Laura Mackie Leaving ‘Unforgotten’ Producer Mainstreet Pictures
Unforgotten producer Mainstreet Footage is shedding its CEO. Laura Mackie, who based the indie 10 years in the past, is stepping away from the trade. CEO Sally Haynes will proceed in that position and EP Man De Glanville has been promoted to MD. ITV Studios-backed Mainstreet is finest recognized for producing six seasons of hit ITV drama Unforgotten. The corporate additionally produced the BBC’s Gold Digger throughout her tenure, which was made into an Italian-language sequence by Cattleya that was not too long ago the primary non-English present on Netflix. Mackie commissioned Downton Abbey, Endeavour and Broadchurch for ITV throughout her stint with the community. ITV Studios MD Julian Bellamy mentioned she has “made essentially the most excellent contribution to the world of TV drama over time.” Mackie added: “Working Mainstreet with my good friend and colleague Sally has been an absolute pleasure and I can’t wait to see what she and the good Man de Glanville will produce subsequent. I’ll be their primary viewer.”
Europa Cinemas Awards Winners Unveiled
The 2024 Europa Cinema Awards had been awarded over the weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania. Successful the Greatest Programming prize was Stockholm cinema Biografen Zita, which was praised for “displaying a variety of European movies.” The Greatest younger Viewers Exercise award went to Skalvija Cinema Centre in Vilnius, which was described as having an “excellent programme” for youthful cinema goers. Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus & Admiral Kino in Vienna took residence the Greatest Enterpreneur prize, the primary time it was awarded. The awards ceremony was held throughout the twenty third Europa Cinemas Networks Convention, which was being held in a Baltic nation for the primary time. Greater than 500 delegates attended, together with exhibitors, distributors, producers and gross sales brokers. Themes mentioned included progress in screenings of traditional and repository cinema, extra younger folks shaping cinema programming and urge for food for cinema-going returning after the Covid-19 pandemic
PBS Secures BBC Heist Drama ‘The Gold‘
PBS Masterpiece needs a chunk of The Gold. Each seasons of the BBC drama sequence starring Jack Lowden and Hugh Bonneville have offered to the American community, with Season 2 but to air. The Gold has additionally been offered by All3Media Worldwide to CBC Gem in Canada, Magenta TV/Telekom in Germany and Stan in Australia. Penned by Neil Forsyth and produced by All3Media-backed Tannadice Footage, The Gold tells the story of a gaggle of six thieves who stumbled upon £26M ($33M) price of gold bullion in what was one of the crucial infamous crimes in British historical past. The second season will launch quickly and explores what occurred to the opposite half of the gold that wasn’t initially discovered by police. Susanne Simpson, Masterpiece’s Head of Scripted Content material and Govt Producer, mentioned: “Masterpiece is thrilled to be bringing Neil Forsyth’s distinctive storytelling to our viewers with seasons one and two of The Gold.”
