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Gugu Mbatha-Raw is pretty in pink while arriving at the Surface season two photo call held on Monday (February 10) at Ham Yard Hotel in London.

Apple TV+ has set a February date for the Season 2 premiere of psychological thriller series Surface, starring and executive produced by Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The eight-episode second season launches globally on Friday, Feb. 21, followed by new episodes every Friday through April 11, 2025. The streamer also unveiled some first-look images of the upcoming season, which you can see above and below.

Two from Magnolia Pictures, the story of an iconic record album design firm back and a sighting of Brian Cox usher in a specialty weekend with smoke clearing over New York City. Acrid plumes from Canadian wildfires have smothered the key arthouse market over the past few days in an unusual air quality event that had Mayor Eric Adams urging people to home.

The producer of "Shakespeare in Love" revealed Julia Roberts was originally cast as the lead before casting became a "disaster" in a new essay. Ed Zwick wrote about his experience attempting to cast Roberts in the late 90s in a personal essay for Air Mail. "The mere possibility of having the ‘Pretty Woman’ wearing a corseted gown got the studio excited enough to cough up the dough," he wrote.

essay for Air Mail recently, noting that Universal Pictures would only pay for the film if Roberts was involved.Zwick then jetted off to London with Roberts so she could do chemistry reads with actors who were in the lead to play loverboy himself, William Shakespeare.The “Erin Brockovich” actress was desperate to star alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in the flick; however, the “My Left Foot” actor had already pledged to shoot 1993’s “In the Name of the Father.”Zwick recollected that Roberts had gushed to him about how “brilliant, handsome and intense” Day-Lewis was at the time. “Don’t you think he’d be perfect? … I can get him to do it,” Roberts reportedly told the producer.The “Mystic Pizza” star even asked her assistant to send two dozen roses to the “There Will Be Blood” star, along with a card that read: “Be my Romeo.”But once Day-Lewis had told Zwick and Roberts’ team that he was fully committed to “In the Name of the Father,” their chemistry read was canceled.Roberts still went through with the casting process, now having been paired with Ralph Fiennes.

EXCLUSIVE: Athens-based audiovisual group Tanweer is expanding its business into world sales of local language content, kicking off with an augural slate at the EFM.

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has snapped up North American rights to the Toronto International Film Festival Closing Night film Dalíland from filmmaker Mary Harron, Deadline has learned.

The Walking Dead's Samantha Morton and Bridgerton's Ruby Stokes have been cast in forthcoming Paramount+ series The Burning Girls. Double Oscar nominee Morton, 45, will play the lead role in the show, based on the 2021 novel by CJ Tudor, Deadline reports.Morton plays reverend named Jack Brooks, a single parent who is haunted by a tragedy from her past, as well as her husband's death. News! The Walking Dead's Samantha Morton and Bridgerton's Ruby Stokes have been cast in a forthcoming Paramount+ series; pictured in 2019Stokes, 22, will play Morton's daughter Flo, described as a unique teen. Together they arrive in a village called Chapel Croft, anticipating new beginnings.But it doesn't take them long to find that they've moved to a community full of 'conspiracies and secrets.' The series is coming from Buccaneer Media, and CEO Tony Wood said, 'We couldn’t be happier with The Burning Girls cast as we start production this week.'The executive added, 'The depth of talent is substantial.' Coming soon: The two women, 45 and 22, will star in Burning Girls, based on the 2021 novel by CJ Tudor; seen in 2019 Also set to appear in the show is Conrad Khan of Peaky Blinders, Rupert Graves, Elodie Grace Orkin of Stranger Things, and more.Both Morton and Stokes are also currently busy with other projects - Morton in Starz' Serpent Queen, and Stokes in Lockwood & Co.

Ruby Stokes has a brand new series lined up following her exit from Bridgerton.

“Dalíland” is set to close out the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDirector Mary Harron’s “Dalíland,” a movie about influential surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, will have its world premiere as the closing night film for the 47th Toronto International Film Festival.The movie will debut on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Roy Thomson Hall.Ben Kingsley is playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” which tells the story of his strange and fascinating marriage with his wife Gala as their seemingly unshakeable bond begins to crack.

BBC Studios Partners With ‘Repair Shop’ Star Jay Blades & Hungry Bear

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Washington Black” series at Hulu has cast Billy Boyd, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, and Julian Rhind-Tutt in recurring roles, Variety has learned exclusively.“Washington Black” is adapted from Esi Edugyan’s novel of the same name. The nine-episode series is set in the 19th century and follows Washington “Wash” Black (Ernest Kingsley Jr.) as he flees from a Barbados sugar plantation after a shocking death threatens to upend his life. He becomes the protégé of Medwin Harris (Sterling K.