“Fool Me Once” star Michelle Keegan is set to return for a second season of “Ten Pound Poms.”
Set in post-war Britain, the U.K.-Australian co-production follows a group of Brits as they leave behind their dreary lives to seek adventure down under. (In Australia “Pom” is a nickname for British people).
Keegan stars as nurse Kate Thorne in the show, which was created by “Fool Me Once” screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst.
Season 2 will pick up as Thorne tries to turn her Australian dream into reality as well as introducing some new characters who are sure to bring the drama, including the Skinner family, who have arrived from Ireland, and an unscrupulous landlord called Benny Bates.
Faye Marsay (“Black Mirror”) and Warren Brown (“Luther”) will also reprise their roles in the show alongside Rob Collins (“Mystery Road”) as Ron, Leon Ford (“Elvis) as Bill, Declan Coyle (“Long Black”) as Stevie,...
Set in post-war Britain, the U.K.-Australian co-production follows a group of Brits as they leave behind their dreary lives to seek adventure down under. (In Australia “Pom” is a nickname for British people).
Keegan stars as nurse Kate Thorne in the show, which was created by “Fool Me Once” screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst.
Season 2 will pick up as Thorne tries to turn her Australian dream into reality as well as introducing some new characters who are sure to bring the drama, including the Skinner family, who have arrived from Ireland, and an unscrupulous landlord called Benny Bates.
Faye Marsay (“Black Mirror”) and Warren Brown (“Luther”) will also reprise their roles in the show alongside Rob Collins (“Mystery Road”) as Ron, Leon Ford (“Elvis) as Bill, Declan Coyle (“Long Black”) as Stevie,...
- 1/31/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+ has teamed up with Sex Education producer Eleven to make a series about a bachelor party that ends up with the revelers in prison.
Filming has commenced on the UK original, which is titled Stags and stars Nico Mirallegro (Passenger), Charlie Cooper (This Country), and Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing).
Other members of the ensemble cast include Corin Silva, Sophie Lenglinger, Paul Forman, Jojo Macari, Cavan Clerkin, Paulina Galvez, and Oscar Foronda.
Here’s the log line: “The six-part series follows groom-to-be Stu (Mirallegro) and his friends on his stag do in South America. What was meant to be a week of drink, debauchery and fun takes a dark turn. Instead of boarding a flight back to the UK, the stags are sent to a lawless prison island run by two warring siblings.
“Quickly it becomes clear that the stags need to pick a side to have any chance of survival.
Filming has commenced on the UK original, which is titled Stags and stars Nico Mirallegro (Passenger), Charlie Cooper (This Country), and Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing).
Other members of the ensemble cast include Corin Silva, Sophie Lenglinger, Paul Forman, Jojo Macari, Cavan Clerkin, Paulina Galvez, and Oscar Foronda.
Here’s the log line: “The six-part series follows groom-to-be Stu (Mirallegro) and his friends on his stag do in South America. What was meant to be a week of drink, debauchery and fun takes a dark turn. Instead of boarding a flight back to the UK, the stags are sent to a lawless prison island run by two warring siblings.
“Quickly it becomes clear that the stags need to pick a side to have any chance of survival.
- 11/15/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
All At Sea Together
The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions [with] film acting as a global lens [that] allows us to bridge the gap between different islands, fostering an inclusive atmosphere in Okinawa, where diverse cultures and nationalities converge.”
The festival will open with “From Okinawa With Love,” by Sunairi Hiroshi, which premiered at the Dmz Documentary Festival in Korea, and tracks the work of a photographer who investigated the African American G.I. scene around the island’s U.S. air bases. It will close with “We Are Still Here,” a portmanteau film by indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The competition section...
The inaugural edition of the Cinema at Sea – Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival will be held next month (Nov. 23-29) on the Japanese island of Okinawa. With a 40-title lineup, a competition and a robust international selection, the festival says its mission is to explore the ocean and Pacific regions [with] film acting as a global lens [that] allows us to bridge the gap between different islands, fostering an inclusive atmosphere in Okinawa, where diverse cultures and nationalities converge.”
The festival will open with “From Okinawa With Love,” by Sunairi Hiroshi, which premiered at the Dmz Documentary Festival in Korea, and tracks the work of a photographer who investigated the African American G.I. scene around the island’s U.S. air bases. It will close with “We Are Still Here,” a portmanteau film by indigenous people from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The competition section...
- 10/19/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Eleven and Sony Television International are adapting novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer’s bestselling “Kane and Abel” trilogy for television.
