The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has announced 11-year-old Maidah from Liverpool as the winner of its Create the Card Competition in partnership with Universal Pictures for Wicked: For Good. The film is the electrifying finale to last year’s worldwide sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation in history and earned 10 […]
Roku City will get a Wicked-ly enchanted new look when Universal Pictures paints the iconic cityscape green and pink, in celebration of the November 21st cinematic release of sequel movie Wicked: For Good. For the first time ever, this Roku City takeover will span the globe, across the UK, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and the US, […]
Sky and streaming service NOW will pull back the Emerald curtain for a once-in-a-lifetime musical event on November 8th, as Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead in a special two-hour musical event, Wicked: One Wonderful Night. The TV special promises to be a celebration of the upcoming cinematic release of Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good, […]
Planning approval has been granted for the expansion of Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s film and TV studio, financed and developed by L&G. The approval, which would allow a further 10 stages to the complex in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, unlocks development that is expected to create over 2,000 jobs and attract £2 billion (€2.2bn) of production investment to the UK […]
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), in partnership with Universal Pictures, has announced the launch of the latest Create the Card Competition, celebrating the return to Oz in Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good, debuting UK cinemas on November 21st – which sees Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo return to screens as Glinda and Elphaba […]
From now through to July 20th, film fans in the UK can dive into a mix of hit titles all at promotional prices to help audiences build their digital libraries . The campaign runs across major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV app, Sky Store, Rakuten TV, Virgin Media and EE TV Store with […]
Members of The Digital Entertainment Group: Nordic Committee (DEGN) have announced the second edition of Mega Movie Week in 2025. Film fans across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland will be able to enjoy promotional prices on VoD across ten days (June 14th – 22nd). The latest edition of Mega Movie Week builds on the success […]
Google and Sphere Entertainment have announced a new AI technology partnership to help bring the The Wizard of Oz at Sphere to life using generative AI (gen AI). The project, which involves first-of-its-kind engineering work and thousands of creators, coders, VFX artists, and more, will mark a leap forward for the future of visual storytelling […]
Official film and high-end TV (HETV) production statistics from the British Film Institute (BFI) show that production in the UK continues to generate billions for the UK economy. Recovering from the global impact of 2023’s US SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, inward investment spend in the UK generated by film and HETV production during 2024 reached […]
Full market data for 2024 has been released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) in association with the Official Charts Company that confirms that video is officially the most popular form of entertainment in the UK. The total value of the media and entertainment industry in the UK in 2024 was £30 billion […]