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This October, prepare to cozy up with a new British mystery from the desk of Karen Pirie. After swiftly becoming one of the U.K.'s most-watched dramas with its first season back in 2022, the series is coming back across the pond for Season 2 on BritBox, taking viewers between the 1980s and the present for a confounding new case for the titular detective played by Outlander star Lauren Lyle. Ahead of its arrival, we're thrilled to include the program as part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for upcoming fall television shows and share a new image of the newly-promoted Detective Inspector. This season will pull from Val McDermid's A Darker Domain, the second novel in the Karen Pirie series, which tests her newfound authority with a long-festering cold case that will earn her scrutiny from just about everyone around.

Season 2 opens with Pirie finally getting the independence she's...

BritBox and World Productions have revealed a first look at the return of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning Original cold-case drama Karen Pirie. Double BAFTA Scotland winner Lauren Lyle reprises her role as audience-favorite Detective Inspector Karen Pirie, with a riveting new case to solve.

After captivating audiences as one of the UK’s most-watched dramas, the 3 x 120’ series, based on celebrated author Val McDermid’s A Darker Domain and adapted by Emer Kenny, will return for a second season in October on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada.

The first look pictures offer a glimpse into the thrilling new series, hailed as “a refreshing take on the detective genre.” After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for.

Just as she’s getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned...

Nearly three years after solving her first mystery and earning that coveted promotion to Detective Inspector, Karen Pirie is finally getting back to work. BritBox and World Productions revealed the first images from Season 2 of the British cold-case drama, which finds Lauren Lyle's titular crime-solver back in the saddle with a new, disturbing assignment that will have all eyes on her. Adapted once again by Emer Kenny, this run of episodes is based on the second book in Val McDermid's best-selling series of detective novels, titled A Darker Domain, and picks up with the inspector getting used to her newfound authority. However, that position is quickly tested when she's given a case from 1984 that has long confounded investigators, enraptured the public, and attracted attention from sinister forces that would rather the past stay buried.

Season 2 centers on the case of Catriona and Adam Grant, a charming heiress of...

Netflix has launched in pole position the full trailer for the upcoming limited series on motor racing legend Ayrton Senna, ‘Senna’.

Over six episodes, the miniseries dramatizes Ayrton Senna’s (Gabriel Leone) journey through triumphs, disappointments, joys, and sorrows for the first time, revealing his personality and personal relationships. The story starts at the beginning of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career, following him from his karting days, through his move to England to compete in Formula Ford, and continues up to the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.

In addition to Leone, the cast features Brazilian actors such as Alice Wegmann, Camila Márdila, Christian Malheiros, Gabriel Louchard (Galvão Bueno), Hugo Bonemer (Nelson Piquet), Julia Foti (Adriane Galisteu), Marco Ricca, Nicolas Cruz (brother), Pâmela Tomé (Xuxa), Rodrigo Veloso and Susana Ribeiro. The international cast includes Arnaud Viard (Jean-Marie Balestre), Joe Hurst (Keith Sutton...

"I don't think they know how dangerous it is?" "They know." Netflix has unveiled the main official trailer for the series Senna, a dramatized version of the story of famed Formula 1 race car driver Ayrton Senna. This is a biopic about the Brazilian racer and his legacy, including all of his major victories and everything he achieved on & off the track. "Even before I got into a car, I already knew I was born to race" says Ayrton Senna, played by Gabriel Leone in this series. The main trailer reveals many snippets of historic, thrilling moments in the life of the racing legend. Never-before-seen images have also been released from Netflix's much-awaited production made in Brazil. Senna is the driver who won the F1 World Drivers' Championship three times before passing away in an accident on the race track in May '94. In addition to Leone, Brazilian actors featured: Alice Wegmann,...

Netflix has released the official trailer for the Senna series, which stars Gabriel Leone and premieres globally on the streaming service on November 29. Over six episodes, the miniseries dramatizes for the first time Ayrton Senna’s journey through triumphs, disappointments, joys, and sorrows, revealing his personality and personal relationships.

The story starts at the beginning of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career, following him from his karting days through his move to England to compete in Formula Ford, and continues up to the tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.

“Even before I got into a car, I already knew I was born to race,” said Ayrton Senna, played by Leone in the Senna series. The main trailer released today reveals snippets of historic, thrilling moments in the life of the racing legend.

In addition to Gabriel Leone, the cast features Brazilian actors such as Alice Wegmann,...

Netflix has just released the atmospheric teaser trailer for their upcoming limited series about famed Brazilian Formula 1 racer Ayrton Senna. The teaser is a meditative sequence where Senna achieves his historic victory at 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Senna is played by Gabriel Leone and we see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton to this point in his career in addition to some iconic characters who were a part of his life that year, including Xuxa (Pâmela Tomé), Alain Prost (Matt Mella) and the McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis (Patrick Kennedy) and Galvão Bueno (Gabriel Louchard).

The official synopsis from Netflix reads,

“Over the course of six episodes, Senna will showcase, for the first time, Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy, and sorrow, unveiling his personality and personal relationships. The fictional series starts with the genesis of the three-time Formula 1 champion’s motor racing career,...

In this first teaser video for Senna, the limited series premiering in late 2024, we see the recreation of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna’s historic victory, including the narration of Galvão Bueno, at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo.

We also see possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Ayrton, played by Gabriel Leone, to this point in his career in addition to some iconic characters who were a part of his life that year, including Xuxa (Pâmela Tomé), Alain Prost (Matt Mella) and the McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis (Patrick Kennedy), and Galvão Bueno (Gabriel Louchard).

For the first time, Senna will showcase Ayrton’s journey through triumph, disappointment, joy, and sorrow over the course of six episodes,...

Netflix’s Senna biopic has moved up the gears with a first teaser.

