Qurate Retail Group, the John Malone-backed owner of video screen shopping mainstays QVC and HSN, has installed former Amazon exec Soumya Sriraman as president of streaming.
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K.J. Yossman The television adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s series “Warlord Chronicles” will debut in the U.K. on ITV’s new streaming platform ITVX.It will then air later on linear.U.S.
and international sales haven’t yet been announced. U.S. cabler Epix was at one point adapting “Warlord Chronicles” but is believed to be no longer involved.As Variety exclusively revealed in April, “His Dark Materials” producer Bad Wolf has snapped up the rights to the “Warlord Chronicles” trilogy and is set to adapt the first book, “The Winter King,” into a 10-part series.“The Warlord Chronicles” are loosely based on the legend of King Arthur.
Set in 5th century Britain – then still a landscape of warring nations – it takes place in an era when life was brutal and fleeting. In this setting, a young Arthur Pendragon goes on a journey to become a warrior, which takes him from prodigal son to legendary leader. “The Winter King” will begin shooting this year in Wales.
Kate Brooke (“A Discovery Of Witches”) and Ed Whitmore (“Manhunt”) are adapting the books. Otto Bathurst (“His Dark Materials”) will direct.Bad Wolf, which was set up in 2015 by Jane Tranter (pictured above) and Julie Gardner, was sold to Sony Pictures Television last December. Currently on their slate is the next season of “Doctor Who,” with Ncuti Gatwa.ITVX is set to launch later this year and will replace ITV’s current streaming service, ITV Hub.Bad Wolf is producing in association with One Big Picture, Bathurst’s production company.
Qurate Retail Group, the John Malone-backed owner of video screen shopping mainstays QVC and HSN, has installed former Amazon exec Soumya Sriraman as president of streaming.
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Wolf Alice have spoken about supporting Harry Styles on his recent European tour dates.The band opened for the pop star at shows in Paris, Stockholm and Berlin this summer as he toured his third album, ‘Harry’s House‘. In July the indie rock quartet’s final show saw lead singer and guitarist Ellie Rowsell join Styles on stage for a duet of her band’s 2021 single ‘No Hard Feelings’.“That duet was great.
David Bowie digital art project approved by the late artist’s estate is set to launch next week.The venture is a partnership between the Bowie estate, the NFT marketplace OpenSea, and Andrew D. Keller and Joaquin Acrich’s Web3 company We Love The Arts.Set to launch on September 13 on OpenSea, Bowie On The Blockchain is being billed as “a first-of-its-kind multiple artist NFT sale” that will bring together the work of nine NFT artists.Each artist, including Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova, has created “their own unique takes paying homage to David Bowie and his influence across their artistic and personal identities”, according to a press release.Tolokonnikova said in a statement about Bowie On The Blockchain: “David Bowie to me is a platonic ideal of an artist, charismatic, passionate, imaginative, magnetic af, he always puts art x curiosity x subversion over profit, a magician and a muse.
Sam Ryder has announced details of his debut studio album, ‘There’s Nothing But Space, Man!’.The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 runner-up is due to release the 14-track record on November 18 via Parlophone. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Ryder’s first studio effort will feature the hit track ‘Space Man’ – which came in at second place at this year’s Eurovision, scoring an impressive 466 points overall – as well as the singles ‘Living Without You’ (feat.
The UK's Eurovision hero Sam Ryder has just announced the details of his forthcoming debut album, There's Nothing But Space, Man!
Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams has revealed what he really thought of Prince William and Duchess Kate after sitting behind them in the Royal Box at this year's Wimbledon.MORE: Exclusive: David Walliams why he keeps him out of the spotlightThe Little Britain creator, 51, shared his delight at the seating plan of the epic tournament which saw him and his mother Kathleen within touching distance of the Duke and Duchess.WATCH: David Walliams films inside beautiful London home"It was quite a good seating plan actually, me and my mum were behind William and Kate who were both very easy to talk to, it was very nice and because we were sat there for quite a long time, it was natural to chat a lot," the star exclusively revealed to HELLO!READ: Exclusive: David Walliams reveals fatherhood has 'really transformed' Simon CowellSEE: David Walliams shares hilarious photos from 'honeymoon'"[You keep the conversation] light. [We chatted about] the Jubilee, I'd been skiing where they had been skiing, just chatting, it was just easy you know - my mum was really happy! David and his mum were sat behind the royals"Then you just have all the people from around the world texting you going 'how the hell are you in the royal box' it was nice.
