Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ Movie Sparks Backlash Over Casting Of Jacob Elordi As “Dark-Skinned” Heathcliff

Emerald Fennell’s decision to cast Jacob Elordi in Wuthering Heights has raised eyebrows in the UK. Deadline revealed on Monday that Elordi and Margot Robbie will star in the Emily Brontë adaptation as Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Saltburn director Fennell is set to write, direct, and produce, with filming taking place in the UK next […]

Phillip Schofield Lands First TV Job Since ‘This Morning’ Exit With Channel 5 Castaway Show

Phillip Schofield has landed his first role since dramatically exiting This Morning last year over an inappropriate relationship with a colleague. Phillip Schofield Cast Away for Channel 5 will see the former This Morning host spend 10 days and nine nights on a remote, unpopulated island off the coast of Madagascar. The three-part series will […]

‘Baby Lemmings’: WBD & France Televisions Board Hari’s “Gentle Slapstick” Toon From ‘Grizzy’ Franchise

EXCLUSIVE: The Grizzy & the Lemmings preschool world is about to expand. Paris-based IP firm Hari has put Baby Lemmings, a “gentle slapstick” CGI-animated series running to 78 seven-minute episodes, into production after boarding WBD and France Télévisions. The series delivers through 2025 and 2026. France Télévisions is the commissioner and will play the show […]

Oscars: UK Selects Sandhya Suri’s ‘Santosh’ As Best International Feature Submission

The UK has submitted Sandhya Suri’s fiction feature debut Santosh as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. The film was selected by BAFTA, the organization appointed by the American Academy to choose the UK’s submission. To be eligible, a British film must be predominantly non-English language and […]

Warner Bros International Television Production Set To Hire Long-Serving BBC Studios Exec Andre Renaud

EXCLUSIVE: Long-serving BBC Studios formats exec Andre Renaud is jumping over to Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP). We can reveal the industry veteran is joining Warner Bros Discovery’s London-based international team in November as Global VP of Finished and Format Sales and Revenue Generation. Based in the UK, he’ll report to Andrew Zein, WBITVP’s […]

Nicholas Alexander Chavez Has “Sympathy & Empathy” For Erik Menendez After His Criticism Of Netflix’s ‘Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story’

Nicholas Alexander Chavez, star of Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story, has said he understands why the real Erik Menendez is unhappy with the hit Netflix series. Chavez told USA Today that he has “sympathy and empathy” for Menendez, who claimed that Ryan Murphy’s drama is “vile and appalling” in its portrayal of the […]

Tokyo Film Festival Unveils Competition Line-up; ‘My Favourite Cake’ To Screen In Women’s Empowerment Section

Tokyo International Film Festival has announced its full line-up including its main international and Asian Future competitions, as well as the nine films selected for its Women’s Empowerment Section.  The new female-focused section will screen Iranian drama My Favourite Cake, directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, who are banned from travelling by the Iranian […]

Oscars: Argentina Submits Luis Ortega’s ‘Kill The Jockey’ To Best International Feature Film Race

Argentina has selected Luis Ortega’s latest flick Kill The Jockey as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.  The announcement was made yesterday by the Argentine Film Academy.  Kill the Jockey debuted in competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival before going on to screen at TIFF.  Nahuel […]