Stars including Keira Knightley, Emerald Fennell and Gemma Chan have called for extra funding so that the UK’s new bullying and harassment reporting body for the film and TV industries can launch on time.
The trio are three of 25 to have signed an open letter to the creative industries seeking a “final commitment to the creation of the Ciisa, the new independent standards authority designed to keep our creative industries safe and to secure your support to this essential part of the ecosystem that is currently missing.”
Others to have signed include Cara Delevingne, Carey Mulligan, Rebecca Ferguson and Naomie Harris. The letter with signatories can be found below.
The body was first mooted three years ago in the wake of the Noel Clarke allegations, which he denies, by Time’s Up UK, but funds have been slow to come by. Ciisa has said that it will only be...
The trio are three of 25 to have signed an open letter to the creative industries seeking a “final commitment to the creation of the Ciisa, the new independent standards authority designed to keep our creative industries safe and to secure your support to this essential part of the ecosystem that is currently missing.”
Others to have signed include Cara Delevingne, Carey Mulligan, Rebecca Ferguson and Naomie Harris. The letter with signatories can be found below.
The body was first mooted three years ago in the wake of the Noel Clarke allegations, which he denies, by Time’s Up UK, but funds have been slow to come by. Ciisa has said that it will only be...
- 6/5/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: This Sunday’s BAFTA TV Awards will “celebrate and remember the power of storytelling” at a “challenging” time for the industry, according to the new chair of the 77-year-old body.
Speaking exclusively to Deadline in the days leading up to the London ceremony, Sara Putt, who replaced Krishnendu Majumdar last year, said the awards will partly act as a tonic against the bad times, allowing “a community to come together, network, and be creative and supportive of each other.”
She acknowledged that 2023 was a “challenging year for many in the industry, whether freelancers or small indies,” coming a few months after BAFTA research found one third are considering leaving.
“We [at BAFTA] have many roles to play and it is important when times are hard to celebrate and remember the power of storytelling,” Putt said.
Nominated shows about local British stories such as BBC One’s The Sixth Commandment or ITV...
Speaking exclusively to Deadline in the days leading up to the London ceremony, Sara Putt, who replaced Krishnendu Majumdar last year, said the awards will partly act as a tonic against the bad times, allowing “a community to come together, network, and be creative and supportive of each other.”
She acknowledged that 2023 was a “challenging year for many in the industry, whether freelancers or small indies,” coming a few months after BAFTA research found one third are considering leaving.
“We [at BAFTA] have many roles to play and it is important when times are hard to celebrate and remember the power of storytelling,” Putt said.
Nominated shows about local British stories such as BBC One’s The Sixth Commandment or ITV...
- 5/9/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Applications are now open for the 21st edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
The submissions window is open for one month, from March 6 to April 5, 2024.
Applications are open to UK and Irish citizens and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit, but applicants should be at an early stage in their film career, demonstrate exceptional promise and be ready to progress to the next level.
Applicants should use this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot...
- 3/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Film curator June Givanni will be honoured with Bafta’s outstanding British contribution to cinema award at the Bafta film awards on February 18.
Givanni receives the award for her work with the June Givanni PanAfrican Archive (Jgpaca) which has been preserving the history of pan-African and Black British cinema and culture for over 40 years. With over 10,000 artefacts, it is one of the largest independent archives in the UK.
Givanni has also programmed for international festivals, organisations and TV channels including Toronto International Film Festival’s Planet Africa and the African Caribbean Film Unit at the British Film Institute. At the...
Givanni receives the award for her work with the June Givanni PanAfrican Archive (Jgpaca) which has been preserving the history of pan-African and Black British cinema and culture for over 40 years. With over 10,000 artefacts, it is one of the largest independent archives in the UK.
Givanni has also programmed for international festivals, organisations and TV channels including Toronto International Film Festival’s Planet Africa and the African Caribbean Film Unit at the British Film Institute. At the...
- 1/17/2024
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The BBC is returning to its adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s book Crongton Knights after shelving the series amid sexual misconduct allegations against actor and producer Noel Clarke.