The trilogy, comprising “Kane and Abel,” “The Prodigal Daughter” and “Shall We Tell The President,” were written by Archer between 1977 and 1982. It tells the story of two men, one Polish, an illegitimate son of a Baron, the other rich and privileged from a wealthy Boston banking family. Born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths cross only once in their ruthless pursuit to build a fortune, but what follows is an epic story of revenge that spans 60 years. Linked by an all-consuming hatred after one catastrophic incident, these two patriarchs blindly commit their lives to destroying one another’s empires. It’s only when Abel’s strong-willed daughter, Florentyna, meets Kane’s son Richard, that these two enemies start to understand that their feud...
The trilogy, comprising “Kane and Abel,” “The Prodigal Daughter” and “Shall We Tell The President,” were written by Archer between 1977 and 1982. It tells the story of two men, one Polish, an illegitimate son of a Baron, the other rich and privileged from a wealthy Boston banking family. Born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths cross only once in their ruthless pursuit to build a fortune, but what follows is an epic story of revenge that spans 60 years. Linked by an all-consuming hatred after one catastrophic incident, these two patriarchs blindly commit their lives to destroying one another’s empires. It’s only when Abel’s strong-willed daughter, Florentyna, meets Kane’s son Richard, that these two enemies start to understand that their feud...
- 10/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
London, Aug 5 (Ians) Cricket ball manufacturer Dukes has said it will launch an investigation into the ball change which occurred during Australia’s second innings in the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval to be investigated, following which the visitors lost the match by 49 runs to England.
After Mark Wood hit Usman Khawaja on the helmet with a bouncer on the first delivery of the 37th over on day five’s play, umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball, citing that it had gone out of shape. But the replacement ball looked more newer than the previous ball, and completely changed the course of the match as Australia were bowled out for 334 in a chase of 384.
Now, as per a report in Code Sports Australia, whispers coming out of England camp have suggested the replacement ball gifted to them was in fact a five-years’ old version of the...
After Mark Wood hit Usman Khawaja on the helmet with a bouncer on the first delivery of the 37th over on day five’s play, umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball, citing that it had gone out of shape. But the replacement ball looked more newer than the previous ball, and completely changed the course of the match as Australia were bowled out for 334 in a chase of 384.
Now, as per a report in Code Sports Australia, whispers coming out of England camp have suggested the replacement ball gifted to them was in fact a five-years’ old version of the...
- 8/5/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
London, Aug 1 (Ians) Australia opener Usman Khawaja has questioned the change of the ball during the second innings in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes 2023 series at The Oval after which England went on to win the match and level the series.
Though Australia retained the Ashes urn despite the 2-2 draw in the five-match series, Pat Cummins’ team was unhappy because of the ball change, which they feel was not done properly and a ball that looks ‘newer’ than the old one and resulted in England prising out Australian batsmen to trigger a collapse.
Two deliveries after a Mark Wood bouncer clattered into his helmet with such force that it knocked the ball out of shape, Khawaja was the first Australian batter to express his concern regarding the ball, walking up to umpire Kumar Dharamsena to claim that the replacement was offering significantly more movement than the Old one.
Though Australia retained the Ashes urn despite the 2-2 draw in the five-match series, Pat Cummins’ team was unhappy because of the ball change, which they feel was not done properly and a ball that looks ‘newer’ than the old one and resulted in England prising out Australian batsmen to trigger a collapse.
Two deliveries after a Mark Wood bouncer clattered into his helmet with such force that it knocked the ball out of shape, Khawaja was the first Australian batter to express his concern regarding the ball, walking up to umpire Kumar Dharamsena to claim that the replacement was offering significantly more movement than the Old one.
- 8/1/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
London, July 31 (Ians) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has called for the ball change which occurred during Australia’s second innings in the ongoing fifth Ashes Test at The Oval to be investigated, a move which he termed as a ‘huge blunder’.
After Mark Wood hit Usman Khawaja on the helmet with a bouncer on the first delivery of the 37th over, umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball, citing that it had gone out of shape.
But the replacement ball looked newer than the previous ball, as Khawaja, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne were dismissed in quick succession in Australia’s chase of 384.
“The biggest concern I have is the big discrepancy in the condition of the ball that was chosen to replace the one (that had gone out of shape). There’s no way in the world you can even look at those two balls there...
After Mark Wood hit Usman Khawaja on the helmet with a bouncer on the first delivery of the 37th over, umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball, citing that it had gone out of shape.
But the replacement ball looked newer than the previous ball, as Khawaja, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne were dismissed in quick succession in Australia’s chase of 384.
“The biggest concern I have is the big discrepancy in the condition of the ball that was chosen to replace the one (that had gone out of shape). There’s no way in the world you can even look at those two balls there...
