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The National
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The National
Netflix announces new series of Edinburgh-based drama Dept Q
The streaming giant said a second series of the show, which both takes place in and was largely filmed in Edinburgh, has been commissioned. The show's debut series, which aired back in May, spent six weeks on the platform's global top ten list and will remain based in Scotland 'following the success of the location in the first series', the network said. The second season is due to be filmed and set in the Scottish capital as Matthew Goode will return as Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck, along with his team of misfits DCI's – Alexej Manvelov as Akram, Leah Byrne as Rose and Jamie Sives as Hardy. (Image: Ian West/PA Wire) Adapted from Jussi Adler-Olsen's novels, Dept. Q follows the team of detectives led by Morck who are charged with investigating cases previously deemed unsolvable in the basement of an Edinburgh police station. Across nine episodes, the show delved into the complex mysteries of the case, and the inner lives of the detectives themselves. Following the news that a second series had been confirmed Goode said he could not wait to see how Morck's and the rest of his team's story will unfold. He said: 'I'd like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Dept. Q's storylines. 'We have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. I cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill.' (Image: Netflix) Netflix's Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin said: 'We are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q. Scott Frank brought us best-in-class storytelling and thrilled Netflix audiences worldwide. We can't wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in season two ... Edinburgh, we're back.' Writer and director Scott Frank, whose hit show The Queen's Gambit also brought Netflix success, said: 'I'm grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly.' Frank was given the rights to the books by the Danish author 15 years ago, and had thought about shooting the series in the US before he decided on Edinburgh. The first season boasted some of the biggest names in Scotland's screen industry, including Kelly Macdonald and Chloe Pirrie to Mark Bonnar and Kate Dickie all appearing. Rob Bullock, executive producer at Left Bank Pictures, said: 'So, we are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. We at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflix's courage to let them loose once again.'
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Dept. Q' Renewed for Season 2
Matthew Goode as a grumpy detective? We love it. So why wouldn't we want to get more of Dept. Q, the newest mystery series to come to Netflix? The good news: It's coming back for more, the streamer announced on Monday, August 18. The Goode-led drama premiered with its nine episodes on Thursday, May 29, giving the new head of a police department quite the cold case to solve — while one very personal to both DCI Carl Morck and his partner, DCI James Hardy (Jamie Sives), remains open. The finale left off with a few loose threads to follow, but what's in store in the show's future? Read on for everything we know so far about Dept. Q Season 2, from the cast to the case and more. Has Dept. Q been renewed? Yes! Netflix renewed Dept. Q for a second season on August 18. It will be filmed and set in Edinburgh, after doing so for the first season was a success. 'I'd like to thank Netflix for giving us the opportunity to further investigate Department Q's storylines. We have a wonderful cast and crew, headed by our resident genius Scott Frank. I cannot wait to read what comes from his magic quill!' Goode said in a statement. Added Frank, writer and director of the series, 'I'm grateful to the folks at Netflix, as well as our shining cast and crew, for once more risking their careers to enable my folly.' Season 1 spent six weeks in the Global Top Ten shows on Netflix. 'We are raring to return to Carl Morck and his band of glorious misfits at Dept. Q. Scott Frank brought us best-in-class storytelling and thrilled Netflix audiences worldwide,' Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin, execs for Netflix, said. 'We can't wait to see what Morck and the gang uncover in Season 2…. Edinburgh, we're back.' Rob Bullock, executive producer for Left Bank Pictures added, 'So, we are going downstairs to Dept. Q for a second season. We at Left Bank Pictures nervously await what Scott has in store for his alter-ego Carl Morck, and the other enabling members of team do-lally. We salute Netflix's courage to let them loose once again.' Justin Downing/Netflix Is Dept. Q based on a book? Yes. It is based on a Danish Nordic noir crime series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, and there are now 10 books in it. When will Dept. Q Season 2 premiere? A premiere date has yet to be announced. Who's in the Dept. Q cast? The first season of Dept. Q starred Matthew Goode as Detective Chief Inspector Carl Morck, Chloe Pirrie as Merritt Lingard, Jamie Sives as Detective