Exclusive: A third season of Acorn TV and Channel 5 detective drama Dalgliesh has begun filming in Northern Ireland.
Produced by New Pictures (The Long Shadow) for Acorn and C5 in association with All3Media International, the third run will include lead actor Bertie Carvel making his directorial debut.
Another three P.D. James novels will be adapted for the season over two hour-long episodes each, in which Commander Dalgliesh is seen with Margaret Thatcher on the cusp of power in the UK. In the first book, Death in Holy Orders, Dalgliesh travels to a remote seminary overlooking a windswept lake, where a body has been found gruesomely murdered. Nearly everyone in the seminary has reason to resent the victim, and Dalgliesh and DS Tarrant must unpick a complicated set of motives to find their killer.
In the second, Cover Her Face, Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the Essex home of the Mehtas,...
Produced by New Pictures (The Long Shadow) for Acorn and C5 in association with All3Media International, the third run will include lead actor Bertie Carvel making his directorial debut.
Another three P.D. James novels will be adapted for the season over two hour-long episodes each, in which Commander Dalgliesh is seen with Margaret Thatcher on the cusp of power in the UK. In the first book, Death in Holy Orders, Dalgliesh travels to a remote seminary overlooking a windswept lake, where a body has been found gruesomely murdered. Nearly everyone in the seminary has reason to resent the victim, and Dalgliesh and DS Tarrant must unpick a complicated set of motives to find their killer.
In the second, Cover Her Face, Dalgliesh investigates a murder in the Essex home of the Mehtas,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Long Shadow,” a true crime drama by “Hijack” and “Lupin” creator George Kay, has revealed a stellar cast.
Directed by BAFTA-winner director Lewis Arnold the 7 x 60′ series for U.K. broadcaster ITV and streamer Itvx, drama is a depiction of the five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, focusing on the lives of the victims who crossed his path and those of the officers at the heart of the police investigation.
Toby Jones (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) plays Dennis Hoban, who initially led the enquiry, with David Morrissey (“Sherwood”) as George Oldfield, who took on the investigation. The cast also includes Lee Ingleby, Katherine Kelly, Daniel Mays, Sydney Jackson, Shaun Thomas, Jill Halfpenny, Daisy Waterstone, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Molly Wright, Liz White, Shaun Dooley, Alexa Davies, Chloe Harris, Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton, Adam Long, Ruth Madeley, Dorothy Atkinson, Rob James-Collier, Charley Webb, Steven Waddington and Kris Hitchen.
Directed by BAFTA-winner director Lewis Arnold the 7 x 60′ series for U.K. broadcaster ITV and streamer Itvx, drama is a depiction of the five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, focusing on the lives of the victims who crossed his path and those of the officers at the heart of the police investigation.
Toby Jones (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) plays Dennis Hoban, who initially led the enquiry, with David Morrissey (“Sherwood”) as George Oldfield, who took on the investigation. The cast also includes Lee Ingleby, Katherine Kelly, Daniel Mays, Sydney Jackson, Shaun Thomas, Jill Halfpenny, Daisy Waterstone, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Molly Wright, Liz White, Shaun Dooley, Alexa Davies, Chloe Harris, Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton, Adam Long, Ruth Madeley, Dorothy Atkinson, Rob James-Collier, Charley Webb, Steven Waddington and Kris Hitchen.
- 8/8/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: British drama house New Pictures has expanded its management team.
The Catherine the Great and Des maker has appointed Lisa Selway as Chief Operating Officer. Emily Russell is upped to Director of Production and Executive Producer and Wendy Pearce becomes Chief Financial Officer.
Selway has worked in the industry for 15 years, working on behalf of film and TV producers, financiers, distributors, talent, and global streamers and was most recently an independent business affairs specialist at Grey Seal Media.
She’ll will work next to New Pictures co-founders Willow Grylls and Elaine Pyke, along with Russell and Pearce, to grow the company and build out its scripted operation.
Russell, who has been with the company since 2020 after joining from Mammoth Screen, has been tasked with overseeing all production. Her credits include BBC and Netflix drama The Serpent and ITV’s Endeavour.
Pearce rises from Finance Director to Chief Financial Officer...
The Catherine the Great and Des maker has appointed Lisa Selway as Chief Operating Officer. Emily Russell is upped to Director of Production and Executive Producer and Wendy Pearce becomes Chief Financial Officer.
Selway has worked in the industry for 15 years, working on behalf of film and TV producers, financiers, distributors, talent, and global streamers and was most recently an independent business affairs specialist at Grey Seal Media.
She’ll will work next to New Pictures co-founders Willow Grylls and Elaine Pyke, along with Russell and Pearce, to grow the company and build out its scripted operation.
Russell, who has been with the company since 2020 after joining from Mammoth Screen, has been tasked with overseeing all production. Her credits include BBC and Netflix drama The Serpent and ITV’s Endeavour.
Pearce rises from Finance Director to Chief Financial Officer...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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
More of P.D. James’ murder mysteries will be turned into TV dramas after AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Paramount Global-owned broadcaster Channel 5 handed drama series Dalgliesh a two-season renewal.
Des producer New Pictures will return to film the seasons, the first of which goes into production this year ahead of a 2023 debut.
Acorn Media Enterprises has the rights in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, with Channel 5 taking the UK, with Northern Ireland Screen providing additional funding.. All3Media International serves as distributor for the rest of the world.
Season two will comprise six episodes adapted from three P.D. James novels, with each being told over two hour-long episodes. Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of the enigmatic Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.
The novels being adapted for season two are Death Of An Expert Witness, A...
Des producer New Pictures will return to film the seasons, the first of which goes into production this year ahead of a 2023 debut.
Acorn Media Enterprises has the rights in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, with Channel 5 taking the UK, with Northern Ireland Screen providing additional funding.. All3Media International serves as distributor for the rest of the world.
Season two will comprise six episodes adapted from three P.D. James novels, with each being told over two hour-long episodes. Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of the enigmatic Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.
The novels being adapted for season two are Death Of An Expert Witness, A...
- 7/6/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
British detective drama “Dalgliesh” is set to return after getting a second season order from AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Channel 5.
The second season, which will consist of six episodes, will be based on three more P.D. James novels with Bertie Carvel (“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”) reprising his role as the enigmatic chief investigator. It is currently shooting in Northern Ireland with a scheduled TX on Channel 5 in 2023.
Details on the third season are still to be announced with filming set to begin in 2023.
Season two will be split into three parts – “Death Of An Expert Witness,” “A Certain Justice” and “The Murder Room” – each two episodes long.
