Sheridan Smith, Michael Socha to Lead BBC Drama ‘The Cage’ From Element Pictures

Sheridan Smith (“Cilla,” “The C Word”) and Michael Socha (“The Gallows Pole,” “Showtrial”) are set to star in new BBC drama “The Cage,” written and created by Tony Schumacher (“The Responder”) The series is being produced by the Fremantle-owned Irish banner Element Pictures (“Poor Things,”

There’s No Escaping the Past in Lionsgate’s Espionage Thriller ‘The German’ Starring Oliver Masucci: ‘You Can Hide It and Lie About It, But It Will Always Haunt You’

The past always finds you – even if you’re “The German.” “In my experience, you can’t ignore the past. You can hide it and lie about it, but it will always haunt you, you know?,” says Ronit Weiss Berkowitz, who co-created Lionsgate’s show with Moshe

‘Gulliver’s Travels’ Set for ‘Fun’ TV Series Adaptation With ‘Full Monty’ Producer Uberto Pasolini as Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE)

Oscar-nominated multi-hyphenate Uberto Pasolini – who produced “The Full Monty” and most recently directed “The Return,” starring Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus – has embarked on a TV series adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s classic satirical adventure “Gulliver’s Travels.” Prominent British writer William Ivory (“We Want Sex,”

China Box Office: ‘Ne Zha 2’ Leads Again, as New Releases Make Modest Debuts

China’s box office for the weekend of March 21–23 saw “Ne Zha 2” maintaining its dominant position, while new releases made modest debuts.​ “Ne Zha 2” earned RMB85.7 million ($11.9 million) over the weekend, bringing its cumulative total to $2.081 billion, according to Artisan Gateway.

Series Mania Competition Title ‘Generations,’ a Danish Family Chiller, Unpacked by Creator Anna Emma Haudal as DR Sales Drops Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

In Danish series ‘Generations’ created by Anna Emma Haudal, it’s all in the family.  “I’ve always been interested in family dynamics. It drives everything I write,” she tells Variety ahead of the show’s premiere at French Series Mania, Europe’s most important TV festival.    “I was very interested in

All3Media International Inks Multiple Pacts for New Pictures’ Thriller Series, ‘Protection’ (EXCLUSIVE)

All3Media International, the sales arm of the production-distribution U.K. giant behind such hits as “Fleabag” and “Midsomer Murders,” has struck key deals in multiple territories for New Pictures’ six-part thriller, “Protection.” Sales follow the witness protection series’ critically acclaimed U.K. debut on ITV and ITVX.

CPH:Roughcut Filmmakers Talk Ukraine, OnlyFans, Migrant Hunter in Bulgaria, Stav Shaffir, Herding Tradition Under Threat (EXCLUSIVE)

The brand new CPH:Roughcut showcase, with five outstanding European documentary projects looking for distribution, sales and festival platforms, will be pitched Monday at Copenhagen’s documentary financing and co-production event CPH:Forum. The highly-curated slate encompasses a wide variety of themes, from the genesis and rise of

Series Mania 2025, 10 Takes From the Fest’s New Commercial Edge to Crime’s Sway on European TV and the First Inkling of Market Rebound 

Bowing March 21 with Apple TV+’s “Carême,” an ambitious sex-sluiced French riposte to “Bridgerton,” 2025’s Series Mania lifted off with a spring in its step, standing tall for one more year as Europe’s premier TV festival.  An extraordinarily long line on Saturday, encircling Lille’s major