Clarke was overseeing an adaptation through his Unstoppable Film & Television outfit, but the project has now transferred to The Long Shadow and Champion producer New Pictures.
New Pictures is adapting the novel for Cbbc, the British broadcaster’s kids channel. Archie Maddocks, a writer and comedian, has penned the scripts. The BBC and New Pictures declined to comment.
Crongton Knights centers on McKay, who has experienced the hardship of his mother’s death and his father working all hours to keep the bailiffs from the door.
Having strayed off his turf on a mission to help out a girl, McKay finds himself facing a friend’s crazy ex-boyfriend, a group of kids on a power trip, and a violent gangster with a vendetta close to home.
Clarke was overseeing an adaptation through his Unstoppable Film & Television outfit, but the project has now transferred to The Long Shadow and Champion producer New Pictures.
New Pictures is adapting the novel for Cbbc, the British broadcaster’s kids channel. Archie Maddocks, a writer and comedian, has penned the scripts. The BBC and New Pictures declined to comment.
Crongton Knights centers on McKay, who has experienced the hardship of his mother’s death and his father working all hours to keep the bailiffs from the door.
Having strayed off his turf on a mission to help out a girl, McKay finds himself facing a friend’s crazy ex-boyfriend, a group of kids on a power trip, and a violent gangster with a vendetta close to home.
- 12/5/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The ruling means the trial can proceed next year
A High Court judge has ruled that stories in UK newspaper The Guardian that made allegations of sexual misconduct against Noel Clarke could be defamatory, as the actor’s libel trial against the paper is cleared to continue.
Clarke is suing Guardian News and Media for £10m in damages over eight articles published since April 2021 which reported that Clarke was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between 2004 and 2019 by 20 women. He has strongly denied all allegations.
The judge declared at the preliminary hearing held last week that seven of the articles...
A High Court judge has ruled that stories in UK newspaper The Guardian that made allegations of sexual misconduct against Noel Clarke could be defamatory, as the actor’s libel trial against the paper is cleared to continue.
Clarke is suing Guardian News and Media for £10m in damages over eight articles published since April 2021 which reported that Clarke was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between 2004 and 2019 by 20 women. He has strongly denied all allegations.
The judge declared at the preliminary hearing held last week that seven of the articles...
- 11/1/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Noel Clarke’s legal battle with The Guardian kicked off on Thursday at London’s High Court, as the “Doctor Who” actor seeks libel damages from the British newspaper for publishing sexual misconduct allegations against him.
In a bombshell 2021 report from The Guardian, Clarke was accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women. At the time, Clarke denied the claims, but said he would be “seeking professional help to educate myself and change for the better.” Appearing in court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing, Clarke’s lawyer, Adam Speker Kc, said his client underwent a “trial by media,” The Evening Standard reports.
“Over a series of days at the end of April 2021 and the beginning of May 2021, Guardian News and Media Limited chose to label [Clarke] as a sexual predator and accuse him of having acted improperly towards a large number of women in a sexual and criminal way over many years,...
In a bombshell 2021 report from The Guardian, Clarke was accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women. At the time, Clarke denied the claims, but said he would be “seeking professional help to educate myself and change for the better.” Appearing in court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing, Clarke’s lawyer, Adam Speker Kc, said his client underwent a “trial by media,” The Evening Standard reports.
“Over a series of days at the end of April 2021 and the beginning of May 2021, Guardian News and Media Limited chose to label [Clarke] as a sexual predator and accuse him of having acted improperly towards a large number of women in a sexual and criminal way over many years,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Competition comes from Paramount’s ‘Paw Patrol’ and ‘Sumotherhood’.
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
Pop icon Taylor Swift is looking to extend her cultural reach to cinemas this weekend, through the event cinema release of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
Opening in 651 UK-Ireland venues through Trafalgar Releasing, the film is a 168-minute recording of three Swift gigs from the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August 2023, as part of Swift’s ongoing tour playing music from across her career.
