EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has cancelled YA skating drama Zero Chill after one series. The 10-parter from All3Media-owned Lime Pictures, which has also produced three series of Netflix YA drama Free Rein and is behind upcoming Netflix non-scripted format Dance Monsters, dropped on the platform in March 2021, having been…

Former New York Times CEO Mark Thompson has said US TV news is in "dead trouble" as it loses audiences under the age of 60. Thompson, who used to be BBC Director General and ran the NYT between 2012 and 2020, described US news channels as being "completely unchanged" since the 1980s, stating that the UK has done more…

EXCLUSIVE: Silver Mountain Distribution, the sales and marketing wing of Ireland-based Silver Mountain Productions, is handling rights on Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Hosseini's Son Of Man. The pic is a rare LGBTQIA+ story to come from Iran, where homosexuality continues to be illegal. It was also shot in the country…

The British TV industry is "losing the arguments around Public Service Broadcasting and hasn't yet found the words to make an effective case," according to Brexit: The Uncivil War and Quiz creator James Graham. Graham, who is also behind BBC1's upcoming drama Sherwood, said a "new case" needs to be forged to keep…

Shahid Kapoor's 'Bull' Sets April 2023 Release Date Producers Bhushan Kumar of T-Series and Amar Butala and Garima Mehta of Guilty By Association have set a Good Friday weekend 2023 release date for their action-flick Bull. Starring Shahid Kapoor (Kabir Singh), the pic marks the directorial debut of Aditya Nimbalkar…

Two crew members have been injured during the production of Sylvester Stallone action film The Expendables 4, which is currently filming in Greece. According to producer Millennium, one injury involved a painter falling from a height during pre-production. The painter required hospital treatment but we’re told has now…

Sky Original Comedy 'Bloods' Second Season The second season of Sky Original comedy Bloods is underway. The news comes as a deal with Hulu is announced for the first and second season in the U.S. with the first season airing stateside on December 9. The deal was secured by Roughcut TV (Stath Lets Flats) in association…

Andrew Neil has compared GB News to a "UKIP tribute band" and said the Discovery-backed news channel, which he split from acrimoniously over the summer, may "fall into irrelevance and obscurity" if it doesn't sort production values and ratings. Neil said he doesn't want the news channel to be the "full stop on my…

Madalina Ghenea (House of Gucci) and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) have been cast to lead shark survival thriller Deep Fear, which is set to shoot in Malta and the West Indies from January 2022. Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) is directing the pic from a screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr (The Rules (for Men)) and…

Lifted Entertainment boss Angela Jain has been handed the newly-created role of ITV Studios Director of Unscripted in the UK. Reporting into ITV Studios MD Julian Bellamy, Jain will be handed responsibility for 11 UK unscripted labels including the likes of Lifted Entertainment, of which she is currently the MD, The…