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Doctor Who returns for its new season in a couple of weeks! We'll catch up with Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor, alongside companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson). And we'll also see the arrival of a new companion, Belinda Chandra, played by Varada Sethu.

Ncuti Gatwa's debut season was very much a mixed bag. It served as a soft reboot for the entire franchise, which is now being made with Disney cash, meaning a bigger budget and a wider audience thanks to new episodes dropping on Disney+. Episodes ranged from excellent, such as "73 Yards," to disappointing, like "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord."

The new season — which is the second, 15th or 41st depending on how you're counting — looks pretty wild, featuring everything from an episode set in 2007 to a battle with an escaped cartoon by the name of Mr. Ring-a-Ding (Alan Cumming). There's also a Eurovision-esque interstellar song contest hosted by Rylan Clark,...

Doctor Who has confirmed episode titles for its upcoming second season. The hit Disney+ and BBC science fiction series will return on April 12 with all-new episodes.

The show's official website has revealed that Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies will write five of the season's eight episodes, starting with the season premiere, "The Robot Revolution," which is directed by It's a Sin and Daredevil's Peter Hoar. Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor meets a new friend in this episode, as Varada Sethu joins the Tardis as companion Belinda Chandra.

Doctor Who Season 2 Has Eight All-New Episodes

Here's the official synopsis for Doctor Who's season 2 premiere: "The Doctor meets Belinda Chandra and begins an epic quest to get her back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling Tardis team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before."

The showrunner has also penned episode two,...

The Fifteenth Doctor is gearing up for a fresh set of adventures as Doctor Who season 15 prepares to launch on April 12, 2025. Ncuti Gatwa will once again step into the Doctor’s shoes, joined by Varada Sethu as the new companion Belinda Chandra.

Millie Gibson also returns as Ruby Sunday, the companion from season 14, after wrapping up her journey in 2024. The season promises a wild ride with eight episodes packed with action and wonder.

The episode titles, shared through a thread on the official Doctor Who X account, give a sneak peek into what’s ahead. The season kicks off with “The Robot Revolution,” followed by “Lux,” “The Well,” “Lucky Day,” “The Story & The Engine,” “The Interstellar Song Contest,” “Wish World,” and ends with “The Reality War.”

Each title came with a short, stylized video hinting at the episode’s theme, building excitement for the Doctor, Belinda, and Ruby’s upcoming challenges.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka will unite with Mckenna Grace, who notably played the title character's younger self in an episode of the Netflix series, for a new survival thriller. Titled The Nowhere Game, the movie will be produced by Erik Feig's Picturestart.

Per Deadline, The Nowhere Game follows "Carin (Grace) and Allie (Shipka), whose road trip takes a harrowing turn when the two young women are kidnapped by a cold-blooded sadist and thrust into a brutal game of survival. With a short head start, Carin and Allie will be set loose in the forest with limited supplies while being hunted in front of an online audience watching in grim fascination. With no sign of civilization and no way to call for help, the women rely on their wits and each other to evade capture. Navigating the hostile wilderness, they discover eerie clues left behind by previous 'contestants,...

The 15th season of ‘Doctor Who’ is set to air in 2025. It’s the sixth season led by Russell T Davies as head writer and producer, marking his second stint after previously working on the show from 2005 to 2010. This will be the 15th season since the show’s revival in 2005 and the 41st overall.

Ncuti Gatwa will return as the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by Millie Gibson as his companion Ruby Sunday, and Varada Sethu as a new companion, Belinda Chandra. Nicola Coughlan made a guest appearance as a companion in the 2024 Christmas special.

The season, preceded by a Christmas episode, will have eight episodes directed by a mix of directors, including Alex Sanjiv Pillai and Amanda Brotchie. Russell T Davies leads the writing team alongside others, with Steven Moffat contributing to the Christmas special. Filming ran from October 2023 to May 2024.

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The new BBC-produced “Doctor Who” holiday TV special, directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai is titled “Joy to the World”, streaming December 25, 2024 on Disney+:

“…when ‘Joy’ (Nicola Coughlin) checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the ‘Time Hotel’ — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the ‘Doctor’ (Ncuti Gatwa).

“But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth involving ‘Silurians’…

‘…just in time for Christmas…”

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It’s Christmas week, and we’ve handpicked some great films for you to enjoy. On the theatrical front, there are three exciting selections: Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s directorial debut, Then a remake of a Tamil film, and a Kannada police drama.

For Ott lovers, a festive treat awaits with a Christmas special from a beloved British TV series, on Disney Plus Hotstar. Netflix also joins the celebration with the much-anticipated second season of a popular South Korean series centered around games.

