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EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s beloved DI Hillary Greene book series from author Faith Martin is to be turned into a drama by Becky Southwell and Dylan Neal’s Southwell Neal Entertainment with the support of Canada’s Play Media. Southwell Neal Entertainment has optioned the film and TV rights to the 18-book series, which follows…

The UK’s $680 billion Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has been extended by a further six months for the final time, supporting another 400 productions. The UK government’s insurance backstop, which pays out up to 20% of a show’s budget if it is delayed by Covid-19 and 70% if abandoned, was formed last summer and…

British broadcasters are going back to drama basics as they line up a swathe of lower budget scripted series to counter the multi-billion spend of the global SVODs. Broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are preparing for a drama future where the likes of Netflix, which spends around $6.5M per…

UPDATED with video: In his epic film Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman plays one of the world’s greatest statesmen, Winston Churchill, who rallied World War II Great Britain with a stirring speech to Parliament that noted, “We shall fight on the beaches.” It was an inspirational moment that recharged the dispirited Brits, who…

Here’s a red band TV spot (really? for what markets?) in which Charlize Theron spews over a messy collision involving something cold, wet and sticky.

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier and Jesper Christensen star in the drama. It opens July 1 in the UK; Magnolia Pictures picked up rights to the US and Canada at the Berlin film festival. Melancholia from Zentropa on…

TNT just announced that it has picked up drama pilot Perception to series with a 10-episode order and has renewed cop drama Southland for a fourth season, also with a 10-episode order. Perception, which will premiere next year, stars Eric McCormack as a neuroscientist who works to solve complex criminal cases. Also…