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New Regency has secured a library investment from Shamrock Capital as well as production and library credit facilities from a syndicate of banks led by Jp Morgan Chase.

Investment firm Shamrock’s Content Strategy division is making a long-term investment in New Regency’s film and TV library, which has been amassed over 35 years and includes Oscar-winning features such as The Revenant, Birdman and 12 Years a Slave. The arrangement is understood to give Shamrock a long-term participation in cash flows from the library.

The Jp Morgan syndicate is providing New Regency’s production arm with a credit facility for new film,...

A24 has appointed Laura Lankester and Will Johnston in a strategic expansion of the company’s UK team, led by Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett.

The duo exits their current roles as co-CEOs of Lookout Point as A24 continues growing its international television operations. Based in London, Lankester and Johnston will work with Wenger and Garnett to expand and develop the studio’s global television slate.

Lankester and Johnston will continue to produce and deliver Netflix’s new adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” written by Dolly Alderton, for Lookout Point and BBC Studios. Lankester will also oversee BritBox’s “Tommy and Tuppence” for Lookout Point and BBC Studios.

Their recent credits for Lookout Point include two seasons of Sally Wainwright’s “Gentleman Jack” (BBC/HBO), “Renegade Nell” (Disney+), the final season of “Last Tango in Halifax” (BBC), the acclaimed final season of “Happy Valley” (BBC/AMC), and Andrew Davies’ adaptation...

A24 has strengthened its U.K. office with another poaching of senior executives from the local industry.

Laura Lankester and Will Johnston, co-CEOs of Lookout Point, the BBC Studios-owned company that has produced a raft of prestige dramas such as “Les Miserables,” “A Suitable Boy,” “War & Peace,” “Gentleman Jack,” “Renegade Nell” and the final season of “Happy Valley,” are set to join A24 as it looks to grow its international TV operations.

The two bolster a team in the U.K. led by Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett, who themselves were hired from the BBC in a major coup back in 2022.

Lankester and Johnston, who will leave their currents positions this autumn, will also continue to produce and deliver Netflix’s recently-unveiled adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” written by Dolly Alderton and starring Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman, for Lookout Point and BBC Studios, while Lankester...

A24 has hired Lookout Point co-CEOs Laura Lankester and Will Johnston to senior leadership roles in the UK team as it looks to grow the global television slate.

Based in London, Lankester and Johnston will leave their current roles at the production company behind BBC/AMC’s Happy Valley and Disney+ show Renegade Nell and join A24’s UK team leaders Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett.

The new arrivals will continue to produce and deliver Netflix’s Pride And Prejudice adaptation for Lookout Point and BBC Studios. Lankester will also oversee BritBox’s Tommy And Tuppence for Lookout Point and Bbcs.

A24 has signed up two of Britain’s hottest TV drama producers as it moves to expand its international small-screen output.

The hip producer and distributor on Wednesday unveiled that it was adding Laura Lankester and Will Johnston to its U.K. team, joining former BBC executives Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett.

Lankester and Johnston will exit their current roles as co-CEOs of Lookout Point to work with Wenger and Garnett to “expand, shape, and grow the studio’s global television slate,” A24 said in a statement.

The pair has worked with writer Sally Wainwright on some of the most acclaimed British television of the last decade, including Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack, and Last Tango in Halifax, and Renegade Nell, as well as on Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy. They are currently in production, with BBC Studios, on a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice for Netflix.

A24 is bolstering its UK team with the splashy appointments of Lookout Point co-CEOs Laura Lankester and Will Johnston.

Based in London, Lankester and Johnston will report to and work with A24 UK bosses Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett to “expand, shape, and grow the TV slate”.

Lankester and Johnston will continue to produce and deliver Netflix’s new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, written by Dolly Alderton, for Lookout Point and BBC Studios. Lankester will also oversee BritBox’s Tommy and Tuppence for Lookout Point and Bbcs, a production we revealed earlier this week.

