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“Outlander” Star Tobias Menzies to Play Prince Philip in “The Crown”
Menzies takes over the role from Doctor Who alum Matt Smith. The actor has been seen in Game of Thrones, Outlander, The Night Manager, and most recently in The Terror.
Based on the action film starring Saoirse Ronan and directed by Darkest Hour‘s Joe Wright, the straight-to-series drama will start filming in March.
Carmen Ejogo joins Mahershala Ali in Season 3 of HBO’s True Detective to solve a crime in the Ozarks.
Netflix and Canal+ have given a series order to the thriller Safe with Dexter’s Michael C. Hall attached to star alongside Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington. The series will air on Canal+ in France and Netflix globally. Any remaining and secondary rights will be handled by Studiocanal.
Written by Steven Knight (Locke), the film follows a reporter (Gyllenhaal) who travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit a wealthy friend (Cumberbatch), only to get roped into a plot to fake his friend’s death.
Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch is in negotiations to star in the adaptation of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit for Fox Searchlight, based on the true story of the infamous Rockefeller imposter.
The Good Wife‘s Archie Panjabi and The Pirates of the Carribbean‘s Jack Davenport are teaming up for ITV’s Next of Kin and Billy Eichner has joined the anthology series American Horror Story. 
Benedict Cumberbatch is teaming up with Showtime on Melrose, a five-part limited series based on the semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Cumberbatch will star and executive produce, while David Nicholls is adapting the series.
Upcoming Baywatch star and former wrestler Dwayne Johnson is getting back into the ring — on screen, that is. He will executive produce and have a cameo in Fighting with My Family, a new film from writer-director Stephen Merchant.
Rising British actor Jack O’Connell has been cast in Pathé’s Alexander McQueen biopic as the iconic fashion designer. Andrew Haigh is set to direct the feature based on a script by playwright Chris Urch.
Two Brothers Pictures’ Liar has tapped Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd to star in six-part thriller set to bow on Sundance TV and ITV in the UK. 
AMC has booked Tobias Menzies to lead their new anthology drama The Terror based on the novel by Dan Simmons. The 10-episode first season is due out next year.
Stephen Frears’ feature Victoria And Abdul has added Bollywood actor Ali Fazal and Eddie Izzard. Fazal will play the titular Abdul opposite Judi Dench’s Victoria, while Izzard will play Bertie, the Prince of Wales.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo star wasn’t attached to reprise her role from Prometheus, but she was reportedly on set of the Ridley Scott-directed movie in Australia to shoot scenes. 
