Exclusive: Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is producing a TV thriller described as a “very British Western,” about a hotshot who discovers his family is running a drugs racket.
Empire of Dirt [working title] is being produced by Harington and Top Boy scribe Daniel West’s Thriker Films with Des producer New Pictures. Cast is unconfirmed and Harington could yet play the lead.
The eight-part thriller follows Jake, a big name in the big city who reluctantly returns to his family farm in the Lake District for a distant cousin’s wedding.
He hasn’t been home for 15 years but following a tragic accident finds himself the unwilling head of his family, before discovering the unthinkable, that his father had been running a multimillion-pound drugs racket from a hidden corner of his family land.
Harington and West said the show, which is part-funded and distributed by associate developer All3Media International, is a “very British Western,...
Empire of Dirt [working title] is being produced by Harington and Top Boy scribe Daniel West’s Thriker Films with Des producer New Pictures. Cast is unconfirmed and Harington could yet play the lead.
The eight-part thriller follows Jake, a big name in the big city who reluctantly returns to his family farm in the Lake District for a distant cousin’s wedding.
He hasn’t been home for 15 years but following a tragic accident finds himself the unwilling head of his family, before discovering the unthinkable, that his father had been running a multimillion-pound drugs racket from a hidden corner of his family land.
Harington and West said the show, which is part-funded and distributed by associate developer All3Media International, is a “very British Western,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Long Shadow,” a true crime drama by “Hijack” and “Lupin” creator George Kay, has revealed a stellar cast.
Directed by BAFTA-winner director Lewis Arnold the 7 x 60′ series for U.K. broadcaster ITV and streamer Itvx, drama is a depiction of the five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, focusing on the lives of the victims who crossed his path and those of the officers at the heart of the police investigation.
Toby Jones (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) plays Dennis Hoban, who initially led the enquiry, with David Morrissey (“Sherwood”) as George Oldfield, who took on the investigation. The cast also includes Lee Ingleby, Katherine Kelly, Daniel Mays, Sydney Jackson, Shaun Thomas, Jill Halfpenny, Daisy Waterstone, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Molly Wright, Liz White, Shaun Dooley, Alexa Davies, Chloe Harris, Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton, Adam Long, Ruth Madeley, Dorothy Atkinson, Rob James-Collier, Charley Webb, Steven Waddington and Kris Hitchen.
Directed by BAFTA-winner director Lewis Arnold the 7 x 60′ series for U.K. broadcaster ITV and streamer Itvx, drama is a depiction of the five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, focusing on the lives of the victims who crossed his path and those of the officers at the heart of the police investigation.
Toby Jones (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) plays Dennis Hoban, who initially led the enquiry, with David Morrissey (“Sherwood”) as George Oldfield, who took on the investigation. The cast also includes Lee Ingleby, Katherine Kelly, Daniel Mays, Sydney Jackson, Shaun Thomas, Jill Halfpenny, Daisy Waterstone, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Molly Wright, Liz White, Shaun Dooley, Alexa Davies, Chloe Harris, Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton, Adam Long, Ruth Madeley, Dorothy Atkinson, Rob James-Collier, Charley Webb, Steven Waddington and Kris Hitchen.
- 8/8/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: British drama house New Pictures has expanded its management team.
The Catherine the Great and Des maker has appointed Lisa Selway as Chief Operating Officer. Emily Russell is upped to Director of Production and Executive Producer and Wendy Pearce becomes Chief Financial Officer.
Selway has worked in the industry for 15 years, working on behalf of film and TV producers, financiers, distributors, talent, and global streamers and was most recently an independent business affairs specialist at Grey Seal Media.
She’ll will work next to New Pictures co-founders Willow Grylls and Elaine Pyke, along with Russell and Pearce, to grow the company and build out its scripted operation.
Russell, who has been with the company since 2020 after joining from Mammoth Screen, has been tasked with overseeing all production. Her credits include BBC and Netflix drama The Serpent and ITV’s Endeavour.
Pearce rises from Finance Director to Chief Financial Officer...
The Catherine the Great and Des maker has appointed Lisa Selway as Chief Operating Officer. Emily Russell is upped to Director of Production and Executive Producer and Wendy Pearce becomes Chief Financial Officer.
Selway has worked in the industry for 15 years, working on behalf of film and TV producers, financiers, distributors, talent, and global streamers and was most recently an independent business affairs specialist at Grey Seal Media.
She’ll will work next to New Pictures co-founders Willow Grylls and Elaine Pyke, along with Russell and Pearce, to grow the company and build out its scripted operation.
Russell, who has been with the company since 2020 after joining from Mammoth Screen, has been tasked with overseeing all production. Her credits include BBC and Netflix drama The Serpent and ITV’s Endeavour.
Pearce rises from Finance Director to Chief Financial Officer...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Bloods star Jane Horrocks is joining the cast of another Sky original in the UK.
She has been cast in the third season of explosive political drama series Cobra, playing populist Defence Secretary Victoria Dalton in the UK government, opposite Robert Carlyle’s returning Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his Chief of Staff, Anna Marshall (Victoria Hamilton).
Horrocks, also known for BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, has most recently been appearing opposite Samson Kayo in Sky paramedics comedy Bloods.
The latest six-part season of Cobra is titled Rebellion and will follow the aftermath of an unforeseen environmental disaster that reveals itself as a crisis of corruption in the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms, challenging Sutherland to decide what he is willing to sacrifice to stay in power.
Production has begun ahead of a 2023 debut on Sky Max and streamer Now in the UK.
David Haig (Killing Eve...
She has been cast in the third season of explosive political drama series Cobra, playing populist Defence Secretary Victoria Dalton in the UK government, opposite Robert Carlyle’s returning Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his Chief of Staff, Anna Marshall (Victoria Hamilton).
Horrocks, also known for BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, has most recently been appearing opposite Samson Kayo in Sky paramedics comedy Bloods.
The latest six-part season of Cobra is titled Rebellion and will follow the aftermath of an unforeseen environmental disaster that reveals itself as a crisis of corruption in the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms, challenging Sutherland to decide what he is willing to sacrifice to stay in power.
Production has begun ahead of a 2023 debut on Sky Max and streamer Now in the UK.
David Haig (Killing Eve...
- 11/2/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has boarded its latest BBC drama, Champion, the show from award-winning Queenie writer Candice Carty-Williams, which has unveiled cast.
