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It was a big night for television, as Emmy favorites descended upon Cipriani Wall Street in New York City for the second annual Gotham TV Awards. Launched in 2024, the TV branch of the beloved indie film award show continues to stake out an early position on the calendar that could eventually make it a barometer for the Emmy race in a way that mirrors the Gotham Awards’ traditional relationship with the Oscars.

The evening’s big winners included “Adolescence,” which completed a sweep of the limited series categories with wins for Breakthrough Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series (for Stephen Graham), while Owen Cooper shared the Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series award with Jenny Slate (who was nominated for “Dying for Sex”). Emmy Frontrunners “The Studio” and “The Pitt” also won the Breakthrough Comedy Series and Breakthrough Drama Series categories, respectively.

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The 2025 Gotham TV Awards are underway in Manhattan.

This marks the second year in which the Gotham Awards have broken out TV honors with a separate ceremony during Emmys season.

Netflix’s Adolescence leads this year’s nominees with four nods.

The four-episode series about a teenage boy accused of murder, which became a much-talked-about phenomenon shortly after its streaming debut last month, landed nods for breakthrough limited series, lead performance in a limited series (Stephen Graham) and two nods for supporting performance in a limited series (Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty).

Meanwhile, Max’s The Pitt, FX’s Dying for Sex and CBS’ Matlock each landed three nods, with a number of projects scoring two nods apiece.

Dying for Sex faces off against Adolescence in the limited series category, where additional nominees are Get Millie Back, Penelope and Say Nothing.

The Pitt and Matlock are nominated for breakthrough drama series,...

Emmy season is upon us, and while we won’t see those nominations until July 15, the second annual Gotham Television Awards could give us a taste of what to expect from TV’s biggest night. In the mix are critically-acclaimed series such as Netflix’s “Adolescence,” Max’s “The Pitt,” AppleTV+’s “The Studio” and FX/Hulu’s “Dying for Sex,” “Say Nothing” and “English Teacher,” among several newcomers.

“Building on the success of last year’s inaugural ceremony, the Gotham Television Awards returns with new categories, expanded tributes and a larger stage to celebrate the creators and artists making their mark on today’s television landscape,” Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of the Gotham’s, said. “As the first awards show of the new television season, we are proud to bring together the industry’s most exciting new voices, celebrate breakthrough achievements and deepen our commitment to supporting the creative community.

The Gotham Film & Media Institute handed out nominations to Adolescence, The Pitt and The Studio as well as performances by Kathy Bates, Sterling K. Brown, Ted Danson, Linda Lavin, Cristin Milioti and Michelle Williams for its second annual Gotham Television Awards.

The 2025 event set noms in twelve categories with Netflix’ high-profile series Adolescence topping at four and The Pitt, Matlock and Dying For Sex with three each. A number had double hitters including The Studio, Overcompensating, Penelope, Fantasmas, Deli Boys, Forever, English Teacher and Paradise.

“Building on the success of last year’s inaugural ceremony, the Gotham Television Awards returns with new categories, expanded tributes, and a larger stage to celebrate the creators and artists making their mark on today’s television landscape,” said Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham. “As the first awards show of the new television season, we are proud to bring together the industry’s most exciting new voices,...

Max’s medical drama “The Pitt,” AppleTV+’s “The Studio” and Netflix’s “Adolescence” are among the top shows nominated at the 2025 Gotham Television Awards.

Other shows nominated include FX’s “Dying for Sex” and CBS’ “Matlock.” Among the outstanding performances recognized across multiple genres include Kathy Bates (“Matlock”), Sterling K. Brown (“Paradise”), Michelle Williams (“Dying for Sex”) and Olivia Williams (“Dune: Prophecy).

The critically acclaimed “Adolescence,” which recently set its Emmys acting campaigns, saw nods for Stephen Graham, along with breakout newcomer Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson landed two nominations. One for “Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music” and the other for “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).”

“Building on the success of last year’s inaugural ceremony, the Gotham Television Awards returns with new categories, expanded tributes, and a larger stage to celebrate the creators and artists making their mark on today’s television landscape,...

The Gotham Television Awards are recognizing the buzziest series of the year. IndieWire can announce the 2025 nominees, including “Adolescence,” “The Pitt,” and “The Studio.” The Gotham Television Awards ceremony will take place Monday, June 2 in New York City at Cipriani Wall Street.