Helen Edmundson (“The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”) returns as lead writer while Stewart Harcourt (“Maigret”) joins to write “A Certain Justice,” which Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill (“The Dig”) will direct. Geoff Sax (“Us”) will direct “Death of an Expert Witness.
The second season, which will consist of six episodes, will be based on three more P.D. James novels with Bertie Carvel (“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”) reprising his role as the enigmatic chief investigator. It is currently shooting in Northern Ireland with a scheduled TX on Channel 5 in 2023.
Details on the third season are still to be announced with filming set to begin in 2023.
Season two will be split into three parts – “Death Of An Expert Witness,” “A Certain Justice” and “The Murder Room” – each two episodes long.
Helen Edmundson (“The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”) returns as lead writer while Stewart Harcourt (“Maigret”) joins to write “A Certain Justice,” which Andy Tohill and Ryan Tohill (“The Dig”) will direct. Geoff Sax (“Us”) will direct “Death of an Expert Witness.
- 7/6/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Awards
Renowned singer Shirley Bassey is set to open this year’s BAFTA film awards with a James Bond tribute. Bassey has long been associated with 007, holding the record for an artist who has sung the most Bond theme songs with “Goldfinger” in 1964, “Diamonds Are Forever” in 1971 and “Moonraker” in 1979. The singer will perform “an iconic Bond theme” although which one will only be revealed on the night. This year’s BAFTA Awards will celebrate a number of iconic British film franchises, including Bond and Harry Potter. “Coda” lead Emilia Jones is also set to perform during the ceremony with a rendition of “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell.
The BAFTA Awards will take place in London on March 13.
Animation
Independent production outfit Big Deal Films (“Little Badman”) is teaming with Hoek, Line & Thinker for Big Thinkers, a new initiative to find the next big animated hit authored by diverse U.
Renowned singer Shirley Bassey is set to open this year’s BAFTA film awards with a James Bond tribute. Bassey has long been associated with 007, holding the record for an artist who has sung the most Bond theme songs with “Goldfinger” in 1964, “Diamonds Are Forever” in 1971 and “Moonraker” in 1979. The singer will perform “an iconic Bond theme” although which one will only be revealed on the night. This year’s BAFTA Awards will celebrate a number of iconic British film franchises, including Bond and Harry Potter. “Coda” lead Emilia Jones is also set to perform during the ceremony with a rendition of “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell.
The BAFTA Awards will take place in London on March 13.
Animation
Independent production outfit Big Deal Films (“Little Badman”) is teaming with Hoek, Line & Thinker for Big Thinkers, a new initiative to find the next big animated hit authored by diverse U.
- 3/7/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
An adaptation of the forthcoming novel by “Brick Lane” author Monica Ali is in the works at the BBC, Variety can reveal.
Sources indicate that All3Media-owned production company New Pictures is in early development on “Love Marriage” with the corporation. The book is set to be published in February by Virago Press in the U.K. and Scribner in the U.S. Ali will be adapting the book for TV herself.
Ali’s debut Man Booker Prize-nominated 2003 novel “Brick Lane,” which is named after the London neighborhood at the heart of the city’s Bangladeshi community, was made into a 2007 film (pictured) directed by Sarah Gavron and produced by Film4 and Ruby Pictures. The movie, written by Abi Morgan and Laura Jones, premiered at Telluride.
“Love Marriage” is centred on young doctor Yasmin Ghorami, who is engaged to fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as their wedding day draws closer...
Sources indicate that All3Media-owned production company New Pictures is in early development on “Love Marriage” with the corporation. The book is set to be published in February by Virago Press in the U.K. and Scribner in the U.S. Ali will be adapting the book for TV herself.
Ali’s debut Man Booker Prize-nominated 2003 novel “Brick Lane,” which is named after the London neighborhood at the heart of the city’s Bangladeshi community, was made into a 2007 film (pictured) directed by Sarah Gavron and produced by Film4 and Ruby Pictures. The movie, written by Abi Morgan and Laura Jones, premiered at Telluride.
“Love Marriage” is centred on young doctor Yasmin Ghorami, who is engaged to fellow doctor Joe Sangster. But as their wedding day draws closer...
- 11/16/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Mystery fans, rejoice!!
There's a new Acorn TV Original right around the corner, and it's very, very good.
P.D. James wrote 14 novels based on detective and poet Adam Dalgliesh, and the new series simply goes by the title Dalgliesh.
Bertie Carvel is bringing the enigmatic yet emotionally intelligent and empathetic Dalgliesh to life in a season set in 1970s England.
Dalgliesh specializes in solving unusual murders. The cases may sound relatively benign, but they unfold unusually and strike a chord with the viewer.
We'll first meet Dalgliesh looking into the murder of a nursing student poisoned to death during a live training demonstration (it's a death that sticks with you!).
Another investigation will involve the murders of a homeless man and a recently resigned Tory MP whose throats were slit in a London church.
Dalgliesh will also be called upon to solve a series of suspicious deaths at a home for the disabled.
There's a new Acorn TV Original right around the corner, and it's very, very good.
P.D. James wrote 14 novels based on detective and poet Adam Dalgliesh, and the new series simply goes by the title Dalgliesh.
Bertie Carvel is bringing the enigmatic yet emotionally intelligent and empathetic Dalgliesh to life in a season set in 1970s England.
Dalgliesh specializes in solving unusual murders. The cases may sound relatively benign, but they unfold unusually and strike a chord with the viewer.
We'll first meet Dalgliesh looking into the murder of a nursing student poisoned to death during a live training demonstration (it's a death that sticks with you!).
Another investigation will involve the murders of a homeless man and a recently resigned Tory MP whose throats were slit in a London church.
Dalgliesh will also be called upon to solve a series of suspicious deaths at a home for the disabled.
- 9/28/2021
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Broadcasting
Channel 4 and Sky in the U.K. have extended their pre-existing, long-term commercial partnership in a new multi-year agreement which, according to the companies, will facilitate greater opportunity for collaboration, commercial growth and innovation as broadcasting evolves going forward.
Under the terms of the new deal, Sky customers will have access to even more Channel 4 content as more than 1000 hours of All 4 — Channel 4’s VoD platform — exclusives are integrated into Sky’s current and future TV products. Channel 4 will benefit from under the new terms by opening avenues to new digital ad revenue streams which can support its Future4 strategy.
“When we set out our Future4 strategy last year, we made clear that securing strategic distribution partnerships would be a vital part of ensuring we can maximize our reach and impact with viewers in a digital age, grow our revenues and compete more effectively for the future,” said Alex Mahon,...
