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Only Murders in the Building has made a name for itself for its star-studded cast. Starring Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short as the lead characters, the trio has been solving murders in their luxurious building for several seasons.

The Season 4 finale teased that the new victim in the comedy-mystery series will be someone who had been a part of the show since its beginning: the doorman Lester. Season 5 has been in development for over a month, after the series kicked off production in early March, and Deadline reveals Only Murders in the Building just cast Booksmart actress Beanie Feldstein.

Feldstein has starred in several critically acclaimed productions, including 2017's Lady Bird, 2019's Booksmart, and How to Build a Girl. She most recently starred in Ethan Coen’s film Drive-Away Dolls opposite Margaret Qualley, Pedro Pascal, and Matt Damon. As per previous casting, Feldstein's role is unclear, as details...

“McVeigh,” which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and will soon be in theaters, tells the story behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that left 168 people dead and 675 injured.

Director Mike Ott’s narrative film “McVeigh” charts the days leading up to the attack, with Alfie Allen portraying domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh. Brett Gelman plays Terry Nichols, with “Barry” breakout Anthony Carrigan, Tracy Letts, and Ashley Benson co-starring.

“Actor Martinez” filmmaker Ott co-wrote the film with his “California Dreams” co-writer Alex Gioulakis.

The official synopsis reads: “A haunting psychological thriller based on one of America’s most infamous figures. After the Waco siege, a chilling plan brews in the mind of army veteran Timothy McVeigh. What follows are the harrowing events leading up to the single deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.”

“McVeigh” is produced by Miles Alva, Ash Christian, Nicolaas Bertelsen, Joe Pirro, Shaum S. Sengupta, and Monte Zajicek.

Stephanie Collie, the UK costume designer who created the iconic fashion look on the first season of Peaky Blinders, has died at the age of 60.

Collie died on October 26 at St Christopher’s Hospice in London, following a terminal cancer diagnosis six months previously.

Collie based the look for Tommy Shelby and his early 20th century Birmingham street gang on criminal mugshots of the period. Her costume choices had significant influence on British fashion, and their effect continues to be felt 10 years after the show premiered.

Following a degree from the London College of Fashion, Collie worked in the sewing room at the BBC,...

Frank Dillane played Nick in the spinoff Fear The Walking Dead for four seasons. A prequel in the Walking Dead universe, the show followed the same successful formula as The Walking Dead, in which an ensemble cast had to make it through the apocalypse. The characters in Fear The Walking Dead are mostly new, and the show stars with high school teacher Madison Clark and her family as they attempt to survive the zombie apocalypse. Madison's son, former drug addict Nick, was quickly established as a character to watch as he adapted to the apocalypse.

Nick's death in season 4 came as a shock to viewers. Nick, played by Frank Dillane, went from a troubled and rebellious teen to a competent but flawed survivor who dedicated his life to gardening, and his storyline appeared set to continue, with Nick learning from Morgan. However, Frank Dillane asked for Nick to be...

Guy Ritchie's Young Sherlock has found its Moriarty. Dnal Finn has been cast as the notorious archnemesis of Sherlock Holmes in the forthcoming Prime Video series.

According to Variety, The Wheel of Time alum has been added to the cast of Young Sherlock as James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind who first appeared in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story, "The Final Problem", in 1893. Young Sherlock marks Finn's second series for Prime Video after The Wheel of Time, where he has starred as Mat Cauthon since Season 2. Finn's other acting credits include Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, The Witcher, and How to Build a Girl.

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Inspired by Andy Lane's Young Sherlock Holmes novels, the upcoming Prime Video series stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the title character,...

Amazon Prime Video’s “Young Sherlock” series has added Dónal Finn to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively.

Inspired by Andy Lane’s “Young Sherlock Holmes” novels, Finn has been cast in the role of James Moriarty, the notorious archnemesis of Sherlock Holmes. As previously announced, Holmes will be played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin.

The official description for “Young Sherlock” states, “At age 19, Sherlock Holmes is disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed, when he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. Diving into his first-ever case with a wild lack of discipline, Sherlock manages to unravel a globe-trotting conspiracy that will change his life forever.”

The cast of the series also includes Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Colin Firth, and Zine Tseng

This will mark Finn’s second Amazon series. He also appears in the high fantasy series “The Wheel of Time” in the role of Mat Cauthon,...

