The last cork has been popped and the final flute of Kirkland Signatures sparkling wine drained down to the last drop. Old Man 2023 has gathered his sash about his withered frame and slunk into the night, clearing the way for cherubic New Year 2024–giggly, chubby and brimming with promise.
Or something. In reality, years don’t flip on and off like a light switch. They smear into each other like paint, until everything is the same weird shade of brownish-purple. But still: we all strive to make each new chapter in the Gregorian filing system a fresh start–a chance to break bad habits and begin good ones.
The traditional way of kickstarting these self-improvement reboots is through the maddeningly self-deceptive ritual of setting New Year’s Resolutions–80% of which are inevitably abandoned by February 1, according to most studies. But hey! A sustainable 20% is still pretty good. And for cineastes,...
Or something. In reality, years don’t flip on and off like a light switch. They smear into each other like paint, until everything is the same weird shade of brownish-purple. But still: we all strive to make each new chapter in the Gregorian filing system a fresh start–a chance to break bad habits and begin good ones.
The traditional way of kickstarting these self-improvement reboots is through the maddeningly self-deceptive ritual of setting New Year’s Resolutions–80% of which are inevitably abandoned by February 1, according to most studies. But hey! A sustainable 20% is still pretty good. And for cineastes,...
- 1/3/2024
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
Bloods star Jane Horrocks is joining the cast of another Sky original in the UK.
She has been cast in the third season of explosive political drama series Cobra, playing populist Defence Secretary Victoria Dalton in the UK government, opposite Robert Carlyle’s returning Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his Chief of Staff, Anna Marshall (Victoria Hamilton).
Horrocks, also known for BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, has most recently been appearing opposite Samson Kayo in Sky paramedics comedy Bloods.
The latest six-part season of Cobra is titled Rebellion and will follow the aftermath of an unforeseen environmental disaster that reveals itself as a crisis of corruption in the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms, challenging Sutherland to decide what he is willing to sacrifice to stay in power.
Production has begun ahead of a 2023 debut on Sky Max and streamer Now in the UK.
David Haig (Killing Eve...
She has been cast in the third season of explosive political drama series Cobra, playing populist Defence Secretary Victoria Dalton in the UK government, opposite Robert Carlyle’s returning Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his Chief of Staff, Anna Marshall (Victoria Hamilton).
Horrocks, also known for BBC comedy Absolutely Fabulous, has most recently been appearing opposite Samson Kayo in Sky paramedics comedy Bloods.
The latest six-part season of Cobra is titled Rebellion and will follow the aftermath of an unforeseen environmental disaster that reveals itself as a crisis of corruption in the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms, challenging Sutherland to decide what he is willing to sacrifice to stay in power.
Production has begun ahead of a 2023 debut on Sky Max and streamer Now in the UK.
David Haig (Killing Eve...
- 11/2/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has boarded its latest BBC drama, Champion, the show from award-winning Queenie writer Candice Carty-Williams, which has unveiled cast.
The streamer will take rights outside of the UK and Ireland on the eight-part musical drama.
Top Boy star Malcolm Kamulete is leading alongside newcomers Déja J Bowens and musician Ray Blk, who is also music exec with grime pioneer Ghetts.
Also starring are Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade, Tom Forbes, Genesis Lynea, Karl Collins, Francis Lovehall, Corey Weekes and Rachel Adedeji.
Described as a “love letter to Black British music” and set in South London,...
The streamer will take rights outside of the UK and Ireland on the eight-part musical drama.
Top Boy star Malcolm Kamulete is leading alongside newcomers Déja J Bowens and musician Ray Blk, who is also music exec with grime pioneer Ghetts.
Also starring are Nadine Marshall, Ray Fearon, Jo Martin, Kerim Hassan (Once Upon a Time in London), Adeyinka Akinrinade, Tom Forbes, Genesis Lynea, Karl Collins, Francis Lovehall, Corey Weekes and Rachel Adedeji.