Chief Inspector James Hardy, Mark Bonnar as Stephen Burns, Alexej Manvelov as Akram Salim, Leah Byrne as Detective Constable Rose Dickson, Kate Dickie as Detective Chief Superintendent Moira Jacobson, Shirley Henderson as Claire Marsh, Kelly Macdonald as Dr. Rachel Irving, and Tom Bulpett as William Lingard. So far, returning for Season 2 are Matthew Goode, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, and Jamie Sives. Joining writer and director Frank as executive producers are Rob Bullock and Charlotte Moore. Mona Qureshi and Manda Levin oversee as execs for Netflix. How did Dept. Q Season 1 end? Morck, Akram, Rose, and Hardy were able to find Merritt, who had been kidnapped by a mother-son duo who blamed her for the other son's death; she, in turn, blamed the son holding her captive for his attack on her brother. Three months after that, Merritt was doing much better and showed up at the police station to thank those who saved her. She, however, couldn't find Morck, and the two actually passed by each other without her knowing who he was. Meanwhile, Morck used the fact that Burns is corrupt to get the department more money, Akram a badge, and himself a car. And so the department — with Hardy joining the others down in the basement, at least once they fix the stairs situation as he continues to recover from being shot and needs crutches to get around — was ready to solve more cold cases. Who shot Morck and Hardy on Dept. Q? Both Morck and Hardy survived gunshot wounds they sustained while at a crime scene, but the police officer who was also there was killed. Hardy spent the season recovering. Morck did do a lineup to see if he could recognize the shooter's eyes — the part he remembers — but came up empty. When Hardy returned to work, Jacobson told him she had a file for him to look at, and we saw her looking at the one for their shooting. What will Dept. Q Season 2 be about? That's to be determined, though it would obviously see the team tackling another cold case. And we'd also imagine that we might get answers about who shot Morck and Hardy. Right now, the logline simply reads, 'DCI Carl Morck heads up the maverick Dept. Q from the basement of an Edinburgh police station. Charged with cases previously deemed unsolvable, this darkly humorous, propulsive show delivers all the pleasures of a procedural, taking us into the complex mysteries not just of the cases but of the detectives themselves.' Should it follow the second book in Jussi Adler-Olsen's Danish Nordic noir crime series, The Absent One, its synopsis reads as follows: 'By the opening of Adler-Olsen's shocking, fast-paced follow-up, Mørck is satisfied with the notion of picking up long-cold leads. So he's naturally intrigued when a closed case lands on his desk: A brother and sister were brutally murdered two decades earlier, and one of the suspects — part of a group of privileged boarding school students —confessed and was convicted. But once Mørck reopens the files, it becomes clear that all is not what it seems. Looking into the supposedly solved case leads him to Kimmie, a woman living on the streets, stealing to survive. Kimmie has mastered evading the police, but now they aren't the only ones looking for her. Because Kimmie has secrets that certain influential individuals would kill to keep buried . . . as well as one of her own that could turn everything on its head.' Is there a Dept. Q Season 2 trailer? Not yet. Dept. Q, Season 2, TBA, Netflix Solve the daily Crossword
Indianapolis Star
10-08-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
'85 years of history': The Boston Crusaders win their first DCI World Championship
Lucas Oil Stadium echoed with applause on August 9 as announcers declared that the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps had been crowned the winners of the 2025 DCI World Championship — an achievement 85 years in the making. The Boston Crusaders, founded in 1940 and a founding member of Drum Corps International, have spent the 53 years since the competition began chasing the opportunity to be dubbed one of the best drum corps in the world. The closest the Boston Crusaders had ever come was in 2022 and 2024, coming in second behind the Blue Devils three years ago and the Bluecoats last year. 'Winning this World Championship is surreal,' said Boston Crusaders executive director Chris Holland in an interview with DCI. 'For the performers who made this happen, this is all about them. We're a proud organization with 85 years of history, but that 85 years is about creating an experience for them. What they did this summer, what they did in Indianapolis, is pretty incredible.' Many in the audience, on the field and in the announcer booth cheered loudly when the Crusaders were announced as this year' new champions. "I think that was the loudest crowd reaction to a show I've heard since Spartacus in 2008," said Dan Potter, one of the DCI announcers. Typically, the team that wins the General Effect and Visual award is dubbed the winner of the show, according to Steve Roinero, one of the announcers of this year's DCI World Championship. However, this year's General Effect and Visual award went to the Bluecoats from Canton, Ohio, who wound up losing the championship to the Boston Crusaders by 0.175 points. The Boston Crusaders also took home the awards for best color guard, best brass and best percussion. For the last two and a half decades, the Boston Crusaders had been within striking distance of earning a spot on the winners' podium, usually finishing somewhere in the top 12. But since 2022, the Boston Crusaders have shown why; they have the reputation of "the corps that would not die." "Part of our core song is 'We will never die,' and we try and portray that every single day," said Boston Crusaders drum major Wes Booker. "Every rehearsal, we push our best and every show we give everything we've got."
