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EXCLUSIVE: MGM+ has given a series order to The Institute, a thriller based on the 2019 Stephen King novel. Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) are set to lead the drama from director/executive producer Jack Bender (Lost, Mr. Mercedes), writer/executive producer Benjamin Cavell (Jus…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed actor Ben Barnes for representation in all areas. Barnes can be seen in BAFTA-winning director Anand Tucker's crime drama The Critic, opposite Mark Strong, Ian McKellen, and Gemma Arterton, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. It’s set for release in the UK…

The end of Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone has been saluted by two of its main characters on social media. Freddy Carter, who played Kaz Brekker on the series, and Ben Barnes, who played the Darkling, both issued remembrances of their time on the series. The posts included a full video…

THE CRITIC Section: Special Presentations Director: Anand Tucker Screenwriter: Patrick Marber Logline: A savage newspaper theatre critic (Ian McKellen) teams up with an actress (Gemma Arteton) in an attempt to blackmail his editor in 1930s London. International Sales:…

There’s a reason they call him The Darkling. Ben Barnes‘ General Kirigan is on a downward spiral in Season 2 of Netflix‘s Shadow and Bone as he seeks to expand The Fold and reign over Ravka. While in Season 1, the then-leader of Ravka’s Grisha army was a respected and charismatic Shadow Summoner…

Alina Starkov is determined to tear down The Fold and save Ravka in the trailer for Netflix‘s Shadow and Bone Season 2. The trailer, released Friday, begins with General Kirigan (played by Ben Barnes) emerging from the darkness of The Fold with three large scars across his face. As he stands in front…

Ben Barnes is celebrating a milestone birthday with some help from his famous friends. Best known for his acting roles in Shadow and Bone, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Punisher and Westworld, Barnes is using the occasion of his 40th birthday to finally release the music that he’s talked about for…

EXCLUSIVE: The Chronicles of Narnia and Westworld star Ben Barnes is to star in BBC One drama Gold Digger. British actor Barnes, who also starred in Netflix's Marvel series The Punisher, will star opposite Legends of the Fall and Temple Grandin star Julia Ormond in the emotional thriller. It is his first role for the…

Last night at West Hollywood hot spot Catch LA, some of TV’s brightest stars came together for Deadline’s 2017 Emmy Season Kickoff Party. Hosting the heavily attended soirée were Deadline editors-in-chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr., publisher Stacey Farish and awards editor Pete Hammond. As with last year’s…

Since she is the daughter of iconic filmmaker Michael Mann, it seems surprising that director Ami Canaan Mann's first screenplay would focus on a modern-day train-jumper musician who sneaks onto freight cars, armed with guitar and Sterno to cook and make coffee as he heads from city to city to busk on the streets and…

Ben Barnes (The Chronicles Of Narnia franchise) has been tapped as a male lead opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead in ABC‘s drama pilot Exposed, from writer Charles Randolph, Peter Traugott's TBD Entertainment, Sweden-based Yellow Bird Entertainment and Universal TV. Based on the best-selling Swedish novels by Liza…