Described as a “love letter to Black British music” and set in South London,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has picked up the global rights outside the U.K. and Ireland on BBC drama “Champion,” from “Queenie” author Candice Carty-Williams.
The show, which is currently in production for BBC One in the U.K., marks the first TV project for the award-winning Carty-Williams, who recently released her new novel, “People Person.”
The music-infused “Champion” tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. The show follows rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
Billed as a love letter to Black British music set in south London, “Champion...
The show, which is currently in production for BBC One in the U.K., marks the first TV project for the award-winning Carty-Williams, who recently released her new novel, “People Person.”
The music-infused “Champion” tells the explosive story of what happens when fame collides with family. The show follows rap sensation Bosco Champion, who is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, Bulla, she steps out of her brother’s shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.
Billed as a love letter to Black British music set in south London, “Champion...
- 7/25/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix continues its expansion into original young adult series with a pickup of an eight-episode British drama. Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the untitled series is described as a teenage love story with supernatural twists. It is produced by the UK-based New Pictures, led by Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke and Willow Grylls, which also is behind another supernatural British drama series recently picked up by Netflix, Requiem. Farren Blackburn…...
- 8/14/2017
- Deadline TV
Kris Mrksa.
Filming has begun in Wales on Requiem, a 6x60' drama created and written by Aussie writer Kris Mrksa, commissioned by BBC One and co-produced by Netflix.
In 1994 a toddler disappears from a small Welsh town, never to be seen again. Twenty-three years later, talented young cellist Matilda, played by Lydia Wilson (Star Trek Beyond, About Time), has her life turned upside down by her mother.s inexplicable suicide..
In the wake of the tragedy Matilda begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself, embarking on a quest that leads her to that same Welsh village, where the secrets she uncovers threaten to unravel her very identity.
Also in the cast is Animal Kingdom.s James Frecheville, playing an Australian who arrives in town and may not be all that he seems.
This is the first show Mrksa, whose credits include East West 101, Underbelly, Devil.s Dust and Janet King,...
Filming has begun in Wales on Requiem, a 6x60' drama created and written by Aussie writer Kris Mrksa, commissioned by BBC One and co-produced by Netflix.
In 1994 a toddler disappears from a small Welsh town, never to be seen again. Twenty-three years later, talented young cellist Matilda, played by Lydia Wilson (Star Trek Beyond, About Time), has her life turned upside down by her mother.s inexplicable suicide..
In the wake of the tragedy Matilda begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself, embarking on a quest that leads her to that same Welsh village, where the secrets she uncovers threaten to unravel her very identity.
Also in the cast is Animal Kingdom.s James Frecheville, playing an Australian who arrives in town and may not be all that he seems.
This is the first show Mrksa, whose credits include East West 101, Underbelly, Devil.s Dust and Janet King,...
- 4/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Supernatural series from Indian Summers producer sets director and cast.
Netflix is in advanced negotiations to join BBC One series Requiem as a co-producer.
The 6 x 60-minute supernatural thriller, which is due to shoot in Wales from next week, will follow a young woman after the death of her mother.
Produced by Indian Summers and The Missing outfit New Pictures, the series is penned by Australian writer Kris Mrksa, who has written episdoes for Australian series including The Slap, Underbelly and Glitch.
Director will be former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Mahalia Belo, whose short Volume premiered at Sundance and won the British Independent Film Award for Best Short Film. Nfts graduate Belo most recently completed Ellen, a single 90 minute drama for Channel4 starring Jessica Barden
Set for a starring role in the series will be emerging UK actress Lydia Wilson, who has previously scored supporting roles in TV series Ripper Street and movies Star Trek Beyond and About Time...
Netflix is in advanced negotiations to join BBC One series Requiem as a co-producer.
The 6 x 60-minute supernatural thriller, which is due to shoot in Wales from next week, will follow a young woman after the death of her mother.
