Hayley Atwell. Film - Captain America. Tod's Art Plus Drama party.

[updated 30 March]

USA Today has some behind the scenes photos from Captain America (Comic Book Movie).

The Tod's Art Plus Drama party (24 March), at which Hayley, Tom Hollander and Sally Hawkins performed readings, has been featured in WWD and Harper's Bazaar.

Hayley Atwell. Cure Parkinson's Trust Illuminate auction. Tod's Art Plus Drama Party.

Hayley has designed a candle holder for the Cure Parkinson's Trust Illuminate auction, which will open 22 February on Ebay. Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais and Harry Lloyd have also contributed designs to the auction.

Tom Hollander, Sally Hawkins and Hayley will perform at the Tod's Art Plus Drama Party at the Whitechapel Gallery on 24 March (via John Jones). Click here for ticketing information.

Ruth Wilson. Television - Luther. Moet event. Film - Made in Dagenham. Television - Shakespeare history plays. Television - Any Human Heart. BBC Radio.

• Luther
• Ruth Wilson interview from Variety [link]
• Idris Elba and Ruth interview from Collider [link]
• Ruth attended the Moët et Chandon champagne harvest and "Tribute To Heritage" gala in Epernay, France 1|2
  
  
• Made in Dagenham interviews
• Rosamund Pike 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8
• Sally Hawkins 1|2|3|4|5
• Andrea Riseborough interview from the Observer [link]
  
  
• The Shakespeare history plays Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, and Henry V will be adapted for BBC2. Simon Russell Beale is the associate producer, and directors include Rupert Goold and Richard Eyre. (via the Guardian) [link]
  
  
• Any Human Heart, starring Tom Hollander, Samuel West, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Hayley Atwell, will begin in November [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Jeff Harding and Toby Jones star in the Saturday Play The Kane Conspiracy [link]
• Toby Jones and Joseph Kloska star in The Wire First Domino [link]

Theatre - The Children's Monologues. GQ Men of the Year Awards. Toronto International Film Festival. BBC Radio.

• On Sunday 14 November at the Old Vic, Gemma Arterton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai and Hattie Morahan will perform in The Children's Monologues directed by Danny Boyle. The event is a fundraiser - proceeds will go to the Pete Patsa Arts Centre. (via sherlockbbc) [link]
  
  
• Guests at the GQ Men of the Year Awards (7 September) included Hayley Atwell (presented the award for the Smirnoff Black Most Stylish to Aaron Johnson), Gemma Arterton (winner, Woman), Martin Scorsese, Emily Mortimer and Matt Smith (winner, TV personality).
• Pictures from Rex Features 1|2|3
• Articles:
  Vogue [link]
  GQ [link]
• Videos by elizabethtoni 1|2
  
  
• Portraits of Rebecca Hall, Clive Owen, Sally Hawkins and Andrew Garfield by Carlo Allegri at the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Georgia King and Lee Williams star in the Classic Serial The Ladies' Delight [link] 
• Hattie Morahan reads the Book at Bedtime Sister [link]
• Stephen Mangan and Adjoa Andoh are the readers for Words and Music "In Search of the Sublime" [link]

Toronto International Film Festival. BBC Radio.

• Guests attending the Toronto International Film Festival include Andrea Riseborough, Carey Mulligan, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Dominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Sheen, Rebecca Hall, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins; Mark Romanek, Mike Leigh, Nigel Cole, Stephen Frears, and Tom Hooper [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Simon Woods, Kevin Eldon and Chris Larkin star in the Saturday Play Boscobel [link]
• Claire Skinner will be interviewed on Woman's Hour [link]
• Evanna Lynch narrates the Afternoon Reading Foster [link]

UK Film Council letter. Film - Made in Dagenham. Theatre - Twelfth Night. Film - Brighton Rock. Rosamund Pike - Film - Johnny English Reborn.

• Signatories of an open letter to the Telegraph regarding the UK government's recent decision to close the UK Film Council include James McAvoy, Dominic Cooper,
  Ben Whishaw, Bill Nighy, Damian Lewis, Ruth Wilson, Georgia King, and Saoirse Ronan (via the Hollywood Reporter) [link]
  
  
• Made in Dagenham
  
  
  • Sally Hawkins interview from the Evening Standard [link]
  • The film will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Chichester International Film Festival
  
  
• Charles Edwards will play Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the National Theatre's production of Twelfth Night, directed by Peter Hall and starring Rebecca Hall as Viola [link]
  
  
• Brighton Rock
• Stills from Rope of Silicon [link]
• The film will be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
  
  
• Rosamund Pike has been cast in Johnny English Reborn [link]

Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton. Film - Never Let Me Go. BBC Radio.

