Bob Odenkirk Back For Nobody 2

Better Call Saul & Breaking Bad star Bob Odenkirk has closed a deal to return as former government assassin and would be family man Hutch Mansell in  sequel to brilliant 2021 action film Nobody.

Nobody 2 sees original director Ilya Naishuller this time replaced by Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto, previously responsible for Headshot and The Night Comes For Us.

John Wick creator and writer Derek Kolstad who penned the first film, has written the sequel’s screenplay alongside Aaron Rabin, Odenkirk, and Umair Aleem.

Details of the plot for the sequel remain under wraps for now but likely to deliver on the first flm’s post credits scene which saw Hutch making a fresh start with his family, only to receive a mysterious phone call implying he may have returned to being a gun for hire.

Production is expected to begin on Nobody 2 later this year, with the film currently aiming for a 15 August, 2025 release date.

Olivier Awards 2024 Winners List

Noël Coward Award for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play

• Stranger Things: The First Shadow by Kate Trefry – at the Phoenix Theatre (WINNER)
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo and Franca Rame – adapted by Tom Basden at the Lyric Hammersmith and Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at the Gielgud Theatre
• Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial – adapted by Liv Hennessy at the Ambassadors Theatre

Best Family Show

• Dinosaur World Live by Derek Bond – at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (WINNER)
• Bluey’s Big Play by Joe Brumm – at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall
• The House With Chicken Legs – book by Sophie Anderson, adapted by Oliver Lansley at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
• The Smeds and the Smoos – book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, adapted by Tall Stories at the Lyric Theatre

Gillian Lynne Award for Best Theatre Choreographer

• Arlene Phillips with James Cousins – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre (WINNER)
• Fabian Aloise – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
• Ellen Kane and Hannes Langolf – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Mark Smith – The Little Big Things at Soho Place
• Susan Stroman – Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Costume Design

• Vanya by Anton Chekhov – adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre (WINNER)
• Bunny Christie and Deborah Andrews – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Ryan Dawson Laight – La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
• Hugh Durrant – Peter Pan at The London Palladium

Best Revival

• Vanya by Anton Chekhov – adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke of York’s Theatre (WINNER)
• The Effect by Lucy Prebble – at the National Theatre, Lyttelton
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell – at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Best Musical Revival

• Sunset Boulevard – music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Groundhog Day – music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, book by Danny Rubin at The Old Vic
• Guys & Dolls – music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows at the Bridge Theatre
• Hadestown – music, lyrics and book by Anaïs Mitchell at the Lyric Theatre

Best Sound Design

• Alan Williams for Musical Supervision and Musical Direction – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Paul Arditti – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
• Dan Balfour and Tom Gibbins – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Gareth Fry – Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

Outstanding Musical Contribution

• Alan Williams for Musical Supervision and Musical Direction – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Tom Brady for Musical Supervision and Arrangements and Charlie Rosen for Orchestrations – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Matt Brind for Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations – Just for One Day at The Old Vic
• Steve Sidwell for Orchestrations and Joe Bunker for Musical Direction – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Will Close – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre (WINNER)
• Paul Hilton – An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• Giles Terera – Clyde’s at the Donmar Warehouse
• Luke Thompson – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
• Zubin Varla – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Haydn Gwynne – When Winston Went to War With the Wireless at the Donmar Warehouse (WINNER)
• Lorraine Ashbourne – Till the Stars Come Down at the National Theatre, Dorfman
• Priyanga Burford – An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• Gina McKee – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier
• Tanya Reynolds – A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Theatre

Best Set Design

• Miriam Buether for Set Design and 59 Productions for Video Design – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre (WINNER)
• Bunny Christie for Set Design – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Es Devlin for Set Design and Ash J. Woodward for Video Design – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Soutra Gilmour for Set Design and Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom for Video Design – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre

Best Lighting Design

• Jack Knowles – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Jon Clark – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Jon Clark – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre
• Paule Constable – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

• Amy Trigg – The Little Big Things at Soho Place (WINNER)
• Grace Hodgett Young – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
• Zoë Roberts – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
• Eleanor Worthington-Cox – Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

• Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre (WINNER)
• Cedric Neal – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• David Thaxton – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre
• Jack Wolfe – Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse

Best New Opera Production

• Innocence by the Royal Opera – at the Royal Opera House (WINNER)
• Blue by the English National Opera – at the London Coliseum
• Picture a Day Like This by the Royal Opera – at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
• The Rhinegold by the English National Opera – at the London Coliseum

Outstanding Achievement in Opera

• Antonio Pappano for his role as Musical Director of the Royal Opera House (WINNER)
• Belarus Free Theatre Company for King Stakh’s Wild Hunt – at the Barbican theatre
• Marina Abramović for her concept and design of 7 Deaths of Maria Callas – at the London Coliseum

Best Actor in a Musical

• Tom Francis – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• David Cumming – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
• Daniel Mays – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre
• Charlie Stemp – Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

Best Actress in a Musical

• Nicole Scherzinger – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Natasha Hodgson – Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre
• Caissie Levy – Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse
• Marisha Wallace – Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre

Best New Dance Production

• La Ruta by Gabriela Carrizo – part of Nederlands Dans Theater, NDT 1 at Sadler’s Wells (WINNER)
• Broken Chord by Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi – at Sadler’s Wells
• The Rite of Spring by Seeta Patel – at Sadler’s Wells
• Time Spell by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers and Tiler Peck – part of Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends at Sadler’s Wells