- 7/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Renowned British novelist William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is to be adapted for television for the first time by Eleven and multi-bafta award-winning screenwriter Jack Thorne, known for TV shows like “This Is England ’88,” “National Treasure” and “His Dark Materials,” and stage shows like “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
Executive produced by Eleven’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, “Lord of the Flies” is comprised of four one-hour episodes, to be aired on BBC One and playing on BBC iPlayer.
The drama tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw other boys away...
Executive produced by Eleven’s Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell, “Lord of the Flies” is comprised of four one-hour episodes, to be aired on BBC One and playing on BBC iPlayer.
The drama tells the story of a group of young boys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organize themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy. But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and begins to draw other boys away...
- 4/20/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The BBC has tasked His Dark Materials writer Jack Thorne to pen a TV adaptation of William Golding’s seminal novel Lord of the Flies.
This marks the first time the novel will be made for television, though there have been two feature film adaptations — the first Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and the second made in 1990 by Harry Hook (above).
Sex Education producer Eleven is attached to make The BBC’s series, which was unveiled by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London. Several other announcements were also made (see below).
Writer Thorne is known for shows such as BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials, Channel 4 Covid-19 drama Help, Shane Meadows’ This is England and Netflix series The Eddy, feature films Wonder and Enola Holmes and theater productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Golding’s 1954 novel tells the story...
This marks the first time the novel will be made for television, though there have been two feature film adaptations — the first Peter Brook’s 1963 movie and the second made in 1990 by Harry Hook (above).
Sex Education producer Eleven is attached to make The BBC’s series, which was unveiled by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event in London. Several other announcements were also made (see below).
Writer Thorne is known for shows such as BBC fantasy series His Dark Materials, Channel 4 Covid-19 drama Help, Shane Meadows’ This is England and Netflix series The Eddy, feature films Wonder and Enola Holmes and theater productions including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Golding’s 1954 novel tells the story...
- 4/20/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sex Education producer Eleven is embarking on its next project, a TV series adaptation of up-and-coming creative duo Oliver Taylor and Dillon Mapletoft’s stage show Fix My Brain.
The pair, who are adapting with Eleven, developed their two-person comedy show at university and performed it under their Two Surnames moniker.
Fix My Brain is an exploration of both depression and of somebody living with someone with depression, and it attracted rave reviews when it played On the UK festival circuit prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since then, Taylor and Mapletoft’s stock has risen and their debut long-form TV comedy, Everyone Else Burns from Russian Doll producer Jax Media and NBCUniversal International Studios, will launch next month on Channel 4. The Simon Bird-starring irreverent comedy follows the lives of a family who are part of a religious sect.
Meanwhile, a number of comedy-dramas dealing with issues around mental health,...
The pair, who are adapting with Eleven, developed their two-person comedy show at university and performed it under their Two Surnames moniker.
Fix My Brain is an exploration of both depression and of somebody living with someone with depression, and it attracted rave reviews when it played On the UK festival circuit prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Since then, Taylor and Mapletoft’s stock has risen and their debut long-form TV comedy, Everyone Else Burns from Russian Doll producer Jax Media and NBCUniversal International Studios, will launch next month on Channel 4. The Simon Bird-starring irreverent comedy follows the lives of a family who are part of a religious sect.
Meanwhile, a number of comedy-dramas dealing with issues around mental health,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sydney, Oct 28 (Ians) The highly-anticipated Group 1 clash between Australia and England in Super 12 of Men’s T20 World Cup on Friday was washed out due to rain without a ball being bowled at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
Earlier in the day, another Group 1 match between Ireland and Afghanistan was also abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. Now, just like Afghanistan and Ireland split points, England and Australia will now share points from Friday’s washout.
The toss for the clash, which was supposed to be at 6:30pm Melbourne time, was delayed ahead of an inspection at 7.30pm local time. There were hopes that a truncated match would happen as covers were taken off, as the fans saw a glimmer of hope.
But, with player safety being a priority and the outfield being visibly damp, umpires Chris Brown, Joel Wilson and Aleem Dar decided to...
Earlier in the day, another Group 1 match between Ireland and Afghanistan was also abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. Now, just like Afghanistan and Ireland split points, England and Australia will now share points from Friday’s washout.
The toss for the clash, which was supposed to be at 6:30pm Melbourne time, was delayed ahead of an inspection at 7.30pm local time. There were hopes that a truncated match would happen as covers were taken off, as the fans saw a glimmer of hope.
But, with player safety being a priority and the outfield being visibly damp, umpires Chris Brown, Joel Wilson and Aleem Dar decided to...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Dubai, Oct 4 (Ians) Nitin Menon, the only Indian in the Icc Elite Panel of umpires, figures in the list of 16 umpires and four match referees who will officiate in the T20 World Cup First Round and Super 12s stage matches in Australia from October 16.
