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EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sherlock producer Hartswood Films has won the rights to adapt Cold War magic thriller The Warlock Effect into a TV series. The debut novel, about a magician who flees Nazi Germany and is lured into espionage, was written by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, creators…

Channel 4 Greenlights Boris Johnson Landmark Doc From ‘Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story’ producer 72 Films Channel 4 has greenlit a landmark documentary about disgraced UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson from prolific Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films. The indie has gained access to rare archive…

Fremantle Boosts Revenue By 25% For RTL Group Hand of God outfit Fremantle increased its revenue by 25% last year to €1.9BN ($2.1BN) as owner RTL Group, the European media conglomerate, recorded a 10% turnover rise to €6.6BN ($7.3BN) and a profit boost of 35% to €1.1BN ($1.2BN). RTL this morning said it is making…

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Melrose actress Jessica Raine and Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi have been cast as the leads in Amazon’s The Devil’s Hour, the latest series from Sherlock and Dracula producer Hartswood Films. From rising British writer Tom Moran, The Devil's Hour is a UK original that tells the story of Lucy…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has boarded its latest BBC drama, taking the international rights to Steven Moffat’s limited series Inside Man, which has assembled a stellar above-the-line cast ahead of production taking place later this year. Deadline can reveal that Oscar-nominated Supernova and Spotlight star Stanley Tucci has…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has greenlit a creepy thriller series from Hartswood Films, the British production company behind shows including Sherlock and Dracula. From the mind of rising British writer Tom Moran, The Devil’s Hour is a UK original that tells the story of a woman who wakes up every night at exactly 3.33AM, in…

Dracula, the BBC and Netflix’s blood-soaked retelling of Bram Stoker’s mythical vampire story, has sunk its teeth into a much-improved audience with the addition of catch-up and online viewing in the UK. The seven-day rating — including mobile, tablet and computer viewing — for the first episode of Hartswood Films…

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss' version of Dracula is being lavished with praise by British critics, but a good chunk of its audience slipped away for its second episode on Thursday night. The blood-soaked BBC One drama, which launches globally on Netflix on January 4, was watched by 2.8M viewers in a 90-minute slot at…

BBC One lined up some big gun dramas to begin 2020, but Dracula and Doctor Who did not convert into remarkable audiences for the British broadcaster. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ retelling of Bram Stoker’s legendary story of a blood-sucking count from Transylvania was a jewel in the crown of BBC One’s holiday…

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the Sherlock creators who have now turned their hand to a reimagining of Dracula, have revealed that their gruesomely gothic creation all started with a joke at the expense of Benedict Cumberbatch. Speaking at the premiere of Dracula in London this week, Gatiss said he took a silhouetted…

BBC One will premiere its gruesome reworking of Bram Stoker’s Dracula on New Year’s Day. The Netflix co-production, written by Sherlock's Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, will air on three consecutive nights from January 1, 2020. No word yet on when it will drop globally on Netflix. Your New Year is gonna suck but…

The BBC has lifted the coffin lid on the first teaser trailer for Dracula, its co-production with Netflix from the makers of Sherlock. The three-part series, which stars Claes Bang as Count Dracula, is written by Sherlock's Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and produced by Hartswood Films. The series, which finished…