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Trailer: Sky invites The Amazing Mr Blunden for Christmas Eve
December 14, 2021 | VOD News
Sky will be inviting The Amazing Mr Blunden over for Christmas this year – and a new trailer gives us a first look at the family adventure.
The Sky Original tars Simon Callow as Mr Blunden with Mark Gatiss and … Read More
Globe Player relaunches as subscription streaming service
December 11, 2021 | VOD News
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is relaunching its Globe Player as a subscription streaming service.
The platform launched back in 2014 and offered full-length films of more than 50 Shakespeare productions recorded at the Globe to rent or buy – usually priced … Read More
British version of Saturday Night Live in the works at Sky
December 11, 2021 | VOD News
A British version of Saturday Night Live is reportedly in the works at Sky.
The Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, which was created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol, has been a mainstay of the US comedy scene … Read More
MUBI Weekly Digest | 11th December
December 11, 2021 | VOD News
MUBI exclusively streams Gagarine from this weekend, kicking off a week of shining a spotlight on some of the world’s most interesting modern filmmakers, including Paolo Sorrentino, Salim Shaheen, Jean-Louis Jorge.
In the meantime, it’s your last chance to … Read More
Lily James leads BBC Two’s Beauty and the Beast panto
December 11, 2021 | VOD News
Lily James is getting her panto on this Christmas, leading a star-studded cast in a Zoom rendition of Beauty and the Beast for BBC Two.
After the success of last year’s BBC panto for Comic Relief, returning as narrator will … Read More
Amazon to stream Kanye benefit concert
December 10, 2021 | VOD News
Amazon Prime Video will exclusively live-stream Kanye’s first headlining show in five years, with special guest Drake.
The Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert , which takes place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, is dedicated to raising awareness of the need … Read More
Canada’s Drag Race Season 2: Meet the Queens
December 10, 2021 | VOD News
RuPaul’s Drag Race is returning to Canada this December, and BBC Three will once again be the UK TV home of the contest.
Following the success of Season 1, a host of new Queens will compete to become Canada’s next … Read More
Netflix cancels Cowboy Bebop after one season
December 10, 2021 | VOD News
Netflix has cancelled its live-action remake of Cowboy Bebop after just one season.
Based on the iconic anime of the same name, the space Western follows three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys”, all trying to outrun the past. As different as … Read More
Trailer: Netflix sends itself up in The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
December 9, 2021 | VOD News
“What happened?” “Nothing happened. It’s illegal to make a false report.” That’s the sound of Netflix sending itself up in new satirical thriller The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.
The series, which … Read More
Apple renews Invasion for Season 2
December 9, 2021 | VOD News
Apple is beaming up again with sci-fi drama Invasion renewed for a second season.
The character-driven series from Simon Kinberg (X-Men, Deadpool, The Martian) and David Weil (Hunters) is set across multiple continents and follows an alien invasion through different … Read More