The streamer will take rights outside of the UK and Ireland on the eight-part musical drama.
Top Boy star Malcolm Kamulete is leading alongside newcomers Déja J Bowens and musician Ray Blk, who is also music exec with grime pioneer Ghetts.
Also starring are Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade, Tom Forbes, Genesis Lynea, Karl Collins, Francis Lovehall, Corey Weekes and Rachel Adedeji.
Described as a “love letter to Black British music” and set in South London,...
The streamer will take rights outside of the UK and Ireland on the eight-part musical drama.
Top Boy star Malcolm Kamulete is leading alongside newcomers Déja J Bowens and musician Ray Blk, who is also music exec with grime pioneer Ghetts.
Also starring are Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade, Tom Forbes, Genesis Lynea, Karl Collins, Francis Lovehall, Corey Weekes and Rachel Adedeji.
Described as a “love letter to Black British music” and set in South London,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has picked up the global rights outside the U.K. and Ireland on BBC drama “Champion,” from “Queenie” author Candice Carty-Williams.
The show, which is currently in production for BBC One in the U.K., marks the first TV project for the award-winning Carty-Williams, who recently released her new novel, “People Person.”
The music-infused “Champion” tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. The show follows rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
Billed as a love letter to Black British music set in south London, “Champion...
The show, which is currently in production for BBC One in the U.K., marks the first TV project for the award-winning Carty-Williams, who recently released her new novel, “People Person.”
The music-infused “Champion” tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. The show follows rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
Billed as a love letter to Black British music set in south London, “Champion...
- 7/25/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
More of P.D. James’ murder mysteries will be turned into TV dramas after AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Paramount Global-owned broadcaster Channel 5 handed drama series Dalgliesh a two-season renewal.
Des producer New Pictures will return to film the seasons, the first of which goes into production this year ahead of a 2023 debut.
Acorn Media Enterprises has the rights in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, with Channel 5 taking the UK, with Northern Ireland Screen providing additional funding.. All3Media International serves as distributor for the rest of the world.
Season two will comprise six episodes adapted from three P.D. James novels, with each being told over two hour-long episodes. Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of the enigmatic Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.
The novels being adapted for season two are Death Of An Expert Witness, A...
Des producer New Pictures will return to film the seasons, the first of which goes into production this year ahead of a 2023 debut.
Acorn Media Enterprises has the rights in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, with Channel 5 taking the UK, with Northern Ireland Screen providing additional funding.. All3Media International serves as distributor for the rest of the world.
Season two will comprise six episodes adapted from three P.D. James novels, with each being told over two hour-long episodes. Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of the enigmatic Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.
The novels being adapted for season two are Death Of An Expert Witness, A...
- 7/6/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
British detective drama “Dalgliesh” is set to return after getting a second season order from AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5.
The second season, which will consist of six episodes, will be based on three more P.D. James novels with Bertie Carvel (“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”) reprising his role as the enigmatic chief investigator. It is currently shooting in Northern Ireland with a scheduled TX on Channel 5 in 2023.
Details on the third season are still to be announced with filming set to begin in 2023.
Season two will be split into three parts – “Death Of An Expert Witness,” “A Certain Justice” and “The Murder Room” – each two episodes long.
Helen Edmundson (“The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”) returns as lead writer while Stewart Harcourt (“Maigret”) joins to write “A Certain Justice,” which Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill (“The Dig”) will direct. Geoff Sax (“Us”) will direct “Death of an Expert Witness.
The second season, which will consist of six episodes, will be based on three more P.D. James novels with Bertie Carvel (“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”) reprising his role as the enigmatic chief investigator. It is currently shooting in Northern Ireland with a scheduled TX on Channel 5 in 2023.
Details on the third season are still to be announced with filming set to begin in 2023.
Season two will be split into three parts – “Death Of An Expert Witness,” “A Certain Justice” and “The Murder Room” – each two episodes long.
Helen Edmundson (“The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”) returns as lead writer while Stewart Harcourt (“Maigret”) joins to write “A Certain Justice,” which Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill (“The Dig”) will direct. Geoff Sax (“Us”) will direct “Death of an Expert Witness.
- 7/6/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Peaky Blinders and Cobra producer Joe Donaldson has set an indie, Magic Hour Television, and signed a first-look deal with All3Media International and All3Media-owned drama house New Pictures. Donaldson will develop a slate, funded by All3 and its international arm, and partner with New Pictures co-founder and CEO Willow Grylls to produce scripted TV.
Furthermore, Donaldson will also serve as executive producer for New Pictures on Sky Max’s upcoming third season of British drama Cobra, titled Cobra: Rebellion, which is due to start filming later this year.
BAFTA-winner Donaldson has worked with New Pictures since 2018 on the previous two seasons of Cobra. He also produced Ripper Street for Amazon Prime Video and Peaky Blinders for BBC One and Netflix.
Magic Hour plans to work with writing and directing talent in the UK to produce “compelling human stories about life in Britain and beyond.”
Donaldson said: “Willow and...
Furthermore, Donaldson will also serve as executive producer for New Pictures on Sky Max’s upcoming third season of British drama Cobra, titled Cobra: Rebellion, which is due to start filming later this year.
BAFTA-winner Donaldson has worked with New Pictures since 2018 on the previous two seasons of Cobra. He also produced Ripper Street for Amazon Prime Video and Peaky Blinders for BBC One and Netflix.
Magic Hour plans to work with writing and directing talent in the UK to produce “compelling human stories about life in Britain and beyond.”
Donaldson said: “Willow and...
- 6/24/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Donaldson, producer of “Peaky Blinders” and “Cobra,” has launched new production company Magic Hour Television and signed a first look deal with All3Media and New Pictures.
Donaldson will develop a slate, funded by All3Media and All3Media International, and partner with New Pictures co-founder and CEO Willow Grylls, to produce new scripted television content. He will also serve as executive producer for New Pictures on the upcoming third series ‘Cobra: Rebellion’ for Sky Max, which is due to start filming later this year.
Magic Hour is set up to produce human stories about life in Britain and beyond, tapping into U.K. talent.
Donaldson said: “I’m delighted to launch Magic Hour Television with the backing of All3 Media and New Pictures. Willow and I share a passion for empowering and supporting creatives to produce ambitious, entertaining television. I look forward to taking my next steps with the support...
