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Wayne Yip
Wayne Che Yip (born 1981) is a British film director, most notably connected with ''Utopia (British TV series), Utopia'', ''Doctor Who'' and Amazon Prime’s ''The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power''. Early life and education Wayne was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at Dragon School, Abingdon School, D’Overbroeck’s and later studied at Banbury and Bicester College, Banbury College where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in graphic design. Career He developed his interest in film after working in the Phoenix Picturehouse in Jericho, Oxford, Jericho and came to prominence when he co-directed "Happy Birthday Granddad" with Alex Garcia, which won the 2007 Sixty Seconds of Fame British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA. In 2010 he once gain co-directed with Garcia when making the short film "Diego's Story" and the pair created "Would Like to Meet" which was episode 1 of series 8 of the TV Series Coming Up (TV series), ''Coming Up''. In 2011 he co-directed ''Secret Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell, the town grew in national importance during the early Norman period, and in the late 12th century became home to the fledgling University of Oxford. The city was besieged during The Anarchy in 1142. The university rose to dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Metaphysical Engine, Or What Quill Did
"The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did" is the seventh episode of the British science fiction television series ''Class''. It was released online by BBC Three on 26 November 2016. The episode was written by series creator Patrick Ness and directed by Wayne Che Yip; it acts as a companion piece to the previous episode " Detained", also written by Ness and directed by Che Yip. ''Class'' follows four students of Coal Hill Academy and their alien teacher, as they deal with various alien threats. The episode takes place concurrently with "Detained", following Miss Quill's ( Katherine Kelly) perspective instead of the students'; in it, Quill goes on a journey with headteacher Dorothea ( Pooky Quesnel) and a shapeshifting alien named Ballon (Chiké Okonkwo) in an attempt to remove the Arn from her brain, which would free her from Charlie's ( Greg Austin) authority. Unlike all other ''Class'' episodes in which she is credited last in the main cast, Kelly receives first billing cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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The Wheel Of Time (TV Series)
''The Wheel of Time'' is an American high fantasy television series developed by Rafe Judkins for Amazon Prime Video. The series is based on the novel series of the same name by Robert Jordan with Brandon Sanderson. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, premiered on Prime Video on November 19, 2021, with the first three episodes released immediately and the remaining five on a weekly basis after that, culminating in the season finale on December 24, 2021. The series was renewed for a second season in May 2021, before the series premiered. In July 2022, ahead of the second-season premiere, the series was renewed for a third season. Premise ''The Wheel of Time'' follows Moiraine, a member of the Aes Sedai, a powerful organization of women who can channel the One Power. With her Warder, Lan, she seeks a group of five young villagers from the secluded Two Rivers, believing one of them is the reincarnation of the Dragon, an extremely powerful channeller who broke the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treadstone
''Treadstone'' is an American action drama television series, connected to and based on the ''Bourne'' film series. A "special preview" of the pilot aired on USA Network on September 24, 2019, ahead of its October 15, 2019, premiere. The series was created by Tim Kring, who is also the executive producer alongside Ramin Bahrani, Ben Smith, Jeffrey Weiner, Justin Levy, Bradley Thomas, and Dan Friedkin. In May 2020, the series was canceled after one season. Premise ''Treadstone'' explores the origin story and present-day actions of a fictional CIA black-ops program known as Operation Treadstone — a covert program that uses a behavior modification protocol to turn recruits into nearly-superhuman assassins. The series follows sleeper agents across the globe as they are mysteriously 'awakened' to resume their deadly missions. The program breaks down these assassins' personalities, erases their memories, and eliminates their moral code so they can effectively kill targets around t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunters (2020 TV Series)
''Hunters'' is an American conspiracy drama streaming television series created by David Weil. It premiered on February 21, 2020, on Amazon Prime Video. In August 2020, the series was renewed for a second and final season which is set to premiere on January 13, 2023. Premise The series' characters draw from a number of real Nazi hunters through the decades, but are not meant to be a specific representation of any of them. It follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City who discover that numerous escaped Nazi officers are conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the United States. A parallel plot element is the discovery of Operation Paperclip, the U.S. government operation relocating German scientists (many of them Nazis) to the U.S. Cast and characters Main * Logan Lerman as Jonah Heidelbaum, a young mathematics genius who takes his grandmother's place among the Hunters. Lerman joined the project due to the involvements of Jordan Peele, Alfonso Gomez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doom Patrol (TV Series)
