What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in April 2021?

What do Idris Elba, Sarah Paulson, Anna Kendrick, Dolly Parton, Octavia Spencer, Jamie Foxx and Lady Gaga have in common? They’re all coming to Netflix UK this April, in a month that veers from survival sci-fi thriller to family entertainment. … Read More

First look UK TV review: Your Honor

How far would you go to protect the person you love? That’s the question at the heart of Your Honor, Showtime’s remake of Israeli drama Kvodo. It begins in breathlessly harrowing fashion, as teenager Adam (Hunter Doohan) accidentally runs someone … Read More

BBC Four to become archive channel as Beeb cuts costs

BBC Four will become an archive-focused channel as the Beeb continues to cut costs.

The channel, which has brought the world such shows as Thick of It, Secrets of Cinema, Detectorists, Burton & Taylor and Charlie Brooker’s Wipe franchise, was … Read More

Peter Berg inks first-look deal with Netflix

Peter Berg has inked a first-look deal with Netflix.

Under his scripted entertainment banner, Film 44, Peter has written and directed feature films ranging from Friday Night Lights and The Kingdom to Hancoc, Battleship, Lone Survivor and Patriots Day. Last … Read More

Watch: Netflix unveils full trailer for Shadow and Bone

“The whole world will be after you.” That’s the sound of one woman’s world changing for ever in Shadow and Bone – and a new trailer gives us a look at Netflix’s fantasy epic.

Based on Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling novels, … Read More

Filming begins on Jerk Season 2

Jerk will return to BBC Three for Season 2, with filming now underway.

Jerk is a black comedy that revolves around the character of Tim (played by Renkow), a man who uses the fact that he has cerebral palsy to … Read More

UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 10, Episode 21 (Diverged)

After Splinter gave us one of the finest character-driven episodes The Walking Dead has produced, Episode 21 looks like it will live up to its title, then diverges back to the same, well-worn treads of these bonus episodes – but, … Read More

Beauty and the beast: Looking back at 1933’s King Kong

“It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Those are the iconic words that close out 1933’s King Kong – and not only gave us one of cinema’s most definitive fabled monster movie romances, but also ushered in … Read More

Amazon boards Don’t Make Me Go, starring John Cho

Amazon Studios has boarded the project Don’t Me Me Go, a father-daughter film starring John Cho.

The Harold & Kumar veteran has blazed a trail in recent years, thanks to stellar turns in a range of interesting projects, from Aneesh … Read More

Netflix inks first-look deal with David E Talbert and Lyn Sisson-Talbert

David E Talbert and Lyn Sisson-Talbert have signed a first-look deal to write, direct and produce movies for Netflix.

The deal with the Talbert’s production company, Golden Alchemy, follows the success of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Netflix’s first … Read More