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Turner SVOD service debuts this month

Turner’s new subscription video-on-demand service dedicated to arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films is debuting this month. Developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies in collaboration with the Criterion Collection, FilmStruck is due to launch in the US on October 19 targeted at a niche audience of devoted film fans and cinefiles. FilmStruck will cost […]

Baz Luhrmann making Netflix drama

Baz Luhrmann is making The Get Down for Netflix, an original music-driven drama set in 1970s New York. The series from the Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby director will bow on Netflix in 2016. Luhrmann will executive produce the show and direct the opening episode and last two instalments of the thirteen-part project. Sony […]

Miniseries strike back

A few years ago, it looked like scripted miniseries were heading for the scrapheap. With networks favouring TV movies, returning series and fast-moving factual entertainment franchises, miniseries started to look expensive to produce and hard to schedule. Things are very different now, reports Andy Fry.   A run of well-received projects such as Rome, Pillars […]