Menon, the 38-year-old former Indian cricketer, has been selected along with 15 other umpires to officiate in the World Cup matches to be held at seven venues across the country.
“In total, 16 umpires will officiate across the tournament with Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus having been the umpires in charge of the 2021 final, which saw this year’s hosts claim their first Icc Men’s T20 World Cup title,” said Icc in a statement on Tuesday.
“It is an experienced group of umpires, with the same 16 selected as last year’s tournament which was held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman,” Icc said.
Menon, the 38-year-old former Indian cricketer, has been selected along with 15 other umpires to officiate in the World Cup matches to be held at seven venues across the country.
“In total, 16 umpires will officiate across the tournament with Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus having been the umpires in charge of the 2021 final, which saw this year’s hosts claim their first Icc Men’s T20 World Cup title,” said Icc in a statement on Tuesday.
“It is an experienced group of umpires, with the same 16 selected as last year’s tournament which was held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman,” Icc said.
- 10/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
“Sex Education” producer Eleven has set a new thriller series titled “I.D.” at Channel 4 written by Genevieve Barr (“The Silence”).
The eight-part mystery tells the story of a young deaf woman called Emily who spies her neighbor photographing her, which soon leads her on a journey into her own past. “This leads her to explore what she might have done to warrant this unwanted attention, while simultaneously beginning a dance with a stranger that is as exhilarating as it is dangerous,” reads the logline.
“I.D.” is described as a “love letter to being deaf.”
“’I.D.’ is a journey into who we are and how people view us,” said Barr in a statement. “Eleven gave it a home when I was starting out and I’m delighted we’ve found it a broadcaster with Channel 4 who are pathfinders in fearless and inclusive storytelling. It is a privilege to be living...
The eight-part mystery tells the story of a young deaf woman called Emily who spies her neighbor photographing her, which soon leads her on a journey into her own past. “This leads her to explore what she might have done to warrant this unwanted attention, while simultaneously beginning a dance with a stranger that is as exhilarating as it is dangerous,” reads the logline.
“I.D.” is described as a “love letter to being deaf.”
“’I.D.’ is a journey into who we are and how people view us,” said Barr in a statement. “Eleven gave it a home when I was starting out and I’m delighted we’ve found it a broadcaster with Channel 4 who are pathfinders in fearless and inclusive storytelling. It is a privilege to be living...
- 8/23/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Bridgetown (Barbados), Aug 23 (Ians) Nicholas Pooran’s West Indies side being docked two Super League points for bowling two overs short in the allotted time during their third Odi against New Zealand at the Kensington Oval on Monday, may have huge ramifications for them in their bid to secure automatic qualification for the Icc Men’s Cricket World Cup in India next year.
On-field umpires Joel Wilson and Leslie Reifer, third umpire Gregory Brathwaite and fourth umpire Nigel Duguid levelled the charge after the hosts’ five-wicket defeat, with Pooran pleading guilty to the offence.
It means the Caribbean side drop to 88 points, a total unlikely to result in a top-eight position at the end of the Super League cycle, and a ticket straight to India.
Ireland (ninth on 68 points) have a superior net run rate to the West Indies, and with wins worth 10 points, two victories at home to Bangladesh...
On-field umpires Joel Wilson and Leslie Reifer, third umpire Gregory Brathwaite and fourth umpire Nigel Duguid levelled the charge after the hosts’ five-wicket defeat, with Pooran pleading guilty to the offence.
It means the Caribbean side drop to 88 points, a total unlikely to result in a top-eight position at the end of the Super League cycle, and a ticket straight to India.
Ireland (ninth on 68 points) have a superior net run rate to the West Indies, and with wins worth 10 points, two victories at home to Bangladesh...
- 8/23/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Bridgetown (Barbados), Aug 22 (Ians) After losing the Odi series decider to New Zealand by five wickets and to lose the series 2-1 at the Kensington Oval, West Indies have now been fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate.
In accordance with Article 2.22 of the Icc Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
In addition, as per Article 16.12.2 of the Icc Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League Playing Conditions, a side is penalized one point for each over short. Consequently, West Indies will lose two points from their points tally during the Super League.
Richie Richardson of the Emirates Icc Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Nicholas Pooran’s side was ruled to...
In accordance with Article 2.22 of the Icc Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
In addition, as per Article 16.12.2 of the Icc Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League Playing Conditions, a side is penalized one point for each over short. Consequently, West Indies will lose two points from their points tally during the Super League.
Richie Richardson of the Emirates Icc Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Nicholas Pooran’s side was ruled to...
- 8/22/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
“Sex Education” producer Eleven has revealed a cast of rising stars for upcoming BBC and Netflix horror series “Red Rose.”
