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  • 'Killing Eve' Season 4 Put on Hold Amid Rumors of Sandra Oh's Reluctance to Film in Europe

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    The production on the next installment of ‘Killing Eve’ has been halted indefinitely as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic disrupted the filming schedule in Europe.
    Jul 26, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Filming on “Killing Eve” season four has reportedly been postponed indefinitely as the complicated European shooting schedule is unworkable during the Covid-19 pandemic.
    According to Deadline.com, bosses at production firm Sid Gentle Films were originally aiming to start filming a new series of the hit espionage show next month (Aug20), but plans have now been abandoned.
    The reported reason for the delay is the show’s need for various European location shoots, which in the past have taken place in the Netherlands, Spain, Romania, and Italy.
    A spokesperson for the show explained, “Killing Eve shoots across multiple European locations. Due to the uncertainty of the world as a result of Covid-19, no shooting schedules for Killing Eve season four have been locked in at this point and there are various scenarios in play.”
    A source close to the show also downplayed rumours Sandra Oh, who plays title character Eve Polastri, has been reluctant to fly into Europe to begin shooting.
    The delay in filming the show, which also stars Jodie Comer as assassin Villanelle, is thought to make it likely to miss its expected spring 2021 premiere date

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    'Normal People' and 'Killing Eve' Among Nominees at 2020 TV Choice Awards

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    The ‘Normal People’ star Daisy Edgar-Jones is pitted against the ‘Killing Eve’ actress Jodie Comer for the coveted titled of Best Actress at the upcoming television awards.
    Jul 8, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Jodie Comer better watch out – Daisy Edgar-Jones is coming for her Best Actress crown at this year’s TV Choice Awards.
    While the “Killing Eve” star is the reigning holder of the gong, Daisy looks set for success thanks to her hit show “Normal People” – which earned three nominations at the 2020 awards.
    But in order to take home the prize, Daisy will also have to beat Michelle Keegan and “Vera” star Brenda Blethyn.
    Her co-star Paul Mescal, who starred as her love interest Connell in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s beloved book, is up for the Best Actor prize, but again faces tough competition – from David Tennant, Martin Clunes, and Stephen McGann.
    In addition, “Normal People” has also been nominated for Best New Drama alongside “Gangs of London”, “Gentleman Jack”, and “White House Farm”.
    Elsewhere, Ricky Gervais’ “After Life” is once again up for the Best Comedy Gong, but will have to beat “Friday Night Dinner”, “Brassic”, and “Still Open All Hours” to take home the prize.
    And “Doctor Who” will battle it out for the Best Family Drama award against “Call the Midwife”, “Doc Martin”, and “Casualty”.
    The 2020 TV Choice Awards are set to take place on 9 September (20), and voting is open from now until 17 July, with viewers encouraged to visit TV Choice to pick their winners

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    'Killing Eve' Producer Promises to Improve Diversity Amid Criticisms Over All-White Writers

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    The executive producer of the Sandra Oh-fronted show has responded to backlash over the lack of writers of color working on the award-winning television series.
    Jul 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Killing Eve” executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle has promised to improve diversity on the show’s writing team after criticism over the lack of writers of colour working on the show.
    A post on Twitter by a writer, Kayleigh Llewellyn, which showed that every season four writer on a final day Zoom call was white, sparked a backlash against “Killing Eve” producers, who have been praised for giving women major creative roles and casting Asian-American Sandra Oh as the title character.
    According to Britain’s NME website, Gentle addressed the issue during a recent SeriesFest virtual panel, “Killing Eve: Behind the Lens”, promising to do better and hire a more diverse team going forward.
    “The make-up of the room should be more racially diverse than it is, and we’re really aware of that and I take full responsibility for it,” she said. “You look at that room and it’s full of brilliant female writers, we’ve got a really strong LGBTQ contingent, but it’s not good enough and we need to do better.”
    The show’s boss added that the criticism, which came as the Black Lives Matter protests highlighted racial injustice across the world, has provoked much “soul-searching” among her team.
    “We’ve all had long talks and lots of soul-searching and we can come up with excuses, we can come up with platitudes, we can talk about the people that we’ve spoken about in the past, but we’ve got to do better. All of our writers know we’ve got to do better,” Gentle explained.
    “But also, the production from the ground up – the entire production – we’re looking at in terms of how we can make concrete change, because it’s incredibly important to us and it’s got to be change that lasts and is effective. I think this is an extraordinary moment, and we’ve got to make a difference. It’s not good enough.”
    Oh, who stars as Eve, had previously told Variety magazine during a chat with Kerry Washington, “The development of people behind the camera is very slow in the U.K. Sometimes it would be me and 75 white people.”

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    'Killing Eve' to Launch Season 3 Two Weeks Earlier

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    AMC president Sarah Barnett teases that the new season ‘digs deep psychologically, and with actors like Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw the results are nothing short of astonishing.’
    Mar 28, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The coronavirus lockdown has given “Killing Eve” fans something to smile about – the drama’s third season premiere has been moved up two weeks.
    TV bosses at the BBC and AMC Networks have decided to air the latest eight episodes in the series, created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, from April 12.
    “We know how adored this series is and we know how keen people are for great content right now,” Sarah Barnett, the president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios says. “This season of Killing Eve digs deep psychologically, and with actors like Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw the results are nothing short of astonishing. We literally couldn’t wait for fans to see it.”

    “Killing Eve” has already been renewed for a fourth season.

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