The duo’s recent credits for Lookout Point include two seasons of Sally Wainwright’s Gentleman Jack (BBC/HBO), Renegade Nell (Disney+), the final season of Last Tango in Halifax (BBC), and the acclaimed final season of Happy Valley (BBC/AMC); as well as Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy (BBC...

Meet the new Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy for the upcoming Pride & Prejudice series!

The works of Jane Austen have been fodder for movie and TV producers for decades. Every generation has grown up on her groundbreaking stories of strong female characters, lush romance and the inspiration for countless period TV shows.

Netflix is now getting into this with a six-episode new limited series based on Austen’s masterpiece Pride & Prejudice. The project has been teased for a while, but now Deadline has reported on the casting of the key leads, and it’s amazing!

Per Deadline, Emma Corrin, last seen in the acclaimed Nosferatu, will play Elizabeth Bennett, the heroine of the tale. Jack Lowden, known for his turn in the Apple TV+ spy show Slow Horses, will play her romantic foil Mr. Darcy.

Not only that, but Academy Award winner Olivia Colman returns to TV to play Mrs.

Jack Lowden, Emma Corrin and Olivia Colman are set to star in Netflix’s “Pride & Prejudice.”

Based on the Jane Austen novel, the six-part limited series written by Dolly Alderton (“Everything I Know About Love”) and directed by Euros Lyn (“Heartstopper”) will see Lowden as Mr. Darcy, while Corrin will portray Elizabeth Bennet and Colman will play Mrs. Bennet.

Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, Olivia Colman will star in a new Pride and Prejudice adaptation — a six-part limited series written by Dolly Alderton. pic.twitter.com/rVfqFc5nSM

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“‘Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it. Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is the blueprint for romantic comedy – it has been a joy to delve back into its pages to find both familiar and fresh ways of...

Netflix is adding another adaptation of classic literature to its series roster.

The streamer has greenlit a six-episode limited series based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden and Olivia Colman are set to play lead roles in the series, which comes from writer Dolly Alderton (the BBC’s Everything I Know About Love) and director Euros Lyn (Heartstopper). BBC Studios’ Lookout Point is producing the series, which is set to begin filming later this year in the U.K.

Corrin (The Crown, Nosferatu) will play Elizabeth Bennet, the intelligent and unconventional second daughter of the Bennet family. Lowden (Slow Horses) plays Mr. Darcy, the wealthy, gruff member of the gentry whose romance with Elizabeth fuels the story. Oscar and Emmy winner Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) plays Mrs. Bennet, Elizabeth’s mother.

‘Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful...

Netflix’s “Pride and Prejudice” series has found its Elizabeth Bennet and Mrs. Bennet in Emma Corrin and Olivia Colman, respectively.

They join “Slow Horses” star Jack Lowden who has been cast as Mr. Darcy, as Variety exclusively reported on Wednesday.

The six-part limited series will be a faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s iconic novel penned by “Everything I Know About Love” author Dolly Alderton and directed by “Heartstopper’s” Euros Lyn. It will go into production in the U.K. this year.

“Dolly will bring to life Jane Austen’s iconic story for audiences that cherish it, whilst inspiring a new generation to fall in love with Austen for the first time,” a press release reads.

“The Crown” star Emma Corrin will make their debut as an executive producer on the project alongside Alderton and Lyn, as well as Laura Lankester, Will Johnston and Louise Mutter for Lookout Point.

Netflix is adapting Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice, and they've already assembled an all-star cast for the oft-adapted work. Yesterday, Jack Lowden (Slow Horses) was rumored to be in talks to play Mr. Darcy, and we now know that Emma Corrin (Nosferatu) will join him as female lead Elizabeth Bennet, and Olivia Colman (The Favourite) will play Mrs. Bennet. Deadline reports that the production will be a six-episode miniseries, and will film in the UK later this year.

