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EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films is developing a TV adaptation of genre novel I Still Dream after swooping in ahead of its recent publication. UK writer James Smythe, who penned the book, is set to adapt and also lead a writer's room for the project, which Carnival wants to unfold across multiple…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is developing Alex Gibney's cyberwarfare project Stuxnet (working title) as a miniseries with Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films. I hear the Time Warner-backed premium broadcaster is working up the project as a limited drama with Stephen Schiff (The Americans) writing, and Oscar-winning documentarian…

Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films is developing a TV adaptation of Francesca Segal's novel The Awkward Age with the BBC. The NBC Universal-owned production company is in development with the BBC on the project. Carnival Films acquired the rights to the book, which was published by Chatto & Windus in May 2017 and…

NBCUniversal International has made some shifts in the top ranks of Carnival Films, elevating Gareth Neame to the role of Executive Chairman. A respected veteran, and the exec producer of Downton Abbey, Neame will continue to lead Carnival’s production pipeline and creative vision. At the same time, David O’Donoghue…

Drama veteran Jessica Pope has joined NBCUniversal’s Carnival Films as Executive Producer. Based in London, she will report to Carnival Managing Director Gareth Neame and will develop her own programming as well as working with fellow exec producers Nigel Marchant and Richard Fell on the company's growing production…

Marking a return to the West End, David Tennant has taken on the title role of Patrick Marber’s Don Juan In Soho. The erstwhile Doctor Who will begin previews at Wyndham’s Theatre from March 17, 2017 with a limited run ending on June 10. Marber is directing the “savagely funny and filthy” modern update which moves the…

EXCLUSIVE: The folks behind Stan Lee’s Lucky Man today unveiled the first trailer for Season 2 of the series that’s been a hit for Sky 1 in the UK. The event took place at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con this morning with Lee and exec producer Richard Fell of Carnival Films (also the makers of Downton Abbey and The La…

With shooting just begun on the second season of historical drama The Last Kingdom, Netflix has joined the series as co-producer and will air it next year in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Japan, Spain and Portugal. BBC America, which broadcast the first season Stateside in 2015, is no longer…

Produced by Carnival Films, Stan Lee's Lucky Man will return to UK television in 2017. Sky1 has ordered a second season of the 10-part drama that stars James Nesbitt as a brilliant but flawed cop struggling to control his compulsions and the never-ending battle between good and bad luck. The first season, which…

Carnival Films confirmed today that Lily James (Cinderella) and Matt Barber (Being Human) are reprising their respective roles of Lady Rose and Atticus Aldridge for the final episode of Downton Abbey, which will air March 6 on PBS. James previously had said she was coming back to the show for its “Christmas episode,&#8221…

Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films is pairing with comic book icon Stan Lee on UK drama series Lucky Man. The 10-part hourlong project commissioned by Sky1 is Lee’s first foray into British drama and will star The Missing‘s James Nesbitt. He’ll play Harry Clayton, a cop from Central London's notorious Murder Squad…

Amid mounting speculation, the end of Downton Abbey was finally confirmed today. The historic period drama that has become a global phenomenon will close its doors after the currently shooting sixth season. Questions surrounding when the series would conclude have dogged and confounded creator Julian Fellowes and…