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Regular Heroes: Amazon series highlights courageous coronavirus stories
May 13, 2020 | David FarnorAmazon is celebrating some of the most courageous everyday acts of heroism during the coronavirus pandemic with a new original series, Regular Heroes.
The eight-episode docuseries highlights the contributions and personal sacrifices of generous individuals who are going above and … Read More
Complicité theatre to stream Simon McBurney’s The Encounter online
May 13, 2020 | David FarnorComplicité theatre company is getting in on the theatre streaming game this weekend with the online debut of The Encounter.
With theatres across the UK shutting their doors during the coronavirus pandemic, audiences have been turning to streaming theatre services … Read More
AMC shares jump amid rumours of Amazon acquisition
May 12, 2020 | David FarnorAMC shares jumped in value this week, after The Mail on Sunday reported that Amazon could be interested in acquiring the cinema operator.
The theatre chain in the US is also the owner of the Odeon chain in the UK, … Read More
Netflix to adapt The Lying Life of Adults
May 12, 2020 | David FarnorNetflix and Fandango are joining forces to develop a series based on The Lying Life of Adults, the latest novel by Italian novelist Elena Ferrante.
The series tells a powerful and singular portrayal of Giovanna’s transition from childhood to … Read More
The Woods: Netflix’s Harlan Coben adaptation arrives this June
May 12, 2020 | David FarnorNetflix is teaming up with Harlan Coben again for its latest original thriller, The Woods.
New Netflix Original series based on Harlan Coben’s novel. The Woods – June 12th. Only on Netflix.
The six-part mystery series, based on Coben’s novel, … Read More
What’s coming soon to BFI Player in May 2020?
May 11, 2020 | David FarnorBFI Player, the BFI’s streaming platform, is a gateway to global film, offering a collection of arthouse and world cinema to subscribers, alongside its pay-per-view rental releases and free archive titles and silent movie shorts. This month, it shifts its … Read More
Impetigore: Shudder snaps up Sundance horror hit
May 11, 2020 | David FarnorShudder has snapped up the rights to Impetigore, Joko Anwar’s Sundance horror hit.
The follow-up to Satan’s Slaves premiered at the Utah festival earlier this year, after a successful run in Anwar’s home country of Indonesia, where it was the … Read More
Keeping Up with the Kardashians comes to Netflix UK
May 11, 2020 | David FarnorKeeping Up with the Kardashians is coming to Netflix UK for the first time this summer.
Netflix has been stepping up its reality TV game in the past year, proving that it can deliver hits such as Love Is Blind … Read More
Apple inks overall deal with Dickinson’s Alena Smith
May 10, 2020 | David FarnorApple has inked an overall deal with Dickinson creator Alena Smith.
Dickinson is a half-hour comedy series that explores the constraints of society, gender and family from the perspective of rebellious young poet Emily Dickinson. Set in the 19th century, … Read More
Webby Awards 2020 to live-stream from home
May 10, 2020 | David FarnorThis year’s Webby Awards will be live-streamed from home as the online prizes are handed out virtually during the coronavirus lockdown.
Patton Oswalt will host the Webbys from Home, after the original event in New York was cancelled. Oswalt is … Read More