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Stars: Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Stefan Kapicic, Grace Patterson, Olivia Rouyre, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Tiff Stevenson | Written by Bradley Fowler, Cady Lanigan | Directed by Matthew Goodhue

What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.

Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything. What better way to become the president...

Plaion Pictures is excited to announce that their new comedy horror, Slotherhouse, is out now on all major digital download platforms. Featuring an impressive up and coming cast, British actress Lisa Ambalavanar stars alongside EastEnders alumna Sydney Craven (Wolf Blood) and Andrew Horton (Jupiter’s Legacy). Directed by Matthew Goodhue and written by Bradley Fowler & Cady Lanigan. Slotherhouse follows Emily Young, a technology obsessed sorority senior trapped in the world of social currency and popularity, as she discovers the influence she can gain from cute animals after meeting an exotic pet distributor. Emily’s deep desire to become sorority house President leads to her adopting a poached pet sloth in order to use it to help her get elected new house President. But when bodies slowly begin to pile up in the Lambda Omega Omega house, Emily and her sisters are slow to realize the deaths are being caused by their new house mascot,...

Stars: Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Stefan Kapicic, Grace Patterson, Olivia Rouyre, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Tiff Stevenson | Written by Bradley Fowler, Cady Lanigan | Directed by Matthew Goodhue

[Note: With the film released today the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Slotherhouse from its US debut last year]

What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.

Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything.

The found-footage feature stars Matt Barber of ‘Downton Abbey’ and Ellie Duckles from Netflix drama ‘The A List’.

Found-footage horror Dagr, starring Ellie Duckles from Netflix drama The A List and Matt Barber of Downton Abbey, has been acquired for distribution in North America, Australia and New Zealand by The Horror Collective.

The UK feature will be available on digital platforms in the territories from mid-April through the genre label, which is part of Shaked Berenson’s Los Angeles-based worldwide sales and distribution company Entertainment Squad. The deal was closed directly with the filmmakers.

Game Of Thrones star Conleth Hill,...

Stars: Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Stefan Kapicic, Grace Patterson, Olivia Rouyre, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Tiff Stevenson | Written by Bradley Fowler, Cady Lanigan | Directed by Matthew Goodhue

What could possibly top the recent run of cocaine-fueled bears, sharks, and cougars? How about a cute, three-toed critter turning a sorority house into a Slotherhouse? Yes, the world’s slowest animal has turned homicidal and is carving up sorority girls like a seasoned slasher. Although, as the prologue that shows the critter getting bagged by poachers hints, this isn’t your typically chill furry tree hanger.

Emily wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become president of Sigma Lambda Theta, Slth for short. Unfortunately, she lacks the ruthlessness and social media presence of the current president Brianna. However, a chance meeting with Oliver, an exotic animal aficionado of dubious morality, changes everything. What better way to become the president...

Cruel Summer is definitely one of the most thrilling teen series ever made. The Freeform series instantly became a hit upon its release and became the most-watched series on the network ever. Set in the ’90s the series revolves around two teen girls during three different time frames. So, if you like Cruel Summer and are hoping for a renewal of Season 3, here are some shows that could pass your time until it comes out.

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Synopsis: For Camille Preaker, it’s a dark path down memory lane. Based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) and directed by Emmy(R) winner Jean-Marc Vallee (HBO’s “Big Little Lies”), this thrilling limited series stars five-time Oscar(R) nominee Amy Adams as a city journalist with a history of psychiatric issues who...

A cast of emerging talent has been set for BBC comedy-drama “Boarders,” from Daniel Lawrence Taylor, creator of the BAFTA nominated “Timewasters.”

The 6 x 45′ series produced by Studio Lambert (“The Nest”) in association with All3Media International, follows the lives of five talented underprivileged Black students from inner-city London who win scholarships to St. Gilbert’s, an elite boarding school. Stepping out of the urban metropolis, they experience the highs and lows of boarding school, learn about themselves, their identity and what life on the other side looks like.

“Boarders” will star Josh Tedeku (“Supacell”), Jodie Campbell (“Bulletproof”) and Myles Kamwendo (“The School for Good and Evil”) alongside Sekou Diaby and Aruna Jalloh, both making their screen debuts. Lawrence Taylor will play a mentor figure to the students.

The cast also includes Derek Riddell (“Happy Valley”), Niky Wardley (“Queen of Oz”), Harry Gilby (“Tolkien”), Tallulah Grieve (“Our Ladies”), Rosie Graham (“The School for Good and Evil...

Directed by Matthew Butler-Hart, the film is from the team behind supernatural thriller ‘The Isle’ and lockdown sci-fi ‘Infinitum: Subject Unknown’.

Production has wrapped in Wales on found-footage horror Dagr, starring Matt Barber of Downton Abbey and Ellie Duckles from Netflix drama The A List.

The feature is directed by Matthew Butler-Hart, who co-wrote and produces the film with Tori-Butler Hart for Fizz and Ginger Films. The duo are known for lockdown sci-fi feature Infinitum: Subject Unknown and supernatural thriller The Isle.

Dagr shot near the Brecon Beacons in south Wales and stars Duckles alongside newcomer Riz Moritz as fame-seeking YouTubers.

Stars: Daniel Caltagirone, Adam Deacon, Lois Brabin-Platt, Max Lohan, Eric Roberts, Marco Leonardi, Georges St-Pierre, Lucas Aurelio, Elijah Rowen, Bentley Kalu | Written and Directed by Savvas D. Michael

Twenty-five years on from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels the British gangster revival is still going strong. Case in point Hitmen, the new film from writer/director Savvas D. Michael who has already made several contributions to the genre including The Bezonians, Smoking Guns and Original Gangster.

Luke and Lauren are having marital issues. But that doesn’t mean she’s thrilled when Jackie starts hitting on her and when she mocks him, hitting her. This leads to a beating which in turn leads to Jackie’s death.

That would be bad enough, but Jackie’s grandfather Michael is a wealthy CEO with some rather shady connections. When they’re acquitted by reason of self-defense he puts a million-dollar contract on the couple.

Banijay, Stéphane Courbit’s TV production and distribution powerhouse behind “Survivor” and “Peaky Blinders,” has made a vibrant debut in the Amsterdam stock market.

The Paris-headquartered company, which took over Endemol Shine Group in 2020 in a splashy $2.2 billion deal, saw its revenue climb by 16.5% – or 13.3% at constant currency — to €3.21 billion ($3.4 billion) in 2022. While its profit margin fell by 1% to 14.7%, Banijay’s earnings before interest, tax and amortization (Ebitda) grew by 9% to €472 million ($501 million) in 2022. A bullish performance compared with its rival Fremantle whose Ebitda reached €162 million after rising by 15% during the same period.

Banijay was listed last year through a newly-created special purpose acquisition company named Fl Entertainment. The banner comprises both Banijay and Courbit’s online gambling group Betclic. As a whole, Fl Entertainment’s yearly revenue rose by 13.2% at constant currency to €4 billion ($4.2 billion).

Banijay’s strong financial results were bolstered by its content production and distribution activities.

Banijay, the world’s largest independent television production group, has posted a 16.5% increase in revenue after a spending spree that ran to 15 companies.

In its first full-year results since its $2.2B takeover of Endemol Shine Group and going public, Banijay revealed that its revenue was €3.2B ($3.4B) last year, compared with €2.75B in 2021.

Banijay’s adjusted Ebitda climbed 9% to €472M last year, though its profit margin fell by a percentage point to 14.7%, according to earnings published by parent company Fl Entertainment Group, which is listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange.

The results follow Banijay’s acquisition of 15 companies including Kindle Entertainment, which made Netflix’s young adult series The A List, and Mam Tor, the producer behind BBC drama Chloe.

Banijay accounted for the majority of Fl Entertainment’s total revenue of €4B, which was up 15.7% compared with 2021. Ebitda rose 10% to €670M. The company’s other assets include BetClic Everest,...

Of all things, Micheal Ward was most scared of the pigeon. The actor had arrived on set for Empire of Light, his biggest project yet. He would be the co-lead opposite Oscar winner Olivia Colman in a film directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes and shot by Oscar winner Roger Deakin, also starring Oscar winner Colin Firth. But it was Coco the Pigeon, no awards to her name, who had Ward sweating. “I was so nervous,” he says, laughing about it now. “I didn’t even touch it until Sam told me to. Me being a director’s pet, I gave it a little prod, but...” A violent shiver runs up his body. “Eurgh!”

Fear of feathers is not something you’d expect from the 25-year-old Bafta winner who made his name playing a gang leader in the crime drama Top Boy. So synonymous is Ward with his character that...

Get ready for Prime Video‘s new series about beautiful people behaving very badly in the new series Riches from Abby Ajayi. The series follows “the exploits of the stylish, privileged, super-successful Richards family. When Stephen Richards passes suddenly, the family’s world comes crashing down. As his business hangs in the balance, his different sets of children are about to collide as they vie for control.” All six episodes are set to drop on Friday, December 2. Amazon Prime The high-stakes family drama stars Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie (Absentia), Sarah Niles, Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, Nneka Okoye, and Emmanuel Imani. The trailer starts out with an ominous female voiceover saying, “He hasn’t been my father since a sunny day in 1993 when he told me he had ...

Banijay Kids & Family has bought UK drama specialist Kindle Entertainment and Italian animation firm Movimenti Production. The deals bring the total number of production within Banijay’s youth-focused arm across France, the UK and Italy to six, sitting alongside distribution, marketing and licencing arm, Zodiak Kids & Family Distribution.

Based in London, the female-led Kindle Entertainment is behind premium YA and family dramas such as Sky limited series Little Darlings and Netflix teen mystery The A List. It has also just launched trilogy of Ivy + Bean family films on the streamer, starring the likes of Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Lynch.

Lionsgate had owned a minority stake in the business since late 2015. Deadline understands there had been a buy-out prior to today’s news and the Banijay deal was struck directly with its founders.

Established in 2004 with bases in Milan, Florence and Rome, Movimenti is behind Rai’s Topo Gigio and...

Kevin Rooney, a stand-up comedian who won two Emmy awards for his work as a writer on “Dennis Miller Live,” died at his home on July 19 after a battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure. He was 71 years old.

Rooney’s death was confirmed by his colleague, Jay Mandyam.

“He was a sophisticated raconteur and was a modern-day H.L. Mencken or Schopenhauer,” a statement from Mandyam reads. “As curmudgeonly as he was, he was always the wittiest person in the room and was generous and kind to all.”

Rooney briefly attended Lawrence College in the 1970s before joining the military. In 1977, he began a career in comedy, performing his first stand-up set in Washington, D.C., concluding his act by an act of arguable baptism — pouring a pitcher of beer over his head. Rooney then attended the University of Massachusetts where he studied to become a teacher.

Rooney found his...

Emmy award-winning comedy writer Kevin Rooney passed away in his home on July 19th after a long battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure. He was 71.

Rooney wrote Jay Leno’s first comedy special, Jay Leno and the American Dream. He also worked on Leno’s “What’s my beef?” tirades for Late Night with David Letterman in the ’80s.

“He was the greatest muse a comedian could ever have,” said Leno, who met Rooney at The Improv. “I got so much material just through conversations with Kevin. The first time I saw him, I thought, ‘Oh boy, this guy is really good.’ It’s a real voice. There’s no gimmicks. He didn’t have a catch phrase. There wasn’t a funny look. When times were rough, they throw out the catch phrase or funny look. Kevin didn’t have any of that.”

Leno continued, “I don’t...

HBO Max is expanding the cast of Titans for its upcoming fourth season as Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries), Franka Potente (Claws), and Lisa Ambalavanar (The A List) join the DC superhero series. According to Variety, Morgan and Potente will star as series regulars, while Ambalavanar will appear in a recurring role. The live-action series is based on the DC Comics team Teen Titans and follows a group of young heroes who join forces in their fight against evil. Morgan, best known for playing Niklaus “Klaus” Mikaelson on The CW’s The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, will portray Sebastian Blood/Brother Blood, an introvert with high intelligence and a hidden, darker nature. Morgan’s other TV credits include the TNT drama Animal Kingdom and Peacock sci-fi series Brave New World. Potente, star of the acclaimed German action thriller Run Lola Run, will play May Bennett/Mother Mayhem,...

HBO Max announced that Joseph Morgan and Franka Potente have been cast as series regulars in Season 4 of “Titans.” Lisa Ambalavanar will play a recurring role.

The series follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find where they belong. In the third season, circumstances drew the characters to Gotham City, where they reunited with old friends and faced new threats. Season 4 was first announced at DC FanDome on Oct. 16, 2021.

Morgan will play Sebastian Blood/ Brother Blood, an introverted man with a strong intelligence and a hidden, darker nature. Morgan’s previous credits include “The Originals,” “Immortals” and “Brave New World”. He is represented by Richard Konigsberg Management and Gersh Agency.

Potente will play May Bennett/ Mother Mayhem. A natural leader who always carries the threat of violence with her, May is a predator in human form with an unfettered belief in her mission in the world.

Netflix has announced the cast and filmmaking team for its upcoming family friendly movie series “Ivy and Bean.”

Elissa Down is directing the live-action films, based on the best-selling children’s book series. Down has previously worked with the streaming platform on the musical comedy “Feel the Beat” and the drama “The Honor List.”

Young actors Keslee Blalock and Madison Skye Validum will play Ivy and Bean, respectively, while Lidya Jewett is portraying a character named Nancy. Blalock has previously appeared in “Family Camp” and “Pulled From Darkness.” Jewett’s screen credits include “Good Girls,” “Feel the Beat” and “Nightbooks.”

“Ivy and Bean” centers on two girls who never expected to be friends. However, the quiet and thoughtful Ivy and the playful and fearless Bean soon discover that seemingly different people can become the best of pals. The series, written Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, has 12 books in total.

Summertime, and the living’s easy — but knowing when your favorite shows return might not be. As the country and the entertainment industry gradually start to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, here is Deadline’s annual list of summer premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows. It covers more than 200 broadcast, cable and streaming series bowing from June 16 through mid-September in various dayparts but does not include specials or movies. Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.com. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed.

June 16:

Card Sharks

Generation

Penguin Town (Netflix, new documentary series)

Dave

Two Steps Home (HGTV, new docuseries)

The House My Wedding Bought (HGTV, new docuseries)

June 17:

When Nature Calls (ABC, new docuseries)

Holey Moley 3D in 2D (ABC, Season 3)

The Hustler

iCarly (Paramount+, new comedy series revival)

Intelligence (Peacock, Season 2)

Black Summer

Katla (Netflix, new Scandinavian drama series)

Record of Ragnarok

Summer Camp Island Season 4

Battle of the Brothers

Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reunion

Hot Mess House (HGTV, Season 2)

June 18:

Physical

Elite

So Not Worth It (Netflix, new Korean comedy series)

The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals

Love After Lockup

Strut (Revry, new comedy series)

June 20:

Evil

Kevin Can F**K Himself

Rick and Morty

You, Me & My Ex

Us (PBS, new drama miniseries)

America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition

June 21:

Ridiculousness

Celebrity Iou

So Freakin Cheap

Grill of Victory

The Sommerdahl Murders

Pizza Wars

June 22:

Capital One College Bowl (NBC, new competition series)

Motherland: Fort Salem

David Makes Man

Inside No. 9 (BritBox, Season 6; U.S. premiere)

June 23:

In the Dark

Too Hot to Handle

June 24:

Good Girls (NBC, Season 4B)

Making It

Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

Godzilla Singular Point

The Naked Director

The Good Fight (Paramount+, Season 5)

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+, Season 6; moved from VH1)

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1, Season 6; moved from VH1)

Innocent

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Kcet, Season 14)

June 25:

Bosch (Amazon, Season 7; final season)

September Mornings

Central Park (Apple TV+, Season 2)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+, new drama series)

The A List (Netflix, Season 2)

Sex/Life

The Choe Show (FX, new talk show series)

Put a Ring on It

June 28:

The Seven Deadly Sins (Netflix, Season 5)

Biography: KISStory

Below Deck: Mediterranean

The Pioneer Woman: Ranch Wedding (Food Network, new unscripted series)

June 29:

Good Bones (HGTV, Season 6)

America’s Top Dog

June 30:

Short Circuit

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+, talk show series)

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

Somos (Netflix, new drama series)

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork

When Big Things Go Wrong (History, new docuseries)

July 1:

The Mighty Ones (Hulu/Peacock)

Young Royals (Netflix, new drama series)

Maratha Gets Down and Dirty (Discovery+, new docuseries)

Top Chef Amateurs

July 2:

Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew

July 5:

The Beast Must Die (AMC+, new drama series)

Pov (PBS, Season 34)

July 6:

An Animal Saved My Life

July 7:

Big Brother (CBS, Season 23)

Love Island

Monsters at Work (Disney+, new animated series; moved from July 2)

Abby’s Places (ESPN+, new docuseries)

July 8:

Gossip Girl (HBO Max, new drama series reboot)

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (Netflix, new anime series)

Grown-ish

Impractical Jokers (TruTV, Season 9B)

Backyard Bar Wars (TruTV, new competition series)

July 9:

Secret Celebrity Renovation

Atypical

Virgin River (Netflix, Season 3)

The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+, Season 1B)

Leverage: Redemption (IMDb TV, new drama series)

July 10:

Big3 (CBS/Paramount+, Season 4)

July 11:

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

Wellington Paranormal

The White Lotus (HBO, new comedy series)

Animal Kingdom (TNT, Season 5)

The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, Season 6)

History of the Sitcom

Unforgotten

Battle on the Beach (HGTV, new competition series)

July 12:

Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes

The Beast Must Die (AMC, new drama series; network premiere)

Jack Irish

July 13:

Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail

July 14:

Good Trouble

Dr. Pimple Popper

Dr. Pimple Popper: This is Zit

July 15:

Coroner

Never Have I Ever (Netflix, Season 2)

American Horror Stories

Art in Bloom with Helen Dealtry (Discovery+, new docuseries)

The Artisan’s Kitchen

Dr. Death (Peacock, new drama series)

Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things (Discovery+, new docuseries)|

Fixer Upper Mind (Discovery+, Season 6)

Homegrown

Jean Stoffer Design

Making Modern with Brooke and Brice

Mind for Design

Re(Motel)

Ranch to Table

Self Employed

Van Go

Where We Call Home

Zoë Bakes

July 16:

Turner & Hooch

McCartney 3, 2, 1

Schmigadoon

Behind the Attraction

Making the Cut (Amazon, Season 2)

Icon: Music Through The Lens (PBS, new documentary series)

July 17:

Love & Marriage: Huntsville

Family or Fiancé

Say Yes to the Dress

July 18:

Dead Pixels

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, new drama series)

The End (Showtime, new comedy series)

90 Day: Caribbean Love

Modern Marvels

The Machines That Built America (History, new docuseries)

Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury

July 19:

The Oval (BET, Season 2B)

Darcey & Stacey

Darcey & Stacey: Inside the Episode

July 20:

Man vs. History

July 22:

Through Our Eyes (HBO Max, new documentary miniseries)

Mysteries of Mental Illness

Ultra City Smiths

July 23:

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+, Season 2)

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Sky Rojo (Netflix, Season 2)

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life

Darcey & Stacey: Pillow Talk

July 24:

Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC America/AMC/AMC+, new documentary series)

July 26:

Roswell, New Mexico

Celebrity Iou: Joyride (Discovery+, new docuseries)

July 29:

Behind the Music

July 30:

Outer Banks (Netflix, Season 2)

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts (Apple TV+, new docuseries

July Tba:

The Patrick Star Show

Middlemost Post

In Their Own Words (PBS, Season 2)

August 4:

My Feet Are Killing Me

My Feet Are Killing Me: Foot Notes

August 6:

Bachelor in Paradise (ABC, Season 7)

Mr Corman

August 8:

Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide

The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, Season 2)

August 9:

Reservation Dogs

August 10:

Fantasy Island

DC’s Stargirl

August 11:

Family Game Fight!

Riverdale

The Walking Dead (AMC, Season 11; final season)

Money Court (CNBC, new courtroom series)

August 12:

Star Trek: Lower Decks

August 13:

Masters of Illusion

Aew: Rampage (TNT, new wrestling series)

August 15:

Heels (Starz, new drama series)

Chesapeake Shores

August 17:

My Big Fat Fabulous Life

August 18:

Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu, new drama limited series)

August 19:

Burden of Truth

August 20:

The Greatest #AtHome Videos

Growing Up Animal (Disney+, new documentary series)

August 23:

The Ultimate Surfer

August 24:

Welcome to Plathville

August 25:

American Horror Story: Double Feature

Archer (Fxx, Season 12)

August 27:

See (Apple TV+, Season 2)

August 31:

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, new comedy series)

August Tba:

Chapelwaite

Cesar’s Way (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)

My Life Is Murder

September 2:

What We Do in the Shadows

September 5:

Billions (Showtime, Season 5B)

Guilt

September 7:

Impeachment: American Crime Story

September 9:

Sunday Night Football

Football Night in America

September 12:

Sunday Night Football

NFL on Fox

NFL on CBS (CBS, season premiere)

NFL on Fox Deportes

MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, live awards special)

September 13:

Y: The Last Man

September 16:

Untitled B.J. Novak

Summer Tba:

Claws (TNT, Season 4; final seasons)

Fboy Island (HBO Max, new competition series)

Lupin

Serengeti...

Netflix has debuted a new trailer for their latest series ‘Fate: The Winz Saga’ before it premieres this Friday.

The series follows the coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

The live-action series is a reimagining of the Italian cartoon series Winx Club by Iginio Straffi and is from creator Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries).

The cast includes Abigail Cowen as Bloom, Hannah van der Westhuysen as Stella, Precious Mustapha as Aisha (Endeavour), Eliot Salt as Terra, Elisha Applebaum as Musa, Sadie Soverall as Beatrix (Rose Plays Julie), Freddie Thorp as Riven, Danny Griffin as Sky, Theo Graham as Dane and Jacob Dudman as Sam. Eve Best (Nurse Jackie), Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey), Josh Cowdery (Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them) Alex Macqueen and Eva Birthistle also star.

Netflix continues to bet big on kids and family programming. The streaming service announced on Friday it optioned the rights to Annie Barrows’ illustrated children’s book series “Ivy & Bean” and plans to make them into movies.

The live-action films will be one-hour in length and geared toward family audiences. Kathy Waugh is writing the movies.

“With a one-hour run-time, the ‘Ivy & Bean’ film series will still very much be movies the whole family can enjoy,” said Netflix’s Director of Family Features Naketha Mattocks. “Safe, fun and elevated comedy-adventures, they also have the wonderful benefit of giving the youngest members of the family an opportunity to see themselves as the star of their own story.”

“Ivy & Bean” follows two unlikely friends — the loud and fearless Bean, and the thoughtful and quiet Ivy. Yet the two discover that an adventure can reveal that even seemingly different people can become the best of friends.

Most BAFTA categories are decided by the British film academy, but the Rising Star Award is voted on by members of the public. So who will win this year’s audience-voted prize? Awkwafina is the front-runner according to the consensus predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users, but can the American actress, comedian and rapper really prevail? She would be the first American winner in 10 years and only the third ever to claim this prize.

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The only American winners since the Rising Star Award was first given out in 2006 were Shia Labeouf (2008) and Kristen Stewart (2010). Besides them, one French actress won (Eva Green in 2007). Every other winner has been from the UK: James McAvoy (2006), Noel Clarke (2009), Tom Hardy (2011), Adam Deacon (2012), Juno Temple (2013), Will Poulter (2014), Jack O’Connell (2015), John Boyega (2016), Tom Holland (2017), Daniel Kaluuya (2018) and Letitia Wright (2019).

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The other nominees are Kaitlyn Dever, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Micheal Ward.

Bafta has announced the five actors in the running for the 2020 Ee Rising Star Award.

They are:

Awkwafina Jack Lowden Kaitlyn Dever Kelvin Harrison Jr. Micheal Ward

The winner will be voted for by the public and announced at the British Academy Film Awards on February 2. The full list of Bafta nominations will be revealed tomorrow (Jan 7).

The nomination for Awkwafina comes after she won the best actress prize at last night’s Golden Globes for The Farewell. Her other roles include Ocean’s 8, Crazy Rich Asians and Jumanji: The Next Level.

Exclusive: Netflix is going it alone on The A List after the BBC decided against commissioning a second season of the teen drama.

