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Sky and Peacock are forging a TV adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal with Top Boy showrunner Ronan Bennett attached. Described as a “contemporary reimagining of the beloved and respected novel,” Universal International Studios label Carnival Films’ adaptation in association with…

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Carnival Films executive chairman Gareth Neame, the producer behind the global British hit franchise Downton Abbey. The company, which…

Heyday Television and Carnival Films owner NBCUniversal International Studios has rebranded to Universal International Studios. The UK-based studio has a new logo and is being aligned more closely with owner Universal Studio Group and sister studios UCP, Universal Television and Universal Television Alternative…

EXCLUSIVE: Last Kingdom fanatics gearing themselves up for next year’s fifth and final season have something extra to smile about, a Netflix feature film is in the works. Delivering the announcement at today’s London MCM Comic Con, Alexander Dreymon, who stars as protagonist Uhtred and exec produces the historical…

EXCLUSIVE: Domina actor Ewan Horrocks has landed a recurring role in the final season of Netflix’s historical drama The Last Kingdom. Horrocks will appear throughout the season as Aelfweard. He is currently filming in Budapest, Hungary, where Carnival Films is producing the fifth season of The Last Kingdom, which is…

EXCLUSIVE: The Last Kingdom is to ride out for a final time, as Netflix brings the curtain down on the beloved adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's best-selling The Saxon Stories novels. The streaming giant and producer Carnival Films confirmed that Season 5 of The Last Kingdom will be the last, bringing an end to a…

Jessica Pope, the co-executive producer of Netflix’s The Last Kingdom at Carnival Films, has joined Sweden’s Mopar Studios as its creative director, drama. Pope has worked at Carnival for the past four years, joining the NBCUniversal company from BBC Studios. During that time, she has worked on Season 4 and 5 of The La…

EXCLUSIVE: Carnival Films, the NBCUniversal production company behind Downton Abbey, has said its revenue took a hit last year as it looks to find its next mega-hit. In earnings filed at the UK’s Companies House this week, the Gareth Neame-led indie reported that its total sales were £58.8 million ($73 million) in…

The stars of British period drama Downton Abbey are set to swap their country estate for the red carpet this evening in London ahead of the release of its big-screen debut. Nearly four years since last appearing on the ITV/PBS drama, Maggie Smith Michelle Dockery and Hugh Bonneville, as well as the rest of the Crawley…

ITV and Epix have released the first look at Julian Fellowes' latest period drama, Belgravia. Filming has kicked off for the six-part series from Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films. The show will be shot in Victorian locations in London and the home counties, Edinburgh, Bath and Northumberland. It stars Alice…

EXCLUSIVE: The Happy Prince star Tom Wilkinson has been cast in Belgravia, Carnival Films' Julian Fellowes-penned British period drama for ITV and Epix. Deadline understands that Wilkinson, who was nominated for Oscars for his roles in Michael Clayton and In The Bedroom, will play Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst in…

EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Into Darkness' Alice Eve, Episodes' Tamsin Greig, Outcast's Philip Glenister and The Crown's Harriet Walter are to star in Carnival Films' Julian Fellowes-penned British period drama Belgravia for ITV and Epix. Eve, who is best known for her role as Dr Carol Marcus in J.J Abrams' Star Trek Into Dar…