“Building on the success of last year’s inaugural ceremony, the Gotham Television Awards returns with new categories, expanded tributes, and a larger stage to celebrate the creators and artists making their mark on today’s television landscape,” Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham, said. “As the first awards show of the new television season, we are proud to bring together the industry’s most exciting new voices, celebrate breakthrough achievements, and deepen our commitment to supporting the creative community.”

Kathy Bates, Sterling K. Brown, Ted Danson, Linda Lavin, Cristin Milioti, and Michelle Williams are among the actors recognized in the genderless categories. The second annual awards...

Exclusive: Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock has wrapped, Get Millie Black is on air, and with Ruth Wilson-starrer The Woman In The Wall and One Night with Jodie Whittaker already under its belt, Simon Maxwell’s Motive Pictures has a head of steam.

Next up, Maxwell tells Deadline, his Fifth Season-backed label will take original projects developed with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alison Brie and Whittaker to market, as well as a Philip K. Dick adaptation from the writers behind Humans. Maxwell also reveals that Motive is working with Beau Willimon (Andor) and Jordan Tappis (Severance) through their Westward Productions banner, with scripted and documentary projects in the offing.

For a UK-based drama producer looking to tap into U.S. finance and partnerships, having HBO (Get Millie Black), Prime Video (Young Sherlock) and Showtime (The Woman In The Wall) as partners on your first shows – and the Australia/New Zealand arm...

Earlier this fall, HBO and Channel 4 shared their new collaboration Get Millie Black with international audiences. Developed by prolific Jamaican novelist Marlon James, the series was filmed in 2022 and began airing this November.

The series follows Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrence), a Jamaican detective serving the Jamaican Police Force after being controversially ousted by Scotland Yard. Known for her independence and resourcefulness, Black moves at her own pace, disregarding traditional police protocol. When the case of a missing girl arrives at her desk, Millie approaches the dire situation with the utmost urgency. However, the case forces Millie to confront her tumultuous past, treatment of her friends, and her relationship with her work.

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Big Brit stars including Tom Hiddleston, Tamara Lawrance and Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln are set to grace the small screen next year. Here, we round up the biggest shows coming out of the UK in 2025, as The Night Manager returns, Steven Knight’s latest drops and, just maybe, the next big hit launches. Read on, and feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments section.

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Tom Hiddleston’s Jonathan Pine is back baby, and he’ll be on TV for a little while. A supercharged double-season order of one of the shows that defined TV’s golden era was actioned earlier this year and Season 2 will land in 2k25 with a brand new director in I Hate Suzie’s Georgi Banks-Davies and new American co-producer in Prime Video, which replaces AMC. Last seen in the back of a paddy wagon driven...

“HBO’s latest limited series “Get Millie Black,” from acclaimed writer Marlon James, begins and ends with a haunted house. Not literally haunted, but filled with painful memories of a broken home—an abusive mother steeped in homophobia who kept two siblings apart. For James, having the Jamaica based childhood home of detective Millie Black (Tamara Lawrance) and her sister Hibiscus (ChynaMcQueen) was a good starting point for exploring their relationship, but also the larger things like human trafficking that the series gets into. “A house is home and for a huge part of the show, Millie tries to turn it back into a home,” James told IndieWire. “Well, a home is also where the abuse happens. A home is where the hurt happens. A home is where their first encounter of people at their worst doing horrible things. A house can hide so many things. The house is the...

Everardo Gout has signed on to direct action thriller Clementine, a co-production between Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios and Yeardley Smith and Ben Cornwell’s U.S. independent production company Paperclip Ltd.

Gout will direct from the 2022 Black List script by David L. Williams, with Paperclip’s Jordan Foley, Nick Smith and Ben Cornwell and AGC’s Ford producing. Paperclip’s Smith, AGC’s Lorelle Lynch and Gout will executive produce. AGC Studios will fully finance the film and AGC International will handle worldwide sales. Casting is underway for an early 2025 start.

Set in real time, Clementine is a young mother in Miami who barely escapes a pawn shop shootout and goes on the run from her violent ex-husband, a terrifying mob boss, and a relentless hitwoman, all while protecting her young diabetic daughter.

