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Top 8 paranormal TV shows you must watch (Photo Credit – Prime Video/Netflix)

Paranormal TV Shows have captivated audiences for the last many decades with their exploration of the supernatural, suspense, mystery, blending, and the unknown. People are becoming familiar with intricate stories from centuries-old tales, often fictional, creating a thrilling atmosphere that keeps viewers on the edge. From popular dramas like Supernatural, which follows two brothers hunting demons and monsters, to The X-Files, which delves into government conspiracies and extraterrestrial encounters, paranormal TV shows keep bringing a different appeal to the entertainment genre.

There is plenty to choose from for those looking to see what to watch next, and each guarantee you will keep returning for more. Here are all the paranormal TV shows that you must watch.

8. 28 Days Haunted (2022)

Directed by Joe Berlinger, the Netflix docuseries 28 Days Haunted is based on the theories of Ed and Lorraine Warren.

You’ve still got time to squeeze in some scary shows before Halloween: We recommend these limited series, including AMC’s “The Terror,” and the original “Salem’s Lot” from 1979, that can easily be binged in a weekend or just a day.

The series on our list are all under 10 episodes and available to stream right now, so grab your big bucket of popcorn, get cozy on the couch and spend some time with these vampires, ghosts, witches and some really haunted real estate.

“The Terror” (AMC) The Terror

Based on the real-life doomed arctic expedition of Captain Sir John Franklin (played here by Ciarán Hinds): We see the men aboard two ships, one of which is unwisely named the Hms Terror, struggle as they slowly try to carve a path through the ice. But there’s something (or things) much more sinister plaguing the journey. Jared Harris and Tobias Menzies costar.

It’s October, and you know what that means!

When Halloween rolls around, most people reach for their favorite scary movies, but true TV Fanatics know that spooky shows are where the real chills are!

Whether you’re in the mood for a terrifying haunted house, a supernatural mystery, or a nostalgic throwback to childhood frights, binge-watching a great series can be just as thrilling as any movie marathon.

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From vampires to vengeful spirits and everything in between, we’ve rounded up the best shows to keep you entertained (and maybe a little spooked) all Halloween night.

So grab your snacks, dim the lights, and get ready to discover the best TV shows to binge on Halloween night!

The Enfield Haunting (2015) (Skywitn/Screenshot)

Inspired by the chilling true events of the Enfield Poltergeist case, The Enfield Haunting immerses viewers in one of Britain’s most notorious hauntings.

Set in the late 1970s,...

The Conjuring: Last Rites adds X-Men star Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinsonas the latest new additions to join Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren's (Vera Farmiga) final case. Slated for release in 2025, the ninth installment in the Conjuring franchise is set to bring the paranormal investigator's story to a close. The characters have been key parts of the franchise since the original 2013 movie, with the series having crafted a fictionalized representation of the real-world investigators and many of their notable cases.

With The Conjuring: Last Rites confirmed to be the last hurrah for the Warrens, Deadline has reported two new faces expected to star alongside Wilson and Farmiga in the fourth movie of the franchise's core narrative. Hardy, known for his roles of Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse and Roger Taylor in Bohemian Rhapsody, will be joined by The Beast Must Die star Mia Tomlinson in the final installment in the story.

Catherine Tate’s latest sitcom Queen Of Oz has been given the chop after a single series, the BBC have confirmed.

Catherine Tate is currently riding high on the huge success of the long awaited Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials. Written by returning showrunner Russell T Davies, the episodes saw Tate reprise her role as Donna Noble opposite David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor.

However Queen Of Oz, Tate’s latest foray into sitcom, has been cancelled after a single series, the BBC has confirmed.

The six-part series followed Tate as Princess Georgiana, the “spare to the British throne”. With her party girl lifestyle and constant public scandals threatening the monarchy’s future, she is moved to Australia to become their Queen, along with her new staff – director of communications Zoe (Jenna Owen), private secretary Bernard (Robert Coleby), head of security Marc (Rob Collins), personal assistant Matthew (William McKenna), lady...

On the surface, little differentiates Apple's The Enfield Poltergeist from The Enfield Haunting, a dramatized take on the famous case. Released in the U.K. in 2015 (and now streaming on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee), The Enfield Haunting hits many of the same beats as the new docuseries. Both rely heavily on Maurice Grosse's 250 hours of recordings, which describe the alleged paranormal activity in the Hodgson family home in late 1970s London, and use those details to power the plot. However, they diverge when it comes to the conclusion each draws from those recordings: If The Enfield Poltergeist begins from a place of belief, only to raise questions about the Hodgsons' claims by its fourth and final episode, The Enfield Haunting takes the opposite approach as it works to convince the audience that the ghostly disturbances were real.

