Benedict Cumberbatch News

The first teaser trailer for STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS was released today and features clips from the highly anticipated movie. The film will open in theaters on May 17, 2013. Get a first look below!

BBC Worldwide America Sales & Distribution and PBS announced today they have signed a deal that brings a second season of the critically-acclaimed British drama CALL THE MIDWIFE to PBS, with new episodes to start airing on March 31, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. ET.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS is coming to theaters on May 17, 2013. The action, adventure, science fiction film is directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood and Benedict Cumberbatch. Below, check out Paramount Pictures official announcement on the film!

The National Theatre of Great Britain's fourth season of National Theatre Live, the ground-breaking initiative to broadcast live performances from the National's stages to cinemas worldwide, will continue in 2013 with Arthur Wing Pinero's The Magistrate on January 17, Alan Bennett's People on March 21 and James Graham's This House on May 16. Since its first season, which began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phedre starring Helen Mirren, over one million people have now experienced the National's work on movie screens worldwide.

Starting today, Acorn TV, the first British TV focused streaming service, streams one of its few non-British series with the first season of the most critically-acclaimed theater series ever, SLINGS & ARROWS featuring Paul Gross, Rachel McAdams, and Mark McKinney.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to star in an upcoming biopic on Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Sherlock director Paul McGuigan has also signed on for the project, and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will produce under Playtone.

Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters on December 14, 2012. Check out a just-released international TV spot for the highly-anticipated film below!

Deadline reports that Benedict Cumberbatch may take on the role of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in DreamWorks upcoming film from director Bill Condon. Joel Kinnaman is set to play former 'right hand man' Daniel Domscheit-Berg in the film.

Sunday night marks the biggest night in TV when the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards - the 64th telecast of its kind - airs on ABC, hosted by late-night mainstay Jimmy Kimmel in his Emmy hosting debut. How will he fare - and, furthermore, which of the most nominated series will win the big awards? Tune in Sunday at 7 PM on ABC to see, but, first, let's size up the competition in the hottest races of the night - while putting a special focus on the most theatrically-attuned of the nominees (and, in some cases, winners) whenever possible - and take a look at clips from the shows most likely to win.

The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards aired live coast to coast on Sunday, September 23 (8:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET) on ABC and originated from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The telecast was produced by Don Mischer Productions and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. This was Kimmel's first time hosting the Primetime Emmy telecast. And the winners are...

Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters on December 14, 2012. Check out a just-released trailer for the highly-anticipated film below!

According to Variety, playwright Sam Shepard is in talks to play Beverly Weston in the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' play August: Osage County, directed by John Wells.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Benedict Cumberbatch will join the cast of the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.

TVLine reports that New Girl's Zooey Deschanel and E-Street Band drummer Max Weinberg will appear in a special Valentine's-themed episode of the long-running FOX animated series THE SIMPSONS.

Deadline.com reports that THE HOBBIT director Peter Jackson confirms that the saga will be split into three individual films, with the final chapter being released in the summer of 2014.

Broadway stars and theater-related shows were strongly represented in this year's list of the 2012 Emmy Nominations including Bobby Cannavale, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Modern Family and Christine Baranski - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife.

Nominations for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today, Thursday, July 19, from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre at Television Academy headquarters in the NoHo Arts District of Los Angeles.

Holed up in a cramped flat in a large Midlands town with his wife Alison and friend Cliff, Jimmy Porter has got something to say. Look Back in Anger 'rocked theatre and society in the summer of 1956, and blasted open the doors for a generation of angry young men'; Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matt Ryan and Julian Wadham led a reading of the play for the Royal Court's Playwright's Playwrights season on July 6. View photos below!

The Royal Court Theatre celebrated Joe Penhall's new play, BIRTHDAY, with a pre-show Moet & Chandon champagne yesterday before watching the performance. Among those in attendance for the after party were actor Benedict Cumberbatch, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, BIRTHDAY cast members Stephen Mangan and Lisa Dillon, and more. Scroll down for photos!