Screen Briefing · Television

Official Sam Kerr Kicking Goals title artwork over a football field.

Australia

Sam Kerr’s childhood heads to television as casting begins

Paramount+ has commissioned Kicking Goals, a scripted adaptation of Kerr’s books that will film in Western Australia in early 2027.

Daniel Radcliffe and Tracy Morgan lean towards a computer in The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.

United States

Tracy Morgan’s Reggie Dinkins brings in two 30 Rock favourites

Jane Krakowski and Scott Adsit reunite with Morgan, bringing old school ties and a rivalry over the neighbourhood Santa job.

Hugh Laurie and Amy Poehler face one another at Greek ruins in DIG.

United States

Amy Poehler and Hugh Laurie dig up trouble in Peacock’s new comedy trailer

Poehler reunites with Michael Schur for DIG, an archaeological comedy with a rare find, a difficult boss and a November premiere.

Dominic Cooper as Hamish in Who The Hell Is Hamish?

Australia

Paramount+ puts Australian crime and star-led drama at the heart of its slate

Melanie Lynskey, Dominic Cooper and Nicole Kidman feature in the platform’s programming pitch, alongside returning local dramas.

Melanie Lynskey in an archive Yellowjackets scene used in Mushroom Murders casting publicity.

Australia

Melanie Lynskey to play convicted murderer Erin Patterson in Mushroom Murders

The Yellowjackets star will lead and executive produce Paramount+’s six-part Australian drama, with Daina Reid directing.

Martha Plimpton and Mark Ruffalo in the first season of Task.

United States

Martha Plimpton returns to a changed Task as season two films in Philadelphia

The HBO drama is expanding its ensemble, with Mahershala Ali joining and a familiar Mare of Easttown character crossing into Brad Ingelsby’s crime story.

Siân Brooke leads the Blue Lights cast in official season-four key art.

United States / Canada

Blue Lights turns up the pressure in BritBox’s season-four trailer

Siân Brooke’s Belfast officers face a buried secret and a threat on the streets as the drama heads for its North American weekly run.

Noah Wyle in an official season-three publicity still from The Pitt.

United States

Noah Wyle brings a changed Dr Robby back to The Pitt

As season three returns to Pittsburgh for exterior filming, the star hints at a more hopeful doctor and a story shaped by the city around him.

Georgia Juvelis in a supplied corporate portrait.

United States

AMC communications chief Georgia Juvelis to leave after 19 years

The executive who helped tell the story of Mad Men, Breaking Bad and AMC’s streaming expansion will depart at the end of 2026.

Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra and Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor in Doctor Who.

Varada Sethu would return to Doctor Who — and that finale surprised her too

The Belinda Chandra actor is open to another TARDIS trip, after discovering the Billie Piper twist at the same time as viewers.

Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees and Gwendolyn Sundstrom as Grace in Crystal Lake.

United States / UK / Ireland

Crystal Lake scares up one of Peacock’s biggest debuts

Linda Cardellini’s Friday the 13th prequel has drawn 1.3 billion minutes of viewing in its first 11 days.

Sarah Snook at the Broadway opening of The Picture of Dorian Gray in March 2025. Archive actor portrait, not a The Birds production still.

Australia / US

Sarah Snook’s The Birds finds a home at HBO

HBO has taken the Succession star’s proposed limited series into development, with a missing friend and deadly bird attacks at the heart of the adaptation.

Carrie-Anne Moss as Katherine in an official Yaga production photograph.

UK / Ireland

Carrie-Anne Moss says Yaga changed her mind about intimacy coordinators

The Matrix star has spoken about finding support for a more vulnerable role ahead of the thriller’s UK and Ireland launch.

Harry Gilby, Jasper Talbot and Hannah Chinn, newly cast in HBO’s Harry Potter series. Official casting publicity, not a production still.

US / UK

HBO casts Harry Potter’s parents and Charlie Weasley

Jasper Talbot, Hannah Chinn and Harry Gilby join the first season ahead of its Christmas debut.

Katrina Milosevic as Boomer outside the prison gate, holding a green bag, with Jacquie Brennan as Smiles behind her.

Australia

Boomer walks free in Wentworth: Halfway Home first look

Nadine Garner, Elaine Crombie and Daniel Henshall join the spin-off as BINGE reveals its next chapter.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon shake hands across an outdoor table in The Trip publicity photograph.

UK and Ireland

Coogan and Brydon head north in The Trip’s new teaser

The six-part Scandinavian reunion reaches Sky and NOW in December, with cinema previews coming first.

John Bishop smiles in the official publicity portrait supplied with Sky’s Coliseum comedy-series announcement.

John Bishop brings a new comedy crowd to the Coliseum

Sky’s three-part stand-up showcase will pair familiar faces with emerging acts, with recording set for December.

Angel, a small animated dog using a wheeled support, stands beside a larger dog under the Fallen Angel title.

Dawn French and Richard Ayoade join a very bad day for a show dog

Fallen Angel heads a new batch of BBC Wales comedy pilots arriving on iPlayer this week.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau at 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 15 February 2022. Archive portrait, not a production still.

Canada / United States

The Black Tapes brings Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to a Vancouver horror shoot

MGM+ orders eight episodes of the supernatural investigation series, with production planned for January.

Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov, wearing tuxedos in a scene from Heated Rivalry season one.

Australia / New Zealand

Heated Rivalry takes the whole season to Australian and NZ cinemas

The hockey romance becomes a shared big-screen event from 5 December, with all six episodes and exclusive cast-and-director content.

A season-four production still from The Gilded Age.

Australia / New Zealand / United Kingdom / Ireland / United States / Canada

This week: Stephen Graham’s Nocturne, The Devils and The Gilded Age

Three arrivals for 26 October–1 November, with dates and viewing territories.

Feral cast Michelle Dockery, Jessica Gunning, Genevieve O’Reilly and Philippa Northeast in the officially supplied casting image.

Australia

Michelle Dockery and Jessica Gunning film Feral in Queensland

Emma Freeman directs the jungle survival story, adapted from Shirley Conran’s Savages.

A supplied scene from the Canadian thriller Yaga.

Canada

Carrie-Anne Moss and Hudson Williams bring old magic to Yaga

The Canadian thriller sends Noah Reid into a coastal town where a disappearance hides deeper secrets.

Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn and Cynthia Nixon as Ada Brook in The Gilded Age season four.

United States

The Gilded Age and Tony lead HBO Max’s November arrivals

Carrie Coon’s society battles return, alongside a young Anthony Bourdain and a Colin Farrell documentary.

Florence Pugh at We Live in Time premiere, TIFF, 6 September 2024. Archive event photograph; not a still from East of Eden.

United Kingdom / United States / Global

Florence Pugh’s East of Eden sends viewers back to Steinbeck

Netflix reports 19.1 million views as the novel gets a fresh sales lift.

Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, with blood on her face in a scene from Crystal Lake season one.

United States / United Kingdom / Ireland

Crystal Lake’s creator explains why Jason’s mother takes the lead

Brad Caleb Kane puts Pamela Voorhees’ transformation at the centre of the Friday the 13th prequel.

Keeley Hawes as Julie in The Assassin, season two.

Australia / United Kingdom / Germany

The Assassin turns a honeymoon into a family emergency

Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore return as all six episodes land on Stan on 6 November.

Official first-look collage showing the cast and Victorian Birmingham settings of The Cadburys.

United Kingdom / United States / Canada

The Cadburys wraps filming and unwraps its first look

BritBox’s six-part chocolate-family drama moves from the Birmingham set towards a 2027 debut.