BBC bags UK TV rights to FX original series, including Pose and Devs

The 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

The Obamas acquire The Fifth Risk for Netflix deal

In 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

Barry 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

“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

Amazon 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

Walter Presents debuts three French box sets for le weekend

Walter Presents is heading to France this weekend and bringing back three new box sets for bingeing during the long autumn evenings. The trio range from political thriller and supernatural mystery to cat-and-mouse crime drama. All three will debut online … Read More

They Shall Not Grow Old to air on BBC Two for Remembrance Sunday

Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old will air exclusively on BBC Two thus Remembrance Sunday.

The First World War archive feature film, commissioned by 14-18 NOW and Imperial War Museums in association with the BBC, aims to bring to … Read More

People Just Do Nothing Season 5 gets a trailer and release date

People Just Do Nothing will return this month – and a new trailer gives us a glimpse of what to expect from its last ever season. That, of course, is exactly the same as its first four seasons: lots and … Read More

The Watch: BBC America orders new Discworld TV series

Sam Vimes is finally getting his own TV series, with a new show based on Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld ordered by BBC America.

The Watch, based on the fantasy books that have sold more than 90 million books worldwide, has … Read More

Where you can see The Other Side of the Wind in UK cinemas

In 1970, Orson Welles began filming what would ultimately be his final cinematic opus with a cast of luminaries that included John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg and Welles’s partner during his later years, Oja Kodar. 48 years later, that … Read More