Welcome home to Enfield and step inside the recreated walls of 284 Green Street, where the most famous alleged poltergeist haunting in history occurred. The latest from the producers of “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” the new Apple TV+ four-part genre-bending documentary series “The Enfield Poltergeist” walks viewers through the mysterious case that terrified a generation of Brits, using rare audio, original and present-day interviews, and even a recreation of the house the chilling events took place. “The Enfield Poltergeist” will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, Oct. 27. You can watch The Enfield Poltergeist with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.

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The four-part docu-series “The Enfield Poltergeist” tells the story of the most famous poltergeist...

With more people online than ever, the internet isn’t as intimidating and alien as it used to be. Everything also seems easier when you’re connected. Yet when the young and unaware characters in Netflix’s latest series Red Rose download a mysterious phone app, they fall prey to an anonymous predator lurking behind the screen. This basic concept of malevolent cyber forces affecting the real world is nothing novel, especially in such a contemporary setting, but this show does a convincing job of making the web feel unsafe again.

Red Rose, a BBC series that first aired in 2022, is set in the creators’ hometown of Bolton, England. Michael and Paul Clarkson (co-producers of The Haunting of Bly Manor) and production company Eleven (The Enfield Haunting) collaborated on this gripping exercise in technological terror. The story follows a clique of friends whose ostensible leader is targeted by the titular app.

Martin Scorsese is a big horror fan. Over the years, he has heaped praise on dozens of creepy movies. Some of his favorites include David Cronenberg's Shivers, The Fog by John Carpenter, Ari Aster's Hereditary, and the excellent miniseries The Enfield Haunting. Most recently, he gushed over Ti West's Pearl, calling it "a wild, mesmerizing, deeply — and I mean deeply — disturbing 102 minutes."...

Sony Pictures Television-owned “Sex Education” producer Eleven has promoted Carissa Hope Lynch to the position of creative director.

She will report to Eleven founders Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell.

Hope Lynch has been at Eleven since 2019, working on projects including “White Stork” for Netflix and the upcoming young adult horror series “Red Rose” for the BBC and Netflix. She has also developed a number of projects that have found homes at Channel 4, Netflix, the BBC and Sky, working with creatives including Mark Denton and Jonny Stockwood, Mika Watkins, Harry and Jack Williams, Chandni Lakhani, and Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet in the process.

She is also passionate about discovering new voices and in 2021 conceived, designed, and co-facilitated Eleven’s script editor training scheme, Duly Noted, in collaboration with Tolula Dada.

In 2022, the training scheme’s second year, BBC and Sony Pictures Television also came on board.

Hope...

Ed and Lorraine Warren; two of the most renowned paranormal investigators in American history. While they are now known to a larger audience due to their characterizations in the phenomenally successful franchise that spun-off from The Conjuring films, the Connecticut natives accrued an almost four decade history of investigations into the paranormal - long before the current slew of reality based "ghost hunting" television shows. So without further hesitation, let us take a look at seven of the more notorious investigations conducted by Ed and Lorraine Warren.

"The Smurl Haunting"

The Smurl Haunting is named thus, for Jack and Janet Smurl. They claimed that a demon was haunting their home in West Pittston, Pennsylvania between the years of 1974 and 1989. The demon was alleged to have thrown the family dog into a wall and pushed their daughter down the stairs. The Warrens arrived at the Smurl household in 1986 to conduct their own investigation.

Helen Gregory is set to join See-Saw Films in the newly-created senior role of creative executive, based out of the London office.

Gregory joins See-Saw from her company Trapeze Entertainment, with recent credits including executive producer on Pulse and Sister Pictures’ season two of Gangs of London for Sky/AMC.

Prior to, Gregory was managing director of Twelve Town (formerly Pinewood Television), and has held other senior roles such as head of film and TV at Ruby FIlm & Television, joint head of drama at World Productions and commissioning editor for drama at Channel 4. Her credits include The Child In Time, The Enfield Haunting and The Catch.

While at Trapeze, Gregory set development projects up with the BBC, Netflix, Sky and with Jude Law’s production company Riff Raff Entertainment, which she will continue to build at See-Saw.

