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PRESS BBC One, Thu 6 Sep New drama set behind the scenes at a (fictional) national broadsheet The Herald and their rival tabloid The Post. Stars Charlotte Riley, Ben Chaplin, Paapa Essiedu, Susannah Wise and David Suchet.
VANITY FAIR ITV, Sep (date tbc) Olivia Cooke takes the lead (alongside Michal Palin, Suranne Jones and Martin Clunes) in a new adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's literary classic. Though it will need to go a long way to beat BBC's fantastic 1998 version. IRON FIST – SEASON 2 Netflix, Fri 7 Sep There's always one Marvel show per issue and this time it's the master of kung fu, Iron Fist. The first series didn't receive the best reviews but hopefully they've tightened things up for Danny Rand's (Finn Jones) return as they introduce schizophrenic villain Typhoid Mary (Alice Eve).
MANIAC Netflix, Fri 21 Sep Miniseries starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill as two patients on a drug trial. Directed by Cary Fukunaga.
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE FOX, Thu 27 Sep, 10pm A crossover of season one (Murder House) and three (Coven) so expect plenty of ghosts, ghouls and witches. Best news of all: Jessica Lange is back.
DOCTOR WHO – SEASON 11 BBC One, Oct (date tbc) The first ever female incarnation of the world's favourite time traveller as Broadchurch’s Chris Chibnall takes over writing duties with Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor. THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL BBC One, Oct (date tbc) Adaptation of John le Carré's thriller from acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook starring Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon. See preview, left.
THE WALKING DEAD – SEASON 9 FOX, Mon 8 Oct, 9pm Negan has been dealt with so where next for the survivors in the zombie apocalypse? We know Andrew Lincoln is leaving but how? Could it be the cabal plotting behind his back we saw in the closing minutes of season 8?
THE ROMANOFFS Amazon Prime, Fri 12 Oct New anthology series from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner about the modern day descendants of Russian Romanoffs.
1 Sep–31 Oct 2018 THE LIST 101
WAR OF THE WORLDS
As Avengers: Infi nity War hits DVD / Blu-ray, director Joe Russo talks to Henry Northmore about superheroes, working with
Robert Downey Jr and shooting in Edinburgh
A vengers: Ini nity War is the biggest superhero movie of all time. Featuring the largest roster of heroes (Iron Man, Dr Strange, Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, etc, etc) and a gigantic cast (Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans and even more A-list stars than we have space to mention), it has hoovered up over $2 billion at the global box ofi ce. Now with its upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release, there's added extras, director commentary, extended and deleted scenes. And what's perhaps most surprising is that part of this megalithic blockbuster was i lmed in Edinburgh. We caught up with Joe Russo (who co-directed Ini nity War with his brother Anthony) when he was in the capital to i nd out more.
It must be hard getting so many actors in one place at the same time? Without question, that was the reason we had to do both movies at the same time [Ini nity War and its sequel were shot back-to-back]. We were going to block them off for a year and it's very difi cult to get them all together. Basically we shut Hollywood down for a year because everyone was working on this. Did you enjoy working with such a huge cast? We've worked with most of them the last seven years so it's a little bit like summer camp, everybody gets along really well, we have a lot of fun on set, we laugh a lot, it was a great experience. Downey's great at breaking the tension, he started the universe and everyone really looks up to him. He's the greatest actor of his generation and somebody who's very warm and inclusive; everyone looks to him as a leader.
We've seen these heroes saving the day across 18 i lms now, so how did you make Thanos [Josh Brolin] a credible threat? He's a very unique creature. He's a genetic mutation, a one in gazillion genetic freak born on a planet called Titan with virtually invincible skin. He's stronger than the Hulk and he's genius level intelligence. He's like the Genghis Khan of this universe. So he's a very scary character, he has an incredible will, he's charismatic, he's sociopathic and he doesn't have a lot of l aws, so I think it's going to cost the characters a lot to beat him. What brought you to Edinburgh to i lm? I love this city, I've spent a lot of time here, it's beautiful. I'm surprised it hasn't been on i lm more, shocked frankly, because it's one of the most beautiful cities in the world and at night it can take on a gothic feel. And we had a sequence we wanted with heightened tension and it was a perfect place to shoot that scene.
Finally is there anything at all you can tell us about Avengers 4 (the sequel to Ini nity War)? Frankly no. Marvel has been writing a book for the last ten years and this is the i nal chapter. This is it. If you have been following along for the last decade this is the movie to see, this brings it all together and brings it to a close.
Avengers: Ini nity War is released on DVD and Blu-ray Mon 3 Sep.