The series will be written by Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love) and directed by Euros Lyn (Heartstopper). Says Alderton, "Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story, and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is the blueprint for romantic comedy – it has been a joy to delve back...

Exclusive: Netflix has set a new 6-part limited series based on the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice with Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Colman to take on the beloved literary characters of Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy and Mrs. Bennet, respectively. Production will take place in the U.K. later this year.

The streamer’s Pride and Prejudice is written by Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love) and directed by Euros Lyn (Heartstopper), who also executive produces with Corrin, making their EP debut, Laura Lankester, Will Johnston and Louise Mutter for Lookout Point. Lisa Osborne produces.

Sources close to production reveal that casting is underway for the perfect flowy white button-down shirt that looks great both wet and dry.

Austen’s second novel follows Elizabeth Bennet, an unmarried woman and the second of five daughters of Mr. and Mrs.

Happy Valley and Top Boy shared the BAFTA love on Sunday night at the British Academy’s prestigious Television Awards in London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Sarah Lancashire took home the top prize for her performance in Sally Wainwright’s Yorkshire-based police thriller, and fellow Briton Timothy Spall beat Succession‘s Brian Cox to win the equivalent award, best leading actor, for The Sixth Commandment – which also won two BAFTAs.

Jasmine Jobson claimed the best supporting actress prize for her role in drug-gang drama Top Boy, which also went on to win best drama. Matthew Macfadyen was the only winner for Jesse Armstrong’s hugely popular black satirical comedy, winning the award for best supporting actor in Succession. Sitcom Such Brave Girls claimed best scripted comedy.

Notably, The Crown and Black Mirror missed out despite leading the nominations ahead of the awards show with eight and seven, respectively, and in...

“The Crown” could well bow out in style on home soil, with the final outing of the show leading the list of nominees for the 2024 BAFTA TV and TV Craft awards, announced Wednesday.

Netflix’s hit royal drama — which came to an end last year after six seasons — landed eight nominations in total, including for Dominic West, Elizabeth Debecki, Lesley Manville and Salim Daw in the performance categories. However, it missed out for drama series (an award it has been nominated for three times previously).

Just behind “The Crown” and also a Netflix production, the apocalyptic “Black Mirror” episode “Demon 79” earned seven nominations, including limited drama and leading actress for Anjana Vasan.

Further down in a tight group of frontrunners, BBC dramas “Happy Valley” and “The Sixth Commandment and Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” each have six nominations. Sarah Lancashire’s leading actress nomination for “Happy Valley” could see...

The Crown’s swansong season has dominated the BAFTA TV nominations, picking up eight in a record year for Netflix.

Although it missed out in the coveted Drama Series category, four of the Netflix royal smash’s actors were handed nods today including Dominic West, who played Prince Charles, and Elizabeth Debicki, who was Princess Diana. Salim Daw and Lesley Manville are the other two nominated actors and actresses, while The Crown also received nominations in the likes of costume design, make up and sound.

Netflix achieved a record haul and was second only to the BBC with nominations, comfortably eclipsing stalwarts ITV and Channel 4 as Top Boy and Black Mirror were also rewarded.

Although not its most critically-rated season, Peter Morgan’s royal saga ended late last year with a bang and plenty controversy, and the noms come amid the ongoing Kate Middleton saga.

Elsewhere, Black Mirror has...

Disney+’s official trailer for Renegade Nell shows the titular character in action, taking on all comers and warning everyone never to call her Nelly. Louisa Harland (Derry Girls) stars as Nell in the action-adventure fantasy series premiering on the streaming service on March 29, 2024.

The cast also includes Frank Dillane as Charles Devereux, Alice Kremelberg as Sofia Wilmot, Ényì Okoronkwo as Rasselas, Jake Dunn as Thomas Blancheford, Bo Bragason as Roxy Trotter, and Florence Keen as George Trotter. Nick Mohammed plays Billy Blind, Joely Richardson is Lady Eularia Moggerhangar, Adrian Lester is Robert Hennessey, Pip Torrens is Lord Blancheford, and Craig Parkinson is Sam Trotter.