Effective September 1, Gregory will be responsible for steering the creative strategy of the company,...

Arlo will create the drama alongside director, writer and actor Aki Omoshaybi.

Lionsgate and Sex Education producer Eleven Films is developing a scripted series with rising UK singer, songwriter and actor Arlo.

UK-based Eleven will produce and develop the series, which follows a young man in East London dealing with the relationship between his working-class background and success in the music industry.

Director, writer and actor Aki Omoshaybi, whose feature directing debut Real premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019, is writing and developing the drama alongside Arlo. Omoshaybi has a scripted commission at Channel 4 with his series Little Faith and a second feature in the works.

Rising British singer-songwriter and actor Arlo, who signed a major recording deal earlier this year with Sony Music Entertainment’s Arista Records label, is developing a scripted television series with Lionsgate and Eleven Films, producers of Netflix hit “Sex Education.”

Eleven will produce and develop the series, which will follow a young man in East London dealing with the complex relationship between his working-class background and success in the music industry.

Arlo, repped by CAA worldwide for TV, music and film, was named one of the influential new faces in music in the U.K. newspaper The Evening Standard. The singer has garnered millions of music streams and sold out a string of headline shows in London. His recent collaboration with Grammy nominated U.S. rapper Mick Jenkins, “Changing,” was tipped by critics.

Arlo will create the show alongside writer and director Aki Omoshaybi, whose debut feature film as a writer,...

Standout Spanish cinema actors Irene Escolar and Bárbara Lennie have teamed on a new anthology series commissioned by HBO España and produced by Calle Cruzada.

Created and executive produced by the pair (pictured), who will also perform in the show, “Escenario 0” features six episodes from prominent writers and filmmakers. A unique project that will mix different disciplines to create an exceptional fusion between the performing and audiovisual arts.

“Escanario 0” is the latest example of HBO Europe looking to tap Spanish talent for its HBO Spain original programming. Previous series include Isabel Coixet’s “Foodie Love” and Álex de la Iglesia’s “30 Coins,” as well as the much-anticipated series adaptation of best-selling novel “Patria,” and recently announced comedy series “Por H o por B.”

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Keshet has closed a deal for a Dutch remake of the popular musical quiz program “The Hit List,” commissioned by public broadcaster Npo to be produced locally by Vincent TV.

BBC to premiere Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Strasbourg 1518’

Sexy Beast director Jonathan Glazer’s latest film Strasbourg 1518 is to premiere on BBC Two on July 20. The film is part of the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine initiative, and features performances from great dancers inspired by the so-called dancing plague that broke out in Strasbourg in 1518. It was co-commissioned by Artangel and Sadler’s Wells and is produced by Academy Films for BBC Films and BBC Arts.

Rotterdam film festival changes

International Film Festival Rotterdam has instigated significant changes under new director Vanja Kaludjercic ahead of its landmark 50th edition, scheduled to run January 27-February 7. The fest will introduce new strand ‘Harbour’, which will become its central program and also its largest, screening movies from around the world. Giona Nazzaro has joined the supervising programming team, alongside Bianca Taal and Gerwin Tamsma. Its flagship Tiger and Big Screen competitions will also be expanded,...

Sony Pictures Television has acquired London-based “Sex Education” producer Eleven.

As previously reported, Sony is believed to have beaten off a number of potential buyers, and has taken a majority stake in the outfit.

The investment in Eleven marks one of the few major M&a deals to have emerged from the last four months, when much of the industry has ground to a standstill due to Covid-19. Tom Manwaring of Helion Partners advised the shareholders of Eleven Film on the transaction.

The deal forms part of a wider expansion drive for Sony Pictures Television, who also own “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures, and is diversifying the group’s production portfolio and growing IP. In December 2019, Sony Pictures Television expanded further into children’s programming by acquiring Silvergate Media, and broadening the group’s capability in sports and live entertainment production with the acquisition of Whisper Films in February.

Sony Pictures Television has confirmed what we revealed back in April — that it is investing in Eleven, the British production outfit behind Netflix smash hit Sex Education.

Sony has taken a majority stake in Eleven after a competitive process in which a host of potential suitors showed an interest in the producer, including All3Media. The size of the stake and financial terms were not disclosed.

In completing the takeover, Sony is buying out Channel 4’s 20% stake in Eleven. The British broadcaster first invested in the company in 2014 as part of its Indie Growth Fund initiative.

