First-time feature director Simon Otto ('How to Train Your Dragon'), studio co-founder Julie Lockhart and more share behind-the-scenes insights at Locksmith's London office.

LONDON (AP) Londons Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual Rule Britannia singalong, is preparing to host a different kind of spectacle: Sumo wrestling.Camera shutters clicked furiously and reporters ahhhed in delight Wednesday as wrestlers Daisuke Kitanowaka and Akira Fukutsuumi demonstrated a sideways stamp and put on an exhibition of hea...

Nat Geo’s acquisitions boss has addressed the axing of high-volume fare like Wicked Tuna and Life Below Zero. With the death of long-running cable dominating chatter at this week’s Content London, Christian Drobnyk said the “economics” of high-volume shows like the exploration of fishermen in Massachusetts needs to be “far more efficient given how much […]

Washington, DC is fourteen hours ahead of Seoul. London is nine hours behind, Berlin is eight, and New Delhi is three.No matter your time zone, y...

The unscripted market might be beginning to settle after a chaotic few years, but the over-reliance on recommissions needs to end, says Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction boss Eli Holzman. “We as an industry neglect new ideas at our peril,” said SPT Nonfiction’s President speaking at Content London in the UK. “Every big hit we love […]

The 'Desperate Housewives' star told Content London: "It really is an industry that makes you stay in your lane 'you're an actress, not a producer, just keep doing that.'"

Eva Longoria doesn’t feel that a “Desperate Housewives” reboot is necessary — but if the right idea came along, she’d be the “first to sign up.” Longoria made an appearance at Content London on Wednesday for a panel featuring her production company Hyphenate Media Group, which she co-founded with Cris Abrego last year. Chief strategy […]

Eva Longoria wants to keep busy. The ex-Desperate Housewives star and now-Hyphenate Media boss decried an industry obsession with talent only working across one show at a time. “Our business is so slow,” said Longoria at Content London. “That’s the problem with the industry it’s like, ‘Wait you can only do one show’ and I’m […]

Last month in Manchester saw the latest incident highlighting the discrimination that Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers (GRT) have faced for centuries in the UK. While traveling to a Christmas market on November 30th, Greater Manchester Police forced children from these communitiessome aged as young as tenonto trains carrying them far from the city center. Some […]The post

A British Jewish academic, and a son of Holocaust survivors was arrested in London after a Pro Palestinian speech.

Jordan Bolger (This Town) and Max Fincham (Invasion) have been cast as the leads in upcoming Netflix drama The Witness. Based on the true story of the violent murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992 in front of her two year-old son Alex while walking through a London park, The Witness explores the aftermath of the […]

Sometimes casting can be a completely creative process and sometimes contracts can get in the way. With CBS Studios’ upcoming King and Conqueror about Harold of Wessex and William the Conqueror, it was a fair bit of the latter. Star James Norton revealed at Content London this morning that he initially wanted to play William […]

Louise Holmes, director of global partnerships for Meta EMEA, underlined during a keynote presentation at Content London on Wednesday that artificial intelligence should not be seen as a threat to creativity. “We should be cautious of either deifying it or fearing it,” she said. “After all, the things we fear most are often those we […]

BBC Studios & ZDF Renew Partnership BBC Studios and Germanys ZDF today announced at Content London that theyve renewed their long-term strategic partnership on scripted content. The two broadcasters have said the multi-year deal will extend co-productions on scripted TV content, with ZDF and BBC Studios partnering to co-produce titles across the BBC Studios content […]

The London-based band touched down in California ahead of their first gig in Sacramento on Tuesday.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has paid a moving tribute to much admired award-winning producer and first assistant director Adam Somner, who died just before Thanksgiving from anaplastic thyroid cancer. They worked together on McQueens wartime movie Blitz, which seemed appropriate for two Londoners. The highly regarded Somner was the go-to AD for the likes of Steven […]