Venice Film Festival competition title “Harvest,” directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari, is one of three films at the festival to be represented for sales by the Match Factory as well as being produced or co-produced by the company.

The other two are “Edge of Night,” the debut feature by German-Turkish director Türker Süer, screening in Horizons Extra, and “Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass,” an animated film by the Quay Brothers, playing in Venice Days.

Tsangari, the director of “Attenberg” (winner of Venice’s best actress award in 2010) and “Chevalier” (2015), returns to Venice competition with “Harvest.” Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.

In Tsangari’s tragicomic take on a Western, townsman-turned-farmer Walter Thirsk and befuddled lord of the manor Charles Kent are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the outside world: the trauma of modernity.

The film...

Actress Jameela Jamil, who is known for ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’, ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ and ‘How to Build a Girl’ admits her public persona used to be “negative” and “divisive” but she refused to be “cancelled”.

The 37-year-old actress became well-known for her opinionated posts on social media on a range of subjects and she didn’t shy away from conflict online – but Jameela is adamant she’s happy to apologise if she steps out of line rather than disappearing forever, reports ‘Female First UK’.

She told The Standard newspaper: “I get in trouble all the time. I think cancellation is very much your decision; whether you are so egotistical that you disappear. Or if you go, ‘sorry my bad’, and you come back.”

She further mentioned: “So I have gotten into trouble before, but I’m not going to go away because of that. Especially for women of colour,...

A24 has released a trailer for its upcoming emotional drama, “Tuesday,” which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”) and Lola Petticrew.

The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 1 and is expected to release sometime this summer.

Louis-Dreyfus plays a loving, caring mother to a terminally ill teenage daughter (Petticrew). The two have a powerful bond, and early scenes of the “Tuesday” trailer show how they’ve embraced their circumstances with joy and humor, undaunted by the looming specter of death.

That changes when the daughter is literally confronted by death manifested in the form of a talking bird. As the story unfolds, the mother must learn to make her peace with and accept the brevity of her daughter’s time on Earth in an emotionally devastating drama about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.

Rounding out the cast is British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.

Exclusive: Alfie Allen, Charlie Murphy and Jack Gleeson are to star in a Dutch-Belgian thriller series from Ozark co-creator Mark Williams, Night Train Media and Submarine.

They are starring alongside emerging Dutch star Martijn Lakemeier in the eight-part drama, which is for Dutch streamer Videoland and Belgium’s Streamz.

Production has begun in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with Williams directing along with Arne Toonen, and we hear the ambition is for Safe Harbor to be a returner that aims to balance edge-of-the-seat thrills with character-based stories and a twisty plot line. Further shooting will take place in Belgium and Ireland, Deadline understands.

The series follows gifted hacker Tobias (Allen) and his ambitious best friend Marco (Lakemeier), who are intent on cracking into the tech billionaires club. They are plucked from quiet obscurity and plunged headfirst into...

Pop singer, actress Lily Allen, looking like 'Twiggy' poses for the October 2023 issue of "Glamour" (UK) magazine, photographed by Sabine Villiard:

Allen's first mainstream single, "Smile", reached number one on the UK Singles Chart July 2006. Her debut album "Alright, Still" sold over 2.6 million copies worldwide and bringing Allen nominations at the Grammy Awards, the Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. 

In 2009, her second studio album "It's Not Me, It's You" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian Aria Charts spawning hit singles "The Fear", "Not Fair" and "Fuck You" (seriously). 

She released more albums including "Sheezus" (2014), which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and "No Shame" (2018).

In 2008, she hosted her own TV Talk series "Lily Allen and Friends", on BBC Three before launching her own record label. 

As an actress, Allen has fronted numerous music videos, plus appeared in...

There are stories that deserve people’s attention. The good thing is that when these stories come to light, they are usually made into films. The story of Nicholas Winton is one of these stories. The upcoming film One Life is a story of an amazing man whose selfless act has made it to the big screen. But who is this man, and what will the movie look like?

Here's everything we know about One Life, including the film's plot, cast, release date, and more.

The Plot

One Life introduces us to Nicholas Winton, a nearly 100-year-old man whose life has been rather normal considering the underplayed secret he has. It turns out that in his twenties, this British stockbroker heard rumblings of something terrible happening in Czechoslovakia. People were being turned out of their homes, businesses were shut down, and hundreds of thousands of them were placed in tent...

