Tom joined Deadline in 2019 as part of its expanding international team, covering the film (and TV) business from his base in London. He is a regular at film markets and festivals around the world including Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Toronto and Venice. Tom was previously at Screen International, spending five years there rising to Senior Reporter across the UK trade's print and online operations. He has also worked in events and as a freelance journalist for UK national newspapers, and regularly appears on radio as a pundit on a variety of film topics.
EXCLUSIVE: Here you can watch the debut trailer for Summerland, Jessica Swale's period drama starring Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in the story of a reclusive writer who during the Second World War adopts a young London evacuee.
IFC Films is releasing the film day-and-date on VOD and in select theaters July 31…
Here’s the trailer, and date announcement (June 27), for the final series in Netflix’s hit German original Dark.
That day matches the date of the promised apocalypse in the show. Expect more time-bending (and possibly mind-bending) twists this time. “The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end,” teases the…
The UK government is drawing up plans to restrict state-backed companies from overseas countries such as China investing in Brit firms.
The UK has aggressively courted inward investment throughout the last decade but attitudes appear to be hardening towards the Middle Kingdom and there are reports of cooling relations…
Dominating headlines in the UK this bank holiday weekend was the revelation that Dominic Cummings, chief advisor to PM Boris Johnson, had taken a 260-mile trip while his wife was displaying coronavirus symptoms.
Fellow politicians and journalists, as well as much of the public, were incensed by what appeared to be an…
Russia’s Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition, a virtual follow-up to last year's inaugural initiative hosted by national promotional body Roskino, has unveiled a program featuring new Russian works and a host of local and international speakers.
Running June 8-15, the event will showcase more than 300 Russian projects…
Dabangg, the hit 2010 Hindi-language feature starring Bollywood megastar Salman Khan, is set for an animated spin-off series after India and Singapore-based animation studio Cosmos-Maya struck a deal with Arbaaz Khan Productions. The series is inspired by Chulbul Pandey, the cop character played by Kahn in the film…
The industry is a long way from discovering how, or even when, the film festival circuit will return to any kind of functionality. Cannes is canned, replaced with a virtual market and potentially some branded tie-up with another event later in the year, and the summer festival calendar has been decimated by…
Netflix has commissioned its first Dutch original feature film, an untitled crime comedy focusing on aspiring rapper Richie Rich and his journey to become the greatest hip-hop artist in the Netherlands.
The project comes from writing duo Shady El-Hamus and Jeroen Scholten van Aschat, whose De Libiwon the top prize at…
As the UK begins to gear up for a return to film and TV production, training is being fast-tracked to allow crew members to return safely to set.
UK body ScreenSkills is steering the coronavirus safety training initiative, which it says will be rolled out "within weeks.” It is partnering with Skills for Health, a…
Ken Nightingall, who had a long career in the biz as a boom operator and spawned his own cosplay phenomenon among Star Wars fans, has died at the age of 92.
AMPS, the Association of Motion Picture Sound, confirmed the news, saying Nightingall passed away at his UK home on Tuesday (May 19).
Oscar-winning Gravity and Bla…
Here's the latest update on the prospects for cinemas re-opening in Australia and New Zealand, which according to 2019 stats is the world's ninth biggest box office market.
New Zealand has hit the headlines recently with its successful handling of the coronavirus and the positive relaxing of its lockdown, with cinemas…
A group of Brit acting talent are backing a fundraising initiate to support industry professionals affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Figures including Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Sue Johnston, Lesley Manville, Elaine Paige, Mandeep Dhillon, Joseph Fiennes, and Miriam Margoyles have all recorded monologues at home…
