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Annabelle Wallis Joins Cillian Murphy In BBC Two Drama ‘Peaky Blinders’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday September 13, 2012 @ 2:16pm PDTTags: Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders

Annabelle WallisEXCLUSIVE: British actress Annabelle Wallis is headed home to UK television to star opposite Cillian Murphy in the six-part BBC Two drama series Peaky Blinders. Created by Eastern Promises scribe Steven Knight, an Oscar-nominee for Stephen Frears’ Dirty Pretty Things, the series is set in 1919 Birmingham where a ruthless family of gangsters, led by Murphy’s character Tommy, rules the lawless post-war slums. Wallis, whose credits include X-Men: First Class and W.E. along with TV programs The Tudors and Pan Am, will play a mysterious new arrival in the neighborhood who peaks Tommy’s interest. The Tiger Aspect/Caryn Mandabach Productions crime saga is produced by Katie Swinden, with Otto Bathurst directing. Writers include Knight, David Leland, Stephen Russell and Toby Finlay. Principal photography has just gotten underway in Birmingham and Leeds. Peaky Blinders is expected to air in 2013 in the UK. Wallis is repped by ICM Partners, United Agents and Untitled Entertainment.

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Cillian Murphy To Lead BBC Two Gangster Family Saga ‘Peaky Blinders’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday July 31, 2012 @ 11:20pm PDTTags: BBC, Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders

EXCLUSIVE: Cillian Murphy has been set to star as Tommy, the most ruthless brother in a family of gangsters in the six-part BBC Two drama Peaky Blinders. Created by Steven Knight, who wrote David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises and was … Read More »

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Awaiting New TV Series, Tim Roth Sets Back-To-Back UK Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday October 7, 2011 @ 8:20am PDTTags: Cillian Murphy, Mark O'Rowe, Peter Mullan, Tim Roth
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While Lie To Me star Tim Roth waits for his next series that will come from the deal he signed with 20th Century Fox TV, he’ll first go back to the UK to star in a pair of … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Andrew Niccol’s ‘In Time’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 8, 2011 @ 8:59am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, Cillian Murphy, Ethan Hawke, In Time, Jude Law, Justin Timberlake, Movie Trailer, New Regency, Olivia Wilde
Mike Fleming

Fox and New Regency put up a trailer this weekend for In Time, the Andrew Niccol-directed futuristic science fiction thriller that takes place in a world where people who want to live beyond 25 have to purchase time. The protagonist’s clock is about to run out when a rich guy … Read More »

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Publicist Craig Bankey Hangs Shingle

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 9, 2011 @ 9:28am PSTTags: Cillian Murphy, Daniel Dae Kim, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew Goode, Michael C. Hall, Muhammad Ali
Mike Fleming

Craig Bankey has left WKT Public Relations to form his own company repping actors and filmmakers. He made the move last Friday, and said he is bringing with him clients that include Muhammad Ali, Matthew Goode, Michael C. Hall, Djimon Hounsou, Daniel Dae Kim, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe and Sendhil … Read More »

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‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Johnny Galecki Heading For Justin Timberlake Sci-Fi Film

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday October 15, 2010 @ 6:03pm PDTTags: Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, Cillian Murphy, I'm Mortal, Johnny Galecki, Justin Timberlake, Movie Casting, Movie Deals, Movies, Olivia Wilde, The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory has made Johnny Galecki a hot property, and now he’s in final negotiations to star in New Regency’s untitled sci-fi movie from Andrew Niccol that used to be called I’m Mortal. He’s joining already-announced Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried … Read More »

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Jamie Bell Joins British Thriller ‘The Retreat’

By TIM ADLER AND MIKE FLEMING JR. | Thursday August 12, 2010 @ 7:57am PDTTags: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Movie Casting, Thandie Newton, The Retreat

Jamie Bell has signed on to star with Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton in The Retreat, the British thriller that begins production in Wales next month. Produced by Magnet Films, the thriller focuses on a couple vacationing on a remote island as they try to repair their marriage. When they find a soldier washed up on the beach in a biohazard suit, they discover everyone else has been killed by an airborne virus. Carl Tibbets is making his directorial debut on the script he wrote and Magnet’s Gary Sinyor is producing and David Frost is exec producer. Read More »

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Cillian Murphy To Star In ‘The Retreat’

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday July 28, 2010 @ 5:31am PDTTags: Cillian Murphy, Sony Pictures, Thandie Newton, The Retreat

EXCLUSIVE: The Inception star begins filming this British thriller in September on location in Wales. Thandie Newton will play Murphy’s wife. Sony Pictures has already taken UK rights. Moon was its last British acquisition. Another studio deal is pending for … Read More »

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