Basil Eidenbenz Joins ‘The Witcher’ After Role Is Recast

The UK TV skills crisis has been laid bare by research from ScreenSkills showing the vast majority of production companies struggling immensely to find key roles such as Production Manager and Production Co-ordinator on non-scripted shows.

The star also added during a press conference earlier this month, promoting the launch of his energy drink brand, Furocity, that he doesn't feel he has changed much.Pundit Steve Bruce joked: "You haven't changed much, you've just lost some hair."He continued: "I always said: 'If I have enough money to have a cup of tea and a ham sandwich, then I'll be happy.The rest of it, not important to me."I come from a family of people among whom there's more to life than being the richest man in the graveyard."The heavyweight champion said that his family "aren't really bothered" about wealth.Tyson added that being Heavyweight Champion of the world is "worth more to me than all of the gold that this world has to offer."He explained: "It wasn't just an achievement as a sportsperson, it was a dream. It was a vision.

Renfrew Ladies and Girls FC celebrated another year of continued development with a glitzy annual awards night.

All aboard! We’ve got a one-track mind right now as the National Hunt season builds and builds ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.

A teenager was attacked with a machete while trying to assist a woman who had been assaulted by her partner after a funeral.

Storm Eunice is coming Friday in the wake of Storm Dudley where, in Scotland, the storm will bring snow, ice and wind.

The daughter of a disabled Scots pensioner claims he was ‘frogmarched’ from a musical theatre after being kicked out for ‘clapping and singing’.

Railway routes through Lanarkshire remain suspended this morning while Network Rail engineers continue to check the lines for damage following yesterday's Storm Dudley.

Kanye West has remarkably followed Pete Davidson on Instagram.It wouldn’t stir our interest in any other era, but it comes after the Saturday Night Live comedian re-joined the platform amid tensions between the rapper and his ex-wife, and Pete’s girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.Is this an olive branch we see before us?The Jesus Walks rapper appeared to signal he’s trying to move on from his spat with his estranged wife Kim’s boyfriend after he launched a series of scathing attacks on the star.Pete, 28, has only just returned to the platform, setting up a new profile with the handle ‘pmd’, his initials.At the time of writing, he has nearly 600,000 followers, including Kim and Kanye, and so far is only following his girlfriend…and Pam and Tommy actor Sebastian Stan.It followed the 44-year-old rapper vowing that Pete would not be allowed to meet the children he shares with Kim – North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two – and shared a private text allegedly from the comic.Among his insults, Kanye – who referred to Pete as ‘Skete’ in his barrage of posts on the social media app – called the King of Staten Island’ star a ‘d**’, and insisted he would reunite with Kim.Howeber, this week, the Stronger hitmaker apologised for ‘harassing’ his ex-wife online following a stream of posts.Deleting all of his posts and reflecting on his public statements, Ye admitted he was ‘learning in real time’.Alongside a photo of himself on stage, Kanye wrote: ‘I’ve learned that using all caps makes people feel like I’m screaming at them.‘I’m working on my communication. I can benefit from a team of creative professionals, organizers, mobilizers and community leaders.

Actor Ioan Gruffud has filed a restraining order against estranged wife Alice Evans.Ioan, 48, and Alice, 53, were married for 14 years when he filed for divorce in March 2021.Since their split, Alice has repeatedly contacted Ioan over email, texts and social media posts, with Ioan now taking to court to stop her from contacting him.As reported by The Daily Mail, Ioan filed 113 documents showing mostly unanswered messages from Alice where she accused him of drug use, threatened to ‘call every tabloid in the UK’ and hurled insults at him and new girlfriend Bianca Wallace.In his court filing on Tuesday this week, he also claimed Alice verbally threatened to tell the media he had abused her and she would ‘do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp’.He says Alice threatened to tell the media that he ‘had abused her and our daughters… call the police on me if I did not comply with her demands… tell people I am a drug addict and put me in prison’.Ioan also alleges Alice threatened to write a ‘fake diary’ to paint herself as an ‘abused victim, and to have the diary published’.Screenshots of Alice’s messages show her repeatedly threatening to call the police, and goading him to ‘do it’ when she learned he was considering a restraining order.While most of Alice’s messages went unanswered, images show Ioan responding sporadically in a formal manner where he requested she stop contacting him and described it as ‘harassment and abuse’.She also insulted Ioan’s mother, claimed he was in ‘dire need of psychiatric help’ and said she would ‘dedicate the rest of [her] life to spreading awareness of what [he] had done’.In his court filing, Ioan said Alice had turned against his girlfriend Bianca, 30, and had posted private information

Julia Fox has opened up on her relationship with Kanye West and said they were doing people a ‘service’ during the pandemic.The actress and model, 32, was in a hugely public, whirlwind relationship with the Donda rapper for just over a month after the pair met at a New Year’s Eve party in Miami.The romance featured full-on photoshoots, actual essays, scenes of intense PDA and gifts for Julia and her friends allegedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.But as intense and public as it was, it ended as unexpectedly as it started, with the pair breaking up earlier this month as Kanye, 44, begged for ex Kim Kardashian back in a series of posts on social media.In a new interview with The Cut, Julia spoke about the beginning of their relationship and suggested they kept things so high-profile to ‘give people something to talk about’ – because there wasn’t much more going on in a pandemic.She said there was ‘such an interest’ when their paparazzi photos were ‘leaked’ that it made her not want to be ‘hush-hush’ about it.Celebrities are not that f*****g important. You can tell us about your stupid f*****g date.,’ she said.‘We’re in a pandemic.

