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Liverpool, which is currently hosting productions including Sky’s “Funny Girl” and Channel 4’s “The Curse,” will open a new film and TV production studio in the city on Monday.

Called The Depot, it’s located close to both the city centre and major roads and is comprised of two 20,000 sq ft units with soundproofing. It is also close to the site of the future Littlewoods Studios.

The opening is partly a response to the U.K.’s production boom, which has seen Liverpool – the birthplace of “Free Guy” star Jodie Comer and “Cracker” scribe Jimmy McGovern – become the second most filmed city in the country, often doubling as New York or London, earning it the nickname “Hollywood of the North.”

Among the titles that have recently filmed in the city are “Peaky Blinders,” “Doctor Who” and upcoming Robert Pattinson movie “The Batman.”

The studio received a £17 million funding...

There’s a lot of great new stuff coming to Netflix in January, with over 75 titles being added to the streaming giant’s library over the course of next month. Unfortunately, it’s just the way it goes, though, that we’ve got to lose some old content to get new content and a bunch of movies and TV shows will be removed from the site across January as well. Thankfully, this coming month isn’t a huge one for losses, but there’s still a decent amount that’ll be departing.

Of course, the title that most Netflix users will be missing in January actually leaves on December 31st – The Office is being removed from the service on New Year’s Eve so that it can stream exclusively on NBC’s newly activated streaming platform Peacock. As such, here’s another reminder to binge all nine seasons of the...

Showtime announced today it is has ordered the half-hour comedy series The Curse, to star Oscar winner Emma Stone, who will also serve as an executive producer on the project under her Fruit Tree banner. The series will be directed by and co-star Nathan Fielder (Nathan for You, How [...]

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Smilf alum Rosie O’Donnell is returning to Showtime with a series regular role in the cabler’s forthcoming reboot of American Gigolo.

Written and directed by Ray Donovan showrunner David Hollander, the series is being described as a “present-day reimagining” of the 1980 film, with Walking Dead and Punisher star Jon Bernthal succeeding Richard Gere as high-end male escort Julian Kaye.

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Emma Stone teaming up with Nathan Fielder and the Safdie Brothers? No, you’re not dreaming – it’s really happening. Showtime announced today that it has ordered the comedy series The Curse, which will star Stone. The series was created by Fielder and Benny Safdie, who will both appear in the show as well. The Safdie Brothers […]

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In the pre-covid-19 time of February of this year, which feels about a decade ago at this point, there was an exciting announcement that the Safdie Brothers would be joining forces with Nathan Fielder for a new comedy series on Showtime. Those names alone made it an automatic must-see. But now, they’re adding Oscar-winning actress Emma Stone, making “The Curse” one of the most anticipated series of the next couple of years.

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Emma Stone is set to star in the upcoming Showtime series “The Curse,” a half-hour comedy created by Nathan Fielder and filmmaker Benny Safdie. The Wrap reports that Stone will play one half of a newly married couple opposite Fielder in a “genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs [their relationship] as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show.”

Benny Safdie will also star while his brother Josh Safdie will executive-produce via their Elara Pictures banner. Fielder executive-produces, as does Stone via her Fruit Tree banner. Both brothers will direct “The Curse” and co-write with Nathan Fielder. The series is produced by A24 in the studio’s continuing foray into the television business, with Showtime’s “Moonbase 8” having just finished its debut season, and a late-night series featuring Instagram comedy star Ziwe Fumudoh coming to Showtime also.

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Emma Stone is to star in half-hour comedy The Curse after Showtime handed a series order to the show from Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie.

The La La Land Oscar winner will star in the series alongside Nathan For You star Fielder. It was created by Fielder and Uncut Gems director Benny Safdie, who will also star. His brother Josh Safdie will exec produce via their Elara Pictures banner, alongside Fielder and Stone, who exec produces through her Fruit Tree banner. A24 produces.

Deadline revealed in February that Showtime had given a pilot green light to the project but we now understand that no pilot was filmed.

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The genre-bending comedy explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show.

It marks Stone’s first starring TV...

The Safdie Brothers, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone are teaming up for a new Showtime comedy series, the premium cable network announced Thursday.

Led by Stone, Benny Safdie and Fielder, “The Curse” is described as a “a genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show.”

Fielder co-created the series with Benny Safdie, and will direct and executive produce the series, which hails from A24. In addition to starring, Stone will also serve as executive producer on the project via her Fruit Tree production company, as will Josh and Benny Safdie via their Elara Pictures banner. A24’s Ravi Nandan will also executive produce.

“The fierce intelligence and wit of the incomparable Emma Stone make her the perfect partner with the ingenious minds of the Safdie brothers...

Showtime has ordered the comedy series “The Curse,” which hails from Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. Both will also star in the series alongside Emma Stone.

The half-hour series is said to explore how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show.