Discover more about these titles and other recommendations by scrolling down. From all of us at Koimoi, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season.

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Doctor Who has become synonymous with Christmas thanks to the many memorable episodes that have aired during the holiday. After six years without a Christmas Special, Russell T Davies restored the tradition when kicking off Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor era. While Davies has written seven of the show’s Christmas specials, it’s Steven Moffat (who assumed showrunner duties when Davies first left in 2010) who has written the most and arguably many of the best Christmas specials. He returns to pen this year’s entry and delivers another festive episode that’s equal parts whimsical and wistful.

The latest season of Doctor Who introduces the Fifteenth Doctor, joined by new companion Ruby Sunday. Their first adventure begins with "The Church on Ruby Road," where they face powerful new foes and unravel the mystery surrounding Ruby's origins. The Doctor grapples with the aftermath of a unique regeneration event and...

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Prime Video is home to millions of hours of content, and something new is added to Prime Video’s content library every day. 2024 has been a great year for Prime Video as many of the original TV shows and movies, including Fallout and The Idea of You, came out this year. So, we compiled a list of the best Prime Video original movies in 2024.

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Upgraded is a romantic comedy film directed by Carlson Young from a screenplay co-written by Christine Lenig, Justin Matthews, and Luke Spencer Roberts. The 2024 film follows Ana Santos, an aspiring art intern who is invited on a last-minute work trip to London, where she meets William, a handsome stranger who mistakes Ana for an art director. Upgraded stars Camila Mendes, Archie Renaux, Thomas Kretschmann, Gregory Montel, Lena Olin, and Marisa Tomei.

The new BBC-produced “Doctor Who” holiday TV special, directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai is titled “Joy to the World”, streaming December 25, 2024 on Disney+:

“…when ‘Joy’ (Nicola Coughlin) checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the ‘Time Hotel’ — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the ‘Doctor’ (Ncuti Gatwa).

“But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth involving ‘Silurians’…

‘…just in time for Christmas…”

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Time travel, a Bridgerton star, and two Ncuti Gatwas. These are just a few of the fun elements featured in the all-new trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

Titled "Joy to the World," the special is set to debut on Dec. 25 — Christmas Day — at 9:10 a.m. Pst (12:10 p.m. Est) on Disney+. The special is set in what's called the Time Hotel, a place where customers are able to visit particular points in history. With her role as the titular Joy, Nicola Coughlan of Bridgerton fame is also playing a big part in the story, as seen in the trailer. Fans can watch the video below.

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The synopsis...

Ncuti Gatwa and Nicola Coughlan are already bringing "Joy to the World" thanks to their work on series like Sex Education and Bridgerton. But they're also doing it in a more official capacity, as the duo star in this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, set to air on Christmas Day, around our world, at least.

And in a new trailer released on Thursday by Disney+ and the BBC, the beloved British series will do what it does best — celebrate the holiday season with some cheery scraps and silly antics over the course of several misunderstood alien encounters. As the official synopsis reads:

When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

What Is This Year's 'Doctor Who' Christmas Special About?...

While Doctor Who's future is currently far from a sure thing (more on that in a moment), we have at least one more season with Ncuti Gatwa in the Tardis to get excited about. We're also just a few short weeks away from this year's Christmas special. 

Last year's focused on Gawta's first adventure as the Doctor, though this effort looks like a far more light-hearted, festive adventure. 

In "Joy to the World," when Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel - discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

The special stars Gatwa (Sex Education) as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) as Joy. Additional cast includes Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris as Melnak, Joel Fry as Trev, Peter Benedict as Basil, Julia Watson as Hilda,...

Disney+ has released the official trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special, Joy to the World, ahead of the December 25 (9:10 a.m. Pst / 12:10 p.m. Est) premiere.

In the special, when Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

The special stars Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) as Joy. The additional cast includes Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris as Melnak, Joel Fry as Trev, Peter Benedict as Basil, Julia Watson as Hilda and Niamh Marie Smith as Sylvia.

Joy to the World is executive produced and written by Steven Moffat and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai. Russell T Davies is the showrunner and executive producer.

The additional executive producers are Joel Collins,...

Disney+ has dropped the official trailer for the highly anticipated “Doctor Who” Christmas special, “Joy to the World,” which premieres on December 25 at 9:10 a.m. Pst / 12:10 p.m. Est.

Synopsis: When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs, and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

Cast: Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”) stars as the Doctor, alongside Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton”) as Joy. The cast also features Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris as Melnak, Joel Fry as Trev, Peter Benedict as Basil, Julia Watson as Hilda, and Niamh Marie Smith as Sylvia.

Creative Team: “Joy to the World” is written and executive produced by Steven Moffat and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai. Russell T Davies serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Joel Collins, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner,...