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dome Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #346: ‘Greatest Days’ director Coky Giedroyc on how...

Celebrities are spreading positivity for Pride Month this year with celebratory messages and urgent calls to action. In honor of the month-long celebration of love, acceptance, and identity for LGBTQ+ voices, stars are showing their support both as allies and members of the community in many ways - from participating in Pride events to proudly waving rainbow flags.

This has been a challenging year as new anti-lgbtq+ and anti-drag laws have been introduced into legislation, but celebs like Lizzo, Pedro Pascal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gabrielle Union, and more have been vocal about their protests against them. Speaking on the pressing matter of celebrating Pride Month, this year especially, actor and activist Margaret Cho told Hollywood Life in an interview published on June 1, "Pride feels more urgent and needed. We have to stand up for our rights like never before."

Celebrities are celebrating Pride Month in other ways, too, this year.

Beanie Feldstein is married! On Thursday, Vogue confirmed the actor had tied the knot with her longtime partner, Bonnie-Chance Roberts, on May 19 at Cedar Lakes Estate in Upstate New York.

"It is our happy place together," Feldstein told the publication. "I grew up going to summer camp for ten years, and my parents and both sets of my grandparents met at summer camp, so camp is a lineage of love through the generations of my family. Even though we met in London and fell in love on a film set, to get married at a camp was a truly beautiful emotional homecoming."

Of their wedding weekend, Feldstein said, "On Friday night, we wanted to take our guests on a true camp experience with bandana tablecloths and s'mores for dessert, with pennant banners and friendship bracelets: a true 'We're at summer camp' feeling." She added: "Then, we really wanted to surprise...

Erin Doherty, who broke out playing Princess Anne in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown, has joined the cast of Disney+ series A Thousand Blows.

First announced by The Hollywood Reporter last year, the 12-part series is set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London, and was created and written by Stephen Knight and exec produced by Stephen Graham, who also stars.

With filming now underway in London, also joining the cast are Francis Lovehall, Jason Tobin, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Walters, Nadia Albinam, Morgan Hilaire, Jemma Carlton and Caoilfhionn Dunne. Small Axe star Malachi Kirby was previously announced as playing a lead role.

A Thousand Blows — still a working title — follows Hezekiah (Kirby) and Alec (Lovehall), two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London’s East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene,...

There’s no raining on Beanie Feldstein’s parade.

The “Booksmart” breakout and recent “Funny Girl” lead announced her next project, starring in Ethan Coen’s yet-untitled solo directorial debut. The film also stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, and will be produced by Working Title and Focus Features.

The project marks Coen’s first time directing sans brother Joel Coen, with the duo having been nominated four times for Best Picture at the Academy Awards and winning Best Directing for “No Country for Old Men,” which also took home Best Picture for 2007. The Coen Brothers additionally won Best Original Screenplay for “Fargo” and Best Adapted Screenplay for “No Country for Old Men.”

Coen’s upcoming film starring Feldstein is co-written with his wife, Tricia Cooke. The couple are also producing with Robert Graf and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

Feldstein, whose credits include “American Crime Story: Impeachment,...

He’s a bit of a legend in the UK, not as well known in the US, and now he’s starring in Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. But who is Paddy Considine? Well, he’s a British actor and director who grew up in Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire (that’s in the West Midlands for our American friends – you’re welcome!). He’s won two BAFTA awards both as director for his short film Dog Altogether and for his feature debut Tyrannosaur which starred Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan and was one of the first movies to really introduce Colman as a heavy weight actress. In House of the Dragon Considine plays Viserys I Targaryen, the well-meaning but ineffectual leader of the Targaryen dynasty, and King of the Seven Kingdoms. Loving his performance and want to see more? Here are his best roles.

A Room for Romeo Brass...

Exclusive: The life and career of Michael Stevenson, an industry veteran, and former assistant director to Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, and Sir Ridley Scott will be documented in a new feature-length documentary from Freida Films and 21 Filmworks.

The doc, titled An Ode to Cinema, will chart Stevenson’s career through never-before-seen archive footage and production materials from his work on films such as Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Pearl Harbor, The Bourne Ultimatum, Mission Impossible, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Warhorse. The doc will also feature a series of interviews with Stevenson’s former collaborators and close friends, including Ray Winstone, Malcolm McDowell, and Sir Tom Courtenay.