Produced by Indian Summers and The Missing outfit New Pictures, the series is penned by Australian writer Kris Mrksa, who has written episdoes for Australian series including The Slap, Underbelly and Glitch.
Director will be former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Mahalia Belo, whose short Volume premiered at Sundance and won the British Independent Film Award for Best Short Film. Nfts graduate Belo most recently completed Ellen, a single 90 minute drama for Channel4 starring Jessica Barden
Set for a starring role in the series will be emerging UK actress Lydia Wilson, who has previously scored supporting roles in TV series Ripper Street and movies Star Trek Beyond and About Time...
- 3/21/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
‘The Crown’ star Jodi Balfour also joins six-part serial killer drama.
Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) and Jodi Balfour (The Crown) will lead the cast of upcoming BBC One thriller Rellik.
Created and written by Harry and Jack Williams, the six-episode series will reverse the story of a serial killer, starting at the point in time they are caught and going backwards.
Dormer will play Gabriel Markham, a Met detective that obsessives over finding the serial killer while Balfour plays his partner, Elaine.
Described as a “bold, original and twisting thriller” by New Pictures Executive Producer Willow Grylls, Rellik (“killer” in reverse) was commissioned in 2015 after the success of Williams brothers’ The Missing, also for BBC One.
The Williams’ production company Two Brothers and New Pictures are producing for BBC One and Cinemax. All3media International are handling international sales.
Joining Dormer and Balfour in the cast are Rosalind Eleazar, Paterson Joseph, [link...
Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones) and Jodi Balfour (The Crown) will lead the cast of upcoming BBC One thriller Rellik.
Created and written by Harry and Jack Williams, the six-episode series will reverse the story of a serial killer, starting at the point in time they are caught and going backwards.
Dormer will play Gabriel Markham, a Met detective that obsessives over finding the serial killer while Balfour plays his partner, Elaine.
Described as a “bold, original and twisting thriller” by New Pictures Executive Producer Willow Grylls, Rellik (“killer” in reverse) was commissioned in 2015 after the success of Williams brothers’ The Missing, also for BBC One.
The Williams’ production company Two Brothers and New Pictures are producing for BBC One and Cinemax. All3media International are handling international sales.
Joining Dormer and Balfour in the cast are Rosalind Eleazar, Paterson Joseph, [link...
- 3/17/2017
- ScreenDaily
Kris Mrksa
Australian screenwriter Kris Mrksa (Glitch, Janet King, The Slap, Underbelly, The Secret Life of Us) will write a six-part series for BBC Drama..
Requiem will be made by New Pictures (coming off the back of a great success with The Missing, starring Australia's Frances O'Connor) and will consist of six one-hour episodes. The show will be executive produced by Willow Grylls, Elaine Pyke and Charlie Pattinson for New Pictures and Polly Hill for BBC One.
A thriller which flirts with the supernatural, Requiem is the story of a young woman who discovers, in the wake of her mother's death, that everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie.
So: expect a more adult, ambiguous, and female version of Harry Potter.
"Requiem is the show I've always wanted to make", Mrksa said. "To be making it with the team at New Pictures, and for the BBC, a...
Australian screenwriter Kris Mrksa (Glitch, Janet King, The Slap, Underbelly, The Secret Life of Us) will write a six-part series for BBC Drama..
Requiem will be made by New Pictures (coming off the back of a great success with The Missing, starring Australia's Frances O'Connor) and will consist of six one-hour episodes. The show will be executive produced by Willow Grylls, Elaine Pyke and Charlie Pattinson for New Pictures and Polly Hill for BBC One.
A thriller which flirts with the supernatural, Requiem is the story of a young woman who discovers, in the wake of her mother's death, that everything she thought she knew about herself was a lie.
So: expect a more adult, ambiguous, and female version of Harry Potter.
"Requiem is the show I've always wanted to make", Mrksa said. "To be making it with the team at New Pictures, and for the BBC, a...
