Fittingly for a series in which everybody seems to be engaging in some form of Classic Hollywood cosplay, the Rosebud moment in BritBox’s Archie is delivered by an actor playing comedy icon Danny Kaye.
Affecting a stereotypical German therapist accent — accents on top of accents on top of accents is the Archie way — Kaye cautions young Dyan Cannon (Laura Aikman) that her relationship with the more seasoned Cary Grant (Jason Isaacs) is destined for complications with the warning, “Men who have difficult relationships with their mothers always carry it over to the women that they love.”
There’s no reason for Kaye to make such an observation if he hasn’t been watching the two previous hours of Jeff Pope’s four-episode production. But for the series’ actual audience, his analysis will come across as both obvious and superficial — a bit like Archie itself.
Ultimately, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Affecting a stereotypical German therapist accent — accents on top of accents on top of accents is the Archie way — Kaye cautions young Dyan Cannon (Laura Aikman) that her relationship with the more seasoned Cary Grant (Jason Isaacs) is destined for complications with the warning, “Men who have difficult relationships with their mothers always carry it over to the women that they love.”
There’s no reason for Kaye to make such an observation if he hasn’t been watching the two previous hours of Jeff Pope’s four-episode production. But for the series’ actual audience, his analysis will come across as both obvious and superficial — a bit like Archie itself.
Ultimately, it’s a bit more complicated than that.
- 12/6/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This December, BritBox is bringing nostalgia home for the holidays. The British streamer is adding several specials and older seasons of classic programs, including the docu-special “Farewell Doc Martin” and later seasons of the beloved sitcom “My Family” (plus its collection of Christmas specials).
For those looking for something new this season, Jason Isaacs will explore classic Hollywood by way of Bristol in the new four-part bio-series “Archie,” playing Hollywood leading man Cary Grant. Plus, catch up on the latest season of the black comedy crime series “Annika,” which will have its BritBox streaming premiere on Dec. 21.
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for December, and find out everything coming to the platform this month!
7-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month BritBox.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to BritBox in December 2023? “My Family” Christmas Specials and Seasons 5-11 | Wednesday, Dec. 1 and Thursday, Dec. 7
BritBox will bring a...
For those looking for something new this season, Jason Isaacs will explore classic Hollywood by way of Bristol in the new four-part bio-series “Archie,” playing Hollywood leading man Cary Grant. Plus, catch up on the latest season of the black comedy crime series “Annika,” which will have its BritBox streaming premiere on Dec. 21.
Check out The Streamable’s top picks for December, and find out everything coming to the platform this month!
7-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month BritBox.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Coming to BritBox in December 2023? “My Family” Christmas Specials and Seasons 5-11 | Wednesday, Dec. 1 and Thursday, Dec. 7
BritBox will bring a...
- 11/28/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
“For All Mankind” Releases Season 4 Trailer
Apple TV+ has taken a giant leap toward Season 4 of its critically acclaimed space drama series “For All Mankind.” The streamer has released the official trailer for the upcoming season, which will premiere on Friday, Nov. 10 with one episode per week every Friday through Jan. 12.
The 10-episode fourth season will take place in 2003, eight years after Season 3, with Happy Valley having rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars. With the focus of the space program shifting to the capture and mining of mineral-rich and valuable asteroids, simmering tensions between the residents of the international base threaten to undo everything with the fate of both Earth and Mars at their hands.
Watch the Season 4 trailer for “For All Mankind” below:
Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, and Coral Peña along will return for the fourth seaso alongside new series regulars Toby Kebbell,...
Apple TV+ has taken a giant leap toward Season 4 of its critically acclaimed space drama series “For All Mankind.” The streamer has released the official trailer for the upcoming season, which will premiere on Friday, Nov. 10 with one episode per week every Friday through Jan. 12.
The 10-episode fourth season will take place in 2003, eight years after Season 3, with Happy Valley having rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars. With the focus of the space program shifting to the capture and mining of mineral-rich and valuable asteroids, simmering tensions between the residents of the international base threaten to undo everything with the fate of both Earth and Mars at their hands.
Watch the Season 4 trailer for “For All Mankind” below:
Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, and Coral Peña along will return for the fourth seaso alongside new series regulars Toby Kebbell,...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
The life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant is getting the small-screen treatment in Archie, a four-part drama from BritBox and Itvx. Deadline has more first-look photos of Jason Isaacs as Grant below.
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
The...
Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant
The series will air in November on ITV in the UK, and in December on BritBox in all its territories: North America, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics.
From writer Jeff Pope and director Paul Andrew Williams, Archie narrates the story of a young Grant’s (born Archibald Alexander Leach) troubled childhood and how extreme poverty, his father’s adultery and the loss of his older brother, John, tore the family apart and sent his loving mother into a downward spiral of grief and depression.
