Emmys: How Supporting Players Stand Out in Stacked Categories
Among the 41 performers nominated for supporting roles, more than a third of the contenders (15) are in the unenviable position of competing directly with their co-stars. For the first time since 2016,...
View Article‘The Crown’ Star Matt Smith on ‘Naughty’ Prince Philip, the First Female...
By now, Matt Smith should be familiar with handing over a part to another actor — after four years of playing The Doctor, he left the role to next be embodied by Peter Capaldi. And now, after two...
View Article‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Casts Matt Smith in Key Role (EXCLUSIVE)
From the Whoniverse, to Buckingham Palace, to a galaxy far, far away. Sources tell Variety that “The Crown” star Matt Smith is joining “Star Wars: Episode IX,” which is currently in production in the...
View ArticleMary Harron, Guinevere Turner on Manson Murders Movie ‘Charlie Says,’...
Director Mary Harron and writer Guinevere Turner have made three films together now, starting with the extraordinary 2000 adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s “American Psycho” that set its star,...
View ArticleMatt Smith to Star With Jared Leto in Marvel Spinoff ‘Morbius’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Matt Smith is in final talks to join Jared Leto in “Morbius,” a film based on the Spider-Man villain of the same name. “Safe House” director Daniel Espinosa will helm the movie. Exact details of who...
View ArticleRobert Mapplethorpe Biopic Team Talks ‘Fast and Furious’ Filming
Thursday night’s New York premiere of the Matt Smith-led biopic “Mapplethorpe” took place at Cinépolis Chelsea, just steps from the Chelsea Hotel where the late photographer Robert Mapplethorpe once...
View ArticleMatt Smith, ‘Leave No Trace’ Star Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Circle Edgar...
Matt Smith and “Leave No Trace” star Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie are in negotiations to join Edgar Wright’s next film, “Last Night in Soho,” sources tell Variety. Details are vague about the...
View ArticleLondon Theater Review: ‘Lungs’ Starring Claire Foy and Matt Smith
What, to ask the perennial theatergoer’s question, is Duncan Macmillan’s “Lungs” about? It’s about climate change, isn’t it? No, it’s a play about deciding whether to have a baby. Actually, like his...
View ArticleLondon’s Old Vic Teams with Claire Foy, Matt Smith and Bernadine Evaristo on...
London theater The Old Vic has unveiled a major initiative to connect with audiences amid social distancing, including an educational hub supported by Claire Foy and Matt Smith and a new monologue...
View ArticleClaire Foy, Matt Smith to Reunite in Socially Distanced Performance of...
“The Crown” stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith are to reunite in socially-distanced performances of hit play “Lungs,” which will be streamed from an empty Old Vic theater. The pair are to reprise their...
View Article‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ Adds Matt Smith, Olivia...
“Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” has found more Targaryens. The HBO series has added three more key players to its cast: Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith. Cooke, known from...
View ArticleHow Batman Inspired Julia Donaldson’s Animated Holiday Special ‘Superworm,’...
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are Britain’s answer to Dr. Seuss. Ever since publishing “The Gruffalo” — written by Donaldson and illustrated by Scheffler — in 1999, the duo have delighted millions...
View ArticleMatt Smith, Morfydd Clark Set for Supernatural Horror Film ‘Starve Acre’
“Doctor Who” star Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark are set to star in supernatural horror film “Starve Acre.” From BAFTA-nominated “Apostasy” writer and director Daniel Kokotajlo, “Starve Acre” explores...
View Article‘Morbius’ Review: Jared Leto in a Vampire Supervillain Origin Story That’s...
In “Morbius,” Jared Leto sports his signature beard and long silky black hair parted down the middle, though for a good stretch he doesn’t give off his usual Jesus of Beverly Hills glow. That’s because...
View ArticleMatt Smith Praises Ncuti Gatwa as New ‘Doctor Who’: ‘The Most Sensational Bit...
Former “Doctor Who” star Matt Smith couldn’t help but praise “Sex Education’s” Ncuti Gatwa for becoming the 14th Time Lord on the hit sci-fi series. During the “House of the Dragon” world premiere...
View Article‘House of the Dragon’: Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke and More on Dragon Riding,...
Days after soaring into San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H to preview the “Game of Thrones” prequel, the “House of the Dragon” cast re-assembled for the series’ world premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion...
View ArticleMatt Smith Refuses to Let ‘Morbius’ Flop Upset Him: It’s Just a Movie, ‘We’re...
Sony’s comic book tentpole “Morbius” is one of the biggest flops of 2022. The film, starring Jared Leto in the title role, hoped to pull in audiences on the back of record-breaker “Spider-Man: No Way...
View ArticleMatt Smith Questions ‘House of the Dragon’ Sex Scenes: I Have ‘Slightly Too...
How many sex scenes is too many sex scenes? It’s a question Matt Smith found himself asking during the making of “House of the Dragon,” HBO’s upcoming “Game of Thrones” prequel series. The “Doctor Who”...
View ArticleMatt Smith, Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke Attend ‘House of the Dragon’...
The cast of “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” made an appearance in London’s Leicester Square on Monday evening for the U.K. premiere of the upcoming series. Among those who walked...
View ArticleMatt Smith Says Prince Harry Called Him ‘Granddad’ Because of Prince Philip...
Matt Smith was a staple of Netflix’s “The Crown” during its first two seasons, where he starred as Prince Philip opposite Claire Foy’s Queen Elizabeth II. Smith’s portrayal of the British royal not...
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