Today The Production Guild of Great Britain has appointed Michael Hunter as head of marketing and communications. The ex-Film London marketeer brings four years of experience at his former post monitoring branding, design and events for the screen agency and manging social media and marketing for Edinburgh Film Festival and Filmhouse Cinema in Scotland.
Willow creator Jo Kasdan teased the write up of Volume II despite cancellation rumours. The series, which is a sequel to the Ron Howard and George Lucas 1988 fantasy movie of the same name, is written up and ready for production, but is not likely to be released before the next year. The series which […]
The National Film Authority of Ghana have partnered with the UAE-based Great Minds Group to produce the META Cinema Forum Africa- the largest gathering of cinema investors in Africa. Taking place 21-22 November 2022, Ghana will host local and global cinema stakeholders to showcase their offerings.
Renowned fine artist Hebru Brantley has collaborated with Adidas for their Ten Toes Down campaign. The commercial oozes with Brantley‘s quintessential bright colour schemes and quirky imagery, meshed with the essence of Black American culture. Agency Kitchen Table New York and Director Agustin Freire partnered with Brantley’s Angry Hero to bring the narrative to life.
Onyx Collective, a platform led by creatives of colour, gives a teaser of its first drama series. Reasonable Doubt is executive produced by Kerry Washington and the product of an all-black writer’s room led by Raamla Mohamed. The show follows the complex personal and professional life of defence attorney Jax Stewart. Its first episode is […]
Netflix and Sky have announced the inaugural cohort for their first UK Screenwriters’ Fellowship. This fellowship is designed to give the UK’s brightest new voices a chance to work alongside a Netflix or Sky writers’ room and, in turn, receive their first television credit. Screenwriter Bisha K. Ali is spearheading the project. Her credits include: […]
Gunnersbury Park Museum plays a Victorian hospital in new mini-series The Essex Serpent. Based on the award-winning novel by Essex author Sarah Perry, the show stars Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes. The Essex Serpent premiered on Apple TV this week, and London-based location specialists FilmFixer helped transform the museum during the shoot.
Stage Fifty has revealed its plans for Wycombe Film Studios, a new eight-stage boutique studio. Temporary planning applications have been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council for a Hollywood feature film that will start shooting in 2022. An application for a permanent studio will follow later this year, transforming a 26-acre site located just off the M40 […]
Many Hollywood studios have a surprisingly large carbon footprint. Earth Day, on 22 April, offers an opportunity to highlight how new technologies offer a solution to help drive down the substantial waste and emissions from film and TV production.
Five UK-based location managers recently visited Northern Norway for a familiarisation trip to the Arctic. As well as snowmobiling with Sami reindeer herders and frolicking with wolves at Polar Park’s Wolf Lodge, the group’s trip was crowned by sights of the Northern Lights. The location managers in attendance were: Harriet Lawrence (The Key Location), Jodi […]