Britannia Rules the Waves
Sky Atlantic drama launched with 558k Once, as a poverty-blighted student, I visited a Britannia Building Society that looked more Dark Agey than the characters in Sky Atlantic’s latest yarn, which didn’t exactly rule the waves but did tack ahead of recent Atlantic big-spenders. Sky Atlantic’s Britannia launched on Wednesday at 2am with 292,000/19% (including viewers watching via catch-up during the day). Some 4,000/0.4% hardy souls tuned […]
Rule ‘Britannia’: HBO, Other International Buyers Snap Up New Sky Drama
Sky has secured a raft of global buyers – including HBO and Starz – for its new original series “Britannia,” a “Game of Thrones”-like drama set in Britain under Roman rule 2,000 years ago. The show was co-produced with Amazon, which will launch it Friday in the U.S. HBO has acquired it for several of its European […]
Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Feature ‘Monsters’ Being Adapted As Television Series
British sci-fi horror film Monsters is being turned into a television series by Vertigo Films for UK broadcaster Channel 4. The feature was the directorial debut of Star Wars spin-off Rogue One and Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards. Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett will act as showrunner with up-and-coming British writers Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and Marlon Smith writing. It is currently in development with Channel 4 in the UK, […]
