The great irony of Halloween is that in subjecting ourselves to scares of the kitschy seasonal-grocery-aisle variety, we somehow inoculate ourselves, for a moment, the Irl horrors that so consistently plague us each day online in the news each day. But horror movies and other October-end entertainments aren’t necessarily always simply a distraction. Just as often they’re an honest expression of universal human anxieties, dressed up in a foul-smelling rubber mask from the ad-hoc aisles of your local Spirit Halloween retail outlet.
Why we love it: October is the ideal and most obvious time to revisit Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Though each Halloween episode of the series is wonderful in its own way (shout-out to sexy-ghost Willow), it’s “Fear, Itself” that I still watch every year. The Scooby Gang finds themselves trapped inside a fraternity house of horrors, as fear demon “Gachnar” exploits their deepest anxieties I...
Why we love it: October is the ideal and most obvious time to revisit Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Though each Halloween episode of the series is wonderful in its own way (shout-out to sexy-ghost Willow), it’s “Fear, Itself” that I still watch every year. The Scooby Gang finds themselves trapped inside a fraternity house of horrors, as fear demon “Gachnar” exploits their deepest anxieties I...
- 10/31/2023
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Ctam and Common Sense Media have partnered on StreamSafely Summer Camp,, an online destination at StreamSafely.com where parents and kids can find safe, family-friendly programming without the risks that come with pirated content. The site includes a collection of 46 movies curated by the nonprofit Common Sense Media available through June, July and August, along with a checklist for parents on safe streaming.
A Ctam study from October 2022 found that 38% of households with kids report accessing pirated content a few times a year, well above the mean for the US adult population overall (26%). Piracy sites appear free, but they make money by stealing personal information, often by installing destructive malware or ransomware on users’ home computers. Digital video piracy accounts for more than $50 billion in revenue losses for the global tv and movie industry, according to the study.
“Many families stream pirated content...
A Ctam study from October 2022 found that 38% of households with kids report accessing pirated content a few times a year, well above the mean for the US adult population overall (26%). Piracy sites appear free, but they make money by stealing personal information, often by installing destructive malware or ransomware on users’ home computers. Digital video piracy accounts for more than $50 billion in revenue losses for the global tv and movie industry, according to the study.
“Many families stream pirated content...
- 6/26/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Children’s literature loves few things as much as a mighty monster who remains, against all outward appearances, defiantly benign — one who sets out to soothe young nightmares after initially stoking them, ultimately proving that fears and anxieties aren’t limited to little folk. Boris, the cheerfully dorky title character in Ruth Stiles Gannett’s 1948 book “My Father’s Dragon,” is cut from the same soft felt as Frank L. Baum’s Cowardly Lion, Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant or Jill Murphy’s Worst Witch. A would-be flying fire-breather who hasn’t yet found his wings or his flames, he has even more growing up to do than fearful 10-year-old hero Elmer, and their mutual guilelessness sets the tone for Irish animator Nora Twomey’s winningly sweet-natured, visually transporting adaptation.
The overriding gentleness of “My Father’s Dragon” is a trademark virtue for Cartoon Saloon, the Ireland-based animation studio...
The overriding gentleness of “My Father’s Dragon” is a trademark virtue for Cartoon Saloon, the Ireland-based animation studio...
- 10/10/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
In this week’s International TV Newswire, “Money Heist’ fanbase heaves with anticipation at Part 3, two prominent European doc fests change directors, All3Media confirms “Dark Money’s” pre-sales credentials; Zfd favorite “Worst Witch” gets an Nhk makeover; and Econet Media’s satellite TV biz goes into administration:
‘Money Heist’ Part 3 Anticipation Boils
Two weeks out from its July 19 Netflix global release, expectation for “Money Heist” Part 3 (aka “La Casa de Papel” Temporada 3) is coming to a boil. “Money Heist” Parts 1 and 2 ranked as the second most-binged Svod Spanish-language show in the world in June, app TV Time revealed to TodoTVNews this week, beaten only by “Alta Mar,”· the latest from “Velvet’s” Bambu and another Netflix show. Adding to the excitement, “Money Heist” Part 3 does not now appear to be just an extra season, moreover, but creator Alex Pina’s ambition to create the biggest Spanish series ever. Already, at a June 20 Madrid press conference,...