Eleven was founded by creative directors Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson in 2006, and teen drama Sex Education has become its biggest calling card after launching last year.

Other Eleven commissions include Red Rose, a BBC Three horror created by twins Michael and Paul Clarkson, which has been picked up by Netflix in the U.

Sony Pictures Television is close to taking a stake in “Sex Education” producer Eleven.

It is understood that Sony has beaten off a number of potential buyers for U.K.-based Eleven, whose standing has been buoyed internationally by the success of Netflix hit “Sex Education.”

Sony is said to be close to taking a significant stake in Eleven, and will reportedly buy out Channel 4’s 20% holding in the company. At this stage, it is unclear if Sony is taking a minority or controlling stake in Eleven. Channel 4 invested in Eleven back in 2014 as part of its Indie Growth Fund initiative.

Eleven was founded by creative directors Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson in 2006, and works across drama and factual. Its credits also include Channel 4 and Hulu drama “Gap Year,” Sky’s “The Enfield Haunting” and Channel 4’s “The Secret Life Of The Pub.”

Upcoming productions include series three of “Sex Education,...

Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television is on the brink of investing in Eleven, the British production company behind Netflix smash hit Sex Education, Deadline can reveal.

Sources tell us that Sony is close to taking a significant stake in Eleven, beating a host of potential suitors who were keen to partner with one of the hottest pieces of production real estate in the UK.

Deadline understands that production groups including All3Media looked at Eleven during a competitive situation. Rumors have also been rife in the UK that Netflix cast an eye over the company, even though the streamer has previously denied that it is getting into the acquisitions game.

Sony will buyout Channel 4’s 20% stake in Eleven after the British broadcaster first invested in the company in 2014 as part of its Indie Growth Fund initiative. It’s not yet clear if Sony is taking a minority or controlling stake in Eleven.

The Conjuring 2 and The Enfield Haunting are both horror tales that dramatize the real-life circumstances surrounding the Enfield poltergeist, an entity that reportedly haunted a British family between 1977 and 1979.

Related: The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) Paranormal Investigators In Horror Movies History

James Wan's The Conjuring 2, released in 2016, is a Hollywood feature that details Ed and Lorraine Warren's involvement in the case, while 2015's The Enfield Haunting is a three-part miniseries that investigates the case from other angles. Each terrifies audiences in unique ways, and each reimagines the truth for different genre ends. But which is the better cinematic experience?...

HBO has pushed back the premiere date for its upcoming limited series “The Third Day” to the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Jude Law and Naomie Harris-led project was originally scheduled to premiere May 11.

Created by “Utopia” creator Dennis Kelly and Felix Barrett (artistic director of the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk International), the six-part series centers around Sam (Law), “who after being drawn to a mysterious Island off the British Coast, is thrown into the unusual world of its secretive inhabitants.”

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The limited series will also star Katherine Waterston (“Fantastic Beasts” franchise), Emily Watson (HBO’s “Chernobyl”), and Paddy Considine (HBO’s “The Outsider”).

Here is the full description from Sky and HBO: “Isolated from the mainland, the rituals of the island begin to overwhelm him, and he is confronted by a trauma from his past.

Exclusive: Netflix has secured the U.S. and international rights to Red Rose, the BBC horror drama created by identical twins Michael and Paul Clarkson, who have worked on shows including The Haunting Of Bly Manor and See.

Deadline can reveal that Netflix has picked up Red Rose from Entertainment One, which is repping the eight-part drama internationally under a co-production deal with Sex Education producer Eleven.

Sources tell us that eOne and Eleven, which made Timothy Spall horror The Enfield Haunting, are preparing to go into production on Red Rose from June, with filming taking place around Manchester and Bolton in the UK.

Originally commissioned by youth channel BBC Three last year, the series follows a group of British students as they discover the sinister Red Rose app, which encourages them to undertake a set of increasingly dangerous challenges.

One of the group, Rochelle Jackson, downloads the app and...

Stars: Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mark Lewis Jones, Richard Elfyn, Jodi Innes, Dyfrig Evans | Written and Directed by William McGregor

The debut feature from writer-director William McGregor, Gwen is a dark, chilling period drama that cleverly blends Gothic horror and social realism. As such, it’s an arresting and memorable first feature that marks out McGregor as a talent to watch.

