On the day season three of Abi Morgan’s drama series The Split launches in the U.S. on BBC America, producer Sister has snapped up rights to the screenwriter’s autobiographical book This is Not a Pity Memoir.
Morgan will not only adapt her memoir for TV, but will also direct and executive produce the project, along…
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone’s indie studio Sister has entered a first-look deal with the new production company Wychwood Media, from Harry Potter filmmaker David Yates and his producing partner, Lewis Taylor. Under the pact, the pair will develop and produce both scripted and unscripted…
BAFTA-nominatedI Hate Suziestar Leila Farzad and Broadchurch’s Andrew Buchan are to lead BBC One’s Better, the latest drama from prolific Chernobyl producer Sister.
Farzad, who was BAFTA-nominated for her role in Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s dramedy, will play DI Lou Slack, a quick-witted policewoman whose…
Sister, the firm founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider, has taken a minority stake in UK production company Dorothy Street Pictures, we can reveal.
Dorothy Street is the non-fiction company whose slate includes Netflix’s recently announced tell-all Pamela Anderson documentary which has…
Lydia Hampson, the Fleabag exec and former Amazon Studios Head of UK Scripted, has joined Chernobyl indie Sister and struck a first-look deal with her former employer.
Any shows made as part of the deal will be developed and produced for Amazon Prime. Hampson will also work on the BBC’s The Following Events Are Based o…
HBO has set an April premiere date for horror comedy seriesThe Baby, a co-production with Sky. The eight-episode series will debut Sunday, April 24 at 10:30 PM on HBO and will stream on HBO Max, with a Sky Atlantic and NOW release date set for later this year.
We’re also getting a first look at the series in a teaser…
A War director and Borgen writer Tobias Lindholm has struck a first-look deal with Chernobyl producer Sister and has set a Jeremy Strong-fronted 9/11 responders drama as his first project.
Lindholm has signed up to develop and produce scripted series with the production company run by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider…
EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacy Snider’s Chernobylproducer Sister has hired an in-house Covid Supervisor for at least the next six months to oversee protocols on set.
Neil Chordia, who runs Urban Hymn producer ChorMedia but has been Covid-supervising on various productions since the pandemic…
An iconic UK live music venue is on the verge of reopening following millions of pounds of investment from Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider’s Chernobylproducer Sister.
The UK-headquartered drama producer has taken a 40% minority stake in London venue Koko, which will reopen in spring 2022…
Abi Morgan, the creator and writer behind BBC series The Split, is making her debut in the directing chair on Season 3 of the show.
Below is a first look at the third season, on which Morgan is helming one of the five episodes; Dee Koppang O'Leary (Bridgerton) is lead director. Cast including Nicola Walker, Stephen…
EXCLUSIVE:Sister, the independent studio founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has struck a first-look deal with Chris Goldberg and his Winterlight Pictures to develop and produce television and feature content. Under the pact, Goldberg will be based out of Sister Los Angeles.
"Chris is…
Gangs Of London has become the latest major UK production to fall victim to a third wave of coronavirus.
Filming on Season 2 of Sky and AMC’s gangland drama has been halted for 10 days after a crew member tested positive for Covid on Thursday. Deadline previously revealed that Bridgerton and The House Of The Dragon…