Exclusive: The race to replace Ralph Lee at the helm of BBC Studios Productions is underway, with the studio signaling its ambition by approaching some of the UK’s top unscripted executives.
Lee will step down as the CEO of BBC Studios Productions next month after a six-year stint to “pursue a new challenge” but Deadline is told that headhunter Russell Reynolds Associates is already scoping out successors.
The successful candidate will run a production unit that contributed heavily to BBC Studios’ £1.6B ($2B) content revenue last year, overseeing hits including Good Omens, Strictly Come Dancing, and David Attenborough’s natural history tentpoles.
Deadline understands that Russell Reynolds has held tentative early conversations with potential candidates including Stv Studios managing director David Mortimer, ITV Studios unscripted director Angela Jain and Karl Warner, Channel 4’s outgoing head of youth and digital.
Fatima Salaria, who previously ran The Apprentice producer Naked,...
Lee will step down as the CEO of BBC Studios Productions next month after a six-year stint to “pursue a new challenge” but Deadline is told that headhunter Russell Reynolds Associates is already scoping out successors.
The successful candidate will run a production unit that contributed heavily to BBC Studios’ £1.6B ($2B) content revenue last year, overseeing hits including Good Omens, Strictly Come Dancing, and David Attenborough’s natural history tentpoles.
Deadline understands that Russell Reynolds has held tentative early conversations with potential candidates including Stv Studios managing director David Mortimer, ITV Studios unscripted director Angela Jain and Karl Warner, Channel 4’s outgoing head of youth and digital.
Fatima Salaria, who previously ran The Apprentice producer Naked,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’ Producer’s Development Boss Joins Sky
The Head of Development at Am I Being Unreasonable? producer Boffola Pictures is joining Sky Studios next month. Emily Allen will become Commissioning Executive for Comedy within Alex Moody’s Sky Studios comedy commissioning team and will have responsibility for ordering Sky original comedies from indies. She will join from Boffola Pictures, the indie run by former BBC comedy heads Shane Allen and Kate Daughton that produces BAFTA-winning Daisy May Cooper show Am I Being Unreasonable?. Prior to Boffola, she worked in the BBC comedy team. Sky original comedies launching in 2024 include Mr Bigstuff, which stars Danny Dyer, and comedy-drama Small Town, Big Story, written and directed by Chris O’Dowd, and starring Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine. Brassic will also return for a sixth season. The news comes a few days after Sky Studios slimmed down its structure by unifying...
The Head of Development at Am I Being Unreasonable? producer Boffola Pictures is joining Sky Studios next month. Emily Allen will become Commissioning Executive for Comedy within Alex Moody’s Sky Studios comedy commissioning team and will have responsibility for ordering Sky original comedies from indies. She will join from Boffola Pictures, the indie run by former BBC comedy heads Shane Allen and Kate Daughton that produces BAFTA-winning Daisy May Cooper show Am I Being Unreasonable?. Prior to Boffola, she worked in the BBC comedy team. Sky original comedies launching in 2024 include Mr Bigstuff, which stars Danny Dyer, and comedy-drama Small Town, Big Story, written and directed by Chris O’Dowd, and starring Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine. Brassic will also return for a sixth season. The news comes a few days after Sky Studios slimmed down its structure by unifying...
- 2/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Molly Seymour, who runs Emily In Paris outfit Jax’s UK division, is to join BBC Studios Comedy Productions as Creative Director.
Seymour has been with Jax for four years, building up the London-based outfit’s development slate and developing and producing Everyone Else Burns, the Simon Bird-starring Channel 4 comedy that sold to The CW in the States. It was subsequently pulled from linear schedules but remains on the streaming platform. She also produced short form series Peck’Eds with writer/performer Soph Galustian for BBC Three.
She will join the BBC Studios division early next year that makes the likes of Inside No. 9, Good Omens, Trying and Black Ops and will report to head Josh Cole in the newly-created role.
“We’re delighted to be bringing someone of Molly’s skill, creativity, and dynamism to the team,” said Cole. “Molly has a fine comic mind, impeccable...
Seymour has been with Jax for four years, building up the London-based outfit’s development slate and developing and producing Everyone Else Burns, the Simon Bird-starring Channel 4 comedy that sold to The CW in the States. It was subsequently pulled from linear schedules but remains on the streaming platform. She also produced short form series Peck’Eds with writer/performer Soph Galustian for BBC Three.
She will join the BBC Studios division early next year that makes the likes of Inside No. 9, Good Omens, Trying and Black Ops and will report to head Josh Cole in the newly-created role.
“We’re delighted to be bringing someone of Molly’s skill, creativity, and dynamism to the team,” said Cole. “Molly has a fine comic mind, impeccable...
- 12/8/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ Europe commissioner Tom Williams is leaving the streamer after a year to join the expanding BBC Studios Drama Productions team.
Williams was part of Jay Hunt’s European commissioning team, having joined from indie Wall to Wall towards the end of last year. His departure runs contrary to the trend of recent years in the UK, which has broadly seen execs exiting indies and networks to join streamers.
Williams will become Head of Development, Drama at BBC Studio Drama Productions. His prior credits include Ten Percent and The Man in the High Castle for Prime Video and The English Game for Netflix.
He takes the newly created role less than a week after it emerged Kate Oates had become Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios, effectively replacing Priscilla Parish and making her the leader of the largest UK drama hub outside of London. Also joining is Roxanne Harvey,...
Williams was part of Jay Hunt’s European commissioning team, having joined from indie Wall to Wall towards the end of last year. His departure runs contrary to the trend of recent years in the UK, which has broadly seen execs exiting indies and networks to join streamers.
Williams will become Head of Development, Drama at BBC Studio Drama Productions. His prior credits include Ten Percent and The Man in the High Castle for Prime Video and The English Game for Netflix.
He takes the newly created role less than a week after it emerged Kate Oates had become Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios, effectively replacing Priscilla Parish and making her the leader of the largest UK drama hub outside of London. Also joining is Roxanne Harvey,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Oates has been named Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios.