- 1/6/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The Imitation Game star has been nominated for his leading role in BBC drama Sherlock.Scroll down for full list of nominations
Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for the third time as leading actor in his BBC role of Sherlock. This marks his sixth nomination for this category in his career.
Cumberbatch received a Best Actor Oscar nomination earlier this year for his role as Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game.
The nominations, announced on Wednesday by actors Freddie Fox and Amanda Abbington, place Cumberbatch in a category alongside three others.
Toby Jones (Harry Potter, Captain America, The Hunger Games) is recognized for his role in Marvellous. The show received two other nominations including Single Drama and Supporting Actress for Gemma Jones.
James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) also received a leading actor nomination for The Missing, in addition to Jason Watkins (The Golden Compass) for his role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries.
For...
Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for the third time as leading actor in his BBC role of Sherlock. This marks his sixth nomination for this category in his career.
Cumberbatch received a Best Actor Oscar nomination earlier this year for his role as Alan Turing in Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game.
The nominations, announced on Wednesday by actors Freddie Fox and Amanda Abbington, place Cumberbatch in a category alongside three others.
Toby Jones (Harry Potter, Captain America, The Hunger Games) is recognized for his role in Marvellous. The show received two other nominations including Single Drama and Supporting Actress for Gemma Jones.
James Nesbitt (The Hobbit) also received a leading actor nomination for The Missing, in addition to Jason Watkins (The Golden Compass) for his role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries.
For...
- 4/8/2015
- by mam27@bu.edu (Monica Mendoza)
- ScreenDaily
Starz’s new mystery series The Missing is pulling a True Detective. After the show’s first season received widespread critical acclaim (including Golden Globe nominations for best miniseries and best actress in a miniseries for Frances O'Connor), the premium cable network has opted to pick it up for a second season of 8 episodes, which will feature a new case, new characters and a new location.
No specifics about the second season have been announced, and it’s unknown if Conroy or any other actors from the first season will be returning in new roles (seeing as The Missing is much more grounded than the campy American Horror Story, I’d guess not). The Missing‘s first 8 episodes focused on a father (James Nesbitt) devastated by the disappearance of his young son during a family vacation in France, who spends years searching for him at the high cost of his...
No specifics about the second season have been announced, and it’s unknown if Conroy or any other actors from the first season will be returning in new roles (seeing as The Missing is much more grounded than the campy American Horror Story, I’d guess not). The Missing‘s first 8 episodes focused on a father (James Nesbitt) devastated by the disappearance of his young son during a family vacation in France, who spends years searching for him at the high cost of his...
- 12/18/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
John Yorke, controller, drama production at the BBC, is leaving the British public broadcaster to lead independent producer Company Pictures, whose hit shows have included Skins and Shameless. The BBC veteran, who has been at the broadcaster since 1986 interrupted by an 18 months stint at Channel 4 and has overseen such big shows as EastEnders, will take on a managing director role at the firm that is part of All3Media, Britain's largest independent TV producer. He will take Company Pictures from founders George Faber and Charlie Pattinson, who are leaving to set up another venture at All3Media. Yorke worked
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- 10/25/2012
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After three seasons on HBO’s In Treatment, Gabriel Byrne is returning to UK TV to star in a four-part drama series for Channel 4. With the working title Coup, the Company Pictures/Newscope Films conspiracy thriller starts production in February and will air later this year. Byrne will play politician Tom Dawkins, a reluctant hero thrust into the spotlight following an industrial disaster that raises questions about the safety procedures of the U.S. petrochemical company involved. Dawkins risks everything by taking on the establishment in his pursuit of the truth, uncovering a web of secrets along the way. The series is based on the novel A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin and was adapted for the screen by Robert Jones. Ed Fraiman is directing with Johann Knobel (Shameless) producing. Executive producers are Jason Newmark, Fraiman, George Faber and Charles Pattinson.
