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Comcast-owned European mediaco Sky has boarded filmmaker Alba Sotorra Clua’s feature documentary The Return: Life After ISIS ahead of its premiere in competition at the upcoming SXSW Film Festival. The film was commissioned for Sky Documentaries by Zai Bennett, MD of content, and Poppy Dixon, director of documentaries and factual, and Jack Oliver, head of co-productions. MetFilm Sales in handling worldwide distribution. The Return: Life After ISIS offers access to a group of Western women wh...

A TV line up you wont want to miss - more than 125 new Sky Originals to look forward to Reporter: 6 Feb 2021 A TV line up you wont want to miss - more than 125 new Sky Originals to look forward to );  ); In 2021 Sky and NOW TV are bringing you more than 125 new Sky Originals, our biggest ever line-up of TV and film that you won’t want to miss. For the first time ever, this year we’ll be bringing you 30 new Sky Original films and 30 new Sky Original documentaries, on top of our great drama...

The UK’s Sky TV to ramp up investment in feature films Henry Lawfull in one of the Sky Original films, A Boy Called Christmas As more and more legacy media outlets attempt to get into the streaming game, the UK’s broadcasting giant Sky TV is the latest to expand its commitment to this model. It will launch 30 new Sky Original feature films this year, increasing to one a week from 2022 as it looks to become “the best home cinema service in the world”. Together with the films...

Original Documentaries~ Liverpool Narcos: In the 1980s, Liverpool became the epicentre of a drugs boom that was to change Britain forever. With unprecedented access to some of the biggest players, this is the story of how drugs went mainstream and dealing became a multi-billion pound business. Coming in Spring 2021 The Bambers: Murder at the Farm: Using first-hand testimony and unseen archive footage to re-examine the shocking events at White House Farm, this documentary explores evidence that ...

Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in This Sceptred Isle, a new UK series about COVID-19 from director Michael Winterbottom.

Sky Bolsters UK Film Slate With ‘Breaking News In Yuba County’, ‘Creation Stories’ & More Deadline 1/25/2021 Breaking News in Yuba County and the Irvine Welsh-penned Creation Stories. The company says it will release two ‘original’ films every month this year and one per week from next year. The full list of 14 newly-announced originals is below, they join previously announced pics on the slate such as Twist with Michael Caine, the animation Dragon Rider voiced Felicity Jones a...

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Sky greenlights Greg Davies therapy comedy Safe Space coming next year Sky has commissioned a sitcom starring Greg Davies as a demotivated small-time therapist, following a successful pilot. The comic also co-wrote the eight-part series, entitled Safe Space, which is set to air next year. He previously said of the project: ‘We thought itd be an interesting starting point to have a psychotherapist who isnt as together as his patients might want him to be. ‘We have had some very interesting ...

Kenneth Branagh to star in drama about Boris Johnson’s handling of pandemic Kenneth Branagh (Lauren Hurley/PA) Sat, 23 Jan, 2021 - 21:09 Laura Harding, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in a TV drama about the British Prime Minister’s handling of the coronavirus. This Sceptred Isle, which was first announced last year and has now been commissioned by Sky, will be directed by Michael Winterbottom, who will also co-write, while Tim Shipman, the political ...

A five-part Sky project, This Sceptred Isle will weave together countless true stories surrounding the first wave of the global pandemic, as well as the responses of policy makers and frontline workers.