Apple launches new 4K Apple TV

Apple is giving its TV offering an upgrade with the launch of a new 4K Apple TV.

Apple TV, despite the company’s gargantuan commercial clout, has long been an underdog in the streaming media game, with Google’s Chromecast racing into … Read More

BBC Three’s Overshadowed to premiere as box set this autumn

BBC Three’s new drama Overshadowed is getting a box set release this autumn.

The short-form series, from Kay Mellor’s production company Rollem, is based on Eva O’Connor’s award winning play. It tells the story of a young Irish vlogger, called … Read More

Netflix releases trailer for The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? She was one of the icons of the gay rights movement in the 1960s, the self-described “street queen” of NY’s gay ghetto, and founded the Transvestites Action Revolutionaries with fellow luminary Sylvia Rivera. When Johnson’s … Read More

BBC Three commissions wave of new content

BBC Three has commissioned a wave of new content to build on its successful first 18 months online.

The first public service broadcast channel to go online, BBC Three’s innovative move has been backed by experimental programming and forward-thinking distribution, … Read More

Jill Gordon takes over from Jill Soloway on Transparent

Jill Gordon has replaced Jill Soloway as showrunner on Amazon drama Transparent.

Amazon’s most award-winning and ground-breaking original series charts the coming out of the Pfefferman family patriarch as a woman, a revelation that causes the whole family to spin … Read More

Amazon unveils autumn slate of kids originals

Amazon has unveiled its autumn slate for kids originals, ranging from mice to sea monsters.

“Our autumn slate will bring customers more engaging and heartwarming stories to enjoy with their families,” says Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming at Amazon … Read More

Wong Kar-wai drama in the works at Amazon

Wong Kar-wai is heading to Amazon to make Tong Wars, a new series.

The hour-long drama is set during the titular Tong Wars in 1800s San Francisco. The sweeping series follows Chinese immigrants arriving in the city and the clashes … Read More

Club de Cuervos Season 3 scores a trailer

“Nuevo Toledo needs a team that is stable and trustworthy. You two are neither stable nor trustworthy.” That’s the tough-talking world of Club de Cuervos, Netflix’s first Spanish-language original series.

Now in its third season, the comedy-drama (created by … Read More

Amazon cancels The Last Tycoon

Amazon has cancelled The Last Tycoon, only a few weeks after its first season premiered.

The nine-episode series, which starred Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer and Lily Collins, was based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last, unfinished novel. It followed Hollywood’s Golden … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (10th September 2017)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s Belle de … Read More