Channel 4 and Sky in the U.K. have extended their pre-existing, long-term commercial partnership in a new multi-year agreement which, according to the companies, will facilitate greater opportunity for collaboration, commercial growth and innovation as broadcasting evolves going forward.
Under the terms of the new deal, Sky customers will have access to even more Channel 4 content as more than 1000 hours of All 4 — Channel 4’s VoD platform — exclusives are integrated into Sky’s current and future TV products. Channel 4 will benefit from under the new terms by opening avenues to new digital ad revenue streams which can support its Future4 strategy.
“When we set out our Future4 strategy last year, we made clear that securing strategic distribution partnerships would be a vital part of ensuring we can maximize our reach and impact with viewers in a digital age, grow our revenues and compete more effectively for the future,” said Alex Mahon,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: New Pictures, the All3Media-backed producer behind Catherine The Great and Des, is to adapt Booker Prize-shortlisted author Monica Ali’s upcoming novel, Love Marriage.
New Pictures will work with Ali to develop a television series based on the book, which tells the story of 26-year-old medic Yasmin Ghorami whose life unravels when her family is brought into contact with her fiancée’s firebrand feminist mother.
While Yasmin has to dismantle her own assumptions about the people she holds most dear, she’s also forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a “love marriage” actually means.
Published in March 2022 by Virago, the novel is an exploration of the psychology of relationships, bringing together flawed characters stitched together by largely good intentions into a rich tapestry, frayed by misunderstandings and secrets. What starts as a striking social comedy develops into a story of two cultures,...
New Pictures will work with Ali to develop a television series based on the book, which tells the story of 26-year-old medic Yasmin Ghorami whose life unravels when her family is brought into contact with her fiancée’s firebrand feminist mother.
While Yasmin has to dismantle her own assumptions about the people she holds most dear, she’s also forced to ask herself what she really wants in a relationship and what a “love marriage” actually means.
Published in March 2022 by Virago, the novel is an exploration of the psychology of relationships, bringing together flawed characters stitched together by largely good intentions into a rich tapestry, frayed by misunderstandings and secrets. What starts as a striking social comedy develops into a story of two cultures,...
- 5/17/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Spitting Image’ Films U.S. Election Special
Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s battle for the White House will be captured in two Spitting Image specials coming to BritBox and, for the first time, ITV. The two bonus election episodes will premiere on BritBox on October 31, while one of the installments will also broadcast on ITV. Kevin Lygo, BritBox originals creative chief and ITV’s director of TV, added: “This is a great chance to celebrate Spitting Image’s noisy return after 18 years and give ITV viewers a taste of the full series, available on BritBox.” BritBox has already commissioned a second season of the Avalon-produced satirical puppet show, which does not currently have a broadcast network home in America.
ITV Orders ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Series
ITV is to follow-up its successful true-crime series Des and White House Farm with another factual drama from All3Media producer New Pictures. The company...
Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s battle for the White House will be captured in two Spitting Image specials coming to BritBox and, for the first time, ITV. The two bonus election episodes will premiere on BritBox on October 31, while one of the installments will also broadcast on ITV. Kevin Lygo, BritBox originals creative chief and ITV’s director of TV, added: “This is a great chance to celebrate Spitting Image’s noisy return after 18 years and give ITV viewers a taste of the full series, available on BritBox.” BritBox has already commissioned a second season of the Avalon-produced satirical puppet show, which does not currently have a broadcast network home in America.
ITV Orders ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ Series
ITV is to follow-up its successful true-crime series Des and White House Farm with another factual drama from All3Media producer New Pictures. The company...
- 10/21/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC streamer Acorn TV and ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5 are to further cement their forays into original drama by co-producing an adaptation of P.D. James’ best-selling Inspector Dalgliesh Mysteries crime novels.
Catherine The Great and Cobra producer New Pictures secured the rights to the novels and will produce a six-part series, comprising three, two-part stories from the world of enigmatic detective Adam Dalgliesh, who will be played by Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Doctor Foster actor Bertie Carvel.
The series will trace Dalgliesh’s crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day, with each story featuring him solving an unusual murder. Each case will offer its own unique setting and guest cast, with New Pictures being able to draw upon 14 books for inspiration.
The series, titled Dalgliesh, will include adaptations of Shroud for a Nightingale, featuring the murder of a student nurse; Dorset-set The Black Tower,...
Catherine The Great and Cobra producer New Pictures secured the rights to the novels and will produce a six-part series, comprising three, two-part stories from the world of enigmatic detective Adam Dalgliesh, who will be played by Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and Doctor Foster actor Bertie Carvel.
The series will trace Dalgliesh’s crime-fighting career from 1970s England to the present day, with each story featuring him solving an unusual murder. Each case will offer its own unique setting and guest cast, with New Pictures being able to draw upon 14 books for inspiration.
The series, titled Dalgliesh, will include adaptations of Shroud for a Nightingale, featuring the murder of a student nurse; Dorset-set The Black Tower,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Des, ITV’s drama starring David Tennant as British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, has been acquired by a raft of international broadcasters and streamers, including AMC Networks’ Sundance Now in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean.
Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also been sold by All3Media International to Directv in Latin America, Stan in Australia and Tvnz in New Zealand.
In Europe, Des has been acquired by C More Entertainment in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, while other deals include Vrt (Flemish Belgium), Siminn hf (Iceland), TV2 (Norway) and Virgin Media Television (Ireland). BritBox has picked up second-window rights in the UK.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on...
Made by All3Media-backed Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, the miniseries has also been sold by All3Media International to Directv in Latin America, Stan in Australia and Tvnz in New Zealand.
In Europe, Des has been acquired by C More Entertainment in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, while other deals include Vrt (Flemish Belgium), Siminn hf (Iceland), TV2 (Norway) and Virgin Media Television (Ireland). BritBox has picked up second-window rights in the UK.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on...
- 7/16/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive producer Willow Grylls has been appointed as co-chief executive officer of New Pictures, whose output includes “The Missing” and “Catherine the Great,” working alongside existing CEO Charlie Pattinson. Elaine Pyke also takes on a new role as creative director.
Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.
She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.
Grylls joined Pattinson and George Faber’s Company Pictures when it was set up, working initially in film development as well as business affairs. She then became a producer and series producer for television commencing with Martina Cole’s “The Take” for Sky One, starring Tom Hardy. She co-founded New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke in 2013, executive producing across New Pictures output and specifically “The Missing,” “The Missing II” for BBC One/Starz, “Rellik” for BBC One/Cinemax, and “Requiem” for BBC One/Netflix.
She achieved further success recently with critically successful ITV drama “White House Farm,” which gained a consolidated 8 million viewers, becoming one of the most successful dramas on the channel this year.
