"British Academy Television Awards" in London
British actor Kenneth Branagh attends the "British Academy Television Awards" at Royal Festival Hall in London on April 26, 2009. (UPI Photo/Rune Hellestad)
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Jaimie Alexander and Colm Feore have signed up for roles in Kenneth Branagh's big-screen Hollywood adaptation of the Marvel comic book, "Thor."
LOS ANGELES, July 14 (UPI) -- Israeli-born U.S. actress Natalie Portman has signed up to play Jane Foster in "Thor," the Marvel superhero picture Kenneth Branagh is to direct next year.
LONDON, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- David Tennant's return to the British stage as Hamlet after back surgery has been named the theater event of the year by participants in an online poll.
LONDON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- London's Donmar Warehouse has announced Northern Irish actor-director Kenneth Branagh will not direct Jude Law in "Hamlet" as planned.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Northern Irish actor-director Kenneth Branagh reportedly is in talks to direct the upcoming Marvel Comics superhero movie "Thor."
LOS ANGELES, July 14 (UPI) -- Kenneth Branagh is to star in a new TV series based on the Kurt Wallander detective books by Swedish author Henning Mankell, "Masterpiece Mystery" announced.
LOS ANGELES, April 7 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists film studios announced Monday their World War II thriller "Valkyrie" will open in theaters early next year.
LONDON, March 4 (UPI) -- Principal photography on the new big-screen British comedy "The Boat that Rocked" is under way, representatives for the film said Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Kenneth Branagh, Rhys Ifans and January Jones have signed on to star in Richard Curtis' "The Boat That Rocked," a film set in 1970s England.
UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 10, 2007.