Donaldson will develop a slate, funded by All3Media and All3Media International, and partner with New Pictures co-founder and CEO Willow Grylls, to produce new scripted television content. He will also serve as executive producer for New Pictures on the upcoming third series ‘Cobra: Rebellion’ for Sky Max, which is due to start filming later this year.
Magic Hour is set up to produce human stories about life in Britain and beyond, tapping into U.K. talent.
Donaldson said: “I’m delighted to launch Magic Hour Television with the backing of All3 Media and New Pictures. Willow and I share a passion for empowering and supporting creatives to produce ambitious, entertaining television. I look forward to taking my next steps with the support...
- 6/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Awards
Renowned singer Shirley Bassey is set to open this year’s BAFTA film awards with a James Bond tribute. Bassey has long been associated with 007, holding the record for an artist who has sung the most Bond theme songs with “Goldfinger” in 1964, “Diamonds Are Forever” in 1971 and “Moonraker” in 1979. The singer will perform “an iconic Bond theme” although which one will only be revealed on the night. This year’s BAFTA Awards will celebrate a number of iconic British film franchises, including Bond and Harry Potter. “Coda” lead Emilia Jones is also set to perform during the ceremony with a rendition of “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell.
The BAFTA Awards will take place in London on March 13.
Animation
Independent production outfit Big Deal Films (“Little Badman”) is teaming with Hoek, Line & Thinker for Big Thinkers, a new initiative to find the next big animated hit authored by diverse U.
Renowned singer Shirley Bassey is set to open this year’s BAFTA film awards with a James Bond tribute. Bassey has long been associated with 007, holding the record for an artist who has sung the most Bond theme songs with “Goldfinger” in 1964, “Diamonds Are Forever” in 1971 and “Moonraker” in 1979. The singer will perform “an iconic Bond theme” although which one will only be revealed on the night. This year’s BAFTA Awards will celebrate a number of iconic British film franchises, including Bond and Harry Potter. “Coda” lead Emilia Jones is also set to perform during the ceremony with a rendition of “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell.
The BAFTA Awards will take place in London on March 13.
Animation
Independent production outfit Big Deal Films (“Little Badman”) is teaming with Hoek, Line & Thinker for Big Thinkers, a new initiative to find the next big animated hit authored by diverse U.
- 3/7/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
An adaptation of the forthcoming novel by “Brick Lane” author Monica Ali is in the works at the BBC, Variety can reveal.
Sources indicate that All3Media-owned production company New Pictures is in early development on “Love Marriage” with the corporation. The book is set to be published in February by Virago Press in the U.K. and Scribner in the U.S. Ali will be adapting the book for TV herself.
Ali’s debut Man Booker Prize-nominated 2003 novel “Brick Lane,” which is named after the London neighborhood at the heart of the city’s Bangladeshi community, was made into a 2007 film (pictured) directed by Sarah Gavron and produced by Film4 and Ruby Pictures. The movie, written by Abi Morgan and Laura Jones, premiered at Telluride.
“Love Marriage” is centred on young doctor Yasmin Ghorami, who is engaged to fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as their wedding day draws closer...
Sources indicate that All3Media-owned production company New Pictures is in early development on “Love Marriage” with the corporation. The book is set to be published in February by Virago Press in the U.K. and Scribner in the U.S. Ali will be adapting the book for TV herself.
Ali’s debut Man Booker Prize-nominated 2003 novel “Brick Lane,” which is named after the London neighborhood at the heart of the city’s Bangladeshi community, was made into a 2007 film (pictured) directed by Sarah Gavron and produced by Film4 and Ruby Pictures. The movie, written by Abi Morgan and Laura Jones, premiered at Telluride.
“Love Marriage” is centred on young doctor Yasmin Ghorami, who is engaged to fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as their wedding day draws closer...
- 11/16/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Broadcasting
Channel 4 and Sky in the U.K. have extended their pre-existing, long-term commercial partnership in a new multi-year agreement which, according to the companies, will facilitate greater opportunity for collaboration, commercial growth and innovation as broadcasting evolves going forward.
Under the terms of the new deal, Sky customers will have access to even more Channel 4 content as more than 1000 hours of All 4 — Channel 4’s VoD platform — exclusives are integrated into Sky’s current and future TV products. Channel 4 will benefit from under the new terms by opening avenues to new digital ad revenue streams which can support its Future4 strategy.
“When we set out our Future4 strategy last year, we made clear that securing strategic distribution partnerships would be a vital part of ensuring we can maximize our reach and impact with viewers in a digital age, grow our revenues and compete more effectively for the future,” said Alex Mahon,...
Channel 4 and Sky in the U.K. have extended their pre-existing, long-term commercial partnership in a new multi-year agreement which, according to the companies, will facilitate greater opportunity for collaboration, commercial growth and innovation as broadcasting evolves going forward.
Under the terms of the new deal, Sky customers will have access to even more Channel 4 content as more than 1000 hours of All 4 — Channel 4’s VoD platform — exclusives are integrated into Sky’s current and future TV products. Channel 4 will benefit from under the new terms by opening avenues to new digital ad revenue streams which can support its Future4 strategy.
“When we set out our Future4 strategy last year, we made clear that securing strategic distribution partnerships would be a vital part of ensuring we can maximize our reach and impact with viewers in a digital age, grow our revenues and compete more effectively for the future,” said Alex Mahon,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
New Pictures CEO Charlie Pattinson has decided to step down, eight years after co-founding the All3Media-owned company behind Sky/HBO series Catherine The Great.
Pattinson will step back from day-to-day duties running New Pictures, but will continue to executive produce certain projects and will advise the producer as non-executive chair.
Co-CEO Willow Grylls will take full charge of New Pictures, overseeing a slate that includes Sky political thriller Cobra and an adaptation of P.D. James’ Inspector Dalgliesh Mysteries crime novels for Channel 5 and Acorn TV.
Pattinson, a heavyweight of the UK drama community, has built two companies and sold them to All3Media. Prior to New Pictures, he ran Company Pictures with George Faber, who also remains in the All3 orbit at The Forge.
Pattinson said: “I am incredibly proud of the work we have all done at New Pictures and of the extraordinary team that Willow,...
Pattinson will step back from day-to-day duties running New Pictures, but will continue to executive produce certain projects and will advise the producer as non-executive chair.
