Amazon abandons The Dark Tower series

Amazon Studios has abandoned its plans to adapt The Dark Tower for the screen.

Stephen King’s book series of books, first published in 1982, are a sprawling fantasy epic, which follow Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. Roland is a … Read More

MyFrenchFilmFestival launches 2020 line-up

After 10 million plays in 2019, MyFrenchFilmFestival, the world’s first online French-language film festival, is back for 2020. The festival comprises a collection of features and shorts, subtitled in 10 languages and available all around the world from 16th January … Read More

73 million households have watched The Crown

73 million households have watched The Crown to date, according to Netflix statistics.

The streaming giant has traditionally been tight-lipped about its viewing figures, but as third party content increasingly departs the service and rivals launch their own competing platforms, … Read More

My World: Angelina Jolie teams up with BBC for global news series

Angelina Jolie is teaming up with the BBC and Microsoft for My World, a weekly news series for young audiences.

The global show aims to explain the stories behind the news, providing facts and information for viewers aged 13 and … Read More

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 returns to Netflix UK this February

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 has officially got a release date, with episodes set to arrive on Netflix UK this February.

Drag Race has become a veritable phenomenon in recent years, with RuPaul finally giving fans a UK version of … Read More

Amazon scraps People Just Do Nothing US remake

Amazon is doing nothing with its plans to remake People Just Do Nothing for the US.

The series, which was announced in 2018, is based on the hit BBC Three mockumentary, which follows pirate radio station Kurupt FM.

The remake … Read More

The Runaway: Doctor Who VR special lands on YouTube

More Doctor Who fans can now step inside a VR version of the TARDIS as the BBC’s hit virtual reality experience Doctor Who: The Runaway comes to the Doctor Who YouTube channel and launches internationally.

The VR experience stars Jodie … Read More

BBC renews Baptiste for Season 2

BBC One has ordered a second season of crime drama Baptiste.

Tchéky Karyo (The Missing) will return as retired police investigator, Julien Baptiste, and will be joined by Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve, Fleabag) for a case which will take viewers … Read More

Apple TV inks overall deal with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Apple TV has inked an overall deal with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Louis-Dreyfus, who first made her mark on Saturday Night Live, has become a mainstay of US TV comedy, recently completing a seven-season run starring in HBO’s Veep.

The star and … Read More

Luke Evans to star in ITV’s The Pembrokeshire Murders

Luke Evans is heading to ITV for new series The Pembrokeshire Murders.

The true crime drama, produced by World Productions, is a three-part mini-series depicting the pursuit of a cold-blooded serial killer.

Two unsolved double murders from the 1980s … Read More