Earlier this morning in the UK, we revealed Parish had quietly stepped down from her role as Head of Drama at the BBC’s commercial arm. In effect, she’s replaced by Oates, who has been promoted from her current role as Head of Continuing Drama.
A BBC spokesperson said Oates was adopting a “slightly different slate of programs” to Parish’s shows, which included Bella Ramsay drama Time. She will retain oversight of flagship soap EastEnders, plus returning series Casualty, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, River City and Pobol Y Cwm and new comedy-drama Anfamol.
Oates role will lead see her take on the UK’s biggest drama production hub outside London with bases in England, Scotland and Wales. Her team will oversee Silent Witness when it moves to the West Midlands, along with a slate of drama...
Earlier this morning in the UK, we revealed Parish had quietly stepped down from her role as Head of Drama at the BBC’s commercial arm. In effect, she’s replaced by Oates, who has been promoted from her current role as Head of Continuing Drama.
A BBC spokesperson said Oates was adopting a “slightly different slate of programs” to Parish’s shows, which included Bella Ramsay drama Time. She will retain oversight of flagship soap EastEnders, plus returning series Casualty, Father Brown, Sister Boniface, River City and Pobol Y Cwm and new comedy-drama Anfamol.
Oates role will lead see her take on the UK’s biggest drama production hub outside London with bases in England, Scotland and Wales. Her team will oversee Silent Witness when it moves to the West Midlands, along with a slate of drama...
- 11/9/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Priscilla Parish has quietly stepped down as the head of drama at BBC Studios after four years.
Parish joined the BBC’s commercial production unit in October 2019 from Line of Duty and Bodyguard producer World Productions.
Her departure was not announced by BBC Studios, but the company confirmed the news to Deadline. Her replacement is expected to be announced soon.
Mark Linsey, president of scripted at BBC Studios Productions, said: “We want to thank Priscilla for all her work and wish her all the best for the future.”
Parish has overseen shows including BAFTA-winner Time, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. A second season recently launched with Bella Ramsey and Jodie Whittaker.
Also on BBC Studios’ slate is the upcoming Kidnapped, which will dramatize the abduction of model Chloe Ayling. Parish was also an executive producer on Netflix feature Luther: The Fallen Sun.
BBC Studios has suffered some blows in recent years,...
Parish joined the BBC’s commercial production unit in October 2019 from Line of Duty and Bodyguard producer World Productions.
Her departure was not announced by BBC Studios, but the company confirmed the news to Deadline. Her replacement is expected to be announced soon.
Mark Linsey, president of scripted at BBC Studios Productions, said: “We want to thank Priscilla for all her work and wish her all the best for the future.”
Parish has overseen shows including BAFTA-winner Time, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. A second season recently launched with Bella Ramsey and Jodie Whittaker.
Also on BBC Studios’ slate is the upcoming Kidnapped, which will dramatize the abduction of model Chloe Ayling. Parish was also an executive producer on Netflix feature Luther: The Fallen Sun.
BBC Studios has suffered some blows in recent years,...
- 11/9/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary
Jim Wiseman’s Sky original documentary “Williams and Mansell: Red 5” is set for a debut on Sky Documentaries and Now on July 8. Featuring some of the biggest names in F1, it follows Nigel Mansell and the Williams Racing team’s rise to fame told through the eyes of his team, family and drivers including Jenson Button, Damon Hill and Karun Chandhok.
Mansell grew up in England in the 1960s, dreaming of becoming a professional race car driver, despite not having the financial means for it, while Frank Williams was realizing his own dream at the company he founded, Williams Grand Prix Engineering. The two joined forces, and after years of trying to win together, Mansell left to join Ferrari and then ultimately retired from racing after years of ups and downs, without ever winning the Formula One Drivers’ Championship. But seemingly overnight, he came out of retirement and re-joined Williams Racing.
Jim Wiseman’s Sky original documentary “Williams and Mansell: Red 5” is set for a debut on Sky Documentaries and Now on July 8. Featuring some of the biggest names in F1, it follows Nigel Mansell and the Williams Racing team’s rise to fame told through the eyes of his team, family and drivers including Jenson Button, Damon Hill and Karun Chandhok.
Mansell grew up in England in the 1960s, dreaming of becoming a professional race car driver, despite not having the financial means for it, while Frank Williams was realizing his own dream at the company he founded, Williams Grand Prix Engineering. The two joined forces, and after years of trying to win together, Mansell left to join Ferrari and then ultimately retired from racing after years of ups and downs, without ever winning the Formula One Drivers’ Championship. But seemingly overnight, he came out of retirement and re-joined Williams Racing.
- 7/5/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself star Nadia Parkes is leading the BBC’s upcoming drama about the terrifying kidnapping of British model Chloe Ayling.
Parkes will portray Ayling in six-parter Kidnapped [working title], which was revealed by Deadline in April, and she is joined by Adrian Edmondson (Rain Dogs, A Spy Among Friends), Nigel Lindsay (The Capture, The Salisbury Poisonings), Olive Gray (Halo, Rose), Eleanor Romandini (The White Lotus, Il Nostro Generale), Julian Swiezewski (The Passing Bells, Krucjata) and Christine Tremarco (The Responder, Casualty). Further casting will be announced in due course.
Based on Ayling’s book, the series follows her abduction in Italy and subsequent bravery and resilience in captivity, followed by a court case that put her kidnappers in jail. Yet despite their convictions, Chloe faced headlines accusing her of faking her own kidnapping, and found herself at the center of a media storm.
Parkes played Annalise O...
Parkes will portray Ayling in six-parter Kidnapped [working title], which was revealed by Deadline in April, and she is joined by Adrian Edmondson (Rain Dogs, A Spy Among Friends), Nigel Lindsay (The Capture, The Salisbury Poisonings), Olive Gray (Halo, Rose), Eleanor Romandini (The White Lotus, Il Nostro Generale), Julian Swiezewski (The Passing Bells, Krucjata) and Christine Tremarco (The Responder, Casualty). Further casting will be announced in due course.