It is the latest concert film from UK- and US-based director Sam Wrench, a former competitive slalom skier who has also directed BTS: Permission To Dance...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Semi-sequel to the spoof gangland tale muddles comic capers with extreme violence and it’s not helped by a cameo from ‘Crack Ed’ Sheeran
When Adam Deacon sent up the turgid inner-city dramas Kidulthood and Adulthood with his 2011 comedy Anuvahood, he was dissing the hand that fed him: Deacon was one of the stars of the earlier Noel Clarke-penned films, which made it all the more frustrating that none of his barbs hit their target. His aim in the intervening 12 years hasn’t noticeably improved. This new semi-sequel, set in a modern-day London awash with guns and gangs, reunites the earlier picture’s writing duo Deacon and Michael Vu, who are joined by Jazzie Zonzolo, and brings back several cast members. Among them is Richie Campbell, reprising his performance as a lisping thug and still shouting his lines in a bid to make them funny. It’s a tactic...
When Adam Deacon sent up the turgid inner-city dramas Kidulthood and Adulthood with his 2011 comedy Anuvahood, he was dissing the hand that fed him: Deacon was one of the stars of the earlier Noel Clarke-penned films, which made it all the more frustrating that none of his barbs hit their target. His aim in the intervening 12 years hasn’t noticeably improved. This new semi-sequel, set in a modern-day London awash with guns and gangs, reunites the earlier picture’s writing duo Deacon and Michael Vu, who are joined by Jazzie Zonzolo, and brings back several cast members. Among them is Richie Campbell, reprising his performance as a lisping thug and still shouting his lines in a bid to make them funny. It’s a tactic...
- 10/12/2023
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
After 18 years at BAFTA, Krishnendu Majumdar is having trouble switching off.
It’s been almost two months since the media executive, who recently won a BAFTA for producing the Kate Winslet-led Channel 4 drama “I Am Ruth,” finished his three-year term as chair of the British Academy, handing over the reins to agency boss Sara Putt. But it took a minute, he says, to stop going on high alert every time he clocked a buzzy topic that BAFTA might be asked to comment on.
“You see something online and you think, ‘Oh I wonder how we should respond?’” says Majumdar, known to most in the industry as simply ‘Krish.’ “And then it’s like, ‘No, no. I don’t do that’ … I’m just a member. I’m not on any committees. I’m not a trustee. I don’t speak on their behalf anymore.”
Majumdar was appointed as...
It’s been almost two months since the media executive, who recently won a BAFTA for producing the Kate Winslet-led Channel 4 drama “I Am Ruth,” finished his three-year term as chair of the British Academy, handing over the reins to agency boss Sara Putt. But it took a minute, he says, to stop going on high alert every time he clocked a buzzy topic that BAFTA might be asked to comment on.
“You see something online and you think, ‘Oh I wonder how we should respond?’” says Majumdar, known to most in the industry as simply ‘Krish.’ “And then it’s like, ‘No, no. I don’t do that’ … I’m just a member. I’m not on any committees. I’m not a trustee. I don’t speak on their behalf anymore.”
Majumdar was appointed as...
- 8/11/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Six further titles added to interim agreement list.
SAG-AFTRA has provided interim agreements to a further six independent productions after announcing an initial 39 on Tuesday including Sam Raimi horror Don’t Move and The Watchers, which has been shooting in Ireland.
Capstone is financing and Capstone Global handling world sales on Don’t Move, which is scheduled to wrap production in Bulgaria on Friday and centres on a killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralysing agent, leaving the woman little time to escape before her body shuts down.
Kelsey Asbile (Yellowstone), Finn Whitlrock (American Horror Story) and Daniel Francis from Small Axe and Bridgerton S.
SAG-AFTRA has provided interim agreements to a further six independent productions after announcing an initial 39 on Tuesday including Sam Raimi horror Don’t Move and The Watchers, which has been shooting in Ireland.
Capstone is financing and Capstone Global handling world sales on Don’t Move, which is scheduled to wrap production in Bulgaria on Friday and centres on a killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralysing agent, leaving the woman little time to escape before her body shuts down.