Asahi Shimbun
08-08-2025
- Business
- Asahi Shimbun
Myanmar signs deal with Washington lobbyists to rebuild U.S. relations
A satellite image shows an overview of East River rare earth mine in Myanmar on Feb. 7. (Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS) WASHINGTON--A Washington lobbying firm has signed an agreement worth $3 million a year with Myanmar's Ministry of Information to help the long-time military-ruled country rebuild relations with the United States. According to documents submitted under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the DCI Group signed the agreement with the ministry on July 31, the day Myanmar's military nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election. Myanmar's leadership under military chief Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a 2021 coup and that year an Israeli-Canadian lobbyist they hired to represent them in Washington and other capitals said he had stopped his work because U.S. sanctions on the generals prevented him from being paid. The U.S. Treasury Department, the DCI Group, the U.S. State Department and Myanmar's Washington embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment when asked if U.S. sanctions would affect the agreement between the Myanmar ministry and the DCI Group. The formation of an interim government signals no change to the status quo in Myanmar, with Min Aung Hlaing holding on to all major levers of power as acting president while retaining his position as chief of the armed forces. He has appeared eager to engage with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after years of isolation. When Trump threatened new tariffs on Myanmar's U.S.-bound exports this month as part of his global trade offensive, he did so in a signed letter addressed personally to Min Aung Hlaing. The general responded by lavishing praise on Trump for his 'strong leadership' while asking for lower rates and the lifting of sanctions. He said he was ready to send a negotiating team to Washington, if needed. 'TRADE, NATURAL RESOURCES' According to the FARA filing, the DCI Group 'shall provide public affairs services to (the) client with respect to rebuilding relations between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the United States, with a focus on trade, natural resources, and humanitarian relief.' The filing was signed on August 1 by DCI managing partner Justin Peterson, who served in the previous Trump administration, and another managing partner, Brian McCabe. Reuters reported last year that the FBI has been investigating the DCI Group over its alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of its client Exxon Mobil's biggest critics. The DCI Group has said the allegations that it commissioned the hacking operation were false and that it directs all of its employees and consultants to comply with the law. In 2008, two top aides to then Republican presidential nominee John McCain resigned after work they did with the DCI Group for a previous military junta in Myanmar came to light. Jim Murphy, a former DCI president and managing partner, served as Trump's national political director during his 2016 campaign. Myanmar's state media reported on Thursday that Myint Swe, who became Myanmar's president during the 2021 coup that saw the arrest of incumbent Win Myint and Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, had died in hospital earlier in the day. Myint Swe, a 74-year-old former general, was placed on medical leave in July last year, with his duties passed to Min Aung Hlaing. Engaging the junta would be a sharp departure for the United States, given U.S. sanctions on the military leaders and the violence committed against the Rohingya minority that Washington calls genocide and crimes against humanity. Last month, the Trump administration lifted sanctions designations on several junta allies, but U.S. officials said this did not indicate any broader shift in U.S. policy toward Myanmar and was unrelated to the general's letter. Last week Reuters reported that the administration had heard competing proposals on ways to divert Myanmar's vast supplies of rare earth minerals away from strategic rival China, although nothing had been decided upon amid major logistical and geopolitical obstacles. Securing supplies of so-called heavy rare earths, used in high-tech weaponry, is a major focus of the administration in its competition with China, which is responsible for nearly 90% of global processing capacity.
