All Sky Atlantic articles – Page 16
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NewsBBC3’s Zai Bennett to lead Sky Atlantic
Zai Bennett will become director of Sky Atlantic just weeks after it was announced that BBC3 is to move online next year.
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VideoVIDEO: storyboarding Game of Thrones
Conceptual artist William Simpson discusses designing the Sky Atlantic show’s weapons and planning its most famous scenes.
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NewsSky Atlantic to air Gomorrah
Sky Atlantic has acquired its first foreign-language series, the hotly anticipated Italian crime-drama Gomorrah from distributors Arrow Films and Beta Film.
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NewsSky simulcasts Game of Thrones debut
Sky has struck a deal with HBO allowing it to air Game of Thrones at the same time as it launches on the US cable network.
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NewsFox renews Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Following
E4’s comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Sky Atlantic crime thriller The Following have been recommissioned in the US as part of Fox’s forthcoming slate.
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CommentClosing the transatlantic gap
Outside of Netflix, a ‘wait and see’ approach still rules for buying US shows, says Tim Wescott
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RatingsSlow start for Bond drama
As a nipper, one of my favourite jokes was to go around saying my name was Bond – Brooke Bond; ‘like the tea’, I would always add anxiously, as the silence yawned on.
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Behind The ScenesFleming, Sky Atlantic
Douglas Rae and director Mat Whitecross share the story of giving life to the James Bond creator
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RatingsFew Looking at Sky Atlantic
Football is no stranger to hyperbole. Every manager’s utterance is poured over for significance, while all tackles, free kicks and hairdos are analysed ad infinitum.
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NewsBBCW pre-sells Fleming biopic
BBC Worldwide has pre-sold Ecosse Film’s spy series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond into 12 territories, including France, Australia, Canada and Africa.
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NewsHBO renews Girls, ends Boardwalk Empire
HBO has renewed Lena Dunham’s comedy Girls for a fourth series, while Boardwalk Empire will come to an end after its fifth series.
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NewsSky steps up to fully fund Fortitude
Sky Atlantic is to fully fund big-budget drama project Fortitude after US network Starz pulled out of the project.
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RatingsThe Tunnel sinks to low
The Tunnel sunk to a series low for Sky Atlantic on Wednesday – as James Blake picked up this year’s Mercury Prize in front of an audience of 1.4m on Channel 4.
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RatingsViewers enjoy a good moan
According to Dave and Karl, modern life barely gets off the mat; at best, it seems it’s good-ish before subsiding to something that has to be endured with the maximum of irritability.
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NewsSky Atlantic to unveil slate of high-profile docs
Sky Atlantic has unveiled a batch of high-profile documentaries for its second annual Documentary Film season.
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NewsSky boards Penny Dreadful
Sky Atlantic has boarded Showtime’s horror drama Penny Dreadful, which is being produced by Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions.
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NewsTrue Blood to end next year
Vampire drama True Blood, which airs on Fox in the UK, is to end after its seventh season.
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NewsElaine Pyke to exit Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic controller Elaine Pyke is to join New Pictures, the indie created by former Company Pictures founder Charlie Pattinson.
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NewsSky Atlantic's Ray Donovan recommissioned
US premium broadcaster Showtime has renewed gritty US drama Ray Donovan for a second season.
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NewsHBO renews True Blood for seventh season
US cable network HBO has renewed edgy vampire drama True Blood for a seventh season.