Today, Acorn TV unveiled the official trailer for the highly anticipated return of the hit crime drama Harry Wild, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jane Seymour.
Season three debuts with a two-episode premiere on Acorn TV on Monday, May 13, with a co-premiere at 9:00 pm Et on AMC Networks’ linear platform, BBC America.
In season three, Harry (Seymour) and Fergus are hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera, work out how a mystery writer managed to shoot himself in a locked panic room without a gun, and more.
Meanwhile, with the agency still as busy as ever, Harry and Fergus have to find a way to balance work and life as Fergus plans...
Season three debuts with a two-episode premiere on Acorn TV on Monday, May 13, with a co-premiere at 9:00 pm Et on AMC Networks’ linear platform, BBC America.
In season three, Harry (Seymour) and Fergus are hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera, work out how a mystery writer managed to shoot himself in a locked panic room without a gun, and more.
Meanwhile, with the agency still as busy as ever, Harry and Fergus have to find a way to balance work and life as Fergus plans...
- 5/2/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Jane Seymour in ‘Harry Wild’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Acorn TV)
Acorn TV unveiled the first season three photo from Harry Wild starring Emmy winner Jane Seymour and announced a premiere date. The popular mystery series will kick off the new six-episode season on Monday, May 13, 2024 on Acorn and BBC America.
Seymour returns as executive producer and leads the cast as the titular character. Season three also stars Rohan Nedd as Fergus Reid, Samantha Mumba as Paula, Kevin Ryan as Charlie Wild, Amy Huberman as Orla Wild, Paul Tylak as Glenn Talbot, and Rose O’Neill as Lola Wild.
“In season three, Harry (Seymour) and Fergus (Nedd) are hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera, work out...
Acorn TV unveiled the first season three photo from Harry Wild starring Emmy winner Jane Seymour and announced a premiere date. The popular mystery series will kick off the new six-episode season on Monday, May 13, 2024 on Acorn and BBC America.
Seymour returns as executive producer and leads the cast as the titular character. Season three also stars Rohan Nedd as Fergus Reid, Samantha Mumba as Paula, Kevin Ryan as Charlie Wild, Amy Huberman as Orla Wild, Paul Tylak as Glenn Talbot, and Rose O’Neill as Lola Wild.
“In season three, Harry (Seymour) and Fergus (Nedd) are hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera, work out...
- 3/18/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Exclusive: Acorn TV, the streaming service aimed at Anglophiles, is getting a new look.
Parent company AMC Networks is giving the streamer a brand refresh with a new logo and tagline ahead of the return of its originals slate. This comes as it prepares for the launch of season three of Harry Wild, the drama starring Jane Seymour.
The series will return to Acorn TV on May 13 and will have a co-premiere on AMC Networks-backed BBC America. Seymour, best known for starring in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Bond film Live and Let Die and Netflix’s The Kominsky Method, plays Harry, who along with Rohan Nedd’s Fergus, is hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera,...
Parent company AMC Networks is giving the streamer a brand refresh with a new logo and tagline ahead of the return of its originals slate. This comes as it prepares for the launch of season three of Harry Wild, the drama starring Jane Seymour.
The series will return to Acorn TV on May 13 and will have a co-premiere on AMC Networks-backed BBC America. Seymour, best known for starring in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Bond film Live and Let Die and Netflix’s The Kominsky Method, plays Harry, who along with Rohan Nedd’s Fergus, is hired to prove the lead singer of Ireland’s hottest boy band didn’t kill himself, find out who decapitated a woman in a busy restaurant, discover who murdered a despotic director on the set of Ireland’s leading daytime soap opera,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Acorn TV, the Anglophilic streaming service, has partnered with Paramount’s British broadcaster Channel 5 on a new three-part detective drama series starring Sharon D Clarke.
The two networks have ordered Ellis, a feature-length series that stars Clarke as the eponymous detective.
Clarke, who is best known for her role on British hospital drama Holby City, is a three-time Olivier Award winner and a 2022 Tony Award nominee and has starred in series including BBC’s Showtrial and appeared in Rocketman.
The series follows Dci Ellis, a tenacious cop who is parachuted into failing investigations. Each two-hour episode sees Ellis – accompanied by her right-hand man DS Harper, played by Andrew Gower (Outlander) – arrive at a different police station, where she will have to win over the local detectives and immerse herself in the cases she has come to solve. As a black female cop, Ellis is used to being dismissed and overlooked,...
The two networks have ordered Ellis, a feature-length series that stars Clarke as the eponymous detective.
Clarke, who is best known for her role on British hospital drama Holby City, is a three-time Olivier Award winner and a 2022 Tony Award nominee and has starred in series including BBC’s Showtrial and appeared in Rocketman.