Isaacs will get some assistance in bringing Grant the Bristol, England-born actor to life. Dainton Anderson, Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast play young versions of Archie Leach.
The...
- 10/11/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Kara Tointon, Harriet Walter and Laura Aikman have joined the cast of Cary Grant biopic “Archie” alongside Jason Isaacs, who will play the matinee idol himself.
Aikman (“Bluestone 42”) is set to play Grant’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon, Walter (“Succession”) will play his mother Elsie Leach and Tointon (“Mr Selfridge”) will play a younger version of Elsie.
Also joining the cast are Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Ragdoll”), Ian Pulston-Davies (“Di Ray”), Ian McNeice (“Doc Martin”), Jason Watkins (“McDonald & Dodds”), Lisa Faulkner (“EastEnders”) and Niamh Cusack (“The Virtues”).
Meanwhile Dainton Anderson (“Patrick Melrose”), Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) and Oaklee Pendergast (“Home”) will play young versions of Grant, whose real name was Archie Leach.
The series will follow Grant from his early life in Bristol, England, where he was born into extreme poverty in the 1900s, before auditioning for a music hall act, a move which would eventually change his life. The troupe went on tour to the U.
Aikman (“Bluestone 42”) is set to play Grant’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon, Walter (“Succession”) will play his mother Elsie Leach and Tointon (“Mr Selfridge”) will play a younger version of Elsie.
Also joining the cast are Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Ragdoll”), Ian Pulston-Davies (“Di Ray”), Ian McNeice (“Doc Martin”), Jason Watkins (“McDonald & Dodds”), Lisa Faulkner (“EastEnders”) and Niamh Cusack (“The Virtues”).
Meanwhile Dainton Anderson (“Patrick Melrose”), Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) and Oaklee Pendergast (“Home”) will play young versions of Grant, whose real name was Archie Leach.
The series will follow Grant from his early life in Bristol, England, where he was born into extreme poverty in the 1900s, before auditioning for a music hall act, a move which would eventually change his life. The troupe went on tour to the U.
- 9/30/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Itvx and BritBox International’s Jason Isaacs-starring Cary Grant biopic Archie has set the rest of its cast.
Jeff Pope’s series, revealed by Deadline in August, will also star Laura Aikman as Cary’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon with Harriet Walter (Succession, Ted Lasso, Killing Eve) as Elise Leach, Grant’s mother. Dainton Anderson (Patrick Melrose), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) and Oaklee Pendergast (Home) will play young versions of Archie Leach and Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge, The Halcyon, Sound of Music Live) will play young Elsie. Meanwhile, Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Ragdoll), Ian Pulston-Davies, Ian McNeice (Doc Martin), Jason Watkins (McDonald & Dodds, Des), Lisa Faulkner (EastEnders) and Niamh Cusack (The Virtues) have boarded.
The show from Pope’s rebranded ITV Studios label Etta Pictures is intercuts scenes from Hollywood’s leading man’s early life and 1961 at the height of his fame, with that...
Jeff Pope’s series, revealed by Deadline in August, will also star Laura Aikman as Cary’s ex-wife Dyan Cannon with Harriet Walter (Succession, Ted Lasso, Killing Eve) as Elise Leach, Grant’s mother. Dainton Anderson (Patrick Melrose), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) and Oaklee Pendergast (Home) will play young versions of Archie Leach and Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge, The Halcyon, Sound of Music Live) will play young Elsie. Meanwhile, Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Ragdoll), Ian Pulston-Davies, Ian McNeice (Doc Martin), Jason Watkins (McDonald & Dodds, Des), Lisa Faulkner (EastEnders) and Niamh Cusack (The Virtues) have boarded.
The show from Pope’s rebranded ITV Studios label Etta Pictures is intercuts scenes from Hollywood’s leading man’s early life and 1961 at the height of his fame, with that...
- 9/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sneak Peek "Doctor Strange" actor Benedict Cumberbatch as "Patrick Melrose", in a mini-series adapting the novels by Edward St. Aubyn, also starring Dainton Anderson and Holliday Grainger, debuting Season 1, episode #1 May 12, 2018 on Showtime:
"...get ready for the lowdown on the British upper class. This five-part limited series based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn...
"...tracks 'Patrick' from a privileged but deeply traumatic childhood in the South of France through severe substance abuse in his twenties in New York...
"...and, ultimately, toward recovery back home in Britain. At once harrowing and hilarious, Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the troubled character..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Patrick Melrose"...
"...get ready for the lowdown on the British upper class. This five-part limited series based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn...
"...tracks 'Patrick' from a privileged but deeply traumatic childhood in the South of France through severe substance abuse in his twenties in New York...
"...and, ultimately, toward recovery back home in Britain. At once harrowing and hilarious, Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the troubled character..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Patrick Melrose"...
- 4/7/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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