EXCLUSIVE: The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy’s sweeping portrait of a wealthy British family in 1880s London, is getting its third TV adaptation in less than 60 years. PBS Masterpiece has set a six-part season based on the 1920s novels, with BAFTA-nominated Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield penning the…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has a mammoth hit on his hands with The Motive and the Cue, which has been playing to packed houses on the National Theatre's 890-seater Lyttelton proscenium stage. Breaking Baz can reveal that discussions are ongoing with the play's cast, including stars Johnny Flynn, Mark…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has picked Johnny Flynn (Emma, Beast), Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey, Mank) and Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss to portray legendary stars Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and John Gielgud in The Motive and the Cue, a mouth-watering new play by Jack Thorne that explores how acting giants…

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography is underway in the UK on contemporary folk horror, Lord Of Misrule, from The Boy and The Devil Inside filmmaker William Brent Bell. Tuppence Middleton (Mank) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) are starring alongside Matt Stokoe (Outlaw King). Based on a screenplay by Tom de Ville (The Quiet O…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV’s adaptation of Louise Candlish's Sunday Times best-selling real-estate novel Our House has cast Martin Compston (Line Of Duty), Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey), and Rupert Penry-Jones (The Drowning) in headline roles. Our House tells the four-part story of Fi Lawson (Middleton), who arrives home one…

David Fincher is rounding out the cast for his upcoming Netflix feature, Mank, about the tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ classics Citizen Kane. Joining previously announced Oscar winner Gary Oldman is Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tuppence Middleton, Arliss Howard (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Charles Dance (Gam…

EXCLUSIVE: In a new clip from the Albert Shin-directed Clifton Hill Tuppence Middleton (Sense8, The Current War)  and Hannah Gross (Mindhunter, The Sinner) have an enigmatic conversation in a creepy lit room that aims to freak us out — and it succeeds. Set to make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Tuppence Middleton and Hannah Gross are starring in Canadian indie Clifton Hill, a drama from In Her Place director Albert Shin. The psychological thriller hails from Rhombus Media and Elevation Pictures with Elevation distributing in Canada. The story centers on Abby (Middleton) who, after returning home…

EXCLUSIVE: Brit comedy Fisherman's Friends, from the writing and producing team behind UK box office hit Finding Your Feet, has netted a UK deal with Entertainment Film Distributors. The film, currently in post-production, has an ensemble cast featuring Daniel Mays (Atonement), Tuppence Middleton (The Imitation Game)…

EXCLUSIVE: Tuppence Middleton has joined the cast of The Weinstein Company's The Current War, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s drama about the battle between George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and rival Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) to create a sustainable electricity system and market it to the U.S. Middleton…

In a sort of super-literary-hero mash-up, filming has just begun on Dickensian, an ambitious 20-part BBC One period drama that brings together some of Charles Dickens’ most iconic characters. Stephen Rea has joined the cast as Inspector Bucket from Bleak House while Shirley Valentine Oscar nominee Pauline Collins is…