Today, Disney+ released the official trailer for the eagerly awaited “Doctor Who” Christmas special, “Joy to the World,” ahead of the Dec. 25 (9:10 a.m. Pst / 12:10 p.m. Est) premiere.

Synopsis: When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs, and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

Cast: The special stars Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”) as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton”) as Joy. Additional cast includes Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris as Melnak, Joel Fry as Trev, Peter Benedict as Basil, Julia Watson as Hilda, and Niamh Marie Smith as Sylvia.

Creative Team: “Joy to the World” is executive produced and written by Steven Moffat and directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai. Russell T Davies is the showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers are Joel Collins,...

Ncuti Gatwa and “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan face off against dinosaurs — and multiple versions of the Doctor — in the trailer for this year’s “Doctor Who” Christmas special.

Titled “Joy to the World,” the special sees new character Joy, played by Coughlan, check into a London hotel during the holiday season. However, she accidentally “opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor,” the episode’s synopsis reads. “But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas. What is going on in Joy’s hotel room? An old enemy of the Doctor’s is lurking in the wings and all of human history hangs in the balance. Can the Doctor save Christmas, everywhere, all at once?”

In addition to Gatwa and Coughlan, the special — which premieres on Disney+ Dec. 25 at 9:10 a.m. Pt as well as on BBC One...

It’s “Joy to the World” for Doctor Who fans this Christmas as Disney and the BBC unveil a trailer for the latest holiday special.

Featuring Ncuti Gatwa and Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, Joy to the World follows the title character checking into a London hotel in 2024. She opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

Gatwa of course returns as the Doctor. Coughlan, who is known globally for her role as Penelope Featherington in Netflix’s Bridgerton, has been trailed to be appearing in Doctor Who for some time. Others to feature include Steph de Whalley as Anita, Jonathan Aris as Melnak, Joel Fry as Trev, Peter Benedict as Basil, Julia Watson as Hilda and Niamh Marie Smithas Sylvia.

The Christmas special will precede the second season of episodes...

The first trailer for the Doctor Who Christmas special “Joy to the World” has dropped, and in the clip we see the Doctor, now without a companion after Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday said goodbye at the end of season 14, trying to save Christmas, everywhere, all at once.

The logline for the special reads: “When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel — discovering danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.”

The special stars Sex Eductation star Ncuti Gatwa, the Scottish-Rwandan actor who has portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor since 2023’s “The Giggle,” and Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan as Joy. The episode also features Steph de Whalley, Jonathan Aris, Joel Fry, Peter Benedict, Julia Watson and Niamh Marie Smith.

“Joy to the World” is executive produced and written by Doctor Who...

More! Like baby chicks gape-mouthed in the nest, Doctor Who fans demand to be fed. Series 14 was gulped down in what felt like record time, and now comes the hunger. After “Empire of Death”, the mystery of Ruby’s mother was solved and the revelation that Sutekh has been Teen Wolfing it atop the Tardis since 1975, we want to know… what’s next?

A Christmas special, followed by eight new episodes is what, plus the continuation of the current companion and the introduction of a new one. Read all about it below.

2024 Christmas Special “Joy to the World”

On the press circuit for Steven Moffat’s series 14 episode “Boom”, the former showrunner confirmed that yes, the rumours are true, he’s the writer of the 2024 Christmas special. The episode is called “Joy to the World”, it’s set at least partly during WWII, features a scene on Mount Everest, and...

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Steven Moffat has written the 2024 Doctor Who Christmas Special entitled Joy To The World.

Almost as soon as Russell T Davies announced he was returning as showrunner on Doctor Who, fans began speculating about who else might be returning. Top of the list for many was Steven Moffat, who’s clocked up more Doctor Who scripts than any other writer.

Rumour turned into fact earlier this year, when it was confirmed that Moffat had indeed returned to the fold to pen the third episode in Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson’s debut series, entitled Boom. Set to be darker in nature than the opening two episodes, the official synopsis reads as follows:

Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped when he steps on a landmine. Can he save himself and Ruby, plus the entire planet… without moving?

Steven Moffat let slip in an...

Considering the slippery prevarication that led up to the official word that former showrunner Steven Moffat had written a new episode of Doctor Who for series 14, this next confirmation arrived with relative ease.

In a very enjoyable and in-depth interview by Tom Spilsbury at TV Choice Magazine ahead of Moffat’s new episode “Boom” airing this weekend, the ex-Who boss confirmed rumours that yes, he’s written this year’s Christmas Special.

Moffat told TV Choice that the 2024 special might well be his final ever Doctor Who episode, but then again, it also might not be.

