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Machinima videos disappear from YouTube
January 27, 2019 | David FarnorAlmost all of Machinima’s videos have disappeared from YouTube in the last fortnight.
The channel, which is one of YouTube’s most popular, boasts 12.39 million subscribers, a gargantuan audience built up since it launched back in 2006. But fans were … Read More
BBC Four unveils world drama slate for 2019
January 27, 2019 | David FarnorAsk anyone who watches TV if they’ve heard of The Killing or Sarah Lund and you’ll get a sense of how much the appetite for world drama has grown in the last decade. While Channel 4 has helped launch Walter … Read More
Amazon acquires Sundance comedy Late Night for record $13m
January 27, 2019 | David FarnorAmazon Studios has acquired Sundance comedy Late Night for a record-breaking $13 million.
The deal, which was brokered overnight after a heated bidding war and announced by Deadline, gives Amazon the US rights to the movie, which is directed by … Read More
Stranger Things’ Noah Schnapp joins Wolves in the Walls VR
January 26, 2019 | David FarnorStranger Things’ Noah Schnapp is venturing into virtual reality territory, joining the cast of Wolves in the Walls.
The animated series, based on Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s children’s book of the same name, is made by Fable and follows … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 26th January 2019
January 26, 2019 | David FarnorMUBI concludes its trio of MyFrenchFilmFestival treats this week, with the latest film starring Vincent Cassel. But first, there’s time for a double hit of Spike Lee joints to celebrate the filmmaker’s Oscar nomination for BlacKkKlansman. Speaking of awards, on … Read More
Netflix begins production on Triad Princess
January 26, 2019 | David FarnorProduction is now underway on Netflix’s Triad Princess. The Taiwanese original series, announced last November, is created by talented playwright-director Neal Wu, known as a leading representative of Taiwanese popular literature and for his acclaimed movie At Cafe 6. It … Read More
Professional binge-watching? NOW TV offers £35k in UK’s first Box Set Sabbatical
January 25, 2019 | David FarnorEver fancied yourself a professional binge-watcher? That dream job could be in sight this new year, as NOW is offering someone £35,000 a year in what has been billed as “the UK’s first Box Set Sabbatical”.
A fifth of Brits … Read More
Trailer: Netflix to release The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind in UK cinemas
January 25, 2019 | David FarnorChiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, will be released in UK cinemas by Netflix this February, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the actor’s work.
Adapted from the bestselling book by William … Read More
First look: Kate Beckinsale in ITV and Amazon’s The Widow
January 25, 2019 | David FarnorKate Beckinsale heads to ITV this spring for new thriller The Widow, and we’ve got our first look at her in action.
Written by Liar and The Missing’s Harry and Jack Williams (Liar, The Missing), the show follows Georgia Wells, … Read More
Chris McKay and Sandra Bullock team up for Netflix’s Reborn
January 24, 2019 | David FarnorChris McKay and Sandra Bullock are teaming up for Reborn, a new Netflix film based on the comic book by Mark Millar.
The streaming giant acquired Millar’s company, Millarworld, in 2017, giving it access to a whole library of potential … Read More