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Hollyoaks 12 years ago for Hollywood, where he went on to build an impressive career.While part of the Hollyoaks cast, he played Calvin Valentine from 2006 to 2010.The Oldham-born actor was recently spotted at the 61st Monte-carlo Television Festival in Monaco.Since his Hollyoaks days, Ricky has dyed his dark hair platinum blonde on top, and now has a fuller beard.At the event, he donned a blue waistcoat and matching shorts, paired with a white short-sleeved granddad shirt.He wore a pair of box-fresh white trainers and accessorised with a brown leather watch and bracelets.Before heading to tinsel town, Ricky took part in the 2009 series of Strictly Come Dancing.He then made the move to LA, starring in the US remake of BBC drama, Mistresses, action series The 100 and fantasy show American Gods, starring opposite Ian McShane of Lovejoy fame.He also has accrued several film credits to his name, including Netflix film Nappily Ever After, as well as 2013 romcom Austenland.For more of the latest showbiz news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.His life has changed greatly since he starred in the Cheshire-based soap, where he dated his co-star Carley Stenson, who played Steph Cunningham in the soap.Since crossing the pond, Ricky has been linked to former Gossip Girl actress Jessica Szhor and Demi Moore's daughter Rumer Willis, although isn't thought to have had a serious relationship since Carley.He also purchased property in the States, splashing out on a £1.2million LA property back in 2019.The large house is said to boast three bedrooms and four bathrooms, a games room, a wet bar and a wine cellar.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ Australia drama Last King of the Cross has added more cast with the likes of 300: Rise of an Empire’s Callan Mulvey joining previously-announced Ian McShane and Lincoln Younes.

Keanu Reeves hits the stage at Lionsgate’s CinemaCon 2022 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Thursday (April 28).

Zack Sharf Keanu Reeves is back to crushing skulls and making movie theater owners scream with adoration, as the star closed CinemaCon with a first look of “John Wick: Chapter 4.”Appearing during the Lionsgate presentation at the annual exhibition trade show, Reeves was greeted with lusty applause and chants of “You’re the man!” from attendees.The next installment once again teams Reeves with stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski. Lionsgate has high hopes for “John Wick: Chapter 4,” considering each chapter in the franchise has outgrossed its predecessor.

John Wick: Chapter 4 doesn’t hit theaters until March 24, but it didn’t stop the pic’s leading man Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski from giving exhibitors at Caesars Palace Colosseum Theatre an early look.

Netflix has confirmed the full cast for its upcoming animation pic My Father’s Dragon.

K.J. Yossman Netflix has unveiled a first-look image (below) from upcoming animated feature “My Father’s Dragon,” which features Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo and a host of bold-face names.Based on the book of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett, “My Father’s Dragon” tells the story of Elmer, a young boy who struggles to cope after moving to the city with his mother.

Ian McShane has been cast in Paramount+ Australia’s drama Last King Of The Cross and will take on a major role. He will appear opposite star Lincoln Younes.

There is a Sexy Beast prequel series happening after all.

Starz and Lionsgate Television's highly-anticipated John Wick TV series The Continental has just added five new cast members.Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi and Marina Mazepa have all signed on to the new series, via Deadline.They join a cast that already Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell,Peter Greene, Ayomide Adegun, Jeremy Bobb, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica Allain, Mishel Prada, Nhung Kate and Ben Robson. Cast:Katie McGrath, Ray McKinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi and Marina Mazepa have all signed on to the new series, via DeadlineThe series will be set in 1975 New York City, exploring the origins of both The Continental hotel, which was showcased in the John Wick films as a safe haven for assassins, and Winston Scott.Woodell will play a younger Winston Scott (portrayed by Ian McShane in the John Wick films), who is, 'dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he'd left behind.' The show follows Winston as he, 'charts a deadly course through the New York's mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world's most dangerous criminals,' according to the show's description.

“John Wick: Chapter 4” is on the way.

It stands to reason that Lionsgate’s tentpole John Wick: Chapter 4 would move off Memorial Day weekend 2022 after Paramount plopped Tom Cruise’s long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick on May 27. The Chad Stahelski fourthquel will now debut on March 24, 2023 as revealed in a teaser that just dropped.

Selome Hailu editorStarz announced that Peter Greene, Ayomide Adegun and Jeremy Bobb have been cast in “The Continental,” the upcoming three-episode prequel series based on Lionsgate’s “John Wick” film franchise.First greenlit in 2018, the series centers on the backstory of the titular Continental hotel from the perspective of the manager, a young Winston Scott (Colin Woodel, based on Ian McShane’s character in the films).

Starz and Lionsgate are teaming for a new prequel series about the early days of “John Wick” character Winston (played by Ian McShane), titled “The Continental.” The new series focuses on the iconic hotel of the same name, which is a safe haven for assassins. The world of assassins these characters inhabit revolves around a secret group called The High Table, who control criminal syndicates with a violent iron fist, and apparently, everyone has to commit loyalty to them just to operate.

The Continental, a prequel series to the John Wick movies starring Keanu Reeves.The show will be a three-night special event series airing on Starz in the US, where Gibson will play a character named Cormac, according to Deadline.The Continental will delve into the origins behind the hotel-for-assassins through the eyes of a young Winston Scott, the character played by Ian McShane in the films.Scott is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face the past he thought he’d left behind, and charts a deadly course through the city’s mysterious underworld to seize the hotel which serves as a meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals.According to Variety, Colin Woodell has been cast in the lead role as young Scott.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “John Wick” prequel series at Starz, “The Continental,” has cast Colin Woodell in the lead role, Variety has learned.Woodell will star as a young Winston Scott, the character played in the film franchise by Ian McShane. “The Continental” will explore the origin behind the titular hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind. Winston charts a deadly course through the New York’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the iconic hotel, which serves as the meeting point for the world’s most dangerous criminals.Woodell is now the second cast member announced for the series.

Colin Woodell (The Flight Attendant) has been tapped as the lead in The Continental, Starz’s TV series prequel to the Keanu Reeves film franchise John Wick. Woodell, who will play Winston Scott, the younger version of Ian McShane’s character from the John Wick films, joins Mel Gibson in the three-night special-event TV series, produced by Lionsgate Television.

Mel Gibson will star in a prequel series to the John Wick film franchise titled The Continental.Deadlinereported that the actor, 65, will take a leading role in the three-part television event coming to Starz.The series will focus on the hotel-for-assassins that Keanu Reeves' Wick stays at during the series. Joining a big franchise:Mel Gibson will star in a prequel series to the John Wick film franchise titled The Continental (pictured 2017)The Continental will focus on the story of young Winston Scott, played by Ian McShane in the original film.

according to Deadline, and 65-year-old Gibson will portray a character named Cormac.“The Continental” is set to explore the genesis behind the hotel for assassins, through the eyes of a young Winston Scott, who was played by Ian McShane in the film franchise starring Keanu Reeves.

EXCLUSIVE:  We’ve just learned that Lionsgate has closed a deal for Clancy Brown to star opposite Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rina Sawayama, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, and Ian McShane in John Wick: Chapter 4.