It turned its creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge into a household name and launched her career as a writer and actor Waller-Bridge launched Killing Eve and the gig to rewrite the script of the new James Bond movie No Time to Die off Fleabag. It began life as a 90-minute one-woman theatrical play at the Edinburgh[...]
The Bond franchise's 24 films are the third highest-grossing behind Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.No Time to Die is directed by Cary Fukunaga and co-written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge The film also stars Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ana de Armas, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Lashana[...]
here, and here), Bleeding Cool's very own Rich Johnston offers his thoughts on why Phoebe Waller-Bridge's comedy-drama is deserving of all the attention (and awards) the series' been getting - and why it deserves to be on our list:
#7 "Fleabag" (BBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2ViKQFL_k [caption id="attachment_1138669" align="alignnone" width="1280"] BBC[/caption]"I used to describe Fleabag to Americans as 'What if Girls was[...]
BBC America and AMC’s Killing Eve is making some major additions to the third season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s award-winning ratings juggernaut With production currently underway, Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones), Pedja Bjelac (Harry Potter), Camille Cottin (Call My Agent), Steve Pemberton (Inside No 9), Raj Bajaj (A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding), Turlough Convery (Ready Player One),[...]
Fresh off her multiple wins at the Emmy Awards, Phoebe Waller-Bridge has signed an overall production deal with Amazon Studios This is no surprise considering Fleabag has been a huge hit and cultural touchstone It and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel have won Amazon Studios multiple Emmys and helped define the identity of the streaming service.[caption[...]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge won Best Comedy Writing and Best Actress in a Comedy for Fleabag tonight at the Emmy Awards The series also won for Best Comedy Series and director Harry Bradbeer won Best Directing for a Comedy Series.That’s four-for-four with Fleabag - "The Little British Feminist Comedy That Could."[caption id="attachment_1091019" align="alignnone" width="1200"] TV Academy[/caption]Not bad[...]
Over three years ago, Bleeding Cool ran its first article about the BBC3 show Fleabag, by Phoebe Waller-Bridge Titled 'And With That Final Episode, Fleabag Becomes The Finest TV Drama Of 2016', I wrote,
And because it has been picked up by Amazon Prime in the USA, about to drop all six episodes in three weeks time,[...]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is performing it for the last time after debuting it back in 2013.Fleabag became a hit television series on the BBC in the UK in 2016 When Amazon Prime premiered it in the US and worldwide, it became a cultural touchstone in feminist storytelling Fleabag has become the emblem for flawed, messy, sexual[...]
Burns and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on an early draft by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, and Lea Seydoux reprise their respective roles from previous films, while actors Rami Malek, Ana de Armas, Lashana Lynch, David Dencik, Dali Benssalah, and Billy Magnussen round out the main[...]
We’re all fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her breakthrough BBC show Fleabag around here Uberfans know that Fleabag began life as a one-woman play Waller-Bridge wrote and performed at the Edinburgh Festival back in 2013.Now Waller-Bridge is going back to perform the original play one last time in London's West End Some fans are paying[...]
It's been "only" four months since BBC America and AMC’s Killing Eve released its second season, and now fans are already getting some good news about the third season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s award-winning ratings juggernaut With production currently underway, Harriet Walter (Succession, The Crown) and Danny Sapani (Harlots, The Crown) are set to join Sandra Oh and Jodie[...]
There are five credited writers on the scripts and one of them is Phoebe Waller-Bridge The Hollywood Reporter got the chance to speak to Waller-Bridge and she talked about coming on to help beef up the script"There's something about James Bond that always intrigued me in a similar way that Villanelle did," says Waller-Bridge,[...]
Fleabag: Scriptures by Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House Technically, Waller-Bridge already wrote the book ages ago: it’s a collection of the shooting scripts of Seasons 1 and 2 of the show (you can sense our hope for a third season there) She wrote those years ago before[...]
But what about two of its biggest heavy hitters, Neil Gaiman's Good Omens and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag?[caption id="attachment_1066923" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Amazon Prime[/caption]Starting first with the streamer's series adaptation of Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett’s novel - starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen - Amazon Prime Video's COO and Co-Head of Television Vernon Sanders wanted[...]
I recently discovered Crashing, the forgotten sitcom that Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge created and wrote Most of us are familiar with Waller-Bridge as the insanely talented writer and actor responsible for the brilliant series Fleabag and Killing Eve.The former's premiere on BBC3 in 2016 heralded Waller-Bridge’s arrival as a singular talent She displayed a unique[...]
I enjoyed its irreverence and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s tone of intense transgressive emotionally messy comedy It was subversive, unpredictable, and metatextual in the way she breaks the fourth wall and makes us complicit in her actions and her secret thoughts.But as I watched the series, I suddenly realised with a shock that the season arc has[...]
We were very excited when word came down that Fleabag writer and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge was being brought onto the writing staff of the upcoming 25th James Bond 007 film (Bond 25) to "punch up the script."[caption id="attachment_1040888" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Phoebe Waller-BridgePhoto by Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.com[/caption]The multi-award winning actress and writer has some ideas of[...]
With BBC America and AMC’s Killing Eve only days away from its April 7th return, you're probably thinking, "But Bleeding Cool, how can viewers get caught up on the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s award-winning ratings juggernaut before its second season?" Thanks to the fine folks at BBC's Stateside television embassy, viewers are getting a less-then-two-minute recap of[...]
We're less than two weeks away from BBC America and AMC’s Killing Eve making its April 7th return, viewers are getting a final trailer for Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s award-winning ratings juggernaut’s second season – this one putting the focus back on lead players: Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh). In the following clip, we get Villanelle forced[...]
With less than three weeks to go before BBC America and AMC’s Killing Eve makes its April 7th return, viewers are getting another look at Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s award-winning ratings juggernaut’s second season – but this one doesn't focus on our main players Villanelle (Jodie Comer) or Eve (Sandra Oh). In the following teaser, we get a brief[...]
