HBO Greenlights World War I Mini Starring Benedict Cumberbatch And Rebecca Hall
HBO and BBC have given the green light to Parade’s End, a five-part miniseries set during World War I, written by Oscar winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare In Love) and starring British actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall. The mini will be directed by Susanna White, Emmy nominee for her work on another HBO mini set during a war, Generation Kill. Parade’s End is based on the series of four books by British novelist Ford Madox Ford, which were published between 1924-28. Set against the backdrop of World War I, it tells 
the story of a complex and destructive love triangle among a conservative English aristocrat (Cumberbatch), his beautiful but cruel socialite wife (Hall), and a vibrant young suffragette. The mini, executive produced by Michele Buck and Damien Timmer, is slated to begin production in the fall. Selwyn Roberts and David Parfit will serve as producers. Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on the BBC series Sherlock, has several movies in the pipeline: The Whistleblower, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, War Horse and The Hobbit. Hall next stars in another WWI project, horror thriller feature The Awakening. She is currently filming Stephen Frears’ Lay the Favorite.
It will be interesting to see Rebecca Hall sink her acting chops into this “cruel socialite wife” as a counter point to her character in The Town.
It has my interest just to see what she does.
vote “benedict cumberpatch” for best actor name of 2011. he’s good on SHERLOCK, although playing a sociopath is sorta cheating these days.
So true!
I’ve heard better.
No you havent. Benedict Cumberbatch is the best actor of his generation. He was incredible on stage as the Creature in Danny Boyle’s Frankenstein. He’s building up a large fanbase which I’m thrilled to see. He deserves to be appreciated by a wide audience. Many actors churn out the same character in so many productions. The same ticks and manerismans crop up time and time again but Cumberbatch creates unique characters. I’ll never forget seeing him in Frankenstein and Terence Rattigan’s After the Dance.
Some of my favourite television performances of all time are his – Stephen Hawking in Hawking, Van Gogh in Van Gogh Painted with Words and Edmund Talbot in To The Ends of the Earth.
Holly, I travelled to London especially to see Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein and he gave one of the greatest performances in live theater I can remember seeing. Not just excellent, but with that whatever it is which elevates an actor into an artist. I love him in Sherlock as well and can’t wait for the new season.
Better Cumberbatch in this than Anna Karenina! Can’t have all the fun!
Just a guess…EMMY, EMMY, EMMY, EMMY, EMMY. Both of these two are great actors and people. This will be fun.
Cumberbatch is brilliant in Sherlock! I will watch him in anything. Looking forward to this because Hall is a strong talent as well.
Bingo!
Interesting. He’s so damn good in that Sherlock series.
what does this mean for sherlock? i thought i read they where gonna make more episodes
Shooting for Sherlock will be done by the time they start this. The second series airs in the autumn I believe.
Benedict Cumberbatch is currently filming 3 more Sherlock films for the BBC. He went straight from Danny Boyle’s awesome Frankenstein to BBC Wales to start filming as Sherlock. I would love Deadline to find out who is playing Irene Adler opposite him.
I would love to see him take the lead in a graphic novel film. He has the right skills and is developing a big fanbase.
It has no impact on Sherlock which is filming right now its second series.
I’m greedy and wanted Cumberbatch to do the HBO series and Anna Karenina (it was the only reason I was excited to see the film as there’s been so many adaptations).
Cumberbatch would make a fantastic Dream in Sandman or Ditko’s Dr Strange
Not to be horrible but do Americans even know what a suffragette is?
Yes, Americans had suffragettes too. Of course, that doesn`t guarantee they know about them…
Oh please.
I guess I’ll have to watch Sherlock again. I found it annoying but you guys are all in love with it (and boy is this a crew of haters) so maybe it’s worth another watch.
I love the idea of a WWI movie. Now THAT was a war!