Amelia O’Loughlin is co-directing the doc with Tammy Khajotia (Saving Saffron), and co-producing alongside Jo Farrugia. Ola Mesmer,, is serving as cinematographer.

Why am I crying at this movie? Like literally from the opening moments of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, I was sobbing. This is supposed to be a comedy, or a dramedy, at least: light, funny, diverting. So why was I bawling?

It’s because we don’t see “older” women — Emma Thompson is 63; is that old? — onscreen quite like this. As vulnerable. As searching. As confused. As sexual. As people. As, really, anything at all beyond a saintly devoted mother and/or wife and/or support mechanism for other people, usually a male protagonist. Existing purely in the shadow of others.

Fuuuuuuck that shit.

Be sure to toast your sex worker (and tip him well).

But here is Thompson’s Nancy, a retired schoolteacher, a widow, checking into a lux(ish) London hotel room as Leo Grande opens. Tiny details in Sophie Hyde’s (52 Tuesdays) direction and Katy Brand...

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent! Starring Nicolas Cage as Nick Cage!

I went into this movie knowing nothing more about it than that. And I was vindicated in my advance presumption that pretty much everything you need to know about it is encapsulated in that summation. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Much of your own personal assessment of that will depend, I suspect, upon what you think of Nicolas Cage as an actor and entertainer. And what you think of the current rather sorry state of American movies.

Our reactions to movies, of course, are never not about all the baggage we bring with us into the cinema (or however you watch a film), but that is amplified here. I am a big fan of Cage’s work when he is allowed to be honest and sincere; his performance in last year’s anti-revenge drama Pig may be his finest,...

Aisling Bea, Jayde Adams and Alice Lowe will star.

Canada’s Bron Releasing has taken worldwide sales rights to Coky Giedroyc’s UK feature Greatest Days, based on stage musical The Band, which is set to the music from boy band Take That.

Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani’s Switzerland and Los Angeles-based SPG3, is financing and producing the feature, alongside Danny Perkins’ nascent UK outfit Elysian Film Group.

Aisling Bea, Jayde Adams, Alice Lowe, Amaka Okafor and Marc Wootton will star, with the UK shoot taking place in London and Clitheroe, plus Athens.

Giedroyc’s credits include How To Build A Girl...

Exclusive: Relight My Fire! It required a little Patience but Take That movie Greatest Days, which will star Aisling Bea, has set its cast and financiers ahead of shoot next month. The question now is: Could It Be Magic?

Cast confirmed for the feel-good UK comedy-musical includes comedian and 2020 BAFTA winner Bea (This Way Up), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror), Amaka Okafor (The Responder), Jayde Adams (Serious Black Jumper), Marc Wootton (Nativity), Lara McDonnell (Belfast), Jessie Mae Alonzo (Little Joe), Nandi Hudson (Army of Thieves), Carragon Guest and Eliza Dobson.

The film’s boy band, modeled on Take That, will comprise newcomers Aaron Bryan, Dalvin Cory, Joshua Jung, Mark Samaras and Mervin Noronha.

Bron Releasing has boarded worldwide sales on the project, which heralds from Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group. Filming is set to get underway next month on location in London, Lancashire (Clitheroe) and Athens.

Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani...

Searchlight Pictures announced today the full cast and crew for the recently completed feature production See How They Run, directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tom George (This Country) from producers Damian Jones and Gina Carter, based on an original screenplay by Mark Chappell. Shot in historic London locations earlier this year including the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road, St. Martin’s Theatre in the West End, and the Old Vic Theatre in Waterloo,

See How They Run features Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody and David Oyelowo as part of an ensemble of acclaimed stage and screen talent.

See How They Run will debut in theaters in 2022.

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case,...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is set to star in the upcoming A24 movie “Tuesday.”

Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film is being described as a “mother-daughter fairytale.”

Irish actor Lola Petticrew, whose credits include indie comedies “A Bump Along the Way” and “Dating Amber” will play the Louis Dreyfus’ daughter, named Tuesday, in the film. The cast also includes British actor and playwright Arinzé Kene.

BBC Film is co-financing the film with A24, alongside BFI awarding funds from the National Lottery, and Cinereach. The project was developed with BBC Film, BFI, and Gingerbread Pictures.