EXCLUSIVE: Following its debut as a pre-sales title in Cannes earlier this year, MGM has swooped on the Miramax film project The Beekeeper from director David Ayer (Suicide Squad) and starring Jason Statham (Hobbs & Shaw).
K.J. Yossman The highly-anticipated “Wagatha Christie” documentary with Coleen Rooney is set to air on Disney+ the streamer confirmed today. Unveiling its scripted slate at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Disney+ also announced a slate of high-end original unscripted titles. In addition to “Wagatha Christie” (working title) the platform is set to premiere docs from Keanu Reeves about Formula 1 (which Variety first revealed in July), Asif Kapadia about London’s alternative capital Camden Town, Bear Grylls’ about Spencer Matthews’s missing brother, and Conde Nast with an inside look at Vogue featuring Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful. Sean Doyle, director of unscripted content, EMEA, for Disney+, commissioned the five projects, which will premiere on Disney+ in EMEA and Asia Pacific and Star+ in Latin America.
Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan Kenobi) has been cast as the lead in Paramount+’s upcoming UK drama series A Gentleman in Moscow, replacing Kenneth Branagh, news that came as Paramount Premium Group CEO David Nevins laid out his vision for Paramount+’s international expansion and talked creativity at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
ITV today announced the first slate of factual commissions set to debut on ITVX, its soon-to-launch streamer. The list includes a new behind-the-scenes documentary series about the British royal family.
The widow of murdered Scots aid worker David Haines said there was 'no forgiveness' as a British member of an ISIS terror group who killed her husband was jailed for life in the US on Friday. El Shafee Elsheikh was sentenced for his role in the hostage-taking scheme after being convicted by a jury in April this year.
Netflix has surprised fans of The Sandman with an additional “bonus” episode of the popular series. The two-part animated/live-action hybrid episode, which was released at 12 AM PT, features favorite stories from Neil Gaiman’s graphic novels, “A Dream of A Thousand Cats” and “Calliope,” with guest stars Sandra Oh, James McAvoy, David Tennant and Michael Sheen.
lost 80 pounds for his role as Jim Hopper on the popular Netflix series.However, the road to health and fitness wasn’t an easy one for the 47-year-old, and there was a particularly pivotal moment in his life that forced him to reevaluate his wellness.It was the time when he realized he couldn’t run across the street without feeling pain.“There was a moment where I was crossing the street in New York and there was a car coming and I thought, ‘Oh, I gotta sprint a little bit across the street,’ and I just couldn’t sprint,” the “Suicide Squad” star recently told People.“And I was like, ‘Oh I guess that’s gone. I guess I’ll just never sort of run across the street.’ I mean, at this point I was like 270 pounds and my knees were kind of shot,” he continued.“And I just sort of thought that that’s the way life was, that was the trajectory of your body,” Harbour said.Losing weight also “opened up a whole new world” for the New York native.
Sir David Attenborough’s latest BBC natural history landmark is Wild Isles (working title), aiming to “do for the wildlife of Britain what the Planet Earth series has done for the wildlife of the world.”
K.J. Yossman Sir David Attenborough is set to host a new nature series for the BBC tentatively titled “Wild Isles.”The five-part series will introduce viewers to fauna and flora across Britain and Ireland, focusing on four main areas: woodlands, grasslands, freshwater and marine. Produced by Silverback Films and co-produced by The Open University, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the World Wildlife Fund, the series has been filmed over a period of three years in 4k with cutting edge technology including motion controlled time-lapse photography, low-light cameras and macro photography.Among the highlights viewers will see are Britain’s ancient oak trees, sea eagles, killer whales, wild horses and even a broomstick-riding bee.