Taika Waititi, Blake Harrison, Mia Wasikowska, Penelope Wilton, David Walliams, Richard Roxburgh and Robyn Nevin are set to star alongside newcomer Iona Bell in a screen adaptation of Walliams’ internationally bestselling children’s book, FING. The family adventure will be released on Sky Cinema in the UK. The feature film is driven by a world-class creative […]

MGM+, the linear channel and streaming service, has ordered the original crime drama series The Westies from creator and executive producer Chris Brancato, perhaps best known for creating the hit series Narcos. Under his overall television deal with MGM+, Brancato created the series with Michael Panes and will also executive produce and showrun. The eight-episode […]

Aniplex and Crunchyroll have jointly invested in, and established Hayate. The main business of the compnay will be the planning, development, and production of anime content for Crunchyroll’s worldwide streaming service. Hayate’s staff will be made up of employees from both Aniplex and Crunchyroll, and will be led by Chairman and CEO Masanori Miyake and […]

Torfinnur Jákupsson, creator of Nordic crime series Trom, has announced the launch of Red Herring Story, a new London-based development company ahead of Series Mania. A UK affiliate of GRÓ Studios, the first Faroese film and television studio founded in 2022, Red Herring Story will develop scripted and unscripted thrillers, with an international co-production focus. […]

CBS Miami is set to unveil its AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality) studio on March 16th. Sports Anchor Mike Cugno will introduce the technology and, later that evening, Chief Meteorologist Ivan Cabrera will deliver live weather updates to US viewers from the AR/VR studio, followed by a March Madness segment from the Sports Desk. Beginning March […]

Chi Onwurah, Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee of the UK House of Commons, has written to Google and OpenAI requesting information on their response to the Government’s consultation on AI and copyright. In February 2025, the committee held a joint session with the Culture, Media and Sport Committee to examine the proposals […]

ITV has commissioned a TV adaptation of the debut novel from Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall in advance of the book’s publication. Polly Hill, ITV’s Director of Drama, and Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Managing Director, Media and Entertainment have greenlit a straight to series order of Death At The White Hart from Chibnall’s company Imaginary Friends Productions […]

Mediawan, the independent European audiovisual content studio, has announced its partnership with the UK and Australian-based independent production company See-Saw Films through the acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in the company. See-Saw was founded in 2008 by Joint CEOs Emile Sherman and Iain Canning, and has produced a string of celebrated TV and […]

Creative Access, the UK’s diversity, equity & inclusion social enterprise, has  announced that 49 creatives will receive vital funding to cover equipment, training, travel, and other career-critical costs. A record-breaking surge in demand for financial support has exposed the growing crisis facing talent from under-represented groups in the UK’s creative industries. Now in its fourth […]

Tim Davie, BBC Director General, has told a Parliamentary committee he was “open minded” on a continental-style streamer levy as one source of funding for the public broadcaster. He said it was a “good idea” to explore ways in which the likes of Netflix could make a “contribution” to local content. The proposal has been […]