- 1/24/2012
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
MTV’s reinvention of the 1980s movie Teen Wolf is moving forward, says The Hollywood Reporter. The 1985 film starred Michael J. Fox as a teenager who discovers he is a werewolf. The MTV version will be set in high school, draw from the horror genre to explore werewolf mythology and include a romantic plot line.
MTV is also remaking another show that not that many people are familiar with. Skins is a British series that follows a group of teenagers who do bad things like drugs, have sex, do more drugs, and have more sex.
Here is the press release:
Filled with suspense, horror and the struggle to discover one’s true identity, MTV puts a modern spin on one of the most popular classic films of the eighties, MGM’s Teen Wolf. The reinvention comes alive as a sexy thriller set against the drama of high school life with a forbidden,...
MTV is also remaking another show that not that many people are familiar with. Skins is a British series that follows a group of teenagers who do bad things like drugs, have sex, do more drugs, and have more sex.
Here is the press release:
Filled with suspense, horror and the struggle to discover one’s true identity, MTV puts a modern spin on one of the most popular classic films of the eighties, MGM’s Teen Wolf. The reinvention comes alive as a sexy thriller set against the drama of high school life with a forbidden,...
- 11/16/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
It’s using some of the money released by cancelling the show for two new comedy drama series. Channel 4 paid £60-65 million in a three-year deal for the Big Brother rights. Big Brother was thought to be moving across to Five but I understand talks between producer Endemol and Five have now stalled. (Endemol declined comment.) Beaver Falls, a new 6-part show for digital channel E4, follows three British lads who con their way into an American summer camp for the ridiculously beautiful offspring of Manhattan’s rich and powerful. The camp thinks it’s getting three British blue-bloods. (Hang on, I can feel a Us remake coming on already...) The show is executive produced by Charlie Pattinson for Company Pictures (Skins, Shameless), produced by Liz Lewin and created by Iain Hollands. Naked Apes, which is being made for the main channel, is also a 6-parter about the lives,...
- 9/29/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline London
Skins, the sex, drink and drug-fuelled television serial that represents teenage life laid bare is to journey to the silver screen!
Scripted by Skins writer Jack Thorne and Skins creator Bryan Elsley, the film is scheduled to go into production later this month after open auditions were held nationwide.
This news follows four hugely successful seasons on E4; the latest of these finishing with the highest ratings of any series so far.
Director of Company, Charlie Pattinson, believes that bringing a film version to the big screen is the obvious next step for this franchise;
“Given the huge amount of support from the ever expanding fan base of the series, we feel that we can go much further and produce yet another unique Skins experience”
A number of familiar faces from the four series are expected to feature in the film, shooting in Bristol and the Isle of Man this year.
Scripted by Skins writer Jack Thorne and Skins creator Bryan Elsley, the film is scheduled to go into production later this month after open auditions were held nationwide.
This news follows four hugely successful seasons on E4; the latest of these finishing with the highest ratings of any series so far.
Director of Company, Charlie Pattinson, believes that bringing a film version to the big screen is the obvious next step for this franchise;
“Given the huge amount of support from the ever expanding fan base of the series, we feel that we can go much further and produce yet another unique Skins experience”
A number of familiar faces from the four series are expected to feature in the film, shooting in Bristol and the Isle of Man this year.
- 9/15/2010
- by Jamie Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
Further to our exclusive "Skins" casting call November 19, 2009, MTV reports that the new North American version of the sexy, UK teen soap series "Skins" will start lensing the first of 10 one-hour episodes in Toronto this month.
Created by father and son team Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Stormdog Films, "Skins" will feature an ensemble cast "...as they navigate complex relationships, the politics of friendship and difficulties of daily life in their formative years..."
In 2009, MTV secured the rights to create a North American version of the original UK "Skins" series, now in its 5th season, with 'unknown' teenagers cast in lead roles and 'real' teens contributing to the creative structure of each episode.