Fielder will direct and executive produce in addition to starring and co-creating the series. Co-creator Benny Safdie will also executive produce with his brother Josh Safdie under their Elara Pictures banner. Stone will executive produce via Fruit Tree. Ravi Nandan will executive produce for A24, which will produce the series. A24 also produced the current Showtime series “Moonbase 8.”

“The fierce intelligence and wit of the incomparable Emma Stone make her the perfect partner with the ingenious minds of the Safdie brothers and the subversive comedy of Nathan Fielder,” said Amy Israel,...

Emma Stone‘s latest blessing is a real Curse.

The Oscar-winning actress will star in and executive-produce The Curse, an oddball scripted comedy that Showtime ordered to series Thursday, TVLine has learned.

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The series follows a pair of newlyweds who co-star on a “problematic” HGTV series and are trying to start a family — if only an alleged curse weren’t seriously messing with their marriage.

Nathan for You‘s Nathan Fielder will co-star and direct.

Showtime is moving forward with its comedy from the Safdie brothers.

The premium cable network has tapped Emma Stone to star in The Curse, which has now been formally ordered to series.

Picked up to pilot in February, the comedy from the Uncut Gems duo is described as a genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show. Stone will star opposite co-creators Nathan Fielder (Nathan For You, How To With John Wilson) and Benny Safdie. Stone ...

Showtime is moving forward with its comedy from the Safdie brothers.

The premium cable network has tapped Emma Stone to star in The Curse, which has now been formally ordered to series.

Picked up to pilot in February, the comedy from the Uncut Gems duo is described as a genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show. Stone will star opposite co-creators Nathan Fielder (Nathan For You, How To With John Wilson) and Benny Safdie. Stone ...

Say goodbye to your brain, and prepare to be melted into a tripped-out stupor with the latest collaboration between filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie and electronic multi-hyphenate Oneohtrix Point Never. The creative mind meld has unleashed the new video for “Lost but Never Alone,” a track off the electronic musician also known as Daniel Lopatin’s new album, “Magic Oneohtrix Point Never.” Check it out below.

The Safdies and Lopatin have established themselves as one of the most visceral director/composer partnerships in contemporary cinema, as Lopatin provided the synth-heavy, nerve-rattling scores for the Safdies’ critically acclaimed films “Good Time” and “Uncut Gems.” Meanwhile, the filmmakers previously helmed the video for Oneohtrix Point Never’s 2017 “The Pure and the Damned.”

“Nostalgia is both warming and deeply depressing,” Josh Safdie said. “It’s a love/hate relationship. Emotions themselves are haunting. ‘Lost but Never Alone’ is a haunted piece of surfing...

We’ve been exclusively revealing all 2020 Emmy Awards episode submissions throughout the first days of August. Every title is now listed below. All guest acting titles were indicated on the ballots from early July. The program, lead and supporting contender episodes are courtesy of networks, studios and/or personal reps. The 72nd annual Emmys will be live (yet virtual) September 20 on ABC and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (“Jimmy Kimmel Live”).

Each drama series and comedy series must submit six episodes for voters to view. Each lead and supporting nominee from dramas and comedies enter one episode each. Leads in the movie/limited categories are viewed for their entire programs, but supportings in that genre also entire a single title each. The complete list for all confirmed submissions is below.

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Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 2020 Emmy Awards submissions for Best Comedy Series nominees. The eight contenders are “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Dead to Me,” “The Good Place,” “Insecure,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”

See 2020 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards

Each series enters six episodes from this past season for voters to watch on the Television Academy online platform. Here are the 48 choices across all of the programs:

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – “Happy New Year,” “You’re Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey,” “Insufficient Praise,” “The Ugly Section,” “Elizabeth, Margaret and Larry,” “The Spite Store”

“Dead to Me” (Netflix) – “You Know What You Did,” “Where Have You Been,” “Between You and Me,” “You Don’t Have To,” “It’s Not You, It’s Me,” “Where Do We Go From Here?...

Exclusive: Three stars of BBC Three’s hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing are reuniting to develop a Channel 4 comedy about a gang who get more than they bargained for after being involved in a robbery.

Deadline understands that Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa and Hugo Chegwin are writing the show, which has the working title The Curse and is housed at Endemol Shine Group’s comedy company Shiny Button Productions.

James De Frond, who runs Shiny Button with comedian Tom Davis, directed a pilot of the comedy last year, but a full series is yet to be commissioned. Channel 4 said it is in development with no current filming plans.

The Curse is set in the 1980s and follows the gang after the heist. It is said to be based on a true story and has echoes of the notorious 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery at Heathrow. Thieves got away with £26M,...

In Fyzal Boulifa’s fiercely impressive feature debut, set on an Essex housing estate, two childhood friends try to navigate adult lives that turn toxic

Fyzal Boulifa is a young British director of Moroccan heritage who was Bafta-nominated for his short film The Curse and now makes his fiercely impressive feature debut with Lynn + Lucy, a gruelling social-realist tragedy with a batsqueak of horror, set on a tough Essex estate that Boulifa says is not so very different from where he was brought up in Leicester.

