Exclusive: The production outfit behind Netflix’s Prince Andrew feature Scoop is working with Sarah Lancashire on an “ambitious, contemporary returning series” that Lancashire will star in.
Lighthouse Film & Television is teaming with Lancashire’s recently launched Via Pictures on the show, we can reveal, which Lighthouse co-founder Radford Neville teased is a “research heavy project inspired by real characters.”
Conversations with networks have already begun and Lancashire will star, contradicting reports that emerged earlier this week that she has retired from acting.
Lancashire launched Via Pictures with husband and former BBC and Banijay UK boss Peter Salmon last year upon the conclusion of Happy Valley, one of the corporation’s biggest dramas of the past decade.
“When we set up Lighthouse in 2019 we talked to Sarah about developing something specifically for her,” added Neville. “In the interim she has set up Via and towards the end of last year...
Lighthouse Film & Television is teaming with Lancashire’s recently launched Via Pictures on the show, we can reveal, which Lighthouse co-founder Radford Neville teased is a “research heavy project inspired by real characters.”
Conversations with networks have already begun and Lancashire will star, contradicting reports that emerged earlier this week that she has retired from acting.
Lancashire launched Via Pictures with husband and former BBC and Banijay UK boss Peter Salmon last year upon the conclusion of Happy Valley, one of the corporation’s biggest dramas of the past decade.
“When we set up Lighthouse in 2019 we talked to Sarah about developing something specifically for her,” added Neville. “In the interim she has set up Via and towards the end of last year...
- 3/27/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Further honourees include actor Oliver Ford Davies and Pinewood Group chair Paul Golding.
Director Ridley Scott, actors Emilia Clarke and Oliver Ford Davies, and Pinewood Group chair Paul Golding are among those recognised in the UK’s 2024 New Year’s Honours list.
Scott, who was first knighted in 2003, has been made a Knight Grand Gross for his services to the UK film industry. He recently directed Napoleon and is filming Gladiator 2 while his other credits include Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise and the Alien series.
For services to people with brain injuries, Game Of Thrones actor Clarke received an...
Director Ridley Scott, actors Emilia Clarke and Oliver Ford Davies, and Pinewood Group chair Paul Golding are among those recognised in the UK’s 2024 New Year’s Honours list.
Scott, who was first knighted in 2003, has been made a Knight Grand Gross for his services to the UK film industry. He recently directed Napoleon and is filming Gladiator 2 while his other credits include Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise and the Alien series.
For services to people with brain injuries, Game Of Thrones actor Clarke received an...
- 1/2/2024
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
We’ve all come across those frustrating people in life who refuse to consider others around them and live in their own little bubbles and when writer/director Jonathan Salmon was dreaming up the central character in his comedic anthology this was exactly the type of loveable idiot he needed. Life of Brad James succeeds in making you laugh out loud, cringe and reflect on similar situations encountered in life. By focussing on three innocuous daily situations chosen by Salmon for their simplicity and relatability, Life of Brad James keeps you guessing as to what absurd behaviour our protagonist will enact next, never quite landing where you think it will. Coupled with documentary-like footage and a natural tone it’s a short which provides a delightful ‘thank god it’s not me’ fly on the wall view of the titular character’s series of self-absorbed faux pas. We invited Salmon...
- 12/19/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Dreaming Whilst Black brought a new, diverse audience to the BBC in droves, according to the buzzy comedy’s EP Dhanny Joshi, who was speaking on a panel of diverse creatives at Mia Market.
According to Big Deal Films co-founder Joshi, the A24-distributed comedy has now notched up one of the highest shares of Black viewers for a BBC comedy of all time, around one quarter.
Joshi in part put this down to “creative choices” made throughout the making of the series, which took more than five years to get from web series to screen.
“We were offered deficit financing from huge distributors [early on] but said ‘Let’s not do that,” he told a panel in Rome. “Our overdraft facility may have been just £3,000 but we didn’t want to be tied to a distributor who may view creative choices as risky. So we were protecting ourselves and went on...
According to Big Deal Films co-founder Joshi, the A24-distributed comedy has now notched up one of the highest shares of Black viewers for a BBC comedy of all time, around one quarter.
Joshi in part put this down to “creative choices” made throughout the making of the series, which took more than five years to get from web series to screen.
“We were offered deficit financing from huge distributors [early on] but said ‘Let’s not do that,” he told a panel in Rome. “Our overdraft facility may have been just £3,000 but we didn’t want to be tied to a distributor who may view creative choices as risky. So we were protecting ourselves and went on...
