Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ Halts Production Following Multiple Positive COVID Tests

Netflix is currently trialling a Top 50 feature for its UK subscribers.According to S&P Global Market Intelligence reporter Saqib Shah, the streaming giant is testing the expansion on the Top 10 feature introduced earlier in the year.“Netflix confirmed to me that is testing a Top 50 list, expanding on the Top 10 it rolled out earlier this year,” Shah tweeted.

Netflix has doubled its spending in the UK to $1B (£750M) this year following the success of British-made shows including The Crown, The Witcher, and Sex Education.

Dave McNary Film ReporterHanWay Films has closed multiple international sales for Phillip Noyce’s “Peggy Jo,” with Lily James attached to star as Peggy Jo Tallas, who robbed Texas banks in the early 1990s while posing as a man.A deal with Universal Pictures Content Group includes Benelux, German speaking Europe, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, and the UK.

coronavirus vaccine created in the UK can prevent 70.4 percent of people from catching the bug, a new study has found. Oxford University and AstraZeneca have announced that their jag is effective in preventing people from different age groups from getting sick.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVComedian, writer, actor and host London Hughes has set her first stand-up special for Netflix, produced by HartBeat Productions, Variety has learned exclusively.The hour-long special, entitled “London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck,” will stream on Dec. 22.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: The Pursuit Of Love, an adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s classic novel, was one of the first high-end TV projects to resume production in the UK after the initial COVID-19 lockdown ended this past summer.

UK Government steps up the fight against coronavirus. The megalab will create around 1,800 new jobs and will be able to process 300,000 test results a day when it opens early next year, with a location still to be confirmed.

Salah 's result came back positive meaning he will now have to undergo a period of self-isolation.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterNetflix has made another significant international appointment to its London office by hiring Anna Mallett as VP Physical Production.Mallett joins from her role as CEO of UK indie ITN, a position she took up in April 2019 after a stint as Group Chief Operating Officer and MD, Production at BBC Studios.At Netflix, she will oversee all production in the UK as well as local language production across EMEA, LATAM and APAC.Warren said: “Anna brings a wealth of