Isabel May, best known for Taylor Sheridan’s “1883,” is in final discussions to star in “Wild World,” the upcoming revenge thriller from Emmy-nominated husband and wife duo Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (“Queenpins.” “Beneath the Harvest Sky”). The feature — based on a script by Gaudet and Pullapilly — follows a young woman who must use her […]

In a cinematic first, both Queen Elizabeth II from “The Crown” and the real Queen Elizabeth feature in “Paddington in Peru.” Olivia Colman’s all-singing, guitar-wielding and “The Sound of Music”-inspired nun — who runs a “home for retired bears” — is one of the noisier (and wildly entertaining) new additions to the franchise. But the […]

Armie Hammer’s exile from the film industry appears to be over. The actor — who hasn’t acted in more than three years following sexual assault allegations that arose in 2021 — has landed a key role in upcoming Western “Frontier Crucible.” From “Bone Tomahawk” and “Dragged Across Concrete” producer Dallas Sonnier, the film comes from Sonnier’s Bonfire […]

The first look of Éanna Hardwicke as Manchester United and Ireland soccer legend Roy Keane alongside Steve Coogan as his embattled Irish national manager Mick McCarthy, has been revealed from upcoming comedy biopic “Saipan.” The film — first announced earlier in the year by Variety — chronicles one of the most infamous moments in Irish sporting history, […]

Hollywood’s most notable bombs are — sadly — just as well-known as its biggest hits, a factor that a new book joyously celebrates.  From British film critic Tim Robey, “Box Office Poison” digs up the dirt on some of cinema’s wildest misfires, from grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, going behind the […]

Fremantle has signed a first look and development deal with Fudge Park, the British scripted comedy company founded by “The Inbetweeners” creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley. Under the arrangement, Fremantle will become the primary home for all of Fudge Park’s upcoming scripted projects, with the indie working closely with Fremantle’s global drama and international […]

Vivendi’s plan to split into three separate businesses has moved a step closer to realisation, with the supervisory board now having given the move its approval. Led by chairman Yannick Bolloré and CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine, the Vivendi board has approved a proposal that would see the separation of pay-TV giant Canal+, advertising powerhouse Havas and publishing […]

Josh Berger, the respected exec who was previously the head of Warner Bros. UK and served as BFI Chair, has been named on the inaugural advisory board for Project Brazen, the fast-rising “global journalism studio and production company” set up by former WSJ reporters and bestselling authors Bradley Hope and Tom Wright. Berger — who left […]

Oscar nominee Clive Owen (“Children of Men,” “Closer”) is set to play a police office in Germany on the brink of WWII in historical thriller “Kristallnacht.” The feature — being launched at the American Film Market by International Film Trust — comes from Oscar-winning filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky (“The Counterfeiters,” “Barbarians”), who will direct from a screenplay he […]

“Notes on a Scandal” and “Iris” director Richard Eyre has assembled a starry cast for his next feature, an evocative romance fictionalizing the inspiration behind Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca.” “The Housekeeper” — being launched at AFM by Embankment Films alongside CAA Media Finance, which is co-repping U.S. rights — will be led by Oscar nominee Uma Thurman […]

Three-time BAFTA nominee Rupert Everett (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (“Femme”), Jeremy Irvine (“War Horse”) and Layton Williams (“Bad Education”) are set to star in “The Light Fantastic,” a newly announced comedy set in the world of ballroom dancing. To be directed by BAFTA TV winner Chris Cottam (“The Problem With People”) from a screenplay […]

“Kneecap,” the wild Irish comedy biopic that took Sundance by storm earlier this year, is heading to Africa. The film, which is Ireland’s submission to the Oscars international film category and many have tipped for a nomination, has been acquired by international distributor What the Hero Wants (WTHW) in a multi-territory deal. After impressive box […]

While the upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series may be mostly shrouded in a cloak of invisibility while the show is being carefully developed, the head of TV at Warner Bros. offered a few morsels of information. Speaking at Mipcom in Cannes, Channing Dungey who serves as Warner Bros. TV Group’s chairman and CEO, said that […]

Ireland has long been home to many major Hollywood productions, but an upcoming comedy series goes a little meta, turning the focus on the chaos that ensues when an actual big-budget Hollywood TV show comes to a small Irish town.  “Small Town Big Story” — Sky Studios, Playground, FilmNation and Hot Cod Productions — was written and […]

The feature debut of renowned music video director Colin Tilley will be shopped at the upcoming American Film Market. “Eye for an Eye,” a sinister revenge horror set in the marshlands of Florida and starring Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl”, “Hocus Pocus 2”), is being launched at the market by HanWay Films, which is repping international […]

After claiming the Cristal at Annecy earlier in the year, Australian animation “Memoir of a Snail” has now won the top honor at the BFI London Film Festival. Adam Eliot’s acclaimed stop-motion feature won the best film award in the official competition, selected by a jury led by Alexandre O. Philippe. “Our jury was incredibly […]

A documentary exposing a network of far-right activists in the U.K. has been pulled from the BFI London Film Festival at the last minute over safety concerns.  Due to the content of “Undercover: Exposing the Far Right,” the film was yet to be formally announced by the festival, which was set to unveil it on […]

Brian Cox’s feature directorial debut “Glenrothan” — billed as his “love letter to Scotland” — has wrapped production, with a first look revealed showing the “Succession” star alongside Alan Cumming in a room full of whisky barrels. Alongside revealing a first look from the feature, Protagonist Pictures has come aboard for worldwide sales and is set to […]

Rising star Martin Bobb-Semple has signed with UTA. The 27-year-old British actor was recently seen on the CW’s sports drama series and “All American” spin-off “All American: Homecoming,” playing lead Orlando ‘Lando’ Johnson, a talented baseball player and one of the main characters across all three seasons. Bobb-Semple also starred in two seasons of Peacock’s […]