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Netflix nabs coming-of-age movie Desert Dolphin
August 22, 2020 | VOD News
Netflix has acquired the global rights to Desert Dolphin, a coming-of-age story about a teen girl in rural India.
Prerna comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds … Read More
Romantics Anonymous: Bristol Old Vic Theatre play launches online streaming tour
August 22, 2020 | VOD News
As theatres across the UK begin to work out how to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre is going on tour – virtually.
Romantics Anonymous, directed by Emma Rice (Malory Towers, Wise Children, Tristan & Yseult), … Read More
Unsolved Mysteries returns for Volume 2 this October
August 22, 2020 | VOD News
Unsolved Mysteries will return to Netflix this October.
Presented by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack, the true crime docuseries aired back in the 1980s on NBC, before moving to CBS. It ran for 11 seasons and 260 episodes … Read More
MUBI Weekly Digest | 22nd August 2020
August 22, 2020 | VOD News
MUBI is building up to the exclusive release of Xavier Dolan’s new film at the end of August, but there’s more to the week than that, with one of Almodóvar’s best films continuing the director’s retrospective.
And, of course, there’s … Read More
Netflix cancels The Society and I Am Not Okay with This
August 22, 2020 | VOD News
Netflix has cancelled two of its high-profile young adult series, The Society and I Am Not Okay with This.
The Society, which is inspired by The Lord of the Flies, follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to … Read More
Shudder snaps up Lucky, Slaxx and Hunted from Fantasia
August 21, 2020 | VOD News
Shudder has snapped up a trio of female-led horrors from Fantasia Film Festival.
The Canadian event, which is unfolding online this year during the coronavirus pandemic, is running into September with a series of streaming premieres geo-locked for viewers in … Read More
Virgin’s V Festival heads to ITV2
August 21, 2020 | VOD News
ITV2 will bring the V Festival to the UK this weekend, with a three-part special.
Hosted by Maya Jama and Joel Dommett, the festival will comprise three one-hour episodes that feature Anne Marie, Olly Murs and Dizzee Rascal as headliners, … Read More
Host and Saint Maud directors join FrightFest line-up
August 21, 2020 | VOD News
FrightFest officially goes online this August Bank Holiday weekend, and it’s bringing some of the most buzzed-about filmmakers from the genre with it.
The five-day event, kicking off on Thursday 27th August, will stream 25 feature films from 10 countries, … Read More
Dead Ringers: Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch team up for Amazon reboot
August 20, 2020 | VOD News
Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch are teaming up for a reboot of Dead Ringers at Amazon.
David Cronenberg’s 1988 film, about twin gynaecologists played by Jeremy Irons, was based on Twins, the book by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland. More … Read More
Netflix’s Chef’s Table serves up BBQ special
August 20, 2020 | VOD News
“The smoke. It gets your attention…” That’s the sound of Netflix getting its BBQ on with a special new series of Chef’s Table.
The streaming giant’s series was its second ever documentary to be commissioned, and quickly won over audiences … Read More
