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

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

Ava DuVernay working on Prince documentary for Netflix

Ava DuVernay is reportedly working on a Prince documentary for Netflix.

The late, great musician was a musical legend, with a career that spanned from Purple Rain to Batman and won awards that included an Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple … Read More

Don’t Watch This: Netflix drops surprise horror shorts featuring Antoni Porowski

With Halloween upon us, Netflix has saved one last shock for last, with the surprise release of a new compendium of horror shorts. Called Don’t Watch This, the anthology showcases five takes on horror from five different creators.

The collection … Read More

Scandal’s Chris Van Dusen signs overall deal with Netflix

Writer-producer Chris Van Dusen has signed a brand new, multi-year series overall deal with Netflix.

Van Dusen is a graduate of Emory University and USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program. He most recently served as co-executive producer on Scandal. A homegrown … Read More

American Vandal cancelled by Netflix

American Vandal has been cancelled by Netflix after two seasons.

The true crime satire, co-created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda and produced by Funny or Die, was one of Netflix’s unlikeliest successes with its first season. It explored the … Read More

Molly Shannon joins Marlon Wayans in Netflix’s Sextuplets

Molly Shannon is leading a wave of new additions to Marlon Wayans’ new Netflix movie, Sextuplets.

Sextuplets tells the story of Alan (Marlon Wayans), a man embarking on a personal journey to meet his birth mother before the arrival of … Read More

Trailer: The Last Kingdom Season 3 returns this November

The Last Kingdom returns this November for a third season.

Adapted by BAFTA-nominated and RTS award-winning writer Stephen Butchard from Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series of novels, the historical series is set in the year 872, when many of the separate … Read More

Netflix to turn Wyclef Jean’s life story into animated musical

Netflix is turning Wyclef Jean’s life story into a new animated musical.

Stampede, the recently launched entertainment media company from Greg Silverman, is partnering with Netflix and the three-time Grammy Award-winning musician to produce the CG film. Written by Justin … Read More

Netflix orders five new German original projects

Netflix continues its investment in German content this year, ordering five new original projects.

“At Netflix, we want to tell local stories with global appeal. We are excited to have found this in these five projects, which – each … Read More