The series follows Dci Ellis, a tenacious cop who is parachuted into failing investigations. Each two-hour episode sees Ellis – accompanied by her right-hand man DS Harper, played by Andrew Gower (Outlander) – arrive at a different police station, where she will have to win over the local detectives and immerse herself in the cases she has come to solve. As a black female cop, Ellis is used to being dismissed and overlooked,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Whitstable Pearl has been greenlit for a third season by AMC streaming platform Acorn.
The British crime drama stars After Life‘s Kerry Godliman in the lead role and is based on the mystery novels by Julie Wassmer.
In Season 3 of the show from Crime producer Buccaneer, Godliman returns to build her private detective business, finding herself involved in more diverse investigations, including reopening an infamous local cold case and the death of a famous food critic. She’s aided and abetted by her outspoken, feisty mum Dolly and still going strong with boyfriend Tom, but it’s navigating her complex relationship with Dci Mike McGuire that still proves Pearl’s most challenging case
Howard Charles returns as Dci Mike McGuire and other returning cast members include Frances Barber as Dolly, Robert Webb as Tom Grant, Isobelle Molloy as Ruby Williams and Sophia del Pizzo as DS Nikki Martel.
The British crime drama stars After Life‘s Kerry Godliman in the lead role and is based on the mystery novels by Julie Wassmer.
In Season 3 of the show from Crime producer Buccaneer, Godliman returns to build her private detective business, finding herself involved in more diverse investigations, including reopening an infamous local cold case and the death of a famous food critic. She’s aided and abetted by her outspoken, feisty mum Dolly and still going strong with boyfriend Tom, but it’s navigating her complex relationship with Dci Mike McGuire that still proves Pearl’s most challenging case
Howard Charles returns as Dci Mike McGuire and other returning cast members include Frances Barber as Dolly, Robert Webb as Tom Grant, Isobelle Molloy as Ruby Williams and Sophia del Pizzo as DS Nikki Martel.
- 2/2/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Seymour will be back on the case when Harry Wild Season 2 premieres next month.
The Irish mystery thriller series is set to return with a two-episode premiere on Monday, October 9, 2023, exclusively on Acorn TV.
The new episodes will also air on Acorn TV in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Harry Wild Season 2 follows "former literature professor, Harry Wild (Seymour), who has found an unusual pastime in retirement: solving crimes along with her young partner in Pi work, Fergus Reid."
"Together the wise-cracking pair investigate cases ranging from missing persons to murders, much to the annoyance of Harry's son, Charlie, who's a detective in the Dublin Garda."
"When Fergus's mother suddenly turns up, years after abandoning her family, they have a deeply personal mystery to solve: What are her intentions? And can he trust her?"
If the trailer is to be believed, dynamics will shift significantly...
The Irish mystery thriller series is set to return with a two-episode premiere on Monday, October 9, 2023, exclusively on Acorn TV.
The new episodes will also air on Acorn TV in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Harry Wild Season 2 follows "former literature professor, Harry Wild (Seymour), who has found an unusual pastime in retirement: solving crimes along with her young partner in Pi work, Fergus Reid."
"Together the wise-cracking pair investigate cases ranging from missing persons to murders, much to the annoyance of Harry's son, Charlie, who's a detective in the Dublin Garda."
"When Fergus's mother suddenly turns up, years after abandoning her family, they have a deeply personal mystery to solve: What are her intentions? And can he trust her?"
If the trailer is to be believed, dynamics will shift significantly...
- 9/13/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates looks set to be an engaging mystery series with a comedic lick of humor.
The new drama series, headlined by Meera Syal, premieres Monday, September 18, on Acorn TV.
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the series premiere in which Mrs Sidhu goes up against Dci Burton (Craig Parkinson).
Mrs. Sidhu, a caterer with a taste for solving crimes, is shocked when her niece, Rani, is taken away for questioning after some incriminating evidence.
All of this happens on Mrs. Sidhu's first day catering at Sharpetone, a high-end health club.
Things take a shocking turn when two bodies are found inside the spa.
Initially, Mrs. Sidhu is far more concerned with staying out of the drama until her niece is hauled in for questioning.
Mrs. Sidhu poses plenty of questions to Burton, who is taken aback at the fact that he should be asking the questions.
The new drama series, headlined by Meera Syal, premieres Monday, September 18, on Acorn TV.
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the series premiere in which Mrs Sidhu goes up against Dci Burton (Craig Parkinson).
Mrs. Sidhu, a caterer with a taste for solving crimes, is shocked when her niece, Rani, is taken away for questioning after some incriminating evidence.
All of this happens on Mrs. Sidhu's first day catering at Sharpetone, a high-end health club.
Things take a shocking turn when two bodies are found inside the spa.
Initially, Mrs. Sidhu is far more concerned with staying out of the drama until her niece is hauled in for questioning.
Mrs. Sidhu poses plenty of questions to Burton, who is taken aback at the fact that he should be asking the questions.