- 5/27/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: New Pictures, the All3Media-backed drama producer behind series such as HBO’s Catherine The Great and Starz’ The Spanish Princess, has restructured its top team.
Willow Grylls has been named Co-CEO alongside Charlie Pattinson, while Elaine Pyke has been named Creative Director.
Grylls was one of the co-founders of New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke. She has exec produced series including BBC/Starz drama The Missing, BBC/Cinemax drama Rellik and BBC/Netflix drama Requiem. She was recently involved in White House Farm, the ITV drama that scored over 8M viewers in the UK earlier this year and will air on HBO Max later this year, and is exec producing three-part drama Des starring David Tennant.
Elaine Pyke, who was also a co-founder of the company, has exec produced series including Netflix’s The Innocents and Channel 4 drama Indian Summers. Prior to New Pictures, she was head...
Willow Grylls has been named Co-CEO alongside Charlie Pattinson, while Elaine Pyke has been named Creative Director.
Grylls was one of the co-founders of New Pictures alongside Pattinson and Pyke. She has exec produced series including BBC/Starz drama The Missing, BBC/Cinemax drama Rellik and BBC/Netflix drama Requiem. She was recently involved in White House Farm, the ITV drama that scored over 8M viewers in the UK earlier this year and will air on HBO Max later this year, and is exec producing three-part drama Des starring David Tennant.
Elaine Pyke, who was also a co-founder of the company, has exec produced series including Netflix’s The Innocents and Channel 4 drama Indian Summers. Prior to New Pictures, she was head...
- 5/27/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max has picked the U.S. rights to British crime drama White House Farm starring The Irishman’s Stephen Graham and Black ’47’s Freddie Fox.
The WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will air the six-part series in the States next year after striking a deal with All3Media International.
It is the latest British title snapped up by the streamer, following deals with BBC Studios for Doctor Who as well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, Top Gear, Luther, The Honorable Woman, Pure, Trigonometry, Stath Lets Flats, Home and Ghosts.
The show, which is produced by Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, sees Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber. The factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse. Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen,...
The WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will air the six-part series in the States next year after striking a deal with All3Media International.
It is the latest British title snapped up by the streamer, following deals with BBC Studios for Doctor Who as well as Ricky Gervais’ The Office, Top Gear, Luther, The Honorable Woman, Pure, Trigonometry, Stath Lets Flats, Home and Ghosts.
The show, which is produced by Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, sees Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber. The factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse. Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen,...
- 11/29/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV has offered a first look at David Tennant as Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in its newly-announced miniseries Des.
The drama from Catherine The Great producer New Pictures was unveiled on Friday and ITV quickly followed up by releasing an image of Tennant as the man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, which attempted to get inside the mind of the killer.
Masters is a central character in ITV’s drama and is played by The Crown star Jason Watkins. Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay.
Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson,...
The drama from Catherine The Great producer New Pictures was unveiled on Friday and ITV quickly followed up by releasing an image of Tennant as the man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. It charts Nilsen’s unraveling from the point of his arrest to his trial, and is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, which attempted to get inside the mind of the killer.
Masters is a central character in ITV’s drama and is played by The Crown star Jason Watkins. Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay.
Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson,...
- 11/23/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.
Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.
New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the mind of a man who murdered at least 15 men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen died in jail last year.
Joining Tennant is The Crown star Jason Watkins, who will play Masters, and Line Of Duty actor Daniel Mays, who features as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay. The story charts Nilsen’s arrest and trial, through the prism of the three men.
Des was developed by Luke Neal and Lewis Arnold, with Neal writing the first two episodes and Kelly Jones penning the third. Willow Grylls, Kim Varvell, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, Neal, Lewis Arnold and Tennant are the executive producers.
- 11/22/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New Pictures co-founder and chief operating officer Richard Nelson is leaving the Catherine The Great producer after more than five years.
Nelson joined New Pictures in 2014 and is listed as the company’s co-founder alongside Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, and Willow Grylls. He played an important role in New Pictures’ sale to All3Media in a £40M ($52M) deal in 2015.
Nelson, a chartered accountant, will be replaced by the drama producer’s head of finance, Wendy Pearce. Pearce joined New Pictures in 2017 after working at other All3Media indies, including North One and Company Pictures.
Nelson previously worked with Pattinson and Grylls for 13 years as director of finance at The White Princess producer Company Pictures. Before that, he was a finance manager within the drama unit at BBC Studios.
Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great was the latest big-budget show to come out of HBO and Sky’s co-production deal.
Nelson joined New Pictures in 2014 and is listed as the company’s co-founder alongside Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke, and Willow Grylls. He played an important role in New Pictures’ sale to All3Media in a £40M ($52M) deal in 2015.
Nelson, a chartered accountant, will be replaced by the drama producer’s head of finance, Wendy Pearce. Pearce joined New Pictures in 2017 after working at other All3Media indies, including North One and Company Pictures.
Nelson previously worked with Pattinson and Grylls for 13 years as director of finance at The White Princess producer Company Pictures. Before that, he was a finance manager within the drama unit at BBC Studios.
Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great was the latest big-budget show to come out of HBO and Sky’s co-production deal.
- 11/4/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The Irishman’s Stephen Graham and Black ’47’s Freddie Fox are to star in an ITV crime drama produced by Catherine The Great producer New Pictures.
Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber in White House Farm, a factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse.
Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen, Amanda Burton and Nicholas Farrell also star.
Produced by New Pictures (Catherine The Great), White House Farm is written by Kris Mrksa (The Slap) and Giula Sandler (7 Days of Us) and directed by Paul Whittington (Little Boy Blue). The series is executive produced by Willow Grylls, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke and Kris Mrksa and produced by Lee Thomas.
The series will explore the family tragedy and the contested accounts of...
Graham, who also starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, plays Dci ‘Taff’ Jones and Fox plays Jeremy Bamber in White House Farm, a factual drama that tells the story of when members of the same family were murdered at an Essex farmhouse.
Mark Addy, Gemma Whelan, Mark Stanley, Alexa Davies, Cressida Bonas, Alfie Allen, Amanda Burton and Nicholas Farrell also star.
Produced by New Pictures (Catherine The Great), White House Farm is written by Kris Mrksa (The Slap) and Giula Sandler (7 Days of Us) and directed by Paul Whittington (Little Boy Blue). The series is executive produced by Willow Grylls, Charlie Pattinson, Elaine Pyke and Kris Mrksa and produced by Lee Thomas.
The series will explore the family tragedy and the contested accounts of...
