Lena Dunham is to direct and exec produce HBO's banking crisis drama Industry after the premium broadcaster handed the Bad Wolf-produced an eight-episode order. The series, which comes from new British writing talent Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, has been in development with the Warnermedia-backed network for a couple…

Flightplan writer Peter A. Dowling has penned a six-part submarine drama for ITV from His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf and Entertainment One. Tenacity, which is inspired by the eponymous J.S. Law novel, follows disgraced military detective Danielle 'Dan' Lewis, who is sent to investigate a case when a dead…

The BBC has unveiled the first look at its forthcoming big-budget adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy epic His Dark Materials. The British public broadcaster, which has joined with HBO on the Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema-produced series, has released a trailer featuring stars Dafne Keen, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson…

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf is doubling down on canis lupus with an adaptation of Jim Shepard's novel Kiss of the Wolf. I hear the production company, which is run by Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, is out with the project to streaming services. It is written by Tom Farrelly, who the pair worked…

EXCLUSIVE: British Vogue is to be the basis of a '90s period drama from His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf. Former editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman and former editor-at-large Fiona Golfar of the British fashion magazine are developing drama Gold Dust Nation with the HBO and Sky-backed production company. The series…

Sky is doubling down on A Discovery of Witches – hanging the supernatural drama a bumper two season order. The British pay-TV giant has ordered seasons two and three of the Bad Wolf-produced series after the first season become the biggest drama on Sky One this year. Downton Abbey and The Good Wife star Goode stars as…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has doubled the order of its adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials ahead of its debut. Deadline understands that the Bad Wolf and New Line production has already been handed a second, eight-part season. Filming kicked off earlier this month in Cardiff at Wolf Studios Wales for season one…

Black Mirror's Georgina Campbell, Shameless' Anne-Marie Duff and Games of Thrones' Ian Gelder have all signed on to star in BBC One fantasy drama His Dark Materials. The trio have joined the cast of the Bad Wolf show, which has begun filming in Cardiff. Campbell plays journalist Adele Starminster, Gelder stars as…

EXCLUSIVE: Rogue One and Life star Ariyon Bakare is the latest actor to sign up to BBC One's Philip Pullman adaptation of His Dark Materials. Bakare is a popular man in the fantasy space, having also recently signed up to appear in Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens and Amazon's Cara Delevingne and Orlando…

Demons, vampires and witches are all hiding in plain sight in the first trailer for upcoming Sky fantasy drama A Discovery of Witches. However, war is brewing in the first clip of the Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer-fronted epic. Downton Abbey and The Good Wife star Goode stars as vampire Matthew Clairmont, while Hacks…

EXCLUSIVE: The Affair star Ruth Wilson is the latest A-list star to sign up to BBC drama His Dark Materials. The actor is signing up to play Marisa Coulter, one of the main protagonists of the eight-part drama and the former lover of Lord Asriel, played by James McAvoy. The character is one of the main characters in…

X-Men and Atomic Blonde star James McAvoy and The Wire's Clarke Peters have signed up to star in the BBC's adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy epic His Dark Materials. The pair will start work on the eight-part series, which is produced by Bad Wolf, later this month. McAvoy plays Lord Asriel, the ruthless…