STARZPLAY arrives on Amazon Channels UK

Amazon Channels has added STARZPLAY to its UK and Germany line-up.

A new channel from the popular US TV network Starz, STARZPLAY gives European viewers the opportunity to watch exclusive STARZ series all in one place for the first time, … Read More

Idris Elba to direct and star in The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Netflix

Idris Elba will direct, produce and star in a new adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Netflix.

The currently untitled film will be “a modern retelling” of Victor Hugo’s tale. Produced by Fred Berger (La La Land) and … Read More

Trailer: Kal Penn and Amazon tackle This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy

“Whether you like it or not, we’re all connected by money.” That’s the sound of Kal Penn taking on the giant beast that is the global economy, in a new Amazon series called… This Giant Beast That Is the Global … Read More

Trailer: Netflix’s November 13 documentary to premiere on 1st June

As the UK marks the one-year anniversary of the Manchester bombing, Netflix is preparing to look back at the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris in 2015.

November 13 – Attack on Paris is a three-part documentary in which … Read More

Netflix forms “storytelling partnership” with Barack and Michelle Obama

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have entered into a multi-year agreement with Netflix to produce films and TV series.

The Obamas will produce a diverse mix of content, including the potential for scripted series, unscripted series, docu-series, documentaries and … Read More

Silicon Valley’s Clay Tarver to pen My War for Amazon

Silicon Valley’s Clay Tarver is writing My War for Amazon Studios.

The film, ordered by Amazon this week, is based on Tarver’s own cover story for the New York Times. Penned in 2013, it was titled The Rock ’N Roll … Read More

Trailer: Steve Martin and Martin Short promise a night to forget for Netflix subscribers

Fancy An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life? That’s what Netflix is promising subscribers this weekend, as Steve Martin and Martin Short team up for a comedy special.

A night in with your two favourite amigos, … Read More

Trailer: Lust Stories reunites four directors for Netflix anthology

“You don’t hurt the people you love.” That’s the sound of Netflix bringing four leading Indian directors together for a profound new anthology.

After celebrating a century of Indian cinema with Bombay Talkies in 2013, filmmakers Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, … Read More

Netflix acquires Cannes winners Happy As Lazzaro and Girl

Netflix may not have been at Cannes this year, but the streaming giant was out in force on the closing weekend of the French film festival, snapping up the rights to not just one award winner but two.

Happy as … Read More

Trailer: Netflix updates The Parent Trap with Set It Up

Netflix is updating The Parent Trap for the Millennial age with new romantic comedy Set It Up.

The film follows two New York assistants, Harper (Zoey Deutch) and Charlie (Glen Powell), who are overworked, underpaid, and tired of wasting their … Read More