing potential. But while both the title and the set-up,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Michael Rechtshaffen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film-festival awards don’t usually have much lasting impact, but four years ago, when “Green Book” played at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the People’s Choice Award, it had a seismic effect. It set the film on what would become its road to Oscar glory. Since that turned out to be a very bumpy road, with many critics dumping on the film for what they perceived to be its outdated liberal race consciousness (not me — I thought “Green Book” was terrific), the Toronto award kept coming back into the conversation. It was used to signify the nature of the movie’s appeal — namely, that maybe this wasn’t a film destined to be embraced by the most elite levels of the establishment, but that it was one “the people” went for. And that’s just what ended up happening.
So tonight, when Toronto hosted the world premiere...
So tonight, when Toronto hosted the world premiere...
- 9/14/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Zac Efron is heading to Vietnam in the first trailer for “The Greatest Beer Run Ever.”
Apple TV+ dropped the trailer for its upcoming true-life war comedy starring Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray. The film, which is based on a true story, follows Efron as John “Chickie” Donohue. Set in 1967, Donohue leaves New York to track down his army friends in Vietnam and share a few beers with them to show that they have support from the American people. Instead of a fun and light hearted trip, though, he is confronted with the horrors of war. Along the way, Donahue hitches a ride on a Merchant Marine ship, carries beer through the jungle and is mistaken for a CIA officer because of his civilian appearance.
Based on the New York Times bestseller “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War” by Donohue and J.T. Molloy,...
Apple TV+ dropped the trailer for its upcoming true-life war comedy starring Efron, Russell Crowe and Bill Murray. The film, which is based on a true story, follows Efron as John “Chickie” Donohue. Set in 1967, Donohue leaves New York to track down his army friends in Vietnam and share a few beers with them to show that they have support from the American people. Instead of a fun and light hearted trip, though, he is confronted with the horrors of war. Along the way, Donahue hitches a ride on a Merchant Marine ship, carries beer through the jungle and is mistaken for a CIA officer because of his civilian appearance.
Based on the New York Times bestseller “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War” by Donohue and J.T. Molloy,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Apple has unveiled the trailer for the new Peter Farrelly-directed, Zac Efron and Russell Crowe film, ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever,’ based on a true story.
To show support for his neighbourhood friends serving in Vietnam, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) decides to do something totally outrageous: travel to the frontline by himself to bring the soldiers a little piece of home — their favourite can of American beer. However, what started as a well-meaning journey quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime as Chickie confronts the reality of this controversial war and his reunions with his childhood buddies thrust him into the complexities and responsibilities of adulthood.
Hailing from Skydance Media screenplay is adapted by Farrelly, Brian Currie and Pete Jones, and is based on the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War, by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue.
Zac Efron, Russell Crowe,...
To show support for his neighbourhood friends serving in Vietnam, Chickie Donohue (Zac Efron) decides to do something totally outrageous: travel to the frontline by himself to bring the soldiers a little piece of home — their favourite can of American beer. However, what started as a well-meaning journey quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime as Chickie confronts the reality of this controversial war and his reunions with his childhood buddies thrust him into the complexities and responsibilities of adulthood.
Hailing from Skydance Media screenplay is adapted by Farrelly, Brian Currie and Pete Jones, and is based on the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War, by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue.
Zac Efron, Russell Crowe,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The first trailer for Peter Farrelly’s “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” proudly proclaims that the guy in the film played by Zac Efron “actually did this” as he sprints through an active war zone in Vietnam carrying a sack of cold brews and cheap American lagers.
“The Greatest Beer Run” ever is based on the true story of a man named Chickie Donohue, who felt burned by the protests at home over the Vietnam War and decided he wanted to show his support to his buddies and neighbors overseas by tracking each of them down in Vietnam and bringing them each a beer. And yes, you can tell he’s serious about that plan.
“The man’s stoned sober. That’s maybe his fifth beer, tops,” a bartender played by Bill Murray says in the trailer.