Co-CEO Willow Grylls will take full charge of New Pictures, overseeing a slate that includes Sky political thriller Cobra and an adaptation of P.D. James’ Inspector Dalgliesh Mysteries crime novels for Channel 5 and Acorn TV.
Pattinson, a heavyweight of the UK drama community, has built two companies and sold them to All3Media. Prior to New Pictures, he ran Company Pictures with George Faber, who also remains in the All3 orbit at The Forge.
Pattinson said: “I am incredibly proud of the work we have all done at New Pictures and of the extraordinary team that Willow,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Drama Slate Features Series From ‘Rocks’ Writer Theresa Ikoko & ‘This Is England’s Shane Meadows
The BBC has unveiled its latest drama slate at a virtual event on Tuesday, pulling the curtain back on new series from Rocks writer Theresa Ikoko, This Is England creator Shane Meadows, and the latest female-focused drama from Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films.
Ikoko, who was BAFTA-nominated for Rocks, will adapt Nikki May’s soon-to-be-published debut novel Wahala, which follows three thirty-something Anglo-Nigerian women whose friendship group is infiltrated by the beautiful, charismatic, and super-wealthy Isobel.
Set in London, Isobel’s arrival creates mounting tensions, unravels bonds, and exposes secrets with shocking and tragic consequences. Ikoko said the series is “Big Little Lies meets Girlfriends” and will be an “amazing celebration of Nigerian British culture.”
Wahala is produced by Firebird Pictures, with founder Elizabeth Kilgarriff executive producing alongside the BBC’s Mona Qureshi. BBC Studios will distribute the series internationally.
The project was one of six series announced by BBC drama controller Piers Wenger,...
Ikoko, who was BAFTA-nominated for Rocks, will adapt Nikki May’s soon-to-be-published debut novel Wahala, which follows three thirty-something Anglo-Nigerian women whose friendship group is infiltrated by the beautiful, charismatic, and super-wealthy Isobel.
Set in London, Isobel’s arrival creates mounting tensions, unravels bonds, and exposes secrets with shocking and tragic consequences. Ikoko said the series is “Big Little Lies meets Girlfriends” and will be an “amazing celebration of Nigerian British culture.”
Wahala is produced by Firebird Pictures, with founder Elizabeth Kilgarriff executive producing alongside the BBC’s Mona Qureshi. BBC Studios will distribute the series internationally.
The project was one of six series announced by BBC drama controller Piers Wenger,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The projects join a new Shane Meadows series, announced earlier.
A project from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and a series from Working Title are in the works from the BBC drama department, which set out details of six new commissions today.
The commissions were announced by Piers Wenger, BBC director of drama, and include Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole, announced earlier by Screen.
New BBC dramas include Working Title’s Everything I Know About Love, adapted by journalist Dolly Alderton from her memoir of the same name.
The series will follow Maggie and Birdy, two best friends...
A project from I May Destroy You creator Michaela Coel and a series from Working Title are in the works from the BBC drama department, which set out details of six new commissions today.
The commissions were announced by Piers Wenger, BBC director of drama, and include Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole, announced earlier by Screen.
New BBC dramas include Working Title’s Everything I Know About Love, adapted by journalist Dolly Alderton from her memoir of the same name.
The series will follow Maggie and Birdy, two best friends...
- 5/18/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Catherine The Great and Des producer New Pictures has signed up two of the creative talents behind FX’s Emmy-winning limited drama Fosse/Verdon to adapt Kate Summerscale’s novel The Haunting of Alma Fielding into a TV series.
Fosse/Verdon writer Charlotte Stoudt and director Minkie Spiro, who has also helmed The Plot Against America and Downton Abbey, have set to work in translating the true ghost story for the screen.
In 1938, young housewife Alma Fielding begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Objects shatter, vanish, or take flight, assaulting Fielding and her family. Reporters see it with their own eyes. It is impossible but it is happening. And Alma seems to be at the center.
Jewish-Hungarian refugee Nandor Fodor investigates the events, determined to figure out if it is a hoax, a ghost, or Alma’s unconscious mind wrestling with a buried secret in the...
Fosse/Verdon writer Charlotte Stoudt and director Minkie Spiro, who has also helmed The Plot Against America and Downton Abbey, have set to work in translating the true ghost story for the screen.
In 1938, young housewife Alma Fielding begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Objects shatter, vanish, or take flight, assaulting Fielding and her family. Reporters see it with their own eyes. It is impossible but it is happening. And Alma seems to be at the center.
Jewish-Hungarian refugee Nandor Fodor investigates the events, determined to figure out if it is a hoax, a ghost, or Alma’s unconscious mind wrestling with a buried secret in the...
- 2/15/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Spitting Image’ Films U.S. Election Special
Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s battle for the White House will be captured in two Spitting Image specials coming to BritBox and, for the first time, ITV. The two bonus election episodes will premiere on BritBox on October 31, while one of the installments will also broadcast on ITV. Kevin Lygo, BritBox originals creative chief and ITV’s director of TV, added: “This is a great chance to celebrate Spitting Image’s noisy return after 18 years and give ITV viewers a taste of the full series, available on BritBox.” BritBox has already commissioned a second season of the Avalon-produced satirical puppet show, which does not currently have a broadcast network home in America.
ITV Orders ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Series
ITV is to follow-up its successful true-crime series Des and White House Farm with another factual drama from All3Media producer New Pictures. The company...
Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s battle for the White House will be captured in two Spitting Image specials coming to BritBox and, for the first time, ITV. The two bonus election episodes will premiere on BritBox on October 31, while one of the installments will also broadcast on ITV. Kevin Lygo, BritBox originals creative chief and ITV’s director of TV, added: “This is a great chance to celebrate Spitting Image’s noisy return after 18 years and give ITV viewers a taste of the full series, available on BritBox.” BritBox has already commissioned a second season of the Avalon-produced satirical puppet show, which does not currently have a broadcast network home in America.
ITV Orders ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Series
ITV is to follow-up its successful true-crime series Des and White House Farm with another factual drama from All3Media producer New Pictures. The company...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Des, ITV’s drama starring David Tennant as British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters and streamers, including AMC Networks’ Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean.
Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also been sold by All3Media International to Directv in Latin America, Stan in Australia and Tvnz in New Zealand.
In Europe, Des has been acquired by C More Entertainment in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, while other deals include Vrt (Flemish Belgium), Siminn hf (Iceland), TV2 (Norway) and Virgin Media Television (Ireland). BritBox has picked up second-window rights in the UK.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on...
Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also been sold by All3Media International to Directv in Latin America, Stan in Australia and Tvnz in New Zealand.
In Europe, Des has been acquired by C More Entertainment in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, while other deals include Vrt (Flemish Belgium), Siminn hf (Iceland), TV2 (Norway) and Virgin Media Television (Ireland). BritBox has picked up second-window rights in the UK.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on...
- 7/16/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive producer Willow Grylls has been appointed as co-chief executive officer of New Pictures, whose output includes “The Missing” and “Catherine the Great,” working alongside existing CEO Charlie Pattinson. Elaine Pyke also takes on a new role as creative director.
Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.
She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.
Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.
She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.
- 5/27/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: New Pictures, the All3Media-backed drama producer behind series such as HBO’s Catherine The Great and Starz’ The Spanish Princess, has restructured its top team.
Willow Grylls has been named Co-CEO alongside Charlie Pattinson, while Elaine Pyke has been named Creative Director.
Grylls was one of the co-founders of New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke. She has exec produced series including BBC/Starz drama The Missing, BBC/Cinemax drama Rellik and BBC/Netflix drama Requiem. She was recently involved in White House Farm, the ITV drama that scored over 8M viewers in the UK earlier this year and will air on HBO Max later this year, and is exec producing three-part drama Des starring David Tennant.
Elaine Pyke, who was also a co-founder of the company, has exec produced series including Netflix’s The Innocents and Channel 4 drama Indian Summers. Prior to New Pictures, she was head...
Willow Grylls has been named Co-CEO alongside Charlie Pattinson, while Elaine Pyke has been named Creative Director.
Grylls was one of the co-founders of New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke. She has exec produced series including BBC/Starz drama The Missing, BBC/Cinemax drama Rellik and BBC/Netflix drama Requiem. She was recently involved in White House Farm, the ITV drama that scored over 8M viewers in the UK earlier this year and will air on HBO Max later this year, and is exec producing three-part drama Des starring David Tennant.
Elaine Pyke, who was also a co-founder of the company, has exec produced series including Netflix’s The Innocents and Channel 4 drama Indian Summers. Prior to New Pictures, she was head...
- 5/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max has picked the U.S. rights to British crime drama White House Farm starring The Irishman’s Stephen Graham and Black ’47’s Freddie Fox.
The WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will air the six-part series in the States next year after striking a deal with All3Media International.
It is the latest British title snapped up by the streamer, following deals with BBC Studios for Doctor Who as well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, Top Gear, Luther, The Honorable Woman, Pure, Trigonometry, Stath Lets Flats, Home and Ghosts.
The show, which is produced by Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, sees Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber. The factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse. Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen,...
The WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will air the six-part series in the States next year after striking a deal with All3Media International.
It is the latest British title snapped up by the streamer, following deals with BBC Studios for Doctor Who as well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, Top Gear, Luther, The Honorable Woman, Pure, Trigonometry, Stath Lets Flats, Home and Ghosts.
The show, which is produced by Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, sees Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber. The factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse. Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen,...
- 11/29/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV has offered a first look at David Tennant as Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in its newly-announced miniseries Des.
The drama from Catherine The Great producer New Pictures was unveiled on Friday and ITV quickly followed up by releasing an image of Tennant as the man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, which attempted to get inside the mind of the killer.
Masters is a central character in ITV’s drama and is played by The Crown star Jason Watkins. Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay.
Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson,...
The drama from Catherine The Great producer New Pictures was unveiled on Friday and ITV quickly followed up by releasing an image of Tennant as the man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, which attempted to get inside the mind of the killer.
Masters is a central character in ITV’s drama and is played by The Crown star Jason Watkins. Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay.
Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson,...
- 11/23/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.
Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.
Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.
- 11/22/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New Pictures co-founder and chief operating officer Richard Nelson is leaving the Catherine The Great producer after more than five years.
Nelson joined New Pictures in 2014 and is listed as the company’s co-founder alongside Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, and Willow Grylls. He played an important role in New Pictures’ sale to All3Media in a £40M ($52M) deal in 2015.
Nelson, a chartered accountant, will be replaced by the drama producer’s head of finance, Wendy Pearce. Pearce joined New Pictures in 2017 after working at other All3Media indies, including North One and Company Pictures.
Nelson previously worked with Pattinson and Grylls for 13 years as director of finance at The White Princess producer Company Pictures. Before that, he was a finance manager within the drama unit at BBC Studios.
Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great was the latest big-budget show to come out of HBO and Sky’s co-production deal.
Nelson joined New Pictures in 2014 and is listed as the company’s co-founder alongside Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, and Willow Grylls. He played an important role in New Pictures’ sale to All3Media in a £40M ($52M) deal in 2015.
Nelson, a chartered accountant, will be replaced by the drama producer’s head of finance, Wendy Pearce. Pearce joined New Pictures in 2017 after working at other All3Media indies, including North One and Company Pictures.
Nelson previously worked with Pattinson and Grylls for 13 years as director of finance at The White Princess producer Company Pictures. Before that, he was a finance manager within the drama unit at BBC Studios.
Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great was the latest big-budget show to come out of HBO and Sky’s co-production deal.
- 11/4/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The Irishman’s Stephen Graham and Black ’47’s Freddie Fox are to star in an ITV crime drama produced by Catherine The Great producer New Pictures.
Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber in White House Farm, a factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse.
Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen, Amanda Burton and Nicholas Farrell also star.
Produced by New Pictures (Catherine The Great), White House Farm is written by Kris Mrksa (The Slap) and Giula Sandler (7 Days of Us) and directed by Paul Whittington (Little Boy Blue). The series is executive produced by Willow Grylls, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke and Kris Mrksa and produced by Lee Thomas.
The series will explore the family tragedy and the contested accounts of...
Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber in White House Farm, a factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse.
Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen, Amanda Burton and Nicholas Farrell also star.
Produced by New Pictures (Catherine The Great), White House Farm is written by Kris Mrksa (The Slap) and Giula Sandler (7 Days of Us) and directed by Paul Whittington (Little Boy Blue). The series is executive produced by Willow Grylls, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke and Kris Mrksa and produced by Lee Thomas.
The series will explore the family tragedy and the contested accounts of...