“As a thriller, Clementine has the real-time...

Mexican filmmaker Everardo Gout, known for “Days of Grace,” “The Chosen One” and “The Forever Purge,” has signed on to direct action thriller “Clementine,” a co-production between Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios and Yeardley Smith and Ben Cornwell’s Paperclip Ltd.

Gout will direct from the 2022 Blacklist script by David L. Williams, with Paperclip’s Jordan Foley, Nick Smith and Cornwell, and AGC’s Ford producing. Paperclip’s Yeardley Smith, AGC’s Lorelle Lynch and Gout will executive produce. AGC Studios will fully finance the film and AGC Intl. will handle worldwide sales. Casting is underway for an early 2025 start.

The film, set in real time, centers on Clementine, a young mother in Miami who barely escapes a pawn shop shootout and goes on the run from her violent ex-husband, a terrifying mob boss, and a relentless hitwoman, all while protecting her young diabetic daughter.

“As a thriller, ‘Clementine’ has...

Kill Bill star Lucy Liu didn’t just slice her way to fame with a sword — she’s also carved out a massive $16M fortune. While her Hollywood career is legendary, Liu’s lesser-known passion for art has turned heads and raked in serious cash.

Lucy Liu in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | Credit: Miramax

Be it vibrant paintings or intricate mixed media pieces, her works have commanded price tags north of $70,000, proving she’s as skilled with a brush as she is on-screen.

Lucy Liu: From Kill Bill Star to Hidden Fine Art Powerhouse Lucy Liu calls out Hollywood’s wokeism | Credit: Red One / Universal Pictures

Lucy Liu quietly built a $16M empire fueled by her hidden talent as a fine artist. She crafted a parallel career that’s as vibrant and layered as her on-screen roles. Her art (under her Chinese name Liú Yùlíng) ranging from painting and sculpture to mixed media,...

Millie-Jean Black is not TV’s typical leading detective. She’s not male. She’s not white. And she’s not pursuing cases in New York City or London.

Instead, it’s Kingston. And over the five-episode limited series Get Millie Black — a joint production for HBO and the U.K.’s Channel 4 produced by Motive Pictures, founded by former Channel 4 executive Simon Maxwell — both her life and Jamaica, the country of her birth and lineage, unfold on screen in ways previously shielded from the outside.

Created and executive produced by novelist Marlon James, who won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his 2014 novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, a first for a Jamaican-born writer, Get Millie Black is not content with just solving crimes. Instead, the series strives to show both why Millie is compelled to solve crimes and why those crimes need to be solved in the first place.

A new HBO crime drama is maintaining its perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, even as more reviews in. The cable network is synonymous with the genre, going back to The Sopranos and its impact on television as a whole. But even in recent years, with shows like Mare of Easttown and Sharp Objects, some of HBO's best shows have blended murder and mystery with more personal stakes and character studies.

This year has been no different, kicking off with True Detective season 4. Led by Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, with Issa López as showrunner and director, the anthology's return garnered strong reviews and solid reviews. The Penguin followed that same path, with praise for Colin Farrell, Cristin Miloti, and the fact that creator Lauren LeFranc told a compelling crime drama that didn't necessarily have to exist within Batman's world. One of HBO's newest originals looks to keep the trend going.

“Get Millie Black” is a new Brit-produced ‘detective’ TV series, created by Marlon James, set in Jamaica, now airing on HBO:

“..Jamaican-born detective ‘Millie-Jean Black’ is forced out of ‘Scotland Yard’ and returns home to join the ‘Jamaican Police Force’.

“She and her partner ‘Curtis’ investigate missing person cases, but their lives are up-ended…

“…when one of their investigations crosses paths with another…

“…,that brought Scotland Yard detective ‘Luke Holborn’ to Kingston…”

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HBO’s new television series “Get Millie Black” takes a strong and nuanced look at Jamaica’s complicated social milieu, deviating from standard crime drama storytelling. Marlon James, an award-winning novelist, created the five-episode series, which stars Tamara Lawrance as Detective Millie-Jean Black, a British-Jamaican police officer who returns to her birthplace after 18 years.

The show deviates from traditional Caribbean storylines by focusing on the rough neighborhoods of Kingston rather than gorgeous tourist sights. It chronicles Millie’s effort to find a missing young girl while also dealing with personal issues, such as her relationship with her transgender sister, Hibiscus.

“We filmed in Kingston to capture the authentic texture of the landscape and how people interact,” Lawrance informed the audience. Her portrayal of Millie emphasizes the protagonist’s dual role as an insider and an outsider in her native community.

The series takes on vital social topics, particularly LGBTQ+ rights in Jamaica.

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “Get Millie Black” Season 1, Episode 1.

On paper, “Get Millie Black” seems any other detective thriller in a TV climate that loves this particular subgenre. But as the series dives more into detective Millie-Jean Black’s (Tamara Lawrance) dedicated quest to save as many missing girls as possible, it becomes clear that’s not the case at all. So much of what makes HBO and Channel 4’s latest seres so distinct can be found in its setting.

“We filmed in Kingston, which was so crucial to the storytelling because of the texture of the landscape, how people talk and move and interact,” Lawrance told TheWrap. “I think [filming in Jamaica] informed it massively, even being around the accent every day.”

Created by Marlon James, “Get Millie Black” follows a detective who was born in Jamaica but was separated by her sibling during childhood. While Millie was sent to the United Kingdom,...

HBO and Channel 4 are set to release a gripping noir crime thriller that promises to be more than just another detective series. “Get Millie Black” emerges as a dramatic examination of trauma, identity, and justice, set against the complex backdrop of Kingston, Jamaica. Marlon James, the Booker Prize-winning novelist, makes his screenwriting debut with this five-episode limited series, adding a literary dimension to the crime genre that is both visceral and sophisticated.

The series revolves around Millie-Jean Black, a Scotland Yard detective played by the captivating Tamara Lawrance. Her journey is extremely personal: she returns to her birthplace to investigate a missing child case. She hopes to reunite with her estranged sibling, Hibiscus, a trans woman played by newcomer Chyna McQueen. The series delves deeper than just a crime story, revealing layers of family anguish, racial tensions, and societal restrictions.

James relies on his rich heritage, basing Millie on...

Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James wanted to showcase the “richness” of queer Caribbean communities when compiling his debut TV project Get Millie Black, which launches on HBO in a few days’ time.

The decorated scribe, who has previously said he underwent gruelling religious rituals in his native Jamaica in order to “drive out the gay,” saw an opportunity to paint rich, three-dimensional queer characters and set them amid a traditional crime noir narrative in the Tamara Lawrance-starring drama series.

“While we are not shying away from the cruelty that our queer people experience, we also wanted to show the richness of their lives,” James told Deadline. “Some of their most important scenes are some of the lightest.”

James was inspired to write the show’s lead transgender character, Millie Black’s sister Hibiscus, after watching a Channel 4 documentary a decade ago about Jamaica’s ‘gully queens’, a small...

The ghosts from our past often come back to haunt us. HBO's limited series, Get Millie Black, uses this concept as its compass, following a detective returning to her hometown to solve a missing persons case and reconnect with her long-lost sibling. Although this is a British project, it is predominantly set in Jamaica, a Caribbean hot spot known for its paradisal beaches and welcoming atmosphere. Despite the country being idyllic in many ways, renowned novelist Marlon James takes us to Kingston's underbelly in his screenwriting debut, resulting in a visceral noir series. In a matter of five episodes, with only four provided for review, Get Millie Black is a brutal look at rampant crime, racism, and other social constraints.

A disappeared girl. A detective who seeks out the missing because of things she can’t place from her traumatic past. An awkward new partnership; stern and disapproving authority figures; a twist that proves that what had seemed like an isolated case is actually part of something larger.

HBO’s Get Millie Black is a vivid, pulsating reminder of how forcefully the cobwebs can be swept from even the stodgiest of plots if you find a location viewers haven’t tired of, introduce characters who rise organically from that environment and honor those elements as thoroughly as you do the inevitably rising body count and the unfolding conspiracy.

The five-part series marks a smooth transition to the small screen for Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings) and a breakout starring vehicle for Tamara Lawrance. It quickly takes its place in that always-welcome category of off-the-beaten-path...