Bob Saget have been granted a temporary injunction to block the release of records from the investigation into his death, which were said to contain ‘graphic’ details.On January 9, the late Full House actor and stand-up comedian died aged 65 in Orlando, Florida, with his cause of death later revealed to have been due to a head injury.It was recently reported that his family had filed for a temporary and permanent injunction to stop sensitive information concerning his death from being released to anyone but his wife, Kelly Rizzo, and daughters.A court ruling has since stated that sharing such information would cause Saget’s family ‘severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress’.Documents obtained by the PA news agency outlined: ‘The court finds that plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm in the form of severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress if the requested temporary injunction is not granted.’The legal move to prevent the death investigation records from being released was brought on behalf of Rizzo and Saget’s daughters against the Orange County Sheriff’s office and the medical examiner’s office.In the documents, it said that some of the records ‘graphically depict Mr Saget, his likeness or features, or part of him, and were made by defendants’.‘Upon information and belief, certain news and media outlets have filed or plan to file public records requests… requesting defendants release the records to the public,’ it said.It continued: ‘For the reasons stated herein, plaintiffs seek a temporary and permanent injunction precluding defendants from releasing the records to anyone except plaintiffs as the surviving spouse and daughters of Mr Saget, or to plaintiffs designee.’The temporary injunction will

supports HTML5 videoKate Moss’ sister Lottie Moss has opened up about why she checked into rehab, saying that she has a ‘really bad addiction to coke’.Earlier this month, the 24-year-old revealed that she had checked into a rehabilitation facility, sharing the news with her thousands of TikTok followers.In a new video shared on the social media platform, she uploaded a clip of herself with the words: ‘When people ask why I’m in rehab’ written across the screen, as she mouthed the words: ‘I have a really bad addiction to coke’ to someone else’s voice.The fashion model, who is also on OnlyFans, captioned the video: ‘Savage but true x,’ claiming that she hasn’t taken the Class A drug in 18 days.Several people wished her well in the comments, with one writing: ‘5 months without it and I feel the best ever!!! Well done you x.’‘At least you’re getting the help you need, proud of you xx,’ someone else said, while another commented: ‘Thank you for your honesty xxx it is the devil, hope you are okay xxx.’Following the news that Lottie had checked into rehab, her father, Peter Moss, told The Sun that she was doing ‘just fine’.When Lottie disclosed that she was in rehab, she shared multiple short videos on TikTok, with one clip reading: ‘I think I took euphoria too literally u guys (sic)’, in reference to the acclaimed American drama starring Zendaya that depicts heavy use of drugs.The clip also featured the words: ‘When everyone’s glamourising droog taking but you’re literally in r3h4b [sic],’ with Lottie likely changing the words ‘drug’ and ‘rehab’ to prevent the post from being flagged and taken down by the platform.She previously clarified that she was not in The Priory, a rehab centre attended by multiple celebrities over the

Sony’s Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer Uncharted has been dated for a March 14 release in China. The studio’s Weibo account shared the news today with a video message from Holland and Wahlberg and a subtitled trailer, as well as a new poster (see it in full below). This comes at the same time as China has also set a date for Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman, which will go out on March 18.

The Berlin International Film Festival confirmed today it has recorded 128 positive Covid cases from 10,938 tests taken at testing stations around fest hub Potsdamer Platz.

The Witcher to get the onscreen adaptation it deserves, and while fans won't have to wait that long for the anticipated second season of the Netflix series, the hiatus has still felt far too long for our liking. Luckily, Netflix has tossed us a coin and announced that The Witcher Season 2 is back in production.The Witcher is inspired by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher books, which also spawned the popular CD Projekt Red video game franchise.

British actor and DC’s Superman Henry Cavill still wants to be considered for the role of James Bond after Daniel Craig. Daniel Craig‘s last Bond film, No Time to Die, will hit theatres in November, and at that point, there will be a search for the next 007.

Netflix show The Witcher has revealed a new casting for Season 2.Actor Thue Rasmussen, who was due to play Eskel in season 2 of The Witcher, will be leaving the show and replaced by Basil Eidenbenz.Rasmussen took to Twitter to explain that he had to leave the show as a result of scheduling issues that had arisen due to delays from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Rasmussen wrote: “Sadly, due to the rescheduling because of Covid-19, I will not be portraying Esekel in The Witcher.”“It’s heartbreaking, of course, but I mostly feel happy and grateful for the days I got to spend on set earlier this year.

Jordan Moreau “The Witcher” has recast the upcoming role of Eskel with actor Basil Eidenbenz, Variety has confirmed.In February, Netflix originally announced that actor Thue Ersted Rasmussen would be taking on the role of the fellow Witcher in the Henry Cavill-starring series. However, Rasmussen had to drop out of “The Witcher” due to rescheduling conflicts caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Eidenbenz, a Swiss actor, has previously appeared in the British historical drama “Victoria,” “The Athena” and had a role in “The Favourite” starring Olivia Colman and Emma Stone.

There has been a casting shake-up for the upcoming second season of The Witcher.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Basil Eidenbenz (Victoria) will play popular Witcher Eskel in recasting for the second season of Netflix’s hit series The Witcher. Thue Ersted Rasmussen, who had been originally cast in the role heading into Season 2 and filmed scenes in late February and early March before production was shut down due to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, announced this week that he had to leave the show “due to the rescheduling because of COVID-19.”Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersRasmussen was one of seven new cast members announced by Netflix on Feb.