Along with A24, producers include Ivana MacKinnon for Wild Swim Films, Helen Gladders for Gingerbread Pictures and Oliver Roskill for Record Player Films.

London-based filmmaker Daina O. Pusic is directing “Tuesday” in her feature film directorial debut. She gained recognition after her short film “The Beast” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2015. Her follow-up short film,...

Film4 exec described new post as Sue Bruce Smith’s “legacy”.

The UK’s Film4 has appointed Universal Pictures executive Stefanie Fahrion to its newly-created post of head of distribution and sales.

Fahrion will take up the role later this month, joining from London-based Universal Pictures Content Group (Upcg) where she is currently director, acquisitions and production.

Her new remit includes overseeing sales and distribution strategy on all Film4 productions, covering studio and streamer partnerships and independently- financed sales agent titles.

Fahrion will assess projects prior to greenlight; will lead on appointing sales agents and devising festival strategy; then will...

Lily Franky, Ciaran Hinds and Ryô Nishikido (“Hospitality Department”) have joined the cast of Oscar-nominated “Philomena” producer Gabrielle Tana’s forthcoming film “Cottontail,” starring Jessie Buckley.

BAFTA “Brit to Watch” director Patrick Dickinson directs. Japanese actor Franky replaces Ken Watanabe, who was previously attached to star in the pic. Also joining the cast are Japanese Academy Award winner Tae Kimura (“Zero Focus”) and Rin Takanashi (“Like Someone in Love”).

London’s WestEnd Films is handling world sales, and will continue to sell the film at this week’s European Film Market.

“Cottontail” tells the heart-rending story of Kenzaburo (Franky) who, after his wife Akiko (Kimura) passes away in Japan, travels with his estranged son Toshi (Nishikido) and daughter-in-law Satsuki (Takanashi) to the Lake District in England — the land of Beatrix Potter, whose charming tales of Peter Rabbit captivated Akiko as a child.

Akiko had always hoped to travel there one day with Kenzaburo,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 366 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 93rd Oscars, which are set to air April 25 live on ABC.

The total number of films is up from last year’s 344 films in contention.

This year’s list was compiled based on tweaked eligibility rules implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed the ceremony to its latest date ever. For this year, feature films had to open by February 28 in a commercial motion picture theater for a seven-day qualifying run in at least one of six metro areas: Los Angeles County, New York City, the Bay Area, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta. Drive-in theaters open nightly were included as qualifying venues, as were films intended for theatrical release but because of the lockdown made available first via streaming, VOD service or other broadcast.

Today’s news comes...

The number of films available to Oscar voters in a screening room devoted to the Best Picture category hit the 200 mark on Wednesday, which means that $2.5 million has entered the Academy coffers from films paying $12,500 each to be represented in the screening room.

The members-only Academy Screening Room hit the milestone with the addition of more than a dozen movies this week, including Fisher Stevens’ “Palmer,” Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” John Lee Hancock’s “The Little Things,” the Russo brothers’ “Cherry,” Josh Trank’s “Capone,” the documentary “Coup 53,” the Studio Ghibli animated film “Earwig and the Witch,” the international films “Funny Boy” and “Bacarau” (neither eligible in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category) and some off-the-wall selections, including “Snake White – Love Endures” and “Soorarai Pottru.”

Other late additions to the screening room have included “Minari,” “Promising Young Woman,” “The White Tiger” and “Cherry,” which were not added until January.

Black Narcissus and How to Build a Girl actress Gemma Arterton has spoken out about her time as a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace.

In a recent interview with the Sun, Arterton both defended and criticized her role as the 2008 Bond film’s Strawberry Fields. In Quantum of Solace, British Secret Service agent Strawberry Fields attempts to thwart James Bond(Daniel Craig) from accomplishing his mission, but loses guard to his suave personality and charm. Arterton’s character ultimately becomes the target of Bond’s enemies and dies smothered in crude oil.

Arterton, who has also appeared in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Clash of the Titans, said she took the Bond role out of much needed exposure and income.

“At the beginning of my career, I was poor as a church mouse and I was happy just to be able to work and earn a living,...

The U.K.’s insurance scheme for film and television has been extended until April.

Known as the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme, the groundbreaking £500 million ($676 million) fund assures productions that they’ll receive financial support in case of Covid-related losses. The program has so far accepted 100 qualifying productions.