- 10/9/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
There may be no feeling more identifiable than those teenage years—the sensation of being out-of-place, clumsily mishandling your nascent adult powers and oftentimes stuck in the wrong skin altogether. This itchy sensation has long been the province of superhero comics and movies—it’s what fuels, say, the long-running “Spider-Man” franchise. And it’s put to clever and evocative use in Netflix’s “The Innocents,” a new series whose lead character (Sorcha Groundsell) has the power to shift between bodies; unlike most superheroes, though, she can barely control her gift and seeks to keep it hidden. Teens, the show’s obvious intended audience, will relate to “The Innocents'” high dudgeon, but adults will find a show that punches above its weight, defined by both its stirringly dramatic tone and the two charming performances at its center.
Groundsell’s June, who’s on the eve of her 16th birthday as the show begins,...
Groundsell’s June, who’s on the eve of her 16th birthday as the show begins,...
- 8/20/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has released a trailer for their new original series The Innocents and all is not as it would appear.
The eight-episode series focuses on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together, they’re derailed by an extraordinary discovery – June’s ability to shape-shift.
As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric,...
The eight-episode series focuses on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together, they’re derailed by an extraordinary discovery – June’s ability to shape-shift.
As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix received critical acclaim early this year for an eight-episode (so far) British series about teen runaways who fall for one another, “The End of the F***ing World.” The streaming service hopes for a successful repeat with “The Innocents,” and just debuted that show’s newest trailer. While “The End of the F***ing World” featured a possible-psychopath protagonist, “The Innocents” stars Sorcha Groundsell (“Clique”) as a young woman who shape-shifts, transforming herself into humans who bear little resemblance to her blue-eyed self.
Groundsell’s June McDaniel learns of her unique ability after she and fellow classmate Harry Polk (Percell Ascott) flee their stern families. Well, what’s left of their families: June’s mother, a fellow shape-shifter, abandoned her three years ago, worried about harming her child. Golden Globe nominee Guy Pearce (“Mildred Pierce”) plays Halvorson, a professor who vows to reconnect and cure mother and daughter.
Hania Elkington...
Groundsell’s June McDaniel learns of her unique ability after she and fellow classmate Harry Polk (Percell Ascott) flee their stern families. Well, what’s left of their families: June’s mother, a fellow shape-shifter, abandoned her three years ago, worried about harming her child. Golden Globe nominee Guy Pearce (“Mildred Pierce”) plays Halvorson, a professor who vows to reconnect and cure mother and daughter.
Hania Elkington...
- 8/8/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Being a teenager is never easy, but when those growing pains encompass involuntary shape-shifting, it can be downright dangerous. Netflix’s new science-fiction series “The Innocents” explores one 16-year-old’s curious coming-of-age story this August.
At the Television Critics Association press tour on Sunday, Netflix brought together a panel for “The Innocents,” including co-creators and writers Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, and stars Guy Pearce, Sorcha Groundsell, and Percelle Ascott. Netflix also released a sneak peek featurette, which can be seen below.
In the eight-part series, June McDaniel (Groundsell) has had it with her controlling father, and on her 16th birthday runs away with her boyfriend Harry Polk (Ascott), the son of a police officer. But as the young star-crossed lovers soon realize, June’s father had a reason to curtail her activities. It turns out she’s a shape-shifter, which leads to some freaky and dangerous situations.
June can’t control her newfound ability,...
At the Television Critics Association press tour on Sunday, Netflix brought together a panel for “The Innocents,” including co-creators and writers Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, and stars Guy Pearce, Sorcha Groundsell, and Percelle Ascott. Netflix also released a sneak peek featurette, which can be seen below.
In the eight-part series, June McDaniel (Groundsell) has had it with her controlling father, and on her 16th birthday runs away with her boyfriend Harry Polk (Ascott), the son of a police officer. But as the young star-crossed lovers soon realize, June’s father had a reason to curtail her activities. It turns out she’s a shape-shifter, which leads to some freaky and dangerous situations.
June can’t control her newfound ability,...
- 7/29/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Netflix has set August 24 for the premiere of The Innocents and released a first-look trailer for the British teen supernatural drama series.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, The Innocents centers on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together and are derailed by an extraordinary discovery — June’s ability to shape-shift. As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, The Innocents centers on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together and are derailed by an extraordinary discovery — June’s ability to shape-shift. As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
- 4/18/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Author: Zehra Phelan
Netflix has released an eerie announcement video for a new original series, The Innocents which stars Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott and Guy Pearce.
The series tells the story of when teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
The series stars Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, Iona, Sleeping Lions) as June, Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens, The Weekend Movie) as Harry and Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Halvorson.
Created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the new Netflix original series consists of eight episodes. It is produced by UK-based New Pictures, led by Elaine Pyke,...
Netflix has released an eerie announcement video for a new original series, The Innocents which stars Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott and Guy Pearce.
The series tells the story of when teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
The series stars Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, Iona, Sleeping Lions) as June, Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens, The Weekend Movie) as Harry and Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Halvorson.
Created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the new Netflix original series consists of eight episodes. It is produced by UK-based New Pictures, led by Elaine Pyke,...
- 2/19/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
What if everything you thought you knew about your past wasn't real, and the future held its own sinister secrets in store for you? That's the unsettling scenario a young woman faces in Requiem, a new six-part psychological horror series premiering today on BBC One. To celebrate the new series' BBC premiere and its upcoming release on Netflix, we've been provided with exclusive images and clips to share with Daily Dead readers.
After its premiere on BBC One, all episodes of Requiem will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer, followed by a worldwide release on Netflix. In the meantime, we have additional details, images, and clips from the series below:
"In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again.
23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason.
Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence,...
After its premiere on BBC One, all episodes of Requiem will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer, followed by a worldwide release on Netflix. In the meantime, we have additional details, images, and clips from the series below:
"In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again.
23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason.
Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence,...
- 2/3/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Netflix continues its expansion into original young adult series with a pickup of an eight-episode British drama. Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the untitled series is described as a teenage love story with supernatural twists. It is produced by the UK-based New Pictures, led by Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke and Willow Grylls, which also is behind another supernatural British drama series recently picked up by Netflix, Requiem. Farren Blackburn…...
- 8/14/2017
- Deadline TV
Kris Mrksa.
Filming has begun in Wales on Requiem, a 6x60' drama created and written by Aussie writer Kris Mrksa, commissioned by BBC One and co-produced by Netflix.