"My memory of the British police is corrupt coppers." HBO and Channel 4 have unveiled an official trailer for a crime thriller series called Get Millie Black, created & written by the acclaimed Jamaican author named Marlon James. This is already filmed and ready for release in a few weeks - streaming on Max in the US in addition to Channel 4 in the UK. An ex-Scotland Yard detective returns to Kingston to work in missing persons and finds herself on a quest to solve a case that will blow her world apart. "A mystery clashes with personal dilemmas." Detective Millie-Jean Black returns to Jamaica to work missing persons cases, finding herself on a quest to save a sibling who won’t be saved, to find a child who can't be found, and to solve a case that will prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black. Starring Tamara Lawrance as Millie Black,...

Can one detective solve the case of a lifetime? Former Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black is about to discover in “Get Millie Black.” The limited series sees this respected sleuth facing a seemingly unsolvable case. What she discovers during her investigation could change everything.

‘Black’ hails from Booker Prize award-winning author Marlon James, who created the project and serves as executive producer.

Continue reading ‘Get Millie Black’ Trailer: Tamara Lawrance, & Joe Dempsie Star in HBO’s New Limited Drama Series at The Playlist.

HBO has just released the official trailer for Get Millie Black, an upcoming limited series created and executive produced by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James. This highly anticipated series will debut Monday, November 25, at 9 Pm Et/Pt on HBO, with streaming available on Max. Get Millie Black looks set to be a gritty, character-driven thriller set in the heart of Kingston, Jamaica, with a storyline that dives deep into family secrets, mystery, and the resilience needed to confront personal and professional demons.

“Get Millie Black” is exactly what it sounds like: Someone is on the run, but who can stop them?

Well, perhaps the ex-Scotland Yard detective of the title. Tamara Lawrance stars as Millie-Jean Black, an investigator who returns to Kingston, Jamaica to work missing persons cases.

Per the official synopsis, Millie “soon finds herself on a quest to save a sibling who won’t be saved, to find a child who can’t be found, to solve a case that will blow her world apart and prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black.”

The HBO limited series is created and executive produced by Booker Prize award-winning author Marlon James. Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Chyna McQueen co-star.

“Get Millie Black” is produced for HBO and Channel 4 by Motive Pictures. Creator James executive produces along with Jami O’Brien, Simon Maxwell (CEO Motive Pictures), and Leopoldo Gout.

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Max is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the return of some of Max’s brilliant original comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls and also a new original epic sci-fi fantasy series in the world of Dune. Just like every month, Max is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 5 new movies and TV shows coming to Max in November 2024.

Invincible Fight Girl Season 1 (November 3)

Invincible Fight Girl is an upcoming animated action comedy-drama series created by Juston Gordon-Montgomery. The Adult Swim series is set in a world where Wrestling is everything and it follows Andy, a young girl who aspires to become the best pro-wrestler the world has ever seen and soon takes on the alias of “Fight Girl” to begin her career.

Get Millie Black will premiere on HBO in November, and the cable network has released a new teaser trailer. Five episodes of the British crime drama created by Marlon James have been produced. Photos for the series were released in September.

Starring Tamara Lawrance, Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Chyna McQueen, the Get Millie Black series follows a former Scotland Yard detective (Lawrance) as she returns home to Kingston to solve missing person cases.

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Marlon James, the award-winning Jamaican writer best recognized for his New York Times bestseller novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is venturing into another medium. The Booker prize winner is placing his home country on the international scene with the upcoming mystery crime series, Get Millie Black. The 8-episode limited series which will air in the U.S. on HBO and the UK on Channel 4 has received a new trailer ahead of its premiere next month.

Get Millie Black is headed to HBO. The cable network has announced a November premiere date for the Britrish crime drama and released several first-look photos. Five episodes have been produced for the series created by Marlon James.

Tamara Lawrance, Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Chyna McQueen star in the HBO series, which follows a returning ex-Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black (Lawrance).

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A first look at Get Millie Black, a five-part crime noir series created by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, has been revealed. Set to air next year on Channel 4 and co-produced with HBO, the series marks James’ screenwriting debut. The series follows Millie-Jean Black, a former Scotland Yard detective who returns to Jamaica to […]

Get Millie Black First Look at Channel 4 and HBO Crime Drama...

HBO has announced the release date for its upcoming original series, Get Millie Black. Created by the Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, this five-episode series will make its way to screens before the end of the year. The show will star Tamara Lawrance (The Silent Twins) and Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) and it will also be available to stream on Max.