- 9/13/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Acorn TV has been killing it with its mystery dramas filmed across the pond, and its latest looks like another murder-filled winner.
The streaming service has shared a promo of the series premiere of Mrs Sidhu Investigates, and let's say we're hungry for more.
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates stars Meera Syal, Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge), Craig Parkinson, and Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Death in Paradise).
Mrs Sidhu Investigates follows Mrs. Sidhu (Syal), a high-end caterer with a taste for crime who solves murders and other ghastly crimes amongst the affluent residents of Berkshire.
A lifetime of being an "Indian Aunty," invisible to the elite, has sharpened her skills as an investigator: an instinct for truth, a warmth with people and a persistent sense of nosiness.
Recently widowed, Mrs. Sidhu juggles her new catering business with wrangling her wayward son, Tez (Singh), all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law.
The streaming service has shared a promo of the series premiere of Mrs Sidhu Investigates, and let's say we're hungry for more.
Mrs. Sidhu Investigates stars Meera Syal, Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge), Craig Parkinson, and Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Death in Paradise).
Mrs Sidhu Investigates follows Mrs. Sidhu (Syal), a high-end caterer with a taste for crime who solves murders and other ghastly crimes amongst the affluent residents of Berkshire.
A lifetime of being an "Indian Aunty," invisible to the elite, has sharpened her skills as an investigator: an instinct for truth, a warmth with people and a persistent sense of nosiness.
Recently widowed, Mrs. Sidhu juggles her new catering business with wrangling her wayward son, Tez (Singh), all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law.
- 9/11/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Signora Volpe is heading back to Italy.
The series, which stars Emilia Fox as a British spy in Italy, has been renewed for Season 2 at AMC Networks’ Acorn TV.
It comes a year after the series launched three feature-length episodes. It is produced by ITV Studios-backed production company Route 24, which is behind Sky’s The Midwich Cuckoos.
Season 2 finds former British spy Sylvia Fox, played by Emilia Fox, even more deeply in love with Italy, and with life in the picturesque medieval town of Panicale. Contrary to her sister Isabel’s expectations, Sylvia appears to have lost her nomadic instincts, and after a year of living in Panicale, is fast becoming part of the local community. Sylvia spends her time reconnecting with her sister and restoring a gorgeous but crumbling old house in the hills. But old habits die hard, and though Sylvia might have left her job at MI6 behind,...
The series, which stars Emilia Fox as a British spy in Italy, has been renewed for Season 2 at AMC Networks’ Acorn TV.
It comes a year after the series launched three feature-length episodes. It is produced by ITV Studios-backed production company Route 24, which is behind Sky’s The Midwich Cuckoos.
Season 2 finds former British spy Sylvia Fox, played by Emilia Fox, even more deeply in love with Italy, and with life in the picturesque medieval town of Panicale. Contrary to her sister Isabel’s expectations, Sylvia appears to have lost her nomadic instincts, and after a year of living in Panicale, is fast becoming part of the local community. Sylvia spends her time reconnecting with her sister and restoring a gorgeous but crumbling old house in the hills. But old habits die hard, and though Sylvia might have left her job at MI6 behind,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you ready for an international romantic crime drama?
Acorn TV went public with the official trailer for Cannes Confidential, a star-studded new drama series premiering on the streaming service this summer.
Shot on location in Cannes and starring French TV-drama actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber, and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (Profilage), the six-part series will premiere with the first two episodes on Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV, with two new episodes premiering weekly every Monday through July 10.
Created by Chris Murray, Cannes Confidential is "a high-concept detective series centered on the bicker-banter relationship between no-nonsense detective Camille Delmasse (Lucas) and charming international conman Harry King (Bamber)," the streaming service shared today.
"Thrown together solving crimes on the French Riviera, Camille and Harry's relationship lies at the heart of the show against a luxurious Cannes backdrop."
"Camille and Harry's chemistry is complicated by Camille's colleague and wing-woman, Léa Robert (Marthe...
Acorn TV went public with the official trailer for Cannes Confidential, a star-studded new drama series premiering on the streaming service this summer.
Shot on location in Cannes and starring French TV-drama actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber, and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (Profilage), the six-part series will premiere with the first two episodes on Monday, June 26 on Acorn TV, with two new episodes premiering weekly every Monday through July 10.
Created by Chris Murray, Cannes Confidential is "a high-concept detective series centered on the bicker-banter relationship between no-nonsense detective Camille Delmasse (Lucas) and charming international conman Harry King (Bamber)," the streaming service shared today.
"Thrown together solving crimes on the French Riviera, Camille and Harry's relationship lies at the heart of the show against a luxurious Cannes backdrop."
"Camille and Harry's chemistry is complicated by Camille's colleague and wing-woman, Léa Robert (Marthe...
- 5/23/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Line of Duty star Craig Parkinson, Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge) and Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Death in Paradise are joining Acorn TV’s four-part mystery drama Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Meera Syal is fronting the four-part series as a crime-solving Indian chef, having voiced the eponymous sleuth in a popular BBC Radio 4 series of the same name.
The series, created by Suk Pannu, will follow Mrs Sidhu (Syal), a recently widowed high-end caterer who solves murders and other crimes among the affluent residents of the English county of Berkshire.
She uses a lifetime as an ‘Indian Aunty’ to sharpen her skills as an investigator, while juggling her new catering business with wrangling with her wayward son Tez, played by Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge). She forms an unofficial partnership with world weary police office Dci Burton, much to the amusement...
The series, created by Suk Pannu, will follow Mrs Sidhu (Syal), a recently widowed high-end caterer who solves murders and other crimes among the affluent residents of the English county of Berkshire.
She uses a lifetime as an ‘Indian Aunty’ to sharpen her skills as an investigator, while juggling her new catering business with wrangling with her wayward son Tez, played by Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge). She forms an unofficial partnership with world weary police office Dci Burton, much to the amusement...
- 8/25/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
More of P.D. James’ murder mysteries will be turned into TV dramas after AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Paramount Global-owned broadcaster Channel 5 handed drama series Dalgliesh a two-season renewal.
Des producer New Pictures will return to film the seasons, the first of which goes into production this year ahead of a 2023 debut.
Acorn Media Enterprises has the rights in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, with Channel 5 taking the UK, with Northern Ireland Screen providing additional funding.. All3Media International serves as distributor for the rest of the world.
Season two will comprise six episodes adapted from three P.D. James novels, with each being told over two hour-long episodes. Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of the enigmatic Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.
The novels being adapted for season two are Death Of An Expert Witness, A...
Des producer New Pictures will return to film the seasons, the first of which goes into production this year ahead of a 2023 debut.
Acorn Media Enterprises has the rights in North America, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, with Channel 5 taking the UK, with Northern Ireland Screen providing additional funding.. All3Media International serves as distributor for the rest of the world.
Season two will comprise six episodes adapted from three P.D. James novels, with each being told over two hour-long episodes. Bertie Carvel will reprise the role of the enigmatic Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh.
The novels being adapted for season two are Death Of An Expert Witness, A...
- 7/6/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameras are rolling in Cannes on “Cannes Confidential,” a high-end crime series set in the Cote d’Azur that will mark the first English-language procedural drama to be produced and set on the French riviera since the 1970s.
Skyverse Studios, AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV, French broadcaster TF1 and Nordic and streaming service Viaplay have announced the start of production on the six-part show that has been granted unprecedented access to film in the city of Cannes through an exclusive partnership and, given the timing of the start of shooting, will possibly include the upcoming Cannes film fest atmosphere.
Camille Delamarre will direct all six episodes.
The show, which will blend crime and romantic elements, is created by Chris Murray (“Midsomer Murders”). The main cast comprises French TV actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”), and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (“Profilage”) with additional cast to be announced.
“Cannes Confidential” revolves...
Skyverse Studios, AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV, French broadcaster TF1 and Nordic and streaming service Viaplay have announced the start of production on the six-part show that has been granted unprecedented access to film in the city of Cannes through an exclusive partnership and, given the timing of the start of shooting, will possibly include the upcoming Cannes film fest atmosphere.
Camille Delamarre will direct all six episodes.
The show, which will blend crime and romantic elements, is created by Chris Murray (“Midsomer Murders”). The main cast comprises French TV actor Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”), and singer/actor Tamara Marthe (“Profilage”) with additional cast to be announced.
“Cannes Confidential” revolves...
- 5/4/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount Plus has announced that its upcoming live-action “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder” series will premiere March 31.
Season 1 of “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder” will be made up of 13 episodes. The series follows Nickelodeon’s animated “The Fairly OddParents” program, which ran from 2001-2017 and focused on the adventures of Timmy Turner and his fairy godparents, Wanda and Cosmo, who magically granted wishes.
The latest chapter is set to focus on Timmy’s cousin, Vivian “Viv” Turner (Audrey Grace Marshall), and her stepbrother, Roy Raskin (Tyler Wladis), as the two face life in Dimmsdale with the help of the fairy godparents. In addition to Marshall and Wladis “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder” will also star Laura Bell Bundy as Rachel Raskin, Ryan-James Hatanaka as Ty Turner and Imogen Cohen as Zina Zacarias. Original voice cast Susanne Blakeslee and Daran Norris return to voice Wanda and Cosmo (who remain animated in the new series), respectively.
Season 1 of “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder” will be made up of 13 episodes. The series follows Nickelodeon’s animated “The Fairly OddParents” program, which ran from 2001-2017 and focused on the adventures of Timmy Turner and his fairy godparents, Wanda and Cosmo, who magically granted wishes.