In 1994 a toddler disappears from a small Welsh town, never to be seen again. Twenty-three years later, talented young cellist Matilda, played by Lydia Wilson (Star Trek Beyond, About Time), has her life turned upside down by her mother.s inexplicable suicide..
In the wake of the tragedy Matilda begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself, embarking on a quest that leads her to that same Welsh village, where the secrets she uncovers threaten to unravel her very identity.
Also in the cast is Animal Kingdom.s James Frecheville, playing an Australian who arrives in town and may not be all that he seems.
This is the first show Mrksa, whose credits include East West 101, Underbelly, Devil.s Dust and Janet King,...
Filming has begun in Wales on Requiem, a 6x60' drama created and written by Aussie writer Kris Mrksa, commissioned by BBC One and co-produced by Netflix.
In 1994 a toddler disappears from a small Welsh town, never to be seen again. Twenty-three years later, talented young cellist Matilda, played by Lydia Wilson (Star Trek Beyond, About Time), has her life turned upside down by her mother.s inexplicable suicide..
In the wake of the tragedy Matilda begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself, embarking on a quest that leads her to that same Welsh village, where the secrets she uncovers threaten to unravel her very identity.
Also in the cast is Animal Kingdom.s James Frecheville, playing an Australian who arrives in town and may not be all that he seems.
This is the first show Mrksa, whose credits include East West 101, Underbelly, Devil.s Dust and Janet King,...
- 4/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Supernatural series from Indian Summers producer sets director and cast.
Netflix is in advanced negotiations to join BBC One series Requiem as a co-producer.
The 6 x 60-minute supernatural thriller, which is due to shoot in Wales from next week, will follow a young woman after the death of her mother.
Produced by Indian Summers and The Missing outfit New Pictures, the series is penned by Australian writer Kris Mrksa, who has written episdoes for Australian series including The Slap, Underbelly and Glitch.
Director will be former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Mahalia Belo, whose short Volume premiered at Sundance and won the British Independent Film Award for Best Short Film. Nfts graduate Belo most recently completed Ellen, a single 90 minute drama for Channel4 starring Jessica Barden
Set for a starring role in the series will be emerging UK actress Lydia Wilson, who has previously scored supporting roles in TV series Ripper Street and movies Star Trek Beyond and About Time...
Netflix is in advanced negotiations to join BBC One series Requiem as a co-producer.
The 6 x 60-minute supernatural thriller, which is due to shoot in Wales from next week, will follow a young woman after the death of her mother.
Produced by Indian Summers and The Missing outfit New Pictures, the series is penned by Australian writer Kris Mrksa, who has written episdoes for Australian series including The Slap, Underbelly and Glitch.
Director will be former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Mahalia Belo, whose short Volume premiered at Sundance and won the British Independent Film Award for Best Short Film. Nfts graduate Belo most recently completed Ellen, a single 90 minute drama for Channel4 starring Jessica Barden
Set for a starring role in the series will be emerging UK actress Lydia Wilson, who has previously scored supporting roles in TV series Ripper Street and movies Star Trek Beyond and About Time...
- 3/21/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
‘The Crown’ star Jodi Balfour also joins six-part serial killer drama.
Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) and Jodi Balfour (The Crown) will lead the cast of upcoming BBC One thriller Rellik.
Created and written by Harry and Jack Williams, the six-episode series will reverse the story of a serial killer, starting at the point in time they are caught and going backwards.
Dormer will play Gabriel Markham, a Met detective that obsessives over finding the serial killer while Balfour plays his partner, Elaine.
Described as a “bold, original and twisting thriller” by New Pictures Executive Producer Willow Grylls, Rellik (“killer” in reverse) was commissioned in 2015 after the success of Williams brothers’ The Missing, also for BBC One.
The Williams’ production company Two Brothers and New Pictures are producing for BBC One and Cinemax. All3media International are handling international sales.
Joining Dormer and Balfour in the cast are Rosalind Eleazar, Paterson Joseph, [link...
Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) and Jodi Balfour (The Crown) will lead the cast of upcoming BBC One thriller Rellik.
Created and written by Harry and Jack Williams, the six-episode series will reverse the story of a serial killer, starting at the point in time they are caught and going backwards.
Dormer will play Gabriel Markham, a Met detective that obsessives over finding the serial killer while Balfour plays his partner, Elaine.
Described as a “bold, original and twisting thriller” by New Pictures Executive Producer Willow Grylls, Rellik (“killer” in reverse) was commissioned in 2015 after the success of Williams brothers’ The Missing, also for BBC One.
The Williams’ production company Two Brothers and New Pictures are producing for BBC One and Cinemax. All3media International are handling international sales.
Joining Dormer and Balfour in the cast are Rosalind Eleazar, Paterson Joseph, [link...
- 3/17/2017
- ScreenDaily
Louisa Mellor Nov 9, 2016
Hear what The Missing’s writers and producer have to say after the events of episode five. Major spoilers…
Warning: contains spoilers. Avoid until you’ve seen The Missing episode 5.
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The Missing series two has chosen to show its hand early. At the end of episode five, it revealed its culprit with three hours of story remaining. There are still plenty of questions to be answered as it ties up the dangling plot threads, and much to explain about how series two’s plot strands are connected, but we know who took the girls. And it’s someone nobody had their eye on.
Hear what The Missing’s writers and producer have to say after the events of episode five. Major spoilers…
Warning: contains spoilers. Avoid until you’ve seen The Missing episode 5.
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The Missing series two has chosen to show its hand early. At the end of episode five, it revealed its culprit with three hours of story remaining. There are still plenty of questions to be answered as it ties up the dangling plot threads, and much to explain about how series two’s plot strands are connected, but we know who took the girls. And it’s someone nobody had their eye on.
- 11/9/2016
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Nov 9, 2016
“Will the ending answer all the questions people have? Yes” says producer of The Missing series 2…
“Endings will always divide people” acknowledged Willow Grylls, co-producer of The Missing series two, at an episode five screening held last night, “but will the ending answer all the questions that people have? Yes. I think it will”.
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That’s music to the ears of anybody who felt at all short-changed by the events of the series one finale. “It’s very different” confirmed co-writer Jack Williams.
“I think you can’t ask so many questions and not attempt to have some satisfactory way for it all to make sense,” he continued. “We’ve tried to be as fair as possible.”
Have any of the online theories nailed the right answer yet?