“I’m not against doing another one at all, but I don’t have any tremendous visceral need to do another one. As I got to the end of Boom, and as I got to the end of Joy To The World [his upcoming Christmas special], I did think, ‘Is that it? Is that the final moment?’ I...

How To Date Billy Walsh is a teen romantic comedy directed by Alex Pillai. The Prime Video film follows the story of two high schoolers Amelia and Archie who have been friends since childhood. Archie is harboring secret feelings for Amelia but hasn’t told her and when he decides to do so, Amelia falls for the new transfer student Billy. Will Amelia end up choosing Billy or Archie? How To Date Billy Walsh stars Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, and Tanner Buchanan in the lead roles with Daisy Jelley, Kunal Nayyar, Nick Frost, Lucy Punch, Guz Khan, and Charles Camrose starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the love triangle in How To Date Billy Walsh here are some similar films you should check out next.

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This weekend, Prime Video brings viewers a fun, lighthearted rom-com. The new movie, “How to Date Billy Walsh,” follows two high schoolers, Amelia and Archie, as they navigate their longtime friendship, potential romances, and everything in between. It wouldn’t be high school without a few awkward moments along the way. Directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai (“Bridgerton”), “How to Date Billy Walsh” begins streaming on-demand on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, April 5. You can watch How to Date Billy Walsh with a 30-Day Free Trial of Amazon Prime Video.

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“How to Date Billy Walsh” follows Archie and Amelia, two childhood best friends. They have been by each other’s side throughout many big milestones and everyday moments.

Even with floor-level expectations, this romcom is incoherent and grating, mistaking teen camp for charm

At this point, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had to start a review by suggesting the streaming business has lowered our standards. The expectation, now, is cheap-looking, derivative and disposable – and the aim is purely consumable. At best, these B-tier streaming movies are fun, kicky, or knowingly smooth-brain. At worst, they’re offensive to your time.

How to Date Billy Walsh, a new teen movie from Prime Video, falls on the latter end of that spectrum. The England-set romcom from veteran TV director Alex Pillai, whose credits include Riverdale, Bridgerton and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, commits the cardinal sin in this content glut: it is boring, and its glaring flaws – from tone to shot choice to premise – only serve to underscore its failings, and not in a fun, Madame Web way.

Prime Video is quickly becoming known for having some of the most well known IPs in its content library and this upcoming month some more brilliant content will make its way into the Prime Video’s streaming library. So, today we are here to tell you the best possible movies and TV shows you should check out that will become available on Prime Video in April 2024.

Red Eye (April 1)

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Charithra Chandran is not in Season 3 of “Bridgerton,” the British star has confirmed, but she has a range of other projects coming up.

Chandran, who is of Indian heritage, will produce a reality TV series based on ancient Sanskrit-language text the “Kama Sutra.” While the text was primarily designed as an art of living guide, many of the film and TV interpretations of it have focused on its sexual aspects.

“I’m working on a reality TV show, which is inspired by the ‘Kama Sutra,’ [for] which I would be just behind the scenes. I would just be producing obviously, not on the show,” Chandran told Variety. “The ‘Kama Sutra’ is actually an ancient Hindu text, but in the West it has this not-so-pleasant, or positive, reputation and connotation. And it’s about taking ownership back of things that belong to us and our culture, and actually showing the beauty and...

Bridgerton’s Charitha Chandran is making her West End debut in a one-woman show titled Instructions For A Teenage Armageddon.

She was a 17 year-old girl, the only God she believed in was Taylor Swift.

After her sister’s untimely death by a Yorkshire Pudding, a funny teenage misfit begrudgingly joins a flailing scout group to help her navigate the kicks and punches of adolescence with varying degrees of success.

Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon is a rollercoaster ride through youth. Whether you are a young person, know a young person, or simply were a young person once – it’s time to rip up the rule book and reconnect with your younger self.

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Doctor Who season 15 is set to air in May 2025, featuring a brand new and ambitious story that pushes the boundaries of the show. Ncuti Gatwa's second season as the Fifteenth Doctor is currently filming alongside the 2024 seasonal special, despite his debut episode not having aired yet. While season 14 has yet to have a confirmed release date, it has been rumored that the new episodes will premiere sometime in spring 2024.

The release window for Doctor Who season 15 is revealed, as showrunner Russell T Davies teases a new, elaborate story unlike anything before for the in-development 2025 episode. Ncuti Gatwa's second season is currently filming alongside 2024's seasonal special despite having yet to debut as the Fifteenth Doctor. Gatwa's first full adventure, "The Church at Ruby Road," will air in December 2023 and will feature the debut of his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson).

With Doctor Who's new 60th-anniversary stories set to...