The UK series, airing on E4 won the 2009 'BAFTA Audience Award' and 'Best Drama Series' @ the 2008 Broadcast Awards.
"Skins" is co-produced by E1 Entertainment and Company Pictures, a division of ALL3MEDIA, the same company that...
Created by father and son team Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Stormdog Films, "Skins" will feature an ensemble cast "...as they navigate complex relationships, the politics of friendship and difficulties of daily life in their formative years..."
In 2009, MTV secured the rights to create a North American version of the original UK "Skins" series, now in its 5th season, with 'unknown' teenagers cast in lead roles and 'real' teens contributing to the creative structure of each episode.
The UK series, airing on E4 won the 2009 'BAFTA Audience Award' and 'Best Drama Series' @ the 2008 Broadcast Awards.
"Skins" is co-produced by E1 Entertainment and Company Pictures, a division of ALL3MEDIA, the same company that...
- 8/9/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Further to our exclusive Skins casting call November 19, 2009, MTV reports that the new North American version of the sexy, UK teen soap series Skins will start lensing the first of 10 one-hour episodes in Toronto this month. Created by father and son team Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Stormdog Films, Skins will feature an ensemble cast "...as they navigate complex relationships, the politics of friendship and difficulties of daily life in their formative years..." In 2009, MTV secured the rights to create a North American version of the original UK Skins series, now in its 5th season, with 'unknown' teenagers cast in lead roles and 'real' teens contributing to the creative structure of each episode. The UK series, airing on E4 won the 2009 'BAFTA Audience Award' and 'Best Drama Series' @ the 2008 Broadcast Awards. Skins is co-produced by E1 Entertainment and Company Pictures, a division of ALL3MEDIA, the same company that...
- 8/9/2010
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
The possibility of seeing the hit British TV series Skins have have a remake is no longer a rumour. In fact, The Movie Network, a Canadian premium cable network, announced its intention to make a Canadian remake of Skins.
The Canadian Skins is executive produced by Charlie Pattinson, George Faber, John Morayniss and Laszlo Barna, with the pilot written by Bryan Elsley, a co-creator of the original UK version. Elsley also serves as showrunner.
The show follows the lives of a group of charismatic, but troubled youth as they lurch towards adulthood. This involves partying hard, having sex, consuming drugs, drinking, studying and other things you can imagine.
Finally, production on the Canadian remake of Skins begins in Toronto this summer. Moreover, the Canadian remake will premiere on The Movie Network some time in 2011.
The Canadian Skins is executive produced by Charlie Pattinson, George Faber, John Morayniss and Laszlo Barna, with the pilot written by Bryan Elsley, a co-creator of the original UK version. Elsley also serves as showrunner.
The show follows the lives of a group of charismatic, but troubled youth as they lurch towards adulthood. This involves partying hard, having sex, consuming drugs, drinking, studying and other things you can imagine.
Finally, production on the Canadian remake of Skins begins in Toronto this summer. Moreover, the Canadian remake will premiere on The Movie Network some time in 2011.
- 6/15/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
London -- British television teenage drama "Skins" is growing up to become a movie scripted by series writer Jack Thorne and show creator Bryan Elsley.
The big screen treatment is being backed and developed by Film4, the standalone filmmaking arm of Channel 4 which currently broadcasts the hit show on its digital channel E4.
U.K. film and television production labels Company Pictures and Stormdog Films and sales, finance and distribution house Cinemanx are also backing the ambitions.
The television show, now four seasons old, has been heralded by viewers and critics alike as a ground-breaking portrayal of teenage life in the U.K. complete with controversial drug taking scenes, sex and drinking featuring heavily in the show.
The movie is scheduled to go into production later this year in Bristol and the Isle of Man and backers said it will feature many of the familiar characters from the four seasons.
The big screen treatment is being backed and developed by Film4, the standalone filmmaking arm of Channel 4 which currently broadcasts the hit show on its digital channel E4.