Premiering later this year, the show stars Gabriel Leone as the eponymous driver. The trailer recreates his historic victory at the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix in Interlagos, following a challenging race where he was mostly stuck in sixth gear and also marking the first time he won in his hometown of Sao Paulo.

The teaser also displays possible thoughts and experiences, interspersed with images of the race, that led Senna to where he had got to in his career before he tragically died in 1994. The six-parter starts with the genesis of the three-time F1 champion’s motor racing career, when he moves to England to compete in Formula Ford, and runs until his tragic accident in Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix.

Senna also stars The Gentlemen’s Kaya Scodelario, whose mother is Brazillian, fresh off...

Exclusive: Netflix’s highly-anticipated Senna biopic series has rounded out cast.

Joining previoiusly-announced lead Gabriel Leone and Kaya Scodelario are Alice Wegmann, Camila Márdila, Christian Malheiros, Gabriel Louchard, Hugo Bonemer, Julia Foti, Marco Ricca, Pâmela Tomé and Susana Ribeiro. In addition to the Brazilian actors, Scodelario, who was previously announced, along with Matt Mella, Arnaud Viard, Joe Hurst, Johannes Heinrichs, Keisuke Hoashi, Leon Ockenden, Patrick Kennedy, Richard Clothier, Steven Mackintosh and Tom Mannion are also part of the series.

The large-scale production and some of the actors have just arrived in Brazil, where filming is taking place in São Paulo and Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Netflix said. The miniseries, which is one of Netflix’s biggest in Brazil and is produced by Gullane, has already filmed in Argentina and Uruguay and will proceed to the UK after completing filming in the country.

Over the course of six episodes,...

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Channel 4-backed U.K. independent content production company Spirit Studios has teamed with James Watt, co-founder of multinational brewery BrewDog, to produce “Mission Finpossible,” a drama documentary aiming to to highlight the issues facing the world’s shark species. Humans kill over 120 million sharks a year, mainly for their fins for soup and many shark species are now under considerable risk of unrecoverable decline with some species having declined to near extinction in recent years. The shark is an apex predator and crucial to maintaining healthy ocean ecosystems.

Spirit Studios, whose previous content activism campaigns include global mental health movement #Iamwhole, will produce the documentary that will feature an original scripted element together with input from the world’s leading shark experts and archive footage. BrewDog is funding the project and will also produce an exclusive beer to raise funds for shark support groups around the world. The...

"There's nothing for you to worry about... you're perfectly safe here." The first official trailer has debuted for a film playing at the Seattle Film Festival coming up this summer, titled Susu, the feature directorial debut of Chinese writer/director Yixi Sun. This "psychological thriller with a stylish international twist" is about two Chinese girls who take a film transcription job located in a heritage English countryside mansion. Discovering entangled family secrets about the Kunqu Opera star Susu, they find it almost impossible to escape, physically and emotionally. It was actually shot at historical sites, including a 16th century English mansion and the old house of Charlie Chaplin and his mother. Susu stars Zitong Wu, Lin Zhu, Frederick Szkoda, Steve Edwin, Tom Mannion, Laura June Hudson, Roslyn Hill, and Junjie Mao as Susu. This looks extra melodramatic and a bit campy, but I quite like the intertwining of old cinema and thriller.

Emmerdale returnee Bernice Blackstock fears losing her lover Steve Harland in Friday night's (December 7) episode of the soap. Bernice (Samantha Giles) is delighted when Steve (Tom Mannion) finally shows up in the village, but Nicola soon causes trouble by phoning his wife to tell her about the affair he's been having. With Steve's other half shocked by Nicola's bombshell, he feels that he has no choice but to head (more)...

Director Johannes Roberts' new thriller 'F' hits UK theatres on 17 September. The new British movie about a group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours certainly got noticed at this year's Film 4 Fright Fest event in London and it's hoping to do the same in your local multiplex. The movie stars David Schofield, Eliza Bennett, Ruth Gemmell, Juliet Aubrey, Emma Cleasby, Finlay Robertson, Tom Mannion, Max Fowler as well as another ex-Hollyoaks hottie, Roxanne McKee (below). To celebrate the release we have got our hands on an exclusive clip from the flick. You can check it out below! 'F tells the story of Robert Anderson, a burned-out alcoholic world-weary English teacher, a man who has to face his most terrifying demons. F is set in a huge sprawling U.K. comprehensive school, after lessons have finished for the day.

Former Spooks star Ruta Gedmintas has been cast in BBC Three's lesbian drama Lip Service. The actress, who has also appeared in The Tudors, will be joined in the new series by Laura Fraser, Fiona Button, Emun Elliott, Heather Pearce, James Anthony Pearson, Tom Mannion and ex-Hollyoaks actress Roxanne McKee. The six-part show, set in contemporary Glasgow, follows the sex lives and lover affairs of a group of twentysomething lesbians. Gedmintas will plays Frankie, an irreverent and provocative photographer who is described as a 'commitment-phobe'. Fraser will play her former lover, Cat, who is (more)...

Brit director Johannes Roberts made waves in the horror scene a few years back when he created the first Mobile phone series, When Evil Calls. Then in 2007, Roberts worked that series into an extended feature starring Sean Pertwee and Dominique Pinon, which was released by Lionsgate. What he has been working on recently has been a bit of mystery... until now.

His new film is simply titled F (as in the grade) and it looks to be the latest endeavor in Britain's recent wave of what I'm now coining as "hooligan horror" (see Eden Lake). We have received a small synopsis from Roberts, but I can't help but wonder if it will be a revenge movie where a humiliated teacher exacts some justice and hands out fails to all of his rowdy pupils. That would be sweet.

Synopsis:

F is a terrifying thriller about a group of teachers trapped in...