Films
Honeymoon / Funeral
Two women meet on a flight to London, one heading on her honeymoon solo and the other heading to her mother’s funeral, and decide to spend the week together.
Dir: Nahnatchka Khan
Prod: Fierce Baby
When: August-ongoing
Where: London
Distributor: TBC
Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee
Hivemind
Environmental thriller about a small town infested with killer wasps.
Dir: Ciaran Foy
Prod: Thunder Road, Badlands, Wild Atlantic Pictures, Gaffney
When: August-ongoing
Where: Dublin, Ireland
Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios
Cast: Nicholas Braun, Samara Weaving
Bad Bridgets
A young Irish woman escapes to 19th century New York.
Dir: Rich Peppiatt
Prod: LuckyChap, Coup d’Etat
When: Mid July-ongoing
Where: Northern Ireland, Ireland
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Emilia Jones, Alison Oliver, Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan
The Joy Of Sex
Story behind the 1970s sex manual.
Dir: Sharon Maguire
Prods: Monumental Films, Seven Stories Film & TV, Kinescope Pictures
When: July-ongoing
Where: London
Sales: Embankment
Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Laura Linney, David Tennant
The Price Of Peace
Centres around the 1945 Potsdam Conference.
Dir: Anthony McCarten
Prod: Raccoon Features, Muse of Fire Productions, Salloway Studios
When: July-ongoing
Where: London
Sales: SND
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jared Harris and Merab Ninidze
Landlines
A farming family is torn apart by an inheritence disagreement.
Dir: Tristan Heanue
Prod: Black Gate Productions, Forty Foot Productions, Wrong Men Films
When: July-ongoing
Where: Connemara, Ireland
Distributor: Break Out Pictures
Cast: Dónall Ó Héalaí, Moe Dunford
Tangled Up In Blue
A talent manager confronted with an old flame.
Dir: Jamie Adams
Prod: Visor Entertainment
When: June-ongoing
Where: Wales
Distributor: TBA
Cast: Quentin Tarantino, Kylie Minogue, Jason Isaacs.
The Batman Part II
Sequel to the superhero film.
Dir: Matt Reeves
Prod: Warner Bros, DC Entertainment
When: June-ongoing
Where: London and Liverpool
Distributor: Warner Bros
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Colin Farrell, Sebastian Stan
The Man Who Stole Portugal
A man’s attempt to improve his family’s life in the 1920s results in one of the biggest cons in history.
Dir: Thomas Napper
Prod: EMU Films
When: May-ongoing
Where: UK, Portugal, South Africa
Sales agent: Beta Cinema
Cast: James Nelson Joyce, Emily Fairn, Joel Fry, Richard E. Grant, Dominic West
Bare
The narrative feature debut of documentary filmmaker Lorna Tucker, based on her own memoir, about a young runaway.
Dir: Lorna Tucker
Prod: Consortium Pictures
When: April-ongoing
Where: London
Sales agent: Noora Films
Cast: Isla Fisher, Colin Firth, Florence Hunt
Highlander
Reimagining of the 1986 feature about an immortal Scottish swordsman battling for power in an age-old war.
Dir: Chad Stahelski
Prod: United Artists, 87Eleven Entertainment
When: January-ongoing
Where: London, Scotland
Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios
Cast: Henry Cavill
The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event
Four films told from the perspective of each member of The Beatles.
Dir: Sam Mendes
Prod: Neal Street Productions
When: November-ongoing
Where: London, Liverpool
Distributor: Sony
Cast: Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn
Television
Shadow Has Fallen
Follow up to Paris Has Fallen.
Series creator: Howard Overman
Prod: Studiocanal, Urban Myth Films, Millennium, G-Base
When: September-ongoing
Where: UK, South Africa
Distributor: Studiocanal
Cast: Iwan Rheon, Brendan Coyle, Atandwa Kani
Dept. Q
Series 2 following the misfit detectives in Edinburgh.
Series creator: Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani
Prod: Left Bank Pictures
When: June
Where: FirstStage Studios, Edinburgh
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Matthew Goode, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne, Mark Bonnar
The Lords’ Day
Adapted from Michael Dobbs’s novel about a siege at the Houses of Parliament.
Series creator: Ben Chanan
Prod: Bad Wolf
When: August-ongoing
Where: London
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Damson Idris, Timothy Spall, Gemma Whelan, Harry Lawtey
Ar Ais Arís
A group of young friends find their lives upended when a mysterious girl from their past returns.
Series creator: Louise Ní Fhiannachta
Prod: Tailored Pictures, beActive Entertainment, Éiru Films
Where: Connemara, Ireland
When: July-ongoing
Distributor: TBA
Cast: João Jesus, Carolina Carvalho, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Michelle Ní Fátharta
Alien: Earth
Season two of the Alien spin-off series.
Series creator: Noah Hawley
Prod: 26 Keys Productions, Scott Free, FXP
Where: London
When: July-ongoing
Distributor: Disney+
Cast: Peter Dinklage, Timothy Olyphant, Tracey Ullman
Only Murders In The Building
Season six of the murder mystery comedy, usually set in New York.
Series creators: Steve Martin, John Hoffman
Prod: Rhode Island Ave. Production; Rhode Island Ave. Productions Another Hoffman Story Productions 40 Share Productions 20th Television
Where: London
When: May-ongoing
Distributor: Disney+
Cast: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez
Bridgerton (series five)
Follows middle daughter Francesca as she reenters the marriage scene following the death of her husband.
Showrunner: Jess Brownell
Prod: Shondaland
Where: London
When: March - ongoing
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Hannah Dodd, Masali Baduza
Wednesday
Season three of the Addams Family spin-off.
Series creators: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Tim Burton
Prod: MGM Television
Where: Ireland
When: March - ongoing
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Eva Green, Winona Ryder
Tomb Raider
Adaptation of the video game about famous archaeologist Lara Croft.
Series creator: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Prod: Amazon MGM Studios, Wells Street Films, Story Kitchen and Crystal Dynamics
Where: London
When: January-ongoing
Distributor: Prime Video
Cast: Sophie Turner, Jason Isaacs, Sigourney Weaver
Slow Horses (series seven and eight)
Spy thriller about a team of relegated UK spies.
Series writer: Ben Vanstone
Prod: See-Saw Films
Where: London
When: October-ongoing
Distributor: AppleTV
Cast: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden
Harry Potter
The series adaptation of the fantasy novels.
Series creator: Francesca Gardiner
Prod: HBO, Brontë Film and TV, Warner Bros Television
Where: Warner Bros Leavesden
When: July-ongoing
Distributor: HBO
Cast: Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, Alastair Stout
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