• Hayley Atwell and Gemma Arterton portraits by Matt Jones.
  
  
• Unspoilery screencaps of Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough from the Never Let Me Go trailer (click the thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Tom Hollander will be a guest on Start the Week [link]
• On the Hour, produced by Armando Iannucci, stars Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, and Patrick Marber [link]
• Howard Brenton will be interviewed on Front Row and Night Waves
• Diana Quick, Simon McBurney, Olivia Williams, Clemency Burton-Hill, and Mat Fraser will present episodes of The Essay Half Shame, Half Glory - Postcards from the Acting Profession [link]
• Rebecca Hall was interviewed on The Film Programme [link]

Television - The Pillars of the Earth. Film - Jackboots on Whitehall. Film - Made in Dagenham. Ruth Wilson - Theatre - Through a Glass Darkly. BBC Radio.

• Some recently released stills from The Pillars of the Earth [link]
  
  
• Jackboots on Whitehall
• The film (featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, and Alan Cumming) will have its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (via the Times) [link]
• Trailer [link]
  
  
• The poster, and some stills from Made in Dagenham.
  
  
• Through A Glass Darkly
• Ruth Wilson interview from the Telegraph (via Momentary Bursts of Enthusiasm) [link]
• Screencaps of Ruth from the trailer (click thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Thea Sharrock (director of After the Dance, starring Nancy Carroll and Benedict Cumberbatch) will be interviewed on Start the Week [link]
• David Tennant stars in Doctor Finlay: Adventures of a Black Bag "The Day Dandini Came to Town"  [link]
• Big Toe Books: Martin Freeman reads The House of Windjammer, and Sharon Horgan reads Alice Next Door. [link]

Film - Made in Dagenham - trailer. Theatre - All My Sons - press night.

• Screencaps of Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Rupert Graves and Andrea Riseborough from the Made in Dagenham trailer (click the thumbnails for full size):
  
  
  
  
• Hugh Bonneville, David Tennant, Guy Henry, Richard E Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Hyde Pierce attended the All My Sons press night. The play stars David Suchet, Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Campbell Moore and Jemima Rooper. [link]

Film - The Laureate. Film - Captain America. Film - The Big Year. Dan Stevens - Audio - Death Cloud. BBC Radio.

• Dominic Cooper and Hayley Atwell will star in The Laureate [link]
  
  
• Toby Jones has joined Captain America, starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Sebastian Stan. He will play Arnim Zola. [link]
  
  
• The cast of The Big Year includes Jack Black, Anjelica Huston and Rosamund Pike [link]
  
  
• Dan Stevens narrates Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane. It will be released 4 June in the UK. [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio:
• Sally Hawkins and Richard Dillane star in the Friday Play Greed All About It by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman [link]
• James Fleet and John Finnemore star in From Fact to Fiction None of the Above [link]
• Geoffrey Streatfield and Derek Jacobi star in the Saturday Play An English Tragedy by Ronald Harwood [link]
• Toby Jones and Paul Ritter star in the Drama on 3 The Government Inspector {repeat} [link]
  

Hayley Atwell - Film - Captain America. Television - The Prisoner. Theatre - Enron. Theatre - The Real Thing. Film - Made in Dagenham.

• Hayley Atwell will play Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger [link]
  
  
• Ruth Wilson and Hayley Atwell interviews for The Prisoner 1|2|3
  
  
• Enron
• The original cast will leave the West End production in May [link]
• Video from nj.com [link]
• Lucy Prebble interviews from Crain's New York Business and Papermag crain's|papermag
  
  
• Scans of The Real Thing program [link]
  
  
• Dagenham Girls, starring Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough and Rosamund Pike, has been retitled Made in Dagenham. The film will be distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. [link]

Theatre - The Real Thing. Samuel West - Cultural Capital. Theatre - Enron - Broadhurst. Rosamund Pike - Television - Women in Love. Hayley Atwell. Theatre - Born Yesterday. Television - Any Human Heart. BBC Radio.

