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BBC Confirms Plans To Reboot ‘Top Gear’ Amid Speculation Jimmy Carr Will Host
The BBC is revving the engines of Top Gear again. After a four-year absence from British television following a horror crash involving former host Andrew Flintoff, the BBC said that work is underway on a new season. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday, Ed Havard, the BBC’s director of entertainment, said: “Top Gear […]
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‘The Celebrity Traitors’ Trailer: BBC Promises Season 2 Tears & Shocks
Let the murder games begin: Season 2 of The Celebrity Traitors is nearly here.
The BBC has dropped a teaser trailer for the hit series, which will feature an eye-catching cast including The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey, Good Omens actor Michael Sheen, and Oscar-nominated Richard E. Grant.
Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, BBC content chief Kate Phillips revealed that there will be tears and surprises in the new season, hosted by Claudia Winkleman.
Ed Havard, the BBC’s head of entertainment, added that the celebrities were so invested in the game, they are already asking to be cast in an all-star special.
The Celebrity Traitors cast also boasts Industry star Myha’la, Barbie actress Sharon Rooney, Love Island host Maya Jama, Broadchurch’s Julie Hesmondhalgh, and Jerry Hall, the model and actress who was married to Mick Jagger.
Season 1 of The Celebrity Traitors was the most-watched show on British TV last year. It debuted on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in October 2025 and was seen by an average audience of 14.9M, with a peak of 15.4M for the finale. Comedian Alan Carr emerged victorious in a game that featured Stephen Fry and Celia Imrie.
Season 2 will debut later this year. The Celebrity Traitors will be produced by Studio Lambert Scotland for BBC One and iPlayer and has been commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC.
The Executive Producers for All3Media-backed Studio Lambert are Mike Cotton, Sarah Fay, Lewis Thurlow and Katy Fox, with Production Executives, Lynette Woods-Reynolds, Gemma Scholes and Faye Donaldson. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are Neil McCallum and Michael Jochnowitz.
The Traitors (Dutch title: De Verraders) was created and developed by IDTV in cooperation with RTL Creative Unit. All3Media International is global partner for The Traitors and handles format and tape sales worldwide.
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‘Árru’, Eco Drama, Gets North America & International Deals
EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to Árru, the musical drama following a Sàmi family’s fight to protect their land from looming environmental threat.
The film from writer-director Elle Sofe Sara will get a theatrical release in early 2027 before launching on digital platforms later next year.
The film follows “a family of Sàmi reindeer herders as their way of life and Indigenous land face threat from an encroaching mining project. As protests and conflict continue, single mother Maia (Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska) turns to a long lost family member (Mikkel Gaup), giving rise to long buried family wounds and secrets.”
The feature uses traditional Sàmi song and dance “to portray familial catharsis and the connections between communities and their lands”.
Following its world premiere at Berlin, the movie went on to play Sydney and the Nordic Film Festival, and made its North American premiere at this year’s Tribeca film festival.
The project was produced by Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Mimmi Spång, Elle Sofe Sara and Jani Pösö. Executive producers include Jim Stark, Kristine Ann Skaret, Gary Cranner, and Axel Helgeland.
The deal was negotiated by Steven Bestwick of The Yellow Affair and Bill Guentzler and RJ Millard on behalf of Obscured Releasing.
The Yellow Affair has also sold Árru to international territories including Angel Distribution (Denmark), Bíó Paradís (Iceland), Filmwelt (Germany, Austria), Fivia (Ex-Yugoslavia), Otaku Mtü (Baltics), Palace (Australia / New Zealand). Theatrical distribution in Norway will be handled by Norsk Filmdistribusjon. The movie is a co-production with Garagefilm International (Sweden) and It’s Alive (Finland).
“I look forward to sharing our subtle musical family drama, Árru, with audiences in the U.S. in collaboration with Obscured Releasing,” said director Elle Sofe Sara. “With Árru, I wanted to tell a story about the resilience of women, the complexities of family bonds, and the power of finding one’s voice in the face of silence. I’m so pleased to have found a partner in Obscured who believes in the film and its journey to audiences.”
“Elle Sofe’s intimate and elegiac film showcases the passion of a family as they protect their way of life through beautiful and emotional ways,” added RJ Millard and Bill Guentzler. “Her originality of voice and storytelling are exemplified by the combination of dance, song and protest in creating something truly riveting.”
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Tara Reid & Johnny Pemberton To Star In Horror ‘Scissor Mouth’
EXCLUSIVE: Tara Reid (American Pie) and Johnny Pemberton (Fallout) are attached to star in the independent horror feature Scissor Mouth.
Produced by 1905 Films and written and directed by Deborah Richards, Scissor Mouth is described as “a contemporary Southern Gothic horror inspired by an ancient Japanese folktale, using horror to explore society’s obsession with beauty”.
Set in the early 1980s, Scissor Mouth follows a teenage girl who escapes years of captivity at the hands of her beauty-obsessed mother, leaving a bloody trail of delay “makeovers’ across rural West Texas. The project is slated to shoot in New Mexico in 2027 with Patrick Wirtz producing.
The screenplay placed second in the horror category at the 2025 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, winning Filmmatic’s Horror/Thriller Screenplay Awards, and selected for the 2026 Grey List.
“Scissor Mouth is my response to the impossible standards of beauty and the scars they leave behind,” Richards explained. “I wrote Johnny Pemberton’s role with him in mind from the very beginning because I knew his unique blend of humor and heart was exactly what the character needed, while Tara Reid embodies the perfect mix of charm, unpredictability, and humanity for this world. I can’t wait to watch them make these characters their own.”
Producer Patrick Wirtz added: “We have a provocative, fearless script that speaks directly to the world we’re living in today. It’s the kind of horror that gets under your skin and stays with you. I believe it has all the ingredients to become a cult classic that audiences will want to watch, and rewatch, again and again.”
Reid is represented by Maverick Artists Agency and Wonder Street. Pemberton is represented by Independent Artist Group and Artists First. Richards is represented by Tammy Hunt at Sandstone Artists.
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