Kelsey Asbile (Yellowstone), Finn Whitlrock (American Horror Story) and Daniel Francis from Small Axe and Bridgerton S.
- 7/19/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
As well as claiming for general damages which cover harm to reputation, Clarke is seeking special damages which cover specific financial losses.
UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke is reported to be suing UK newspaper The Guardian for £10m damages over articles about his alleged behaviour towards some 20 women.
Clarke, whose credits include Brotherhood, Adulthood and Bulletproof, was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between 2004 and 2019 by 20 women who had worked with him. He has denied all the allegations.
As well as claiming for general damages which cover harm to reputation, Clarke is seeking special damages which cover specific financial losses,...
UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke is reported to be suing UK newspaper The Guardian for £10m damages over articles about his alleged behaviour towards some 20 women.
Clarke, whose credits include Brotherhood, Adulthood and Bulletproof, was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between 2004 and 2019 by 20 women who had worked with him. He has denied all the allegations.
As well as claiming for general damages which cover harm to reputation, Clarke is seeking special damages which cover specific financial losses,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Actor Noel Clarke is looking for damages of around $12m (£10m) in his defamation suit against The Guardian newspaper.
Clarke has filed the suit in response to eight articles published in The Guardian in which he was accused of various incidents of misconduct by 20 women between 2004 and 2019.
The actor, producer, and director, best known for work such as Kidulthood and its two follow-up movies, has denied all of the allegations and said the articles have had a “catastrophic” effect on his career.
The $12m figure was obtained by the BBC, which said it had seen documents lodged at London’s High Court as part of the defamation claim. If Clarke wins the case, a judge will decide what damages he is entitled to.
Alongside claiming general damages for reputational harm, Clarke is looking for damages that cover specific financial losses. Clarke’s claim says The Guardian’s articles had a “devastating” impact on his finances,...
Clarke has filed the suit in response to eight articles published in The Guardian in which he was accused of various incidents of misconduct by 20 women between 2004 and 2019.
The actor, producer, and director, best known for work such as Kidulthood and its two follow-up movies, has denied all of the allegations and said the articles have had a “catastrophic” effect on his career.
The $12m figure was obtained by the BBC, which said it had seen documents lodged at London’s High Court as part of the defamation claim. If Clarke wins the case, a judge will decide what damages he is entitled to.
Alongside claiming general damages for reputational harm, Clarke is looking for damages that cover specific financial losses. Clarke’s claim says The Guardian’s articles had a “devastating” impact on his finances,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Noel Clarke has spoken publicly about why he dropped his lawsuit against BAFTA over a Guardian article accusing him of sexual harassment and bullying. Within hours of the article’s publication in April 2021, BAFTA suspended the actor, writer and director who had received a prize for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema from the org just weeks earlier.
Clarke launched the defamation claim last spring, on the one year anniversary of the expose being published. As well as listing The Guardian and BAFTA as defendants he included journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne (who wrote the article), then-bafta chair Krishnendu Majumdar, then-bafta CEO Amanda Berry, performers’ union Equity, Conde Nast and a handful of other individuals linked to the piece.
Last September, however, he dropped the claims against all the defendants except The Guardian. In a new interview on YouTube with Zeze Millz, Clarke explained why. “I did that because they just,...
Clarke launched the defamation claim last spring, on the one year anniversary of the expose being published. As well as listing The Guardian and BAFTA as defendants he included journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne (who wrote the article), then-bafta chair Krishnendu Majumdar, then-bafta CEO Amanda Berry, performers’ union Equity, Conde Nast and a handful of other individuals linked to the piece.
Last September, however, he dropped the claims against all the defendants except The Guardian. In a new interview on YouTube with Zeze Millz, Clarke explained why. “I did that because they just,...
- 3/27/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The window opens today (March 1), 2023, and will close on March 31.
Applications are now open for the landmark 20th edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The window opens today (March 1), 2023, and will close on March 31.
Applications are open to UK and Irish nationals and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit.
Applicants should use the this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot and contact details as well as a small statement about why they are applying.
Applications are now open for the landmark 20th edition of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland.