The initiative was first revealed over the summer, and began accepting applications in October. While the deadline was initially set at Dec. 31, it was extended to Feb. 28 in October. A two-month extension through April is fitting given the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in the U.K., where an urgent Tier 4 level of restrictions was introduced over Christmas to combat spiking caseloads. The extra time will give producers the peace of mind to plan ahead for spring shoots.

The government has also expanded the scope of the scheme to cover cast and crew over the age of 70, who were previously excluded from coverage.

IFC Films has nabbed North American rights to South African Oliver Hermanus’ “Moffie,” a queer war film that is set against the backdrop of a South African border war. The indie studio will release the film in April 2021.

Hermanus directs the film and adapted the story from André Carl van der Merwe’s autobiographical 2006 novel with Jack Sidey. “Moffie” premiered at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. It was a homecoming of sorts for the director, whose previous feature, “The Endless River,” was the first South African film to be nominated for the Golden Lion.

“‘Moffie’ is a brilliant cinematic vision with a powerful message that will inspire audiences and critics alike,” Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films, said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to come on board with such an accomplished film and singular directorial voice.”

“Moffie” stars Kai Luke Brummer, Ryan de Villiers, Matthew Vey, Stefan Vermaak,...

“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year.”

Zygi Kamasa, the newly appointed group CEO of Matthew Vaughn’s London-based film and TV outfit Marv has outlined the company’s commitment to UK production and raised the possibility Marv might eventually set up its own distribution arm.

“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year,” said Kamasa. “Part of that expansion is to look at more opportunities in British film and expanding into British television.”

Marv plans to make two to four films a year.

Update: This story is being updated this week as the new longlists are unveiled. Today (November 20) the Best Documentary longlist has been published, see below.

Previously, November 17: Organizers of the British Independent Film Awards have confirmed their upcoming ceremony will delay from its traditional end-of-year dates to February, 2021, moving in line with this year’s major awards shows.

This week, the BIFAs will unveil its various longlists of awards, which will be whittled down to its final nominations, to be revealed on December 9.

Today, the New Talent awards longlists have been unveiled, featuring a total of 46 directors, writers and producers. Each of the below will participate in BIFA’s Springboard scheme, a tailored program of professional development and peer to peer support.

Best Documentary

The Art Of Political Murder Paul Taylor, Teddy Leifer, Regina K. Scully

The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Stan Grant, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell,...

“Saint Maud,” “White Riot” and “Calm With Horses” are among the leading titles on the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) longlists announced Tuesday.

Riz Ahmed, star and co-writer of Berlin-winner “Mogul Mowgli” is on the longlist in the debut screenwriter long list, alongside Billie Piper for “Rare Beasts.”

Rose Glass, director of “Saint Maud,” which won an honorable mention at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019, makes it to the BIFA debut director and screenwriter longlist, as does producer Oliver Kassma, in the breakthrough producer category.

“White Riot” won awards at Berlin, London, Krakow and IndieLisboa, and director Rubika Shah duly makes it to the debut director list and Ed Gibbs in the breakthrough producer category.

“Calm With Horses” won at the Irish Film and Television Awards, and director Nick Rowland finds a place in the director longlist, Joseph Murtagh in the debut screenwriting category and Daniel Emmerson as breakthrough producer.

Twenty-seven films have been longlisted across three new talent categories.

The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) has moved its ceremony from its traditional early December slot to February 2021 as it announces the longlists for six categories this week.

The nominations will be announced on December 9 and winners revealed “in early February”, according to BIFA. An exact date and format of the ceremony has yet to be announced.

Scroll down for the New Talent longlists

Rose Glass’ horror Saint Maud and Nick Rowland’s drama Calm With Horses are two of six films included in all three longlists for the BIFA 2020 New Talent categories.

Lisa Schwartz, co-president of IFC Films, announced she will be stepping down from her role at the end of the year.

Schwartz, who led the independent film studio’s business strategy, distribution and strategic partnership, most recently spearheaded IFC’s streaming channel called IFC Films Unlimited. The newly created subscription-based platform is home to IFC favorites like “The Trip,” “45 Years” and “The Babdook.”

