The actors who will play Draco Malfoy, the Dursleys, Molly Weasley and more key characters in the new Harry Potter TV series have been revealed. Johnny Flynn, known for Netflix’s Ripley and films like The Dig, will play Lucius Malfoy with young actor Lox Pratt, star of BBC’s Lord of the Flies, as his son...
Koh Ewe and Hanna Samosir BBC News Reporting fromSingapore and Jakarta Getty Images Indonesia’s new school feeding programme is shaping up to be the most expensive of its kind Indonesia is on an ambitious mission to offer free meals to 80 million school children – but that hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. Nearly 80...
Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Watch: ‘We are not Americans’ – but what does it mean to be Canadian? More than 7 million Canadians have cast their ballots in advance, setting a new record for early voter turnout, Elections Canada says. Advance polling stations were open across the country for four days, from Friday to...
Ryan Gosling is to star in a new Star Wars film, which is set to be released in two years’ time. The new Disney project is titled Star Wars: Starfighter, and will be directed by Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy. “The reality is that this script is just so good. It has such a...
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Paapa Essiedu, Janet McTeer and Nick Frost will portray Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall and Hagrid for a new TV generation Nick Frost, Paapa Essiedu, Janet McTeer and Paul Whitehouse will appear in the forthcoming Harry Potter TV series, US network HBO has confirmed. Frost has been cast as Hagrid,...
Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty/Hulton Archive Gatwa has appeared in Barbie and Sex Education, and is about to star in his second season of Doctor Who Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa has been cast in a new play as Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, the Royal Shakespeare Company has announced. Born With Teeth will explore the...
X-Men stars Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart are reprising their roles by joining the cast of Marvel’s forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday. The film is set for release in May 2026, with Robert Downey Jr already announced as playing villain Doctor Doom. Sir Ian has not appeared as Magneto since 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future...