The latest chapter is set to focus on Timmy’s cousin, Vivian “Viv” Turner (Audrey Grace Marshall), and her stepbrother, Roy Raskin (Tyler Wladis), as the two face life in Dimmsdale with the help of the fairy godparents. In addition to Marshall and Wladis “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder” will also star Laura Bell Bundy as Rachel Raskin, Ryan-James Hatanaka as Ty Turner and Imogen Cohen as Zina Zacarias. Original voice cast Susanne Blakeslee and Daran Norris return to voice Wanda and Cosmo (who remain animated in the new series), respectively.
- 2/23/2022
- by Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Sasha Urban and Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks has unveiled a slew of renewals across its streaming services.
Kin, Bloodlands, My Life Is Murder, Creepshow and Slasher have all been picked up for additional seasons.
Slasher, which airs on Shudder, has also set Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack as lead on its latest installment, Slasher: Ripper.
The series, which has been renewed for its fifth season, is heading back in time to the late 19th century — there’s a killer stalking the mean streets, but instead of targeting the poor and downtrodden like Jack the Ripper, The Widow is meting out justice against the rich and powerful. The only person standing in the way of this killer is the newly promoted detective, Kenneth Rijkers, whose ironclad belief in justice may wind up being yet another victim.
McCormack will play Basil Garvey, a charismatic tycoon whose success is only rivaled by his ruthlessness, as he oversees...
Kin, Bloodlands, My Life Is Murder, Creepshow and Slasher have all been picked up for additional seasons.
Slasher, which airs on Shudder, has also set Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack as lead on its latest installment, Slasher: Ripper.
The series, which has been renewed for its fifth season, is heading back in time to the late 19th century — there’s a killer stalking the mean streets, but instead of targeting the poor and downtrodden like Jack the Ripper, The Widow is meting out justice against the rich and powerful. The only person standing in the way of this killer is the newly promoted detective, Kenneth Rijkers, whose ironclad belief in justice may wind up being yet another victim.
McCormack will play Basil Garvey, a charismatic tycoon whose success is only rivaled by his ruthlessness, as he oversees...
- 2/10/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks announced renewals for six series across multiple platforms: “Kin,” “Bloodlands,” “My Life is Murder,” “London Kills,” “Creepshow” and the “Slasher” franchise. The new “Slasher” installment is entitled “Slasher: Ripper” and will star Eric McCormack as ruthless tycoon Basil Garvey. The announcements were made at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.
“Kin,” the Irish gang drama streaming on AMC Plus, is returning for its second season. The series centers the Kinsellas, a crime family that wars with and ultimately kills powerful drug kingpin Eamon Cunningham (Ciarán Hinds). Season 2 will begin production this summer and follow the Kinsellas as they become the top dogs in Dublin but must deal with the consequences of Cunningham’s death. Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne and Aidan Gillen star. “Kin” is produced by Bron Studios and Headline Pictures. Peter McKenna serves as showrunner, executive producer, writer and creator.
Irish crime thriller “Bloodlands” has...
“Kin,” the Irish gang drama streaming on AMC Plus, is returning for its second season. The series centers the Kinsellas, a crime family that wars with and ultimately kills powerful drug kingpin Eamon Cunningham (Ciarán Hinds). Season 2 will begin production this summer and follow the Kinsellas as they become the top dogs in Dublin but must deal with the consequences of Cunningham’s death. Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne and Aidan Gillen star. “Kin” is produced by Bron Studios and Headline Pictures. Peter McKenna serves as showrunner, executive producer, writer and creator.
Irish crime thriller “Bloodlands” has...
- 2/10/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Acorn TV has commissioned a second series of UK crime drama Whitstable Pearl and the show has been sold by distributor Cineflix Rights to a wealth of international buyers.
Based on Julie Wassmer’s Whitstable Pearl Mysteries, Buccaneer Media’s show features After Life’s Kerry Godliman and Shadow and Bone’s Howard Charles as two locals solving crimes in the picturesque seaside town.
Season two will see celebrity chef Nolan prioritize her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant.
Production will begin on the second six-part series in Whitstable, UK in February, with the show airing on Acorn in North America, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.
Distributor Cineflix has secured pre-sales for the second series in the Nordic region and sold the first to Sky Italia, Nhk Japan, BBC Worldwide (Benelux...
Based on Julie Wassmer’s Whitstable Pearl Mysteries, Buccaneer Media’s show features After Life’s Kerry Godliman and Shadow and Bone’s Howard Charles as two locals solving crimes in the picturesque seaside town.
Season two will see celebrity chef Nolan prioritize her detective work and transition from being a chef who solves crimes to a full time investigator who just happens to own a restaurant.
Production will begin on the second six-part series in Whitstable, UK in February, with the show airing on Acorn in North America, New Zealand, Australia and the UK.
Distributor Cineflix has secured pre-sales for the second series in the Nordic region and sold the first to Sky Italia, Nhk Japan, BBC Worldwide (Benelux...
