The first image of Michael Sheen as ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ host Chris Tarrant in the three-part series Quiz was released yesterday by AMC.
Adapted from the play written by James Graham, who also wrote the likes of Brexit: An Uncivil War, Ink, This House and Labour of Love, Quiz is based on the true story of how Charles and Diana Ingram attempted an ‘audacious heist’ on the aforementioned quiz show.
The drama also stars Matthew Macfadyen as Major Charles Ingram, Sian Clifford as Diana Ingram, Mark Bonnar as Celador Television Chairman Paul Smith, Helen McCrory as Sonia Woodley QC, Michael Jibson as Tecwen Whittock and Aisling Bea as ITV Entertainment Commissioner, Claudia Rosencrantz.
Check out the new still on the photo gallery:
Today the finalists in the C21’s International Drama Awards have been announced. Good Omens recieved one nomination for the Best English language drama (series) award. The winners will be announced at the International Drama Awards Ceremony between 6pm and 7pm on December 5 as part of Content London 2019. See the nominees below:
Chernobyl
Produced by: Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games
For: Sky Atlantic and HBO
Distributed by: HBO
Gentleman Jack
Produced by: Lookout Point
For: HBO
Distributed by: BBC Studios
Good Omens
Produced by: BBC Studios, Blank Corporation, Narrativia, Amazon Studios
For: Amazon Prime Video
Distributed by: BBC Studios
Hanna
Produced by: NBCUniversal International Studios & Working Title TV
For: Amazon Prime Video
The Spy
Produced by: A LEGENDE FILMS PRODUCTION WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF OCS IN COPRODUCTION WITH LFB / A PLUS FINANCE AND NETFLIX
For: Netflix
Distributed by: Netflix
Top Boy
Produced by: Cowboy Films, Easter Partisan Films, Dream Crew and SpringHill Entertainment for Netflix
For: Netflix
Distributed by: Netflix
Wishing team Good Omens good luck!
The official poster and trailer for Dolittle reboot were released on this weekend. The movie, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the title character and Michael as Mugfly, will be out on January 15th 2020, and also includes Antonio Banderas and Jim Broadbent in the “human” cast, as well as Tom Holland, Selena Gomez, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, Emma Thompson, Octavia Spencer, and John Cena in the animal voice cast.
Watch the trailer below:
Check out the first poster on the photo gallery:
Anna Lundberg, Michael’s girlfriend, gave birth to Lyra, their first daughter together, on Monday, September 23rd, he has just announced on Twitter:
The news first broke on Friday exclusively via Daily Mail, to which Mayrick Sheen, Michael’s father, spoke, claiming the were “thrilled”.
It’s important to note that Michael gave a hint of his daughter’s birth last week, quoting E.E. Cummings:
Anna’s pregnancy was announced back in July. Lyra, named after Michael’s favorite character in Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels, is his second daughter. He shares his eldest, Lily, 20, with ex Kate Beckinsale.
Congratulations to Michael and Anna! Welcome to the world, Lyra!
The 2019 British Academy Cymru Awards nominees have been announced earlier today. The Netflix production Apostle recieved five nominations, including Best Actor for Micheal Sheen, who won in the same category for The Gospel of Us.
See the nomations below:
ACTOR (sponsored by AUDI)
Anthony Hopkins – King Lear
Celyn Jones – Manhunt – WINNER
Matthew Rhys – Death and Nightingales
Michael Sheen – Apostle
COSTUME DESIGN
Dawn Thomas-Mondo – Morfydd
Dinah Collin – Gwen – WINNER
Jane Spicer – Apostle
MAKE UP AND HAIR (sponsored by Ken Picton)
Claire Pritchard-Jones – Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher
Claire Williams – Apostle – WINNER
James Spinks – Morfydd
PRODUCTION DESIGN (sponsored by DRESD)
Arwel Wyn Jones – Doctor Who
Catrin Meredydd – Black Mirror: Bandersnatch – WINNER
James North – A Discovery of Witches
Thomas Pearce – Apostle
SPECIAL AND VISUAL EFFECTS (sponsored by Bomper Studio)
Bait Studio – Apostle – WINNER
Production Team – Doctor Who (The Doctor Falls)
Production Team – Final Score
The ceremony will take place on October 13th, Sunday, at St David’s Hall, Cardiff. This post will be updated once the winners are announced.