Outstanding Achievement in Dance

• Isabela Coracy for her performance in NINA: By Whatever Means – part of Ballet Black: Pioneers at the Barbican Theatre (WINNER)
• Jonzi D for his artistic direction of Breakin’ Convention 2023 International festival of hip-hop dance theatre – at Sadler’s Wells
• Rhiannon Faith for her community focused conception of Lay Down Your Burdens – at The Pit at Barbican

Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre

• Sleepova by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini – at the Bush Theatre (WINNER)
• Blue Mist by Mohamed-Zain Dada – at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
• A Playlist for The Revolution by AJ Yi – at the Bush Theatre
• The Swell by Isley Lynn – at the Orange Tree Theatre
• The Time Machine: A Comedy by Steven Canny and John Nicholson – at the Park Theatre

Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director

• Jamie Lloyd – Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (WINNER)
• Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin – Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix theatre
• Rupert Goold – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• Sam Mendes – The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre

Best Actress

• Sarah Snook – The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (WINNER)
• Laura Donnelly – The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• Sophie Okonedo – Medea at Soho Place
• Sarah Jessica Parker – Plaza Suite at the Savoy Theatre
• Sheridan Smith – Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s Theatre

Best Actor

• Mark Gatiss – The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre (WINNER)
• Joseph Fiennes – Dear England at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre
• James Norton – A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre
• Andrew Scott – Vanya at the Duke of York’s Theatre
• David Tennant – Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse

Best New Play

• Dear England by James Graham – at the National Theatre, Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre (WINNER)
• The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth – at the Harold Pinter Theatre
• The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne – at the National Theatre, Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre
• Till the Stars Come Down by Beth Steel – at the National Theatre, Dorfman

Mastercard Best New Musical

• Operation Mincemeat – music, lyrics and book by David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts at the Fortune Theatre (WINNER)
• The Little Big Things – music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, book by Joe White at Soho Place
• Next to Normal – music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey at the Donmar Warehouse
• A Strange Loop – music, lyrics and book by Michael R. Jackson at the Barbican Theatre

BAFTA Games Awards 2024 Winners

A total of 40 games were nominated across 18 categories, representing the very best of the last 12 months in gaming. Check out the full list below and who the winners were below:

Best Game

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Dave the Diver
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Super Mario Bros Wonder

Performer in a Leading Role

• Amelia Tyler as narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
• Cameron Monaghan as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – WINNER
• Neil Newbon as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
• Samantha Béart at Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Technical Achievement

• Alan Wake 2
• Final Fantasy 16
• Horizon Call of the Mountain
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – WINNER
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Starfield

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Chants of Sennaar
• Goodbye Volcano High
• Tchia – WINNER
• Terra Nil
• Thirsty Suitors
• Venba

Best Music

• Alan Wake 2
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Best Animation

• Alan Wake 2
• Hi-Fi RUSH – WINNER
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Super Mario Bros Wonder

EE Players’ Choice Award

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Fortnite
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Lethal Company
• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Best Family Game

• COCOON
• Dave the Diver
• Disney Illusion Island
• Hi-Fi RUSH
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Super Mario Bros Wonder – WINNER

Performer in a Supporting Role

• Andrew Wincott as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Debra Wilson as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Ralph Ineson as Cid Telamon in Final Fantasy 16
• Sam Lake as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2
• Tony Todd as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Tracey Wiles as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3

Special Award

BAFTA awarded the Special Award to SpecialEffect, a gaming charity that helps gamers with physical disabilities enjoy and play games with bespoke controllers and input methods to make gaming more accessible for all.

Best Narrative

• Alan Wake 2
• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• DREDGE
• Final Fantasy 16
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Best New Intellectual Property

• Chants of Sennaar
• Dave the Diver
• DREDGE
• Hi-Fi Rush
• Jusant
• Viewfinder – WINNER

Oscar 2024 Winners List

BAFTA Film Awards 2024 Winners

The winners of the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards were announced tonight in a ceremony hosted by David Tennant at The Royal Festival Hall in London and broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer. The EE BAFTAs celebrate the very best in film of the past year.

Oppenheimer won seven BAFTAs: Best Film; Director for Christopher Nolan; Leading Actor for Cillian Murphy; Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.; Cinematography; Editing, and Original Score.

Poor Things won five BAFTAs: Leading Actress for Emma Stone; Costume, Make Up & Hair, Production Design and Special Visual Effects.

The Zone of Interest won three BAFTAs:  Outstanding British Film, Film Not in the English Language, and Sound.

The Holdovers won two categories: Supporting Actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Casting.

Anatomy of a Fall won Original Screenplay.

American Fiction won Adapted Screenplay.

Earth Mama won Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

20 Days in Mariupol won Documentary.

The Boy and the Heron won Animated Film.

Jellyfish and Lobster won the British Short Film award; while the BAFTA for British Short Animation was won by Crab Day.

June Givanni was presented with the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award.

The BAFTA Fellowship was presented to actress and director Samantha Morton. The Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games across their career.

The EE Rising Star Award, the only award voted for by the public, went to Mia McKenna-Bruce.

This marks a first BAFTA Director win for Christopher Nolan, and first time Film Awards nomination and win for Cillian Murphy and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

The Zone of Interest is the first film to win both the Outstanding British Film and Film Not in the English Language categories.

All winners were in attendance and accepted their awards on stage, with the exception of Animated Film.

The ceremony included a performance by Sophie Ellis-Bextor of Murder on the Dancefloor. Hannah Waddingham performed a solo rendition of Time After Time as part of the In Memorium, honouring those in the film industry who have sadly passed away in the last 12 months.