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James McAvoy is set to be joined by former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston and Marvel alum Benedict Wong in Sky drama "Meantime." Based on a novel by Frankie Boyle, the six-part crime thril…
"Saturday Night Live" alum Tina Fey is set to host the very first episode of the show's U.K. version, "Saturday Night Live U.K." The first ep's musical guest will be Wet Leg on March 21. Fey…
Writer Lindy West, whose 2016 memoir was turned in Hulu series "Shrill," has revealed she felt "weird and invisible" during the three years she spent making the show " in part due to her col…
"Saturday Night Live" U.K. has set its writing team, led by head writer Jonno Johnson ("Parlement"). "The number of funny, talented writers we have got to work on "SNL" U.K. is ludicrous," s…
"Saturday Night Live's" Tourette's sketch has been condemned by John Davidson's charity Tourette's Action. Emma McNally, CEO of Tourette's Action " a charity that has a longstanding relation…
"Sinners" production designer Hannah Beachler has said that Alan Cumming's "throw away apology" over the N-word being shouted during the BAFTA Film Awards made the situation "worse." "I keep…
BAFTA Film Awards host Alan Cumming mostly left politics " domestic and global " outside the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday night but couldn't resist a sly nod to world events, asking the Ame…
Sam Mendes and Chloe Zhao shared an emotional moment after a screening of "Hamnet" in London on Sunday evening after confronting the "emotional cost" of being a director. Mendes is one of th…
"Smash" star Katharine McPhee and "E.T.'s" Henry Thomas are set to lead upcoming kidnapping feature "Three People in the Woods." Directed by Joshua Caldwell ("Mending the Line"), the film fo…
"Tehran" producer Dana Eden has died during the Season 4 shoot of the hit Apple TV+ series in Greece. She was 52. No cause of death has been confirmed but Shula and Donna Productions, the pr…
The U.K.'s Channel 4 has unveiled three new dramas from some of the territory's most exciting creatives, including actor Anthony Boyle, "Slow Horses" showrunner Will Smith and production com…
Prime Video offered a sneak peek at their expansive international slate on Thursday, with highlights including the reboot of hit Japanese manga series "Fist Of The North Star," the first U.S…
HBO's upcoming "Harry Potter" TV series may still be over a year away from launching but Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming boss JB Perrette is ready to start amping up audiences by calling …
Although Jacob Elordi is reportedly planning on taking his mother Melissa to the Oscars next month, where he is up for best supporting actor, the "Frankenstein" star has revealed his award-n…
Some of the most hotly-tipped Oscar contenders will be among the star-studded lineup at the Berlin Film Festival this month, as they make a pit-stop at Berlinale on their way to L.A. Among t…
It appears Thomas Benski's new venture Lumina Media has acquired a notable stake in Benedict Cumberbatch's production outfit SunnyMarch, according to documents filed in the U.K. Cumberbatch …
Israel is set to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest after the European Broadcasting Union general assembly called off a vote over its participation. Next year's contest, which will be …
U.K. performers union Equity is set to ballot members over potential strike action related to AI protections. Negotiating partner Pact, the U.K. producers union, has been notified. "Nobody w…
RedBird IMI boss Jeff Zucker appears to be embracing the AI revolution. "We actually think AI is an opportunity," he told the audience at TV confab Content London on Wednesday. "We don't thi…
David Cunio, the Israeli actor kidnapped along with his wife and 3-year-old daughters during the Hamas terror attacks in 2023, is among 20 Israeli hostages released on Monday amid the Gaza c…
Idris Elba, who was just at the Venice Film Festival to present Kathryn Bigelow's "A House of Dynamite," is set to star in and direct a feature film adaptation of Neil LaBute's "This is How …
Curtis Brown have signed the J.R.R. Tolkien literary estate under their Curtis Brown Heritage banner. Curtis Brown Heritage, which launched in 2016 with the objective of managing some of the…
U.K. actors union Equity has been blasted by its "oldest ally" Spotlight, after losing a protracted legal battle against the talent directory. "Equity's decision to launch legal proceedings …
The 69th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its 2025 program, featuring a star-studded lineup of films including Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet," an adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel starring…
One of the U.K.'s most prestigious drama schools " whose alumni include Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman and Patrick Stewart among other well-known names " is shutting down its undergraduate …