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Acclaimed screenwriter Jack Thorne has slammed the industry for its treatment of disabled people both on and off screen, saying, “TV has failed disabled people. Utterly and totally.” Thorne used his invitation to give the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival to announce the creation of a…

UPDATE, with new start date The new, one-play version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will begin performances four days earlier than previously announced, with the start now set for Friday, Nov. 12, at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre. No reason for the move was detailed in the announcement today. Previous, June 28 A new…

Jack Thorne, the prolific British writer behind His Dark Materials and Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, is to deliver the prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival next month. Thorne, who has been diagnosed with a condition called cholinergic urticaria, which means he is allergic to…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one: Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and The Irishman actor Stephen Graham are on the brink of signing up for a Channel 4 drama that will be set in a UK care home during the coronavirus crisis, Deadline can reveal. The four-part series is housed at All3Media International-backed production outfit T…

The Comic-Con@Home panel for His Dark Materials did not waste any time to give the fans what they want. Before the panel even started, HBO dropped the first trailer for season 2 which included the first look at the mysterious city of Cittàgaze. The panel featured executive producers Jane Tranter and Jack Thorne, as…

His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne is teaming with actress-turned writer Genevieve Barr to create a BBC Two drama based on the true story of the campaign for disabled civil rights in Britain. The pair have written Independence Day? How Disabled Rights Were Won (working title), which will be co-produced by Thorne’s O…

Jack Thorne, the prolific British writer behind HBO and BBC drama His Dark Materials, has said that he is receiving treatment for what he believes to be coronavirus. The writer, whose other credits include Channel 4’s The Virtues and feature film The Aeronauts, said he has suffered from a high temperature, cough and…

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials and The Eddy writer Jack Thorne has teamed up with Legendary Global on a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel A Tale of Two Cities. Thorne will write and exec produce a "relevant" retelling of the book, which was first published in 1859, for the studio, which was established…

His Dark Materials, the BBC and HBO’s ambitious retelling of Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights novel, came to a close in the UK with just over 4M viewers, as the season struggled to maintain the audience highs of early episodes. The final installment of Bad Wolf’s drama, starring Ruth Wilson, James Mcavoy and Dafne…

His Dark Materials got off to a sparkling start for both the BBC and HBO last week, but lost a little of its shine on its second outing on British television on Sunday night. The Bad Wolf drama — penned by Jack Thorne and starring Ruth Wilson as the callous Mrs Coulter — was watched by 5.7M viewers at 8PM on BBC One…

His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne’s latest drama got off to a strong start on Thursday night for Channel 4 ahead of its Hulu release on November 22. Starring Sarah Lancashire and produced by George Faber’s indie The Forge, the four-part series debuted with 2.8M viewers. This made it Channel 4’s best drama premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne is writing four-part family drama Best Interests for BBC One. It marks the first commission for Chapter One Pictures, the Sophie Gardiner-run production company set up by Anonymous Content, Casarotto Ramsay and United Agents. Deadline revealed that the trio of…