Ényì Okoronkwo as Rasselas and Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson in ‘Renegade Nell’

“Nell Jackson, a quick-witted and courageous young woman, finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious outlaw in 18th-century England,” reads Disney+’s synopsis. “But when a magical spirit called Billy Blind appears,...

Disney+ released the official trailer for the upcoming Original series ‘Renegade Nell’. All episodes of will be available to stream on March 29, 2024, exclusively on Disney+.

In this latest look at the action-adventure fantasy series, Nell Jackson, a quick-witted and courageous young woman, finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious outlaw in 18th-century England. But when a magical spirit called Billy Blind appears, Nell realizes her destiny is bigger than she ever imagined.

The series stars Louisa Harland (Derry Girls) in the leading role of “Nell Jackson” with Frank Dillane as “Charles Devereux”, Alice Kremelberg as “Sofia Wilmot”, Ényì Okoronkwo as “Rasselas”, Jake Dunn as “Thomas Blancheford”, Bo Bragason as “Roxy Trotter”, Florence Keen as “George Trotter”, with Nick Mohammed as “Billy Blind”, Joely Richardson as “Lady Eularia Moggerhangar” and Adrian Lester as “Robert Hennessey, Earl of Poynton”. Pip Torrens as “Lord Blancheford” and Craig Parkinson as “Sam Trotter” also star.

Louisa Harland as Nell in ‘Renegade Nell’ (Photo Cr. Robert Viglasky / Disney+ 2022)

Disney+ has shared the first photos from the upcoming fantasy adventure series Renegade Nell, coming to the streaming service in spring 2024. The eight-episode season stars Derry Girls‘ Louisa Harland as a woman who’s framed for a crime she didn’t commit.

Set in the 18th century, the action series also stars Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) as Billy Blind, Frank Dillane (Fear the Walking Dead) as Charles Devereux, Adrian Lester (Trigger Point) as Earl of Poynton, and Alice Kremelberg (The Sinner) as Sofia Wilmot. The cast also includes Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) as Lady Eularia Moggerhanger, Pip Torrens (The Crown) as Lord Blancheford, Jake Dunn (Half Bad) as Thomas, Ényì Okoronkwo (The Lazarus Project) as Rasselas, and Craig Parkinson (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) as Sam.

BAFTA winner Sally Wainwright created the series and serves as writer and executive producer.

The season finale of BAFTA-winning crime drama “Happy Valley” racked up 7.5 million viewers for the BBC on Sunday evening, the broadcaster has revealed.

The extended episode also scored a 41.6 audience share. “This is the highest ever overnight figure for ‘Happy Valley,’ and the largest overnight rating for a drama on U.K. television since May 2021, when the ‘Line of Duty’ series six finale aired,” the BBC said in a statement.

The series is created by Sally Wainwright.

The third and final season saw Sarah Lancashire return as Sergeant Catherine Cawood – on the cusp of her retirement – and James Norton as her nemesis, the murderer and sex offender Tommy Lee Royce.

Consolidated viewing figures for the “Happy Valley” finale will be available in the coming weeks. Episode one of this season consolidated to 11.3 million viewers in its first 30 days.

The first season aired in 2014 and the second in 2016. The first season...

Warning: contains spoilers for the Happy Valley finale.

By the end of its second series, Happy Valley knew exactly what it was and where it was heading. For all its drug dealer, kidnap and serial killer plots, this story was really about the triangular relationship between a boy, his grandmother, and his monstrous father. Its central dramatic question was which way the boy – Ryan – would go: towards Tommy Lee Royce’s cruelty and weakness, or towards Catherine’s strength and decency? Nature or nurture? Pessimism or hope?

