BBC Commissions crime family drama Mint from award-winning filmmaker Charlotte Regan
BBC Commissions crime family drama Mint from award-winning filmmaker Charlotte Regan

The BBC has commissioned Mint, a darkly comic and unconventional drama about what it means to be part of a crime family, from writer and filmmaker Charlotte Regan who garnered huge critical acclaim for her recent, BAFTA-nominated film Scrapper.

This eight-part series, from producers Fearless Minds and House Productions, chooses not to focus on the usual suspects – the godfather or the heavy – preferring instead to follow the kids, the mum and the grandma in the family. It’s a story about the love, darkness, humour, heartbreak and plain weirdness of living alongside that world, and what happens when you’re forced to take control of it.

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Molly Moffatt
The Zone of Interest "Triumphs" at BAFTAs
The Zone of Interest "Triumphs" at BAFTAs

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest took three awards, for best sound, outstanding British film – and best film not in the English language. A radical drama about the domestic utopia created by Hedwig and Rudolph Höss in their home just outside the wall of Auschwitz, where he was camp commander, the film was made by Film4 and a British production team, with a German cast and shot entirely in Poland.

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Molly Moffatt
Could Zone of Interest Upset Oppenheimer at The Oscars?
Could Zone of Interest Upset Oppenheimer at The Oscars?

Awards Circuit Column: 'Oppenheimer' continues to dominate but other films may win multiple prizes at the Oscars.

Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” made history at BAFTA by clinching both outstanding British film and film not in the English language (the first film ever to win both categories), while also upsetting Nolan’s film in the sound category. Despite BAFTA’s track record of predicting Oscar success, recent years have seen a few surprises in this regard. “Oppenheimer” is still in the discussion but perhaps not as assured as it once seemed.

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Molly Moffatt
House Building: Juliette Howell & Tessa Ross Talk New Film & TV Projects, Theater Plans, Bolstering U.S. Relations And Backing Creative Voices
House Building: Juliette Howell & Tessa Ross Talk New Film & TV Projects, Theater Plans, Bolstering U.S. Relations And Backing Creative Voices

EXCLUSIVE: Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell do not court publicity and when the duo welcome Deadline to their London office in early February, it is the first interview they have given about House Productions since they set up the film and TV outfit nearly seven years ago.

The Zone of Interest and The Iron Claw are in UK movie theaters when we speak, serving as a timely reminder of the company’s film credits, which have been built brick by brick. A second season of James Graham’s drama series Sherwood will drop in coming months on the BBC and the House principals are fresh back from L.A. as they line up U.S. partners for new projects.

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Molly Moffatt
The Good Mothers nominated for Best Foreign Language Drama at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards
The Good Mothers nominated for Best Foreign Language Drama at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards

(Los Angeles, CA – December 5, 2023) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the TV category nominees for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards. The winners will be revealed at the star-studded Critics Choice Awards gala hosted by Chelsea Handler, which will broadcast LIVE on The CW on Sunday, January 14, 2024 (7:00 – 10:00 pm ET).

We are thrilled to announce The Good Mothers has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Series.

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‘The Iron Claw’ Trailer: Zac Efron & Jeremy Allen White Wrestle With Triumph And Tragedy In A24 Drama
‘The Iron Claw’ Trailer: Zac Efron & Jeremy Allen White Wrestle With Triumph And Tragedy In A24 Drama

DEADLINE - 11/10/23

Let the wrestling mayhem begin: A24 has released the first trailer for The Iron Claw, the true story of the Von Erichs, a family of pro wrestlers that has ruled the ring for decades, despite so many tragedies that fans have often talked of a Von Erich Curse.

A bulked up Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White star as brothers Kevin and Kerry Von Erich, two of the clan’s most popular wrestlers. The new trailer – set, forebodingly, to the tune of Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” – shows the brothers’ camaraderie in the face of wrestling opponents and their own bullying father Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany).

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First look at Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark's new movie Starve Acre
First look at Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark's new movie Starve Acre

DIGITAL SPY - 29/08/2023

The horror movie premieres in October at the BFI London Film Festival.

Matt Smith is coming back to our screens in supernatural horror Starve Acre, and we've now got a first look at the new movie.

Set in rural England in the 1970s, the movie stars Smith and Morfydd Clark as Richard and Juliette whose idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character.

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‘The Iron Claw,’ Starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White, Sets December Wide Release Date
‘The Iron Claw,’ Starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White, Sets December Wide Release Date

VARIETY - 27/07/23

A24 will release “The Iron Claw,” a sports drama starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White, in theaters around Christmas.

The film will debut nationwide on Dec. 22, sharing a release date with a very different kind of family film, Universal and Illumination’s animated comedy “Migration.” Jason Momoa’s superhero sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Dec. 20) is expected to hit the big screen a few days prior, while the glitzy musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” (Dec. 25) is slated to arrive a little later.

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‘Sherwood’ Season 2 Unveils Cast
‘Sherwood’ Season 2 Unveils Cast

VARIETY - 25/07/2023

A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.”

Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).

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Molly Moffatt