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Sky, Left Bank look up The Fear Index European pay TV broadcaster Sky and The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures are working on an adaptation of Robert Harris’s best-selling novel The Fear Index. Josh Hartnett Penny Dreadful star Josh Hartnett has been confirmed in the cast alongside Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie, Innocent), Arsher Ali (The Ritual, Informer) and Grégory Montel (Call My Agent). Adapted by Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet, and directed by David Caffrey (The Alienist, Pea...

The Crown, is producing in association with Sky Studios. The Fear Index will see Hartnett play a computer scientist and genius set to make billions from an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets. But his plans — and life — are thrown into disarray following a vicious attack that forces him to question everything he sees and believe hes being framed. The series was commissioned by Zai Bennett, managing director of content for Sky U.K. and Ireland, and Paul Gilbert, ex...

Josh Hartnett to Headline Sky Original Series The Fear Index, Based on Robert Harris Novel Naman Ramachandran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Penny Dreadful” actor Josh Hartnett will star in Sky original thriller series “The Fear Index,” based on the bestselling novel by Robert Harris (“Fatherland”). Hartnett will star as Dr Alex Hoffman, a computer scientist and genius who is ready with a new AI product launch that promises big returns, but whose roll-out plans go awry. What fo...

TVREAL New U.K. Unscripted TV Fund Launches for Skills Development ADVERTISEMENT The BBC, Channel 4, Sky, A+E Networks UK and Discovery UK have joined forces with ScreenSkills and Pact to create the Unscripted TV Skills Fund. The new fund aims to address skills gaps and shortages in unscripted television as it builds a wider pool of off-screen crew and talent in the nations and regions, with a focus on building a more inclusive workforce and future-proofing the industry. Significant upfront fu...

TVDRAMA Sky Studios Ups Chernobyl Commissioner Gabriel Silver Sky Studios has promoted Gabriel Silver to director of commissioning for drama in the U.K. Most recently, Silver has overseen a slate of Sky original dramas that includes the Emmy- and BAFTA-winning series Chernobyl and hit Temple, Extinction, starring Paapa Essiedu, and The Baby, a co-production between Sky and HBO. In his new role, Silver is tasked with growing the slate of indie-commissioned drama projects for Sky Studios. Wi...

Gabriel Silver The Chernobyl and Gangs of London executive will be tasked with growing the slate of indie-commissioned dramas. Sky Studios has named Gabriel Silver its director of commissioning for drama, a new role created following the departure of drama director Cameron Roach earlier this year. Silver is currently senior commissioning editor and executive producer for Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcasts European pay TV giant Sky, and oversaw such hit dramas as  Chernobyl and Gangs ...

Thursday, 8th April 2021 at 6:35 pm The second season of Gangs of London is set to go into production within “the next few months”, show star Sope Dirisu has revealed. Advertisement The actor, who is a 2021 nominee for the EE Rising Star BAFTA, has spoken of his excitement at working on the Sky drama’s second season. He told the Press Association: “I haven’t [seen any scripts] but we are hoping to go into production in the next few months, COVID permitting, and if everything goes to ...

Mon 15 Mar 2021 06.01 EDT Last modified on Mon 15 Mar 2021 06.03 EDT Building on a long-running and ongoing investigation by journalist Lucy Osborne and The Guardian, the powerful testimony and archive documentary series will reveal how the modelling industry has facilitated and validated endemic sexual abuse for decades. The Sky Original series will launch on Sky Documentaries in the UK and Ireland, and on Sky in Germany and Italy, and the series title will be announced soon. Further broadcast...

Kenneth Branagh's likeness to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a major new Sky drama is incredible. The actor is portraying the PM in a drama about the Coiv-19 pandemic.

By Max Goldbart2021-02-22T13:57:00+00:00 More than 1,000 signatories call on ITV to ‘denounce bullying in all forms’ ITV has been urged to “denounce bullying in all forms” in an open letter signed by commissioning editors, indie bosses and more than 1,000 freelancers, following Piers Morgan’s recent Twitter outburst. Sent to ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall and director of television Kevin Lygo this afternoon, the letter also urges the broadcaster to publicly disclose the findings...