- 10/10/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The camera is rolling on Kwabena, an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job, and now, United States audiences will get to follow along on the path toward his dreams when the hit British dramedy “Dreaming Whilst Black” comes across the pond. The six-episode series, co-written by and starring Adjani Salmon, will make its streaming debut on Paramount+ with Showtime on Friday, Sept. 8, followed by its linear debut on Showtime this Sunday, Sept. 10 at 10 p.m. Et. You can watch with a subscription to Paramount Plus.
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Adapted from the web series of the same name, “Dreaming Whilst Black” reunites writers Adjani Salmon and Ali Hughes for the six-episode,...
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About 'Dreaming Whilst Black'
Adapted from the web series of the same name, “Dreaming Whilst Black” reunites writers Adjani Salmon and Ali Hughes for the six-episode,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Dreaming Whilst Black is headed to Showtime. The cable network has acquired the new BBC comedy series created by Adjani Salmon. He also stars in the series alongside Dani Moseley, Demmy Ladipo, Rachel Adedeji, Babirye Bukilwa, Alexander Owen, and Will Hislop.
Based on the web series of the same name, the series follows Kwabena (Salmon) as he dreams of becoming a filmmaker while working for a company in a dead-end job.
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Based on the web series of the same name, the series follows Kwabena (Salmon) as he dreams of becoming a filmmaker while working for a company in a dead-end job.
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- 8/3/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: Showtime has picked up the BBC’s BAFTA-winning buzzy breakout comedy Dreaming Whilst Black from Big Deal Films and A24.
The move is the latest step in the show’s ascent, having started life as a web series before moving to BBC pilot, then series and subsequently being picked up by A24 for distribution in the space of several years.
Adjani Salmon’s comedy launched last week on BBC Three and has garnered highly favorable reviews. It follows Kwabena, played by Salmon, an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job who takes the first step to achieving his dream of creating a TV show. However, he is quickly confronted with the tribulations of balancing finances, love and his own sense of reality, while the show deals with themes including racism, microaggressions and elitism.
The series will launch on Paramount+ with Showtime on September 8 and premiere two days later on linear,...
The move is the latest step in the show’s ascent, having started life as a web series before moving to BBC pilot, then series and subsequently being picked up by A24 for distribution in the space of several years.
Adjani Salmon’s comedy launched last week on BBC Three and has garnered highly favorable reviews. It follows Kwabena, played by Salmon, an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job who takes the first step to achieving his dream of creating a TV show. However, he is quickly confronted with the tribulations of balancing finances, love and his own sense of reality, while the show deals with themes including racism, microaggressions and elitism.
The series will launch on Paramount+ with Showtime on September 8 and premiere two days later on linear,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Can big love survive in the Big Apple? The Allblk dramedy series “Makeup x Breakup” is back this week on Thursday, July 6. Now, the series goes back in time, years before the drama of Season 1. Led by Nicollete Ellis and Omar Salmon, “Makeup x Breakup” returns to the AMC streaming service with at least eight new episodes exploring Black love, heartbreak, and everything that comes in between. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Allblk.
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In Season 2 of “Makeup X Breakup,” audiences will be transported back in time to 2014 when life was less complicated for Brooke (played by Nicolette Ellis) and Blake (Omar Salmon). The second season explores the...
How to Watch 'Makeup X Breakup' Season Premiere When: Thursday, July 6, 2023 Where: Allblk Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Allblk. 7-Day Free Trial$5.99 / month allblk via amazon.com About 'Makeup X Breakup' Season Premiere
In Season 2 of “Makeup X Breakup,” audiences will be transported back in time to 2014 when life was less complicated for Brooke (played by Nicolette Ellis) and Blake (Omar Salmon). The second season explores the...
- 7/6/2023
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Salmon is a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 and the creator of BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’.
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Adjani Salmon received the inaugural Menelik Shabazz legacy award at the UK’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival, which drew to a close on Friday (June 30) at London’s Genesis cinema.
The award was created in honour of late UK filmmaker Menelik Shabazz, who died in 2021, and is considered one of the godfathers of Black British cinema.
Salmon is an actor-writer-director, whose BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series Dreaming Whilst Black will air in...
Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Adjani Salmon received the inaugural Menelik Shabazz legacy award at the UK’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival, which drew to a close on Friday (June 30) at London’s Genesis cinema.
The award was created in honour of late UK filmmaker Menelik Shabazz, who died in 2021, and is considered one of the godfathers of Black British cinema.