- 11/29/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi will lead the new mystery drama Darby and Joan, which Cjz is producing for Acorn TV.
The eight-part series stars Brown as a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and Scacchi as a widowed English nurse. The pair meet each other and embark together on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia.
Filming will begin in Queensland this month, with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland.
Darby and Joan will be executive produced by Claire Tonkin, David Hannam, Matt Campbell, Bea Tammer and Catherine Mackin, with series producer Pino Amenta.
Created by Glenys Rowe and Phillip Gwynne, the series’ writers include Hannam, Beck Cole, Andrew Anastasios, Giula Sandler, Ainslie Clouston, Adam Zwar and Paul Bennett. The set-up director is David Caesar.
Cjz CEO Matt Campbell said the company was always convinced of the project’s potential.
The eight-part series stars Brown as a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and Scacchi as a widowed English nurse. The pair meet each other and embark together on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia.
Filming will begin in Queensland this month, with major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland.
Darby and Joan will be executive produced by Claire Tonkin, David Hannam, Matt Campbell, Bea Tammer and Catherine Mackin, with series producer Pino Amenta.
Created by Glenys Rowe and Phillip Gwynne, the series’ writers include Hannam, Beck Cole, Andrew Anastasios, Giula Sandler, Ainslie Clouston, Adam Zwar and Paul Bennett. The set-up director is David Caesar.
Cjz CEO Matt Campbell said the company was always convinced of the project’s potential.
- 8/5/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
MTV released a trailer for “The Challenge: Spies, Lies and Allies” and announced the first-ever “The Challenge: Fantasy League.”
The new season of the long-running franchise, which premieres Aug. 11 at 8 p.m., will showcase 17 international players alongside U.S. players. It will then roll out globally across MTV’s international networks in more than 190 countries throughout the coming months.
The trailer, which you can watch below, starts off with contestants atop cars swerving around tracks. “The Challenge” host T.J. Lavin tells contestants that the competition will be more complicated than ever before. “Agents, here on ‘The Challenge,’ the missions are harder, my eliminations — tougher. So I’ve brought 34 of the most elite agents from around the globe to test every one of your skills,” he says.
Aside from physical competition, the trailer provides a sneak peek into the contestants’ personal lives, with dancing, partying and romance being showcased between the players.
The new season of the long-running franchise, which premieres Aug. 11 at 8 p.m., will showcase 17 international players alongside U.S. players. It will then roll out globally across MTV’s international networks in more than 190 countries throughout the coming months.
The trailer, which you can watch below, starts off with contestants atop cars swerving around tracks. “The Challenge” host T.J. Lavin tells contestants that the competition will be more complicated than ever before. “Agents, here on ‘The Challenge,’ the missions are harder, my eliminations — tougher. So I’ve brought 34 of the most elite agents from around the globe to test every one of your skills,” he says.
Aside from physical competition, the trailer provides a sneak peek into the contestants’ personal lives, with dancing, partying and romance being showcased between the players.
- 8/4/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma and Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Cocktail star Bryan Brown and War & Peace’s Greta Scacchi are to play two strangers trekking on the road in the Australian outback in a new Australian drama series.
Acorn TV has ordered Darby and Joan and will air the eight-part series, which comes from My Life Is Murder producer Cjz, in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Australia, Spain and Portugal.
Brown plays a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and Scacchi, who also featured in AMC’s The Terror, as a widowed English nurse. The pair meet each other and embark together on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia.
The series, which has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland, will air in 2022.
Darby and Joan shines a light on isolated and often unseen areas of regional Australia, and a myriad of characters...
Acorn TV has ordered Darby and Joan and will air the eight-part series, which comes from My Life Is Murder producer Cjz, in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Latin America, Australia, Spain and Portugal.
Brown plays a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and Scacchi, who also featured in AMC’s The Terror, as a widowed English nurse. The pair meet each other and embark together on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia.
The series, which has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen Queensland, will air in 2022.
Darby and Joan shines a light on isolated and often unseen areas of regional Australia, and a myriad of characters...
- 8/4/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks is bringing together its international programming group across its linear cable networks and streaming services in a bid to find its next global hit.
The company has expanded the scope and focus of the group, which will be led by Kristin Jones, as it searches for follow-up shows to the likes of A Discovery of Witches, Humans and The Night Manager.
Jones, who has been at AMC Networks since 2014 and is EVP, International Programming, will oversee the group searching for global commissions, co-productions and acquisitions, across its linear networks AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV and streaming services Acorn TV, Sundance Now and the newly launched AMC+.
Other global shows include McMafia, State of the Union, Top of the Lake and Riviera as well as Gangs of London and The Salisbury Poisonings.
Jones’ team now includes Catherine Mackin, Don Klees, Shannon Cooper and Noel Manzano.
