"Churchill" to be continued at HBO, BBC

By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO and the BBC have reteamed with producers Ridley and Tony Scott for "Churchill at War," a follow-up to "The Gathering Storm," their much heralded biopic of Winston Churchill.

Brendan Gleeson is set to portray the former British prime minister in "Churchill," which picks up where "Storm" left off and explores how the traits that made Churchill a great wartime leader during World War II were the same ones that resulted in him being voted out of power within weeks of the war's end.

The 2002 "Storm," which starred Albert Finney as Churchill, garnered three Emmys, including best TV movie, best writing for a TV movie or miniseries, and best lead actor in a movie or movie series (Finney).

Gleeson next will appear in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," reprising his role as Professor Alastor "MadEye" Moody.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter