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Andrew Haigh is one of the most respected English filmmakers working today because of the humane and tender qualities he lends his projects. Whether it’s his LGBT-themed dramas like “Weekend” and “Looking,” or the truly excellent “45 Years” from 2015, Haigh brings a subtle and tender style reminiscent of a novelist’s sensibility.

A new series about the American AIDS epidemic and ACT UP New York (from 1987-1993) is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports that British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (“Weekend,” “Looking“) will showrun “Let The Record Show,” based on a new novel that covers New York activism surrounding the AIDS crisis.

EXCLUSIVE: Let The Record Show, written by Sarah Schulman, has been called the most comprehensive political history of American AIDS activism and ACT Up.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Two has released several images from its upcoming star-studded, long-gestating drama series “The North Water.”The new photos feature Jack O’Connell as Patrick Sumner, Colin Farrell as Henry Drax, and Stephen Graham as Captain Brownlee, alongside Tom Courtenay as Baxter, seen in character for the first time.

Naman Ramachandran Hakan Kousetta and Jamie Laurenson are departing U.K./Australia production outfit See-Saw Films to start their own TV production company 60Forty Films.Kousetta and Laurenson are Primetime Emmy winners for short form series “State of the Union.” At See-Saw, Laurenson was head of television, while Kousetta was COO, television.

Charlotte Rampling — a Berlinale Silver Bear winner in 2015 thanks to Andrew Haigh's drama 45 Years— is heading back to Berlin with her latest project.The British art house icon is to star in the dark comedy Juniper, from Australian director Matthew Saville (Hitch Hike, Dive), playing a feisty alcoholic grandmother alongside Marton Csokas (Loving, Into the Badlands, Kingdom of Heaven).Celsius Entertainment is handling worldwide sales rights (outside of Australia/New Zealand) to the feature —