Film and TV Briefing: Friday 28 March 2025
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
‘Adolescence’ makes UK TV history by topping audience charts (The Guardian)
‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Harry Potter’ producers to make next ‘James Bond’ film (BBC)
UK TV industry in state of "existential crisis", says ‘Wolf Hall’ director (IndieWire)
Winners of 2025 RTS Programme Awards announced (Royal Television Society)
'Baby Reindeer’ leads nominations for BAFTA TV Craft Awards (Variety)
Women used to have five-year "shelf life" in Hollywood, says Cate Blanchett (The Hollywood Reporter)
Renée Zellweger joins cast for series five of ‘Only Murders In The Building’ (Deadline)
George Clooney says he is putting his romantic lead days behind him (Variety)
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen to reprise ‘X-Men’ roles in new ‘Avengers’ film (The Guardian)
Generation Z shuns film and TV in favour of content creators, study finds (The Hollywood Reporter)
End of Sky’s deal with HBO will not leave holes in schedule, scripted boss insists (Deadline)
Features and commentary
How ‘Snow White’ turned from fairy tale to nightmare (The Hollywood Reporter)
Cinemas still waiting for post-pandemic comeback (Variety)
End of an era for ‘Blue Peter’ as last live episode airs (The Guardian)
OpenAI brings its vision of the future to Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
Industry announcements
US animation firm to open new £28 million studio in Glasgow (BBC)
YouTube unseats Disney at top of TV viewing charts in February (Deadline)
California legislators propose boosting film and TV tax credit to 35% (The Hollywood Reporter)
West London studio behind ‘Big Brother’ to expand (Deadline)
Resources
Pact and Bectu agree rates update for construction crew (Pact)
Legal updates
Legal battle rages over animated biblical film ‘David’ (The Hollywood Reporter)
