Ok, so it’s not actually a British version of Jersey Shore but ‘The Only Way Is Essex‘ (TOWIE) follows the same premise of showing real people in modified situations without a script but in a structured way – and it’s now available on Hulu Plus. The BAFTA award winning TOWIE is based in Essex, a…
Two rumours concerning Brits who ply their trade in Hollywood have reached us here at Britscene towers today and both sound kind of plausible. Rumour one concerns that secretly middle class ‘geezer’ and one time Mr Madonna Guy Ritchie (Rock N Rolla). He has apparently been approached to direct a remake of the classic 80′s…
Last December we reported that Russell Brand (Arthur) was set to star in a big screen version of the popular British children’s TV show from the seventies, Rentaghost. Well it seems that someone has been spooked by the poor showing of Arthur at the box office and Brand has been spirited away from the project with Ben…
The director of The Trip and 24 Hour Party People, Michael Winterbottom, is set to bring the story of the founding of Apple Records and the last days of the Beatles to the big screen. The Longest Cocktail Party is based on the Richard DiLello book of the same name and seeing as how DiLello…
Back in June we reported that the BBC had commissioned a comedy drama based on the controversy that met the release of the 1979 Monty Python movie The Life of Brian. Well, the BBC are always true to their word and did indeed make the show and we have three clips for your delight and…
Amrican filmmaker and writer of the classic When Harry Met Sally, Nora Ephron, is to adapt the British TV show Lost in Austen for the big screen. Lost in Austen was first broadcast on ITV in 2008 and told the story of Amanda, a Jane Austen fan who is transported from present day London to…
The British broadcaster the BBC has joined forces with director Ridley Scott to make a feature length documentary entirely made up of small clips sent in by the British public. ‘Britain in a Day‘ will see people who live in Britain make a small film clip of something that happens during their day on November 12th 2011….
The next Bond movie continues to drip-feed us casting rumours entwined with the odd confirmation and has possibly settled on an official name as well, if rumours are to be believed. Joining Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinnear and Naomi Harris in ‘Skyfall‘ will be fellow Brits Ben Whishaw (TV’s The Hour) and Helen McCrory, Narcissa…
The British director of Kick Ass and XMen: First Class, Matthew Vaughn, has purchased the movie rights to Mark Millar’s (Kick Ass) comic book ‘Superior‘. The Superior character is a young boy who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and has a wish granted that sees him become his favourite hero from the big screen. Unlike…
British producer extraordinaire Graham King (The Departed, London Boulevard) is set to take to the skies with a new movie telling of one of Britain’s most important battles in recent history, The Battle of Britain. King’s production company GK Films will produce with Mission Impossible II’s scribe Robert Towne providing the screenplay. The Battle of Britain took place in…
Ok, so it’s not actually a British version of Jersey Shore but ‘The Only Way Is Essex…
Two rumours concerning Brits who ply their trade in Hollywood have reached us here at Britscene towe…
Last December we reported that Russell Brand (Arthur) was set to star in a big screen version of the…
The director of The Trip and 24 Hour Party People, Michael Winterbottom, is set to bring the story o…
Back in June we reported that the BBC had commissioned a comedy drama based on the controversy that …
Amrican filmmaker and writer of the classic When Harry Met Sally, Nora Ephron, is to adapt the Bri…
The British broadcaster the BBC has joined forces with director Ridley Scott to make a feature lengt…
The next Bond movie continues to drip-feed us casting rumours entwined with the odd confirmation a…
The British director of Kick Ass and XMen: First Class, Matthew Vaughn, has purchased the movie righ…
British producer extraordinaire Graham King (The Departed, London Boulevard) is set to take to the…
