Nickelodeon, Studiocanal and producer David Heyman are teaming up on Paddington, a pre-schooler TV series based on the iconic bear. Ben Whishaw (Paddington 1 & 2) will lend his voice to the CG-animated series, which will follow the adventures of a younger Paddington.

EXCLUSIVE: All aboard! Paddington duo Paul King and David Heyman are teaming up on “magical love story” Time’s Fool for Fox Searchlight.

King is developing and will direct the feature, which is an adaptation of Glyn Maxwell’s novel-length poem Time’s Fool: A Tale In Verse, about a young man who is cursed to ride a…

Chris Pratt, with Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Universal’s Cowboy Ninja Viking both in limbo, is in negotiations to star in a the next move from Wind River and Yellowstone writer-director Taylor Sheridan, Deadline has confirmed. The movie is being produced by David Heyman and is set up at Warner Bros.

The plot…

Harry Potter producer David Heyman and Working Title co-chief Eric Fellner lamented the “shocking” lack of diversity on UK sets at the launch event for a new school aimed at boosting skills and diversity within the local film and TV industries.

Heyman and fellow London Screen Academy founders Fellner and Tim Bevan of…

Working Title, Harry Potter producer David Heyman, Bond producers EON and The Last King of Scotland producer Lisa Bryer officially launched the London Screen Academy, their government-backed film and TV-oriented free school for 16-19 year-olds, at an event in North London this morning.

The Islington-based school, which…

Agent Carter star Hayley Atwell and King Charles III's Tamara Lawrance are to lead the cast of David Heyman's BBC drama The Long Song.

The pair are to front the three-part series, which tells the story of dying days of slavery in Jamaica, alongside a supporting cast, which includes British comedy legend Lenny Henry.

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Principal photography is getting underway Monday on Studiocanal and Heyday Films’ The Secret Garden with Colin Firth and Julie Walters starring. As Deadline revealed in January, Marc Munden is directing the new take on the classic children's novel.

Jack Thorne adapted the book for the big screen and has moved the story…

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter producer David Heyman and the BBC are understood to have set rising filmmaker Mahalia Belo (Requiem) as their director on anticipated high-end drama The Long Song. I hear the deal is just being finalized now.

The Long Song is based on Andrea Levy’s celebrated Booker Prize-shortlisted novel…

EXCLUSIVE: Heyday Films and Studiocanal’s new take on the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden has found its director. Marc Munden will helm from a script penned by Jack Thorne. Shooting starts in the spring with Studiocanal fully financing. David Heyman will produce via his Heyday banner with the company’s…

NBC has ordered a second drama pilot, In Between Lives. It comes from Madam Secretary co-executive producer Moira Kirland, Heyday Television — the joint venture of Harry Potter and Paddington producer David Heyman and NBCUniversal International Studios — and Universal Television.

Written by Kirland, In Between Lives…

UPDATED, 7:07 AM with Heard statement: In response to JK Rowling and Warner Bros backing Johnny Depp, Amber Heard took to Instagram to reiterate her and Depp’s joint statement submitted during their divorce, saying, “For the record, this was our FULL joint statement. To pick and choose certain lines and quote them out…

David Heyman is a busy man; in addition to boarding Quentin Tarantino's next film, the Harry Potter producer is adapting Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song into a high-end drama for BBC One.

The Long Song, which tells the story of dying days of slavery in Jamaica, is produced by Heyman's Heyday Television, a joint…