Walk With Me, the new documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, will have a rather hip premiere, launching at South by Southwest (SXSW) in March. As previously reported hee, Walk With Me pairs shots of monastic life with Cumberbatch's readings from Thich Nhat Hanh’s journals. Said the filmmakers, Marc J. Francis and Max Pugh, “We have worked to [...]
Watch behind-the-scenes footage from the new Thich Nhat Hanh documentary
In this new video issued by the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation, we're given a peek into the making of Walk With Me, the new documentary film about Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's life, as narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch. About the film, Cumberbatch — who's not unfamiliar with Buddhism, as our recent cover feature on him shows — offers, "I’ve been so touched by the teachings of Thich [...]
The Buddhist Life of Benedict Cumberbatch
Starring roles from van Gogh and Alan Turing to Sherlock Holmes and Hamlet have made Benedict Cumberbatch one of the world’s most celebrated actors. Through it all, he’s remained good-humored, grounded, and compassionate. He sits down with Dominic Wells to talk about the leading role Buddhism has played in his life and career. Spirituality and art, even in the supposedly [...]
Watch the trailer for the new Benedict Cumberbatch-narrated documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh
The trailer for Walk With Me — “a cinematic journey into the world of mindfulness... and Thich Nhat Hanh," narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch — has been released. When the film was announced, Cumberbatch, who identifies philosophically as a Buddhist, said “In my life I’ve been so touched by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, it was a great honor to work on Walk With Me. I have [...]
Trailers: Doctor Strange has a Buddhist wifi password; Iron Fist is still white
In this new official trailer for Doctor Strange, we get a new, longer glimpse at Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel's "master of the mystic arts" -- and, at the end, learn how how his neighbors can hack his internet. Strange's wifi password will be recognizable to many, not least of all our readers, who will recognize it as a variation on a key word in our old name, before we [...]
The Strange Case of Doctor Strange’s “Tibet”
The first trailer for Doctor Strange, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (seen on the cover of the May 2016 Lion's Roar magazine) featured plenty of Buddhist -- or "Buddhism-adjacent" -- imagery. In this piece from the magazine, Rod Meade Sperry explores how such imagery has been used in Doctor Strange, the classic comic book, and why the landscape the good doctor travels can [...]
Benedict Cumberbatch to narrate Thich Nhat Hanh documentary
“In my life I’ve been so touched by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh," says Benedict Cumberbatch. Benedict Cumberbatch will narrate Walk With Me, a new documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh, reports screendaily.com. “In my life I’ve been so touched by the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, it was a great honor to work on Walk With Me," said Cumberbatch, who identifies as a [...]
Benedict Cumberbatch on how he found Buddhism
His may be one of the better-known faces on the planet these days -- he's the star of Sherlock, The Imitation Game, and many other films, including the forthcoming Doctor Strange. But what even die-hard fans might not know about Benedict Cumberbatch is that he considers himself a Buddhist, and even attributes some of his success to his time in a Tibetan Buddhist [...]
Benedict Cumberbatch talks meditation and “Doctor Strange”
As a comic-book nut with a bit of a spiritual bent, I was intrigued when, last year, Marvel announced plans to release a film featuring Doctor Strange, the comics company's famed "master of the mystic arts." But who would play the very-strange-indeed "Doctor"? A follow-up announcement told us it would be none other than Benedict Cumberbatch, star of Sherlock -- and, seemingly, [...]