From ‘Lord of the Rings’ to ‘Bridgerton’: The Inside Story of the U.K.’s Production Juggernaut

Every year, the Library of Congress decides to honor specific films by adding them to the National Film Registry. This means out of all the films in the world, released over the past century or so, the US Government has decided that these features are deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance and/or creative achievements.

American Crime Story: Impeachment.The actor, who played civil servant Linda Tripp in Ryan Murphy’s FX limited series, had been criticised for wearing a fat suit to portray Tripp in the series.“It did hurt my feelings, but partly because it felt, as often happens when you’re criticised for your work, but it’s very hard to not personalise,” Paulson said in conversation with The Wrap.She added: “And it’s very hard to not want to say, ‘I just spent two years of my life and then I gained 30 pounds to

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefPrime Video and Matchbox Pictures have begun production on “Class of ’07,” a high concept comedy that marks Amazon’s fourth scripted original series in Australia.The rollercoaster comedy about a women’s class reunion with life and death stakes, will be filmed across multiple locations in New South Wales including Sydney.

West Side Story topped the US box office charts on Friday (December 10) with just $4.1million (£3.5million) gross.READ MORE: Steven Spielberg’s 10 greatest filmsThe poor opening day figures can’t be blamed on coronavirus anxiety either. Released back in June, Lin Manuel-Miranda‘s musical In The Heights took $5million (£3.8million) on its opening day and $11.5million (£8.7million) over its first weekend.

Sarah Paulson is responding honestly to criticism of her career choices.

Sarah Paulson is opening up about her career choices, and garnering some criticism.

The UK’s Global Screen Fund, which was created to fill the void left by the absence of funding from Creative Europe’s MEDIA program post-Brexit, has awarded a further £1.32M ($1.75M) in grants spread across nine film and TV projects.

power she really had in the industry."I actually turned down the offer initially, and that's when I knew that I was in a position to say like, I'm okay — if I'm okay waiting for exactly the right moment or exactly the right thing," Ross said on a panel with other top actresses.

EarthGang, the Atlanta-based rap duo of Olu and WowGr8, have shared "American Horror Story," the first single from their upcoming sophomore project Ghetto Gods. Although the title alludes to the campy FX show of the same name, "American Horror Story" is all too real.

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The National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle have had their say. Now, the American Film Institute’s jury of industry professionals and media members (who decides this group is always quizzical) has made their top 10 selections for 2021 for both film and television.

Phil Gallo For his first film since winning the Oscar for 2018’s “Green Book,” Peter Farrelly again ventured into new regions of the country.

Emiliano De Pablos Ibero-America’s toon kids content sector has launched a call at Ventana Sur for more bridge building arenas and channels aimed at boosting co-productions, especially ambitious projects that require a greater number of partners.Ibermedia, the multi-million dollar Ibero-American audiovisual fund, is seen by representative TV networks and indie producers as an opportunity to create juts such a platform, facilitating children’s animation industry alliances.Co-production was one

Sony Pictures Television has signaled its big UK drama ambitions by taking a majority stake in His Dark Materials and I Hate Suzie producer Bad Wolf.

This festive season, experience the magic and wonder of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe live on stage as it embarks on a tour across the UK and Ireland this winter.

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. management and production house Anonymous Content is teaming up with Euro firm Federation Entertainment to launch France-based TV label Anonymous/Federation.

Variety can reveal.Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video’s “Lord of the Rings,” which grabbed international headlines when the streaming player moved locations from New Zealand to the U.K., has set its first filming locations.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s National Film and Television School and local production company Popcorn Group have teamed up to launch a new writers prize for “stories with strong identities which look to shape the conversation around social and political issues in a thought-provoking way”.