Toby Stephens: Last News

The teen spy Alex Rider will be back on Amazon Prime Video soon, and despite his hankering for a more normal adolescence he’s going to be pitched back into the clandestine underworld of espionage.

Clifford Coonan Hong Kong’s PCCW Media is linking up with independent film and TV studio SK Global Entertainment (“Crazy Rich Asians”) to produce the drama series, “The Season.” The six-part series is set in Hong Kong and tells of a group of friends gathering for a summer of fun in the sun as boating season begins but which spirals into a web of deception and power struggles. The show was unveiled at a special presentation at Hong Kong FilMart.

PCCW Media and Crazy Rich Asians producer SK Global are joining forces on Hong Kong-set premium series The Season, created and executive produced by Yalun Tu. 

EXCLUSIVE: Luke Thallon is in good company when it comes to playing Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

UK actor Toby Stephens has enjoyed his own triumphs on screen – best known for his role as James Bond’s youngest ever villain Gustav Graves opposite Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day (2002).

This September Downton Abbey 3 will be released, marking the first film in the period drama franchise without the late beloved Dame Maggie Smith.

died at 89 in September. Smith played the iconic Dowager Countess in the TV show, which ran from 2010-2015, and both follow up movies. Her character died at the end of the second movie, 2022’s “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” but executive producer Gareth Neame said the upcoming third film will still include a tribute.

Walker Scobell’s Percy Jackson will get the chance to take on “The Sea of Monsters” just like Logan Lerman before him in the film version.

Whoopi Goldberg has shared an update on Sister Act 3 following the death of Dame Maggie Smith – see what she had to say below.The legendary Smith died in late September at the age of 89. The news was confirmed by her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens. In a statement they said that Smith “passed away peacefully” in the early hours of September 27.In the lead up to Smith’s death, Goldberg had been working on the script for Sister Act 3.

As Whoopi Goldberg prepares to complete the holy trinity of her Sister Act franchise, one late sister will be there in spirit.

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Dame Maggie Smith has been honoured at a private funeral service in Richmond on Monday.The actress, renowned for her roles as Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter, the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey, and the lead in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, was tenderly remembered at a private funeral on Monday. Dame Maggie passed away on September 27, aged 89, leaving behind a legacy of remarkable performances. Her death was confirmed by her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens.They said in a statement at the time: "She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September.

Judi Dench reportedly got emotional while speaking about her late friend Maggie Smith.The Harry Potter star passed away last month at the age of 89, with her death confirmed by sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens.While appearing at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Saturday (October 5), Dench was asked by interviewer Brendan O’Hea about the topic of grief in the wake of Smith and fellow actor Barbara Leigh-Hunt’s deaths.“I know I probably shouldn’t bring this up, I know the last week has been tricky for you because you lost your great friends Maggie Smith and Barbara Leigh-Hunt,” he said (via The Times), also touching upon the death of her husband Michael Williams in 2001.Asked about her previous comparison of grief with petrol, Dench replied: “I suppose because the energy that’s created by grief…,” before getting lost for words in tears.The actress spoke no further of Smith, though did explain that she plants trees in her garden in memory of friends who have passed, and that they’ve begun resembling them.Following Smith’s death, a clip went viral from TV series Nothing Like A Dame (called Tea With The Dames outside the UK) in which the late actress appears to “turn” on her friend Dench.“We’re going to work forever if we’re asked,” Dench says, Smith adding in a deadpan manner: “But you’re always asked first if I may say so.”One of my favorite videos of Maggie Smith with Judi Dench and Joan Plowright.

A week after Maggie Smith‘s death, best friend Dame Judi Dench is at a loss for words.

Toby Stephens & Umi Myers Lead Māori Gothic Horror ‘Mārama’

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Production is now under way in New Zealand on “Marama,” a gothic horror film from Māori writer-director Taratoa Stappard (“Taumanu, Emkhatsini”). Production is taking place around Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island and in the South Island’s Otago region. Set in North Yorkshire, England, in 1859, “Marama” is the story of a young Māori woman’s fight to reclaim her identity and indigenous culture in Victorian-era Britain.

Whoopi Goldberg has paid tribute to her “one of a kind” Sister Act co-star Maggie Smith in a new post on social media.The passing of the iconic actor, aged 89, was confirmed last Friday (September 27) by her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens. In a statement they said that Smith “passed away peacefully” in the early hours of that morning.“An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end,” they shared in a statement last week.

Smith died on Friday, Sept. 27, which happens to be exactly one year since Gambon passed away. Smith was 89; Gambon was 82.

King Charles and Queen Camilla have honoured Dame Maggie Smith with heartfelt words: "As the curtain comes down on a national treasure, we join all those around the world in remembering with the fondest admiration and affection her many great performances, and her warmth and wit that shone through both off and on the stage." The acclaimed actress passed away in hospital on Friday morning, as confirmed by her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens.They praised her as an "extraordinary mother and grandmother" while expressing their profound grief. "An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end," they shared.

J.K. Rowling has paid a touching tribute to Dame Maggie Smith who played the beloved character Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Dame Maggie Smith, the iconic theatre and acting legend, had come to terms with her mortality before her peaceful passing.

Maggie Smith, who died at 89 on Friday. In a statement to The Post, Radcliffe, 35, said, “The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading through scenes for ‘David Copperfield,’ which was my first job.