- 10/9/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Requiem and The Missing producer New Pictures has optioned the screen rights to female-fronted dystopian Ya novel The Territory by Sarah Govett.
New Pictures’ Elaine Pyke acquired the rights from Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in a deal brokered by Mark Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay on behalf of the Jane Turnbull Agency.
The well-received novel, set in 2059, follows Noa Blake, a member of ‘The Territory’, a safe haven in the midst of the disease ridden ‘Wetlands’. Each year thousands of children are shipped off to near certain death following population purges. Surrounded by ‘freakoids’, genetically engineered children who are able to download knowledge into their brains, Blake has her work cut out to stay educated and stay alive. Firefly Press published the novel, the first in a trilogy, in 2015.
Author Govett said of the deal, “I’m really excited that New Pictures wanted to option the rights because they have...
New Pictures’ Elaine Pyke acquired the rights from Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in a deal brokered by Mark Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay on behalf of the Jane Turnbull Agency.
The well-received novel, set in 2059, follows Noa Blake, a member of ‘The Territory’, a safe haven in the midst of the disease ridden ‘Wetlands’. Each year thousands of children are shipped off to near certain death following population purges. Surrounded by ‘freakoids’, genetically engineered children who are able to download knowledge into their brains, Blake has her work cut out to stay educated and stay alive. Firefly Press published the novel, the first in a trilogy, in 2015.
Author Govett said of the deal, “I’m really excited that New Pictures wanted to option the rights because they have...
- 11/16/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Departing Sky drama chief takes senior scripted role at Svod giant.
Sky drama chief Anne Mensah is leaving the broadcaster to head UK scripted productions at Netflix.
As vice-president, content, Mensah will become the Svod platform’s point-person in the UK for high-profile scripted series, reporting to vice president of original content, Cindy Holland.
Mensah’s appointment ends a lengthy period of speculation about the role.
It is thought Netflix first approached Mensah earlier in the year and that her passion for her role at Sky meant she required some convincing to make the move.
“Throughout her career, Anne has celebrated creative freedom,...
Sky drama chief Anne Mensah is leaving the broadcaster to head UK scripted productions at Netflix.
As vice-president, content, Mensah will become the Svod platform’s point-person in the UK for high-profile scripted series, reporting to vice president of original content, Cindy Holland.
Mensah’s appointment ends a lengthy period of speculation about the role.
It is thought Netflix first approached Mensah earlier in the year and that her passion for her role at Sky meant she required some convincing to make the move.
“Throughout her career, Anne has celebrated creative freedom,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Departing Sky drama chief takes senior scripted role at SVoD giant.
Sky drama chief Anne Mensah is leaving the broadcaster to head British scripted productions at Netflix.
As vice president, content, Mensah will become the SVoD’s point-person in the UK for high-profile scripted series, reporting to vice-president of original content Cindy Holland.
Mensah’s appointment ends a lengthy period of speculation about the role.
It is thought that Netflix first approached Mensah earlier in the year and that her passion for her role at Sky meant she required some convincing to make the move.
“Throughout her career, Anne has celebrated creative freedom,...
Sky drama chief Anne Mensah is leaving the broadcaster to head British scripted productions at Netflix.
As vice president, content, Mensah will become the SVoD’s point-person in the UK for high-profile scripted series, reporting to vice-president of original content Cindy Holland.
Mensah’s appointment ends a lengthy period of speculation about the role.
It is thought that Netflix first approached Mensah earlier in the year and that her passion for her role at Sky meant she required some convincing to make the move.
“Throughout her career, Anne has celebrated creative freedom,...
- 11/12/2018
- by Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
“Stranger Things” star Charlie Heaton will take the lead in the BBC’s new two-part drama “The Elephant Man,” the U.K. public broadcaster announced Wednesday. Heaton will star as Joseph Merrick, and the show will span two 90-minute episodes to air on flagship channel BBC One in 2019.
Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, also announced a trio of new drama series from female writers. The new commissions see dramas for BBC One and BBC Two from BAFTA winners Nicole Taylor and Michaela Coel. Oscar-nominated Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson will direct an adaptation of author Sally Rooney’s “Normal People.”
Taylor, who won a BAFTA this year for best miniseries with “Three Girls,” will write six-part thriller “The Nest” for BBC One. Exploring the consequences of a pact between a wealthy couple and a teenage girl that changes all of their lives forever, “The Nest” is produced by Studio Lambert.
Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, also announced a trio of new drama series from female writers. The new commissions see dramas for BBC One and BBC Two from BAFTA winners Nicole Taylor and Michaela Coel. Oscar-nominated Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson will direct an adaptation of author Sally Rooney’s “Normal People.”
Taylor, who won a BAFTA this year for best miniseries with “Three Girls,” will write six-part thriller “The Nest” for BBC One. Exploring the consequences of a pact between a wealthy couple and a teenage girl that changes all of their lives forever, “The Nest” is produced by Studio Lambert.
- 8/22/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Stranger Things breakout Charlie Heaton is to star as Joseph Merrick in new two-part BBC One drama The Elephant Man, I can reveal.
The 2×90 minute drama bio-pic, from The Missing and Requiem producer New Pictures, will chart Merrick’s extraordinary story from his working-class beginnings in Leicestershire, through the work-houses, music halls and freak shows that punctuated 19th Century culture to his time at the London Hospital and his friendship with Dr Frederick Treves.
Commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, and written by Neil McKay (Moorside), the series will be directed by Richard Laxton (Mum). Executive producers are Elaine Pyke and Charlie Pattinson for New Pictures and Tommy Bulfin for BBC. Producer is Tom Mullens (Poldark). all3media will handle international distribution and is associate producer.
The series will be filmed in Wales with transmission due next year with additional casting under way.
The 2×90 minute drama bio-pic, from The Missing and Requiem producer New Pictures, will chart Merrick’s extraordinary story from his working-class beginnings in Leicestershire, through the work-houses, music halls and freak shows that punctuated 19th Century culture to his time at the London Hospital and his friendship with Dr Frederick Treves.
Commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, and written by Neil McKay (Moorside), the series will be directed by Richard Laxton (Mum). Executive producers are Elaine Pyke and Charlie Pattinson for New Pictures and Tommy Bulfin for BBC. Producer is Tom Mullens (Poldark). all3media will handle international distribution and is associate producer.
The series will be filmed in Wales with transmission due next year with additional casting under way.
