“The Penguin Lessons” is a movie I have been eagerly waiting to see, and now that the trailer has been released, I feel this movie has something special to offer. Directed by The Full Monty‘s Peter Cattaneo and starring Steve Coogan in the lead role, the film tells the true story of Tom Michell and his time teaching English at
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Steve Coogan is set to star in an adaptation of the bestselling memoir “The Penguin Lessons” by Tom Michell for production company 42. Oscar-nominee Peter Cattaneo will direct and the script is by Jeff Pope, the Coogan’s longtime collaborator (“Philomena”, “Stan & Ollie”, “The Lost King”). More recent works from Steve Coogan include Stephen Frears’ “The Lost King” with Sally
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Following the release of “The Lost King”, a movie that reunites Philomena’s team; Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope and Stephen Frears, I remembered a story from Steve Coogan’s autobiography. Coogan and Martin Sixsmith, the reporter that publishes Philomena’s story, had visited her during the writing of the screenplay. Steve Coogan refers: “During one of our visits to see Philomena, Martin and
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“The Trip” series, “24 Hour Party People” and “A Cock and Bull Story” are only few of the collaborations between Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. This time Coogan joins Brydon’s podcast. Coogan speaks Rob about his Oscar nomination for best screenplay, despite failing his English language O level twice…and how he had to break the mould from being seen purely
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Channel 4 have released further first look images from upcoming comedy-drama Chivalry, co-created, co-written by and starring Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani. The first look images feature Coogan as Cameron, a successful film producer and ‘ladies man’ and Solemani as Bobby, a passionate indie-darling filmmaker. The cast also includes: Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws, Blackish, Oscars 2022) as astute studio executive
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Channel 4 announced the cast of the new comedy-drama “Chivalry”, one of its most star-studded projects to date, starring Sienna Miller and Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd making cameo appearance. Chivalry will be a six-episode series of half hour each. Plot Chivalry skewers and satirises the complex state of contemporary sexual politics, while asking if romance can survive in the
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ITV has shared a first look at stars Steve Coogan, Sharlene Whyte and Hugh Quarshie in new drama Stephen. The mini-series will consist of three episodes and is a sequel to Paul Greengrass’ 1999 film The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, Whyte (Small Axe) will play Stephen’s mother Doreen while Quarshie (Holby City) reprises the role of his father, Neville. Coogan, who recently
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