Fremantle’s Castlefield Adapting Cara Hunter’s DI Fawley Novels For TV

Vicky McClure will reunite with members of the Dementia Choir for a second TV special, this time joined by the renowned English National Opera (ENO).

English novelist Lawrence Osborne, acclaimed for his enigmatic thrillers set in exotic locales around the world, is set to write a big-screen adaptation of Jon Swain's cult Khmer Rouge memoir River of Time. Osborne will executive produce the project alongside Nicholas Simon, CEO of Bangkok-based film company Indochina Productions.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Gaumont, the French production company behind Netflix shows Narcos and F Is For Family, is in the early stages of adapting Gaston Leroux’s iconic novel The Phantom Of The Opera into a six-part TV miniseries.The project is being led out of Gaumont’s UK unit, which is working with writer Anthony Horowitz to reimagine Leroux’s gothic story about a disfigured composer, who lives in the depths of the Paris Opera House and falls for singer Christine Daae

Ruth Wilson, Cush Jumbo and Rosamund Pike are in negotiations to star in Greatest Days, the film adaptation of the stage musical The Band. Sierra/Affinity is shopping the music-driven project about the English boy band Take That to international buyers starting at the Cannes virtual market.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAfter leaving CAA seven years ago for WME, An Education Oscar-Golden Globe and SAG nominee Carey Mulligan has returned. The London, UK native can be seen this fall in Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman which premiered earlier this year to rave reviews at Sundance, notching a 91% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Has anything really changed? Cher went off about her disdain for Madonna in a newly resurfaced interview from 1991. Cher was a guest on the British talk show, Wogan, when host Terry Wogan purposely mentioned Madonna — admittedly knowing of the singers’ not-so-friendly relationship.

Anya Taylor-Joy has described the brief use of male nudity in the latest Austen adaptation as “really important” because it shows the characters are real people.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Netflix is unleashing Brazilian zombies in “Reality Z,” its first collaboration with multi-Emmy winning Brazilian production house, Conspiracao.

A daughter has described the emotional moment she finally got to see her dad in his care home after weeks apart due to the UK lockdown.

The British Academy has named Krishnendu Majumdar as its new chair, with the award-winning TV producer becoming the first person of color to be appointed to the role in BAFTA’s 73-year history and its youngest chair in 35 years. Majumdar, who has been deputy chair for one year, is due to remain as chair for the next three years — the newly extended term for all future BAFTA chairs.