Amazon brings Paper Girls to the screen

Amazon is bringing the graphic novel Paper Girls to the screen.

The comic books, from Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang and published by Image Comics, follows four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls. In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, … Read More

BBC Three’s The Break unveils writers for Season 5

BBC Writersroom and BBC Studios Drama Production have announced the five writers who have penned the fifth season of BBC Three’s The Break. The short-form drama series is a collaboration between BBC Writersroom, BBC Three and BBC Studios and aims … Read More

Emmy Raver-Lampman joins cast of Apple’s Central Park

Emmy Raver-Lampman has joined the cast of Central Park, replacing Kristen Bell in the role of Molly Tillerman.

The show, which hails from Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard and co-creators Nora Smith and Josh Gad, premiered this spring and has … Read More

Trailer: Lili Reinhart starts in Amazon’s Chemical Hearts

Riverdale star Lili Reinhart is heading to Amazon Prime Video this summer in new film Chemical Hearts – and a new trailer gives us a first glimpse.

Written and directed by Richard Tanne, the film is based on the book … Read More

Netflix sinks teeth into Lost Dog

Netflix is sinking its teeth into Lost Dog, a new comedy based on Kate Spicer’s memoirs.

Lost Dog: A Love Story was published in 2019 by the Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Evening Standard journalist. It follows Kate, a middle … Read More

Netflix orders animated comedy from Norsemen creators

Netflix is expanding its relationship with the creators of Norsemen with the greenlighting of a new comedy series.

Jon Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen are the duo behind the Norwegian series Norsemen, which just debuted its third season on Netflix. … Read More

Brain in Gear: BBC Two orders full series from BAFTA-wining comedy

BBC Two has ordered a full series from comedy series Brain in Gear.

The show debuted as one of the BBC’s Comedy Shorts in 2019. Written by and starring Gbemisola Ikumelo (Famalam, The Last Tree) Brain In Gear is a … Read More

Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club comes to ITV

ITV is aiming to capture the experience of enjoying live comedy in an intimate space this year with a new series fronted by Jonathan Ross.

With venues currently closed, stand-up comics have increasingly moved online to reach audiences and raise … Read More

MUBI Weekly Digest | 1st August 2020

MUBI turns its Herzog double-bill into a triple-bill this weekend with the arrival of the intense war drama Rescue Dawn. This week also sees MUBI head to Locarno for highlights from its previous festivals, before dipping its toe into martial … Read More

BAFTA TV Awards 2020: Chernobyl, Stath Lets Flats lead winners

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of this year’s awards, celebrating the best TV of 2019.

Chernobyl, the drama mini-series based on the nuclear disaster in 1986,continued to dominate, picking up both the Best … Read More