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The Office: Hotel Recreates Season One Jell-O Prank for Rainn Wilson
You can add Stephen Merchant, one of the co-creators of the BBC series (with Ricky Gervais), to the mix as, like the NBC series, will also serve as an executive producer for the Peacock incarnation. Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute in The Office Image courtesy of NBC Original 'The Office' Co-Creator Stephen Merchant on Peacock's Spinoff "I don't[...]
The Office: Hotel Recreates Season One Jell-O Prank for Rainn Wilson
The series is produced by Universal Television. "It's been more than ten years since the final episode of The Office aired on NBC, and the acclaimed comedy series continues to gain popularity and build new generations of fans on Peacock," said Lisa Katz, President, NBCUniversal Entertainment, "In partnership with Universal Television and led by the creative team of[...]
The Outlaws Series 2: BBC Crime Comedy Hit to Premiere in June
The third series of Stephen Merchant's shaggy dog comedy thriller series about amateur miscreants, The Outlaws, returns worldwide on Prime Video on May 31st Originally created by Merchant and Elgin James (co-creator of FX biker series Mayans M.C.), the series follows a group of strangers from different walks of life forced together by court mandate[...]
The Outlaws Series 2: BBC Crime Comedy Hit to Premiere in June
The BBC and Amazon Studios have renewed The Outlaws, the caper comedy series created by star Stephen Merchant and Mayans M.C creator Elgin James for a third season The series follows a group of strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence in Bristol Production has begun in &[...]
The Outlaws: Season 2 Comes to Prime Video in August
critically acclaimed comedy thriller from award-winning writer and director Stephen Merchant (co-creator of The Office) and Elgin James (co-creator of Mayans M.C., which is an odd surprise here) All six episodes of the Amazon Original series will premiere on Prime Video in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Nordic countries. "The Outlaws" still: Prime Video The Outlaws is[...]
The Outlaws Series 2: BBC Crime Comedy Hit to Premiere in June
The Outlaws, the shaggy dog comedy-thriller created by Stephen Merchant and Elgin James, has a second series Not only that, Series 2 is already done and ready to premiere on BBC One in June! Rejoice! The cast will be back, including the legendary Christopher Walken, who's currently enjoying a career resurgence in comedies like this[...]
The Outlaws: BBC Caper Comedy with Christopher Walken Hits Amazon!
Rejoice, strange people! The Outlaws, Stephen Merchant's shaggy dog BBC caper comedy that stars him and… yes… Christopher Walken… is coming to Amazon Prime on April 1st! The comedy, co-created by Merchant and Elgin James, co-creator of FX' Mayans M.C., features the expected bunch of diverse lawbreakers who hate each other forced to do community[...]
The Outlaws: Amazon Renews BBC Comedy-Thriller  Before its US Premiere
One of them is played by show co-creator and co-writer Stephen Merchant Another one of them is Christopher Walken! In a comedy! Now you know why you need to watch this show The first season just finished its run on the BBC in the UK and is about to debut on Amazon Prime in the[...]
The Outlaws: Christopher Walken Destroys Banksy Art For Real!
The series was created and written by longtime Ricky Gervais collaborator Stephen Merchant who also stars in it with Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd, Gamba Cole, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jessica Gunning, Clare Perkins, Aiyana Goodfellow, Ian McElhinney, Nina Wadia, Dolly Wells… and Christopher Walken! "The Outlaws" cast photo, BBC And in this week's episode, the Series 1 finale, Walken[...]
Game of Thrones, Bond, The Avengers Star Diana Rigg Passes at 82
Many from across the industry paid tribute to the late actress from Edgar Wright, Mark Gatiss, Stephen Merchant, Dana Delany, and several of her Game of Thrones costars. Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones Image Courtesy of WarnerMedia Be a dragon.The realm will always remember Diana Rigg. — Game of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) September 10,[...]
What Logan Did Right – A Lesson to Other Superhero Films
Hell, even comedian Stephen Merchant manages to bring forth a role that is painfully straight, tragic and emotional, whilst covered in tons of makeup and rags. And it is what has made the role of Wolverine a career defining role for Hugh Jackman and made that character such an important part of the X-Men franchise of[...]
Caliban Isn't Having A Great Time In New Logan Photo
Stephen Merchant seems like a really fun bit of casting for the role of Caliban in Logan It feels like he could well have a really good take on a down-trodden, little mutant in him. However, as seeming with everyone in that film, he isn't in for a great time In Empire Magazine (via X-MenFilms.com on[...]
Get A Look At Stephen Merchant As Caliban From Logan
Just tweeted by the film's director James Mangold, you can get your first look at Stephen Merchant as albino Caliban The mutant is known for his tracking abillities, which I imagine will come in handy as Wolverine looks for the rumoured X-23. Take a look: Taken w/ Leica S 007 Summicron 100mm, ISO 1600 1/250 ƒ2 — by JM[...]