Celebrated director Peter Hoar, known for his work in the Matt Smith-era, is joining Ncuti Gatwa's second season of Doctor Who. Newcomer Alex Pillai will also handle the first block of filming for season 15, while Hoar will handle episodes in the second block. The director line-up for season 15 has raised high expectations for the upcoming era of Doctor Who, indicating a potential increase in prominence for the franchise.

With a number of other familiar faces returning to the fold, Doctor Who season 15's directors line-up confirms celebrated Matt Smith-era director Peter Hoar is joining Ncuti Gatwa's second season. Gatwa is set to take the keys to the Tardis during the show's 60th-anniversary celebrations, before leading a new era of the franchise in 2023's seasonal special and the following season 14 in 2024. Gatwa will be joined by Millie Gibson, who will portray new companion Ruby Sunday and make her debut...

Keshet International (Ki) has racked up several deals for scripted formats and finished tape in the Central and Eastern Europe region.

Ki has sold the format rights for Duo Productions’ 8 x 60’ relationship thriller “Too Much Love” (“L’homme qui aimait trop”) to Slovakian free-to-air broadcaster TV Joj. Originally created by Canadian writing duo Michel d’Astous and Anne Boyer (“Taboo”) for Bell Media’s Quebecois streamer Noovo, the Slovakian adaptation will be produced by Piknik Pictures (“Traffic Light”). Currently in pre-production, with casting in progress, shooting will commence later this year ahead of a 2024 premiere on TV Joj.

Kelly Wright, Ki’s MD of distribution, described the show as “something of a conversation starter because of the anti-hero’s controversial lifestyle choices,” with Marcel Grega, CEO of TV Joj adding that the show “is the perfect example of a modern drama that opens subjects that are considered taboo.”

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Exclusive: The second annual Nalip Latino Lens Narrative Short Film Incubator for Women of Color has selected its class of 2022: Holly M. Kaplan, Nicole Otero, Akilah ‘Ak’ Walker, Diana Gonzalez-Morett, Jhanvi Motla, and Frida Perez.

As part of this program, the filmmakers received a $25k grant to produce a new short film. Throughout that process, they were supported by executives at the Nalip and Netflix, who provided creative feedback during development as well as guidance through post-production. The films will showcase at a special screening at Nalip’s Diverse Women in Media Forum on March 30, 2023, in Los Angeles.

“We are grateful to Netflix and the mentorship support provided by individuals that hold a strong place in the industry and constantly elevate the filmmakers’ voices,” Diana Luna, Nalip Executive Director said in a statement. “Writers, Ligiah Villalobos and Stephanie Adams-Santos; Director, Carlos Lopez Estrada: Casting Director, Carla Hool; and fundraising expert,...

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“Escape From Kabul Airport,” a documentary airing on BBC Two in September, will tell the inside story of the 18 days in August 2021, when the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, and the subsequent evacuation of thousands of Afghan citizens from Kabul airport after the Taliban seized the city.

The documentary is an Amos production for the BBC, in association with HBO and in collaboration with Arte France. It is produced by Emmy and BAFTA-winning Dan Reed (“Leaving Neverland”) and directed by Jamie Roberts (“Four Hours At The Capitol”).

The film combines never before seen on-the-ground archival footage from the evacuation, alongside interviews with evacuees, eye-witnesses, U.S. Marines and Taliban fighters.

Roberts said: “When the images of the chaotic Kabul airlift flashed across the news I immediately wanted to know more about what this historic moment looked and felt like on the ground, through the eyes of the people who were there.

‘Camp Pleasant Lake’ Adds ‘Jerry Maguire’ & ‘Broil’ Actor Jonathan Lipnicki

Exclusive: Jonathan Lipnicki is getting villainous in Safier Entertainment’s indie horror flick Camp Lake Pleasant. The Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little and Broil star will play Jasper Meadows, the film’s villain, which goes into production on Sunday (August 28). Also joining the cast are Robert Lasardo, Kelly Reiter and James Di Giacoma (Stowaway). Michael Pare, Bonnie Aarons, Devanny Pinn and Mike Ferguson also star. Camp Pleasant Lake follows an enterprising couple, the Rutherfords, who decide to open a horror camp on the abandoned camp property where a young girl, Echo Meadows, and her parents were brutally murdered 20 years prior. They charge adults exorbitant sums to come and relive the events with the help of counsellors who were campers two decades before, while spreading the rumor Echo returns every year. However, the counsellors begin dying,...

Exclusive: ITV has ordered a new crime drama series starring ER’s Parminder Nagra from Line of Duty pair Maya Sondhi and Jed Mercurio.

The British broadcaster has commissioned Di Ray, a Birmingham-set, four-part series that is centered around Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.

