Critically acclaimed and BAFTA-nominated Sky original Breeders series 3 announced Sky original Breeders, the honest and uncompromising comedy about the challenges of parenthood, has been renewed for a third series. Starring Emmy and BAFTA-winning Martin Freeman (Fargo, Sherlock, Black Panther) and International Emmy and BAFTA-nominated Daisy Haggard (Back to Life, Episodes, Black Mirror), the renewal … >
BritBox announces first global commission, Murder in Provence Starring Roger Allam (Endeavour, The Thick of It), Nancy Carroll (The Crown, Father Brown) and Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman), and based on the books by ML Longworth, Murder in Provence follows Antoine Verlaque (Allam), Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence, and romantic partner Marine Bonnet (Carroll) as they investigate … >
Sunday Times best-seller author Jane Casey’s The Killing Kind has been picked up for adaptation by Eleventh Hour Films The Killing Kind is a thriller by Irish author Jane Casey. Even though it was only just published, it’s already earmarked for screen, thanks to Eleventh Hour Films. According to reports, the novel, published today, 27 May, will be adapted … >
Netflix has announced Firefly Lane renewed for a second season Given its performance in the Neilsens, we aren’t too surprised to see Firefly Lane renewed, but even so well done and good news for fans. Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke will reprise their roles as lifelong best friends facing the ultimate test of their friendship and … >
Bafflegab goes to Hollywood as The Battersea Poltergeist is picked up for development We’ve reported before on podcasts becoming dramas, and we’re delighted to say this one’s a UK podcast, and it’s made by our friends Bafflegab Productions. Here’s part of their news story: Blumhouse, the studio behind Paranormal Activity, Get Out and The Invisible Man, have … >
Shōgun, the bestselling James Clavell novel (written in 1975, and sold move than 15 million copies by 1990) is to be made as a limited series Deadline has revealed details of casting for this new version of Shōgun (we had an excellent version in 1980), with Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) and Hiroyuki Sanada (The Twilight … >
Amazon has announced it has already renewed its joint project with Sony Pictures Television Wheel of Time for a second season — season one only just finished filming Starring Rosamund Pike (I Care a Lot, Gone Girl), The Wheel of Time is an adaptation of Robert Jordan’s epic fourteen-volume fantasy saga, which has sold over 90 million copies. … >
It’s tempting to note he always said he’ll be back, but this is the first ever Arnold Schwarzenegger TV project, and it’s being made by Netflix So far, we know is it’s a scripted global spy adventure that marks Schwarzenegger’s first television project and hails from Skydance Television and Nick Santora; starring and executive produced … >
John Boyega is to produce Attack the Block 2 — ten years after the movie that first brought him to public awareness Attack the Block in 2011 is littered with easter eggs for classic British science fiction writing (including John Wyndham), but it better remembered for launching John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker. Nick Frost make an … >
The BBC has announced Noughts + Crosses series 2 will start filming in South Africa next month According to the BBC announcement, Noughts + Crosses series 2 will dive viewers straight back into the dangerous, alternate world of Malorie Blackman’s bestselling novels and the irresistible, forbidden love story at its heart. Jack Rowan and Masali … >