Based on Ayling’s book, the series follows her abduction in Italy and subsequent bravery and resilience in captivity, followed by a court case that put her kidnappers in jail. Yet despite their convictions, Chloe faced headlines accusing her of faking her own kidnapping, and found herself at the center of a media storm.
Parkes played Annalise O...
- 7/5/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Bella Ramsey don prison-issue tracksuits in the first image from their upcoming series “Time.”
“Doctor Who” star Whittaker, Lawrance (“The Silent Twins”) and Ramsey (“The Last of Us”) star as three inmates in a women’s prison in the U.K. in a follow-up to the Sean Bean series of the same name.
Jimmy McGovern returns to pen the second anthology-style season of the show with some actors from the series’ first outing – including Siobhan Finneran as prison chaplain Marie-Louise – reprising their roles. Helen Black co-writes while Andrea Harkin directs.
Also joining the cast are Sophie Willan (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Julie Graham (“Shetland”), Alicia Forde (“Waterloo Road”), Lisa Millett (“The A Word”), Kayla Meikle (“The Capture”), James Corrigan (“This Is Going to Hurt”), Nicholas Nunn (“Clique”) and Maimuna Memon (“Sherwood”).
Set in the fictional, high-security prison Carlingford, Kelsey (Ramsey), Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance) arrive...
“Doctor Who” star Whittaker, Lawrance (“The Silent Twins”) and Ramsey (“The Last of Us”) star as three inmates in a women’s prison in the U.K. in a follow-up to the Sean Bean series of the same name.
Jimmy McGovern returns to pen the second anthology-style season of the show with some actors from the series’ first outing – including Siobhan Finneran as prison chaplain Marie-Louise – reprising their roles. Helen Black co-writes while Andrea Harkin directs.
Also joining the cast are Sophie Willan (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Julie Graham (“Shetland”), Alicia Forde (“Waterloo Road”), Lisa Millett (“The A Word”), Kayla Meikle (“The Capture”), James Corrigan (“This Is Going to Hurt”), Nicholas Nunn (“Clique”) and Maimuna Memon (“Sherwood”).
Set in the fictional, high-security prison Carlingford, Kelsey (Ramsey), Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance) arrive...
- 6/13/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Bella Ramsey-starring BBC prison drama Time has added BritBox North America as co-producer and revealed more cast plus first-look image (above).
BritBox also co-produced Season 1 of the heartwrenching show, which starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham and won two BAFTAs in 2022.
Joining The Last of Us star Ramsey, Tamara Lawrance and former Time Lord Jodie Whittaker are BAFTA-award winner Sophie Willan, Julie Graham (Shetland), Alicia Forde (Waterloo Road), Lisa Millett (The A Word), Faye McKeever (The Responder), Kayla Meikle (The Capture), James Corrigan (This Is Going to Hurt), Nicholas Nunn (Clique) and Maimuna Memon (Sherwood).
The three-parter, which is penned by Jimmy McGovern and Helen Black, will move to life inside a women’s prison called Carlingford, where Kelsey (Ramsey), Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance) are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world. With the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community,...
BritBox also co-produced Season 1 of the heartwrenching show, which starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham and won two BAFTAs in 2022.
Joining The Last of Us star Ramsey, Tamara Lawrance and former Time Lord Jodie Whittaker are BAFTA-award winner Sophie Willan, Julie Graham (Shetland), Alicia Forde (Waterloo Road), Lisa Millett (The A Word), Faye McKeever (The Responder), Kayla Meikle (The Capture), James Corrigan (This Is Going to Hurt), Nicholas Nunn (Clique) and Maimuna Memon (Sherwood).
The three-parter, which is penned by Jimmy McGovern and Helen Black, will move to life inside a women’s prison called Carlingford, where Kelsey (Ramsey), Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance) are thrown together to face an unfamiliar world. With the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy McGovern’s British prison drama “Time” is returning for a second season featuring a new cast.
“The Last of Us” star Bella Ramsey, “Doctor Who’s” Jodie Whittaker and “The Silent Twins” star Tamara Lawrance are all joining the show.
The original show featured Sean Bean and Stephen Graham as a prisoner and prison officer respectively. It averaged 11.6 million viewers across a three-part run and won a 2022 BAFTA Television award for best mini-series.
The new season, which is comprised of three parts, will be set in a women’s prison. Siobhan Finneran (“Happy Valley”), who also featured in Season 1, reprises her role as prison chaplain Marie-Louise.
Ramsey plays Kelsey, who arrives at Carlingford Prison on the same day as Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance). The trio must quickly adapt to the environs of their new world, which they will soon discover holds ever-present danger as well as an unexpected sense of community.
“The Last of Us” star Bella Ramsey, “Doctor Who’s” Jodie Whittaker and “The Silent Twins” star Tamara Lawrance are all joining the show.
The original show featured Sean Bean and Stephen Graham as a prisoner and prison officer respectively. It averaged 11.6 million viewers across a three-part run and won a 2022 BAFTA Television award for best mini-series.
The new season, which is comprised of three parts, will be set in a women’s prison. Siobhan Finneran (“Happy Valley”), who also featured in Season 1, reprises her role as prison chaplain Marie-Louise.
Ramsey plays Kelsey, who arrives at Carlingford Prison on the same day as Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance). The trio must quickly adapt to the environs of their new world, which they will soon discover holds ever-present danger as well as an unexpected sense of community.
- 4/11/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey has been cast in the second season of BBC prison drama Time alongside Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Siobhan Finneran.
Jimmy McGovern’s show, which featured Stephen Graham and Sean Bean as leads in its heart-wrenching first season, will move on to a women’s prison where Ramsey will play Kelsey, thrown together to face an unfamiliar world with Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance).
Even with the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community, and a shared understanding, still might be possible.
“I’m very happy to be a part of this project, working with an incredible team and following on from a stellar first season” said Ramsey. “And it’s such an honor to be Kelsey, I’m really excited to experience the world through her for a few months.” Deadline revealed Ramsey’s...
