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Mitchell Robertson, Stuart Campbell, Neve McIntosh and Marianne McIvor have joined the cast for the HBO and BBC drama Half Man, formerly titled Lions, from Richard Gadd.

They were added after Baby Reindeer creator and star Gadd and Jamie Bell were earlier announced as leads for Half Man, which which will run on HBO in the United States, and the BBC in the U.K. and Ireland. The series, which Gadd is also writing and executive producing, marks his first project since Baby Reindeer became a Netflix breakout and multiple Emmy winner.

Half Man follows estranged brothers Niall (Bell) and Ruben (Gadd), whose presence at a wedding leads to an explosion of violence that catapults the audience back over four decades from their first meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults. The six-parter, now shooting in Scotland, sees Robertson playing young Niall; Campbell as young Ruben; McIntosh in the role of Lori,...

Richard Gadd’s BBC and HBO drama Half Man has rounded out its cast.

Mitchell Robertson, Stuart Campbell, Neve McIntosh, Marianne McIvor, Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Philippine Velge, Stuart McQuarrie, Amy Manson, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, Charlotte Blackwood and Calum Manchip have all boarded the series.

The show is a six-parter in which Baby Reindeer creator Gadd stars opposite Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers). They play estranged ‘brothers’ Ruben and Niall over an almost 40-year period, covering the highs and lows of their relationship.

Per the synopsis: “When Ruben shows up unexpectedly at Niall’s wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives.”

Robertson and Campbell will play Niall (Robertson) and Ruben (Campbell) in their younger years.

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“Half Man,” the upcoming six-episode HBO and BBC drama from Richard Gadd that reps the follow-up to his wildly successful Emmy winner “Baby Reindeer” (which ran on Netflix), has rounded out its cast. Joining Gadd and co-star Jamie Bell will be Mitchell Robertson, Stuart Campbell, Neve McIntosh and Marianne McIvor, among others.

Gadd and Bell play estranged “brothers” Ruben and Niall, respectively, in the series, which has now started filming on location in Scotland. Robertson (“Curfew”) will play a young Niall, while Campbell (“Rogue Heroes”) plays a young Ruben. McIntosh (“Doctor Who”) will play Lori, Niall’s mother, while McIvor (“Lady Chatterley’s Lover”) will play Maura, Ruben’s mother.

Others joining the cast include Charlie De Melo (“The Interceptor”), Bilal Hasna (“The Agency”), Julie Cullen (“Traces”) and Philippine Velge (“Station Eleven”).

Also added to the cast: Stuart McQuarrie (“28 Days Later”), Piers Ewart (“The Primrose Railway Children”), Scot Greenan (“T2 Trainspotting...

Priyanka Chopra-Produced Doc Debuting On Prime Video India

Women of My Billion (Womb), a documentary about the forms of violence faced by women in India, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video India on May 3. Produced by Apoorva Bakshi and Monisha Thyagarajan’s Awedacious Originals in association with Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures, the documentary follows protagonist Srishti Bakshi on a walking pilgrimage across India – spanning 3,800 km over 240 days – to talk to women from various backgrounds about their struggles and dreams. “Women have borne the brunt of gender bias for far too long, enduring a silent struggle against entrenched social injustices that seek to suppress their voices. With Womb, the aim is to transcend these struggles – to be a beacon of hope,” said Chopra Jonas, Producer at Purple Pebble Pictures. “Womb is not merely a depiction of pain and suffering, but a rallying cry and call for solidarity and action.

Paramount+ has given the green light to a new British thriller series called Curfew, which sees all men kept indoors in the evenings. More on it below.

Not to be confused with 2019’s dystopian action series of the same name, which aired on Sky, a new British series titled Curfew is heading to Paramount+.

As reported by Deadline, the streaming service has just greenlit the new British series, which explores a society in which all men are bound by a curfew from 7pm to 7am as laid out in the Women’s Safety Act.

However, when a woman is found brutally murdered at night and left at a Women’s Safety Centre, police officer Pamela Green is convinced it’s the work of a man. But with the curfew in place and ankle monitors tracking the movements of every male in the country, how could this be?

Sarah Parish is set to play Pamela,...

Paramount+ may have culled a wealth of international originals in the past couple of weeks but that hasn’t stopped it committing to a UK thriller series set in a world where men live under a strict nightly curfew.

Starring Sarah Parish, Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and singer Alexandra Burke, Curfew is set in a society where all men live under ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, meaning they are bound by a strict curfew from 7Pm to 7Am every night, with their movements tracked by an ankle tag 24 hours a day. When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered during curfew hours and left on the steps of the Women’s Safety Centre, veteran Police officer Pamela Green believes that a man is responsible. But in a world where men are bound by the curfew system, her theory is rejected.

Parish (Stay Close) plays lead investigator Pamela,...