[updated 30 March]

• The Real Thing
• Rehearsal photos [link]
• Hattie Morahan "Cultural Life" interview from the Independent [link]
  
  
• Sam attended the Cultural Capital: A Manifesto for the Future launch on Thursday.
• Articles from the Evening Standard, the BBC, the Independent and the Guardian evening standard|bbc|independent|guardian
• The manifesto is available for download from MLA [link]
  
  
• Enron (Broadway)
• Pictures of the cast, writer Lucy Prebble and director Rupert Goold at Friday's photocall 1|2|3|4
• Lucy Prebble, Rupert Goold and cast members Norbert Leo Butz and Stephen Kunken will take part in a discussion with Tom Santopietro at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble on Thursday 22 April at 5pm (via Theatermania) [link]
  
  
• From Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column:
  
  Rosamund Pike will play Gudrun Brangwen in a BBC4 adaptation of Women in Love.
  
  Hayley Atwell may star in a Broadway production of Born Yesterday - confirmation is dependent on co-star Chris Noth's availability.
  Hayley will play Freya in Channel 4's miniseries adaptation of Any Human Heart by William Boyd.
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Tamsin Greig and Neil Pearson are the readers for Words and Music "The South Country" [link]
• David Suchet and Anna Francolini star in the Woman's Hour Drama David Golder [link]
• Emma Thompson will be on Desert Island Discs [link]
• Maggie Steed, Justine Waddell and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in Mrs Warren's Profession [link]

Film. Theatre. Television. Radio.

Additional labels for the previous post are below.

Entertainment news

• An unseen Charlie Chaplin film was bought for a bargain on eBay [link]
  
• David Tennant will star in the NBC pilot Rex is Not Your Lawyer [link]
• In the Loop won three Scottish BAFTAs - best director (Armando Iannucci), best writing (Armando Ianucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell) and best actor (Peter Capaldi) [link]
• Gerard Butler will star in Ralph Fiennes' contemporary reworking of Coriolanus [link]
  
• Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Emily Mortimer attended a screening of The Red Shoes in New York [link]
  
• Sally Hawkins, Juno Temple and William H. Macy will star in Abe Sylvia's feature directorial debut Dirty Girl [link]
• Glorious 39
• Article about the London Film Festival premiere's afterparty [link]
  
• Walsingham Abbey is one of the locations in the film [link]
• Ben Whishaw, Stephen Fry, Tom Sturridge, Charles Dance and Dominic Cooper interviews ben|stephen|tom|charles|dominic
• Wonderful blog post from Shadowplay about Vertigo (via Self-Styled Siren) [link]
• Michael Fassbender and Forest Whitaker will star in A Single Shot, a thriller directed by David Jacobson [link]
  
• Romola Garai's "My Week" from the Guardian [link]
• Georgia, starring Rupert Friend, Richard Coyle and Emmanuelle Chriqui, has begun filming [link]
  
• Martin Scorsese believes Blu-Ray is good [link]
• Dominic Cooper will star in The Devil's Double [link]

Entertainment news

• Clips:
  
• New Moon, featuring Michael Sheen as Aro [link]
• Bright Star, featuring Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider and Abbie Cornish [link]
  
• Colin Firth will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performance Of The Year Award for A Single Man [link]
• Article by Samantha Morton from the Guardian [link]
  
• Noah Taylor and Sally Hawkins have been cast in Submarine, starring Michael Sheen and Paddy Considine [link]
• Steven Soderbergh, John Simm, Jane Campion, Matt Damon and Colin Firth interviews steven|john|jane|matt|colin
  
• Ricky Gervais will host the Golden Globes [link]
• Woody Allen's latest film has a title, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. The film stars Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins and Fenella Woolgar. [link]
• Video of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant promoting the Hollywood Disabilities Forum [link]
  
• Upcoming plays by Laura Wade include Alice (Sheffield) and Posh (Royal Court) 1|2

Ruth Wilson - Television - The Prisoner. Rosamund Pike - Film - Surrogates. Film - We Want Sex. BBC Radio.

