68 stories by "Leo Barraclough"
LONDON — English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf has attached to score B Good Picture Company’s ï¬lm about the early life of Noel Coward, in which "Glee" star Chris Colfer pla…
LONDON — Sophie Okonedo, who was Oscar nommed for "Hotel Rwanda," is set to star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the next series of "The Hollow Crown," the BBC's Shakespeare adaptati…
LONDON — Picturehouse Entertainment has nabbed the international distribution rights to broadcast Monty Python’s final live show at London's O2 Arena on July 20 to movie theaters…
LONDON — Catherine Hardwicke will helm comedy drama “Miss You Already,” which is to star Rachel Weisz and Toni Collette. Morwenna Banks has penned the script, which centers…
LONDON — Benedict Cumberbatch is to play Richard III in Neal Street Productions' film for the BBC. “Richard III” is part of a series of Shakespeare's History plays, which a…
LONDON — Musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's “Merrily We Roll Along” lead the Olivier Awards race with seven noms …
Shirley Temple, the child star phenomenon of the 1930s who went on to a career in international diplomacy, died Tuesday in California at age 85. A statement from her family provided to news …
LONDON — Daniel Radcliffe is to star in "Brooklyn Bridge," which will be scripted and directed by Douglas McGrath (“Emma”). Goldcrest will finance and sell international ri…
LONDON — "Life on Mars" creator Tony Jordan (pictured) and "Notting Hill" producer Duncan Kenworthy are teaming up to produce "Stop! In the Name of Love," a 10-part musical TV drama th…
LONDON — Owners of all historic theaters in Central London carried out safety checks on their buildings Friday following the collapse of a ceiling that injured 76 people at the 112-yea…
LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python has added a further five shows to the run of its live show, “Monty Python Live (Mostly),” at London’s O2 Arena. The new d…
LONDON — Comedy troupe Monty Python said Monday it will extend the run of its stage show, which was unveiled last week. The show at London's 20,000-seat O2 Arena will now run from July…
LONDON — Monty Python’s surviving members – Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones — revealed their new project at a press confere…
LONDON — The five surviving members of comedy troupe Monty Python are reuniting for a stage show, which will be the first time they have performed together as Monty Python in 15 yea…
LONDON — Kevin Spacey told a gathering of the U.K. TV industry’s top execs Thursday that they should embrace risk-taking and trust creative talent. Spacey, who was delivering the…
LONDON — Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Jane Birkin and Dominique Pinon are set to topline in “My Old Lady,” a Paris-based dramatic comedy marking the feature film directorial …
LONDON — Audiences around the world will be able to access London's West End legit productions at movie theaters after event cinema producer and distrib CinemaLive struck a deal with B…
LONDON — The National Theater and Chichester Festival Theater emerged as the producer front-runners in the nominations for this year's Olivier awards with 13 and 12 noms apiece. The NT…