Jimmy McGovern’s show, which featured Stephen Graham and Sean Bean as leads in its heart-wrenching first season, will move on to a women’s prison where Ramsey will play Kelsey, thrown together to face an unfamiliar world with Orla (Whittaker) and Abi (Lawrance).
Even with the ever-present threat of violence within its walls, they discover that an unexpected sense of community, and a shared understanding, still might be possible.
“I’m very happy to be a part of this project, working with an incredible team and following on from a stellar first season” said Ramsey. “And it’s such an honor to be Kelsey, I’m really excited to experience the world through her for a few months.” Deadline revealed Ramsey’s...
- 4/11/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The headline-grabbing abduction of British model Chloe Ayling is to be dramatized for the BBC by Killing Eve writer Georgia Lester.
The BBC’s youth channel BBC3 has greenlit the six-part true-crime series, which will be produced by BBC Studios. Casting is underway ahead of production beginning later this year.
Ayling is working with BBC Studios to tell her story after she was abducted in Italy in 2017, having traveled to Milan for a photo shoot. She was freed unharmed after six days.
The series, working titled Kidnapped, will follow her ordeal from the kidnap to her resilience in captivity, and the subsequent court case that put her captors in jail.
Ayling’s experience dominated the headlines in the UK and Ayling was accused of staging the abduction to raise her profile, despite the conviction of her assailants.
Lester, who was the lead writer on Idris Elba’s Netflix series Turn Up Charlie,...
The BBC’s youth channel BBC3 has greenlit the six-part true-crime series, which will be produced by BBC Studios. Casting is underway ahead of production beginning later this year.
Ayling is working with BBC Studios to tell her story after she was abducted in Italy in 2017, having traveled to Milan for a photo shoot. She was freed unharmed after six days.
The series, working titled Kidnapped, will follow her ordeal from the kidnap to her resilience in captivity, and the subsequent court case that put her captors in jail.
Ayling’s experience dominated the headlines in the UK and Ayling was accused of staging the abduction to raise her profile, despite the conviction of her assailants.
Lester, who was the lead writer on Idris Elba’s Netflix series Turn Up Charlie,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has released the official trailer for Luther: The Fallen Sun, its long-in-the-works Luther stand-alone follow-up movie that returns Idris Elba as John Luther, the complicated detective behind the BBC crime drama that ran for five seasons on the BBC.
The plot: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
The trailer opens with Dsu Martin Schenk, played by the returning Dermot Crowley, being informed that Luther (Elba) has escaped prison. But Luther has a very good reason for doing so as a serial killer is terrorizing London. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther is determined to finish the job by any means necessary.
Andy Serkis...
The plot: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
The trailer opens with Dsu Martin Schenk, played by the returning Dermot Crowley, being informed that Luther (Elba) has escaped prison. But Luther has a very good reason for doing so as a serial killer is terrorizing London. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther is determined to finish the job by any means necessary.
Andy Serkis...
- 2/9/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Idris Elba’s Luther is breaking free to hunt down a maniac.
In the new trailer for the movie Luther: The Fallen Sun (which hits theaters Friday, Feb. 24, and streams on Netflix Friday, March 10), “a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Elba) sits behind bars,” reads the official description. “Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.”
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In the new trailer for the movie Luther: The Fallen Sun (which hits theaters Friday, Feb. 24, and streams on Netflix Friday, March 10), “a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Elba) sits behind bars,” reads the official description. “Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.”
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- 2/9/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
From 2010 to 2019, Idris Elba played the character of Detective Chief Inspector John Luther in five seasons of the TV series Luther, for a total of twenty episodes. Now Elba is reprising the role in the feature film Luther: The Fallen Sun, which will be getting a theatrical release on February 24th, before it reaches the Netflix streaming service on March 10th. In anticipation of those dates, a trailer for Luther: The Fallen Sun has arrived online, and you can check that out in the embed above.
Directed by Jamie Payne from a screenplay by Luther series creator / writer Neil Cross, Luther: The Fallen Sun has the following official synopsis: In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture...
Directed by Jamie Payne from a screenplay by Luther series creator / writer Neil Cross, Luther: The Fallen Sun has the following official synopsis: In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture...
- 2/9/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Whenever a TV series ends and we get a movie follow-up years later, there are some concerns.
Netflix unveiled the trailer for Luther: The Fallen Sun on Thursday, and it looks like a solid sequel.
The movie drops in select theaters on February 24, before getting a release on Netflix on March 10.
It's a similar tactic employed by Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story, which worked out very well.
"In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars," the official description teases.
"Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary," the official description continues.
Idris Elba returns to the role he played for five seasons...
Netflix unveiled the trailer for Luther: The Fallen Sun on Thursday, and it looks like a solid sequel.
The movie drops in select theaters on February 24, before getting a release on Netflix on March 10.
It's a similar tactic employed by Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story, which worked out very well.
"In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars," the official description teases.
"Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary," the official description continues.
Idris Elba returns to the role he played for five seasons...
- 2/9/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Idris Elba this week shared a new teaser trailer and the release date for Netflix’s feature adaptation of his popular detective drama Luther. Watch the teaser below.
The pic is titled Luther: The Fallen Sun and the teaser clip revealed the film will hit select cinemas on February 24 before landing on Netflix on March 10.
In the short clip, Elba can be seen suited up as his titular character, and he creeps into view just as a voice on the backing track begins to talk.
“Somethings coming,” the voice says before adding: “You see me now?”
24.02.23 in cinemas. 10.03.23 on Netflix. See you soon.@netflix #LutherTheFallenSun pic.twitter.com/Gikxb9n54t
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) January 12, 2023
Jamie Payne is directing the pic from a screenplay by series creator Neil Cross. The film is billed as a continuation and reimagination of the BBC series, which cemented Elba’s status as a leading...
The pic is titled Luther: The Fallen Sun and the teaser clip revealed the film will hit select cinemas on February 24 before landing on Netflix on March 10.
In the short clip, Elba can be seen suited up as his titular character, and he creeps into view just as a voice on the backing track begins to talk.