The window opens today (March 1), 2023, and will close on March 31.
Applications are open to UK and Irish nationals and long-term residents of either country. There is no upper or lower age limit.
Applicants should use the this Google Form and need to attach a brief bio, a headshot and contact details as well as a small statement about why they are applying.
- 3/1/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The royal family remains a positive ambassador of the British Film and Television Academy despite recent scandals and reports of internal conflicts, BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip told Deadline as she readies the arts charity’s 2023 Film Awards.
Sunday’s awards show will be the former Sky Studios exec’s first as BAFTA CEO after being appointed to the role last summer.
This year’s ceremony will also see the Film Awards leave the Royal Albert Hall for a new home in the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre, alongside the introduction of a refreshed broadcasting schedule featuring live segments for the first time in BAFTA history.
However, in a return to tradition, Prince William, BAFTA President, and Kate Middleton will attend the awards after skipping the ceremony for two consecutive years.
Prince William has been President of BAFTA since 2010, but this year’s ceremony marks his debut at...
Sunday’s awards show will be the former Sky Studios exec’s first as BAFTA CEO after being appointed to the role last summer.
This year’s ceremony will also see the Film Awards leave the Royal Albert Hall for a new home in the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre, alongside the introduction of a refreshed broadcasting schedule featuring live segments for the first time in BAFTA history.
However, in a return to tradition, Prince William, BAFTA President, and Kate Middleton will attend the awards after skipping the ceremony for two consecutive years.
Prince William has been President of BAFTA since 2010, but this year’s ceremony marks his debut at...
- 2/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
BAFTA is set to appoint agency boss Sara Putt as its new chair.
Putt, who has served as deputy chair since June 2021, will take over from producer Krishnendu Majumdar, who will step down as chair in June 2023 following the end of his three-year term. Putt’s appointment will be ratified in June at the next Agm for the Academy, Variety understands.
Majumdar will remain chair until June when Putt takes over.
The well-respected executive founded the independent agency Sara Putt Associates, which represents behind-the-camera technical and production talent, from producers and directors through to heads of department and crew. In 2021, the company united with sister agencies Sayle Screen and The Artists Partnership to create The Partnership Group.
In addition to serving as deputy chair, Putt also sits on the BAFTA TV Committee as well as the Learning, Inclusion and Talent Committee, which she chaired from 2014 to 2020. In addition to being a BAFTA trustee,...
Putt, who has served as deputy chair since June 2021, will take over from producer Krishnendu Majumdar, who will step down as chair in June 2023 following the end of his three-year term. Putt’s appointment will be ratified in June at the next Agm for the Academy, Variety understands.
Majumdar will remain chair until June when Putt takes over.
The well-respected executive founded the independent agency Sara Putt Associates, which represents behind-the-camera technical and production talent, from producers and directors through to heads of department and crew. In 2021, the company united with sister agencies Sayle Screen and The Artists Partnership to create The Partnership Group.
In addition to serving as deputy chair, Putt also sits on the BAFTA TV Committee as well as the Learning, Inclusion and Talent Committee, which she chaired from 2014 to 2020. In addition to being a BAFTA trustee,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Filming is underway in the Dominican Republic on Studiocanal’s all-female shark survival thriller Something In The Water, which will be directed by Justice League and Star Wars: Episode VII art director Hayley Easton Street.
The movie will follow a dream wedding which turns into a nightmare when five girlfriends must fight for their lives in open water.
Written by Cat Clarke (Ten Percent) and produced by Julie Baines (Triangle), the film’s cast of rising actors includes Hiftu Quasem (Ten Percent), Lauren Lyle (Outlander), Natalie Mitson(The Last Bus), Nicole Rieko Setsuko (Only One Gets Out Alive), and Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart (Ten Percent).
Studiocanal is handling sales on the movie and will continue talks with buyers at the AFM.
The project has gone through a transformation since we first announced it in 2020 when it had Noel Clarke producing and Gaby Dellal directing.
Director Hayley Easton Street commented: “This is an elevated survival film,...
