Billy Elliot: Last News

Two new cast members have been announced for season 7 of Outlander and it appears the much-anticipated arrival of two characters from the books is on its way.

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Hall has signed with CAA for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Fickman (One True Loves) will direct the fish-out-of-water feature My Dad’s A Famous Movie Star for Brick Lane Pictures, Convoke Media, Film Roman and Kranzmedia—also producing through his Oops Doughnuts Productions banner.

Stranger Things’ creators the Duffer bothers are making a new live action adaptation of Death Note for Netflix.Netflix previously released a live-action Death Note movie in 2017, directed by Adam Wingard and starring Nat Wolff.Now, Netflix have announced that the Duffer brothers will make a new live adaptation of the Manga story.While details of the project are sparse as yet, it will be a live-action television adaptation of the manga and anime classic.An all-new live-action television adaptation of the renowned Japanese manga and anime series Death Note.— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022The brothers recently announced a new production company called Upside Down Pictures, which will create more film and television projects for Netflix.Some of those unveiled include a new original series from the creators of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman in partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Paramount TV.There are also plans for a new stage adaptation set in the Stranger Things universe and a live-action Stranger Things spin-off based on an original idea by the brothers.An original series from creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022A series adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub‘s The Talisman to be created by Curtis Gwinn.— Netflix (@netflix) July 6, 2022A new stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things, produced by prolific and multi award-winning producers Sonia Friedman, Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Reader), and Netflix.

Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have announced that a TV spin-off and stage play based on the Netflix series are officially in the works.Netflix announced on Wednesday (July 6) that the duo have formed Upside Down Pictures, a new production company where they’ll develop film and TV projects as part of their overall deal with the streaming service signed in 2019.Along with the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, there’s five other projects in development at the company. These include a live-action spin-off based on an original idea by the Duffer Brothers, which they recently described as being “1000 per cent different” to the main series.A stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things is also in the works, directed and produced by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader) alongside producer Sonia Friedman (The Book Of Mormon, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child).The Duffer Brothers have formed Upside Down Pictures, a new production company through which they will develop film and television projects as part of their overall deal with Netflix.

Preston-born star, who attended Greenlands Community Primary School and Ribbleton Hall High School, has spoken about the ordeal ahead of a new documentary. The 44-year-old Top Gear host said he "got so much stick for playing cricket" and likened it to the fictional working class lad Billy Elliot who discovered a passion for ballet. However, the television and radio presenter said Billy "he had it easier".

EXCLUSIVE: Some of the West End and Broadway’s biggest productions are making their debuts on Indian TV.

Cameron Mackintosh ,the London theatre owner and impresario, nixed the idea of having a host introduce artists performing at Tuesday’s one-night only Old Friends tribute show ,honoring the legacy of musical theatre genius ,Stephen Sondheim who died ,aged 91 last November.

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Fellner, Working Title co-chairman, and the creators of the hit Billy Elliot musical, have given their support to a non-replica production that will run at UK regional theatre, The Curve, Leicester, from July 7.

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.The star celebrates his 36th birthday today (March 14), so Daily Star is taking it all the way back to where it all started for him.The film was released in September 2000 and was a huge commercial success which raked up a massive $109,280,263 (£83.8m) despite smaller expectations.While Jamie has gone on to have a successful career and full family life, his co-stars haven't always had it quite as good.Here, we take a look at what Jamie and his co-stars have been up to in the years that followed the film.Jamie Bell went on to land huge film roles in movies such as The Adventures of Tintin, Fantastic Four, King Kong, Snowpiercer and Elton John’s biopic Rocketman.He married actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2012, with the couple meeting after they starred in Green Day’s Wake Me Up When September Ends music video in 2005.Jamie and Evan have a son together, who was born in 2013, and a year later they announced their separation.By late 2015, Jamie was dating his Fantastic Four co-star Kate Mara, and they got engaged in January 2017.They announced they had got married in July 2017 and welcomed a daughter together in May 2019.Acting legend Julie Walters was cast to play Billy Elliot’s hard-working ballet teacher and she did not disappoint.During her role as Sandra Wilkinson she taught the young hopeful how to dance and encouraged him to join the Royal Ballet School.Sandra quickly became one of the most iconic characters in the film, but outside of Billy Elliot, Julie has had a very impressive career.She began acting in the mid-eighties, with her breakout role opposite Michael Caine in Educating Rita.Since then, she has gone on to bring life to the roles of Molly Weasley in Harry Potter, the

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStephane Celerier, a veteran French film executive whose former banner Mars Films co-produced “La Famille Belier,” is joining forces with PGS Entertainment to create a new production company.Celerier is launching Gemma Pictures with Philippe and Guillaume Souter, the founders of PGS Entertainment, a thriving family-owned business specialized in financing and licensing worldwide youth entertainment.The new Paris-based company will look to produce French and English-language films, TV series and TV movies and is already developing a slate of 10 projects with well-known French and international talent. A resourceful and deep-pocketed company, PGS Entertainment will fully finance the development of Gemma Pictures’ roster over the next three years and will handle the back office, while giving Celerier the full reins of the company.

Vincent J. Sainato, a visual designer whose ad campaigns for Rent and Avenue Q helped launch those musicals as long-running Broadway stalwarts, died Jan. 8 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, following a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 55.

A Spider-Man reunion? Tom Holland hopes to work with Zendaya again on HBO’s Euphoria — but he hasn’t been asked yet.

Since his debut as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans have wondered about Tom Holland‘s net worth and how much he makes for the Spider-Man movies and other Marvel films.

NO ONE gave Tom Holland a second glance when I first met him on a floodlit golf course in Atlanta five years ago. Back then, when he posed for some of his first press shots, the young Brit’s CV consisted of being one of many young actors to play Billy Elliot in the stage musical and appearing as one of Ewan McGregor’s sons in tsunami movie, The Impossible.

Daniel Craig gave his swan song performance as James Bond in the recently released No Time To Die. The British actor played 007 for five films over the course of 15 years, but the time has come for a new star to take over.

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Jack P Shepherd is famed for playing menacing David Platt on Coronation Street - a role he bagged at the age of 12.

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd has revealed he "f***ed up" his chance of Hollywood superstardom, after he wasn't chosen for the main part in an iconic film.The actor, who plays David Platt in the street, missed out on a part in smash-hit movie Billy Elliot to Jamie Bell after bombing in his audition as a kid.The 2000 flick went on to pick up a clutch of awards and was also nominated for three Oscars.Jack, 33, revealed on his Sofa Cinema Club podcast with fellow Corrie stars Colson Smith and Ben Price: "When this film came out I was like 11/12 years old and I’d obviously been for an audition."I was only gutted in the sense that I didn’t get it because of the success the film went on to do – Academy Award nominations."He added: "And I