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A stage play of George Orwell’s seminal novel, 1984, is to be adapted for television — is there more to come? Deadline is reporting former ABC chief Paul Lee’s independent studio wiip has taken the rights to Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s 2013 stage show based on the classic Orwell novel. The novel was published in 1947; … >
Channel 4 has revealed Robert Webb and David Mitchell (pictured) will return in Back series 2 Back series 2 was originally announced several years ago (see our piece here). The series follows Stephen (Mitchell) as he tries to follow in his recently deceased father’s footsteps and take over the family business, but his plans are … >
It’s soon time to go back to the Balearics as The Mallorca Files series 2 is coming (very) soon In case you don’t know, The Mallorca Files is a day time TV show shown on the BBC and co-produced with German station ZDF, written by Good Karma Hospital’s Dan Sefton. Visually it’s easy to compare it … >
Netflix has reported Lost in Space season 3 has finished filming! With all the news of cancellations and delays, it’s nice to hear of at least one show navigating its way through the Covid-19 secure filming jungle. Lost in Space season 3 was announced back in the early part of 2020, with the news it would be … >
Subscribers are promised a Netflix movie bonanza with the streaming service releasing a new movie each and every week in 2021 With that many movies we clearly can’t go into any depth. What we can tell you is there will be award winning filmmakers, including Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God) and Adam … >
Netflix has revealed the trailer for Snowpiercer season 2 and it promises the keep up the action and intrigue. Plus there’s added Sean Bean! First we had the Snowpiercer film; not long after this was followed by Snowpiercer season 1. If you don’t know the idea, it’s a post apocalyptic drama set onboard a train. Not just any old train, … >
Rap Therapy is a new set of short animated shows rap stars discuss their mental health struggles to help teenagers better understand themselves E4 is to present a new short form animated series, aimed at teenagers, that sees some of the UK’s leading MC’s, rappers and lyricists talk openly about mental health and the things … >
Sky has announced details of two David Walliams After Ever After stories, including Sheridan Smith to star in a new take on Jack and The Beanstalk Following last year’s Cinderella: After Ever After, Sky has announced the commission of two further instalments of the entertaining, family-friendly specials for Sky One and NOW TV; Jack & The Beanstalk: … >
Dany Boyle is to direct a six-part series, Pistol, drawn from the memoirs of Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones Created and written by Craig Pearce with co-writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, the series is based on Steve Jones’ Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol (available here on Amazon). Reading the report on industry website The Knowledge, Nick Grad, president, … >
It’s all gone very strange for The Umbrella Academy season 3 (and that’s saying something) as Netflix announces casting for the Sparrow Academy The picture above came from the Netflix Twitter stream along with the following text: The Sparrows are coming in season 3 The end of season 2 showed the existence of an alternate 2019 (alternate worlds … >