U.K. film and television production labels Company Pictures and Stormdog Films and sales, finance and distribution house Cinemanx are also backing the ambitions.
The television show, now four seasons old, has been heralded by viewers and critics alike as a ground-breaking portrayal of teenage life in the U.K. complete with controversial drug taking scenes, sex and drinking featuring heavily in the show.
The movie is scheduled to go into production later this year in Bristol and the Isle of Man and backers said it will feature many of the familiar characters from the four seasons.
- 5/27/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC is pushing "Happy Town" off to a summertime slot after two weeks of weak ratings.
The mystery series will still air on Wednesday (May 12) as scheduled, but it will be bumped for "Primetime: What Would You Do?" on May 19 (the movie "Transformers" is scheduled for 8 to 11 p.m. on May 26, opposite the "American Idol" finale). The show will return to the lineup at 10 p.m. Et June 2 and run through the rest of the month; its finale is scheduled for June 30.
"Happy Town" has had a rough start in the ratings. Its April 28 premiere averaged 5.2 million viewers, and last week's episode fell to 3.9 million viewers.
- MTV has picked up an American version of the British series "Skins."
The cable channel has ordered 10 episodes of the show, which has been a critical darling in the U.K. for its frank portrayal of teenage life -- complete with sex, drugs and raunchy humor.
The mystery series will still air on Wednesday (May 12) as scheduled, but it will be bumped for "Primetime: What Would You Do?" on May 19 (the movie "Transformers" is scheduled for 8 to 11 p.m. on May 26, opposite the "American Idol" finale). The show will return to the lineup at 10 p.m. Et June 2 and run through the rest of the month; its finale is scheduled for June 30.
"Happy Town" has had a rough start in the ratings. Its April 28 premiere averaged 5.2 million viewers, and last week's episode fell to 3.9 million viewers.
- MTV has picked up an American version of the British series "Skins."
The cable channel has ordered 10 episodes of the show, which has been a critical darling in the U.K. for its frank portrayal of teenage life -- complete with sex, drugs and raunchy humor.
- 5/11/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Welcome to your Tuesday morning television briefing. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that multiple sources have confirmed to him that NBC will be renewing action-comedy Chuck for a fourth season and that "the show has thus far figured into all of the network’s preliminary plans for its May 17 upfront presentation," with Chuck likely to get a thirteen-episode initial order with the possibility of a full season order still in the cards as well. However, co-creator Josh Schwartz hadn't heard anything regarding a renewal as of yet. "That’s news to me," said Schwartz. "I would urge fans to take nothing for granted..." (Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files) NBC's Angela Bromstad also cautioned fans about reading too much into rumors about Chuck's future and wouldn't confirm that it had been picked up when speaking with The Hollywood Reporter's James Hibberd. "It's our highest performing Monday night show," said Bromstad about Chuck.
- 5/11/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
British TV series "Skins" will be getting a U.S. version. MTV has ordered 10 episodes after acquiring rights to the Brit hit August last year. Premiered in January 2007 and follows a raunchy group of U.K. teens. "Skins" was a big hit on British network E4, serving 1.2 million. It also won a BAFTA Audience Award as well as being given the top drama series at the 2008 Broadcast Awards. U.S. version will, like the original series, have a cast which is unknown for the most part. There's no word as yet on any start of production date. Will take place in Baltimore. Father and son duo Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain created the series. Elsley will serve as an executive producer alongside Charlie Pattinson and George Faber.
- 5/11/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Exclusive: I hear MTV has picked up Skins to series. The cable network has ordered 10 episodes for a U.S. version of the raunchy U.K. teen series, which has been a passion project of MTV’s senior vp series development Liz Gateley. The series is being eyed for a January launch. MTV ordered a pilot for Skins in August after Gateley pursued the rights to the British format for almost two years. Bryan Elsley, co-creator of the original series, wrote the pilot. He is executive producing the project with Charlie Pattinson and George Faber. E1 is producing the series with Company [...]...
