BFI’s Cannes Great 8 Showcase Includes Films With Christina Hendricks, Joe Locke, Hiam Abbass

BFI’s Cannes Great 8 Showcase Includes Films With Christina Hendricks, Joe Locke, Hiam Abbass

The Brits are coming… to the Croisette! The British Film Institute (BFI) continued an annual tradition on Thursday, unveiling its 2026 crop of “Great 8” movies, eight features from the “most exciting first-time and early career filmmakers” that it will showcase to international distributors and festival programmers in the run-up to and during the Marché du Film market taking place during…

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London’s Queer East Festival Is a Mix of Cinematic Milestones, Film Discoveries and Community

London’s Queer East Festival Is a Mix of Cinematic Milestones, Film Discoveries and Community

London’s Queer East Festival is back for its seventh edition, showcasing cinema and performing arts in venues across the British capital from May 1 to June 6. The annual exploration of East and Southeast Asia’s ever-evolving queer landscape will kick off at the Barbican with the U.K. premiere of the landmark 4K restoration of the 1986 Taiwanese film The Outsiders, the first screen adaptation of…

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Dwayne Johnson and Stephen Merchant Adapting ‘Fighting With My Family’ Into Stage Musical

Dwayne Johnson and Stephen Merchant Adapting ‘Fighting With My Family’ Into Stage Musical

Dwayne Johnson and Stephen Merchant‘s 2019 film Fighting With My Family is getting the musical treatment. Merchant’s biopic is being developed for the stage by Tilted Musicals, in collaboration with Seven Bucks Productions (co-founded by Johnson and Dany Garcia), Merchant himself, Kevin Misher and Birmingham Hippodrome. With the book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winning playwright…

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ITV’s ‘Believe Me’: Daniel Mays on the Toll of Playing the “Black Cab Rapist” and Writer Jeff Pope on Focusing on Victims Rather Than the Predator

ITV’s ‘Believe Me’: Daniel Mays on the Toll of Playing the “Black Cab Rapist” and Writer Jeff Pope on Focusing on Victims Rather Than the Predator

The upcoming ITV drama Believe Me features established and rising British stars coming together to tell a harrowing British story. Aimée-Ffion Edwards (Slow Horses, Peaky Blinders, Mr Burton), Aasiya Shah (Raised by Wolves, Bloods, The Beast Must Die) and Miriam Petche (Industry) feature in the four-episode series opposite Daniel Mays (Line of Duty, Des, A Thousand Blows, Moonflower Murders) as John Worboys,…

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Freely to Launch Spotlight Channels as Commercial Opportunity for Connected TV Partners

Freely to Launch Spotlight Channels as Commercial Opportunity for Connected TV Partners

Freely, the free streaming service backed by U.K. broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Paramount’s 5 that launched in 2024, will introduce Freely Spotlight Channels to enable “increased monetization opportunities” for connected TV operating system (CTV OS) partners via the Freely TV Guide. Everyone TV, formerly known as Digital U.K., the joint venture behind Freely, shared the news on Monday. Its focus is on enabling…

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