In its Series 3 finale, Happy Valley answered that question so resoundingly you felt stupid for ever thinking it could be in doubt. Strength and goodness won out over selfish inhumanity. Ryan was nothing like Tommy Lee Royce. How could he ever be? He’d been raised surrounded by love and was a product of his upbringing just as much as Royce was a product of childhood neglect,...

Sarah Lancashire and James Norton are set to reunite when “Happy Valley” returns to screens in January, the BBC confirmed today.

The third and supposedly final season of the show will drop in the U.K. on New Year’s Day, airing on BBC One and streaming platform iPlayer. (A U.S. release date has not yet been confirmed).

Lancashire returns as Sergeant Catherine Cawood in the six-episode season, this time navigating relationships with her teenage grandson Ryan (played by Rhys Connah) and sister Clare (Siobhan Finneran) whilst attempting to solve what appears to be a gangland murder. Norton, meanwhile, once again steps into the shoes of murderer and rapist Tommy Lee Royce.

The BBC have also released a 10-second teaser of the new season, in which Royce can be seen brooding in prison while Seargant Cawood, dressed in uniform, is on assignment, with a siren blaring behind her.

Joining...

BBC Studios-owned indie Lookout Point, the shingle behind hit dramas such as “Gentleman Jack,” has appointed longtime collaborators and in-house executive producers Laura Lankester and Will Johnston as joint CEOs.

“They will now drive the creative leadership of the company in its next generation, with current CEO Faith Penhale set to step down at the end of this year,” the BBC and Lookout Point said in a statement.

Penhale, who announced her departure earlier this year, will join Pathe U.K. as managing director from March.

In their new roles Lankester and Johnston will have oversight of Looking Point’s upcoming Disney+ adventure series “The Ballad of Renegade Nell,” which is in production, and the company’s recently completed first series of South African crime thriller “Devil’s Peak,” co-produced with Expanded Media, as well as the third and final installment of the hit BBC One drama “Happy Valley,...

Lookout Point, the BBC Studios-owned indie behind Gentleman Jack and The Ballad of Renegade Nell, has set its new management following the news Faith Penhale is moving to Pathé Productions.

Laura Lankester and Will Johnston have been named Joint CEOs. They were both previously executive producers at the indie and have a decade-long working relationship.

Lankester is currently EP on Devil’s Peak, while Johnston is EP on Happy Valley season 3 with Penhale and The Ballad of Renegade Nell with Penhale and Louise Mutter.

Lankester has worked at Kudos and was Head of Development at BBC Wales, where she developed Andrew Davies’ War and Peace. Johnson has previously worked at Working Title Films and joined Lookout Point in 2016.

Current Chief Exec Penhale is leaving at the end of the year. Having taken on the post in 2020 upon the exit of previous joint CEO Simon Vaughan, she is set to...

We've known for a while now that Happy Valley will return for a third and final season on AMC+ and Acorn TV.

We now have our first look, courtesy of some photos.

In this final season of the multi-bafta award-winning BBC drama created by one of the UK’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed screenwriters, Sally Wainwright (Gentleman Jack), Sarah Lancashire (Julia) returns to her iconic role of Sergeant Catherine Cawood for six new episodes.

Also returning are James Norton (The Nevers) as Catherine’s nemesis, the murderer and sex-offender Tommy Lee Royce; Siobhan Finneran (Downton Abbey) as Catherine’s sister, the recovering addict Clare Cartwright, and Rhys Connah as Catherine’s sixteen-year-old grandson Ryan, eight years after he first played the role as a young boy.

In the first-look photos, Catherine is pictured with a bloodied nose in the aftermath of a police raid, while Tommy Lee Royce (James...

First look images have been revealed of the third and purportedly final season of crime drama “Happy Valley.”

The six-part final season, made by Lookout Point for BBC One and BBC iPlayer in co-production with AMC Networks, will see Sarah Lancashire return as Sergeant Catherine Cawood and James Norton as Tommy Lee Royce.

