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‘Dept Q’ Training Programme Launched By Netflix, Left Bank & Sony

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Netflix and Left Bank are looking to blood the next generation of Scottish talent via a training programme on hit series Dept. Q.

The show, which has been a huge hit for the streamer and is made out of Scotland, will next season have 20 paid trainee roles for local talent when cameras roll later this year.

Left Bank owner Sony Pictures and Screen Scotland are also contributing to the programme, which is “designed to create meaningful, paid entry‑level opportunities across a wide range of on‑set and production roles,” its architects said. The trainees will work across a range of different departments on the show.

Dept. Q has been one of Netflix’s biggest UK hits of late. Starring Matthew Goode and Chloe Pirrie, it follows a top detective, recently injured, attempting to resolve cold cases.

Netflix UK content boss Anne Mensah said: “Dept. Q has always benefitted from the incredible depth of talent in Scotland, both on and off screen. With this programme, we’re proud to build on that foundation, working with Left Bank Pictures, Sony Pictures Television and Screen Scotland to create opportunities for emerging Scottish talent to gain hands-on experience on a major production and begin building lasting careers in the industry.”

Scottish talent were in the spotlight last year with a furore over how many crew based there were working on The Traitors, which is set in a Scottish castle but made by a London-headquartered producer and commissioned out of London.

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Lily Gladstone & Kiowa Gordon Set For Horror Western ‘Curse Of Silver’

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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon) and Twilight and Dark Winds actor Kiowa Gordon are attached to star in The Curse of Silver, a supernatural horror-western reuniting the pair with Quantum Cowboys director Geoff Marslett, who co-directs alongside Gordon.

Set on the “lawless Texas-Mexico border in the aftermath of the Civil War, the film follows two Union deserters who drag a cursed chest of Confederate silver into a besieged town, unwittingly unleashing supernatural violence.”

The Curse of Silver is among the 80 projects selected for the 2026 Gotham Week Project Market, running September 27–October 3 in Brooklyn.

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Liz Cardenas (A Ghost Story) and Ram Getz (Sunny) are producing; Cardenas is a former Gotham Cannes Producers Network Fellow and Juror. Gladstone, Gordon, and Michael Mortensen serve as executive producers. The screenplay was written by Geoff Marslett and Rafael A. Ruiz. A start date has yet to be set.

Marslett previously directed Annecy and FilmFest Munchen title Quantum Cowboys. His earlier features include Mars, starring Mark Duplass (SXSW, London Film Festival) and SXSW winner Loves Her Gun.

Gordon recently wrapped season 5 of AMC’s Dark Winds, executive-produced by George R.R. Martin. Gladstone next stars opposite Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM’s The Thomas Crown Affair, due out March 2027.

Gladstone is represented by IAG and Authentic Talent. Gordon is represented by GM Management and Greenburg Glusker.

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Queer Romance ‘No Rest For The Wicked’ Gets North America Release Deal

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EXCLUSIVE: Altered Innocence has acquired all North American rights to Kasper Kalle’s queer gothic romance No Rest For The Wicked.

The film, which world-premiered in Competition at the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival won the Cheval Noir Award for Best Director and the Cheval Noir Award for Best Actor (Pilou Asbæk). It will continue its festival run ahead of a theatrical release in 2027.

Set against the windswept landscapes of the Faroe Islands in 1862, the movie follows Baldur (Egor Venned), “a young fisherman whose isolated life is transformed by the arrival of Helge (Pilou Asbæk), a rugged Danish whaler. As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community. Baldur and Helge’s passion gives rise to a haunting tale of love that refuses to die”

The movie is inspired by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’ 1885 short story Manor, an early work of queer Gothic literature published more than a decade before Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

The deal was negotiated between Frank Jaffe from Altered Innocence and Hélène Espeisse from Charades.

Written by Rasmus Birch and directed by Kasper Kalle, the movie stars Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), Egor Venned, Sofia Nolsøe Mikkelsen, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson and Kjartan Hansen. Pic film was produced by Lars Bredo Rahbek for SF Studios, with Faroese Outlier Projects (Faroe Islands) and Truenorth (Iceland) co-producing; with support from the Danish Film Institute and the Faroese Film Institute.