The Sun
08-08-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Myanmar hires US lobbyists for $3m yearly to mend US relations
WASHINGTON: A Washington lobbying firm has signed an agreement worth $3 million a year with Myanmar's Ministry of Information to help the long-time military-ruled country rebuild relations with the United States. According to documents submitted under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the DCI Group signed the agreement with the ministry on July 31, the day Myanmar's military nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election. Myanmar's leadership under military chief Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a 2021 coup and that year an Israeli-Canadian lobbyist they hired to represent them in Washington and other capitals said he had stopped his work because U.S. sanctions on the generals prevented him from being paid. The U.S. Treasury Department, the DCI Group, the U.S. State Department and Myanmar's Washington embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment when asked if U.S. sanctions would affect the agreement between the Myanmar ministry and the DCI Group. The formation of an interim government signals no change to the status quo in Myanmar, with Min Aung Hlaing holding on to all major levers of power as acting president while retaining his position as chief of the armed forces. He has appeared eager to engage with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after years of isolation. When Trump threatened new tariffs on Myanmar's U.S.-bound exports this month as part of his global trade offensive, he did so in a signed letter addressed personally to Min Aung Hlaing. The general responded by lavishing praise on Trump for his 'strong leadership' while asking for lower rates and the lifting of sanctions. He said he was ready to send a negotiating team to Washington, if needed. 'TRADE, NATURAL RESOURCES' According to the FARA filing, the DCI Group 'shall provide public affairs services to (the) client with respect to rebuilding relations between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the United States, with a focus on trade, natural resources, and humanitarian relief.' The filing was signed on August 1 by DCI managing partner Justin Peterson, who served in the previous Trump administration, and another managing partner, Brian McCabe. Reuters reported last year that the FBI has been investigating the DCI Group over its alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of its client Exxon Mobil's biggest critics. The DCI Group has said the allegations that it commissioned the hacking operation were false and that it directs all of its employees and consultants to comply with the law. In 2008, two top aides to then Republican presidential nominee John McCain resigned after work they did with the DCI Group for a previous military junta in Myanmar came to light. Jim Murphy, a former DCI president and managing partner, served as Trump's national political director during his 2016 campaign. Myanmar's state media reported on Thursday that Myint Swe, who became Myanmar's president during the 2021 coup that saw the arrest of incumbent Win Myint and Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, had died in hospital earlier in the day. Myint Swe, a 74-year-old former general, was placed on medical leave in July last year, with his duties passed to Min Aung Hlaing. Engaging the junta would be a sharp departure for the United States, given U.S. sanctions on the military leaders and the violence committed against the Rohingya minority that Washington calls genocide and crimes against humanity. Last month, the Trump administration lifted sanctions designations on several junta allies, but U.S. officials said this did not indicate any broader shift in U.S. policy toward Myanmar and was unrelated to the general's letter. Last week Reuters reported that the administration had heard competing proposals on ways to divert Myanmar's vast supplies of rare earth minerals away from strategic rival China, although nothing had been decided upon amid major logistical and geopolitical obstacles. Securing supplies of so-called heavy rare earths, used in high-tech weaponry, is a major focus of the administration in its competition with China, which is responsible for nearly 90% of global processing capacity. - Reuters