“Somethings coming,” the voice says before adding: “You see me now?”
24.02.23 in cinemas. 10.03.23 on Netflix. See you soon.@netflix #LutherTheFallenSun pic.twitter.com/Gikxb9n54t
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) January 12, 2023
Jamie Payne is directing the pic from a screenplay by series creator Neil Cross. The film is billed as a continuation and reimagination of the BBC series, which cemented Elba’s status as a leading...
- 1/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Idris Elba stares into the camera as a voiceover says “Something’s coming…” in the 20-second teaser for Luther: The Fallen Sun. The teaser gives nothing away while confirming the film, a continuation of the critically acclaimed crime series, will open in select theaters in February 2023.
Following its theatrical release on February 24th, Luther: The Fallen Sun will be available to stream on Netflix on March 10th.
In an interview with Netflix’s Tudum, Idris Elba said he wanted the film to amplify what they’ve done on the show. He also discussed where we pick up with Luther as the movie begins.
“He’s done so much to bend the law in order to catch the bad guys that he’s ended up in jail,” explained Elba. “That’s where we start the story. This old case that didn’t really ever get solved creeps up back into his life.
Following its theatrical release on February 24th, Luther: The Fallen Sun will be available to stream on Netflix on March 10th.
In an interview with Netflix’s Tudum, Idris Elba said he wanted the film to amplify what they’ve done on the show. He also discussed where we pick up with Luther as the movie begins.
“He’s done so much to bend the law in order to catch the bad guys that he’s ended up in jail,” explained Elba. “That’s where we start the story. This old case that didn’t really ever get solved creeps up back into his life.
- 1/13/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Idris Elba as John Luther in ‘Luther: The Fallen Sun’ (Photo Cr: Netflix © 2023)
The much-anticipated Luther film starring Idris Elba has an official title: Luther: The Fallen Sun. Netflix just announced the title and released three new photos from the upcoming feature film which is described as “a continuation of the award-winning television saga.”
Luther premiered in 2010 and earned 11 Primetime Emmy nominations over its five-season run. In addition, Elba won Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice awards, as well as two Image Awards (NAACP) for his lead performance as detective John Luther.
Luther: The Fallen Sun stars Elba, Dermot Crowley reprising his role as Martin Schenk, two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), and Emmy nominee Andy Serkis (Little Dorrit).
Emmy nominee Jamie Payne (The Alienist) directs from a screenplay by Luther series creator Neil Cross. Elba, Cross, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Ready produce, with Dan Finlay, Brendan Ferguson,...
The much-anticipated Luther film starring Idris Elba has an official title: Luther: The Fallen Sun. Netflix just announced the title and released three new photos from the upcoming feature film which is described as “a continuation of the award-winning television saga.”
Luther premiered in 2010 and earned 11 Primetime Emmy nominations over its five-season run. In addition, Elba won Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice awards, as well as two Image Awards (NAACP) for his lead performance as detective John Luther.
Luther: The Fallen Sun stars Elba, Dermot Crowley reprising his role as Martin Schenk, two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), and Emmy nominee Andy Serkis (Little Dorrit).
Emmy nominee Jamie Payne (The Alienist) directs from a screenplay by Luther series creator Neil Cross. Elba, Cross, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and David Ready produce, with Dan Finlay, Brendan Ferguson,...
- 12/21/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Idris Elba returns to his popular television character, John Luther, who we hadn’t seen since 2019’s finale of the series Luther. When we last left him, Luther was being placed under arrest by Schenk, played by Dermot Crowley. Fear not, fans of the show! There is a feature continuation set to premiere on Netflix titled Luther: The Fallen Son. And it will be brought to us by Jamie Payne and series creator-writer Neil Cross.
The official synopsis reads,
“In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary. The film also stars Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis and Dermot Crowley,...
The official synopsis reads,
“In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary. The film also stars Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis and Dermot Crowley,...
- 12/21/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Netflix on Wednesday revealed that the title for its long-in-the-works Luther stand-alone movie that returns Idris Elba as the complicated detective behind the BBC crime drama that ran for five seasons on the BBC.
Luther: The Fallen Sun, will arrive on the streamer in March 2023, the streamer said today. Jamie Payne is directing based on a script from series creator Neil Cross. Netflix also dropped some new images (see them below).
The film is being billed as a continuation and reimagination of the BBC series, which cemented Elba’s status as a leading actor and scored 11 Emmy noms during its run. The plot: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Cynthia Erivo,...
Luther: The Fallen Sun, will arrive on the streamer in March 2023, the streamer said today. Jamie Payne is directing based on a script from series creator Neil Cross. Netflix also dropped some new images (see them below).
The film is being billed as a continuation and reimagination of the BBC series, which cemented Elba’s status as a leading actor and scored 11 Emmy noms during its run. The plot: A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Cynthia Erivo,...
- 12/21/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Studios Signs Development Deal With Mo Abudu Of EbonyLife, Set Six-Part Heist Thriller ‘Reclaim’
BBC Studios Drama Productions has set up a development partnership with Nigerian TV pioneer Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, founder and CEO of entertainment network EbonyLife Media. The deal was brokered by CAA.
The deal will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop a new action-adventure series with Abudu’s EbonyLife. The drama, titled Reclaim, is written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise) and is based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi. EbonyLife has described it as its “first big-budget, global series”.
The six part heist thriller series will combine themes of colonialism, race and cultural ownership as it follows a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to its rightful home in Nigeria.
On his death bed, billionaire art collector, Chief Inneh, hands his life’s mission over to his...
The deal will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop a new action-adventure series with Abudu’s EbonyLife. The drama, titled Reclaim, is written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise) and is based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi. EbonyLife has described it as its “first big-budget, global series”.
The six part heist thriller series will combine themes of colonialism, race and cultural ownership as it follows a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to its rightful home in Nigeria.
On his death bed, billionaire art collector, Chief Inneh, hands his life’s mission over to his...
