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Brooklyn Nine-Nine to end with Season 8
February 12, 2021 | VOD News
Brooklyn Nine-Nine will officially end with Season 8, the show’s creators have confirmed.
The hit cop comedy, created by Dan Goor and Michael Shur, premiered back in 2013, and follows a group of cops working the 99th precinct of the … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Yes Day falls on 12th March
February 12, 2021 | VOD News
This year, 12th March will be known as Yes Day, a 24-hour period when kids make the rules.
That’s the starting point for the family film, directed by Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Cedar Rapids), which follows a couple who … Read More
Hala director Minhal Baig inks overall deal with Amazon
February 11, 2021 | VOD News
Hala director Minhal Baig has inked an overall deal with Amazon Studios.
Baig, who made her feature debut with 1 Night in 2016, caught the world’s eye with her second feature, Hala, which premiered at Sundance in 2019. Expanded from … Read More
Dolly: Apple TV+ picks up Florence Pugh sci-fi drama
February 11, 2021 | VOD News
Florence Pugh is heading to Apple TV+ for new sci-fi drama Dolly, reports Deadline.
The feature film, which will be written by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3, Hobbs & Shaw) and Vanessa Taylor (The Shape of Water), has not been … Read More
Trailer: MUBI to release Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs this week
February 10, 2021 | VOD News
“This whole street was once full of houses. Now my house is the only one left.” That’s the sound of Cathy Yan’s award-winning debut finally getting a worldwide online release.
The Birds of Prey helmer’s first feature is a satire … Read More
Apple TV+ orders series inspired by Dr Jane Goodall
February 10, 2021 | VOD News
Apple TV+ has given a straight-to-series order for Jane, a new show inspired by Dr Jane Goodall.
From Emmy Award winner J.J. Johnson, Sinking Ship Entertainment and the Jane Goodall Institute, Jane follows Jane Garcia, a 10-year-old girl with an … Read More
BBC bags AMC’s The Terror
February 10, 2021 | VOD News
BBC Two and BBC iPlayer have bagged the rights to Season 1 of AMC’s The Terror.
The horror anthology begins with a season inspired by true events and is a fictionalised account of Captain Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition to … Read More
Monuments: Donmar Warehouse launches short film online
February 9, 2021 | VOD News
Monuments, a short film born out of a Donmar Local project, has been launched online by the Donmar Warehouse theatre.
The project explores the legacy of the British Empire. As anti-racism movements sweep the globe, young people are pushing for … Read More
TV Licence rises to £159 this April
February 9, 2021 | VOD News
The government has confirmed that from 1st April 2021 the cost of the annual television licence fee will increase from £157.50 to £159.
The government, not the BBC, is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and announced … Read More
BBC renews The Split for third and final season
February 9, 2021 | VOD News
The Split will return to BBC One for a third and final season.
From BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer Abi Morgan (River, Suffragette, The Hour) and executive producers Jane Featherstone (Chernobyl, Giri-Haji, Utopia), Lucy Dyke (The Split, Black Mirror, Ripper … Read More
