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Channel 4 has commissioned Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby for December 2021 The animated Christmas special is based on a short story from his bestselling book of Christmas tales (Father Christmas’ Fake Beard). It tells the story of a quintessentially English town which is thrown into disarray by a huge snowfall and the dramatic appearance … >
Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley lead the The Midwich Cuckoos cast as production stars on Sky’s re-imagined John Wyndham classic We’ve plenty of information on Sky’s take on The Midwich Cuckoos. The cast includes Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, It’s A Sin), and Max Beesley (The Outsider, Suits) are set to lead the line-up alongside Aisling Loftus (A Discovery … >
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal is coming to Netflix in June in the form of a two part movie If you didn’t know (or perhaps aren’t even a manga fan), Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon is a character created by Naoko Takeuchi and first serialised in Kodansha’s manga magazine ‘Nakayosi’ in December 1991. The stories of … >
Lesley Sharp leads the cast as DI Hannah Laing in new Channel 4 drama, Before We Die Coming to Channel 4 in May, the six-part series Before We Die stars Lesley Sharp as Hannah Laing, a senior Police detective who is forced to make a terrible decision as her son, Christian – played by Patrick Gibson … >
Sky today announced a new eight-part supernatural crime thriller The Rising which is due to begin filming in the Lake District next month. The Sky Original drama is adapted from the Belgian crime thriller Hotel Beau Séjour The Rising is the story of Neve Kelly (Clara Rugaard), who discovers she is dead. She’s scared and confused … >
A West Side Story teaser trailer has been revealed by Disney for Steven Spielberg’s remake of the classic movie The original stage show and film West Side Story is regarded as both a classic and (by some) as a pinnacle. It’s hard to imagine a more powerful telling of the story, though of course it will … >
Netflix has acquired the exclusive global rights for Ghost Lab a film created by GDH. The film will be released on Netflix on May 26 Directed by “Goff” Paween Purijitpanya (Body, 4BIA, Phobia 2), Ghost Lab is a thriller film about supernatural experiments that cross the boundaries between life and death. It stars “Tor” Thanapob Leeratanakachorn, “Ice” … >
It’s World Record time for Big Finish as Guinness World Records (TM) records the success of their Doctor Who main range Here are the highlights from the Big Finish press release celebrating their achievement: Big Finish Productions is proud to announce that its long-running series Doctor Who – The Monthly Adventures has received a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title … >
Renowned actors, Monica Dolan and Eddie Marsan, will play Anne and John Darwin in the extraordinary and compelling ITV drama, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe Based on the true story of Anne and John Darwin, and written by Chris Lang, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe tells how John Darwin, played by Eddie Marsan … >
Josh Hartnett to star in new Sky Original limited series, The Fear Index Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) is to star in the taut new Sky Original thriller The Fear Index, based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris. Adapted by Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet, and directed by David Caffrey (The Alienist, Peaky Blinders), the … >