- 8/21/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
There may be no feeling more identifiable than those teenage years—the sensation of being out-of-place, clumsily mishandling your nascent adult powers and oftentimes stuck in the wrong skin altogether. This itchy sensation has long been the province of superhero comics and movies—it’s what fuels, say, the long-running “Spider-Man” franchise. And it’s put to clever and evocative use in Netflix’s “The Innocents,” a new series whose lead character (Sorcha Groundsell) has the power to shift between bodies; unlike most superheroes, though, she can barely control her gift and seeks to keep it hidden. Teens, the show’s obvious intended audience, will relate to “The Innocents'” high dudgeon, but adults will find a show that punches above its weight, defined by both its stirringly dramatic tone and the two charming performances at its center.
Groundsell’s June, who’s on the eve of her 16th birthday as the show begins,...
Groundsell’s June, who’s on the eve of her 16th birthday as the show begins,...
- 8/20/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has released a trailer for their new original series The Innocents and all is not as it would appear.
The eight-episode series focuses on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together, they’re derailed by an extraordinary discovery – June’s ability to shape-shift.
As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric,...
The eight-episode series focuses on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together, they’re derailed by an extraordinary discovery – June’s ability to shape-shift.
As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix received critical acclaim early this year for an eight-episode (so far) British series about teen runaways who fall for one another, “The End of the F***ing World.” The streaming service hopes for a successful repeat with “The Innocents,” and just debuted that show’s newest trailer. While “The End of the F***ing World” featured a possible-psychopath protagonist, “The Innocents” stars Sorcha Groundsell (“Clique”) as a young woman who shape-shifts, transforming herself into humans who bear little resemblance to her blue-eyed self.
Groundsell’s June McDaniel learns of her unique ability after she and fellow classmate Harry Polk (Percell Ascott) flee their stern families. Well, what’s left of their families: June’s mother, a fellow shape-shifter, abandoned her three years ago, worried about harming her child. Golden Globe nominee Guy Pearce (“Mildred Pierce”) plays Halvorson, a professor who vows to reconnect and cure mother and daughter.
Hania Elkington...
Groundsell’s June McDaniel learns of her unique ability after she and fellow classmate Harry Polk (Percell Ascott) flee their stern families. Well, what’s left of their families: June’s mother, a fellow shape-shifter, abandoned her three years ago, worried about harming her child. Golden Globe nominee Guy Pearce (“Mildred Pierce”) plays Halvorson, a professor who vows to reconnect and cure mother and daughter.
Hania Elkington...
- 8/8/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Being a teenager is never easy, but when those growing pains encompass involuntary shape-shifting, it can be downright dangerous. Netflix’s new science-fiction series “The Innocents” explores one 16-year-old’s curious coming-of-age story this August.
At the Television Critics Association press tour on Sunday, Netflix brought together a panel for “The Innocents,” including co-creators and writers Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, and stars Guy Pearce, Sorcha Groundsell, and Percelle Ascott. Netflix also released a sneak peek featurette, which can be seen below.
In the eight-part series, June McDaniel (Groundsell) has had it with her controlling father, and on her 16th birthday runs away with her boyfriend Harry Polk (Ascott), the son of a police officer. But as the young star-crossed lovers soon realize, June’s father had a reason to curtail her activities. It turns out she’s a shape-shifter, which leads to some freaky and dangerous situations.
June can’t control her newfound ability,...
At the Television Critics Association press tour on Sunday, Netflix brought together a panel for “The Innocents,” including co-creators and writers Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, and stars Guy Pearce, Sorcha Groundsell, and Percelle Ascott. Netflix also released a sneak peek featurette, which can be seen below.
In the eight-part series, June McDaniel (Groundsell) has had it with her controlling father, and on her 16th birthday runs away with her boyfriend Harry Polk (Ascott), the son of a police officer. But as the young star-crossed lovers soon realize, June’s father had a reason to curtail her activities. It turns out she’s a shape-shifter, which leads to some freaky and dangerous situations.
June can’t control her newfound ability,...
- 7/29/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Netflix has set August 24 for the premiere of The Innocents and released a first-look trailer for the British teen supernatural drama series.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, The Innocents centers on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together and are derailed by an extraordinary discovery — June’s ability to shape-shift. As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
Created and written by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, The Innocents centers on teenagers Harry and June who run away from their repressive families to be together and are derailed by an extraordinary discovery — June’s ability to shape-shift. As the star-crossed lovers struggle to control this strange new power, a mysterious professor reveals that June is not alone: there are more shifters out there like her, and he promises to cure June and reunite her with the mother who deserted her three years ago. But as their journey becomes increasingly fraught with danger, Harry and June’s love for each other is tested to breaking point and they’re faced with a choice: keep their innocent dream alive, or embrace that their lives have changed and risk everything.
- 4/18/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Author: Zehra Phelan
Netflix has released an eerie announcement video for a new original series, The Innocents which stars Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott and Guy Pearce.
The series tells the story of when teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
The series stars Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, Iona, Sleeping Lions) as June, Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens, The Weekend Movie) as Harry and Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Halvorson.
Created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the new Netflix original series consists of eight episodes. It is produced by UK-based New Pictures, led by Elaine Pyke,...
Netflix has released an eerie announcement video for a new original series, The Innocents which stars Sorcha Groundsell, Percelle Ascott and Guy Pearce.
The series tells the story of when teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive family lives to be together. They are thrown into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery that derails their innocent dream. Secrets kept from them by their respective parents test their love to breaking point, and the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.
The series stars Sorcha Groundsell (Clique, Iona, Sleeping Lions) as June, Percelle Ascott (Wizard vs. Aliens, The Weekend Movie) as Harry and Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento, The King’s Speech) as Halvorson.
Created by Hania Elkington and Simon Duric, the new Netflix original series consists of eight episodes. It is produced by UK-based New Pictures, led by Elaine Pyke,...
- 2/19/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
What if everything you thought you knew about your past wasn't real, and the future held its own sinister secrets in store for you? That's the unsettling scenario a young woman faces in Requiem, a new six-part psychological horror series premiering today on BBC One. To celebrate the new series' BBC premiere and its upcoming release on Netflix, we've been provided with exclusive images and clips to share with Daily Dead readers.
After its premiere on BBC One, all episodes of Requiem will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer, followed by a worldwide release on Netflix. In the meantime, we have additional details, images, and clips from the series below:
"In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again.
23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason.
Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence,...
After its premiere on BBC One, all episodes of Requiem will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer, followed by a worldwide release on Netflix. In the meantime, we have additional details, images, and clips from the series below:
"In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again.
23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason.
Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence,...
- 2/3/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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
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
Sky Atlantic is holding a film festival event to coincide with the launch of its new season of documentaries.
The Sky Atlantic Documentary Film Festival - which will take place on Thursday, October 24 - is open to the public and will air all six films from the first season throughout the day, accompanied by masterclasses and panel discussions with the film-makers behind the documentaries.