- 11/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Studios Drama Productions has set a development partnership with Nigerian television pioneer Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, founder and CEO of global entertainment network EbonyLife Media.
The partnership will kick off with action-adventure series “Reclaim,” written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (“The Rise”), based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
The six-part heist thriller series will follow a team of art thieves looking to return artworks removed by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to their home in Nigeria.
Priscilla Parish, head of drama, BBC Studios said: “Mo Abudu has an extraordinary track record in bringing previously unheard stories to a wide audience. ‘Reclaim’’s breathtaking action-adventure is underpinned by thoughtful and timely themes and declares our shared intention to create stories which have both local and international resonance. Rowan Athale is the perfect writer to bring this story to life,...
The partnership will kick off with action-adventure series “Reclaim,” written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (“The Rise”), based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
The six-part heist thriller series will follow a team of art thieves looking to return artworks removed by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to their home in Nigeria.
Priscilla Parish, head of drama, BBC Studios said: “Mo Abudu has an extraordinary track record in bringing previously unheard stories to a wide audience. ‘Reclaim’’s breathtaking action-adventure is underpinned by thoughtful and timely themes and declares our shared intention to create stories which have both local and international resonance. Rowan Athale is the perfect writer to bring this story to life,...
- 11/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
John Luther is gearing up for his Netflix debut as Idris Elba teases his character’s return for the upcoming Netflix movie from director Jaime Payne.
On Wednesday, The Harder They Fall actor shared behind-the-scenes images for the streamer’s Luther film, included pics of a Luther clapper and his uniform as the titular BBC detective. Series creator Neil Cross will pen the script.
“Oi……I’m back!,” his tweet read. HIs Instagram post featured the geotag “On Set.”
Luther is an acclaimed crime drama from the BBC that has aired thus far for five seasons, between 2010 and 2019. It centers on Dci John Luther (Elba), a murder detective perpetually drawn into the darkness of the crimes he’s investigating. The series has earned 11 Emmy nominations to date, along with other accolades; for his starring turn, Elba has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries...
On Wednesday, The Harder They Fall actor shared behind-the-scenes images for the streamer’s Luther film, included pics of a Luther clapper and his uniform as the titular BBC detective. Series creator Neil Cross will pen the script.
“Oi……I’m back!,” his tweet read. HIs Instagram post featured the geotag “On Set.”
Luther is an acclaimed crime drama from the BBC that has aired thus far for five seasons, between 2010 and 2019. It centers on Dci John Luther (Elba), a murder detective perpetually drawn into the darkness of the crimes he’s investigating. The series has earned 11 Emmy nominations to date, along with other accolades; for his starring turn, Elba has won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries...
- 11/10/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Idris Elba will officially reprise his role as the brilliant detective John Luther for a “Luther” movie at Netflix, and he’ll be joined in the cast by Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis.
For years, Elba has been lobbying for the chance to reprise his breakout role in a movie, and that wish has finally been granted. Neil Cross, series creator of “Luther,” will return to write the script for the movie, and Emmy nominee Jamie Payne is set to direct.
The “Luther” film is being made by Netflix in association with BBC and Chernin Entertainment. The film will continue the events of the “Luther” saga, which aired in 2010 and ran for five seasons on the BBC. Other plot details however are being kept under wraps.
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and David Ready will produce the film for Chernin Entertainment. Neil Cross and Idris Elba will also produce. Dan Finlay...
For years, Elba has been lobbying for the chance to reprise his breakout role in a movie, and that wish has finally been granted. Neil Cross, series creator of “Luther,” will return to write the script for the movie, and Emmy nominee Jamie Payne is set to direct.
The “Luther” film is being made by Netflix in association with BBC and Chernin Entertainment. The film will continue the events of the “Luther” saga, which aired in 2010 and ran for five seasons on the BBC. Other plot details however are being kept under wraps.
Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and David Ready will produce the film for Chernin Entertainment. Neil Cross and Idris Elba will also produce. Dan Finlay...
- 9/14/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Luther is coming back in the form of a movie on Netflix, and star Idris Elba will be joined by Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis for the project. Based on BBC’s international hit crime series in which Elba played the titular Dci John Luther, this film from original series creator Neil Cross will take fans on an all-new adventure. Cross pens the script and Jamie Payne, who helmed several of Luther‘s episodes, will return to direct the movie. (Credit: Terrell Mullin; Laurie Sparham) Produced in association with the BBC, the movie which is described as a continuation of the Luther saga but reimagined for film is produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready, Neil Cross, and Idris Elba. Meanwhile, executive producers include Dan Finlay, Priscilla Parish, and Kris Thykier. Running from 2010 through 2019, the hit series completed five seasons with 21 episodes total, winning Elba two Golden Globes and...
- 9/14/2021
- TV Insider
Two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo and Emmy nominee Andy Serkis will join Golden Globe nominee Idris Elba in a Netflix film continuing the story of Luther, Deadline has confirmed.
Emmy nominee Jamie Payne (The Alienist) will direct the feature, billed as “an epic continuation of the Luther saga,” from a script by series creator and writer Neil Cross.
Netflix is producing the film in association with the BBC. Cross and Elba are also producing, along with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and David Ready for Chernin Entertainment. Dan Finlay is exec producing for Chernin Entertainment, along with Kris Thykier and BBC Studios’ Priscilla Parish.
It’s not yet clear who Erivo and Serkis will play in the film.
Luther is an acclaimed crime drama from the BBC that has aired thus far for five seasons,...
Emmy nominee Jamie Payne (The Alienist) will direct the feature, billed as “an epic continuation of the Luther saga,” from a script by series creator and writer Neil Cross.
Netflix is producing the film in association with the BBC. Cross and Elba are also producing, along with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and David Ready for Chernin Entertainment. Dan Finlay is exec producing for Chernin Entertainment, along with Kris Thykier and BBC Studios’ Priscilla Parish.
It’s not yet clear who Erivo and Serkis will play in the film.
Luther is an acclaimed crime drama from the BBC that has aired thus far for five seasons,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios is working with U.S. outfits Nice Media Studios and Windowseat Pictures to develop Cj Tudor’s novel The Chalk Man into a six-part TV series.