The series will track a murder investigation whilst exploring the emotive subject of racism in the workplace. It asks difficult questions about what it’s like to be British but feel ‘other, while taking viewers through the murky underworld of Birmingham.

Nagra, who starred on the ABC medical drama between 2003 and 2009 and has also appeared on The Blacklist and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., will play Ray.

Ray achieves the promotion she’s been waiting for when she’s asked to join a homicide investigation.

Exclusive: ITV has commissioned an extended second season of its odd-couple detective series McDonald & Dodds, starring Jason Watkins (The Crown) and Tala Gouveia (Cold Feet).

Mammoth Screen, the producer behind the upcoming BBC/Netflix series The Serpent, will produce another three feature-length episodes of ITV’s crime-of-the-week murder mystery drama. The first season, watched by 6.4M people, was just two episodes long.

It features BAFTA-winner Watkins as Detective Sergeant Dodds, a modest and unassuming figure, who is thrown together with Detective Chief Inspector Lauren McDonald, a feisty crime fighter from the London’s Metropolitan Police.

McDonald & Dodds is set against the backdrop of the historic British city of Bath, in south-west England, and is created and executive produced by Shetland writer Robert Murphy.

The three new episodes will be directed by Alex Pillai (Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina), Rebecca Rycroft (Malory Towers) and Ian Aryeh (In The Long Run).

Damien Timmer,...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for November 2019, including  "A Babysitters Guide To Monster Hunting", "Batwoman", "Resident Alien"  and a whole lot more:

Feature Film

Grackle Bird

Local Production Company: Grackle Bird Productions Ltd.

Director: Robert Schwentke

Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Erik Howsam

Oct 15/19 - Dec 06/19

The Last Victim

Local Production Company: Tlv Productions LLC.

Director: Naveen Chathapuram

Producer: Naveen A. Chathapuram, Todd Berger, Charles Leslie, Graem Luis

Nov 04/19 - Nov 28/19

New Media Feature

A Babysitters Guide To Monster Hunting

Local Production Company: Double Double Productions Ulc.

Director: Rachel Talalay

Producer: Ivan Reitman, Amie Karp, Bob Huberman

Aug 29/19 - Nov 08/19

Christmas Chronicles 2

Local Production Company: Maple Syrup Productions Ulc.

Director: Chris Columbus

Producer: Mark Radclliffe

Oct 21/19 - Feb 01/20

Love, Guaranteed

Local Production Company: Love Guaranteed Productions Inc.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Producer: Chris Foss

Oct 21/19 - Nov 20/19

TV Movie

Alice In Winterland

Local Production Company: Alice Road Productions Ltd.

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for July 2019, including "Batwoman", "Siren", "Supergirl" and a whole lot more:

New Media Feature

A Babysitters Guide To Monster Hunting

Local Production Company: Double Double Productions Ulc.

Director: Rachel Talalay

Producer: Ivan Reitman, Amie Karp

Aug 06/19 - Oct 16/19

The Main Event

Local Production Company: Main Event Movie Inc.

Director: Jay Karas

Producer: Ian Hay

Jun 19/19 - Aug 12/19

TV Movie

Christmas Harmony

Local Production Company: Chp Productions Ltd.

Director: Catherine Cyran

Producer: Greg Malcolm, Vicki Sotheran

Jun 17/19 - Jul 08/19

Killer In The Guest House

Local Production Company: Thriller Productions Inc.

Director: Tony Dean Smith

Producer: Navid Soofi

Jun 17/19 - Jul 03/19

Random Acts Of Christmas

Local Production Company: Jolly Productions Inc.

Director: Marita Grabiak

Producer: Navid Soofi

Jun 17/19 - Jul 08/19

Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen

Local Production Company: Ss&s Productions Inc.

Director: David Winning

Producer: Vicki Sotheran, Greg Malcolm

Jul 08/19 - Jul 25/19

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From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2019, including  "90210", "Project Blue Book", "Altered Carbon" and a whole lot more:

New Media Feature

Coffee & Kareem

Local Production Company: Coffee Break Productions Inc.

Director: Michael J.E. Dowse

Producer: Ed Helms, Michael Falbo, Dan Clarke

Apr 22/19 - Jun 04/19

Operation Christmas Drop

Local Production Company: Ocd Productions Inc.

Director: Martin Wood

Producer: Steve McGlothen

May 22/19 - Jun 28/19

The Main Event

Local Production Company: Main Event Movie Inc.

Director: Jay Karas

Producer: Ian Hay

Jun 17/19 - Aug 16/19

TV Movie

All Summer Long

Local Production Company: Anchor Road Productions Ltd.