Set in North Wales in the mid-19th century, the film stars Eleanor Worthington-Cox (The Enfield Haunting) as Gwen, a teenager who lives with her younger sister Mari (Jodi Innes) and sickly mother Elen (Maxine Peake) on a rural farm in Snowdonia. The trio are patiently awaiting the return of Gwen’s father (Dyfrig Evans), who’s off fighting in the Crimean War, but a run of bad luck befalls the farm, putting its future in jeopardy. Meanwhile, local slate baron Mr Wynne (Mark Lewis...

To mark the release of Gwen on 11th November, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.

William McGregor’s critically acclaimed atmospheric and exquisitely crafted gothic period drama stars newcomer Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Laurence Olivier Award winning actress of Matilda and BAFTA nominated for The Enfield Haunting) in the break out performance of the year. The film also stars BAFTA nominated actress Maxine Peake , Richard Harrington & recent Laurence Olivier Award winner Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Ike Turner in the musical Tina)

In the stark beauty of 19th Century Snowdonia a young girl, Gwen, tries desperately to hold her home together. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take grip of her home, and the suspicious local community turns on Gwen and her family.

Please note: This competition is open to UK residents...

Wheel of Time and The Haunting of Hill House writers Michael and Paul Clarkson are writing an eight-part horror series for the BBC.

The British broadcaster’s youth-skewing network BBC Three has commissioned Red Rose from Sex Education and The Enfield Haunting producer Eleven Film and eOne. The Clarkson twins have also recently written on Apple drama See.

The series follows a disparate group of teenagers, adrift in the long hot summer following GCSEs, hanging out on the Bolton moors with little sense of direction or purpose now that school is over. Rumours circulate of the Red Rose app, an urban legend that blooms on the smartphones of teenagers, encouraging them to undertake a series of challenges increasingly dangerous in its demands. On the fringes of her group of friends, Rochelle Jackson downloads the mysterious app, naively inviting darkness into her life. What she sets in motion is a series...

A family fractured by war struggles to hold onto their farm and their sanity in Gwen, an atmospheric chiller from William McGregor. Set in the mountains of Wales during the industrial revolution, Gwen is now in theaters and on Digital HD and VOD platforms from Rlje Films and Shudder, and we recently caught up with McGregor to discuss assembling his talented cast, taking on a period piece for his feature-length debut, and building ever-tightening tension through enigmatic characters who may or may not be dealing with something supernatural.

Congratulations on Gwen, William, it's an immersive experience to watch this movie, and it was your first feature film, too, so kudos to you on creating that atmosphere.

William McGregor: Yeah, thank you very much. Yeah, the film really is exploring dread, so you just hope if people can sit in a cinema and experience that rising tension and that anxiety for 84 minutes,...

Stars: Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mark Lewis Jones, Richard Elfyn, Jodi Innes, Dyfrig Evans | Written and Directed by William McGregor

The debut feature from writer-director William McGregor, Gwen is a dark, chilling period drama that cleverly blends Gothic horror and social realism. As such, it’s an arresting and memorable first feature that marks out McGregor as a talent to watch.

Set in North Wales in the mid-19th century, the film stars Eleanor Worthington-Cox (The Enfield Haunting) as Gwen, a teenager who lives with her younger sister Mari (Jodi Innes) and sickly mother Elen (Maxine Peake) on a rural farm in Snowdonia. The trio are patiently awaiting the return of Gwen’s father (Dyfrig Evans), who’s off fighting in the Crimean War, but a run of bad luck befalls the farm, putting its future in jeopardy. Meanwhile, local slate baron Mr Wynne (Mark Lewis...

Maxine Peake plays a woman whose property in the wilds of 19th-century Wales is threatened by a predatory mine owner

William McGregor’s debut feature is an eerie hybrid of gothic drama and social realism. It comes on like a chilling mystery-horror in the tradition of The Innocents as a string of calamities befall a woman and her two daughters fighting to keep their farm in 19th-century north Wales. Is some kind of ghostly phenomenon at work? Or, isolated and alone, are the women slowly going mad? McGregor adds a further layer of ambiguity with the possibility that this is a story about female oppression and the struggle of the poor.

Gwen is set in 1855 in Snowdonia as slate mining pushes out farming as the predominant way of life. Eleanor Worthington-Cox (The Enfield Haunting) plays teenager Gwen whose father is away fighting in the army. Her mother Elen (Maxine Peake) is hard and angry,...

Bulldog Film Distribution has launched a new trailer for William McGregor’s haunting and atmospheric ‘Gwen’ featuring Maxine Peake.