BBC Studios has attached The Boy With The Top Knot and Single Father writer Mick Ford to adapt the Sunday Times bestseller. The project is housed with BBC Studios’ drama team in the north of England, which is currently making Sean Bean and Stephen Graham series Time.
The Chalk Man tells the story of five 1990s school students who, inspired by a teacher, start leaving each other secret messages in chalk. But the fun is halted when the chalk drawings lead them to the dead body of a 17-year-old girl. Fast forward 30 years and one of the boys, Eddie, receives a stick of chalk and drawing in the post, forcing the chalk men to face their haunting memories all over again.
BBC Studios has attached The Boy With The Top Knot and Single Father writer Mick Ford to adapt the Sunday Times bestseller. The project is housed with BBC Studios’ drama team in the north of England, which is currently making Sean Bean and Stephen Graham series Time.
The Chalk Man tells the story of five 1990s school students who, inspired by a teacher, start leaving each other secret messages in chalk. But the fun is halted when the chalk drawings lead them to the dead body of a 17-year-old girl. Fast forward 30 years and one of the boys, Eddie, receives a stick of chalk and drawing in the post, forcing the chalk men to face their haunting memories all over again.
- 10/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios drama supremo Hilary Salmon, who has overseen series including Luther and Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon, is leaving the production arm of the British public broadcaster.
Deadline understands that Salmon, who has been with the BBC for over twenty years, is setting up a drama production company with her former BBC Studios colleagues Nick Betts and Radford Neville
Salmon, Betts, who was previously Director of Scripted at BBC Studios, having joined the BBC in 2007 from NBC Universal, and Neville, who joined the BBC in 2017 from The Crown producer Left Bank, have established The Lighthouse. It is understood that the trio, who are equal partners in the independent venture, will produce scripted series for UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Salmon and Neville will leave BBC Studios at the end of the year.
Salmon, who most recently was boss of BBC Studios’ London drama division,...
Deadline understands that Salmon, who has been with the BBC for over twenty years, is setting up a drama production company with her former BBC Studios colleagues Nick Betts and Radford Neville
Salmon, Betts, who was previously Director of Scripted at BBC Studios, having joined the BBC in 2007 from NBC Universal, and Neville, who joined the BBC in 2017 from The Crown producer Left Bank, have established The Lighthouse. It is understood that the trio, who are equal partners in the independent venture, will produce scripted series for UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Salmon and Neville will leave BBC Studios at the end of the year.
Salmon, who most recently was boss of BBC Studios’ London drama division,...
- 10/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Blue Planet II commissioner Tom McDonald is moving into production to become the director of factual at BBC Studios.
McDonald will move over to the BBC’s commercial production arm in early 2020 after four years as the British broadcaster’s head of natural history and specialist factual commissioning.
He will report to BBC Studios director of content Ralph Lee and is part of a new-look top team. Bodyguard and Line of Duty producer Priscilla Parish was announced as BBC Studios’ drama chief earlier this month, while Josh Cole is joining from Sky to become head of comedy.
As BBC Studios’s director of factual, McDonald will oversee the prestigious Natural History Unit, which is responsible for global brands including Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II.
Lee said: “Tom is a passionate and exceptional program maker, who’s overseen some of the most successful factual content of recent times.”
McDonald...
McDonald will move over to the BBC’s commercial production arm in early 2020 after four years as the British broadcaster’s head of natural history and specialist factual commissioning.
He will report to BBC Studios director of content Ralph Lee and is part of a new-look top team. Bodyguard and Line of Duty producer Priscilla Parish was announced as BBC Studios’ drama chief earlier this month, while Josh Cole is joining from Sky to become head of comedy.
As BBC Studios’s director of factual, McDonald will oversee the prestigious Natural History Unit, which is responsible for global brands including Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II.
Lee said: “Tom is a passionate and exceptional program maker, who’s overseen some of the most successful factual content of recent times.”
McDonald...
- 9/23/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
In this week’s International TV Newswire, MipCancun mirrors Latin American industry growth; Nice Drama and BBC Studios hire new executives; Brazil’s Globoplay platform picks up five international series; and Series Mania heads to the Big Apple for an Ifp Week spotlight.
MipCancun Underscores Latin American Growth
Markets are as volatile and fast-changing as the industry as large. As Toronto’s spluttered this week, constrained by the challenge of U.S. distribution at large, Reed Midem announced a mouth-watering line up of speakers for Mexico’s MipCancun: “Hernan” showrunners Curro Royo and Julián de Tavira; ex-Netflix honcho Erik Barmack, now at new shingle Wild Sheep Content; Marcelo Tamburri, VP of scripted development at Turner Latin America; and Joanna Lombardi, Movistar head of fiction for Latin America.
Produced by Mexico’s Dopamine and Spain’s Onza Ent, “Hernan” is sold by A & E Network Intl. and is set to...
MipCancun Underscores Latin American Growth
Markets are as volatile and fast-changing as the industry as large. As Toronto’s spluttered this week, constrained by the challenge of U.S. distribution at large, Reed Midem announced a mouth-watering line up of speakers for Mexico’s MipCancun: “Hernan” showrunners Curro Royo and Julián de Tavira; ex-Netflix honcho Erik Barmack, now at new shingle Wild Sheep Content; Marcelo Tamburri, VP of scripted development at Turner Latin America; and Joanna Lombardi, Movistar head of fiction for Latin America.
Produced by Mexico’s Dopamine and Spain’s Onza Ent, “Hernan” is sold by A & E Network Intl. and is set to...
- 9/13/2019
- by Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Bodyguard and Line of Duty producer Priscilla Parish is to become the head of drama at the BBC’s commercial production arm BBC Studios.
Parish will take up the newly created role in November, joining from World Productions where she was an executive producer and head of development.
Parish will report to Ralph Lee, the director of content at BBC Studios, overseeing a slate of shows that includes Doctor Who and Amazon’s Good Omens.