Created by the Clarkson Twins – Michael and Paul, the eight-part series explores the relationship between teenagers and their online lives. Set over a long hot summer following high school, the teens’ friendships are infiltrated by the Red Rose app, which blooms on their smartphones, threatening them with dangerous consequences if they don’t meet its demands. The app exposes the group to a seemingly supernatural entity and the seductive power of the dark web.
The cast includes Amelia Clarkson, Isis Hainsworth, Ali Khan Ellis Howard and Ashna Rabheru alongside Adam Nagaitis, Natalie Gavin and Samuel Anderson. Making their television debuts are Harry Redding, currently in “To Kill A Mockingbird” on London’s West End, and Laurence Olivier Bursary winner Natalie Blair.
“Red Rose” is directed by Ramon Salazar (Netflix thriller...
Created by the Clarkson Twins – Michael and Paul, the eight-part series explores the relationship between teenagers and their online lives. Set over a long hot summer following high school, the teens’ friendships are infiltrated by the Red Rose app, which blooms on their smartphones, threatening them with dangerous consequences if they don’t meet its demands. The app exposes the group to a seemingly supernatural entity and the seductive power of the dark web.
The cast includes Amelia Clarkson, Isis Hainsworth, Ali Khan Ellis Howard and Ashna Rabheru alongside Adam Nagaitis, Natalie Gavin and Samuel Anderson. Making their television debuts are Harry Redding, currently in “To Kill A Mockingbird” on London’s West End, and Laurence Olivier Bursary winner Natalie Blair.
“Red Rose” is directed by Ramon Salazar (Netflix thriller...
- 5/30/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
‘Sex Education’ Indie Eleven Producing British/Australian Drama Series ‘Ten Pound Poms’ For BBC/Stan
Sex Education producer Eleven is behind a British/Australian drama series about a group of expats in the 1950s for the BBC and Aussie SVoD Stan.
The Stranger and Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst is penning Ten Pound Poms, a rare co-production between the British and Australian networks.
The six-parter, which films shortly in Australia, follows a group of Brits as they leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. At the heart of the drama is the Roberts family, who try to look for ways to make the best of their situation but the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and local attitudes towards immigrants test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined. And they aren’t the only people at the hostel avoiding the truth.
Sex Education indie Eleven is producing, having been behind the Netflix global...
The Stranger and Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst is penning Ten Pound Poms, a rare co-production between the British and Australian networks.
The six-parter, which films shortly in Australia, follows a group of Brits as they leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. At the heart of the drama is the Roberts family, who try to look for ways to make the best of their situation but the poor living conditions at the migrant hostel and local attitudes towards immigrants test them in ways they couldn’t have imagined. And they aren’t the only people at the hostel avoiding the truth.
Sex Education indie Eleven is producing, having been behind the Netflix global...
- 5/18/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television-owned “Sex Education” producer Eleven has promoted Carissa Hope Lynch to the position of creative director.
She will report to Eleven founders Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell.
Hope Lynch has been at Eleven since 2019, working on projects including “White Stork” for Netflix and the upcoming young adult horror series “Red Rose” for the BBC and Netflix. She has also developed a number of projects that have found homes at Channel 4, Netflix, the BBC and Sky, working with creatives including Mark Denton and Jonny Stockwood, Mika Watkins, Harry and Jack Williams, Chandni Lakhani, and Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet in the process.
She is also passionate about discovering new voices and in 2021 conceived, designed, and co-facilitated Eleven’s script editor training scheme, Duly Noted, in collaboration with Tolula Dada.
In 2022, the training scheme’s second year, BBC and Sony Pictures Television also came on board.
Hope...
She will report to Eleven founders Joel Wilson and Jamie Campbell.
Hope Lynch has been at Eleven since 2019, working on projects including “White Stork” for Netflix and the upcoming young adult horror series “Red Rose” for the BBC and Netflix. She has also developed a number of projects that have found homes at Channel 4, Netflix, the BBC and Sky, working with creatives including Mark Denton and Jonny Stockwood, Mika Watkins, Harry and Jack Williams, Chandni Lakhani, and Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet in the process.
She is also passionate about discovering new voices and in 2021 conceived, designed, and co-facilitated Eleven’s script editor training scheme, Duly Noted, in collaboration with Tolula Dada.
In 2022, the training scheme’s second year, BBC and Sony Pictures Television also came on board.
Hope...
- 3/30/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Eleven, the Sony Pictures TV-owned Brit production house behind Netflix smash hit Sex Education, has appointed Alexandra Blue as its new development producer.
Reporting to the company’s founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, she will develop a slate of her own projects that have been brought in under the Eleven umbrella with talent already attached, alongside new projects from scratch that she will develop with the team.
