BBC Studios & Blink Anime-Inspired Series
BBC Studios Kids & Family is growing a brand new anime-inspired sequence for 8-12-year-olds – the first title in its first-look take care of Blink Industries. Children Vs Battle SuperStars [working title] is a 22 x 22′ youngsters’ martial arts match sequence set in a fantastical modern-day world. Inspired by the classics of the style, it explores the comical fallout as abnormal youngsters come up in opposition to the extraordinary battle ‘Super Stars’. It has been created by animation duo Remus Buznea and Kyriaki (Kiki) Kyriakou who’re behind hits similar to Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty. The undertaking is the primary to come back out of the 2 12 months, first-look deal that BBC Studios Kids & Family struck final 12 months with Blink Industries. They are set to provide the sequence.
Wild Cards Heads To UK & More
Fifth Season has inked a take care of Channel 5 and Paramount+ (UK) for seasons one and two of Wild Cards, the crime fixing procedural from Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in affiliation with The CW for commissioning broadcaster CBC in Canada. The sequence launched on Paramount+ UK in May this 12 months. In addition, Fifth Season has landed additional offers for seasons one and two with The Walt Disney Company (Greece, Cyprus, Malta), Sony Pictures Television (Latin America) and Disney (Balkans). Starring Vanessa Morgan, Giacomo Gianniotti and Jason Priestley, Fifth Season additionally has secured rights for the upcoming third and fourth seasons of the sequence.
The Cage Casting
The BBC has revealed additional casting for brand spanking new drama The Cage, written and created by Tony Schumacher (The Responder) and produced by Element Pictures for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The crime story set inside the world of a Liverpool Casino stars Sheridan Smith (Cilla) and Michael Socha (The Gallows Pole). Joining are Barry Sloane (House of the Dragon) as Gary, Geraldine James (Dope Girls) as Nancy, Anton Bibby as Thomas, Freya Jones as Emily, Sophie Mensah (Sanctuary: A Witches Tale) as Fen, Abby Mavers (Waterloo Road) as Kelly, Shaun Mason (Extraordinary) as Alan, Louis Emerick as Paul (The Power of Parker), Ian Puleston Davies (Tin Star) as Vincent, Julia Papp (Baptiste) as Irina, Katy Carmichael (Malpractice) as DCI Hannigan, Dave Hart (The Responder) as Danny, Eileen O’Brien (Not Going Out) as Nanna, Eithne Browne (The Responder) as Annie, and Mona Goodwin (Extraordinary) as Trace.
Gomorrah Launch Date, First Images
Sky has revealed a January 2026 launch and first look photographs for the newest sequence in hit franchise Gomorrah. Gomorrah — The Origins. The 70s set prequel sequence will recount the rise of mobster Pietro Savastano. Savastano, the pinnacle of the Neapolitan drug-dealing clan the sequence is predicated on, is performed by 16-year-old Naples native Luca Lubrano.
Dawn French Animation At Annecy
British actress, comic and author Dawn French has joined the solid of the TV adaptation of Shaun Tan’s illustrated anthology Tales From Outer Suburbia, the Western Australian tackle rising up in Perth. Tan’s quick tales have been tailored into a ten x 22-minute animated sequence, which makes its world premiere this week on the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France. The Tales from Outer Suburbia animated sequence for the ABC is produced by Highly Spirited and Flying Bark Productions in affiliation with WA manufacturing firm, Siamese. Siamese is endeavor manufacturing in WA, Flying Bark in NSW. Director is Noel Cleary. Based on Tan’s reminiscences of rising up within the northern suburbs of Perth, the sequence begins when ‘almost 13-year-old’ Klara and her six-year-old brother Pim transfer to Outer Suburbia with their newly single mom Lucy. The siblings’ summer time vacation turns right into a sequence of sudden and surreal adventures, with the household encountering bizarre and miraculous phenomena as they adapt to their new actuality.
Workplace Conflict Costing UK Creative Industries £1.8B
The Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority has revealed a report estimating that office battle is costing the UK’s inventive industries £1.8B ($2.4B) a 12 months. The report stated almost a 3rd of Britain’s 2.4M inventive staff expertise office battle, leading to individuals leaving jobs early or being out of labor. Baroness Helena Kennedy, CIISA’s chair, stated: “We’re not just talking about harm to individuals — for the first time, we can look deeper into how bullying and harassment, including behaviour of a discriminatory nature, translates into real, measurable economic loss validated by those who work in and across the UK’s creative industries. What has been uncovered is stark: the sector is bleeding both talent and productivity because of unresolved conflict and acting as a brake on growth.”