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Streaming network Parmount+ is in the process of rapidly expanding its upcoming slate of British content, greenlighting multiple new UK-based series, including thriller The Doll Factory and a prequel series based on the cult classic film Sexy Beasts. And now, one of its very first UK commissions is finally going
Drama
At the mention of psychological black comedy crime films from the 2000s, most people immediately think of Guy Richie's Snatch or In Bruges, the 2008 Irish film starring Colin Farrell. But the genre, which Quentin Tarantino jump-started in the mid-1990s with Pulp Fiction, had already produced its cult
Mystery
Paramount+, the streamer with the most extensive growing slate of U.K. originals outside of Netflix's already established U.K. brand, has added another title to the lineup. The Doll Factory is an adaptation of the bestselling debut novel of the same name by Elizabeth Macneal. The story
Comedy
With the race for content as hot as it's ever been, and the entertainment budgets tight for public television stations like the BBC and Channel 4, the number of co-productions has skyrocketed. European and U.K. networks that would otherwise never have programming cross the pond now regularly
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Paramount+ has been working overtime in moving into international series. The streaming service's stated plan is to have 50 series or films in production by year's end. We're not even halfway through 2022, and already the U.K. slate has grown to include Jessica
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Last month, Paramount+ began finally moving into international productions, including Flatshare and A Gentleman in Moscow, with the ultimate goal of having 50 international series in production by the end of 2022. Now there's another series that quietly began filming in London at the start of the month,
Drama
If the 2010s were the decade when streaming entertainment arrived, then the 2020s are when the industry will shake out and see who will land on their feet and who will not. It has been a banner decade for consumers of British imports. Multiple services either focus exclusively on the
Sci-Fi
Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor has been tapped to star in a television adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, though he will play a different alien the character made famous by David Bowie in the 1976 feature film. Showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet will helm the project