Produced by Lionsgate-Backed Kindle Entertainment, the 13-part first season of The A List was commissioned for the BBC’s streaming service iPlayer. It launched on iPlayer in October last year before being picked up by Netflix in July 2019, with the U.S. streamer carrying the drama globally except in the UK.

Nina Metivier, who co-created and wrote The A List with Dan Berlinka, told Deadline that the BBC has since backed out of the project and they are now developing a second season exclusively for Netflix.

“It was picked up by Netflix for worldwide and now they’re looking at a second series,” she said in an interview after being named as one of Deadline’s 10 British TV writers to watch in 2020.

The A List’s first season centered around Mia,...

Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has regenerated the BBC show’s writing team ahead of the launch of season 12 in early 2020.

Nina Metivier, writer of BBC and Netflix series The A List, and A Discovery Of Witches writer Charlene James have penned their first episodes of the sci-fi drama, as has Maxine Alderton, who has written for Cbbc’s The Worst Witch.

They join three writers who worked on Doctor Who last season: Vinay Patel (Murdered By My Father), Ed Hime (Skins), and Pete McTighe (Wentworth). It means there was an even split of male and female writers who worked on season 12.

In addition to the writers, four new directors got to grips with Jodie Whittaker’s time lord: Nida Manzoor (Enterprice), Emma Sullivan (Call the Midwife), Jamie Magnus Stone (Orbit Ever After) and Lee Haven Jones (Vera).

Chibnall said: “Along with our returning faces, we’re excited to welcome new...

Top Boy, the gritty inner city drama starring Ashley Walters and Kane Robinson, returns to Netflix, revived by Drake and reuniting the team including writer and creator Ronan Bennett, Charles Steel and Alasdair Flind and Yann Demange. The series features newcomer Micheal Ward as ‘Jamie and musical artists Simbi Ajikawo ‘Little Simz’, David Omoregie ‘Dave’. Shone Romulus returns as ‘Dris’ and Ashley Thomas returns as ‘Jermaine’. New cast members include Lisa Dwan , Jasmine Jobson, Kadeem Ramsay, Saffron Hocking , Kola Bokinni and Hope Ikpoku.

The cast and crew walked the red carpet at the Hackney Picturehouse in London this evening for the premiere of the show, which returns to our screens on Netflix on the 13th of September.

Alastair Hall and Scott Davis were on the carpet and conducted these interviews.

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Ashley Walters and Kane Robinson reprise their roles as ‘Dushane’ and ‘Sully’, joined by newcomer Micheal Ward as ‘Jamie...

Ashley Walters’ Dushane and Kane Robinson’s Sully face new challengers in the new trailer for British gang drama Top Boy.

The series, which is a continuation of the Channel 4 drama that ended in 2013, will air globally on September 13.

Walters and Robinson are joined by newcomer Micheal Ward (The A List) as well as musical artists Simbi Ajikawo, David Omoregie and Shone Romulus and Ashley Thomas. New cast members also include Lisa Dwan, Jasmine Jobson, Kadeem Ramsay, Saffron Hocking, Kola Bokinni and Hope Ikpoku.

The new episodes pick up as Walters’ Dushane returns from exile to his home in London to reclaim his throne in the highly lucrative drug market. He teams up with Robinson’s Sully, his spiritual brother, partner and sometime rival who is also returning to the same streets after his own form of exile – prison – comes to an end. Awaiting them both is Ward’s Jamie,...

Exclusive: Writer-director Neil Marshall has firmed his next action thriller, The Reckoning. He has set Joe Anderson (The Crazies), Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) and Sean Pertwee (Gotham) to star alongside Charlotte Kirk (Vice).

Marshall, whose films include The Descent and Dog Soldiers, also has set Leon Ockenden (Mr. Selfridge), Emma Campbell-Jones (Doctor Who), Callum Goulden (Ghost Stories), Suzanne Magowan (Samantha), Indianna Ryan (The A List), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Oliver Trevena (The Angel) and newcomer Sarah Lambie to join previously cast Bill Fellows, Emma Holzer, Rick Warden and Ian Whyte.