Director: Peter DeLuise

Producer: Harvey Kahn

Jun 03/19 - Jun 24/19

Darrow And Darrow 4 - Burden Of Proof

Local Production Company: Darrow 4 Productions Inc.

Director: Michael Robison

Producer: Jamie Goehring, Kevin Leslie

Jun 03/19 - Jun 21/19

Mystery 101: Movie 3 - Words Can Kill

Local Production Company: MU3 Productions Inc.

Director: Andy Mikita

Producer: Jamie Goehring,...

Happy Friday, fellow "Riverdale" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed this past Wednesday's episode 6. It ended with quite a startling scene as Alice basically had Betty committed and hauled off to that horrid halfway house or whatever! Alice has been getting on our nerves all season long, and this was the last straw for us. If anyone should be committed, it's freaking Alice! Anyways, now that episode 6 is in the books, it's time to go over what the next, new episode 7 has in store for us. As always, we look to CW's official press release for episode 7. They released it a couple of weeks back. Before we go over it, we must serve up our spoiler teaser warning.Yes, this article does contain a few spoiler teasers. If you don't want to see any spoiler teasers, it's highly suggested that you stop reading this article right now. For those...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for November 2018, including "Child's Play", "Siren", "The Terror" and a whole lot more:

Feature Film

Antlers

Local Production Company: Antlers Productions Inc.

Director: Scott Cooper

Producer: Guillermo del Toro, David S. Goyer, J. Miles Dale

Oct 01/18 - Nov 20/18

"Child's Play" (aka "The Kaslan Project") 

Local Production Company: Kaslan Productions Canada Ltd.

Director: Lars Klevberg

Sep 17/18 - Nov 08/18

TV Pilot

Surveillance

Local Production Company: Surveillance Productions Inc.

Director: Patricia Riggen

Producer: Kathy Gilroy

Nov 27/18 - Dec 14/18

TV Series

A Million Little Things - Season 1

Local Production Company: Stage 49 Ltd

Director: Nina Corrado, Chris Koch

Producer: Michael Lohmann

Jul 24/18 - Dec 12/18

Arrow - Season 7

Local Production Company: Beckmark Production Services Inc.

Director: James Bamford, Andi Armaganian

Producer: Todd Pittson

Jul 06/18 - Apr 18/19

Charmed - Season 1

Local Production Company: First Cut Productions Inc.

Director: Brad Siberling, Vanessa Parise

Aug 13/18 - Dec 21/18

Chilling Adventures...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for October 2018, including "Resident Alien", "The 100", "Twilight Zone" and a whole lot more:

Feature Film

Antlers

Local Production Company: Antlers Productions Inc.

Director: Scott Cooper

Producer: Guillermo del Toro, David S. Goyer, J. Miles Dale

Oct 01/18 - Nov 20/18

Casino Night

Local Production Company: Hedgehog Films Inc.

Director: Jeffrey Fowler

Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Mie Onishi, Takeshi Ito, Dmitri M. Johnson, Dan Jevons, Nan Morales

Jul 30/18 - Oct 15/18

Monkey Beach

Local Production Company: Sparrow & Crow Films Inc.

Producer: Jason James

Sep 17/18 - Oct 12/18

The Kaslan Project

Local Production Company: Kaslan Productions Canada Ltd.

Director: Lars Klevberg

Sep 17/18 - Nov 08/18

TV Pilot

Resident Alien

Local Production Company: Gep Resident Inc.

Director: David Dobkin

Producer: Brian Leslie Parker

Oct 01/18 - Oct 19/18

TV Series

A Million Little Things - Season 1

Local Production Company: Stage 49 Ltd

Director: Nzingha Stewart, Michael Engler

Producer: Michael Lohmann...

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Can Da Vinci's Demons really spare the time for a dream episode at this stage? Here's our review of season three's The Labrys...

This review contains spoilers.

3.4 The Labrys

An adorable little boy playing with toys that look suspiciously like models of Da Vinci's famous tanks and castles. Mother's getting water from the well... and by mother I mean Lucrezia Donati. The little boy's name is Andrea, after a famous teacher of artisans. And the boy's father? Leonardo Da Vinci, of course, who emerges from his workshop with a model of his famous gyrocopter. Da Vinci is being summoned to Rome, but the trip will be dangerous because the Italian peninsula has dissolved into civil war between the Sons of Mithras and the forces of the Horns of the Increate.

If this is confusing to you, what with the creepy cave echoing with chanting voices and the...