“I’ve always had a huge love for queer horror, so it’s especially exciting to get to release one that operates at this level,” said Altered Innocence founder Frank Jaffe. “No Rest For The Wicked is a stunning, sexy and deeply romantic gothic tale that I can’t wait for fans to sink their teeth into!”

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Tom Segura Tour Dates For 2027 Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

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EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Tom Segura has announced the first leg of his new stand-up comedy tour, Tom Segura: Preposterous, which includes 30 cities, beginning with Baton Rouge, LA on January 8.

Tickets will be available on presale starting Wednesday, September 30th at 10 a.m. local time before the general on sale Friday, October 2nd. Stay tuned for more 2027 dates for Segura, who’s going on tour for the first time since his global Come Together run spanning 2024-2025.

Before hitting the road, Segura will be headlining the first-ever Fastball Comedy Festival at Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ. He’s on a bill with Bill Burr and Rachel Feinstein for October 17; Dave Chappelle and Andrew Santino will be performing the following night.

Check out Segura’s current set of 2027 dates below.

Currently, Segura is filming Golf Trip, a new comedy from Live Nation Studios, Hartbeat and All Things Comedy, alongside Santino, Timothy Simons, John Stamos, and Heather Graham. Outside of stand-up, he’s also known for Bad Thoughts, the dark comedy series he created, wrote, directed and produced for Netflix through his company, Your Mom’s House Studios. The series was Emmy-nominated this year for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series, with Segura himself scoring a nom for his performance the year prior.

Recently, Segura also produced and starred in the R-rated comedy El Tigre. His Come Together Tour culminated with the release of his sixth Netflix special, Teacher, on Christmas Eve 2025. Also the founder and operator of podcast network Your Mom’s House Studios, he is repped by WME, Mosaic, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Tom Segura: Preposterous Tour Dates:
Saturday, October 17, 2026 – Mesa, AZ – Sloan Park at Fastball Comedy Festival (on sale now)
Friday, January 8, 2027 – Baton Rouge, LA – L’Auberge Casino Hotel Baton Rouge
Saturday, January 9, 2027 – Bossier City, LA – Margaritaville Resort Casino – Paradise Theater
Friday, January 15, 2027 – Des Moines, IA – Des Moines Civic Center
Saturday, January 16, 2027 – Omaha, NE – Orpheum Theater
Saturday, January 23, 2027 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theater
Friday, January 29, 2027 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel Yaamava’ Theater Saturday, January 30, 2027 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theatre at Palms Casino Resort
Thursday, February 11, 2027 – Fresno, CA – William Saroyan Theatre
Friday, February 12, 2027 – Rohnert Park, CA – Graton Resort & Casino – The Event
Saturday, February 13, 2027 – Rohnert Park, CA – Graton Resort & Casino – The Event
Thursday, February 18, 2027 – Mount Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort – Entertainment Hall Saturday, February 20, 2027 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
Friday, March 5, 2027 – Rockford, IL – Hard Rock Casino Rockford
Saturday, March 6, 2027 – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana
Thursday, April 1, 2027 – Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre
Friday, April 2, 2027 – Saint Augustine, FL – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
Saturday, April 3, 2027 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Thursday, April 8, 2027 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry House
Thursday, April 22, 2027 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
Saturday, April 24, 2027 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
Thursday, April 29, 2027 – Niagara Falls, ON – Fallsview Casino Resort
Friday, April 30, 2027 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Saturday, May 1, 2027 – Verona, NY – The Event Center
Friday, May 7, 2027 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
Saturday, May 8, 2027 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Sunday, May 9, 2027 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome
Thursday, May 20, 2027 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rivers Casino Pittsburgh – The Event Center
Friday, May 21, 2027 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rivers Casino Pittsburgh – The Event Center
Saturday, May 22, 2027 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
Sunday, May 23, 2027 – Cleveland, OH – Playhouse Square – Connor Palace
Thursday, May 27, 2027 – Kennewick, WA – Toyota Center
Friday, May 28, 2027 – Ridgefield, WA – ilani Event Center
Saturday, May 29, 2027 – Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre

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