Blue’s feature slate includes projects in development with Film4, the BFI and Screen Australia, and she is currently co-developing a TV series with Val.
“I am over the moon to be joining forces ...
Reporting to the company’s founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, she will develop a slate of her own projects that have been brought in under the Eleven umbrella with talent already attached, alongside new projects from scratch that she will develop with the team.
Blue’s feature slate includes projects in development with Film4, the BFI and Screen Australia, and she is currently co-developing a TV series with Val.
“I am over the moon to be joining forces ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Eleven, the Sony Pictures TV-owned Brit production house behind Netflix smash hit Sex Education, has appointed Alexandra Blue as its new development producer.
Reporting to the company’s founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, she will develop a slate of her own projects that have been brought in under the Eleven umbrella with talent already attached, alongside new projects from scratch that she will develop with the team.
Blue’s feature slate includes projects in development with Film4, the BFI and Screen Australia, and she is currently co-developing a TV series with Val.
“I am over the moon to be joining forces ...
Reporting to the company’s founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, she will develop a slate of her own projects that have been brought in under the Eleven umbrella with talent already attached, alongside new projects from scratch that she will develop with the team.
Blue’s feature slate includes projects in development with Film4, the BFI and Screen Australia, and she is currently co-developing a TV series with Val.
“I am over the moon to be joining forces ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: It’s a deal that’s been nearly six months in the making, but on Wednesday, Sony Pictures Television finally confirmed it has acquired one of the hottest properties in the British production business.
The Hollywood studio has taken control of Sex Education producer Eleven following what president of international production, Wayne Garvie, described as a “pretty competitive” process earlier this year. We first sniffed the deal in April.
Deadline understands that other groups, including All3Media, were in for Eleven, while there were even rumors that Netflix took a look at the company on the back of Sex Education and upcoming Tom Hiddleston thriller White Stork.
In the end, Garvie’s years-long wooing of Eleven founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson paid off. He first discussed the idea of investing more than six years ago, but Eleven ultimately sold a 20% stake to Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund.
Then,...
The Hollywood studio has taken control of Sex Education producer Eleven following what president of international production, Wayne Garvie, described as a “pretty competitive” process earlier this year. We first sniffed the deal in April.
Deadline understands that other groups, including All3Media, were in for Eleven, while there were even rumors that Netflix took a look at the company on the back of Sex Education and upcoming Tom Hiddleston thriller White Stork.
In the end, Garvie’s years-long wooing of Eleven founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson paid off. He first discussed the idea of investing more than six years ago, but Eleven ultimately sold a 20% stake to Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund.
Then,...
- 7/1/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television has acquired London-based “Sex Education” producer Eleven.
As previously reported, Sony is believed to have beaten off a number of potential buyers, and has taken a majority stake in the outfit.
The investment in Eleven marks one of the few major M&a deals to have emerged from the last four months, when much of the industry has ground to a standstill due to Covid-19. Tom Manwaring of Helion Partners advised the shareholders of Eleven Film on the transaction.
The deal forms part of a wider expansion drive for Sony Pictures Television, who also own “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures, and is diversifying the group’s production portfolio and growing IP. In December 2019, Sony Pictures Television expanded further into children’s programming by acquiring Silvergate Media, and broadening the group’s capability in sports and live entertainment production with the acquisition of Whisper Films in February.
As previously reported, Sony is believed to have beaten off a number of potential buyers, and has taken a majority stake in the outfit.
The investment in Eleven marks one of the few major M&a deals to have emerged from the last four months, when much of the industry has ground to a standstill due to Covid-19. Tom Manwaring of Helion Partners advised the shareholders of Eleven Film on the transaction.
The deal forms part of a wider expansion drive for Sony Pictures Television, who also own “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures, and is diversifying the group’s production portfolio and growing IP. In December 2019, Sony Pictures Television expanded further into children’s programming by acquiring Silvergate Media, and broadening the group’s capability in sports and live entertainment production with the acquisition of Whisper Films in February.
- 7/1/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television has confirmed what we revealed back in April — that it is investing in Eleven, the British production outfit behind Netflix smash hit Sex Education.
Sony has taken a majority stake in Eleven after a competitive process in which a host of potential suitors showed an interest in the producer, including All3Media. The size of the stake and financial terms were not disclosed.
In completing the takeover, Sony is buying out Channel 4’s 20% stake in Eleven. The British broadcaster first invested in the company in 2014 as part of its Indie Growth Fund initiative.
Eleven was founded by creative directors Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson in 2006, and teen drama Sex Education has become its biggest calling card after launching last year.
Other Eleven commissions include Red Rose, a BBC Three horror created by twins Michael and Paul Clarkson, which has been picked up by Netflix in the U.
