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Tim Roth To Star In MRC’s ‘Knifeman’ Series From David Cronenberg And Rolin Jones

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 20, 2012 @ 11:49am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, David Cronenberg, Tim Roth
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Tim Roth has signed on to star in Media Rights Capital’s TV series project Knifeman. David Cronenberg is set to direct the pilot and executive produce the series, which centers on John Tattersall (Roth), a radical, self-educated surgeon who will go to unorthodox lengths to uncover the secrets of the human body. The straight-to-series project, which is expected to be taken out to networks shortly, was written by Emmy-nominated writer-producer Rolin Jones (Boardwalk Empire, Friday Night Lights, Weeds) from a story by Jones and Ron Fitzgerald (Friday Night Lights, Weeds). Jones and Fitzgerald serve as Executive Producers with Cronenberg. Sam Raimi, Josh Donen and Robert Zotnowski of Stars Road are also Executive Producers, with Sentient’s Renee Tab serving as Co-Executive Producer.

This marks British actor Roth’s second U.S.series gig following his starring turn on the Fox drama Lie To Me. For the past year, he was under a deal at 20th Century Fox, which produced Lie To Me. Out of that pact, which just expired, came out a drama project, which Roth and former Lie To Me co-showrunner Alexander Cary recently sold to FX. The untitled project, now in development, was created by the two as a potential starring vehicle for Roth, with 20th TV’s cable division Fox21 producing. The project is still moving forward, with Roth, repped by CAA and attorney Geoff Oblath, and Cary currently writing the script. Given Roth’s commitment to Knifeman, if the FX project goes to pilot, it will be determined who will star, with Roth and Cary remaining executive producers.

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Tim Roth & Alexander Cary Create FX Bank Robbery Family Drama For Roth To Star

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 18, 2012 @ 2:56pm PDTTags: FX, Tim Roth
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: FX has put in development a drama project created by Oscar-nominated actor Tim Roth and Homeland co-executive producer Alexander Cary as a starring vehicle for Roth. The untitled project, from Fox21, is described as a drama about addiction, … Read More »

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2012 Cannes: Tim Roth Tapped As President of Un Certain Regard Jury

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 12, 2012 @ 9:17am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Tim Roth, Un Certain Regard
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English actor and director Tim Roth will be the president of the Un Certain Regard Jury, part of the Festival de Cannes Official Selection, for which twenty films will be announced at the same time as those for the

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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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Tim Roth Inks Deal With 20th Century Fox TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 6, 2011 @ 7:00pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Tim Roth
Nellie Andreeva

Lie To Me star Tim Roth is staying in business with 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind the Fox drama series, through a talent holding/producing deal. Under the pact, 20th TV will develop a new series as an acting … Read More »

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Tim Roth Joins ‘Arbitrage’ Cast

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 7:30am PDTTags: Arbitrage, Laura Bickford, Nicholas Jarecki, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth
Mike Fleming

Tim Roth has closed a deal to costar in Arbitrage, the Nicholas Jarecki-directed drama that begins shooting shortly in New York. Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon star. Roth will play Michael Gower, a detective investigating a murder. Jarecki’s script focuses … Read More »

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No Back 9 Order For Fox’s ‘Lie To Me’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 7, 2010 @ 1:19pm PSTTags: Fox Midseason Schedule, Fox Scheduling, Lie To Me, The Chicago Code, Tim Roth, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Fox will not be giving a back-nine order to crime procedural Lie to Me, whose current third season will consist of 13 episodes.  Sources at the network stress that the show has not been canceled, with final decision expected to … Read More »

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