Universal International Studios Appoints Ed Havard to Lead Unscripted

Manori Ravindran International EditorEuropean producer-financier Anton and global talent management outfit Range Media Partners are teaming up for a development slate of European feature films.The creative strategic alliance comes as Anton expands its U.K. and European production activities and Range Media Partners broadens its own development and production pipeline internationally.The two companies have created an International Feature Development Fund that will be used to identify, option and develop IP from across Europe.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeJames Corden is heading home — to visit, as part of a week-long trip to Blighty for “The Late Late Show” on CBS. This will mark the fourth time “The Late Late Show with James Corden” has filmed from the U.K., but marks the first major initiative for the show since Corden announced that he would depart next year.“The Late Late Show” will broadcast four episodes from Freemasons’ Hall in Central London, marking the show’s first time in that venue. The episodes will air on Monday, June 27, through Thursday June 30 — in the show’s normal 12:37 a.m.

Stacey Solomon proudly revealed she "felt like a winner" as she enjoyed a delicious late-night burger after losing out at the BAFTAs.The television star was nominated for her work on the BBC One show Sort Your Life Out in the Features category but lost out to Big Zuu's Big Eats. And making her journey home after the star-studded ceremony in London on Sunday evening, the 32 year old didn't dwell on her loss too much.Taking to her Instagram Story, the mother of four chowed down on a burger and wrote: "We didn't win. But feel like a winner right now," alongside a crying with laughter emoji.

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Amazon’s The Underground Railroad has been revealed as surprise winner of the prestigious BAFTA TV Award for Best International.

The BAFTA TV Awards are back on our screens tonight and the nominations are as impressive as ever. It looks like it might be a big evening for the Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin and its stars Olly Alexander and Lydia West.

EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming HBO and Channel 4 drama Get Millie Black has set The Long Song’s Tamara Lawrance as lead. With shooting beginning this week in Jamaica, the six-part detective drama has also rounded out its cast with Game of Thrones star Joe Dempsie joining and Tanya Hamilton set to direct.

Tom Cruise joined James Corden on Tuesday’s episode of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and cracked a joked regarding his departure. At the beginning of the show, Corden introduce the night’s guests, which included Cruise and his "Top Gun: Maverick" co-star, Monica Barbaro.  "James! It's such a privilege to be here, and I'm sorry about the news," Cruise said with a smile. "I'm sorry you got fired." Tom Cruise skydives with James Corden at Skydive Perris on "The Late Late Show" with James Corden in 2018.

Agnes O’Casey), who goes undercover to help fight the alarming tide of hatred sweeping through England — its flames stoked by neo-Nazi leader Colin Jordan, a real-life historical figure played here by Rory Kinnear who features prominently in Jo Bloom’s 2014 novel “Ridley Road,” from which the series is adapted. When “Ridley Road” opens Vivien, 23, is living north of London in industrial Manchester with her parents (her father, David, owns a tailor shop) and her cousin, Roza (Julia Krynke), who survived the Holocaust in Europe.

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Naman Ramachandran Stage Fifty‘s Wycombe Film Studios, a new eight-stage 295,000 sq ft boutique studio, will kick off with a major Hollywood feature film that will start shooting in 2022. Temporary planning applications have been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council to support the as-yet-unnamed feature film, and approval to build one stage and workshops has been granted. An application for a permanent studio will follow later this year, transforming a 26-acre site located just off the highway to the southwest of High Wycombe, 34 miles from London, into a sustainable film studio.

British broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered an apocalyptic comedy series starring Friday Night Dinner and The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird.

Universal Studio Group Chair Pearlena Igbokwe says the “arms race” to sign creative talent on exclusive deals is “subsiding” as the scripted market readjusts economically.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Wallace and Gromit,” the cult British stop-motion comedy franchise created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations, is set for a virtual reality makeover. Aardman is partnering with Meta Quest and Paris-based banner Atlas V to create an interactive, narrative-led, single player VR experience which will follow the new adventures of Wallace and Gromit.Called “The Grand Getaway,” the VR experience will revolve around Wallace and Gromit’s holidays and will launch in 2023 in the Oculus Store for Meta Quest.

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Universal International Studios has promoted Ed Havard to lead non-scripted UK programing.