Showing 16 - 30 of 39 articles tagged "Benedict Cumberbatch"

• Posted Friday 3/12/21 at 1:45PM EST

  Why Benedict Cumberbatch won't play Grand Admiral Thrawn in The Mandalorian: "There’s no way I want to be turned blue"

  Cumberbatch says he hasn't heard of the Star Wars character who sort of looks like him, prompting fans to want...

• Posted Saturday 2/20/21 at 5:53AM EST

  Benedict Cumberbatch to star in an updated adaptation of The 39 Steps

  The actor has signed on for an Anonymous Content-produced limited series update of John Buchan’s novel, which was turned into...

• Posted Thursday 12/12/19 at 3:50AM EST

  BBC and Netflix's Dracula limited series was inspired by Benedict Cumberbatch in his Sherlock outfit

  Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss says he took a silhouetted photo of Cumberbatch wearing his Sherlock Holmes coat with his collar...

• Posted Thursday 5/30/19 at 1:45PM EDT

  Benedict Cumberbatch's Patrick Melrose may return for a second season

  The Showtime/Sky series, based on Edward St Aubyn's novels, was originally envisioned for five episodes.

• Posted Sunday 4/14/19 at 8:03PM EDT

  A Benedict Cumberbatch photo inspired BBC and Netflix's new Dracula TV series

  Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock, says of the inspiration for his and Steven Moffat's new BBC/Netflix Dracula series: “It came...

• Posted Saturday 2/16/19 at 3:58AM EST

  How Sherlock subverts the "longer genius" archetype

  YouTube channel ScreenPrism explains how Benedict Cumberbatch's BBC character evolves to learn the benefits of empathy and compassion.

• Posted Wednesday 2/13/19 at 11:37PM EST

  How did Good Omens manage to put together a star-studded cast?

  Benedict Cumberbatch, playing Satan, was announced Wednesday as the latest big name to join the Amazon limited series based on...

• Posted Wednesday 2/13/19 at 5:25PM EST

  Amazon's Good Omens to drop all episodes at once in May

  The six-episode limited TV series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 1990 novel Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes...

• Posted Saturday 1/19/19 at 6:13AM EST

  HBO's Brexit is like a good episode of The West Wing, despite its well-intentioned pandering

  "Bearing a terrific cast and clever screenplay that occasionally pops with a fizzy, (Aaron) Sorkin-lite flair, the movie .

• Posted Saturday 1/12/19 at 7:05AM EST

  HBO's Brexit, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, has already divided British viewers

  The film that is scheduled to air on HBO on Jan.

• Posted Friday 12/14/18 at 5:45PM EST

  Watch a bald Benedict Cumberbatch in HBO's Brexit trailer

  The Sherlock star plays Dominic Cummings, who spearheaded Britain's Brexit vote as director of the Vote Leave campaign.

• Posted Monday 11/19/18 at 1:04PM EST

  True Blood could've featured Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence

  True Blood creator Alan Ball revealed details of the casting of his HBO series, saying at the Vulture festival: "I...

• Posted Wednesday 8/01/18 at 4:00PM EDT

  Avengers: Infinity War almost included a Sherlock joke between Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr.

  "I should've said, 'No sh*t, Sherlock,'" one of the Russo brothers said in the commentary track for their film.

• Posted Monday 6/04/18 at 7:42AM EDT

  Benedict Cumberbatch hailed as a hero for rescuing a food-delivery cyclist

  The Patrick Melrose and Sherlock star was riding in an Uber in London when he reportedly came to the rescue...

• Posted Wednesday 5/16/18 at 12:18PM EDT

  Benedict Cumberbatch to star on Britain's Brexit drama series

  He''ll play the campaign director for Vote Leave on Channel 4's new drama about the polarizing 2016 referendum.