William McGregor’s exquisitely crafted gothic period drama stars newcomer Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress of Matilda) and BAFTA nominated for The Enfield Haunting) in the break out performance of the year. The film also stars BAFTA nominated actress Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington & recent Laurence Olivier Award winner Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Ike Turner in the musical Tina)

Also in trailers – First trailer for Ken Loach’s hard-hitting drama ‘Sorry I Missed You’ debuts

The film hits UK cinemas July 19th

Gwen Synopsis

In the stark beauty of 19th Century Snowdonia a young girl, Gwen, tries desperately to hold her home together. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take a grip of her home,...

Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed co-production “Chernobyl,” Sky and HBO are teaming up once more, this time with Plan B Entertainment, for the Jude Law-led limited series, “The Third Day.”

Hailing from “Utopia” creator Dennis Kelly and Felix Barrett (artistic director of the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk International), the six-part series centers around Sam (Law), “who after being drawn to a mysterious Island off the British Coast, is thrown into the unusual world of its secretive inhabitants.”

Per Sky and HBO: “Isolated from the mainland, the rituals of the island begin to overwhelm him, and he is confronted by a trauma from his past. As the line between reality and fantasy blurs, Sam finds himself immersed in an emotional quest which puts him at odds with the islanders and begins to threaten their way of life.”

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The six part limited series marks a move into TV by immersive theatre company Punchdrunk International.

Jude Law has signed to star in high-end drama series The Third Day, written by Dennis Kelly, directed by Marc Munden and co-commissioned by Sky and HBO.

He will play a man drawn to a mysterious island off the UK coast who is thrown into the unusual world of its secretive inhabitants and is confronted by a trauma from his past.

It is the first original drama to be produced by Sky’s new production house, Sky Studios, alongside HBO, and Brad Pitt’s production outfit Plan B Entertainment.

Exclusive: Damian Lewis has launched his own production company, Rookery Productions, and plans to develop and direct projects across feature film, television and theater.

This comes after the Billions and Homeland star signed up to A+E Networks’ factual series Spy Wars, which he will co-produce, marking his nascent indie’s first project.

In an interview with Deadline, Lewis said that he wants to produce and direct across genres and has already lined up to develop a feature film, another television series and a play.

“It’s an opportunity for me to create some exciting drama and comedy,” he said. “It gives me an opportunity to be creating things from inception.”

He admitted that it was early days and these projects needed time to “percolate”. But he added, “It’s a way to work independently with other producers, authors and talent to make compelling and provocative content.”

Lewis is finishing up...

In December 1900, authorities investigating a darkened lighthouse off Scotland’s west coast found all three men employed there missing, with no sign of struggle or any other explanation emerging. Their disappearance became known as “The Flannan Isle Mystery,” inspiring a famous poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson—as well as more recent artistic interpretations in various media, from a novel to an opera to a video game. However, “The Vanishing” seems to be the first film inspired by these events. One hopes it isn’t the last, because it’s an intriguing premise, one that Kristoffer Nyholm’s feature ultimately doesn’t make much of.

Falling between the stools of thriller and drama, this speculative tale grows steadily less satisfying, despite a handsome look and a strong cast headed by Gerard Butler and Peter Mullan. It launches Jan. 4 on 10 U.S. screens simultaneous with on-demand release; several other territories will shortly follow.

Saban Films has released a trailer for a fantastic-looking psychological thriller called The Vanishing. The film stars Gerard Butler (London Has Fallen, 300), Peter Mullan (Session 9, Braveheart), and newcomer Connor Swindells.

The film is based on a true story of an unsolved local legend known as the Flannan Isle mystery. The three actors take on the role of lighthouse keepers who end up coming across some gold and this leads them on a deadly journey of survival.

I enjoy stories like this and this movie looks like a solid, well-made film. I especially like that the film stars Butler and Mullan. They’re great. Here’s the synopsis:

On an uninhabited island 20 miles from the rugged Scottish coast, three lighthouse keepers arrive for their 6-week shift. As they settle into their normal quiet routine, something unexpected, potentially life-changing occurs – they stumble upon gold. What follows is a tense battle for survival,...

Exclusive: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star opposite Dakota Fanning in the Zeresenay Berhane Mehari-directed Sweetness In The Belly based on the bestselling novel by Camilla Gibb.