She takes on the position after the departure of head of scripted Nick Betts last year. Betts’ role has effectively been split in two, with Parish taking drama and Josh Cole joining from Sky to become head of comedy.
Parish will be responsible for all of BBC Studios’ national and regional drama chiefs. For example, the company has a big presence in Cardiff, where Simon Winstone runs shows like Doctor Who and Casualty.
“With this platform,...
Parish will take up the newly created role in November, joining from World Productions where she was an executive producer and head of development.
Parish will report to Ralph Lee, the director of content at BBC Studios, overseeing a slate of shows that includes Doctor Who and Amazon’s Good Omens.
She takes on the position after the departure of head of scripted Nick Betts last year. Betts’ role has effectively been split in two, with Parish taking drama and Josh Cole joining from Sky to become head of comedy.
Parish will be responsible for all of BBC Studios’ national and regional drama chiefs. For example, the company has a big presence in Cardiff, where Simon Winstone runs shows like Doctor Who and Casualty.
“With this platform,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
When the 2019 Emmy Awards nominations were announced two weeks ago, the only thing unconfirmed were the producers. Television Academy officials have now unveiled a new list of nominee names for Comedy Series, Drama Series, TV Movie, Limited Series and more. The annual delay is caused by a need for vetting the submissions to determine the official producer names that are now nominated.
Performers nominated as producers for comedy include Bill Hader, Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Drama stars as producer nominees are Jason Bateman, Will Ferrell, Bob Odenkirk, Sandra Oh and Waller-Bridge. Top name Limited Series producers include Amy Adams, Robert De Niro, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sam Rockwell, Ben Stiller, Michelle Williams and Oprah Winfrey. Performers nominated in the TV Movie category are Peter Dinklage, Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant.
In addition to the categories listed below, Ferrell is also a nominated producer for “Drunk History,...
Performers nominated as producers for comedy include Bill Hader, Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Drama stars as producer nominees are Jason Bateman, Will Ferrell, Bob Odenkirk, Sandra Oh and Waller-Bridge. Top name Limited Series producers include Amy Adams, Robert De Niro, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sam Rockwell, Ben Stiller, Michelle Williams and Oprah Winfrey. Performers nominated in the TV Movie category are Peter Dinklage, Ian McShane and Timothy Olyphant.
In addition to the categories listed below, Ferrell is also a nominated producer for “Drunk History,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
BBC cop drama Line of Duty has scored its highest ever opening ratings – was the Jed Mercurio-created series helped by the Bodyguard effect?
The fifth season launched with 7.8M overnight viewers on BBC One, scoring a 38% share. This trumped the 5M for its fourth season launch, which was its first since moving from BBC Two, as well as the 7.5M viewers that tuned in for last year’s finale. It hit a peak of 8M during its hour-long return.
The ratings mean that the World Productions drama currently sits as the highest rated programme across all channels in 2019 so far. It was also a hit for 16-34 viewers, making it the second highest rated show in that demo following an Fa Cup soccer game in January.
Season five of Line of Duty will air on Acorn TV in the U.S. Hulu previously premiered the show in the States...
The fifth season launched with 7.8M overnight viewers on BBC One, scoring a 38% share. This trumped the 5M for its fourth season launch, which was its first since moving from BBC Two, as well as the 7.5M viewers that tuned in for last year’s finale. It hit a peak of 8M during its hour-long return.
The ratings mean that the World Productions drama currently sits as the highest rated programme across all channels in 2019 so far. It was also a hit for 16-34 viewers, making it the second highest rated show in that demo following an Fa Cup soccer game in January.
Season five of Line of Duty will air on Acorn TV in the U.S. Hulu previously premiered the show in the States...
- 4/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has nabbed the fifth season of British cop drama Line of Duty, created and written by Bodyguard’s Jed Mercurio. Previous seasons of the BBC drama have premiered on Hulu in the U.S.
The Svod platform will have the exclusive premiere of the six-part series after striking a deal with distributor Kew Media. It will air it in line with its BBC One premiere in early 2019.
Produced by Bodyguard indie World Productions, the series follows police anti-corruption division AC-12. It stars Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar, while Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham has joined the show for season five. Graham plays a pivotal figure in a deadly organized crime group, alongside Broken star Lisa McQueen, that is known to have links to corrupt police officers and suspected to be under direct command of the shadowy figure known only as ‘H’.
Filming is now underway in Belfast,...
The Svod platform will have the exclusive premiere of the six-part series after striking a deal with distributor Kew Media. It will air it in line with its BBC One premiere in early 2019.
Produced by Bodyguard indie World Productions, the series follows police anti-corruption division AC-12. It stars Vicky McClure, Martin Compston and Adrian Dunbar, while Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham has joined the show for season five. Graham plays a pivotal figure in a deadly organized crime group, alongside Broken star Lisa McQueen, that is known to have links to corrupt police officers and suspected to be under direct command of the shadowy figure known only as ‘H’.
Filming is now underway in Belfast,...
- 11/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
After finding huge success in the United Kingdom, Bodyguard will make its way stateside on October 24 when it debuts on Netflix. The new trailer for the political thriller dropped today and features a wild amount of tensions rising between Game Of Thrones alum Richard Madden and Line Of Duty‘s Keeley Hawes.
Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the story of David Budd (Madden), a heroic, but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Branch (RasP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?
The series also stars Gina McKee (Line of Duty), Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders), Vincent Franklin (Happy Valley), Pippa Haywood (Scott & Bailey...
Set in and around the corridors of power, Bodyguard tells the story of David Budd (Madden), a heroic, but volatile war veteran now working as a Specialist Protection Officer for the Royalty and Specialist Branch (RasP) of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. When he is assigned to protect the ambitious and powerful Home Secretary Julia Montague (Hawes), Budd finds himself torn between his duty and his beliefs. Responsible for her safety, could he become her biggest threat?
The series also stars Gina McKee (Line of Duty), Sophie Rundle (Peaky Blinders), Vincent Franklin (Happy Valley), Pippa Haywood (Scott & Bailey...
- 10/15/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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