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ITV renews Vera for Season 10
March 10, 2019 | David FarnorITV has renewed Vera for a 10th season.
The crime drama, which has just aired its ninth season, stars Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope. Now, within weeks of Season 9’s finale, ITV and Silverprint Pictures have already ordered a … Read More
BBC: Bodyguard got more viewers than The Crown
March 9, 2019 | David FarnorBBC Director-General Tony Hall has said that Bodyguard got more viewers than Netflix’s The Crown.
Netflix has always been famously guarded about its viewing figures, but in recent months, the streaming giant has started to release small facts and statistics, … Read More
David Spade, Sarah Chalke to star in Netflix’s The Wrong Missy
March 9, 2019 | David FarnorDavid Spade and Sarah Chalke are among the stars signed up to The Wrong Missy, a new Netflix film produced by Adam Sandler.
The movie, which hails from Happy Madison Productions, does not star the actor, and isn’t written by … Read More
Amazon inks first look deal with Heather Rae
March 9, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon has inked a first look deal with Heather Rae.
The producer, who career spans almost 30 years, is packed with impressive titles, from Frozen River and 1982 to Sawtooth and Wind Walker. She is also no stranger to the … Read More
Akshay Kumar to star in Amazon’s The End
March 9, 2019 | David FarnorIndian superstar Akshay Kumar is heading to Amazon to star in new thriller The End.
In a career spanning over twenty five years, Kumar has appeared in over 100 films and has won several awards, including the National Film Award … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 9th March 2019
March 9, 2019 | David FarnorMUBI is counting down to its release of Under the Silver Lake this week, with a series of films examining the way Los Angeles has been depicted in cinema, from John Carpenter dystopia and Nicolas Winding Refn thriller to David … Read More
Morse will return to ITV for Endeavour Season 7
March 9, 2019 | David FarnorITV‘s hit detective drama Endeavour will return for a seventh season. Produced by Mammoth Screen in partnership with PBS Masterpiece, the drama charts the early career of the young Endeavour Morse, played by Shaun Evans. The new set of … Read More
Arrow to end with Season 8
March 7, 2019 | David FarnorArrow will end with its eighth season, The CW has confirmed.
The comic book series, which is based on the DC characters, tells the story of Oliver Queen, who went missing after a shipwreck and was presumed dead. Instead, he … Read More
Brie Larson to star in Apple CIA drama
March 7, 2019 | David FarnorBrie Larson will star in a new CIA drama for Apple’s soon-to-launch TV service.
The tech giant’s streaming platform has been steadily ordering projects and building up a roster of star talent, and they don’t currently come more high-profile than … Read More
Netflix and Gurinder Chadha to adapt Pashmina into animated musical
March 7, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix is adapting Nidhi Chanani’s best-selling graphic novel Pashmina into an original animated musical.
The streaming giant is teaming up with writer-director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), producer Ashok Amritraj, and Chadha’s long-standing writing partner, Paul Mayeda Berges, to … Read More