The movie will follow a dream wedding which turns into a nightmare when five girlfriends must fight for their lives in open water.
Written by Cat Clarke (Ten Percent) and produced by Julie Baines (Triangle), the film’s cast of rising actors includes Hiftu Quasem (Ten Percent), Lauren Lyle (Outlander), Natalie Mitson(The Last Bus), Nicole Rieko Setsuko (Only One Gets Out Alive), and Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart (Ten Percent).
Studiocanal is handling sales on the movie and will continue talks with buyers at the AFM.
The project has gone through a transformation since we first announced it in 2020 when it had Noel Clarke producing and Gaby Dellal directing.
Director Hayley Easton Street commented: “This is an elevated survival film,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jen Smith is on secondment from her BFI role.
The BFI’s director of culture and inclusion Jen Smith has been seconded to become interim CEO of the Independent Standards Authority (Isa), an organisation led by Creative UK and Time’s Up UK which aims to tackle bullying and harassment.
Smith will formalise the Isa’s remit and structure, and establish funding arrangements and key milestones ahead of its formal launch in 2024.
She will also seek to broaden the body’s scope, with a view to it including those working in music, theatre, fashion and advertising.
The Isa is designed...
The BFI’s director of culture and inclusion Jen Smith has been seconded to become interim CEO of the Independent Standards Authority (Isa), an organisation led by Creative UK and Time’s Up UK which aims to tackle bullying and harassment.
Smith will formalise the Isa’s remit and structure, and establish funding arrangements and key milestones ahead of its formal launch in 2024.
She will also seek to broaden the body’s scope, with a view to it including those working in music, theatre, fashion and advertising.
The Isa is designed...
- 9/8/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against Bafta, it has been announced.
The actor and producer, 46, filed the lawsuit after the award’s body suspended his membership and his recent outstanding British contribution to cinema award “in light of the allegations of serious misconduct” against Clarke.
The claims were levelled against the actor, best known for appearing in Doctor Who and for co-creating the films Kidulthood and Adulthood, in The Guardian last year.
It said 20 women, who knew Clarke in a professional capacity, had come forward with allegations of misconduct.
In a statement at the time, Clarke said he “vehemently” denied “any sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing”.
On Wednesday (7 September), a Bafta spokesperson announced that Clarks had dropped his legal action against the organisation.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against Bafta,” they said. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian...
The actor and producer, 46, filed the lawsuit after the award’s body suspended his membership and his recent outstanding British contribution to cinema award “in light of the allegations of serious misconduct” against Clarke.
The claims were levelled against the actor, best known for appearing in Doctor Who and for co-creating the films Kidulthood and Adulthood, in The Guardian last year.
It said 20 women, who knew Clarke in a professional capacity, had come forward with allegations of misconduct.
In a statement at the time, Clarke said he “vehemently” denied “any sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing”.
On Wednesday (7 September), a Bafta spokesperson announced that Clarks had dropped his legal action against the organisation.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against Bafta,” they said. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian...
- 9/8/2022
- by Naomi Clarke
- The Independent - TV
Actor Noel Clarke has dropped his defamation suit against BAFTA, the British Film Academy, after he was suspended by the organization last year over sexual misconduct claims.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against BAFTA,” the Academy said in a statement to media via a BAFTA spokesperson. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian newspaper is contrary to the standards expected of a BAFTA member and the values we uphold as an arts charity and Academy. We stand by our decision to suspend his honorary award and membership as soon as the detailed allegations came to light.”
Clarke, an actor known in the U.K. for appearing in “Doctor Who” and the series “Bulletproof” and also the films “Adulthood” and “Kidadulthood,” was in April 2021 accused in an article by The Guardian of accounts from 20 women of sexual harassment, unwanted groping, inappropriate comments made on set,...
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against BAFTA,” the Academy said in a statement to media via a BAFTA spokesperson. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian newspaper is contrary to the standards expected of a BAFTA member and the values we uphold as an arts charity and Academy. We stand by our decision to suspend his honorary award and membership as soon as the detailed allegations came to light.”
