‘Chernobyl’ Commissioner Gabriel Silver Promoted to Become Sky Studios’ Director of Commissioning for Drama

Adam McKay’s most recent films, “The Big Short,” “Vice,” and “Don’t Look Up” (based on the premise) all deal with political themes in a pretty explicit way. Sure, there’s the humor and heart that McKay has instilled in almost all of his features, dating back to his raunchy, R-rated Will Ferrell comedy days, but his later films don’t shy away from having a clear political viewpoint.

Comcast's European pay giant Sky is working on a new eight-part supernatural crime thriller. The Rising —which starts filming in the U.K.'s Lake District next month —marks the first series produced entirely in-house by Sky's production arm Sky Studios, which is is working with exec producer Julian Stevens, who produced BBC dramas The Fall and Informer.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky commissions supernatural thriller “The Rising” and Channel 4 and Peacock wage “The Undeclared War”; The Garden, BBC Studios Productions and Constantin Film Development reveal senior appointments; Rakuten TV expands AVOD offering; and Disney India picks up kids series “Dr Tenali Rama HMKD” from Cosmos-Maya.COMMISSIONSSky original series, supernatural crime thriller “The Rising,” is the first series produced entirely in-house from Sky Studios,

Clara Rugaard, the Danish actress who starred in Netflix’s I Am Mother, is to lead the cast for Sky’s The Rising, a supernatural crime thriller that was originally inspired by Belgian drama Hotel Beau Séjour.

If there were any doubts that Line Of Duty will go down in the history books as one of the UK’s most-adored drama series, those doubts will have been eviscerated by the show’s latest viewing figures.

Liam Hemsworth is getting ready to whip his hair back and forth. On Tuesday the actor shared a photo of his long hair on Instagram and asked his 13.4 million followers if she could get a haircut.

Looks like Liam Hemsworth‘s question was already answered! The handsome Hunger Games star showed off his new floppy hairdo on Instagram and asked his followers if it was time for a haircut. His model girlfriend, Gabriella Brooks, had a little fun in the comments and teased Liam, nicknaming him “Rapunzel.”

Let down your hair! Liam Hemsworth’s latest selfie got a lot of response from both his famous friends and his girlfriend, Gabriella Brooks.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming “Fantasy Island” reboot at Fox has added its first two cast members, Variety has learned.Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriguez will both star in the series, which was ordered straight-to-series at Fox back in December.The new series is described as a modern semi-anthology series that delves into the “what if” questions, both big and small, that keep us awake at night.

The Bold and the Beautiful star Kiara Barnes has been cast as a series regular and John Gabriel Rodriguez (If Loving You Is Wrong) as heavily recurring in Fantasy Island, Fox’s contemporary version of the classic drama series which has a straight-to-series order to air this summer. The project hails from writer-producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain as well as Sony Pictures TV and its Gemstone Studios label which co-produce with Fox Entertainment.

Liam Hemsworth recently showed off his growing mane! The 31-year-old Hunger Games star posted a selfie to his Instagram today and his girlfriend Gabriella Brooks is reacting to his style.“Haircut?” he simply captioned the post. “Rapunzel,” his girlfriend Gabriella amusingly commented.  Many other stars also weighed in throughout the comments, including Wayne Coyne (“no”) and Angela Sarafyan (“No”).

Liam Hemsworth is showing off his growing locks!

With “Mortal Kombat” arriving in theaters and on HBO Max next week, video game adaptations are in the news yet again.

Gabriel Luna has joined the cast of the upcoming HBO series The Last of Us, which is an adaptation of the best-selling video game franchise.

Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. alum Gabriel Luna has been tapped as a lead opposite Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us, HBO’s high-profile series adaptation of the Sony Playstation franchise from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Last of Us” series adaptation at HBO has added Gabriel Luna to its cast, Variety has learned.Luna joins previously announced series leads Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who will star as Joel and Ellie respectively.