IT'S A SPALL SATURDAY: TIMOTHY SPALL JOINS LESLEY MANVILLE IN MAGPIE MURDERS TV SERIES, RAFE SPALL TO LEAD JOSH LAWSON'S ROMANTIC MOVIE LONG STORY SHORT

  MAGPIE MURDERS TV SERIES 

TIMOTHY SPALL CAST AS LEAD

We're having a Spall family day at the spy's today: BritBox has just cast Timothy Spall as the lead, next to Lesley Manville, in their upcoming adaptation

Timothy Spall will do the detective work

of Anthony Horowitz’s acclaimed and best selling crime novel MAGPIE MURDERS which begins production next week. In the series, a beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and grip viewers, Spall will star as the clever and complex 1950s detective Atticus Pünd in the fictional novels by best selling mystery writer Alan Conway. The plot of Magpie Murders revolves around the character Susan Ryeland (Manville), an editor who is given an unfinished Conway manuscript and has little idea it will change her life. The series will air on Masterpiece PBS in USA next year. Stay tuned for additional casting updates.

 LONG STORY SHORT ROMANCE 

RAFE SPALL CAST AS LEAD

Rafe Spall will lead the new movie

Meanwhile, Timothy's darling son Rafe Spall has joined Oscar nominee Josh Lawson's romantic movie LONG STORY SHORT according to Variety. Lawson is also co starring in  the film he also wrote. The story of the movie follows Teddy (Rafe Spall), who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. He must use every precious moment wisely to keep from losing the love of his life, and to learn to love the life he’s losing. Zahra Newman, Ronny Chieng and Dena Kaplan also star in the film which will be offered to international buyers by Studiocanal!