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Amazon orders detective drama from Robert Downey Jr
August 16, 2020 | VOD News
Amazon has ordered a new detective drama from Robert Downey Jr, Susan Downey (The Brave One, Gothika) and Adam Perlman.
The series, which is currently untitled, is adapted from Michael Lista’s Toronto Life article The Sting. Based on true events, … Read More
Walter Presents 23 Cases to solve this September
August 16, 2020 | VOD News
Walter Presents is lining up 23 Cases to solve this September, thanks to a new German crime drama.
The public breathes a sigh of relief when serial killer Maximillian Rapp finally confesses to 23 brutal murders. But for Detective Tara … Read More
NFL and Sky Sports team up for Sky Sports NFL channel
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
Sky and the NFL have agreed a new five-year deal to broadcast the NFL, with a new channel dedicated to the sport.
Sky Sports NFL marks the first time ever the league will partner with an international broadcaster to launch … Read More
Love Hard: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O Yang to star in Netflix rom-com
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
Nina Dobrev and Jimma O Tang will star in Love Hard, a new romantic comedy for Netflix.
The film follows an LA girl, unlucky in love, who falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app. She decides to … Read More
MUBI Weekly Digest | 15th August 2020
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
MUBI gives a deserving spotlight to Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune this week, as well as continuing its look back at wuxia filmmaker King Hu.
And, of course, there’s MUBI Library to peruse. With more than 400 former releases now available … Read More
Trailer: Netflix hosts The Sleepover (for adults)
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
Get ready for a sleepover like no other this August, as Netflix releases a new comedy that’s firmly for adults.
During a weekend sleepover with their best friends, two siblings discover that their seemingly normal stay-at-home mom Margot (Malin … Read More
BBC iPlayer to stream Reading and Leeds Festival highlights
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
With the 2020 Reading and Leeds Festival not taking place this summer, due to the coronavirus pandemic, BBC Music will instead broadcast a weekend of highlights from previous festivals.
From 28th to 30th August, BBC iPlayer will launch a pop-channel … Read More
Trailer: Maisie Williams has Two Weeks to Live this September
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
Maisie Williams is heading to Sky One this September for new comedy Two Weeks to Live.
The six-part series follows Kim Noakes (Maisie Williams), a strange young misfit who was just a little girl when her father died in murky … Read More
Soho Theatre launches Shedinburgh Fringe Festival
August 14, 2020 | VOD News
The Soho Theatre is launching its own Shedinburgh Fringe Festival, an online event that will preserve the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe… in sheds.
The digital festival will present the very best of the Fringe stalwarts of theatre, music and … Read More
Disney+ to explore the Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom
August 14, 2020 | VOD News
Disney+ will explore the Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom in a new documentary series from National Geographic.
Called Magic Of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the series gives viewers an all-access pass to explore the magic of nature within Disney’s Animal Kingdom … Read More