Former...
The company has expanded the scope and focus of the group, which will be led by Kristin Jones, as it searches for follow-up shows to the likes of A Discovery of Witches, Humans and The Night Manager.
Jones, who has been at AMC Networks since 2014 and is EVP, International Programming, will oversee the group searching for global commissions, co-productions and acquisitions, across its linear networks AMC, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV and streaming services Acorn TV, Sundance Now and the newly launched AMC+.
Other global shows include McMafia, State of the Union, Top of the Lake and Riviera as well as Gangs of London and The Salisbury Poisonings.
Jones’ team now includes Catherine Mackin, Don Klees, Shannon Cooper and Noel Manzano.
Former...
- 5/21/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
British actor Emilia Fox (“Silent Witness”) is set to star as a disillusioned U.K. spy who becomes a sleuth in Italy in “Signora Volpe,” a detective drama commissioned by AMC Networks’ Acorn TV that will start shooting in Italy in May.
The show comprising three 90-minute installments is being produced by ITV Studios-backed production company Route 24, with Italy’s ITV-owned Cattleya providing the Italian production service.
“Signora Volpe” is created and written by Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths (“Midsomer Murders) who are also its executive producers. Emilia Fox will play the lead named Sylvia who after years as an M16 operative winds up in a village in Umbria to visit her sister Isabel played by Tara Fitzgerald (“Game of Thrones”) and there becomes involved in a murder investigation.
As she starts her new life in Italy, Sylvia finds that trouble follows her wherever she goes. Motivated by her passion for justice,...
The show comprising three 90-minute installments is being produced by ITV Studios-backed production company Route 24, with Italy’s ITV-owned Cattleya providing the Italian production service.
“Signora Volpe” is created and written by Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths (“Midsomer Murders) who are also its executive producers. Emilia Fox will play the lead named Sylvia who after years as an M16 operative winds up in a village in Umbria to visit her sister Isabel played by Tara Fitzgerald (“Game of Thrones”) and there becomes involved in a murder investigation.
As she starts her new life in Italy, Sylvia finds that trouble follows her wherever she goes. Motivated by her passion for justice,...
- 4/27/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Jane Seymour has signed on to star in and co-executive produce a new Irish mystery thriller for Acorn TV, AMC Networks’ streamer that focuses on British content.
“Harry Wild” is set to go into production next month in Dublin. It’s targeted to debut in 2022 across all Acorn markets, which include the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
Created and co-written by David Logan (“Lost Christmas”), “Harry Wild” is produced and distributed by Dynamic Television.
Seymour, who had a long run on CBS in “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” and was more recently seen in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method,” will play retired English literature professor Harriet “Harry” Wild on the eight-part series. Wild finds herself at a crossroads after she is the victim of a mugging and agrees to recover in the home of her son, a police detective. Once under his roof,...
“Harry Wild” is set to go into production next month in Dublin. It’s targeted to debut in 2022 across all Acorn markets, which include the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
Created and co-written by David Logan (“Lost Christmas”), “Harry Wild” is produced and distributed by Dynamic Television.
Seymour, who had a long run on CBS in “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” and was more recently seen in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method,” will play retired English literature professor Harriet “Harry” Wild on the eight-part series. Wild finds herself at a crossroads after she is the victim of a mugging and agrees to recover in the home of her son, a police detective. Once under his roof,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Networks streamer Acorn TV has renewed its darkly comic British crime series Queens Of Mystery for a second season, with production already underway in Kent, south-east England.
Season 1 of Queens of Mystery followed a perennially single female detective and her three well-known crime writing aunts, who help her solve whodunit-style murders as well as set her up on blind dates. Acorn TV describes it as one of its most popular originals, though it did not disclose streaming figures.
Olivia Vinall played detective Matilda Stone in the first season, but will be replaced by Florence Hall in the second due to a scheduling conflict. Julie Graham (The Bletchley Circle), Sarah Woodward (The Pale Horse), and Siobhan Redmond (Unforgotten) return as Stone’s aunts.
The show will return for three feature-length stories, which will be broken up into six, 45-minute episodes. In episodes titled Sparring with Death,...
Season 1 of Queens of Mystery followed a perennially single female detective and her three well-known crime writing aunts, who help her solve whodunit-style murders as well as set her up on blind dates. Acorn TV describes it as one of its most popular originals, though it did not disclose streaming figures.
Olivia Vinall played detective Matilda Stone in the first season, but will be replaced by Florence Hall in the second due to a scheduling conflict. Julie Graham (The Bletchley Circle), Sarah Woodward (The Pale Horse), and Siobhan Redmond (Unforgotten) return as Stone’s aunts.