Sony has taken a majority stake in Eleven after a competitive process in which a host of potential suitors showed an interest in the producer, including All3Media. The size of the stake and financial terms were not disclosed.
In completing the takeover, Sony is buying out Channel 4’s 20% stake in Eleven. The British broadcaster first invested in the company in 2014 as part of its Indie Growth Fund initiative.
Eleven was founded by creative directors Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson in 2006, and teen drama Sex Education has become its biggest calling card after launching last year.
Other Eleven commissions include Red Rose, a BBC Three horror created by twins Michael and Paul Clarkson, which has been picked up by Netflix in the U.
- 7/1/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures Television has acquired a majority stake in Eleven, the British production banner behind Netflix's global smash hit series Sex Education.
The acquisition, unveiled on Wednesday morning London time, had been rumored for several months, with Sony understood to have beaten out a number of potential suitors for the company, founded in 2006 by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The Laurie Nunn-created Sex Education has consistently been a top audience draw for Netflix since it launched in 2019, generating more than 40 million views ...
The acquisition, unveiled on Wednesday morning London time, had been rumored for several months, with Sony understood to have beaten out a number of potential suitors for the company, founded in 2006 by Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The Laurie Nunn-created Sex Education has consistently been a top audience draw for Netflix since it launched in 2019, generating more than 40 million views ...
The producers of two of Netflix’s buzziest series are joining forces to develop new shows, with a focus on work by women and people of color.
Dominic Buchanan, the executive producer of “The End of the F***ing World,” and Eleven, the shingle behind “Sex Education,” have inked a production pact giving Eleven first look at Buchanan’s TV projects. The partners will co-develop and take new shows out to both streaming platforms and linear broadcasters.
About 45% of Eleven’s work already comes from female writers and directors, but the company wants to increase the proportion of its shows from people of color.
“There are a disproportionately small number of stories that are told by women and people of color,” Eleven co-founder Jamie Campbell told Variety. “We have been quite self-analytical as a company to work out how we can find more of these stories and how we can be more inclusive.
Dominic Buchanan, the executive producer of “The End of the F***ing World,” and Eleven, the shingle behind “Sex Education,” have inked a production pact giving Eleven first look at Buchanan’s TV projects. The partners will co-develop and take new shows out to both streaming platforms and linear broadcasters.
About 45% of Eleven’s work already comes from female writers and directors, but the company wants to increase the proportion of its shows from people of color.
“There are a disproportionately small number of stories that are told by women and people of color,” Eleven co-founder Jamie Campbell told Variety. “We have been quite self-analytical as a company to work out how we can find more of these stories and how we can be more inclusive.
- 2/19/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Gillian Anderson has lined up her next series regular role after exiting the “X-Files” revival. The actress is set to star as a sex therapist in Netflix’s coming-of-age dramedy “Sex Education.”
She will be joined by “Ender’s Game” star Asa Butterfield, who will play Jean’s (Anderson) teenage son, Otis.
Here’s the series’ official logline: Meet Otis Thompson (Butterfield) – a socially awkward high school virgin who lives with his mother, a sex therapist. Surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis is a reluctant expert on the subject. When his home life is revealed at school, Otis realizes that he can use his specialist knowledge to gain status. He teams up with Maeve, a whip-smart bad-girl, and together they set up an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems. Through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realizes...
She will be joined by “Ender’s Game” star Asa Butterfield, who will play Jean’s (Anderson) teenage son, Otis.
Here’s the series’ official logline: Meet Otis Thompson (Butterfield) – a socially awkward high school virgin who lives with his mother, a sex therapist. Surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis is a reluctant expert on the subject. When his home life is revealed at school, Otis realizes that he can use his specialist knowledge to gain status. He teams up with Maeve, a whip-smart bad-girl, and together they set up an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems. Through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realizes...
- 5/17/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The X-Files star Gillian Anderson is set to star in Netflix’s sex-therapy original series Sex Education. Anderson willplay a sex therapist in the series, which is produced by British production company Eleven Film.
Anderson, who recently starred in American Gods and is starring in Susanna Fogel’s The Spy Who Dumped Me, will be joined by Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield.
Butterfield plays Otis Thompson, a socially awkward high school virgin who lives his sex therapist mother. He teams up with “whip-smart bad-girl” Maeve to set up a clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems.
The coming-of-awkward-age dramedy was created by newcomer Laurie Nunn. The series is produced in the UK for a 2019 launch. It will be exec produced by Eleven Film co-founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson and will be directed by Catastrophe’s Ben Taylor.
Ncuti Gatwa (Stonemouth), Connor Swindells (Harlots) and...
Anderson, who recently starred in American Gods and is starring in Susanna Fogel’s The Spy Who Dumped Me, will be joined by Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield.