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“The Greatest Beer Run” ever is based on the true story of a man named Chickie Donohue, who felt burned by the protests at home over the Vietnam War and decided he wanted to show his support to his buddies and neighbors overseas by tracking each of them down in Vietnam and bringing them each a beer. And yes, you can tell he’s serious about that plan.
“The man’s stoned sober. That’s maybe his fifth beer, tops,” a bartender played by Bill Murray says in the trailer.
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- 8/17/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Zac Efron is determined to bring his six-pack (of beer) to the frontlines of the Vietnam War.
The first trailer for the Apple Original Film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” gives a glimpse at Efron as Chickie Donohue, a real-life hero who traveled to Vietnam during the war to bring soldiers their favorite American beer.
Per an official synopsis, however, what started as a well-meaning journey quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime as Chickie confronts the reality of this controversial war and his reunions with his childhood buddies thrust him into the complexities and responsibilities of adulthood. The film is based on the 2020 book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War” by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue.
Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”) directs the film and adapted the screenplay along with Brian Currie and Pete Jones.
Russell Crowe, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux,...
The first trailer for the Apple Original Film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” gives a glimpse at Efron as Chickie Donohue, a real-life hero who traveled to Vietnam during the war to bring soldiers their favorite American beer.
Per an official synopsis, however, what started as a well-meaning journey quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime as Chickie confronts the reality of this controversial war and his reunions with his childhood buddies thrust him into the complexities and responsibilities of adulthood. The film is based on the 2020 book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War” by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue.
Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”) directs the film and adapted the screenplay along with Brian Currie and Pete Jones.
Russell Crowe, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (The Serpent), Matt Cook (Man with a Plan), Omari K. Chancellor (The One?) and Will Hochman (Blue Bloods) have been cast in The Greatest Beer Run Ever, Peter Farrelly’s film for Apple and Skydance Media.
They’ll appear in the Apple Original alongside previously announced cast members Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux and Kyle Allen.
Pic is based on Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue’s book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War, which became a New York Times bestseller upon its publication last year. It tells the true story of Donohue, who left New York for Vietnam in 1967 to track down and share a few beers with his childhood friends while they were serving in combat.
Serkis will play Christine, the younger sister of Efron’s Chickie, who opposes his views on the Vietnam War,...
They’ll appear in the Apple Original alongside previously announced cast members Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux and Kyle Allen.
Pic is based on Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue’s book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty and War, which became a New York Times bestseller upon its publication last year. It tells the true story of Donohue, who left New York for Vietnam in 1967 to track down and share a few beers with his childhood friends while they were serving in combat.
Serkis will play Christine, the younger sister of Efron’s Chickie, who opposes his views on the Vietnam War,...
- 11/8/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Antics of ageing misfits living off-grid have a decidedly sitcom feel, but don’t expect to laugh
Here is a daft-as-a-brush Welsh comedy shot under pandemic rules last year with a vaguely coronavirus theme: it’s about a group of eccentric oldies living together on a caravan site, desperate to avoid spending their twilight years in a care home. It’s all very silly, with a few enjoyable moments. The cast formed a bubble on the Gower peninsula to make it. Clearly, they’re having a massive laugh, but to be honest, anyone else might struggle to get much out of it.
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (daughter of Andy Serkis) gives the performance of the film as Libby, who’s in her mid 20s and owns the La Cha Cha caravan park with her brother Damien (played by her real-life brother Sonny Ashbourne Serkis). The site is a haven for mostly...
Here is a daft-as-a-brush Welsh comedy shot under pandemic rules last year with a vaguely coronavirus theme: it’s about a group of eccentric oldies living together on a caravan site, desperate to avoid spending their twilight years in a care home. It’s all very silly, with a few enjoyable moments. The cast formed a bubble on the Gower peninsula to make it. Clearly, they’re having a massive laugh, but to be honest, anyone else might struggle to get much out of it.
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (daughter of Andy Serkis) gives the performance of the film as Libby, who’s in her mid 20s and owns the La Cha Cha caravan park with her brother Damien (played by her real-life brother Sonny Ashbourne Serkis). The site is a haven for mostly...
