Rupert Friend

The best television series of 2012 owe a debt to the past. They have taken the miniseries storytelling so popular decades ago and made it work for today's audiences. Viewers who fondly remember “Shogun,” “Brideshead Revisited,” &#...

The highlights this weekend: 1. “The Walking Dead” started its third season with huge ratings last weekend. This season's second episode, at 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC, puts the characters through a nightmarish workout at a prison. It's especially...

Renny Harlin takes a big step forward in his comeback story with the new drama "5 Days of War."...

“Renee,” the Renee Yohe ‘To Write Love on Her Arms' film we told you about several weeks ago in this space has begun production in and around Orlando. The movie is about a troubled young woman whose issues with self-esteem, substance...

Scene 167: take two, sees Chad Michael Murray, best known for TV’s “One Tree Hill” looking rough. He hasn’t shaved. He hasn’t slept. And as Jamie Tworkowski, he’s sitting at a computer, typing out words on a blog that...

Want to hear a little music for free, get filmed as part of the crowd in a music festival scene in a movie, also for free? It could be fun. This just in from the folks making the “Renee” movie here in Orlando. They're throwing a concert,...

Second assistant director Krystian Lagowski called out to the crowd of extras from the temporary stage and said “OK, I'm gonna re-arrange you guys just a little, like Picasso here. People with the orange wristbands, Raise Your Hands!” He was...

When director Nathan Frankowski came here to shoot the movie “Renee,” I wanted to see if there was more to Orlando than just theme parks. I wanted to see the gritty underside of the city.” He would need that for “Renee,” a...

“The Renee Project,” the working title of a film being produced locally, is attracting big name talent to its cast. Kat Dennings, the absolutely adorable Norah of “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist,” will star in it. Go to Renee's...

The Valentine's Day start date may be prove to be an auspicious one for the movie about Renee Yohe that's now filming in Orlando. Kat Dennings, Rupert Friend and Chad Michael Murray are in it.Let's hope they get the rights to the best possible title, &#...