Clarke, an actor known in the U.K. for appearing in “Doctor Who” and the series “Bulletproof” and also the films “Adulthood” and “Kidadulthood,” was in April 2021 accused in an article by The Guardian of accounts from 20 women of sexual harassment, unwanted groping, inappropriate comments made on set,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Click here to read the full article.
British actor and producer Noel Clarke has dropped legal proceedings against the British Academy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Clarke — best known in the U.K. for the Kidulthood and Adulthood films, but also for appearances on such shows as Doctor Who — initially filed the defamation suit against BAFTA at London’s High Court in May after it suspended both his membership and an honorary award following multiple allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, first reported in The Guardian.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against BAFTA,” the Academy said in a statement. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian newspaper is contrary to the standards expected of a BAFTA member and the values we uphold as an arts charity and Academy. We stand by our decision to suspend his honorary award and membership...
British actor and producer Noel Clarke has dropped legal proceedings against the British Academy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Clarke — best known in the U.K. for the Kidulthood and Adulthood films, but also for appearances on such shows as Doctor Who — initially filed the defamation suit against BAFTA at London’s High Court in May after it suspended both his membership and an honorary award following multiple allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, first reported in The Guardian.
“We note that Noel Clarke has dropped his legal action against BAFTA,” the Academy said in a statement. “The serious misconduct alleged in first-hand testimonies and published in The Guardian newspaper is contrary to the standards expected of a BAFTA member and the values we uphold as an arts charity and Academy. We stand by our decision to suspend his honorary award and membership...
- 9/7/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Clarke has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least 20 women.
UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by over 20 women, has dropped his proposed legal case of defamation against Bafta.
Clarke had filed a lawsuit at the High Court in London against Bafta, the Guardian Media Group (Gmg), which first reported the allegations, and GQ magazine owner Condé Nast, which ran an interview with the two journalists who broke the story, among others, in April, a year to the day after the accusations were first published.
The proposed lawsuits have now all been dropped,...
UK actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by over 20 women, has dropped his proposed legal case of defamation against Bafta.
Clarke had filed a lawsuit at the High Court in London against Bafta, the Guardian Media Group (Gmg), which first reported the allegations, and GQ magazine owner Condé Nast, which ran an interview with the two journalists who broke the story, among others, in April, a year to the day after the accusations were first published.
The proposed lawsuits have now all been dropped,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Noel Clarke has dropped his defamation suit against BAFTA, Deadline can report.
The actor-producer filed the suit at London’s High Court in May following the awards body’s sending a letter to its members discussing a bombshell story published by The Guardian in April 2021, in which the Bulletproof and Doctor Who star was accused of various incidents of misconduct between 2004 and 2019.
He has denied all of the allegations but said he has sought professional help to improve his behavior. BAFTA suspended his membership after the allegations and rescinded the Outstanding Achievement Award it handed him just a week prior to The Guardian article.
The fallout from the report was swift, with Sky canceling Clarke’s series Bulletproof and ITV pulling the final episode of Viewpoint, which he starred in. Both suspended further work with the actor.
Clarke listed 12 defendants in the suit, including BAFTA and The Guardian, as well as Sirin Kale,...
The actor-producer filed the suit at London’s High Court in May following the awards body’s sending a letter to its members discussing a bombshell story published by The Guardian in April 2021, in which the Bulletproof and Doctor Who star was accused of various incidents of misconduct between 2004 and 2019.
He has denied all of the allegations but said he has sought professional help to improve his behavior. BAFTA suspended his membership after the allegations and rescinded the Outstanding Achievement Award it handed him just a week prior to The Guardian article.
The fallout from the report was swift, with Sky canceling Clarke’s series Bulletproof and ITV pulling the final episode of Viewpoint, which he starred in. Both suspended further work with the actor.
Clarke listed 12 defendants in the suit, including BAFTA and The Guardian, as well as Sirin Kale,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Noel Clarke has apparently dropped his claims against BAFTA, Conde Nast and the Guardian writers who reported at least 20 allegations of harassment and bullying against the actor and director.
