Disney takes control of Hulu

Disney has taken control of Hulu in a new deal Comcast announced this week.

The House of Mouse has been lining up its streaming chickens in recent months ready to lay the golden egg that is its own VOD service, … Read More

History Play launches on Amazon Prime Video Channels

History Play has launched on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the UK. The streaming set I e marks the first time UK viewers have had access to A+E Networks’ popular, award-winning documentaries and factual series with an on-demand subscription.   … Read More

Netflix orders Romeo and Juliet musical from Solvan “Slick” Naim

Netflix has ordered a new musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet from Solvan “Slick” Naim.

The award-winning Algerian-American writer, director, and rapper from Bushwick is no stranger to Netflix. He has directed on The Get Down with Baz Luhrmann, and … Read More

Channel 4 orders sixth helping of Friday Night Dinner

Channel 4 has ordered a sixth helping of Friday Night Dinner.

One of the channel’s longest running sitcoms, series launched in 2011 and went on to win Best Situation Comedy at the 2012 Rose D’Or Festival and was nominated at … Read More

Stan & Ollie tops new entries in UK film chart

Stan & Ollie tops the new entries in the UK film chart this week.The Official Film Chart, the only weekly chart to take into account streaming and Discs, has seen the Laurel & Hardy biopic steal into sixth place on … Read More

Dame Edna returns to BBC One for one night only

Dame Edna is returning to BBC One for one night only.

Following her emotional farewell tour, Edna has been enjoying luxury downtime on board an enormous yacht, sailing the seas without a care in the world. But now, she’s back … Read More

Netflix snaps up Paco Plaza’s Eye for an Eye

Netflix has snapped up the rights to Paco Plaza’s new film, Eye for an Eye.

The Spanish crime thriller stars Luis Tosar, who plays a nurse in a retirement home. When a cartel boss is discharged from prison and put … Read More

Trailer: Vida Season 2 set for May release

Vida is back on STARZPLAY this month for a second season, and a new trailer gives us our first look at the show’s return.

The series, which was an Audience Award–winner at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, follows two Mexican-American … Read More

Netflix unveils trailer for Elisa & Marcela

Elisa & Marcela, Netflix’s new film about a forbidden love in Spain, arrives this June, and a new trailer gives us our first glimpse of the black-and-white romance.

Based on true events, the film is set in Galicia, 1901, and … Read More

State of Happiness: BBC Four acquires Norwegian drama

BBC Four has acquired Norwegian drama State Of Happiness from DR International Sales.

The eight-part series, which won Best Screenplay at Cannes Series Festival, follows the story of a small town and how it changed after the International oil company, … Read More