Sky Studios Launches Unscripted Production Outfit Transistor Films

Studiocanal has picked up sales and distribution rights to the back catalogue of Romulus Films, which includes 40+ films.

veteran star is poised to leave Sky News, 32 years after founding the channel with journalist Andrew Neil. Ms Burley hit headlines in December after she breached coronavirus restrictions during her 60th birthday celebrations in London.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFinland’s Aurora Studios has launched a private equity fund aimed at film and TV content, kicking off with “Bubble,” a movie directed by Aleksi Salmenperä (“Giant”).“Bubble” will star Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Anna-Maija Tuokko and Stella Leppikorpi.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticBack in my early days as a film critic, I took a certain unseemly pleasure in mocking inadvertently funny flops — fiascoes like “The Lonely Lady,” “The Room” and pretty much anything by Uwe Boll — so it’s easy to recognize the impulse with which “Alien on Stage” directors Lucy Harvey and Danielle Kummer drove from London to Dorset to catch the stage play of the same name, a scene-for-scene amateur theatrical production of the Ridley Scott horror classic, as

David Walliams resides in a stunning home in London, after divorcing ex-wife Lara Stone in 2015.The Britain's Got Talent judge now lives with his two pet dogs, Bert and Ernie, while his seven-year-old son Alfred splits his time between his two parents, and a recent video shared inside gave fans a look at the beautiful living room.It's designed with white walls and wooden flooring, while furniture includes a brown leather sofa dressed with grey velvet cushions, a wooden armchair where David sat,

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Chernobyl” producer Sister — the content studio set up by Jane Featherstone, Stacey Snider and Elisabeth Murdoch — has hired former “Black Mirror” producer Lucy Dyke to lead a new production hub out of Manchester, in northern England.The outfit is called Northern Sister, and will focus on developing and producing high-end scripted projects in the region, while fostering creators from diverse backgrounds both on and off screen.

Rachel Brosnahan is stepping out in style for another day at work!

Arif Hussein, a producer who founded Kaos Films and a British screenplay competition for short films, died Jan. 20 in London of complications from COVID-19, his wife reported.

Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky, has upped Jane Millichip to chief content officer across Europe, expanding her remit from just the U.K. to all of Sky's markets and overseeing the teams behind Sky original shows, including I Hate Suzie, Zero Zero Zero, Gangs of London and Babylon Berlin.

Natalka Znak, who recently produced Fox competition series Ultimate Tag, is setting up a new venture.

Sky Studios has expanded the remit of chief content officer Jane Millichip from just the UK to all of Europe.

Manori Ravindran International EditorLong-time Sky executive Jane Millichip has been promoted to chief content officer for Sky Studios, overseeing all of Europe.Millichip, the former managing director of distributor Sky Vision, was tapped as the studio’s chief content officer for the U.K. in July 2020.

You Me At Six have announced they have been forced to reschedule their UK tour, originally set to kick off next month.The Surrey outfit will now perform in Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle and London this September, with all current tickets remaining valid for the new stops.New dates for the band’s shows in Cardiff, Glasgow and Birmingham were unable to be locked down.

Sky Studios has launched Transistor Films, a factual and unscripted content production company headed by award-winning producer Danny Tipping. The company, based in London, launches this week with executive producer Ned Parker, series producer Zoe Hines and development executive Jason Oates joining it.

EXCLUSIVE: David Unger’s Artist International Group (AIG) and Barcelona-based Infinito Studios have launched a joint venture that will focus on international production and talent representation.

Sky Studios has launched wholly-owned production outfit Transistor Films with the team behind Crime+Investigation UK and Netflix series I Am A Killer.