Documentaries featured include The Crash Reel, a Lucy Walker film focused on champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, the story of China's most famous artist, and The Act of Killing, which explores the imaginations of death squad leaders.
Former war correspondent Greg Barker's Man Hunt: The Search for Bin Laden, Beeban Kidron's InRealLife, and James Toback's Seduced and Abandoned starring Alec Baldwin, completes the line-up.
Director of Sky Atlantic Elaine Pyke said: "Sky Atlantic is the home of great storytelling...
The Sky Atlantic Documentary Film Festival - which will take place on Thursday, October 24 - is open to the public and will air all six films from the first season throughout the day, accompanied by masterclasses and panel discussions with the film-makers behind the documentaries.
Documentaries featured include The Crash Reel, a Lucy Walker film focused on champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, the story of China's most famous artist, and The Act of Killing, which explores the imaginations of death squad leaders.
Former war correspondent Greg Barker's Man Hunt: The Search for Bin Laden, Beeban Kidron's InRealLife, and James Toback's Seduced and Abandoned starring Alec Baldwin, completes the line-up.
Director of Sky Atlantic Elaine Pyke said: "Sky Atlantic is the home of great storytelling...
- 10/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Sky Atlantic is holding a film festival event to coincide with the launch of its new season of documentaries.
The Sky Atlantic Documentary Film Festival - which will take place on Thursday, October 24 - is open to the public and will air all six films from the first season throughout the day, accompanied by masterclasses and panel discussions with the film-makers behind the documentaries.
Documentaries featured include The Crash Reel, a Lucy Walker film focused on champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, the story of China's most famous artist, and The Act of Killing, which explores the imaginations of death squad leaders.
Former war correspondent Greg Barker's Man Hunt: The Search for Bin Laden, Beeban Kidron's InRealLife, and James Toback's Seduced and Abandoned starring Alec Baldwin, completes the line-up.
Director of Sky Atlantic Elaine Pyke said: "Sky Atlantic is the home of great storytelling...
The Sky Atlantic Documentary Film Festival - which will take place on Thursday, October 24 - is open to the public and will air all six films from the first season throughout the day, accompanied by masterclasses and panel discussions with the film-makers behind the documentaries.
Documentaries featured include The Crash Reel, a Lucy Walker film focused on champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce, Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry, the story of China's most famous artist, and The Act of Killing, which explores the imaginations of death squad leaders.
Former war correspondent Greg Barker's Man Hunt: The Search for Bin Laden, Beeban Kidron's InRealLife, and James Toback's Seduced and Abandoned starring Alec Baldwin, completes the line-up.
Director of Sky Atlantic Elaine Pyke said: "Sky Atlantic is the home of great storytelling...
- 10/4/2013
- Digital Spy
Sky Atlantic has confirmed that it will air a special Sopranos tribute to late actor James Gandolfini on Friday evening (June 20).
Elaine Pyke, the director of Sky Atlantic, announced on Twitter that it will be showing four classic episodes of the HBO drama across the night.
James Gandolfini 1961-2013: A life in pictures - photo gallery:The four episodes will be the original pilot, 'College' from season one, 'Funhouse' from season two and 'Whitecaps' from season four.
Gandolfini died from a suspected heart attack yesterday (June 19), aged 51.
The iconic actor was in Italy and was expected to attend the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily today (June 20).
Gandolfini became a worldwide star thanks to his incredible performance as the mobster Tony Soprano, which won him three Emmy Awards.
> James Gandolfini 1961-2013: Obituary of award-winning 'Sopranos' star
> James Gandolfini dies: Acting world pays tribute to 'Sopranos' star
> TV critics salute James Gandolfini...
Elaine Pyke, the director of Sky Atlantic, announced on Twitter that it will be showing four classic episodes of the HBO drama across the night.
James Gandolfini 1961-2013: A life in pictures - photo gallery:The four episodes will be the original pilot, 'College' from season one, 'Funhouse' from season two and 'Whitecaps' from season four.
Gandolfini died from a suspected heart attack yesterday (June 19), aged 51.
The iconic actor was in Italy and was expected to attend the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily today (June 20).
Gandolfini became a worldwide star thanks to his incredible performance as the mobster Tony Soprano, which won him three Emmy Awards.
> James Gandolfini 1961-2013: Obituary of award-winning 'Sopranos' star
> James Gandolfini dies: Acting world pays tribute to 'Sopranos' star
> TV critics salute James Gandolfini...
- 6/20/2013
- Digital Spy
Sky has announced that its on-demand customers will get access to the first two seasons of Game of Thrones on the same day that the third season airs.
Seasons one and two of the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning HBO drama will become available to Sky customers on-demand from Monday, April 1.
This coincides with the UK premiere of the fantasy show's third season on Sky Atlantic at 9pm on April 1, less than 24 hours after its launch in the Us.
Based on George Rr Martin's best-selling book series A Song of Ice and Fire, and adapted by David Benioff and Db Weiss, Game of Thrones helped to redefine fantasy drama after it was first broadcast in April 2011.
The third series - billed by Benioff and Weiss as "the season that [we] have been anticipating from the very beginning" - will focus on the first half of Martin's novel A Storm of Swords, which...
Seasons one and two of the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning HBO drama will become available to Sky customers on-demand from Monday, April 1.
This coincides with the UK premiere of the fantasy show's third season on Sky Atlantic at 9pm on April 1, less than 24 hours after its launch in the Us.
Based on George Rr Martin's best-selling book series A Song of Ice and Fire, and adapted by David Benioff and Db Weiss, Game of Thrones helped to redefine fantasy drama after it was first broadcast in April 2011.
The third series - billed by Benioff and Weiss as "the season that [we] have been anticipating from the very beginning" - will focus on the first half of Martin's novel A Storm of Swords, which...
- 3/7/2013
- Digital Spy
Sky Atlantic has announced that it has bought the rights to Us comedy drama Nurse Jackie. The series, which airs on Showtime in America, stars The Sopranos' Edie Falco as a nurse with an addiction to prescription drugs. The programme has previously aired on BBC Two in the UK but Sky Atlantic has now picked up the show from season three onwards. Nurse Jackie has already been renewed for a fourth season. Sky Atlantic's director of programmes Elaine Pyke said: "Sky Atlantic HD has already established itself as home to (more)...
- 6/15/2011
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
We already knew that Sky’s action thriller Strike Back (based on the novel by ex-sas soldier Chris Ryan, I reviewed its premiere here) is returning for a second series, but The Independent are reporting that HBO will be co-producing with Left Bank Pictures on the new 10-part run.
