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Millie Bobby Brown to star in The Girls I’ve Been for Netflix
July 29, 2020 | VOD NewsStranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown will star in, and produce, a new adaptation of The Girls I’ve Been.
The Girls I’ve Been is a twisty, exhilarating thriller centred on a con artist, Nora, who must use her powers of … Read More
Universal and AMC agree PVOD model
July 29, 2020 | VOD NewsUniversal and AMC Theatres have made peace and agreed upon a landmark new model that will allow the distributor to break the theatrical window.
The two companies butted heads this summer, after Universal led the way in releasing films online … Read More
Watch: Opening from The Umbrella Academy Season 2
July 29, 2020 | VOD NewsThe Umbrella Academy opens up again on Netflix this weekend, and you can now get a glimpse of Season 2 with some of its opening scene now released online.
Five warned his family that using his powers to escape the … Read More
Netflix dominates 2020 Emmy award nominations
July 28, 2020 | VOD NewsNetflix dominates this year’s Emmy award nominations, with a whopping 160 nods under its belt.
The streamer has long been vying for HBO’s pole position in awards season, last year racking up 118 Emmy nominations behind HBO’s 137. This year, … Read More
Oprah Winfrey to host The Oprah Conversation on Apple TV+
July 28, 2020 | VOD NewsOprah Winfrey will host a new talk show for Apple TV+.
Simply called The Oprah Conversation, the series will explore impactful and relevant topics with fascinating thought leaders from all over the world.
Filmed remotely and incorporating audience engagement, … Read More
Lily James, Emily Beecham, Emily Mortimer to star in BBC One’s The Pursuit of Love
July 28, 2020 | VOD NewsUpdate: The Pursuit of Love will premiere at 9pm on Sunday 9th May 2021.
Lily James, Dominic West, Emily Beecham and Andrew Scott have all joined BBC One’s star-studded drama The Pursuit of Love.
The adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s celebrated … Read More
FrightFest 2020: The digital line-up
July 28, 2020 | VOD NewsFor the October 2020 Halloween event, click here.
FrightFest officially goes online this August, taking the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival into cyberspace. The 21st edition of the festival, which joins other film events in going online during … Read More
E4 hooks up with Celebs Go Virtual Dating
July 27, 2020 | VOD NewsE4 is hooking up virtually with celebrities for new reality series Celebs Go Virtual Dating.
The series will put the dating skills of four celebrities to the test in a spin-off to E4’s flagship reality show, Celebs Go Dating. It … Read More
HBO renews Perry Mason for Season 2
July 27, 2020 | VOD NewsHBO has renewed Perry Mason for a second season.
Based on characters from Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels, HBO’s reimagining of Perry Mason stars Matthew Rhys as the iconic lawyer, haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the … Read More
Watch: Werner Herzog looks to the skies in Apple TV+ film Fireball
July 27, 2020 | VOD News“Throughout history, meteorites have captivated human imagination.” That’s the sound of Werner Herzog waxing lyrical about the chunks of rock that drop to the Earth from the heavens in Fireball, his new Apple TV+ documentary.
Co-directed with Clive Oppenheimer, with … Read More