- 9/14/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
UK comedy shot during lockdown and stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis and Liam Hourican.
Twin Town director Kevin Allen has wrapped dark comedy La Cha Cha, which was written and filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The UK feature, which shot over four weeks in South Wales, stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, the children of actor-director Andy Serkis. They lead the film alongside Liam Hourican, whose credits includeThe Secret of Kells.
It also reunites the core cast of Twin Town, Allen’s cult comedy that played in competition at the Berlinale in 1997 and proved a breakout role for Rhys Ifans.
Twin Town director Kevin Allen has wrapped dark comedy La Cha Cha, which was written and filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The UK feature, which shot over four weeks in South Wales, stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, the children of actor-director Andy Serkis. They lead the film alongside Liam Hourican, whose credits includeThe Secret of Kells.
It also reunites the core cast of Twin Town, Allen’s cult comedy that played in competition at the Berlinale in 1997 and proved a breakout role for Rhys Ifans.
- 9/2/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
In an era of increasingly fractured media audiences, it can be rare to find a TV show, especially a live-action fantasy, that can be watched and enjoyed by more than one generation of viewer. With such a wealth of platform and options, and often times numerous media-playing devices within one household with which to enjoy them, it is less common for TV series to court an entire family—TV production companies leave that to the movie studios and their four-quadrant blockbusters.
The Letter For the King, a six-episode Netflix series loosely adapted from Tonke Dragt’s 1962 Dutch novel De brief voor de Koning, fits into the neglected category of the live-action fantasy adventure family show nicely. However, unlike most fare in that category—e.g. Once Upon a Time, Merlin or, going back further, Xena: Warrior Princess—it has the budget to back up its derivative plot with the money for some impressive horse work,...
The Letter For the King, a six-episode Netflix series loosely adapted from Tonke Dragt’s 1962 Dutch novel De brief voor de Koning, fits into the neglected category of the live-action fantasy adventure family show nicely. However, unlike most fare in that category—e.g. Once Upon a Time, Merlin or, going back further, Xena: Warrior Princess—it has the budget to back up its derivative plot with the money for some impressive horse work,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
As cinemas around the world close, never have we been more reliant on good new additions to the world of streaming, with most of us stuck indoors desperately wanting something new to indulge in. Well, this weekend Netflix are launching The Letter for the King, a brand new fantasy series about a group of youngsters who risk everything to deliver an important message to the monarch. To celebrate the release we took part in a unique press junket for the film, interviewing the cast via Skype, and from the comfort of our very own living room (excuse the bland wallpaper background). Watch both interviews below, the first is with Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (son of Andy), Thaddea Graham and Amir Wilson, while we then discussed this project with Dutch star Gijs Blom, who made us feel somewhat better as it seems he was chilling out at home as well.
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- 3/19/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Take a look at the new 6-episode fantasy, action adventure series "The Letter for the King", starring Islam Bouakkaz, Jack Barton and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, streaming March 20, 2020 on Netflix:
"...'Tiuri', a teenage squire, answers a call for help that sends him on a perilous mission across the three kingdoms to deliver a secret letter to the 'King'..."
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"...'Tiuri', a teenage squire, answers a call for help that sends him on a perilous mission across the three kingdoms to deliver a secret letter to the 'King'..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Letter For The King"...
- 2/26/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Joseph Baxter Feb 26, 2020
Netflix’s The Letter for the King adapts Tonke Dragt’s classic fantasy novel as an awe-inspiring television series.
The Letter for the King is a Netflix fantasy offering that, in the recent wake of The Witcher’s popularity, seems so abundantly tailor-made for transitional viewing that it won’t require any of its famed algorithms for a suggestion.
Much like The Witcher, Netflix’s The Letter for the King is based on a book, in this case key female fantasy writer Tonke Dragt’s 1962 Dutch novel, De brief voor de Koning, an acclaimed, million-plus-selling quasi-medieval story about a young squire who becomes entrusted with the delivery of the titular memo, on which the fate of the entire kingdom hangs. The book – reprinted frequently and in several languages – has been adapted for musical theater and had a 2008 movie adaptation released in its native Netherlands.
