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Sarah Kendall to star in Sky comedy Frayed
November 5, 2018 | David FarnorAward-winning Australian comedian Sarah Kendall will star in Frayed, Sky’s new original series.
The bittersweet dark comedy is co-commissioned with ABC in Australia – the first time the two broadcasters have teamed up for a scripted series. Set in 1989, … Read More
Netflix renews The Ranch for Season 4
November 3, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix has renewed The Ranch for a fourth season.
The US sitcom, which follows the Bennett family ranch, stars Ashton Kutcher as Colt, a washed up high-school football star who has returned home to his father’s ranch after years away. … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 3rd November 2018
November 3, 2018 | David FarnorMUBI begins a new retrospective this week for punk poet and musician F.J. Ossang, whose shorts and features – produced since the early 1980s – pull vividly from silent cinema, German Expressionism and American noir. And, with Mike Leigh’s Peterloo … Read More
BBC bags UK TV rights to FX original series, including Pose and Devs
November 3, 2018 | David FarnorThe BBC has bagged the UK TV rights to FX’s original series.
The two broadcasters have worked together increasingly in the last few years. They co-produce Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott and Steven Knight’s critically-acclaimed BBC One drama Taboo and, … Read More
House of Cards concludes with Claire as its real star
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor“Are you still there? Do you miss him?” asks Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) in the final season of House of Cards, which premieres on Netflix today. She’s speaking directly to camera – not only tackling the show’s troubled production head-on, … Read More
The Obamas acquire The Fifth Risk for Netflix deal
November 2, 2018 | David FarnorIn a year where Netflix has inked deals with Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes and more, the deal that took everyone by surprise was a production agreement with none other than Barack and Michelle Obama. The “storytelling partnership” will see the … Read More
Barry Jenkins signs first-look deal with Amazon Studios
November 2, 2018 | David FarnorBarry Jenkins has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios through his production banner, PASTEL.
Jenkins, who won an Oscar for Moonlight and is on good course to do the same again for the upcoming film If Beale Street Could … Read More
Trailer: Kurt Russell gets the party started in Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles
November 2, 2018 | David Farnor“Let’s get this party started,” declares Kurt Russell in the full trailer for Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles. Or, to be more exact, declares Kurt Russell as Santa Claus, as he steps into the iconic red and white outfit for a … Read More
2018 BIFA nominations: You Were Never Really Here, Roma join The Favourite
November 1, 2018 | David FarnorAmazon Studios and Netflix have joined this year’s nominees for the British Independent Film Awards, with You Were Really Here and Roma among The Favourites.
Or, to be more specific, The Favourite: Yorgos Lanthimos’ black comedy about the 18th … Read More
What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in November 2018?
November 1, 2018 | David FarnorNovember is a quieter month for Sky and NOW subscribers, after an October that saw The Walking Dead stumble dangerously back onto our screens, alongside Get Shorty and all of The CW’s DC superhero shows. But between the return of … Read More