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The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark are to lead supernatural horror film Starve Acre from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. Cornerstone is handling world sales and will launch at next month’s European Film Market. The brooding horror film, which is adapted from an Andrew Michael…

EXCLUSIVE: Sexy Beast and Under The Skin director Jonathan Glazer is edging towards the starting line on his anticipated next movie, a Holocaust drama which we hear will shoot next year in Poland. Studio A24, UK financier-producer Film4, Len Blavatnik’s financier Access Entertainment and producers James ‘Jim’ Wilson (Y…

Len Blavatnik's Access Entertainment has bought one of London's oldest theaters. The billionaire's company, which is run by former BBC television chief Danny Cohen, has acquired the Theatre Royal Haymarket to boost both "much-loved" and "emerging" talent. It was previously owned by Louis I Michaels and Enid Chanelle…

Access Entertainment has taken a 24.9% stake in Bad Wolf, the production company behind the upcoming BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's epic His Dark Materials. Launched by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner in 2015, in association with Welsh Government, Bad Wolf is based in South Wales and LA. Current projects include A D…

BBC Worldwide is teaming with Len Blavatnik's Access Entertainment and Lookout Point to launch Benchmark Television, a new indie commissioning entity that will be able to greelight scripted TV series without backing from a network or platform. The partners said the new venture will be able to offer top writing and…

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, is reportedly closing in on a £50M ($61.2M) funding deal with Access Entertainment, the company set up last May by former BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen. The news was first revealed by UK trade Broadcast. Any deal remains speculative for now, however Deadline…

Former Film4 head Tessa Ross and former Working Title Television chief Juliette Howell have officially announced the launch of House Productions. The UK-based indie is being established in partnership with BBC Worldwide and the recently formed Access Entertainment. The teaming of Ross and Howell was mooted last…

Former BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen is back in business. The exec has been set as president of Access Entertainment, a newly formed division of Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries. The company, which says it’s prepared to invest several hundred million dollars in an initial phase, will focus those investments…