IFC Films has been one of the few studios to continue rolling out new movies during the pandemic, fielding modest Covid-era hits that were popular at drive-in theaters, like “The Wretched” “The Trip to Greece,” psychological thriller “Swallow,” and “How to Build a Girl” with Beanie Feldstein.

“In an extraordinary year like no other, extraordinary and innovative approaches were developed which kept IFC Films at the forefront of film distribution,” Schwartz said in a statement. “I’m very proud to have been a part of the...

Indie veteran lining up development and production fund.

Rose Ganguzza, the New York producer of summer release Fatima, has unveiled a Rose Pictures development slate that includes new work from the directors of How To Build A Girl and Grudge.

Ganguzza, a veteran of the independent space whose producing credits include Margin Call and Kill Your Darlings, has partnered on the content pipeline for 2021 with Max Born, a producer The Devil All The Time, and Jake Alden Falconer, a producer on summer horror film 1Br.

As Fatima – the film released by Bob and Jeanne Berney’s Picturehouse – ranks in the...

Indie veteran lining up development and production fund.

Rose Ganguzza, the New York producer of summer release Fatima, has unveiled a Rose Pictures development slate that includes new work from the directors of How To Build A Girl and Grudge.

Ganguzza, a veteran of the independent space whose producing credits include Margin Call and Kill Your Darlings, has partnered on the content pipeline for 2021 with Max Born, a producer The Devil All The Time, and Jake Alden Falconer, a producer on summer horror film 1Br.

As Fatima – the film released by Bob and Jeanne Berney’s Picturehouse – ranks in the...

Executive has spent 14 years at the studio.

Nicola Pearcey, longtime president of Lionsgate UK and Europe, is leaving the company after 14 years to “pursue new opportunities”.

A replacement has yet to be announced for Pearcey, who will step down from her role at the end of 2020. The moves comes less than four months since Lionsgate revealed Zygi Kamasa was to exit his role as CEO of Lionsgate UK and Europe after 15 years, with Pearcey taking on his duties.

The brace of high-profile departures indicate Lionsgate may be moving away from the UK production space to instead focus on handling major releases for its parent company.

Emma Thompson will star in a comedy “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” in which she plays a widow who is for the first time in her life looking for some good sex.

That’s the logline for the comedy about sex, desire and fulfillment that’s directed by Sophie Hyde and written by British Comedy award-winner Katy Brand. Production on the film hopes to begin in London beginning next year.

Thompson in “Leo Grande” plays Nancy Stokes, a 55-year-old widow who is yearning for some adventure, some human connection, and some sex. Good sex. For the first time in her life. Whilst her husband Robert provided a home, a family, something resembling a life, good sex was never on offer. But he’s gone now, and Nancy has a plan. As she says, ‘there are nuns with more sexual experience than me’. So, being the reasonable, practical woman she is,...

“House of the Dragon,” HBO’s upcoming prequel to “Game of Thrones,” has acquired one of its leading men. Paddy Considine, who starred in HBO’s “The Outsider” and “The Third Day,” will portray King Viserys Targaryen in the upcoming series.

HBO’s description for Considine’s character reads:

Viserys was chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, at the Great Council at Harrenhal. A warm, kind, and decent man, Viserys only wishes to carry forward his grandfather’s legacy, but as we’ve learned from “Game of Thrones,” good men do not necessarily make for great kings.

“House of the Dragon” was announced by HBO in November 2019. The 10-episode prequel series is co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, who executive produce alongside Miguel Sapochnik, Vince Gerardis, and Sara Lee Hess. Sapochnik will direct the pilot and a handful of other episodes.

“Succession” breakout and Emmy nominee Sarah Snook is set to star in “Persuasion,” an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel at Searchlight, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

Mahalia Belo is directing the project.

“Persuasion” is Jane Austen’s final novel, a quintessential romance of second chances. Many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, Anne Elliot (Snook) finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own regrets and unwavering, possibly unrequited love.

Writer/director Jessica Swale, (“Summerland”) is penning the screenplay adaptation of the Jane Austen book that was first published in 1818, a year after Austen died.

Producers Alison Own and Debra Hayward, are producing the project via their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is the co-financier.

Katie Goodson-Thomas, Searchlight Pictures UK...

Succession breakout Sarah Snook will star in Persuasion, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel that Mahalia Belo is directing for Searchlight.

Alison Owen and Debra Hayward, whose credits range from Sufragette to How to Build a Girl, are producing via their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama.

