Channel 5 Hails ‘Black Cab’ With Robert Glenister, Suzanne Packer & Sean Pertwee
Paramount’s UK terrestrial network Channel 5 has unveiled a four-part thriller,Black CabRobert Glenister and I (Sherwood) , Suzanne Packer (My SkinSean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers, Gotham) starring. Next year, the contemporary thriller will be aired by Story Films and All3Media International. Black Cab Glenister, a Liverpool taxi driver who is struggling to make ends meet, becomes obsessed with Pertwee’s twisted worldview and develops an unhealthy obsession (Pertwee). Nick Saltrese (The Prayer before Dawn) has penned the series and Diarmuid Goggins(Kin, Bulletproof) is the director, with Alex Jones (Penance Witness No. 3) producing. All3Media International handles global distribution.
‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Exec Duo Hired by Producer The Garden
ITV Studios-backed Squid Game – The Challenge The Garden is a signed producer Use a small axe Helen Bart, associate producer Celebrity Race Across the World Jo Harcourt Smith will support an expanded slate of executives. The company will employ both of them as Executive Producers. They can work in multiple genres. Netflix awarded The Garden a lucrative deal in recent years. Squid Game – The Challenge Studio Lambert was a spinoff competition of the Korean smash success. Bart was most recently involved with Fighting for the Power PBS and BBC. Steve McQueen worked with us on the hit anthology. The Small Axe while Harcourt-Smith’s credits include the likes of Celebrity Race Across the World The new Netflix format Snowflake Mountain “Helen and Jo exemplify the breadth of a slate that now stretches from formats to box-sets via a renewed docs heartland and that sees us making premium shows of scale both in the UK and internationally,” John Hay, joint CEO of The Garden.
Ealing Studios To Expand On 120th Birthday
London’s Ealing Studios, which calls itself the oldest film studio in the world, is expanding with a £20M development on its 120th anniversary. This is The Bridget Jones, Downton Abbey And One night in Soho The council granted the permission for studio to construct a 14,000-square-foot stage and 10,000-square foot new workshops. It also approved 35,000 sqft of office space as part of a Net Zero Carbon Scheme. Ealing Studios claimed that the new buildings will be constructed in accordance to the Net Zero Carbon Scheme. “honour the distinctive Art Deco aesthetic of the original 1930’s Grade II listed sound stages.” “Since the invention of film, Ealing Studios has been at the forefront of every new media revolution – and this is the next stage in our evolution, responding to a need for greater studio space as well as recognising the need to become a more sustainable industry,” said Barnaby Thompson, Ealing Studios Partner.
Catherine Martin To Receive Australian Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Designer and producer Catherine Martin is to receive the Australian Academy’s prestigious Longford Lyell Award for her contributions to cinema. Martin, who has received four Oscars, five BAFTAs and a Tony Award, is Australia’s most highly-recognized actor in Oscar history. Martin’s husband, Baz, has been her main collaborator for three decades. Their first film together wasStrictly Ballroom. Martin picked up her first Oscar for Luhrmann’sMoulin Rouge!. The Longford Lyell Award will be presented at the 2022 AACTA Awards, which will be broadcast on Australia’s Network 10 on Dec 7. You can also stream the broadcast on-demand through Foxtel, Binge and AACTA TV. Martin spoke out about the award: “I am humbled and honoured to be this year’s recipient of the Longford Lyle Award.”
British Comedy Talent Board Sky Studios Comedy Scheme
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Liam Williams Timewasters Sky Studios and the Birmingham Rep are among the mentors of the latest Sky Comedy Rep writing talent programme. Eight new writers will spend the next six months on a paid training program to develop a script, each mentored by some of the UK’s biggest writing talents. The partnership was forged last year by Birmingham Rep Artistic Director Sean Foley and Sky Studios Creative Director of Comedy Anil Gupta. This year’s brief was to submit a sample of a one-act play set around the premise of Proposal in the Park.