This deal is unrelated to Sky’s acquisition of HBO’s programming for £150m over five years, but the two broadcasters are evidently getting close. The BBC previously co-produced Rome, Extras and The Special Relationship with HBO, but this is the first production partnership they’ve had with Sky. It also suggests that Strike Back will be broadcast on HBO soon.
Elaine Pyke, Sky’s Head of Drama:
“I really feel that this ambitious co-production highlights the importance of creating compelling original drama for our customers.”
Andy Harries, executive-producer at Left Bank Pictures:
“Strike Back was conceived as a high...
This deal is unrelated to Sky’s acquisition of HBO’s programming for £150m over five years, but the two broadcasters are evidently getting close. The BBC previously co-produced Rome, Extras and The Special Relationship with HBO, but this is the first production partnership they’ve had with Sky. It also suggests that Strike Back will be broadcast on HBO soon.
Elaine Pyke, Sky’s Head of Drama:
“I really feel that this ambitious co-production highlights the importance of creating compelling original drama for our customers.”
Andy Harries, executive-producer at Left Bank Pictures:
“Strike Back was conceived as a high...
- 2/10/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
HBO's sibling pay-cable channel Cinemax is venturing into original programming with its first scripted primetime drama, Strike Back, a 10-hour action series it will co-produce with British satcaster Sky and U.K.-based Left Bank Pictures (The Special Relationship). The project, written by The X-Files alum Frank Spotnitz and British TV writer Richard Zadjlic (EastEnders), is inspired by the Sky series Strike Back, which in turn was based on Chris Ryan's book of the same name. That series, produced by Left Bank Pictures, premiered last summer and starred Richard Armitage as John Porter, former British Special Forces soldier drafted back into service by MI6. The Cinemax/Sky version will have new settings/storylines and will introduce new characters, led by Damien Scott (Animal Kingdom's Sullivan Stapleton), a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who teams up with a British military unit led by Section 20 officer Michael Stone...
- 2/9/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Cinemax is getting deeper into the drama game with a new action series reminiscent of Fox’s 24 along with a dash of Call of Duty.
The network has ordered Strike Back, following a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who teams up with a British military unit to stop an international terrorist group. The show is inspired by an acclaimed UK series and a book by author and former special forces officer Chris Ryan. Philip Winchester (Fringe) and Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom) will star (the UK original co-starred Walking Dead lead Andrew Lincoln — trailer below).
The programming model is...
The network has ordered Strike Back, following a charismatic former U.S. Special Forces operative who teams up with a British military unit to stop an international terrorist group. The show is inspired by an acclaimed UK series and a book by author and former special forces officer Chris Ryan. Philip Winchester (Fringe) and Sullivan Stapleton (Animal Kingdom) will star (the UK original co-starred Walking Dead lead Andrew Lincoln — trailer below).
The programming model is...
- 2/9/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
London, Oct 26 – Comedian Eddie Izzard has been signed up to play the role of Long John Silver in a two-part TV adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’.
Sky One has announced that the drama will take ‘a bold approach to the much-loved classic’.
“Treasure Island will be a hugely exciting, morally complex and compelling story of pirates, heroes, friendship and treachery,” the BBC quoted Elaine Pyke, Sky One’s head of drama, as saying.
Filming for the show is expected to begin in both Ireland and Puerto Rico next month.
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Sky One has announced that the drama will take ‘a bold approach to the much-loved classic’.
“Treasure Island will be a hugely exciting, morally complex and compelling story of pirates, heroes, friendship and treachery,” the BBC quoted Elaine Pyke, Sky One’s head of drama, as saying.
Filming for the show is expected to begin in both Ireland and Puerto Rico next month.
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- 10/26/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
London -- "Life on Mars" stars Philip Glenister and John Simm are to reunite in a new Sky1 HD thriller "Mad Dogs," about a group of friends who get caught up in a murderous adventure.
Produced by the same indie behind the Kenneth Branagh detective drama "Wallander," Left Bank Pictures, and scripted by Cris Cole, the 4x60 drama is slated for broadcast next spring.
Glenister and Simm will star alongside Max Beasley and Marc Warren as four forty-somethings who become embroiled in a violent murder when they travel to a friend's retirement party on the Spanish island of Majorca.
The 4x60 drama will begin filming in Majorca later this month and will air in spring 2010. The darkly comic production is yet another big-budget glossy British produced commission from Sky 1, which has ramped up its original drama slate over the last eighteen months while other broadcasters are still feeling the pinch.
Produced by the same indie behind the Kenneth Branagh detective drama "Wallander," Left Bank Pictures, and scripted by Cris Cole, the 4x60 drama is slated for broadcast next spring.
Glenister and Simm will star alongside Max Beasley and Marc Warren as four forty-somethings who become embroiled in a violent murder when they travel to a friend's retirement party on the Spanish island of Majorca.
The 4x60 drama will begin filming in Majorca later this month and will air in spring 2010. The darkly comic production is yet another big-budget glossy British produced commission from Sky 1, which has ramped up its original drama slate over the last eighteen months while other broadcasters are still feeling the pinch.
- 5/5/2010
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Following the success of its Terry Pratchett adaptations "Hogfather" and "The Colour of Magic," Sky said Monday that David Suchet, Charles Dance and Richard Coyle will head the cast of "Going Postal," a forthcoming Sky1 high definition production of the novel from fantasy writer Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
Commissioned by Sky 1 HD head of drama Elaine Pyke and produced for Sky by The Mob film company, "Going Postal" will be broadcast on Sky1 HD and Sky1 next Easter, the broadcaster said Monday.
The fantasy tale of revenge and romance follows the adventures of arch-swindler Moist Von Lipwig and his love affair with the beautiful and vengeful Adore Belle Dearheart, whose family he has unwittingly ruined.
"Going Postal" is the 33rd novel in Pratchett's "Discworld" series of magical romance novels and the third that has been adapted for television by Sky. International distribution for the series will be handled by All3Media International.
Commissioned by Sky 1 HD head of drama Elaine Pyke and produced for Sky by The Mob film company, "Going Postal" will be broadcast on Sky1 HD and Sky1 next Easter, the broadcaster said Monday.
The fantasy tale of revenge and romance follows the adventures of arch-swindler Moist Von Lipwig and his love affair with the beautiful and vengeful Adore Belle Dearheart, whose family he has unwittingly ruined.
"Going Postal" is the 33rd novel in Pratchett's "Discworld" series of magical romance novels and the third that has been adapted for television by Sky. International distribution for the series will be handled by All3Media International.
- 7/6/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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