Persuasion, a romance of second chances, tells the story of Anne Elliot who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own ...

Succession star Sarah Snook will star in Persuasion, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel that Mahalia Belo is directing for Searchlight.

Alison Own and Debra Hayward, whose credits range from Sufragette to How to Build a Girl, are producing via their Monumental Pictures banner. BBC Films is co-financing the drama.

Persuasion, a romance of second chances, tells the story of Anne Elliot who, many years after refusing the proposal of young naval officer Frederick Wentworth, finds herself navigating the waters of English society when Wentworth returns from war a wealthy and decorated Captain. As Anne ponders missed opportunities, she must consider her own ...

How To Build A Girl, based on the book of the same name by Caitlin Moran and starring the ever more lovable Beanie Feldstein, follows the story of a working-class young girl who finds herself swept away in the music world and all of the magic and messiness that goes with it. The film is a touching, hilarious coming of age story that manages to discuss serious subjects while never taking itself too seriously.

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The film only recently was released to Amazon Prime and is suitable for a wide range of audiences. Feldstein takes the words of Caitlin Moran and breathes feisty, vulnerable life into them in a way that any human with a heart will find moving. This article offers a taste of the refreshing, rebellious, life-loving attitude that How To Build A Girl offers.

Leslie K. Barry’s upcoming novel “Newark Minutemen” has been optioned by Fulwell 73, the independent production company behind “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” John Niven and Nick Ball are attached to pen the screenplay.

“Newark Minutemen” is based on an incredible true story. It centers on a Jewish boxer who goes undercover for the mob and FBI to fight fascism in New Jersey during the Great Depression. His mission takes place as a substantial portion of the American public was pushing neutrality as Hitler consolidated power in Europe. In this chaotic time, he joins the Newark Minutemen, a band of other Jewish boxers, who rose up to fight a Nazi shadow party that was emerging in the States. The novel is based on the real-life experiences of author Leslie K. Barry’s uncle, a Newark Minuteman boxer, and was pieced together from first-hand accounts from her 93-year old mother and her cousin,...

Exclusive: Producer Mark Gordon has launched Mark Gordon Pictures, a new production venture that is backed by EOne. Gordon has put together a staff of producers to create new film and TV productions and continue to shepherd the ones he already had in the works. Part of the plan is to expand into theater in the U.S. and U.K.

Gordon exited as president of EOne in June, 2019, this after selling to EOne 51% of the Mark Gordon Co. in 2015 for $133 Million, and the remaining 49% of The Mark Gordon Co. for $209 million in January 2018. Gordon has a long track record as a hit making producer of such TV shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan and Criminal Minds, and for eOne Designated Survivor and the Nathan Fillion-starrer The Rookie. Gordon’s long list of movie credits includes Saving Private Ryan, Speed, Murder on the Orient Express, The Messenger, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow,...

Harriet the Spy is once again set to gather friendship-damaging intelligence, this time in the animated arena, thanks to Apple TV+’s green light for a new series.

Apple TV+ has announced its pickup for a Harriet the Spy animated series, which will directly adapt the iconic 1964 children’s novel of the same name written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh. The series, hailing from The Jim Henson Company and Rehab Entertainment, will have Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) voice the titular role of young Harriet M. Welsch, joined by Jane Lynch (Glee) as no-nonsense nanny Ole Golly. Notably, it will take shape creatively under Will McRobb (creator of The Adventures of Pete & Pete), who serves as the show’s primary visionary as writer and executive producer. Titmouse Animation Studios will handle animation duties.

Apple’s Harriet the Spy won’t stray from the source material, since it will be similarly set in 1960s New York,...

When Sherlock debuted a decade ago on the BBC, it was unlike anything else on television. For one, the format was a bit odd: one season of three 90-minute episodes. For another, it didn’t look like anything else on TV: Text messages that appear as part of the mise-en-scène. Edits and scene transitions that move us elegantly and efficiently through space and time. All part of a visual language that brings us into the mind of one of the cleverest characters in all of pop culture as he does what he does best: solves mysteries.

While TV is famously more of a writer’s than a director’s medium, the filmmaker behind the camera for a series pilot has an immense impact on the tone of the show. They are the creator who crafts the visual language for the series, the one whose style all subsequent series directors will...