‘Money Heist’ Part 3 Anticipation Boils
Two weeks out from its July 19 Netflix global release, expectation for “Money Heist” Part 3 (aka “La Casa de Papel” Temporada 3) is coming to a boil. “Money Heist” Parts 1 and 2 ranked as the second most-binged Svod Spanish-language show in the world in June, app TV Time revealed to TodoTVNews this week, beaten only by “Alta Mar,”· the latest from “Velvet’s” Bambu and another Netflix show. Adding to the excitement, “Money Heist” Part 3 does not now appear to be just an extra season, moreover, but creator Alex Pina’s ambition to create the biggest Spanish series ever. Already, at a June 20 Madrid press conference,...
- 7/5/2019
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Boasting animation, live-action shows and tween series, Zdf Enterprises’ Zdfe.junior division offers a diverse catalog of domestic and international productions.
The unit is attracting strong global interest with such titles as “The Worst Witch,” “The Bureau of Magical Things”
and “Find Me in Paris,” particularly on the VOD front, says Zdfe president and CEO Fred Burcksen.
Zdfe’s recent kids’ titles have all attracted leading VOD partners.
Nickelodeon was quick to pick up global linear and non-linear rights to Jonathan M. Shiff Prods.’ Australian teen fantasy series “The Bureau of Magical Things.” Co-produced by Zdf and Zdfe, the show is already set for season two.
Hulu nabbed U.S. streaming rights to Cottonwood Media’s tween drama “Find Me in Paris,” about a Russian ballerina in 1905 Paris who is flung into the future by a magical pendant and forced to adapt to modern technology, fashion and teen slang while...
The unit is attracting strong global interest with such titles as “The Worst Witch,” “The Bureau of Magical Things”
and “Find Me in Paris,” particularly on the VOD front, says Zdfe president and CEO Fred Burcksen.
Zdfe’s recent kids’ titles have all attracted leading VOD partners.
Nickelodeon was quick to pick up global linear and non-linear rights to Jonathan M. Shiff Prods.’ Australian teen fantasy series “The Bureau of Magical Things.” Co-produced by Zdf and Zdfe, the show is already set for season two.
Hulu nabbed U.S. streaming rights to Cottonwood Media’s tween drama “Find Me in Paris,” about a Russian ballerina in 1905 Paris who is flung into the future by a magical pendant and forced to adapt to modern technology, fashion and teen slang while...
- 4/8/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Forever young Netflix has ordered two new live-action tween TV series. The first is a still Untitled Horse Mystery project, starring Jaylen Barron, Celine Buckens, and Kerry Ingram. The drama is executive produced by Rebecca Hodgson, Kate Little, and Claire Poyser for Lime Pictures and directed by Paul Norton Walker. The 10-episode first season will be drop to Netflix worldwide in 2017.Next up is a reboot of The Worst Witch TV show, based on the Jill Murphy book series of the same name. Starring Bella Ramsey, Clare Higgins, and Raquel Cassidy, the 12-episode first season is produced by Cbbc Productions in collaboration with Zdf, Zdf Enterprises and Netflix. The Worst Witch will be available to Netflix members around the globe in 2017, and in the UK and Germany after its premiere on Zdf and Cbbc. Below, you'll find details about both new series, straight...
- 9/2/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Filming has begun in Cheshire on a new 13-episode Cbbc adaptation of Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch.
The books were previously adapted back in the late 1990s for ITV, with a young Felicity Jones, who went on to be nominated for an Oscar for The Theory of Everything, starring as Ethel Hallow, and then again with a new group of young witches in The New Worst Witch in 2005.