The first images show Lancashire sporting a bloody nose following a police raid while Royce, with a new look, is locked in his prison cell.

Sarah Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Cawood (Courtesy of BBC)

Siobhan Finneran stars as Catherine’s sister Clare and Rhys Connah as her teenage grandson Ryan.

Also returning are Ishia Bennison as Joyce, Shane Zaza as Shaf, Chord Melodic as Sledge, and Mete Dursun as Gorkem as well as Con O’Neill, George Costigan, Charlie Murphy, Derek Riddell, Karl Davies, Susan Lynch, Rick Warden, Vincent Franklin, Amit Shah, Mark Stanley, and Mollie Winnard.

Joining...

Louisa Harland, Nick Mohammed, Joely Richardson, Adrian Lester have boarded upcoming Disney+ series “The Ballad of Renegade Nell,” Variety can exclusively reveal.

The Lookout Point production, which is written and exec produced by “Gentleman Jack” writer Sally Wainwright, is an upcoming eight-part adventure and fantasy series about an 18th century young woman who finds herself unwittingly becoming the most famous highwaywoman in the country.

“Derry Girls” star Harland will play the quick-witted and courageous Nell, who ends up on an extraordinary adventure after she is framed for murder – a twist of fate that has far bigger consequences than Nell could ever dream of. Mohammed (“Ted Lasso”) joins as Billy Blind, a “plucky but prickly” spirit while Richardson (“Nip/Tuck”) is eccentric newspaper magnate Lady Eularia Moggerhanger.

“Trigger Point’s” Lester stars as Nell’s nemesis and political schemer the Earl of Poynton.

Alice Kremelberg, Craig Parkinson, Frank Dillane courtesy of...

Gentleman Jack creator Sally Wainwright is not giving up on a third season for the lesbian period drama series following its cancellation last week by HBO.

Wainwright told RadioTimes.com in an interview that HBO’s decision not to move forward with a third season was a surprise, noting however that BBC, the show’s co-producer, “certainly [is] up for” continuing with the show” but would need another streaming partner. The BBC has said that it was “in discussions” with Wainwright about “what’s next”.

“I think if HBO had been up for it, there’d have been no question, Wainwright added. “It’s been a very successful show in all areas for them – it’s had fantastic reviews, it’s had a very respectable audience and on top of that it’s had an impact on the community of gay women. We have the most extraordinary fanbase.”

Using the real...

HBO has canceled the historical period drama “Gentleman Jack” after two seasons, TheWrap has confirmed. The series — which drew from landholder and “the first modern lesbian” Anne Lister’s diaries — aired on the network’s lower-viewed Monday nights.

“HBO will not be moving forward with a third season of ‘Gentleman Jack,'” HBO said in a statement. “When we began this journey more than five years ago, we knew the series’ creator Sally Wainwright had a uniquely compelling vision, and it’s been tremendously gratifying to see how Anne Lister’s journey has resonated with viewers. We are incredibly grateful to Sally, to the impeccable Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle, and to the entire cast and crew for bringing Anne and Ann’s story to life. We’d also like to thank our partners at BBC and Lookout Point for their collaboration on two remarkable seasons.”

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Exclusive: HBO will not be proceeding with a third season of Sally Wainwright’s period drama Gentleman Jack. The news comes a little over a month after the series, a co-production with the BBC, wrapped its Season 2 run on HBO. Gentleman Jack aired on the lower-trafficked Monday night, with its second season, delayed by the pandemic, among HBO’s lower rated original series.

Using the real life diaries of Anne Lister as source, Gentleman Jack stars Suranne Jones as Anne Lister and Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker. In Season 2 of the series, from Lookout Point, Anne and Ann set up home together at Shibden Hall as wife and wife, determined to combine their estates and become a power couple.

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“HBO will not be moving forward with a third season of Gentleman Jack,” the network said in a statement to Deadline. “When we...