TONY CURRAN IS KING JAMES I IN JULIANNE MOORE'S HISTORICAL SERIES MARY AND GEORGE! PARAMOUNT + TO TURN SARAH PINBOROUGH'S BESTSELLER INSOMNIA INTO TV SERIES

We have been wondering who will be the seduced king in Sky's and AMC's historical series MARY AND GEORGE with  Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in the leads, and now Tony Curran has been crowned as king James I. Also joining the cast are Nicola Walker as Lady Hatton,

Trine Dyrholm and Tony Curran will be the queen and the king

Niamh Algar as Sandie, Trine Dyrholm as Queen Anne, Sean Gilder as Sir Thomas Compton and Simon Russell Beale as Sir George Villiers. Moore plays Mary Villiers, who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George, to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover. 

Paramount + has just ordered their new UK original: Sarah Pinborough's thriller book INSOMNIA will be adapted into TV series by

The book was published April last year

Left Bank Pictures. It tells the story of successful career woman Emma Averill, who fears she is losing her mind after suffering from sleep deprivation two weeks before turning 40. Her mother had a similar experience at the same age, suffering a violent psychotic breakdown on the night of her 40th birthday. But even as she relives the experience of her mother, Averill believes other forces may be at work. Her mother is hospitalized with a sudden injury, her estranged sister returns without warning, and she feels as if she is being watched. Only by investigating the truth of her painful past, can she find the answers to her present. Production should start by the end of the year.