''Doom Patrol'' is an American superhero television series developed by Jeremy Carver. Based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, the series features Jane ( Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr (April Bowlby), Vic Stone (Joivan Wade), Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer / Matthew Zuk), Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser / Riley Shanahan), and Chief (Timothy Dalton) as the members of the eponymous Doom Patrol. Although Bowlby, Bomer, and Fraser reprise their roles from the series ''Titans'', the two shows are set in separate continuities. The series premiered on February 15, 2019, exclusively for the DC Universe streaming service. The second season aired on both DC Universe and HBO Max, with the two streaming services releasing episodes simultaneously on June 25, 2020. A third season, released exclusively on HBO Max, premiered on September 23, 2021. In October 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on December 8, 2022. Plot ''Doom Patrol'' follows the unlike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy! (TV Series)
''Happy!'' is an American live-action/adult animated black comedy/action-drama television series based on the four-issue comic book series of the same name created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson, with Brian Taylor serving as director for a majority of the episodes (seven of the first eleven). The series premiered on Syfy on December 6, 2017, receiving mostly positive reviews. On January 29, 2018, it was announced that Syfy had renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on March 27, 2019. On June 4, 2019, the series was cancelled by Syfy after two seasons. Premise Disgraced police detective Nick Sax (Christopher Meloni) lives as a social outcast, filling his days with heavy drinking and substance abuse, moonlighting as a hitman to feed his various habits. After sustaining a massive heart attack, Nick comes into contact with a small, blue, winged unicorn named Happy (an animated character voiced by Patton Oswalt) that apparently only he can see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Badlands (TV Series)
''Into the Badlands'' is an American television series that premiered on November 15, 2015, on AMC. ''Into the Badlands'' has been described as "a high-octane sci-fi martial arts series" and as a "post-apocalyptic drama". The series follows a warrior and a young boy who journey through a dangerous feudal land together seeking enlightenment. On February 9, 2019, AMC canceled the show after three seasons. The series finale aired on May 6, 2019. Premise In a postapocalyptic world approximately 500 years in the future, war has left civilization in ruins. Some elements of technology, such as electricity and ground vehicles, have survived the apocalypse, but society now shuns firearms, leading to a reliance on melee weaponry and crossbows. In a territory known as the Badlands, encompassing several states located between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River, a feudal society has developed to fill the power vacuum left by the war. Barons control land and monopolies over commoditie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preacher (TV Series)
''Preacher'' is an American supernatural adventure television series developed by Sam Catlin, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen for AMC starring Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun and Ruth Negga. The series is based on the comic book series ''Preacher'' created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon and published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. The series was officially picked up on September 9, 2015, with a ten-episode order which premiered on May 22, 2016. The series was renewed for a fourth and final season, which premiered on August 4, 2019 and concluded on September 29, 2019. Premise Jesse Custer is a hard-drinking, chain-smoking preacher who, enduring a crisis of faith, becomes infused with an extraordinary power. He embarks on a quest to better understand his new gift and literally find God, alongside his trigger-happy ex-girlfriend, Tulip, and new vampire friend, Cassidy. Cast and characters Main * Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, a preacher from Annville, Texas with a criminal past an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem (TV Series)
''Salem'' is an American supernatural horror television series created by Brannon Braga and Adam Simon, loosely inspired by the real Salem witch trials in the 17th century. The series premiered on WGN America on April 20, 2014, becoming the network's first original scripted series. As the network's first and highest-rated series, it was renewed for a second season on May 15, 2014. A third season was commissioned on July 11, 2015 and premiered on November 2, 2016. On December 13, 2016, it was announced that WGN had cancelled the show after three seasons, with the final episode airing on January 25, 2017. Plot overview The series stars Janet Montgomery as Mary Sibley, a powerful witch who controls the Salem witch trials by exacerbating hysteria among the Puritans while executing her plan of summoning the Devil. Problems arise when her long lost love, John Alden (played by Shane West), returns to Salem, complicating Mary's plans. The show has prominent elements of Gothic romance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming and Renting, rental service of Amazon (company), Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Amazon Prime, Prime subscription. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Amazon Studios and MGM Holdings or licensed to Amazon, as List of Amazon Prime Video original programming, Amazon Originals, with the service also hosting content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. Operating worldwide, the service may require a full Prime subscription to be accessed. In countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the service can be accessed without a full Prime subscription, whereas in Australia, Canada, France, India, Turkey, and Italy, it can only be access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
