“Sweetpea,” the darkly comic thriller series led by “Fallout” star Ella Purnell, has been renewed for a second season by Sky and Starz. The series — in which Purnell plays Rhiannon Lewis, an ignored and under-appreciated young woman who eventually snaps and takes it upon herself to murder those who have wronged her — is produced by […]

Grain Media, the two-time Oscar-winning British documentary company behind acclaimed titles such “The White Helmets,“ “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” and “Virunga,” has restructured its operations in order to weather the ongoing challenges facing the doc world and, it claims, continue to make the sort of socially conscious films it’s […]

The BBC is pulling its “MasterChef” Christmas specials following the allegations made against presenter Gregg Wallace, the latest escalation in an episode that has dominated U.K. headlines. Wallace stepped aside from presenting the U.K. edition of the cookery show last week following a BBC News investigation in which numerous allegations of historic inappropriate sexual comments […]

Benski Launches Lumina Thomas Benski, the former Pulse Films boss who recently unveiled Carousel Studios with Omar Sy and Louis Letterier, has launched talent and IP banner Lumina. Based in London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles, the new venture claims to have been “built to support and grow companies in the modern media and […]

Arthouse distributor, streamer and production company Mubi is venturing into the world of publishing. Mubi Editions, set to launch in April, is a new global publishing arm dedicated to cinema and the arts set to publish across a range of formats and genres. Up first is “Read Frame Type Film” — prepared in collaboration with […]

David Jonsson, the fast-rising British star of “Alien: Romulus,” “Rye Lane” and “Industry,” has joined Phoebe Arnstein’s short film “If You’re Happy” as executive producer. Starring “The Crown” alumnus Erin Doherty (soon to be seen in Disney+ series “A Thousand Blows”), “If You’re Happy” follows Lotte (Doherty) as she navigates the daunting challenges and demands […]

Milly Shapiro (“Hereditary”) and Shannyn Sossamon (“A Knight’s Tale”) will star together in “The Hallowarrior,” Ben Sottak’s upcoming post-apocalyptic horror-thriller with a Halloween twist. Production has just wrapped on the feature in Syracuse, N.Y., with the filmmakers releasing a first look still of a bloodied, Halloween jumper-wearing Shapiro (above). “The Hallowarrior” follows Pumpkin (Shapiro), the […]

“Kneecap,” the comedy music biopic about the real-life Belfast hip-hop trio of the same name, has won four of the 10 craft categories at this year’s British Independent Film Awards. The feature — from director Rich Peppiatt and Ireland’s submission for the Oscars international film race — won best casting for Carla Stronge, editing for Julian Ulrichs […]

Logan Paul sent a lookalike to answer questions from the BBC about his cryptocurrency dealings and accusations that he profited from misleading fans. In the documentary “Logan Paul: Bad Influence?,” which the BBC is airing on Wednesday, filmmaker Matt Shea investigates allegations that the social media personality — whose YouTube channel alone has more than 23 […]

The 2024 lineup of the Brit List, the U.K.’s Black List-esque platform for unproduced scripts across film and TV, has been revealed, with a 1980s-set crime series from NBCUniversal topping the pile. Now into its 16th edition, the list is compiled from recommendations by British production companies, talent agencies, sales companies, financiers, distributors and broadcasters. […]

Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant and Juliette Lewis have signed up to star in upcoming thriller “The Trip,” directed by “SNL” alumnus and The Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone (“Pop Star: Never Stop Stopping,” “MacGruber”)/ Paul Guilfoyle (“LA Confidential”) and former UFC star Keith Jardine (“Inherent Vice”) will also appear in the film, which XYZ […]

TV heartthrob, indie film hero, savior of Rome and now … producer. Paul Mescal may be Hollywood’s newest blockbuster leading man thanks to Ridley Scott’s epic sequel “Gladiator II,” but the young Irish actor is already taking his first steps behind the camera. On “The History of Sound,” the LGBTQ romance drama announced back in […]

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has added new guidance to its rulebook that will give it the power to retrospectively strip future award winners should they be convicted of a crime. Citing disgraced former BBC News host Huw Edwards — who earlier this year pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images […]