Indeed, the Netflix-bound...
Netflix’s The Letter for the King adapts Tonke Dragt’s classic fantasy novel as an awe-inspiring television series.
The Letter for the King is a Netflix fantasy offering that, in the recent wake of The Witcher’s popularity, seems so abundantly tailor-made for transitional viewing that it won’t require any of its famed algorithms for a suggestion.
Much like The Witcher, Netflix’s The Letter for the King is based on a book, in this case key female fantasy writer Tonke Dragt’s 1962 Dutch novel, De brief voor de Koning, an acclaimed, million-plus-selling quasi-medieval story about a young squire who becomes entrusted with the delivery of the titular memo, on which the fate of the entire kingdom hangs. The book – reprinted frequently and in several languages – has been adapted for musical theater and had a 2008 movie adaptation released in its native Netherlands.
Indeed, the Netflix-bound...
- 2/26/2020
- Den of Geek
14 year old newcomer Archie Cox from Cirencester has landed the lead role in the new BBC adaptation of Laurie Lee's classic memoir of the Cotswolds, Cider With Rosie.
The casting directors searched local Gloucestershire schools to find boys with authentic accents and spotted Archie, who they described as "an exciting new discovery", despite the fact that he has no previous acting experience.
Archie will star as Laurie know as 'Lol' in the story which chronicles his journey from boy to man, first love, loss and family upheaval. Lol’s boyhood escapades take place in a rural world as yet untouched by electricity and cars - a place suspended between history and modernity.
Fellow newcomer Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (represented by Lou Coulson), the 16 year old daughter of actors Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne, will play the author's cousin, the Rosie of the title.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate Emma Curtis...
The casting directors searched local Gloucestershire schools to find boys with authentic accents and spotted Archie, who they described as "an exciting new discovery", despite the fact that he has no previous acting experience.
Archie will star as Laurie know as 'Lol' in the story which chronicles his journey from boy to man, first love, loss and family upheaval. Lol’s boyhood escapades take place in a rural world as yet untouched by electricity and cars - a place suspended between history and modernity.
Fellow newcomer Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (represented by Lou Coulson), the 16 year old daughter of actors Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne, will play the author's cousin, the Rosie of the title.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland graduate Emma Curtis...
- 10/14/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Samantha Morton will star in BBC One's Cider with Rosie.
The Golden Globe-winning actress has been cast as Annie Lee in the adaptation of Laurie Lee's 1959 book.
Morton said: "I am thrilled to have taken on the role of Annie Lee in BBC One's adaptation of Cider with Rosie as it is one of my favourite books."
W1A's Jessica Hynes will feature as Miss Crabby, while June Whitfield will play the role of Granny Wallon.
Annette Crosbie and Billy Howle also appear, and will be joined by newcomers Archie Cox as Laurie/Lol, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Rosie and Emma Curtis as Maj.
Cider with Rosie follows a young Laurie Lee during and after the First World War, and follows the ups and downs of his family and first love.
The adaptation will air on BBC One in 2015, as part of the channel's classic 20th Century literature season.
The Golden Globe-winning actress has been cast as Annie Lee in the adaptation of Laurie Lee's 1959 book.
Morton said: "I am thrilled to have taken on the role of Annie Lee in BBC One's adaptation of Cider with Rosie as it is one of my favourite books."
W1A's Jessica Hynes will feature as Miss Crabby, while June Whitfield will play the role of Granny Wallon.
Annette Crosbie and Billy Howle also appear, and will be joined by newcomers Archie Cox as Laurie/Lol, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Rosie and Emma Curtis as Maj.
Cider with Rosie follows a young Laurie Lee during and after the First World War, and follows the ups and downs of his family and first love.
The adaptation will air on BBC One in 2015, as part of the channel's classic 20th Century literature season.
- 10/14/2014
- Digital Spy
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