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‘Something magical’: the Famous Five are back – thanks to a hyperviolent director

He is a Cannes-winning auteur famed for brutality, who once declared: ‘I am a pornographer.’ Can Nicolas Winding Refn really turn The Famous Five into a heartwarming Christmas treat?

The Guardian - UK

Joffrey Baratheon actor Jack Gleeson is back on TV, starring in The Famous Five adaptation

A decade after quitting acting, the Game of Thrones will star in his biggest on screen role yet

Evening Standard

The Famous Five: next episode, cast, plot and everything we know

The Famous Five is made up of three feature length episodes for the BBC, reimagined for a new audience.

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TV tonight: Our highlights for Saturday, July 22

Champion is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

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7 best Netflix shows you’re not watching

Beyond Netflix's most-watched list are some excellent overlooked shows — here are seven Netflix shows that you're not watching but really should.

Tom’s Guide

Beloved children's TV show to make BBC comeback after decades off screen

The reboot is set to have a few differences from the original seasons.

Daily Record

Beloved kids TV show set to make BBC comeback after decades off screen

The Famous Five is set to return to our screens for a reboot but there are set to be a lot of changes

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Enid Blyton's 'The Famous Five' book series to be adapted for screen

Over 80 years, Enid Blyton wrote the first 'The Famous Five' book titled 'Five On A Treasure Island' which was published in 1942. The rest, as they say, is history. And now the news is that the popular book series, which is widely read across the world even today, is…

The Times of India

BBC to bring The Famous Five to the screen in new three-part series

Enid Blyton's famous children's books have been adapted by ITV and Disney but the BBC has never made a series or film based on them. But now a new series ha been announced and filming has already started.

Manchester Evening News

Lashings and ginger beer: how safe are the Famous Five with Nicolas Winding Refn?

The Danish director of Bronson and Pusher is to ‘reimagine’ Enid Blyton’s stories for a ‘progressive new audience’. Does this mean Anne will vomit up an eyeball?

The Guardian - UK

Nicolas Winding Refn to reinterpret Enid Blyton’s Famous Five for the BBC

The Danish director behind stylish actioner Drive and ultra-violent thriller Only God Forgives will create a three-part series

The Guardian - UK

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting Enid Blyton's Famous Five – and we’re as confused as you are

He’s swapping ultra-violent thrillers for children's books

Total Film

Famous Five head to BBC for new series based on Enid Blyton classics

The BBC has announced filming on a new Famous Five series, based on the Enid Blyton series of children's books, is now underway.

WhatToWatch

‘Work is therapy’: synth-pop icon Johnny Jewel on David Lynch, Chromatics and near-death experiences

He was kidnapped as a teenager and later nearly drowned, but these traumas have been poured into an awesomely rich body of music for film, TV and the dancefloor

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Tom’s Guide

9 best Amazon Prime Video movies you haven’t watched yet

If your Amazon Prime Video watchlist is looking a little sparse make sure you've seen these Prime Video movies you (probably) haven't watched yet.

Evening Standard

Sydney Sweeney to star in and produce Barbarella

The Euphoria actress is also set to co-star with Dakota Johnson in Marvel’s new Madame Web

The Guardian - UK

Prada lets it rip with ‘gestures of error’ at Milan fashion week

Prada and Raf Simons added pre-lived defects to their immaculate simplicity, with abstract filmic backdrops by Nicolas Winding Refn

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival

Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles

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Los Angeles Times

Review: Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans play empty spy games in Netflix's 'The Gray Man'

The last time Ryan Gosling was sent to murder a guy in Bangkok was about nine years ago, when he starred in Nicolas Winding Refn's sick-puppy art-thriller "Only God Forgives." I kind of loathed that movie, though it did have awesome red wallpaper and a hilariously foul-mouthed Kristin Scott Thomas,…

The Guardian - UK

Pacifiction review – trouble in paradise, in apocalyptic Tahitian mystery

Benoît Magimel’s French high commissioner confronts the end of his personal Eden in Tahiti, in Albert Serra’s distinctive film

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