Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III

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PinBenedict Cumberbatch as Richard III in BBC’s “The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses”

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In case there’s a B Cum fangurl who doesn’t know this or one who’s actually reading these words, here’s the press release, if you’re interested:

Following an outstanding critical and audience reaction to the BAFTA Award-winning The Hollow Crown series in 2012, Neal Street Productions and Carnival Films/NBCUniversal bring the concluding part of this ambitious cycle of Shakespeare’s History plays to the screen in three further filmed adaptations, Henry VI (in 2 parts) and Richard III.

Assembling some of the UK’s finest acting talent and, in addition to the stellar cast recently confirmed – Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Sophie Okonedo, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Keeley Hawes and Tom Sturridge – new names revealed today are – Michael Gambon as Mortimer, Philip Glenister as Talbot, Andrew Scott as King Louis, Jason Watkins as Suffolk, Samuel West as the Bishop of Winchester, Stanley Townsend as Warwick, Adrian Dunbar as Plantagenet, Geoffrey Streatfeild as Edward IV, Ben Daniels as Buckingham, Ben Miles as Somerset, Sam Troughton as George, Stuart McQuarrie as Vernon, Anton Lesser as Exeter, Kyle Soller as Clifford, Phoebe Fox as Anne, James Fleet as Hastings and Lucy Robinson as Young Cecily.

In the US, the series will be transmitted on PBS by GREAT PERFORMANCES, produced by THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET.

That looks like one to watch. It’s got one hell of a cast.

[Photo Credit: BBC]

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