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Sir Mark Rylance has called on the arts to help solve the climate crisis by telling stories that persuade people to “fall in love with nature again” and prompt government to back green policies. The Oscar-winning actor is starring with Sophie Okonedo in an innovative BBC Radio 4 drama set in a nature reserve that charts the challenges conservationists face in a time of rapid environmental change. Rylance, a keen environmentalist, told the...

Channel 4 drama The Undeclared War starring Mark Rylance is being filmed in Barry Film crews have set up on Barry Island for the new series which also stars Simon Pegg Updated Film crew set up in a car park near Whitmore Bay (Image: Rob Browne) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - don't miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more new...

(Photo by Lionsgate) Lionsgate Television chairman Kevin Beggs, in an interview with Deadline, talked about the company’s future plans, which includes the John Wick spin-off series The Continental at Starz, which will be a prequel about how the hotel for assassins came to be. He describes the first season as unfolding like three 90-minute events, sort of like a limited series. Ian McShane, the movie’s Continental founder, Winston, won’t appear on screen, though McShane has suggested he might be doing voiceover for the series, which will revolve around a 1970s version of Winston. Keanu...

Mission: Impossible star Simon Pegg will play GCHQ's Head of Operations, Danny Patrick, while The Trial of The Chicago 7 actor Mark Rylance is taking on the role of John Yeabsley, a Cold War veteran who comes out of retirement to help combat the heightened threat level. Richardson-Sellers, who played Rebekah Mikaelson / Eva Sinclair in The Originals, is playing American cyber-analyst Kathy Freeman, who is on attachment from the US National Security Agency. Hustle and Mary Queen of Scots star Adrian Lester has been cast as Andrew Makinde, the UK's first Black Conservative Prime Minister, wh...

Mark Rylance and Simon Pegg to star in The Undeclared War Dunkirk) and Simon Pegg ( Mission Impossible – Fallout) have joined Peackock and Channel 4’s political espionage thriller  The Undeclared War. The series comes from Peter Kosminsky and Colin Callender, who are re-teaming with Rylance after working on Wolf Hall. Riviera), Maisie Richardson-Sellers ( Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Alex Jennings ( The Crown) and newcomer Hannah Khalique-Brown also starring. Kosminksy has written and will direct the six-episode series while Callender will produce from his production company Playgroun...