Tag: Carnival Films

Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, A Single Man, The Staircase) has been cast to star in the upcoming Sky and Peacock original limited series Lockerbie.

Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse, Trial of the Chicago Seven, The Theory of Everything) has been cast in the lead role of Sky and Peacock’s series adaptation of The Day of the Jackal.

Sky and Peacock have ordered a series adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s thriller The Day of the Jackal from Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, in association with Sky Studios.

EPIX, which is rebranding as MGM+ in January, has ordered the eight-part series Belgravia: The Next Chapter (w.t.), a continuation of the hit historical drama Belgravia.

Carnival Films has acquired the rights to The Second Sleep, the new novel from acclaimed author Robert Harris (Fatherland, The Ghost, Enigma).

The original principal cast from Downton Abbey will reunite for a feature film from Focus Features and Carnival Films, penned by series creator Julian Fellowes.

Carnival Films has secured the rights to develop the novel The Awkward Age, which is being adapted for the BBC.

LONDON: Carnival Films, producer of such hit dramas as Downton Abbey, has appointed Joanna Strevens as its new head of development.

LONDON: Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films is developing a new drama series with writer-producer Stephen Schiff (The Americans), producer Marc Shmuger and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney.

LONDON: Netflix has signed on as a co-production partner for the second season of the BBC Two drama The Last Kingdom, from Carnival Films.