Adapted for the screen by Laura Phillips, the film is a powerful love story that explores an immigrant’s life from a unique perspective. In a story that is relevant to today’s cultural landscape, Fanning stars Lilly Abdal (a role which Saoirse Ronan was originally attached), who was orphaned in Africa as a child and escaped to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. However, Lilly’s mission isn’t purely selfless: A passionate lost love affair is revealed between Lilly and Aziz (Abdul-Mateen II), an idealistic doctor. But can Lilly let go of the past?...

Whether it’s the formidable Bane or Charles Bronson (real name Michael Gordon Peterson), throughout the course of his stellar career, Tom Hardy has developed a knack for characters that are as dark as they are fiercely intense. Last year, for instance, his fiery, yet understated performance as Max Rockatansky was enough to leave even Immortan Joe quaking in his boots, and Tom Hardy fans will soon be turning their gaze toward Taboo, FX’s upcoming miniseries that places the British actor in the grubby boots of swashbuckling adventurer, James Keziah Delaney.

From the character description alone, we know that Delaney is “a man who has been to the ends of the earth and comes back irrevocably changed,” but thanks to today’s deluge of Taboo promos, we get to see a glimpse of Hardy’s scenery-chewing role. Set in 1814, here we see James Keziah Delaney return home to London...

As the key creative mind behind Peaky Blinders, it’s little wonder why FX quickly commissioned Steven Knight’s new, eight-part miniseries Taboo without a moment’s hesitation.

Hatched alongside Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy, the British period drama takes place during the 19th century, where Hardy – Tom, not Chip – will assume the role of swashbuckling adventurer, James Keziah Delaney.

With the pedigree of Knight behind the scenes, not to mention the fact that Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing, The Enfield Haunting) is on board to helm the first four episodes, there’s a crackle of excitement swirling around Taboo, and budding viewers can now look forward to the series premiering on January 10. Word comes hand-in-hand with the show’s key art, which you can find embedded below.

If Tom Hardy is one of the key creative driving forces behind Taboo, the Steven Knight and Co.

Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan and Joe Alwyn are to head the cast of psychological thriller Keepers - to be shot in the UK early next year.

They will play a trio of lighthouse keepers pitted against each other on a remote Scottish island in the film, directed by TV director Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing, The Enfield Haunting) and written by Celyn Jones, who previously co-wrote Set Fire To The Stars, and Joe Bone.

The action, inspired by a true incident, takes place on an uninhabited island, where three lighthouse keepers arrive for their six-week shift.

On an uninhabited island 20 miles from the rugged Scottish coast, three lighthouse keepers arrive for their six week shift. As Thomas (Mullan), James (Butler) and Donald (Alwyn) settle into their usual, solitary routines - they stumble upon something that isn’t theirs to keep. Where did it come from? Who does it belong to? A boat.

Gerard Butler is having a busy few weeks. Fresh from joining Angels Has Fallen, the third in Millennium Films' action franchise, the actor is now heading to the seas of Scotland for Keepers alongside Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk breakout Joe Alwyn. The psychological thriller, to be directed by award-winning Danish director Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing, The Enfield Haunting, Taboo) will see Butler play one of a trio of lighthouse keepers pitted together on a remote island off the Scottish coast. Peter Mullan (Trainspotting) will also star in the film, inspired by a true unsolved local mystery and written

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Protagonist Pictures will introduce the project to buyers at the Afm.

Gerard Butler (300), former Screen Star of Tomorrow Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk) and Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur) will lead Danish director Kristoffer Nyholm’s (The Killing) psychological thriller Keepers.

Sales agent Protagonist Pictures has boarded the project and will introduce to buyers at this week’s American Film Market (Afm) in Santa Monica.

Cross Creek Pictures (Hacksaw Ridge) is fully financing the film, which is set for an early 2017 shoot in the UK.

Andy Evans, Ade Shannon and Sean Marley are producing for Wales-based outfit Mad as Birds with Alan Siegel for G-base, Brian Oliver for Cross Creek and star Butler. Jason Seagraves will exec produce and Reg Poerscout-Edgerton will co-produce and is casting.

Set on an uninhabited island off the Scottish coast, the film follows three lighthouse keepers (Butler, Alwyn, Mullan) who arrive for their six week shifts. As they settle...

Three seasons into its run and with a host of prestigious awards already to its name, Peaky Blinders has fast carved out an audience of its own since its bow in 2013, thanks in large part to a cracking cast and that wonderful visual style. Imagine our excitement, then, now that series creator and showrunner Steven Knight is quietly packaging a new TV series for FX by the name of Taboo.