• There's an interview about The Prisoner with Ruth and co-star Jamie Campbell-Bower from Nylon [link]
• Three TV spots for Surrogates, which is released in the US 25 September [link]
• Paramount Pictures International will distribute We Want Sex in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough and Rosamund Pike. 1|2
• BBC Radio:
• Colin Firth will be on Front Row on Monday [link]
• Anna Maxwell-Martin and Sharon Gavin star in the Woman's Hour Drama Au Pairs [link]
• David Tennant and Julia Davis star in the Saturday Play The Wooden Overcoat [link]

Andrea Riseborough, Dan Stevens, Gemma Arterton, Sally Hawkins, Carey Mulligan, Rebecca Hall, Rosamund Pike. Film - Dagenham Girls.

• Interviews with Andrea Riseborough and Dan Stevens andrea|dan
• Andrea Riseborough, Gemma Arterton, Sally Hawkins, Carey Mulligan and Rebecca Hall are mentioned in an article from the Independent about the next generation of British actresses [link]
  
• There is a Sally Hawkins interview about Dagenham Girls in Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column [link]
  

Simon Russell Beale, Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, Samuel West. Television - The Prisoner. Film - Dagenham Girls.

• Simon will star in Deathtrap by Ira Levin at Wyndham's [link]
• Ruth interview from WWD. Excerpts:
  

  "'...[The Prisoner is] quite weird,' says Wilson. 'We all have numbers rather than names. To some people it will make no sense, to other people it will be some kind of philosophical story.'
  ...she's working on putting on a film festival for female writers with Atwell and Emma Thompson. 'Producers [say] women don’t bring in the money,' says Wilson. 'That's the aim of the festival: for writers to start improving women's roles. And not to write boring dramas…[but] action movies and genre movies...'"

• Sam interview about his favourite teacher [link]
• Dagenham Girls (formerly titled We Want Sex) has begun filming. The film stars Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough and Rosamund Pike. [link]
  

Tags: Andrea Riseborough, film, Hayley Atwell, Rosamund Pike, Ruth Wilson, Sally Hawkins, Sam West, Samuel West, Simon Russell Beale, theatre, TV, television, Deathtrap, Ira Levin, The Prisoner, Emma Thompson, Dagenham Girls

[updated 20 May]

• Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough and Rosamund Pike will star in We Want Sex, a film about the fight for sexual equality in the 1960s [link]
• Article about Samuel West, Sara Kestelman, Jonathan Slinger and Henry Goodman discussing the first folio of Shakespeare [link]
• BBC Radio drama (will be available on iPlayer up to a week after broadcast):
• Rory Kinnear is in Hum (Drama on 3) by Laura Wade and The Moment You Feel It (Afternoon Play, Monday) by Ed Harris. An article about Hum is here.
  
• Toby Stephens and Michael Sheen star in Troy [link]
• Leo McKern, Simon Russell Beale, Emily Mortimer and Gerard Murphy star in War and Peace [link]

Entertainment news

• Green Lantern, a DC Comics adaptation directed by Martin Campbell, will be filmed in Sydney [link]
  
• Charlotte Rampling and Sally Hawkins have been cast in Never Let Me Go, which stars Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan and Andrea Riseborough [link]
• Adam Elliot's claymation film Mary and Max (starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette) took in $296,000 on its opening weekend [link]
  
• Zooey Deschanel SXSW interview (via ONTD) [link]
• Reviews of Realism by Paul Galloway and Travesties by Tom Stoppard by Alison Croggon [link]
  
• Ralph Fiennes is in talks to take an uncredited cameo in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, the Nanny McPhee sequel which stars Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans and Maggie Smith [link]
• Werner Herzog interview about his new film Encounters at the End of the World [link]
  
• According to a report released by Access Economics, the film and TV industry contributes $4.4 billion to the Australian economy annually. But of much of that is locally generated? Access Economics is currently preparing a separate report detailing the economic contribution by the Hollywood Studio members of MPA [link]
• In the Loop
• The film will be screened at the Sydney Film Festival (via the Hollywood Reporter) [link]
  
• Positive review from the Guardian [link]
  
• Producer Simon Channing Williams (Happy-Go-Lucky, The Constant Gardener, Topsy-Turvy) has died [link]
• New producers for Doctor Who have been announced (via Media Guardian) [link]
  
• Michael Sheen will portray the leader of the Volturi, an Italy-based coven of vampires, in New Moon, the sequel to Twilight [link]
• Fabulous rant by screenwriter James Moran (Torchwood, Spooks) about camera shakiness [link]
• Article about this year's Cannes Film Festival [link]