Embracer has reported disappointing results for the second quarter of 2024, reporting a large drop in net sales of 21% across the gaming group to SEK 8.6 billion ($782 million), with net sales of its entertainment and services also dropping by 10%. Adjusted operating profit fell by 33% to $109 million between July and September […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from the Season 1 finale and Season 2 premiere of “Bad Sisters,” now streaming on Apple TV+. “Bad Sisters” was never supposed to return for a second season. The Sharon Horgan-penned thriller, an adaptation of a Belgian limited series about a group of sisters who attempt to murder […]

“The Outlaws” producer Nickie Sault has launched a new film and TV production company titled Class 5. Class 5, which will be based in Sheffield, in the north of the U.K., has already lined up its first major project with author Ben Myers in association with Warner Music Entertainment. The feature, an adaptation of his […]

It looks like the industry pivot back towards ads is paying off for streaming platformers, at least in the U.K. According to a report from U.K. ratings body Barb, Netflix and Disney+ both increased the number of homes with access to their ad tiers in the third financial quarter of 2024. Netflix saw 13.1% of […]

“The Penguin” star Colin Farrell has boarded Irish short film “Room Taken” as an executive producer. TJ O’Grady-Peyton directs the film about loneliness, grief and the immigrant experience from a screenplay by first timer Michael Whelan while Colmán Mac Cionnaith (“Supergirl”) produces. Bríd Brennan (“Hope Street”) stars alongside newcomer Gabriel Adewusi. “‘Room Taken’ follows Isaac, […]

“Kaos” star Nabhaan Rizwan has set his next project following the cancellation of the Greek mythology-inspired Netflix series. He has joined the cast of upcoming BBC rom-com drama “Film Club” alongside “Doctor Foster” lead Suranne Jones. The show follows members of a film club as they find solace in their shared passion of cinema every […]

Eddie Redmayne is no stranger to prosthetics but the variety of disguises he dons as a stone-cold assassin in “The Day of the Jackal” proved to be his most challenging physical transformation yet. Episode 1 of the series, which landed in the U.K. on Sky on Nov. 7 and is set to hit Peacock in […]

“Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking” has been acquired by Prime Video for the U.K. The show, which features pairs of bakers whipping up magical Potter-inspired creations in a competition format, is set to air in the U.S. on Food Network and Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming platform Max from Nov. 14. New episodes will drop weekly. […]

The effects of 2023’s dual actors and writers strikes are continuing to ripple through the industry globally. U.K. public service broadcaster ITV, which broadcast shows this year including Sophie Turner-starrer “Joan” and “Mr Bates v the Post Office,” is the latest to fall victim, reporting an 8% drop in group revenue from £2.9 billion ($3.5 […]

“Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light” producer Colin Callender has blamed the influx of U.S. streamers for driving up the cost of drama production in the U.K., saying it has “caused us a real problem.” “In the 10 years since we made the first show [“Wolf Hall”], the cost of producing drama in the […]

U.K. news anchor Emily Maitlis was reprimanded by her co-host live on air after cursing during her coverage of the U.S. election. Maitlis, who is best known for her interview with Prince Andrew, was hosting Channel 4’s election coverage through the night, U.K. time, alongside Krishnan Guru-Murthy. In the middle of the broadcast, she was […]

BBC chair Samir Shah has vowed to tackle “unacceptable behavior” at the broadcaster following the Huw Edwards scandal. Edwards, who was until last year the BBC’s most high-profile and highly-paid news anchor, went on medical leave after being outed in a scandal involving allegedly paying a teenager for photographs. This year he was convicted of […]

The BBC and Netflix have garnered the most nods at the upcoming Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft & Design Awards with 31 and 16 nominations respectively. BBC series “Lost Boys & Fairies” led the way with four nominations while Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” garnered three. Other Netflix shows to be nominated including the recently-canceled mythological series […]

London’s High Court could have been mistaken for the Comedy Store on Monday after a stellar line-up of entertainers took to the witness stand to testify in a case over a “copied” sitcom. Comedian Harry Deansway, who filed the lawsuit under his legal name Joshua Rinkoff, has accused Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow of […]

Cathy Tyson (“Criminal Record”) and Stephen Fry (“The Dropout”) have boarded upcoming folk-horror feature “Black Samphire.” They will star alongside Cathy Wippell and Ishtar Currie-Wilson, who play couple Mari and Isla. The film, a horror film told through the lens of a queer toxic relationship with themes of water pollution, is directed by Cat White […]

Merman co-founder and co-executive producer of AppleTV+ hit “Bad Sisters” Clelia Mountford is departing to set up her own label, Sunburnt Penguin, at All3Media. The new label will focus on drama and comedy. Jane Turton, All3Media CEO, said: “Clelia is an exceptionally talented producer with fantastic creative credentials. I am delighted that she is joining […]

Star-studded animated holiday feature “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” has set a streaming release date in the U.S. and U.K. The musical movie, which features the voices of Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”), Gerard Butler (“Greenland”) and Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”), is based on Carys Bexington’s bestselling book, which mashes up Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in […]

“Black Mirror’s” Samuel Blenkin and “House of the Dragon” star Emily Carey have been cast as the leads in upcoming indie feature “Misper.” A darkly comic film, “Misper” follows Leonard Lowry (Blenkin) and his colleagues as they deal with the disappearance of their friend Elle Pritchard (Carey). “The employees of a dying seaside hotel have […]

PHILANTHROPY Cate Blanchett and Wyclef Jean are set to join Benedict Cumberbatch’s charity event “A Night In The Theatre.” The evening, a fundraising edition of Cumberbatch’s annual event “Letters Live,” will take place at London’s KOKO on Nov. 7. Cumberbatch was recently announced as an ambassador for the KOKO Foundation where he will focus on […]