Films
The Reception
A wedding party proceeds with an absent bride and groom.
Dir: Trudie Styler
Prod: Maven Screen Media, Tempo Productions
When: November-ongoing
Where: Scotland
Sales: Beta/CAA
Cast: Guy Pearce, Sabrina Impacciatore, Rachael Stirling, Selena Tan
Almost You
An engineer builds an AI replica of her dead sister.
Dir: Matt Lipsey
Prod: Homefront Productions, Blazing Griffin, Scared Goose Entertainment
When: October-ongoing
Where: Glasgow
Sales: Bankside/UTA
Cast: Juno Temple, Joey King, James McAvoy
Baile
A BBC NI and TG4-backed comedy drama road trip film following a woman in the early stages of dementia.
Dir: Aideen Hand
Prod: Village Films
When: September-ongoing
Where: Belfast, Moira, Tyrella Beach, County Donegal,
Distributor: TBA
Cast: Marion O’Dwyer, Hazel Doupe
The Inbetweeners 3
Third installment from the Channel 4 sitcom spin-off film series, and the first set up at Netflix.
Dirs: Damon Beesley, Iain Morris
Prod: Claire Jones, Banijay’s Patrick Holland, Fudge Park Production’s Mark Lesbirel
When: September-ongoing
Where: UK
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas
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 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 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
Open Water
Adaptation of Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut novel.
Series creator: Caleb Azumah Nelson
Prod: Mam Tor Productions, B-Side Productions
When: September-ongoing
Where: Birmingham, London
Distributor: BBC
Cast: Toheeb Jimoh, Dujonna Gift
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
Tales Of The Unexpected
Six-part adaptation of Roald Dahl’s collection of short stories.
Series creator: Danny Brocklehurst
Dirs: Runyararo Mapfumo, Ben Gregor
Prod: Orchid Pictures
When: August-ongoing
Where: Manchester, Yorkshire, UK
Distributor: Netflix
Cast: Naomi Scott, Josh Finan, Imelda Staunton, Nicola Coughlan, Toby Jones
Army Of Shadows
A drama inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 film, re-imagined from the Nazi occupation of France to an occupied Great Britain.
Series creator: Ronan Bennett
Dir: Lisa Gunning
Prod: Studiocanal, Two Cities Television
When: July-ongoing
Where: Liverpool, Manchester, London, Paris
Distributor: Channel 4
Cast: Paddy Considine, America Ferrera, Alex Hassell, Kit Harington
Dept. Q
Series 2 following the misfit detectives in Edinburgh.
Series creator: Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani
Prod: Left Bank Pictures
When: June - ongoing
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
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
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 ’25-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 ’25-ongoing
Distributor: HBO
Cast: Dominic McLaughlin, Arabella Stanton, Alastair Stout
This information comes from a variety of sources, including our sister site The Knowledge.
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