Having started her career in action-heavy films like Domino, King Arthur and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Keira Knightley decided in her early 20s to step away from the stunts. "I wanted to do stuff that was about words," says Knightley. "Also, when you’re doing action films, generally…

Olivia Colman plays a singing nun. I'm almost prepared to say that's all you need to know about Paddington in Peru: that Olivia Colman, living English treasure, gets her Julie Andrews on and leads a song-and-dance sequence on an alpine meadow that tells us that the hills are still very much alive. It's…

Netflix is building buzz for its spy thriller series Black Doves starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw. The streamer has unveiled trailer and a slew of images promoting the show from Joe Barton, while revealing a premiere date of December 5. Black Doves, which also stars Sarah Lancashire, is…

Ben Whishaw starred as Q in three James Bond flicks alongside Daniel Craig, but over the weekend, the British actor said he isn't expecting to receive a call to star in a fourth.  "I don't think I'm going to be in the next one," Whishaw told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg. "I think they're going to start…

In the Moscow Times' obituary for Eduard Limonov, who died four years ago aged 77, writer Mark Galeotti summed up the poet-turned-politician in two simple sentences: "Was Limonov a visionary or a poser, an artist or a politician, a leftist or a rightist? The…

Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov to Cannes this year with his fourth film in Competition and his first in English. Titled Limonov: The Ballad, it tells the incredible story of Eduard Limonov — pronounced "Le-morrr-nov" not "Limunuv" — a Russian renegade poet who traversed the world, reinventing…

Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov returns to Cannes once again this year with Limonov: The Ballad starring Ben Whishaw, for which we can share a first-look image from above.  The film's synopsis reads: A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in…

Netflix has unveiled the cast joining Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw in upcoming thriller Black Doves. Joining the Black Doves cast are Luther Ford, his first major role since playing Prince Harry in The Crown, Bafta-winner Adeel Akhtar (Fool Me Once), Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show) and Finn…

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Whishaw will reunite with director Ira Sachs to shoot an "intimate" movie about photo artist Peter Hujar. Until his death from AIDS in 1987, Hujar was a leading figure in the group of artists, musicians, writers, and performers at the forefront of Manhattan's downtown cultural…

Hayley Atwell, David Harewood and Ben Whishaw are among more than 100 UK actors backing a proposal for a ‘Green Rider.’ Mark Rylance, Gemma Arterton, Stephen Fry, Bella Ramsey, Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Dormer, Adrian Dunbar and Jerome Flynn have also put their names to a statement from performing arts…

Ben Whishaw Unveils First Project Since BAFTA TV Win EXCLUSIVE: Ben Whishaw has unveiled his first project since being awarded his latest BAFTA TV Award. The This Is Going to Hurt star is leading short film Good Boy, the directorial debut from Mainstream co-writer Tom Stuart, which filmed on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Make that a triple marmalade sandwich. Long-awaited movie threequel Paddington In Peru is on course to start production on July 24, we can reveal. It has been six years since the second film in the hit franchise and the brown bear is keeping plot details for the third installment under his…