Butterfield plays Otis Thompson, a socially awkward high school virgin who lives his sex therapist mother. He teams up with “whip-smart bad-girl” Maeve to set up a clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems.
The coming-of-awkward-age dramedy was created by newcomer Laurie Nunn. The series is produced in the UK for a 2019 launch. It will be exec produced by Eleven Film co-founders Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson and will be directed by Catastrophe’s Ben Taylor.
Ncuti Gatwa (Stonemouth), Connor Swindells (Harlots) and...
- 5/17/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The trailer for Extraordinary Tales has arrived. Based on some of Edgar Allan Poe's most notable works, Extraordinary Tales is narrated by Guillermo del Toro along with other iconic artists. Also: more details on A&E's The Enfield Haunting, Diamond Select Toys at Nycc, and release details for Dark Awakening.
Extraordinary Tales: "A film anthology of five of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories, each told in a unique graphic style and featuring some of the most beloved figures in horror film history. Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, Extraordinary Tales offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films,...
Extraordinary Tales: "A film anthology of five of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories, each told in a unique graphic style and featuring some of the most beloved figures in horror film history. Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, Extraordinary Tales offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Glue, the highly-anticipated new drama series created and written by BAFTA-winning writer Jack Thorne, comes to E4 on Monday 15th September at 10:00pm.
Set in a small village called Overton, it's about the murder of a boy, and how it affects his friends and the community that they live in.
Yasmine Paige plays Ruth Rosen, a 20 year old provisional police officer from a Romany background. She and her Romany mum are estranged from the travelling community, but that doesn’t stop Ruth. Not much does. Not being a young single mum, or the fact that she lives in the same village as a group of friends who no longer talk to her. She’s made of stronger stuff, or at least she thinks she is. Yasmine (represented by Curtis Brown), starred in the critically-acclaimed Submarine, and was named as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2010.
Charlotte Spencer plays 19 year old Tina Fallon.
Set in a small village called Overton, it's about the murder of a boy, and how it affects his friends and the community that they live in.
Yasmine Paige plays Ruth Rosen, a 20 year old provisional police officer from a Romany background. She and her Romany mum are estranged from the travelling community, but that doesn’t stop Ruth. Not much does. Not being a young single mum, or the fact that she lives in the same village as a group of friends who no longer talk to her. She’s made of stronger stuff, or at least she thinks she is. Yasmine (represented by Curtis Brown), starred in the critically-acclaimed Submarine, and was named as a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2010.
Charlotte Spencer plays 19 year old Tina Fallon.
- 9/10/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Jack Thorne's dark new drama series Glue is one of the most-anticipated shows of 2014.
A tale of "ambition, hope, darkness and anarchy", it looks like it could fill a Skins-shaped hole in the E4 schedules. And now the first trailer has arrived - check it out below:
Soundtracked by Warpaint's 'Love Is To Die', the stunning trailer suggests that this crime drama is worth getting excited about.
Channel 4's description of the series reads: "Overton. A tiny village in the English countryside. Farming is its bread-and-butter. Race-horses are its beating heart. But beyond the rolling hills and behind the stable doors lies a green and not-so-pleasant land...
"What makes it unpleasant? Maybe it's the teenagers who think it's funny to play chicken on top of silo machines that can cut your hand to slices no thicker than a piece of ham. Or maybe it's the group of...
A tale of "ambition, hope, darkness and anarchy", it looks like it could fill a Skins-shaped hole in the E4 schedules. And now the first trailer has arrived - check it out below:
Soundtracked by Warpaint's 'Love Is To Die', the stunning trailer suggests that this crime drama is worth getting excited about.
Channel 4's description of the series reads: "Overton. A tiny village in the English countryside. Farming is its bread-and-butter. Race-horses are its beating heart. But beyond the rolling hills and behind the stable doors lies a green and not-so-pleasant land...
"What makes it unpleasant? Maybe it's the teenagers who think it's funny to play chicken on top of silo machines that can cut your hand to slices no thicker than a piece of ham. Or maybe it's the group of...
- 8/4/2014
- Digital Spy
Entertainment One has pacted with Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson’s Eleven Film to develop scripted projects for the UK and international markets. The company produces documentary, current affairs, comedy and drama programs and is currently in development on drama projects commissioned by the BBC, Channel4 and Sky, working with writers including Jack Thorne (This Is England, Skins) and Paul Andrew Williams (Wallander). Its first drama series, Cast Offs, was written by BAFTA winner Thorne with Oscar nominee Tony Roche. Under the deal, eOne will have exclusive first-look rights to all Eleven-produced scripted TV development, serve as deficit financier and will handle worldwide sales, excluding the UK, for all TV projects including the current development slate.
- 2/21/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
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