Newcomer Bella Ramsey, a member of the Nottingham-based Television Workshop, stars as Mildred Hubble. Bella will also shortly be making her screen debut as Lyanna Mormont in Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
Mildred Hubble is our heroine. From a world outside of magic, she finds herself landing head first, literally, at Miss Cackle’s Academy for witches. The series follows her adventures and friendships as she strives not to be The Worst Witch! Full of flying, magic and plenty of laughs,...
The books were previously adapted back in the late 1990s for ITV, with a young Felicity Jones, who went on to be nominated for an Oscar for The Theory of Everything, starring as Ethel Hallow, and then again with a new group of young witches in The New Worst Witch in 2005.
Newcomer Bella Ramsey, a member of the Nottingham-based Television Workshop, stars as Mildred Hubble. Bella will also shortly be making her screen debut as Lyanna Mormont in Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
Mildred Hubble is our heroine. From a world outside of magic, she finds herself landing head first, literally, at Miss Cackle’s Academy for witches. The series follows her adventures and friendships as she strives not to be The Worst Witch! Full of flying, magic and plenty of laughs,...
- 5/16/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
The writer of The Worst Witch children's books has suggested that a new television adaptation of the series will soon begin production.
Jill Murphy told The Daily Telegraph that a new series is in development with the BBC, adding that she is excited by the revival.
"We're just in the process of working on it with the BBC," she said.
"They have much better special effects for the animals, so it should be wonderful. I'm really, really looking forward to it."
Murphy also opened up about the original 1986 television film adaptation of her novels.
"It was one of those things that starts up a great hope and bits go wrong," she said.
"The film was terribly disappointing because it had an appalling script and they made various mess-ups, like with the costumes. When the girls saw the costumes, they practically cried because the hats looked ridiculous.
"Diana Rigg and Tim Curry...
Jill Murphy told The Daily Telegraph that a new series is in development with the BBC, adding that she is excited by the revival.
"We're just in the process of working on it with the BBC," she said.
"They have much better special effects for the animals, so it should be wonderful. I'm really, really looking forward to it."
Murphy also opened up about the original 1986 television film adaptation of her novels.
"It was one of those things that starts up a great hope and bits go wrong," she said.
"The film was terribly disappointing because it had an appalling script and they made various mess-ups, like with the costumes. When the girls saw the costumes, they practically cried because the hats looked ridiculous.
"Diana Rigg and Tim Curry...
- 11/2/2014
- Digital Spy
It's like the Charmed years of the 1990s, as TV shows, books and films focus on magic, the supernatural and all things wiccan
When Ryan Murphy, the creator of American Horror Story, announced that the third season of the American TV series would focus on witches, he was riding the crest of a wave. Not since the 1990s – the era of Buffy's geek goddess, Willow Rosenberg, and a scowling Fairuza Balk in The Craft – have witches been so much in demand.
In the young-adult section of bookshops, shelves that recently groaned under the weight of tales of tormented vampires and lovelorn werewolves, are now stuffed with stories of witchcraft and magic, from Ruth Warburton's much-praised Winter Trilogy to Jessica Spotswood's Cahill Witch Chronicles. Lower down the age range, last month the most recent in Jill Murphy's long-running Worst Witch series was published, while among the predictions for this Christmas's...
When Ryan Murphy, the creator of American Horror Story, announced that the third season of the American TV series would focus on witches, he was riding the crest of a wave. Not since the 1990s – the era of Buffy's geek goddess, Willow Rosenberg, and a scowling Fairuza Balk in The Craft – have witches been so much in demand.
In the young-adult section of bookshops, shelves that recently groaned under the weight of tales of tormented vampires and lovelorn werewolves, are now stuffed with stories of witchcraft and magic, from Ruth Warburton's much-praised Winter Trilogy to Jessica Spotswood's Cahill Witch Chronicles. Lower down the age range, last month the most recent in Jill Murphy's long-running Worst Witch series was published, while among the predictions for this Christmas's...
- 10/26/2013
- by Sarah Hughes
- The Guardian - Film News
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