“We haven’t hidden anything so it’s not impossible to get a sense,...
“Will the ending answer all the questions people have? Yes” says producer of The Missing series 2…
“Endings will always divide people” acknowledged Willow Grylls, co-producer of The Missing series two, at an episode five screening held last night, “but will the ending answer all the questions that people have? Yes. I think it will”.
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That’s music to the ears of anybody who felt at all short-changed by the events of the series one finale. “It’s very different” confirmed co-writer Jack Williams.
“I think you can’t ask so many questions and not attempt to have some satisfactory way for it all to make sense,” he continued. “We’ve tried to be as fair as possible.”
Have any of the online theories nailed the right answer yet?
“We haven’t hidden anything so it’s not impossible to get a sense,...
- 11/9/2016
- Den of Geek
Kris Mrksa
Australian screenwriter Kris Mrksa (Glitch, Janet King, The Slap, Underbelly, The Secret Life of Us) will write a six-part series for BBC Drama..
Requiem will be made by New Pictures (coming off the back of a great success with The Missing, starring Australia's Frances O'Connor) and will consist of six one-hour episodes. The show will be executive produced by Willow Grylls, Elaine Pyke and Charlie Pattinson for New Pictures and Polly Hill for BBC One.
A thriller which flirts with the supernatural, Requiem is the story of a young woman who discovers, in the wake of her mother's death, that everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie.
So: expect a more adult, ambiguous, and female version of Harry Potter.
"Requiem is the show I've always wanted to make", Mrksa said. "To be making it with the team at New Pictures, and for the BBC, a...
Australian screenwriter Kris Mrksa (Glitch, Janet King, The Slap, Underbelly, The Secret Life of Us) will write a six-part series for BBC Drama..
Requiem will be made by New Pictures (coming off the back of a great success with The Missing, starring Australia's Frances O'Connor) and will consist of six one-hour episodes. The show will be executive produced by Willow Grylls, Elaine Pyke and Charlie Pattinson for New Pictures and Polly Hill for BBC One.
A thriller which flirts with the supernatural, Requiem is the story of a young woman who discovers, in the wake of her mother's death, that everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie.
So: expect a more adult, ambiguous, and female version of Harry Potter.
"Requiem is the show I've always wanted to make", Mrksa said. "To be making it with the team at New Pictures, and for the BBC, a...
- 1/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The Imitation Game star has been nominated for his leading role in BBC drama Sherlock.Scroll down for full list of nominations
Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for the third time as leading actor in his BBC role of Sherlock. This marks his sixth nomination for this category in his career.
Cumberbatch received a Best Actor Oscar nomination earlier this year for his role as Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game.
The nominations, announced on Wednesday by actors Freddie Fox and Amanda Abbington, place Cumberbatch in a category alongside three others.
Toby Jones (Harry Potter, Captain America, The Hunger Games) is recognized for his role in Marvellous. The show received two other nominations including Single Drama and Supporting Actress for Gemma Jones.
James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) also received a leading actor nomination for The Missing, in addition to Jason Watkins (The Golden Compass) for his role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries.
For...
Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for the third time as leading actor in his BBC role of Sherlock. This marks his sixth nomination for this category in his career.
Cumberbatch received a Best Actor Oscar nomination earlier this year for his role as Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game.
The nominations, announced on Wednesday by actors Freddie Fox and Amanda Abbington, place Cumberbatch in a category alongside three others.
Toby Jones (Harry Potter, Captain America, The Hunger Games) is recognized for his role in Marvellous. The show received two other nominations including Single Drama and Supporting Actress for Gemma Jones.
James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) also received a leading actor nomination for The Missing, in addition to Jason Watkins (The Golden Compass) for his role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries.
For...
- 4/8/2015
- by mam27@bu.edu (Monica Mendoza)
- ScreenDaily
Starz’s new mystery series The Missing is pulling a True Detective. After the show’s first season received widespread critical acclaim (including Golden Globe nominations for best miniseries and best actress in a miniseries for Frances O'Connor), the premium cable network has opted to pick it up for a second season of 8 episodes, which will feature a new case, new characters and a new location.
No specifics about the second season have been announced, and it’s unknown if Conroy or any other actors from the first season will be returning in new roles (seeing as The Missing is much more grounded than the campy American Horror Story, I’d guess not). The Missing‘s first 8 episodes focused on a father (James Nesbitt) devastated by the disappearance of his young son during a family vacation in France, who spends years searching for him at the high cost of his...
No specifics about the second season have been announced, and it’s unknown if Conroy or any other actors from the first season will be returning in new roles (seeing as The Missing is much more grounded than the campy American Horror Story, I’d guess not). The Missing‘s first 8 episodes focused on a father (James Nesbitt) devastated by the disappearance of his young son during a family vacation in France, who spends years searching for him at the high cost of his...
- 12/18/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Speaking from his base in London, director David Drury (The Cry, Midnight Man) talked to Iftn about his latest drama 'The Take', which premieres on Sky1 tonight. Drury chats about recreating the London criminal underworld in Dublin and gives his thoughts on the latest Red Eye HD technology. Created with the support of investment incentives provided by the Irish Film Board 'The Take' features a cast of talent including; Tom Hardy (Bronson, Stuart A Life Backwards), Emmy award winner Brian Cox (Braveheart, The Bourne Supremacy, Deadwood), Kierston Wareing (It's a Free World, Fish Tank), Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue), and Shaun Evans (Teachers). The series is produced by Willow Grylls of UK independent film and TV production company, Company Pictures. A large Irish crew included Owen McPolin (Eden), Costume Designer Allison Byrne (The Daisy Chain) and Production Designer Susie Cullen (Zonad). 'The Take' was shot...
- 6/17/2009
- IFTN
LONDON -- FilmFour, the movie development and production arm of broadcaster Channel Four, has teamed up with Company Pictures, Screen Yorkshire and the U.K. Film Council to bankroll Penny Woolcock's Mischief Night, the parties said Monday. The movie, billed as a wild contemporary comedy-drama about two families -- one white, one Asian -- who come together unexpectedly, begins shooting this week on location in Leeds, England. Written and directed by Woolcock (The Principles of Lust), Mischief was developed by Company Pictures and FilmFour with the assistance of U.K. Film Council Development funding and will be produced by Abi Bach and Willow Grylls for Company Pictures ("The Life and Death of Peter Sellers").
- 7/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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