Ian McKellen


Starz, BBC team for Hopkins/McKellen drama

US premium cable net Starz and UK pubcaster the BBC are uniting to coproduce The Dresser, a TV adaptation of Ronald Harwood period play of the same name. The cast will include Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) and Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), marking the first time the veteran British actors have […]

News brief: PBS buys Shine’s Vicious

US broadcaster PBS has acquired British comedy series Vicious. The 6x30mins show, which stars Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings) and Derek Jacobi (The King’s Speech) as two men who have shared the same London flat for fifty years, is produced by Brown Eyed Boy in association with Kudos and Nickelby Inc. It is […]