Victim

Stars: Ashley Chin, Ashley Madekwe, Jason Maza, Anna Nightingale, Michael Maris, Letitia Wright, Shanika Warren-Markland, Natasha Sparkes, David Harewood | Written by Ashley Chin, Michael Kyei, Michael Maris, Adrian Scott | Directed by Alex Pillai

It’s quite strange watching Victim after recently viewing GBH because that was a British film that escaped the trappings of being a normal “urban” drama that is almost drowning the industry right now. You expect Victim to be very “urban”, giving an impression it’s about a life of crime, gangs and a typical almost cliché view of “life in London” which is almost threatening to be over used, but surprisingly it’s a film that pulls you into the security of thinking yes; it’s just another one of those typical “urban” films then blows that misinterpretation away.

When Tia a country-girl (meaning rich, lives in a big house in the country) moves to...

Silent Souls (15)

(Aleksei Fedorchenko, 2010, Rus) Igor Sergeev, Yuriy Tsurilo, Yuliya Aug. 78 mins

Even by Russian standards, this lyrical road movie is a strange world of its own. It's a journey back in time, as much as across a remote landscape, with a friend helping his boss to give his deceased wife her last rites, according to their ancient tribal ways. Along the drive, we're steeped in strange folklore involving vodka, rivers, small birds and ornamental pubic hair. Is it for real? Or an elaborate joke told with a very straight face? Does it matter?

The Five Year Engagement (15)

(Nicholas Stoller, 2012, Us) Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Chris Pratt. 124 mins

The obstacle to true love is built into the title of this romcom, but it's at least smartly handled, as high-flyer Blunt keeps her fiance in perpetual limbo.

Where Do We Go Now? (12A)

(Nadine Labaki, 2011, Fra/Leb/Egy/Ita) Claude Baz Moussawbaa,...

Alex Pillai's urban melodrama has energy, despite the EastEnders-ish moments

Alex Pillai's urban melodrama Victim has a bizarre and overwrought ending and a few EastEnders-ish moments. But there's some energy there. Ashley Madekwe plays innocent Tia, who comes to London to study, staying with her tough cousin; this is Charmaine (Shanika Warren-Markland) who seems to be living the high life, partying and hanging out with male friends including Tyson (Ashley Chin). The awful truth is that Charmaine and her mates are running a honey-trap scam: they seduce drunken City types in clubs, go back with them to their expensive flats, then Tyson and his crew move in, beat them up and steal everything. Inevitably, a romance develops between Tia and Tyson. It doesn't quite come together, yet there's some rough'n'ready force.

Rating: 3/5

DramaCrimePeter Bradshaw

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

From the moment that producer Danny Donnelly’s name is plastered all over the opening credits of Victim, it’s probably best not to expect too much, given his previous producing credit on Adam Deacon’s horrid vehicle Payback Season earlier this year. Though it is better-assembled than many similar derivative crime dramas, there’s nothing here we haven’t seen done better elsewhere.

When nice country girl Tia (Ashley Madekwe) comes to stay with her cousin Davina (Anna Nightingale), her kindly, naïve attitude disturbs the indelicate balance of Davina’s life, which primarily involves acting as a distraction while her gang of friends commit robberies. Meanwhile, lad Tyson (Ashley Chin) – who has caught the eye of both Tia and Davina – is trying to escape a life of crime altogether, and inevitably, this tension all comes to a head with unpleasant results.

It tries painfully hard...

Victim is the debut feature film from director Alex Pillai and co-writer and star Ashely Chin, it stars BAFTA winner Adam Deacon, Jason Maza, Shanika Warren-Markland and David Harewood, who was recently seen in terrifying form in The Man Inside.

Jason Maza, who alerted us to the film’s trailer a few weeks ago, took to twitter to unleash the first look at the poster which you can see below. The film’s trailer is available online here, the film is being released on the 8th of June and you can read a synopsis below,

A young man’s attempt to break out of a cycle of violence. When country-girl Tia comes to stay with her cousin in the city, little does she realise that her naivety will disturb the delicate balance of cousin Davina and her group of friends. Living the good life on a career of crime, Davina...

Genre: Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Drama

Director: Colin Teague, Toby Haynes, and Alex Pillai

Creator & Writer: Toby Whithouse

Cast: Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow, Aidan Turner, Sinead Keenan, Jason Watkins, Annabel Scholey, Dean Lennox Kelly

MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Summary: Being Human is an extraordinary look into the lives of hospital porters George (Russell Tovey) and Mitchell (Aidan Turner). Toiling anonymously in Bristol, England, they lead lives of quiet desperation under the burden of a terrible secret – Mitchell’s a vampire and George is a werewolf. Deciding to start life afresh and leave behind the dark side, they move into a house, only to find that Annie (Lenora Crichlow), the ghost of a woman killed in mysterious circumstances, haunts it. As the three deal with the challenges of their new lives together, they’re united in their desire to blend in with their human neighbors. However, with unwelcome intruders into their world, a...