Jack Thorne — Playwright (16)
The Swimmers (2022) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
The Swimmers
director: Sally El Hosaini actor: Manal Issa / Nathalie Issa
other title: Le nuotatrici / As Nadadoras
From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.
Wonder (2017) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Wonder
7.0 (8 ratings) director: Stephen Chbosky actor: Jacob Tremblay / Julia Roberts
other title: Wonder - Encantador / Wunder
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child [Performance] Douban NeoDB
genre: theater playwright: J.K. Rowling / Jack Thorne
director: John Tiffany actor: Jamie Parker / Paul Thornley / Noma Dumezweni / Poppy Miller / Alex Price



Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a new play by Jack Thorne will receive its world premiere in London’s West End at the Palace Theatre in the summer of 2016.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, written by Jack Thorne and directed by Olivier and Tony award winner John Tiffany, is one play presented in two parts which are intended to be seen in order on the same day (matinee and evening) or on two consecutive evenings.

The Aeronauts (2019) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData
The Aeronauts
director: Tom Harper actor: Eddie Redmayne / Felicity Jones
other title: Os Aeronautas / Les Aéronautes
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.
Enola Holmes 2 (2022) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Enola Holmes 2
director: Harry Bradbeer actor: Millie Bobby Brown / Henry Cavill
Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (2025) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
director: Tomas Alfredson actor: Rachel Weisz
The story will follow a medium who convinces her husband to kidnap a child so she can help the police solve the crime and achieve renown for her abilities. When her true intentions come to light, however, her husband realizes the plan threatens to consume them both. The novel was previously adapted as a film in 1964 starring Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.
Joy (2024) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
Joy
director: Ben Taylor actor: Bill Nighy / James Norton
other title: JOY - The Birth of IVF / JOY: Um Pequeno Milagre
A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.
Radioactive (2020) [Movie] TMDB
Radioactive
director: Marjane Satrapi actor: Rosamund Pike / Sam Riley
other title: Radioativo / Marie Curie - Elemente des Lebens
The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.
An Almost Christmas Story (2024) [Movie] TMDB
An Almost Christmas Story
director: David Lowery actor: Cary Christopher / Estella Madrigal
other title: Uma história (quase) de Natal / Weihnachten im Anflug
A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue (2024) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
director: Sam Mendes actor: Johnny Flynn / Mark Gatiss
In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow [Performance] NeoDB Douban
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
genre: theater playwright: Kate Trefry / Duffer Brothers
other title: 怪奇物语:第一缕阴影 / 怪奇物语:第一道阴影 theater: 伦敦西区Phoenix Theater director: Stephen Daldry / Justin Martin



The First Shadow is set in Stranger Things’ home of Hawkins in 1959, around 25 years before the smash hit TV series. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and leave town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.

Shameless (Series 1) (2004) [TV] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Shameless Season 1 part of TV Series: Shameless
director: Andrew McDonnell / Catherine Morshead actor: David Threlfall / Rebecca Atkinson
The ceremonial burning of a stolen car marks the end of summer on the Chatsworth Estate in Manchester. Meet the local family — the Gallaghers. There's dad Frank and his six kids, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie, Liam and Fiona. Into their world steps Steve. Cool, well mannered, well dressed and romantic, he makes a beeline for big sister Fiona. Steve's soon getting his feet under the table but why he wants them there, no one quite knows.
The Motive and the Cue [Performance] Douban NeoDB
The Motive and the Cue
genre: theater playwright: Jack Thorne
other title: 动机与提示 / 动机与线索 troupe: 英国国家剧院 theater: 英国国家剧院 director: Sam Mendes actor: Johnny Flynn / Mark Gatiss / Tuppence Middleton
Sam Mendes directs a startling new play on the making of Burton and Gielgud’s Hamlet.

Why would the most famous movie star in the world choose to do a play which everyone already knows? And what lures us back to the same plays, year after year?

Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction.

But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

This fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne offers a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity.

Sam Mendes directs Johnny Flynn as Burton, Mark Gatiss as Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Taylor.
This Is England '88 (2011) [TV] NeoDB TMDB
This Is England '88 Season 1 part of TV Series: This Is England '88
director: 西恩·迈德斯 actor: 托马斯·图尔格斯 / 薇琪·麦克卢尔 Vicky McClure
Set during Christmas 1988, Lol is haunted by the devastating events that took place two and a half years before. She and Woody both find themselves struggling to cope with their lives without each other after he leaves the gang. Lol is carrying the burden of her guilt, whilst Woody is trying to build a domestic life with a new girlfriend and a potential promotion at work. Shaun has started drama college and, although still in a relationship with Smell, he has grown close to a girl performing in his Christmas play.