HBO has released a first look at its five-episode original limited series Get Millie Black, which was created and executive produced by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James.

Get Millie Black will debut on Monday, November 25 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The series will also air on Channel 4 next year.

In the series, ex-Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black returns to Kingston to work missing person cases, soon finding herself on a quest to save a sibling who won’t be saved, to find a child who can’t be found, to solve a case that will blow her world apart and prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black.

The cast includes Tamara Lawrance, Joe Dempsie, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, and Chyna McQueen. The series, which was filmed in Jamaica and London, is produced by HBO and Channel 4 by Motive Pictures.

London, Nov 27 (Ians) ‘Prophet Song’ by the celebrated Irish novelist Paul Lynch has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2023, according to an official announcement by the organisers of the prestigious literary award.

The author received 50,000 pounds and was presented with his trophy by Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London, on Sunday, November 26.

Nairobi-born accountant-turned-debutant novelist Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, was one of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, which, since 1969, has been awarded to the top writers of our times. Six of the awardees have been writers of Indian descent.

The glitterting award event on Sunday was hosted by British journalist and writer Samira Ahmed and broadcast live as a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Front Row.

It was also livestreamed in an hour-long YouTube presentation, hosted by Jack Edwards...

London, Nov 27 (Ians) ‘Prophet Song’ by the celebrated Irish novelist Paul Lynch has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2023, according to an official announcement by the organisers of the prestigious literary award.

The author received 50,000 pounds and was presented with his trophy by Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London, on Sunday, November 26.

Nairobi-born accountant-turned-debutant novelist Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, was one of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, which, since 1969, has been awarded to the top writers of our times. Six of the awardees have been writers of Indian descent.

The glitterting award event on Sunday was hosted by British journalist and writer Samira Ahmed and broadcast live as a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Front Row.

It was also livestreamed in an hour-long YouTube presentation, hosted by Jack Edwards...

As the writers strike continues to dominate Hollywood discourse, Ted Sarandos has exited a planned appearance at a Pen America event next week that was set to honor him.

The literary organization announced Wednesday that the Netflix co-ceo will no longer attend their annual gala to accept the Pen America Business Visionary Award. The event will still take place May 18 in New York as planned with Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost as host, and Lorne Michaels remains scheduled to participate as an honored guest.

“We admire Ted Sarandos’ singular work translating literature to artful presentation onscreen, and his stalwart defense of free expression and satire,” Pen America said in a statement. “As a writers organization, we have been following recent events closely and understand his decision.”

The group added that the event will include a focus on the rise of book bans and the constraints surrounding comedy as it...

Exclusive: Silence has been golden for Tamara Lawrance who, paired with Wakanda Forever’s Letitia Wright in The Silent Twins, won the best joint lead performance trophy at the recent BIFA awards.

In director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s picture they portray inseparable twins, Jennifer and June Gibbons, born to Barbadian parents in 1963. They made an unusual pact at an early age to remain speechless except for communicating with each other in an indecipherable dialect of their own design.

It’s a contrast to a TV drama Lawrance will star in next year, in which she plays a character with more than enough to say. She’s referring to the title role in Channel 4 and HBO’s six-part prestige series Get Millie Black, a crime noir thriller set in Kingston, Jamaica and the UK, created by writer Marlon James whose novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won him the 2015 Man Booker prize.

Exclusive: After months of rumors and a three month exclusive negotiating period, Anonymous Content is now near a deal to acquire the prolific production company Automatik. There’s a twist here: Deadline reported that Anonymous was in talks for Grandview/Automatik. But The Dish hears that Grandview won’t be part of the transaction and will remain a freestanding rep company.

Deal will close early next year, sources said. The separation of Grandview and Automatik is amicable, we’re told. In fact, they just had a rather pleasant holiday party.

Anonymous, run by CEO Dawn Olmstead, had been having conversations with the twinned entities since last spring. Details will emerge after the holidays, and Anonymous Content, Automatik and Grandview declined comment.

Grandview will continue as a separate entity. Company has 20 managers who work with more than 500 clients including Joe Kosinski, Ryan Condal, Justin Simien, Dan Trachtenberg, Hiro Murai, Molly Smith Metzler,...

