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EXCLUSIVE: Will Sharpe, who starred in Netflix and BBC drama Giri/Haji and directed quirky British comedy Flowers, is taking over directing Olivia Colman drama series Landscapers. Sharpe replaces Alexander Payne, who was initially set as the director of the HBO and Sky co-production, which is produced by Chernobyl…

Olivia Colman’s South Of The River Pictures and its commercial partner Sister are launching a comedy writer competition, with at least one winner getting the chance to develop a TV script with the companies. The Screenshot initiative will be spearheaded by Debo Adebayo and will focus on comedy writer-performers from a…

Sister is teaming with New York Times bestselling author and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner to develop and produce the feature film The Get, based on Matt Shaer's GQ article “The Orthodox Hit Squad.” Brodesser-Akner will write the feature. Carolyn Strauss and Kate Fenske are producing for Sister alongside Shaer. The…

A spin-off of The A Word and a con-artist thriller from Chernobyl producer Sister are two of the latest dramas ordered by British public broadcaster the BBC. Both projects will air on flagship network BBC One but what is more remarkable about the pair of orders is that both involve emerging writers and in the case of T…

HBO and Sky are reteaming with Chernobyl producer Sister for a dark comic horror from debut screenwriter Siân Robins-Grace. The WarnerMedia cable network and the Comcast-owned pay-TV broadcaster have ordered The Baby to series and plan to shoot it in the UK next year. It was co-created by Robins-Grace, who was a…

A slew of classic Black comedies including Sister, Sister; Moesha and Girlfriends are heading to Netflix. The streamer has picked up seven library titles as part of its push of its Strong Black Lead strand. In addition to Sister, Sister; Moesha and Girlfriends, it has bought the rights to The Game, One on One and Half…

Sister, the production co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has optioned Jennifer Weiner's New York Times bestseller Mrs. Everything and will adapt the book for TV. Here's the logline: growing up in 1950s Detroit, Jo and Bethie Kaufman are sisters who, as their lives unfold against the…

The Jungle Prince of Delhi, based on the New York Times exposé about the fake royal family of Oudh, is in development as a series at Amazon. The streamer has secured the exclusive rights to the story, which was also profiled on the paper's podcast The Daily and was a 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Mira Nair, who…

LeBron James and Maverick Carter are combining their three media companies to create The SpringHill Company, with backing from major investors including Chernobyl producer Sister and a powerful new board. Sister will invest in The SpringHill Company alongside financial services companies Guggenheim Investments and UC…

Sister, the global content company co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has won the rights to James McBride’s Deacon King Kong to develop as a television series. The praised novel was just named by Oprah Winfrey yesterday as her latest Book Club Selection. McBride will pen the…

EXCLUSIVE: Sister is adding another top executive/producer to the fold in Carolyn Strauss, who is joining the content venture co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone. Strauss, who is moving her producing deal to Sister, is coming off a 34-year tenure at HBO where she has spent her entire…

Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Ben Whishaw is set to star in the BBC and Sister’s adaptation of Adam Kay's humorous medical memoir This Is Going To Hurt, while AMC has also joined the project as a co-producer in the U.S. and Canada. The drama, which was first announced by the BBC and Chernobyl producer Sister in July…