Similar to Blinders, Knight’s latest venture is a period drama by nature, this time rolling back the years to the 19th century to focus on one James Keziah Delaney – played here by a feral Tom Hardy, who has worked with Knight before thanks to Peaky Blinders and Locke. Pitched as an eight-part miniseries, Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing, The Enfield Haunting) is on board to direct the first half of Taboo, which will mine inspiration from a script penned by...

The sequel to the 2013 supernatural hit The Conjuring spirits us off to a place of pure, cold dread: Great Britain in 1977, the funereal era before the economic boom, Princess Diana and Cats. American paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) are brought in to assist a miserable family driven from their ugly suburban London home in Enfield by a poltergeist that assumes different forms. Chief among them is a nasty old man, the sort whom David Letterman used to impersonate yelling, "Get off my lawn!" He seems to have developed an unhealthy attachment to a banged-up...

The sequel to the 2013 supernatural hit The Conjuring spirits us off to a place of pure, cold dread: Great Britain in 1977, the funereal era before the economic boom, Princess Diana and Cats. American paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) are brought in to assist a miserable family driven from their ugly suburban London home in Enfield by a poltergeist that assumes different forms. Chief among them is a nasty old man, the sort whom David Letterman used to impersonate yelling, "Get off my lawn!" He seems to have developed an unhealthy attachment to a banged-up...

Following the record-breaking success of The Conjuring, stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reunite with director James Wan for The Conjuring 2, another chilling chapter from the Warren case files – this time set in 1977 Enfield, North London!

Check out the brand-new poster for The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Haunting below – and see the film when it’s released in UK cinemas on 17th June 2016…

Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Check out the rest of our The Conjuring 2 coverage right here...

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Arguably one of the more overlooked gems on Tom Hardy’s résumé is Locke, Steven Knight’s minimalist thriller that had The Revenant star enclosed in a car for the entirety of its running time. The results were a surprisingly tense and gripping drama, so it’s little wonder Hardy and Knight are reteaming for FX and BBC One’s eight-part period drama, Taboo.

Sending Hardy’s back to the early 19th century as James Keziah Delaney, it’s understood the Oscar nominee penned the story along with his father, Chips Hardy, and Taboo is a dark family drama that will be brought to the small screen by Kristoffer Nyholm. (The Killing, The Enfield Haunting).

Inheriting his father’s shipping empire, James K. Delaney is left presiding over an ailing business, and it’s one that’s attracted some questionable customers in recent times. That leaves Hardy’s protagonist facing all manner of devious agendas,...

Looking to capitalize on the global demand for high-end drama coming out of the UK, which also benefits from a lucrative tax break, Pinewood Studios Group has set a joint venture with StoryFirst Pst Limited to form Pinewood Television. The new company will create, develop and finance high quality drama series for the international market. Helen Gregory has been appointed Creative Director.

Pinewood Television is expected to be both an originating producer and a co-producing partner for major drama projects looking for deficit funding. It is in the process of arranging long-term external financing for its slate from a group of investors and banks.

Pinewood Group says the new division will look to fill a gap in the market acting as a one-stop shop, through partnerships with producers, providing both development and deficit financing with enhanced upside economics. The company aims build a library of TV content and says it...

Pinewood Group has recruited the producer of Fortitude, The Enfield Haunting and The Last Kingdom to lead its newly-formed TV production company.

Pinewood Television, a joint venture with StoryFirst Pst, has hired Helen Gregory as creative director to create, develop and finance drama series for the international TV market.

Pinewood Group opened conversations with experienced producers in 2011, with the new division expected to produce its own content as well as work as a co-production partner on dramas in need of funding.

Pinewood has already invested in a dozen feature films, including A Fantastic Fear of Everything and Kill Your Friends, and said it now planned to develop, produce, market and distribute high-end TV drama to build up a library of TV content. It is currently arranging long-term external financing from a group of investors and banks.

Chief executive Ivan Dunleavy said: “The global demand for high-end television continues to rise dramatically and, with high-end...

Following the record-breaking success of The Conjuring, stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reunite with director James Wan for The Conjuring 2, another chilling chapter from the Warren case files – this time set in 1977 Enfield, North London!

Check out the first images, official teaser trailer and synopsis for The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Haunting below – and see the film when it’s released in UK cinemas on 17th June 2016…

Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.