It’s a film about class, community, self-esteem and female friendship and how desperate unhappiness can be incubated in secret, like bacilli in an unseen petri dish. Lynn + Lucy is Loachian in its way (Ken Loach’s company Sixteen Films is a co-producer) and is also indebted to a later generation of film-makers; it feels like Clio Barnard’s The Arbor, her verbatim...

Fyzal Boulifa-directed drama to receive a theatrical release when cinemas reopen.

BFI Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Fyzal Boulifa’s friendship drama Lynn + Lucy in a deal with Paris-based sales company Charades.

As cinemas remain closed in the UK due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the film will launch on streaming platform BFI Player on July 2 and be available to other digital platforms as a transactional title.

When theatres do begin opening, BFI Distribution plan to make the film available for theatrical exhibition, including at London’s BFI Southbank. The UK government has set July 4 as the...

What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 is here! Bust out the creepy crepe paper!

In case you’ve been stuck in your coffin for the last hundred years or so, What We Do in the Shadows is a documentary-style look into the daily lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. In Staten Island. The series is based on the feature film What We Do in the Shadows from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. And it’s just as good as the source material.

“Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi and Paul Simms have more than delivered on the high expectations of Shadows fans by adapting the cult classic for television and building a passionate base of new and returning fans,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions in a statement back when the show was first renewed last year. “We...

This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers.

What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 Episode 4

What We Do in the Shadows Season 2, Episode 4, “The Curse,” deals with an internet hoax from the dawn of the world wide web. Nandor (Kayvan Novak) is the oldest of the vampire housemates on Staten Island. To say he has a problem keeping up with the times is an understatement. But he tries. He even has email. Of course, it’s on Hotmail, but time passes so quickly when you’re an immortal who has the time to check it?

Nandor the Relentless has a penchant for not checking his messages, though. It goes back hundreds of years and has led to a lot of useless slaughter. And with Colin Robinson as his relentless guide through the impenetrable fortress of internet security, procrastination has been worked out to a comic art form.

Lighting was a key part of the second season of Jemaine Clement’s mockumentary series “What We Do in the Shadows,” about a pack of vampires on Staten Island, which returned April 15 via FX, and airs on Hulu the following day.

Cinematographer D.J. Stipsen shot most of the show’s first season as well as the 2014 film on which the series is based. He knew that the second episode of Season 2, which features a ghost infestation in which the spirits have a glowing, spectral appearance, would require additional illumination. By chance, CG supervisor Leo Bovell had stumbled across a behind-the-scenes photo from “Ghostbusters” of an actor wearing an Led suit, which led to the use of Astera lighting tubes that were sewn into the costumes and easily controlled by board operators to provide the effects required.

The Astera tubes came in particularly handy in Episode 3 as well, when the vampire...

Exclusive: Alliance Media Partners teams with Salt executives to launch new company; Matt Bomer thriller on slate.

Production and finance company Alliance Media Partners (Amp) is joining with former Salt sales boss James Norrie to launch London-based sales outfit Amp International, which will take on the Salt slate and some of its staff.

Norrie (below), previously of Icon and Capitol Films, will spearhead sales at Amp International. Joining from Salt will be Nina Kolokouri and Timo Suomi, sales and acquisitions executive.

The current Salt slate includes Walking Out - launching at Sundance in the Us Dramatic Competition later this month - produced by Brunson Green, Laura Ivey and starring Matt Bomer and Bill Pullman; and Malicious, a supernatural horror thriller starring Delroy Lindo, Josh Stewart[/link], Bojana Novakovic, Melissa Bolona and Yvette Yates, directed by Michael Winnick, and produced/financed by Lost Hills Films.

The new Amp group (Alliance Media Partners and Amp International) will work across film sales...

Dubai/Exclusive: Dubai-based pan-Arab distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment picked up 31 titles at the recent American Film Market, including critically-acclaimed drama Lady Macbeth.

Front Row’s other high-profile acquisitions include Neil Jordan’s The Trainer, starring Liam Neeson as an Irish horse trainer beset by tragedy; and The Old Man And The Gun, starring Robert Redford and Casey Affleck.

The Afm additions also feature Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s romantic drama On Chesil Beach, starring Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson and Anne Marie Duff.

It is among a number of romantic dramas on Front Row’s slate along with Isabel Coixet’s 1950s The Bookshop, starring Emily Mortimer as a widow who shakes the sensibilities of her stuffy home town when she opens a bookshop selling scandalous books.

The company has also acquired a number of highly-anticipated thrillers led by Bryan Buckley’s Dabka, starring Evan Peters as a rookie journalist embedded with Somali pirates...