EXCLUSIVE: Colin Farrell is to star in the BBC's adaptation of The North Water. Deadline understands that the Minority Report star will front the series, written and directed by Lean on Pete and 45 Years' Andrew Haigh, and produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films.

Farrell plays Henry Drax in the drama, a harp…

See-Saw Films' Head of Commercial Affairs Simon Gillis has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer of the company's film division, effective immediately.

Based in London, Gillis will continue to report directly to joint MDs Emile Sherman and Iain Canning and will oversee the film division…

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are attached to star in romance-drama Ammonite from God’s Own Country writer-director Francis Lee. Talk about prestige casting.

Widows and Lion producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman will produce the film alongside Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly (Lady Macbeth). The pic, which…

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has acquired N, a Javier Gullón short story he pitched as a grounded science fiction film with franchise potential. See-Saw’s Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Pacific View’s Peter Dealbert are attached to produce.

The deal was mid-six against seven figures and had at least six bidders vying bot…

SundanceTV and See-Saw Films have released a first-look image of Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids) in State of the Union, the short-form comedy series directed by Stephen Frears (A Very English Scandal, Philomena) and written by Nick Hornby (Brooklyn, An Education). See photo below.

State of the…

The Crown's Harriet Walter and Mr Selfridge's Frances O'Connor are set to star in The End, a family drama for Sky and Australia's Foxtel. It is produced by The King's Speech and Top of the Lake indie See-Saw.

The show, which will air in 2019, is about three generations of a family with separate but intersecting obsessi…

Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike and Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd are set to star in a Stephen Frears-directed comedy series for SundanceTV.

The pair are to front the short-form comedy series State of the Union, which will be a series of ten-by-ten minute episodes, to be produced by The King's Speech producer See-Saw Film…

Iain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has appointed Nicky Earnshaw as Head of Production for the UK film and TV divisions. The exec is moving to the Lion and King’s Speech producer from Film4 where she has been acting Head of Production. At See-Saw, she is replacing Amy Jackson who is moving into independent…

EXCLUSIVE: Top Of The Lake and Lion producer See Saw Films has picked up TV rights to Lucy Foley's upcoming murder mystery novel The Hunting Party, I can reveal. The novel was pre-empted by Kimberley Young at HarperFiction in a strong six-figure deal in December 2017 and is slated for hardback publication in 2019.

The…

See-Saw Films (Lion) has signed a three-year, first look development, financing and production deal for feature films with New Regency to develop feature content that will be financed by and co-produced with the Arnon Milchan-founded company. In making the deal, See-Saw also can take…

The second installment of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts AACTA Awards ceremony took place in Sydney Wednesday evening local time with Lion continuing its dominance over the film categories, and Top Of The Lake: China Girl taking key wins for TV. Those include kudos for Nicole Kidman in both.

Kidma…

Anna Kendrick and Orange Is the New Black's Danielle Brooks are set to star in the latest directorial effort from Four Lions helmer Chris Morris.

I hear that the long-awaited but secretive project was filmed in the Dominican Republic during the summer. It is understood that the untitled film, which would be Morris' sec…