- 5/10/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: I hear MTV has picked up Skins to series. The cable network has ordered 10 episodes for a U.S. version of the raunchy U.K. teen series, which has been a passion project of MTV’s senior vp series development Liz Gateley. The series is being eyed for a January launch. MTV ordered a pilot for Skins in August after Gateley pursued the rights to the British format for almost two years. Bryan Elsley, co-creator of the original series, wrote the pilot. He is executive producing the project with Charlie Pattinson and George Faber. E1 is producing the series with Company [...]...
- 5/10/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline Hollywood
Welcome to your Tuesday morning television briefing. MTV is developing a Us adaptation of hit British teen drama series Skins, which airs on E4 and Channel 4 in the UK. Co-creator Bryan Elsley will executive produce the new version, which will be shot in Baltimore with unknown actors, with Company Pictures' Charlie Pattinson and George Faber. "It's been two years that I've been personally involved in trying to get this here to the network," MTV's Svp of series development Liz Gateley told Variety, "and I don't think I've ever had a negotiation drag out as long as this, but I knew it was something very special." Elsley will write the pilot script for the Us version of Skins, which MTV has committed to filming. (Variety) FX has ordered a pilot script for sports drama March to Madness, about a corrupt college basketball program that manages to reach the March Madness...
- 8/25/2009
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Everyone’s favorite not really music television channel of sorts, MTV, has picked up the rights to go and adapt a popular UK show called Skins. Revolving around a simple plot of teenagers growing up in the world looking for their own form of happiness, the semi hip television network will take upon the same premise and cast a group of unknowns to the show.
“‘Skins’ is one of those rare shows that cuts through to its core audience with unusually authentic stories due to the unique writing and casting process that Bryan pioneered. Having personally pursued the U.K. project for almost two years, I am beyond thrilled to bring it to MTV in the U.S. We intend to preserve the authenticity of the British version and are excited to collaborate with the original team to develop stories that will speak to American youth,” said Liz Gateley, Senior Vice President,...
“‘Skins’ is one of those rare shows that cuts through to its core audience with unusually authentic stories due to the unique writing and casting process that Bryan pioneered. Having personally pursued the U.K. project for almost two years, I am beyond thrilled to bring it to MTV in the U.S. We intend to preserve the authenticity of the British version and are excited to collaborate with the original team to develop stories that will speak to American youth,” said Liz Gateley, Senior Vice President,...
- 8/25/2009
- by Melissa Molina
- Atomic Popcorn
MTV is developing a stateside version of the raunchy U.K. series "Skins" -- but will the network be able to capture the risque appeal of the original?
That one follows an ensemble of British teens and contains copious amounts of swearing and drug use, along with some nudity. Moreover, the show uses an innovative production model, casting teenage unknowns to star in the series and employing young first-time writers. MTV chased the popular show for two years and beat out fellow bidder the CW for the rights.
MTV says it will continue the original show's production model with co-creator Bryan Elsley writing and executive producing the pilot.
" 'Skins' is one of those rare shows that cuts through to its core audience with unusually authentic stories due to the unique writing and casting process that Bryan pioneered," said Liz Gateley, senior vp, MTV Series Development. "Having personally pursued the U.
That one follows an ensemble of British teens and contains copious amounts of swearing and drug use, along with some nudity. Moreover, the show uses an innovative production model, casting teenage unknowns to star in the series and employing young first-time writers. MTV chased the popular show for two years and beat out fellow bidder the CW for the rights.
MTV says it will continue the original show's production model with co-creator Bryan Elsley writing and executive producing the pilot.
" 'Skins' is one of those rare shows that cuts through to its core audience with unusually authentic stories due to the unique writing and casting process that Bryan pioneered," said Liz Gateley, senior vp, MTV Series Development. "Having personally pursued the U.
- 8/24/2009
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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