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EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions are teaming on a film adaptation of the Maggie O’Farrell novel Hamnet. They’ve set Chiara Atik to write the script.

after it was told about allegations of sexual assault, harassment and bullying against the star.Dame Pippa Harris said had the awards body known “one fraction of the information” detailed in The Guardian‘s exposé then it would not have proceeded to honour him with its Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award last month.Sky News asked Harris why BAFTA made a trained expert available to Clarke’s accusers after he was awarded in order to give them professional advice – two weeks after it first

Antonio Ferme editorSearchlight Pictures is teaming up with Sam Mendes for his next project “Empire of Light,” which is aiming for a fall 2022 release. Olivia Colman is in negotiations to star.The film is a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.

Naman Ramachandran The annual Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards are kicking off — and it’s an unprecedented edition for an unprecedented year.As a physical ceremony is not possible because of the coronavirus pandemic, the BAFTAs are broadcasting from a closed studio with winners accepting awards virtually.

The British Academy has named Krishnendu Majumdar as its new chair, with the award-winning TV producer becoming the first person of color to be appointed to the role in BAFTA’s 73-year history and its youngest chair in 35 years. Majumdar, who has been deputy chair for one year, is due to remain as chair for the next three years — the newly extended term for all future BAFTA chairs.

By Leo Barraclough

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is looking at means of supporting members who are facing the impact of the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Aisling Bea, Daisy Cooper and Barbara Broccoli are among the figures in the entertainment industry who will offer tips and guidance to aspiring female creatives.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Ever since Universal-DreamWorks’ “1917” debuted, reporters have seemed fascinated with the fact that women played key creative roles in the film. The list included Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who co-wrote it with director Sam Mendes, and producers Pippa Harris and Jayne-Ann Tenggren.

Days ahead of Sunday’s BAFTA awards, “The Morning Show” star Gugu Mbatha-Raw has spoken out about a “stark lack of inclusivity” at high-level awards shows.

Guests at the upcoming Bafta film awards will not receive a gift bag and have been urged to make “sustainable fashion choices”  as the ceremony endeavours to be carbon neutral for the first time.