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Shadowbox Studios is targeting independent film and TV productions with an initiative to make it easier for independent producers to access its UK and US facilities at Shinfield and Atlanta, respectively.

Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan, Charlie Heaton, Domhnall Gleeson, Himesh Patel, Niamh Algar and Simone Kirby have joined the cast of Rich Peppiatt’s Bad Bridgets, which will begin production next month in Northern Ireland and Ireland. The new cast join previously announced Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver in the Netflix film, which is written and directed by Kneecap filmmaker Peppiatt. LuckyChap is producing the film with Peppiatt and Trevor Birney’s Northern Irish company Coup d’Etat.

Marcus Pfister’s beloved children’s book The Rainbow Fish is being adapted into a feature animation by Studiocanal Germany and German writer, director and puppeteer Florian Moch. Filming in Augsburg, Germany is underway and will continue until mid-July. Studiocanal Germany is producing alongside Claussen + Putz Filmproduktion and Zodiac Pictures, having previously collaborated on The Robber Hotzenplotz, The Little Witch and Heidi.

Spanish-language feature takes place during 1973 coup. By Jeremy Kay 30 Jun 2026 Source: Juan Pablo Montalva Pablo Larraín is reuniting with Netflix on Once (Eleven), the Chilean auteur’s latest examination of his country’s recent dark past that marks his first Chilean feature since The Count (El Conde) in 2023.

Filming is underway in Wales, UK, on Jamie Adams’ Tangled Up In Blue starring Quentin Tarantino, Kylie Minogue and US Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA. The film is about a talent manager confronted with an old flame. Jason Isaacs, Allison Williams, Sofia Boutella, Hugh Skinner and Craig Roberts also star, with New York-based Visor Entertainment producing. According to Nation.Cymru and BBC News, the cast have been spotted around the town of Porthcawl and Cardiff.

Spain’s state-owned investment company SETT (Spanish Society for Technological Transformation) has announced investments worth a combined €39.8m in two newly created international production partnerships: Ítaca Films Madrid and Good Films Studios Spain in Alicante. Ítaca Films Madrid has received €20m to create a Spanish arm of Mexico’s Grupo Ítaca, to produce 26 film and TV productions worth a combined €419m over the next 10 years in the capital.

Freya Allan and Kodi Smit-McPhee are leading the cast of Nick Hamm’s twisted romantic drama Black Palace, with production underway in the UK. New Regency is representing worldwide sales on the film, with Joe Anders, Raffey Cassidy, Iain Glen, Martin Clunes, and Juliet Stevenson also on the cast. Written by Jon Croker, Black Palace is set in autumn 1888, as the emerging tabloid media terrify the public with lurid stories of Jack the Ripper.

Plans for a £1bn film and TV studio in north London, the Camden Film Quarter, have been narrowly approved by the Labour-run local council. To be built on disused land in Kentish Town, plans include 11 sound stages, a campus for students at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) and the London Screen Academy (LSA) and 485 new residences, of which 50% will be classified as affordable housing. The development has met with local opposition.

A total amount of €10.2m has been awarded in this round. By Mona Tabbara 23 Jun 2026 Source: Subject's own/Stine Bidstrup Projects from Isaki Lacuesta and Nikolaj Arcel are among the recipients of European film support body Eurimages’ latest round of funding, each receiving €500,000, the biggest award available.

Google has entered into a research and development partnership with A24 that will also see the tech giant invest a reported $75m in the studio behind the $300m global smash Backrooms. While A24 did not comment on the development nor theinvestment amount, sources said the partnership gives the studio access to Google DeepMind’s research, infrastructure and global reach. It is understood A24 will play an active role in what DeepMind builds and retains full creative control of its own growth.