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Dark Cargo: YouTube Premium orders thriller from Ben Stiller and Sneaky Pete writers
December 3, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube Premium is getting its noir on with a new thriller from Ben Stiller and the writers of Sneaky Pete.
The video giant has ordered a pilot for Dark Cargo, a new series that will join its growing line-up of … Read More
Skylines: Netflix starts filming on German hip-hop series
December 3, 2018 | David FarnorToday marks the start of principal photography for German Netflix Original Series Skylines, shot in Berlin and Frankfurt.
Written by Showrunner Dennis Schanz and authors Oliver Karan, Ole Lohmann and Kim Zimmermann, the six-episode series young and talented hip-hop producer … Read More
Roma, You Were Never Really Here win at 2018 British Independent Film Awards
December 3, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix’s Roma and Amazon’s You Were Never Really Here took home prizes at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards last night, but the evening undoubtedly belonged to The Favourite.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ period comedy won a record ten awards at the … Read More
Trailer: Netflix investigates The Innocent Man
December 3, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix is unwrapping a John Grisham this Christmas, as it takes a leaf from his non-fiction book for its new true crime documentary. The Innocent Man, based on The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, is a … Read More
Trailer: Neo Yokio returns for Christmas special
December 3, 2018 | David FarnorNeo Yokio returns this week for a Christmas special, and a new trailer unwraps what’s in store.
The show is created by Ezra Koenig (yes, of Vampire Weekend), working with writer/executive producer Nick Weidenfeld and his Friends Night banner. … Read More
Ofcom calls for UK broadcasters to form Netflix rival
December 2, 2018 | David FarnorOfcom has called for UK broadcasters to come together to take on the competition presented by Netflix and other subscription streaming services.
The battle to be at the top of viewers’ watchlists is a very real fight that’s being waged … Read More
7 reasons you should be watching Fortitude
December 1, 2018 | David FarnorThis Thursday, Sky Atlantic’s Fortitude returns for a third season. Picking up from the bloody, spooky goings-on of Season 2, the show takes us back to the titular remote community in the Arctic, where nothing, and nobody, is what they … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 1st December 2018
December 1, 2018 | David FarnorIt’s all about Jean-Luc Godard on MUBI this week, as MUBI exclusively releases his Cannes-winning experimental documentary The Image Book both in cinemas and online. While they’re shining a light on the latest effort by a legend, Nicolas Winding Refn’s … Read More
Watch: First trailer for Netflix’s Diablero
December 1, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix is planning a heck of a winter, as it heads to Mexico his December for Diablero.
The horror fantasy series is based on the book “El Diablo me obligó” by F.G. Haghenbeck. Before angels had abandoned Mexico City, there … Read More
CBS and AMC launch first on-demand players on Freeview Play
November 30, 2018 | David FarnorThe CBS AMC UK Channels Partnership, a joint venture between AMC Networks International and CBS Studios International, are launching their first on-demand players on Freeview Play this winter.
Horror Bites and CBS Catchup Channels UK will be available via Freeview … Read More