Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Bay set for Netflix’s ‘Cunk On Cinema’

Philomena Cunk will interview Hollywood icons Michael Bay and Benedict Cumberbatch for her new series Cunk On Cinema. READ MORE: ‘I feel more comfy as Philomena than me. She’s bulletproof’ – Diane Morgan talks ‘Cunk On Britain’ The character, played by Diane Morgan, originally appeared as a segment on series Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, before going it alone in the mockumentary series Cunk On Britain (2018), Cunk On Earth (2022) and Cunk On Life (2024). The character is a satire of overly serious documentarians, asking comedically ill-informed questions to unsuspecting experts. Now, she will turn her deadpan focus to the world of movies in Cunk On Cinema. A co-production between the BBC and Netflix, the synopsis reads: “The three-part series will uncover the invention of the camera, to the New Wave filmmakers of the 60s, right up to the entrance of CGI and what the future of AI holds. Cunk will attempt to demystify it all while sitting in lumpy seats with stale popcorn, asking herself where did cinema come from? And why? What does it want? And why can’t it tell us?” Philomena Cunk will return in Cunk On Cinema – a new series asking: Where did cinema come from? And why? What does ...