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Trailer: Dave Chappelle returns for fifth Netflix special
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorDave Chappelle is coming back to Netflix with a new stand-up special, and he’s got Morgan Freeman to help him announce it.
The comic, who stepped back into the limelight in 2017 after several years away from it, signed a … Read More
Agent King: Netflix orders adult Elvis Presley animation
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix is expanding its adult animation line-up with a new series about Elvis Presley. Sort of.
Priscilla Presley & John Eddie co-created & EP
Agent King is an action comedy featuring Presley as a covert government agent who fights … Read More
New Sky Go app launches this summer
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorSky Go is getting an upgrade with a new app launching this summer.
Sky TV customers will be able to watch shows, movies, sports and now their recordings with the release of the updated app. It combines the existing Sky … Read More
The MUBI Weekly Digest | 17th August 2019
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorMUBI begins its best retrospective of the year with a new strand devoted to the work of Pedro Almodovar, with a welcome focus on his earlier gems. That joins a diverse array of programming this month, which covers a summer … Read More
Krypton cancelled after two seasons
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorKrypton has been cancelled after two seasons.
The Superman prequel series, executive produced by writer/producer David S. Goyer, is set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet. Krypton follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe – The Halcyon), the legendary Man … Read More
Poldark Season 5 to end with Bank Holiday double-bill
August 17, 2019 | David FarnorSeason 5 of Poldark will conclude with an action-packed double bill this August Bank Holiday weekend on BBC One. The penultimate episode of the series will air on Sunday 25th August at 8pm followed by the final ever episode on … Read More
Amazon Studios inks first-look deal with Brightstar
August 16, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has entered into a first-look deal with producers Brightstar, along with the company’s founders John Woodward and Tanya Seghatchian.
The company, which is London-based, has a creative focus specifically on programming for either the European or the global market. … Read More
Hope: Aubrey Plaza to star in new film from Breaker Upperers duo
August 16, 2019 | David FarnorAubrey Plaza is teaming up with the directing duo behind The Breaker Upperers for Hope, a new Netflix film.
Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami co-wrote and directed The Breaker Upperers, which was snapped up by Netflix and went on … Read More
Riverdale Season 4 set for October release
August 15, 2019 | David FarnorIt’s only a matter of weeks before we get to go back to Riverdale for a fourth season, with Netflix officially confirming the UK release date for the show’s next run.
The CW’s teen drama, which is released in the … Read More
I Am a Killer renewed for Season 2
August 15, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix and A+E Networks have renewed documentary series I Am a Killer for a second season.
Znak & Co’s true crime series is a co-production between the two companies, premiering on A+E’s Crime+Investigation in the UK last year before arriving … Read More