According to Deadline, Michael will play Chris Tarrant in a three-part drama about the quiz show cheating scandal. Read more:
EXCLUSIVE: Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen, The Good Fight’s Michael Sheen and Fleabag’s Sian Clifford are to star in Quiz, a drama about the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? cheating scandal, for AMC and ITV.
The Breaking Bad broadcaster and the British commercial network have commissioned the TV adaptation of Brexit: An Uncivil War writer James Graham’s play from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures with A Very English Scandal’s Stephen Frears to direct.
This comes over a year after Deadline revealed that the Sony-owned producer was turning the play into a television drama.
Quiz tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major, who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? It tells how Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, initially pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial.
Macfadyen, who is currently starring in the second season of HBO’s Succession, stars as Ingram; Sheen, who recently starred in Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens, plays Millionaire host Chris Tarrant; and Clifford, who played Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s sister in hit comedy Fleabag stars as Diana Ingram.
Ler maisWatch part of an interview Michael gave to BBC Radio 5 Live, in which he says how he helped make 2019 football event to happen in Cardiff:
He said he felt he had little choice but to “put it all on the line” after funding fell short late on.
“We got into a bit of a state so I essentially put everything I have into this,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
The Welsh actor and activist said he “earned good money” and would work more to cover his costs.
“You either commit to this stuff or you don’t,” he declared to 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake on Tuesday.
Asked if he was “scaling back” his acting work, the Damned United star responded: “Well, I was.
Michael spoke to Entertainment Weekly about recordind The Secret Commonwealth, second book of Phillip Pullman’s Book of Dust Trilogy. Read more below:
Philip Pullman’s new Book of Dust book is almost here, and Michael Sheen is helping bring it to life.
The award-winning actor, currently starring on Amazon’s Good Omens, records the audiobook for The Secret Commonwealth, which publishes Oct. 3. It’s the second volume in Pullman’s Book of Dust trilogy, an expansion of the author’s beloved His Dark Materials world, which is set to be adapted into an HBO series of the same name; it’ll unveil the next chapter in the life of indelible heroine Lyla.
“I am very much in the Pullman bubble — both exhilarated and exhausted,” Sheen says in an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of the recording process, which you can watch above. “I’m in control of it all, in a way. I love being able to play all the parts, because I’m essentially a control freak. There are parts I’d never be able to play on film or stage.”
The British Gentlemen’s Quartely magazine announced Michal as the host of this year’s Men Of The Year Awards on September 3rd, ten years after he won as Actor Of The Year. Read more below:
It’s almost that time of the year again, when the brightest stars across style, politics, entertainment and sport will be honoured at GQ’s annual Men Of The Year Awards, in association with Hugo Boss. Now in its 22nd year, the awards ceremony has become one of the most hotly anticipated events on the cultural calendar, attracting attendees such as The Prince Of Wales, John Legend, Donatella Versace and Sir Elton John.
With a guest list that always includes the biggest stars in the world, this year GQ has enlisted one such star to host, actor and activist Michael Sheen, who himself won Actor Of The Year at the awards in 2009. Sheen has pledged to donate his performance fee for the event to the Homeless World Cup: Cardiff 2019, a tournament that hopes to spread awareness about homelessness by inviting disadvantaged players to compete.
Ler maisMichael went to Twitter to annouce he is expecting a child with his girlfriend Anna Lundberg, a Sweden actress who lives in New York. He said:
Their baby on the way will be Michael’s second child, who has Lily, his 20-year-old daughter with his ex Kate Beckingsale.
Congratulations to Michael and Anna!
