Producers of visionary film and TV drama. Established in 2002, Warp Films is one of the most exciting and respected production companies in the UK today. ITV Studios has a flurry of new deals for award-winning Warp Films’ new and provocative drama, Little Birds. Starzplay, the premium international streaming service from STARZ, has acquired the critically […]
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The slate is headed by Masao Okubo’s Record Of Ragnarok, an adaptation of the popular manga about the one-on-one battles between humans and gods to determine the fate of humanity. Set to premiere in June 2021, the series is produced by Japanese animation studio Graphinica. Netflix is also launching two shows combining the work of international
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Coffee has become the next big thing on film and TV sets and events. Other beverages are also encouraged, but not as important. There are many companies that now specialise in just making sure that your crew is kept up to date with their daily caffeine. It is often best to have a company purely
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Despite Brexit and COVID19, the Film and TV industry in the UK is bouncing back with new films and programmes being commissioned. Making use of the new enlarged home watching audience. New deals have been made for more straight to streaming productions. A lot of these are multi million projects and look set to start
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The government film production manual has a lot of good information on taxation and laws relating to the film and TV industry. Though because of Brexit, you may need to check that something has not changed. Film Production Company Manual – HMRC internal manual – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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The Cannes Film Festival has set new submission deadlines following its decision last week to ditch its traditional May slot in favour of the later dates of July 6 to 17. It hopes the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic will have eased by then. The deadline for registration of feature films is April 26, followed by May 3 for
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With all the new regulations now in force, it can be more difficult to find a freight company you can rely on. You can check the status of their license by going to the government site Check vehicle operator decisions and applications – Vehicle Operator Licensing – GOV.UK (vehicle-operator-licensing.service.gov.uk) This tells you any restrictions the
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Hengdian World Studios, China’s largest film and television shooting base located in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang in Zhejiang Province, has a busy filming season as the film crews across the country resume work. As the epidemic eases, the site is crowded with camera crews, and some of the shooting locations need to be
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Hackman Capital Partners, the owner of sites including Culver Studios in Los Angeles and Silvercup Studios in New York, has agreed to invest £300m over the next three years to develop a site in Dagenham for a new film studio. First productions could start filming by mid-2022. “Dagenham used to be famous for factories and
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Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings revealed at last year’s RTS Cambridge Convention the company had invested around $500m on UK content for that year. Netflix has repeatedly spoken of the UK’s importance as part of its original content offering, with the streamer commissioning more than 50 TV series and films last year. The SVoD giant
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