'YEARS AND YEARS' SERIES
EMMA THOMPSON & RUSSELL TOVEY TO LEAD FOR BBC, HBO
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Emma Thompson will take the lead |
Well, that's some really nice casting and I don't remember when was the last time we've seen
Emma Thompson and
Russell Tovey on BBC. They will join
Rory Kinnear in
YEARS AND YEARS a unique and ambitious six-part limited series charting one family surviving the future, their co production with HBO and French Canal +. As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, we follow the Lyons family as their complex lives converge on one crucial night in 2019. Then, over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of everyday life are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could ever change the world.
YEARS AND YEARS
family saga is lead by
Emma Thompson's Vivienne Rook, an
outspoken celebrity turned political figure whose controversial opinions
divide the nation. She’s a new breed of politician, an entertainer, a
rebel, a trickster, and her rise to power leads us into an unknown
future.
Rory Kinnear is Stephen Lyons, a financial advisor and the
family’s peace keeper who is married to Celeste (
T’Nia Miller), an
ambitious and opinionated accountant.
Russell Tovey will play Daniel Lyons, a hard
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Dearest Russell Tovey returns to BBC years after brilliant Banished drama |
working housing officer and
Stephen’s brother. Their sister Edith (
Jessica Hynes), is radical,
dangerous and calculating with a secret life. And completing the
siblings is heavily pregnant Rosie (
Ruth Madeley).
Anne Reid presides
over the family as Muriel, imperial grandmother to the Lyons.
ANYA TAYLOR JOY IS
IS NEW JANE AUSTEN'S 'EMMA'?
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Anya Taylor Joy will return to costume drama |
Our second piece of news for today goes a bit more back in time: The Miniaturist star
Anya Taylor Joy will lead new
EMMA movie based on
Jane Austen novel.
Autumn de Wilde will direct the period set movie which follows Emma Woodhouse, a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs by match making. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. She often tries to find a suitor for her best friend but fails because the suitors usually fall for herself. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings and is not considering her own happiness in love!