Andy Burnham says Labour WILL bring HS2 to Manchester after fears it could be dropped

The Coalition for Change, the UK freelance collective set up in 2020, has set out a long-term strategy including a target to create a pipeline for its freelancers‘ charter at the begininng, middle and end of all TV productions.

StudioCanal, Mercis & Superrod Team On Animated Series ‘Miffy’

EXCLUSIVE: The Hollywood Creative Alliance (HCA) is set to add a series of new categories to its 2024 Creative Arts Award show, including a new section dedicated to stunt performers. 

The Arena Group, which controls media brands like Sports Illustrated, Parade and TheStreet, has teamed with FAST channel developer AcTVe to launch five channels tied to action sports magazines in its stable.

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp animated movie Johnny Puff: Secret Mission has sold to German-speaking Europe (Little Brother), Korea (AK Entertainment), Spain (Melies), Portugal (NOS Audiovisuais), Middle East (FrontRow) and Turkey (Wediacorp) ahead of the AFM in LA later this month.

In the long history of horror films since the dawn of cinema, it would be hard to imagine any of them quite having the particular impact of 1973’s The Exorcist which became the first horror film ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, along with nine other nominations including Best Actress for Ellen Burstyn. It eventually won two Academy Awards for William Peter Blatty’s screenplay based on his 1971 novel, and for the bone chilling Sound work. When I saw it as a young kid in its original incarnation at the National Theatre in Westwood (now no longer existing), there were lines like you have never seen wrapping completely around the block. Warner Bros. even put a nurse on duty in the lobby for those who passed out, no mere gimmick because it actually happened. Nothing I have seen since in the genre has matched that one for me, but it wasn’t for Hollywood not trying. There are countless imitations, even a couple of failed direct sequels including the dreadful 1977 followup, Exorcist II: The Heretic, and the forgettable Exorcist III: Legion in 1990. There have been TV series attempts, an origin angle with Exorcist: The Beginning in 2004, and countless others using the come-on Exorcist in their title. Earlier this year we even had another film, based on the Vatican’s longtime real life demon slayer, The Pope’s Exorcist which thanks to a dedicated performance by Russell Crowe worked quite well on its own terms

Kelly Clarkson is finally coming back.

EXCLUSIVE: Well Go USA Entertainment has set an awards-season U.S. release date for Monster, the latest film from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda that won the Best Screenplay prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to Stage 6 Films, Participant and Symbolic Exchange’s We Grown Now, which had its world premiere in the Centerpiece and Next Wave Selects section at this year’s TIFF. The movie’s writer, director, producer Minhal Baig received TIFF’s Changemaker Award which explores issues relevant to young people and is focused on themes of social change and youth empowerment.

Does any film really need a full six-hour documentary devoted to it? Honestly, you would be hard-pressed to think of one single film that deserves a multi-episode docuseries analyzing every aspect of its creation. And yet, the filmmakers behind “RoboDoc – The Creation of RoboCop” did just that.

A family of extremely rare "super-predators" have been filmed roaming the Scottish wilderness in new footage.

Plans for a new primary school in Livingston are in limbo due to a row over funding.

Edith Wharton‘s final and unfinished novel, “The Buccaneers” is getting an Apple TV+ adaptation. Developed by Katherine Jakeways and directed by “Andor’s” Susanna White and Beth Willis, the eight-episode television series will be making its way to the streaming service in November.

No matter how many years pass or how many filmmakers adapt his work, the stories written by Charles Dickens are constantly serving as inspiration in pop culture. Now, Hulu is taking a turn at Dickens with the upcoming series, “The Artful Dodger.” READ MORE: ‘Neon’ Trailer: Three Friends Try To Break Into The Music Business In Netflix’s New Comedy Series As seen in the new teaser, “The Artful Dodger” is a successor to Charles Dickens’ classic, “Oliver Twist.” Catching up with Jack Dawkins, aka the Artful Dodger, after he is sent to Australia, the series finds the criminal masquerading as a surgeon.

Guns N’ Roses‘ ‘Welcome To The Jungle’.No one was hurt or injured and one officer was able to quickly avoid being struck by the car that the man – named John Hargreaves, aged 34 from Belvidere, NJ – was driving (per AP.) The incident occurred on September 20.Surveillance footage shows the moment when Hargreaves’ gold SUV rams into the police station’s squad room. He immediately exits the vehicle and puts his hands in the air as police officers direct him on where to go in order to arrest him.

Celtic have pleaded with fans to hold fire on the pyro against Lazio after the Parkhead club were punished for fireworks in Holland.

A convicted double murderer died from natural causes following complications of lung cancer after refusing treatment, a sheriff was held.

The first 175 buses entering Greater Manchester's Bee Network under franchising can be revealed today.

The Prime Minister will deliver a speech today in Downing Street at 4.30pm.

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Andy Burnham today accused the Government of making the North pay for its failure to properly manage HS2 after it emerged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering scrapping the Manchester leg of the controversial high speed rail project.