Salmon is an actor-writer-director, whose BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series Dreaming Whilst Black will air in...
- 7/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Jessica Hynes (“Shaun of the Dead”) and Akemnji Ndifornyen (“Famalam”) are among the cast set to join Adjani Salmon’s BBC, A24 and Big Deal Films series “Dreaming Whilst Black.”
The show, which Salmon (“Doctor Who”) created and stars in, is based on a web-series of the same name. It was adapted into a critically acclaimed pilot in 2021 and greenlit for a six-part series last fall.
The series will see Salmon reprise his role as Kwabena alongside Dani Moseley (“Everything I Know About Love”) as Amy.
They will be joined by newcomers to the show Hynes and Ndifornyen as well as Isy Suttie (“Peep Show”), Peter Serafinowicz (“The Tick”), Roger Griffiths (“Chef!”), Martina Laird (“The Little Mermaid”), Jo Martin (“Doctor Who”), Steve Furst (“The Serpent Queen”) and “Love Island’s” Ovie Soko.
Meanwhile, returning from the pilot are Demmy Ladipo (“We Are Lady Parts”) as Maurice, Rachel Adedeji (“Champion”) as Funmi,...
The show, which Salmon (“Doctor Who”) created and stars in, is based on a web-series of the same name. It was adapted into a critically acclaimed pilot in 2021 and greenlit for a six-part series last fall.
The series will see Salmon reprise his role as Kwabena alongside Dani Moseley (“Everything I Know About Love”) as Amy.
They will be joined by newcomers to the show Hynes and Ndifornyen as well as Isy Suttie (“Peep Show”), Peter Serafinowicz (“The Tick”), Roger Griffiths (“Chef!”), Martina Laird (“The Little Mermaid”), Jo Martin (“Doctor Who”), Steve Furst (“The Serpent Queen”) and “Love Island’s” Ovie Soko.
Meanwhile, returning from the pilot are Demmy Ladipo (“We Are Lady Parts”) as Maurice, Rachel Adedeji (“Champion”) as Funmi,...
- 6/27/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Fresh from her ratings triumph in the third and final season of Happy Valley, Sarah Lancashire is teaming with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to bring the story of William Shakespeare’s First Folio to screen.
The pair are in the initial stages of creating a series about Shakespeare’s life, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of his first work.
The series will be made by Kudos, which previously created Knight’s series about the origins of British elite forces, Sas Rogue Heroes, in association with Via Pictures. The tireless Knight also penned the BBC’s recent dramatization of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations.
No broadcaster is attached yet to the story of the Bard, but Lancashire, who recently created Via Pictures with her husband, former Banijay UK and BBC boss Peter Salmon, said: “Via Pictures are very pleased to be collaborating with Kudos and the brilliant...
The pair are in the initial stages of creating a series about Shakespeare’s life, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of his first work.
The series will be made by Kudos, which previously created Knight’s series about the origins of British elite forces, Sas Rogue Heroes, in association with Via Pictures. The tireless Knight also penned the BBC’s recent dramatization of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations.
No broadcaster is attached yet to the story of the Bard, but Lancashire, who recently created Via Pictures with her husband, former Banijay UK and BBC boss Peter Salmon, said: “Via Pictures are very pleased to be collaborating with Kudos and the brilliant...
- 4/22/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight is developing a drama series based on the life of William Shakespeare, based on a concept by double BAFTA-winning “Happy Valley” star Sarah Lancashire.
The series is being developed with Banijay U.K.’s Kudos and Lancashire’s production company, Via Pictures, which she formed with Peter Salmon. It will be written by Knight and will be produced out of his Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham by Kudos, in association with Via.
The drama will tell the complete story of the glove-maker’s son who became the greatest storyteller in history and how his genius survived and thrived in an age of turmoil and terror, danger and disease. It aims to be the first full account of the passion, people and politics that made William Shakespeare the world’s most famous dramatist and the men and women around him who loved and labored, schemed and plotted,...
The series is being developed with Banijay U.K.’s Kudos and Lancashire’s production company, Via Pictures, which she formed with Peter Salmon. It will be written by Knight and will be produced out of his Digbeth Loc. Studios in Birmingham by Kudos, in association with Via.
The drama will tell the complete story of the glove-maker’s son who became the greatest storyteller in history and how his genius survived and thrived in an age of turmoil and terror, danger and disease. It aims to be the first full account of the passion, people and politics that made William Shakespeare the world’s most famous dramatist and the men and women around him who loved and labored, schemed and plotted,...
- 4/22/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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