Highland Film Group is selling world rights on the picture, from a script by Edward Evers-Swindell (The Descent), Kirk and Marshall. Steffen Wild of Fourth Culture Films and Daniel-Konrad Cooper of Rather Good Films are producing, with Esther Turan of Moviebar Productions and Sean Wheelan of Filmgate Films co-producing. Exec producers are Goldrush Entertainment’s Eric Gozlan and Richard Iott,...

Netflix has released their list of new titles coming in the month of August, as well as a last call for everything getting ready to leave the streaming service.

Highlights arriving this month include the second season of David Fincher’s crime drama “Mindhunter,” coming August 16, and the third season of the pro-wrestling dramedy “Glow” debuting August 9. New series like “Wu Assassins,” “Styling Hollywood” and “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” will also premiere on the platform this month.

This month is the last chance to watch David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” all three “Final Destination” movies, and both the 1988 and 2007 versions of “Hairspray.” See the full list of new and expiring titles, and start planning out your viewing calendar, here:

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“The A List” are set for Netflix in the U.S. and around the world after the streamer picked up the U.K.-produced teen drama.

The supernatural thriller series is set in what appears to be an idyllic island summer camp. Mia, played by Lisa Ambalavanar, arrives there expecting the holiday of a lifetime, but the trip turns into a twisted nightmare with the arrival of the mysterious Amber (Ellie Duckles).

Kindle Entertainment produced the 13-part series, which bowed on the iPlayer, the catchup and on-demand service of U.K. pubcaster the BBC. It was written by Dan Berlinka and Nina Metivier (“Doctor Who”), and executive produced by Kindle’s Anne Brogan (“Hank Zipzer”).

Kindle is backed by Lionsgate, which distributes “The A List” and did the Netflix deal. The streamer has it everywhere except the U.K.

“’The A List is an intense and powerfully addictive drama for teen audiences everywhere,...

Netflix has picked up British teen drama The A List and will launch its globally excluding the UK.

The series is produced by Lionsgate-backed producer Kindle Entertainment, which produced series including Henry Winkler-fronted kids’ series Hank Zipzer and Netflix/C4 Vr thriller Kiss Me First.

The A-List is a 13-part drama produced for BBC’s digital platform iPlayer. It explores universal teen concerns of friendship, romance, loyalty and betrayal.

The show centers around Mia, played by Lisa Ambalavner (Doctors), who arrives at an idyllic summer camp expecting to be Queen Bee, but the ‘holiday of a lifetime’ turns into a twisted nightmare with the arrival of the mysterious Amber, played by Safe’s Ellie Duckles. Shot on the Scottish west coast, the show features pervasive psychological tension and themes of teen betrayal.

The A List is written by Dan Berlinka, who has worked on Thunderbirds Are Go! and...

Ashley Walters and Kane Robinson are to reprise their roles in Netflix’s forthcoming season of British gang drama "Top Boy."

The pair, who star as Dushane and Sully respectively, are joined by newcomer Micheal Ward (The A List) as well as musical artists Simbi Ajikawo (Little Simz) and David Omoregie (Dave) and Shone Romulus and Ashley Thomas. New cast members include Lisa Dwan (Trust), Jasmine Jobson (Obey), Kadeem Ramsay (Sex Education), Saffron Hocking (London Kills), Kola Bokinni (Black Mirror) and Hope Ikpoku.

The new episodes pick up as Walters’ Dushane returns from exile to his home in London to reclaim his throne in the highly lucrative drug market. He teams up with Robinson’s Sully, his spiritual brother, partner and sometime rival who is also returning to the same streets after his own form of exile – prison – comes to an end. Awaiting them both is Ward’s Jamie, the young,...

Ashley Walters (Bulletproof) and Kane Robinson (Tower Block) are set to reprise their roles in Netflix's upcoming revival of British crime drama Top Boy, which ran for two seasons on Channel 4 between 2011 and 2013. 

The two will be joined by fellow returnees Shone Romulus (Out) and Ashley Thomas (The Night Of, Black Mirror), alongside newcomers Micheal Ward (The A List), Lisa Dwan (Trust), Jasmine Jobson (Lie Low), Kadeem Ramsay (Sex Education), Saffron Hocking (London Kills), Kola Bokinni (Black Mirror) and Hope Ikpoku. The series features musical artists Simbi Ajikawo "Little Simz" and David Omoregie "...