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Phil Cohen has joined Paramount Pictures’ Motion Picture Group as senior vp literary affairs.

The announcement was made Thursday by Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland, co-presidents of the studio’s Motion Picture Group. In the newly created role, Cohen, based in New York City, will mine the publishing world for books and other literary properties to option and adapt into movies for Paramount Pictures across its theatrical and streaming platforms.

He joins Paramount from Warner Bros. Entertainment where Cohen was a literary executive for five years, sourcing and developing books, comics, longform articles and podcasts for Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. TV, and HBO Max.

His Warner Bros. acquisitions included Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, which is currently in production with Bong Joon ho writing and directing and Robert Pattinson starring. The book is published by St. Martin, an imprint of Macmillan.

Phil Cohen has joined Paramount Pictures as Senior Vice President of Literary Affairs. Cohen comes to Paramount from Warner Bros., where he was a literary exec responsible for sourcing and developing books, comics, long-form articles and podcasts for Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. TV and HBO Max.

In his newly created role, Cohen will serve as the studio’s eyes and ears in the publishing world, identifying books and other literary properties to option and adapt into feature films for Paramount Pictures across theatrical and streaming platforms. He assumed the position, which has him based in New York City, today.

“It’s been an incredible year for our studio and as we ramp up our slate for ’24 and beyond, acquiring books that tell great stories and introduce memorable characters into the zeitgeist is an important part of our strategy,” said Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland, who serve as...

Marking another major merger in the representation world, sources tell Deadline that Anonymous Content is in exclusive negotiations to acquire management and production firm Grandview/Automatik. The two companies have had discussions about a potential merger going all the way back to the spring, with nothing serious ever coming of it, but talks have ramped up during the past couple weeks and sources close to the situation say they now are exclusive.

Reps for both companies declined comment on the talks.

Grandview/Automatik has been seen as a popular potential acquisition for some time as the company founded in 2014 has grown from a small boutique to a major player in the management and producing world. Insiders say that even after early discussions started in the spring with Anonymous, Grandview still was keeping an open ear to other offers as it decided what was best for the company. In recent weeks,...

The summer is approaching, the sun is sort of sometimes coming out and you might find yourself on the look out for something to read. We’re rounded up a collection of novels that were released this spring which feature the stories of some badass women from all areas of sci-fi.

Any favourite female sci-fi characters you’d like to recommend? Let us know in the comments.

The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson

Publisher: Del Rey

The prolific Dawson’s latest is a pandemic thriller that turns victims into victors. Three generations of women are held captive by controlling husbands or fathers. But when they become infected by a strange condition called the Violence, the symptoms of which are surges of animalistic rage, they find a brutally fitting way to break their respective cycles of abuse.

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

Publisher: Riverhead Books

The highly anticipated second...

Millie Black is gotten.

Get Millie Black, a limited series being produced for HBO and the UK’s Channel 4, has cast Tamara Lawrance (Apple TV+’s Invasion) in the title role.

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In the drama, which begins production this week in Jamaica, Millie-Jean Black is a police detective forced to quit Scotland Yard and return to the country of her birth to...

Exclusive: Upcoming HBO and Channel 4 drama Get Millie Black has set The Long Song’s Tamara Lawrance as lead. With shooting beginning this week in Jamaica, the six-part detective drama has also rounded out its cast with Game of Thrones star Joe Dempsie joining and Tanya Hamilton set to direct.

Production on the Marlon James-created show began on Monday, with additional shooting to come in London further down the line. Also starring are Gershwyn Eustache Jr and Chyna McQueen.

Lawrance, who has starred in BBC drama The Long Song and has National Theatre credits to her name, will play ex-Scotland Yard detective Millie Black, who returns to Kingston to work missing persons cases for the Jamaican Police Force and soon finds herself on a quest to save a sister who won’t be saved, to find a boy who can’t be found, to solve a case...

This month’s new fantasy brings inventive world-building, social commentary and cool swords. Take a look at our top picks for new fantasy books in February 2022.

The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood

Type: Novel

Publisher: Tor Books

Release date: Feb. 15

Den of Geek says: The previous book in this series, The Serpent Gates, overflowed with fantastical concepts and twists on the expected. A series of magical portals through which airships travel through dimensions? Ancient snake people? Sword fights? It has everything.