The show will return for three feature-length stories, which will be broken up into six, 45-minute episodes. In episodes titled Sparring with Death,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian Thriller Gets North America Deal
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired rights to Australian indie feature film Rage for VOD release in North America and a Vimeo On Demand release in Australia from February 23rd, 2021. Matt Theo (Night Shift), Hayley Beveridge (Dead Moon Circus) and Richard Norton (Mad Max: Fury Road) star in the film about a man who waked up after a violent home invasion to find that one of the attackers is still on the loose. Director is John Balazs and writer is Michael J. Kospiah. Producers are Marlane Ghmed and Vikki Blinks for Prima Lux Films in association with Adam La Rosa for La Rosa Productions.
Channel 5/Acorn TV Team For ‘The Reluctant Madame Blanc’
ViacamCBS network Channel 5 and AMC streamer Acorn TV have partnered on their second drama series together: The Reluctant Madame Blanc (working title). Produced by Clapperboard and Saffron Cherry Productions, the six-part...
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired rights to Australian indie feature film Rage for VOD release in North America and a Vimeo On Demand release in Australia from February 23rd, 2021. Matt Theo (Night Shift), Hayley Beveridge (Dead Moon Circus) and Richard Norton (Mad Max: Fury Road) star in the film about a man who waked up after a violent home invasion to find that one of the attackers is still on the loose. Director is John Balazs and writer is Michael J. Kospiah. Producers are Marlane Ghmed and Vikki Blinks for Prima Lux Films in association with Adam La Rosa for La Rosa Productions.
Channel 5/Acorn TV Team For ‘The Reluctant Madame Blanc’
ViacamCBS network Channel 5 and AMC streamer Acorn TV have partnered on their second drama series together: The Reluctant Madame Blanc (working title). Produced by Clapperboard and Saffron Cherry Productions, the six-part...
- 1/20/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Acorn TV, AMC Network’s British programming focused streamer, is to launch in the U.K. at the end of the month.
Launching on April 29 with dramas such as ITV’s “Foyle’s War” and the BBC’s “Keeping Faith” as well as the British-produced Acorn TV original “Queens of Mystery,” the service will charge £4.99 ($6.20) per month in the U.K. or £49.99 ($62) a year.
Acorn TV claims more than one million paid subscribers in the U.S., where it offers dramas, mysteries and comedies from the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Scandinavia.
Acorn TV is offering a 30-day free trial for a limited time, and will be available on devices such as Roku, Fire TV, Android, Apple mobile and Apple TV, and says it is coming soon to Amazon Channels and Apple TV Channels.
The streamer is pushing into an increasingly competitive U.K. Svod market, which has seen launches by BritBox,...
Launching on April 29 with dramas such as ITV’s “Foyle’s War” and the BBC’s “Keeping Faith” as well as the British-produced Acorn TV original “Queens of Mystery,” the service will charge £4.99 ($6.20) per month in the U.K. or £49.99 ($62) a year.
Acorn TV claims more than one million paid subscribers in the U.S., where it offers dramas, mysteries and comedies from the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Scandinavia.
Acorn TV is offering a 30-day free trial for a limited time, and will be available on devices such as Roku, Fire TV, Android, Apple mobile and Apple TV, and says it is coming soon to Amazon Channels and Apple TV Channels.
The streamer is pushing into an increasingly competitive U.K. Svod market, which has seen launches by BritBox,...
- 4/2/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
AMC’s Acorn Media Enterprises and Irish pubcaster Rte have teamed up on “The South Westerlies,” an Irish-produced original comedy-drama featuring an ensemble cast led by Orla Brady (“Mistresses”). Zdf Enterprises and Norway’s TV2 are also on board the series, which has backing from Screen Ireland.
Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures is producing. It will bow on Rte in 2020. In the U.S. it will premiere on the Acorn TV streaming service, which recently surpassed the 1-million subscriber mark in North America.
Eileen Walsh (“Catastrophe”), Ger Ryan (“Rialto”), Sam Barrett, Lily Nichol (“Handymen”), Steve Wall (“Vikings”) and Patrick Bergin (“Patriot Games”) will also star in “The South Westerlies.”
Brady will play Kate, an environmental consultant for a Norwegian energy firm. Before landing a lucrative promotion, she has to go undercover among protesters and quash objections to a wind farm project near their small coastal town.
Filming is underway. The shoot will...
Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures is producing. It will bow on Rte in 2020. In the U.S. it will premiere on the Acorn TV streaming service, which recently surpassed the 1-million subscriber mark in North America.
Eileen Walsh (“Catastrophe”), Ger Ryan (“Rialto”), Sam Barrett, Lily Nichol (“Handymen”), Steve Wall (“Vikings”) and Patrick Bergin (“Patriot Games”) will also star in “The South Westerlies.”
Brady will play Kate, an environmental consultant for a Norwegian energy firm. Before landing a lucrative promotion, she has to go undercover among protesters and quash objections to a wind farm project near their small coastal town.
Filming is underway. The shoot will...
- 10/11/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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