Publisher’s summary: Two years after defying the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and escaping into the great unknown, Csorwe and Shuthmili have made a new life for themselves, hunting for secrets among the ruins of an ancient snake empire.

Along for the ride is Tal Charossa, determined to leave the humiliation and heartbreak of his hometown far behind him, even if it means enduring the company of his old rival and her insufferable girlfriend.

Amazon Studios has put in development Victories Greater Than Death, a series based on Charlie Jane Anders’ novel, from Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society. A writer is not yet attached. The project falls under Jordan’s overall deal at Amazon Studios.

Per the synopsis: “High school can be rough. It’s hard to fit in, yet impossible to be invisible, and when everyone is desperately trying to figure out who they are and where they are going in life it doesn’t help Tina that she’s hiding a deep secret. She’s the keeper of an interplanetary beacon that will activate someday soon, calling her home as the clone of an alien charged with saving the galaxy. But, for as much as she feels destined to fulfill her mission, she first has to grapple with the complications with the humans in her life. As Tina prepares to take...

Exclusive: Studio exec Elizabeth Raposo looks to have found her next big gig as she has been named President of Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society banner. Raposo was most recently the President of Production at Paramount before leaving this past fall.

The exhaustive search for the position took six months with the company meeting with a dozen execs before landing on Raposo. Following exit from Paramount, Raposo quickly one of the more highly-coveted execs in town and found her fit with Jordan and Outlier Society to be exactly what she was looking for. In this role she will oversee production and development for all aspects of the business alongside Jordan.

During her 15 years at Paramount Pictures, most recently as President of Production, Raposo shepherded franchises, large-scale films and filmmaker-driven material. She oversaw multiple entries in the Mission: Impossible series including Mission: Impossible-Fallout, J.J. Abrams Star Trek series, Abrams...

John Freeman, most recently the Executive Editor of Lit Hub and the former editor of Granta, has joined Knopf as an Executive Editor, effective March 15.

“I’ve long admired John’s achievements as an editor and writer, and I can’t wait for him to bring his excellent, adventurous, wide-ranging taste to our list, where he’ll be acquiring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry,” said Reagan Arthur, EVP and Publisher, Knopf/Pantheon/Schocken. Freeman will report directly to Arthur.

In addition to Lit Hub and Granta, Freeman is the founder of Freeman’s, a literary annual published in several countries around the world. Writers he has worked with include Valeria Luiselli, Sayaka Murata, Mohsin Hamid, Barry Lopez, Marlon James, Lydia Davis, Aminatta Forna, Richard Russo, Rebecca Solnit, Mo Yan, Kamila Shamsie, Anthony Shadid, Julie Otsuka, Natalie Diaz, Tracy K. Smith, Aleksandar Hemon, and Julia Alvarez.

Between 2014 and 2020, Freeman edited a series of anthologies about inequality,...

Veteran industry executive and producer Alana Mayo has joined MGM as the President of the newly relaunched Orion Pictures.

The division will concentrate exclusively on underrepresented voices and authentic storytelling in film with a focus on developing, producing and acquiring feature films that amplify underserved voices, both in front of and behind the camera. The announcement was made jointly by Michael De Luca, MGM’s Film Group Chairman and Pam Abdy, MGM’s Film Group President.

Said Mayo, “We are at an exciting and critical tipping point in our industry. For years many filmmakers and creators who have been considered and treated as outsiders have nonetheless persisted in creating visionary films that drew audiences across the globe and defined culture. Many of these films and filmmakers inspired me to pursue storytelling as a career, and to work towards creating a more equitable environment for all creators,” said Mayo. I am...

MGM’s Orion Pictures is relaunching its brand as a studio label for underrepresented voices and has named veteran industry executive and producer Alana Mayo as the new Orion Pictures president, Michael De Luca, MGM’s film group chairman and Pam Abdy, MGM’s film group president.

In an internal memo from De Luca and Abdy shared with TheWrap, John Hegeman will be stepping down from his role at Orion in early October after three years with the label, as will his team, following the opening of the studio’s latest release “Bill & Ted Face the Music.”

The new Orion will focus on developing, producing and acquiring features that amplify underserved voices in front of and behind the camera.

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Mayo will oversee the label’s day-to-day operations,...