Last May journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne published a long piece in which they detailed numerous allegations against Clarke. It was published just weeks after Clarke collected a BAFTA award for outstanding British contribution to cinema.
The fall-out was swift and wide, with the award and his BAFTA membership suspended, while ITV pulled the season finale of primetime drama “Viewpoint,” in which Clarke was starring at the time.
In April of this year, exactly 12 months after the article was published, Clarke filed a claim for defamation at the High Court in London. He listed 12 defendants including BAFTA, the Guardian, Kale and Osbourne as well as one of his accusers, Jahannah James, who claimed he had secretly filmed her naked.
According to the latest court filings,...
Last May journalists Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne published a long piece in which they detailed numerous allegations against Clarke. It was published just weeks after Clarke collected a BAFTA award for outstanding British contribution to cinema.
The fall-out was swift and wide, with the award and his BAFTA membership suspended, while ITV pulled the season finale of primetime drama “Viewpoint,” in which Clarke was starring at the time.
In April of this year, exactly 12 months after the article was published, Clarke filed a claim for defamation at the High Court in London. He listed 12 defendants including BAFTA, the Guardian, Kale and Osbourne as well as one of his accusers, Jahannah James, who claimed he had secretly filmed her naked.
According to the latest court filings,...
- 9/7/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Federation Entertainment has hit the M&a trail once again by taking a majority stake in Britannia, Bronson and Bulletproof producer Vertigo Films, its first British acquisition.
The French Bureau and Around the World in 80 Days powerhouse has had a highly acquisitive year and the move comes almost exactly 12 months after Federation set up a UK production company helmed by two former eOne execs.
Launched 20 years ago, James Richardson and Allan Niblo’s Vertigo has been behind the likes of hit features Monster and Bronson. It moved into TV when CEO Jane Moore joined in 2014 and achieved success with Sky double Britannia and Bulletproof, although the latter was cancelled last year following the allegations made by 20 women against lead Noel Clarke, which he denies.
Vertigo is now working on Amazon Prime Video’s Jez Butterworth-penned Mammals starring James Corden and Sally Hawkins, 80s gangster epic A Town Called Malice and a yet-to-be-announced Sky Cinema film.
The French Bureau and Around the World in 80 Days powerhouse has had a highly acquisitive year and the move comes almost exactly 12 months after Federation set up a UK production company helmed by two former eOne execs.
Launched 20 years ago, James Richardson and Allan Niblo’s Vertigo has been behind the likes of hit features Monster and Bronson. It moved into TV when CEO Jane Moore joined in 2014 and achieved success with Sky double Britannia and Bulletproof, although the latter was cancelled last year following the allegations made by 20 women against lead Noel Clarke, which he denies.
Vertigo is now working on Amazon Prime Video’s Jez Butterworth-penned Mammals starring James Corden and Sally Hawkins, 80s gangster epic A Town Called Malice and a yet-to-be-announced Sky Cinema film.
- 9/7/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Major U.S. studios, streamers and British broadcasters have combined to launch a Statement of Commitment Against Bullying, Harassment and Inappropriate Behaviour in TV.
Organized by actors’ union Equity, today’s flagship pledge includes creating safe casting and audition spaces, a requirement for producers to have clear respect at work policies and anti-bullying and harassment training to be completed by cast and crew before they start work. The Commitment, which can be read in full below, is similar to the BBC’s on-set guidelines for overcoming bullying and harassment, which were updated last year. BBC Studios also rolled out a similar Pledge to all of its shows last week.
The pledge also includes “notification to be given in advance” around any nudity and simulated sex acts followed by discussion and agreement with the artist. For scenes of an intimate nature, an intimacy co-ordinator should be engaged if acceptable to the actors involved,...
Organized by actors’ union Equity, today’s flagship pledge includes creating safe casting and audition spaces, a requirement for producers to have clear respect at work policies and anti-bullying and harassment training to be completed by cast and crew before they start work. The Commitment, which can be read in full below, is similar to the BBC’s on-set guidelines for overcoming bullying and harassment, which were updated last year. BBC Studios also rolled out a similar Pledge to all of its shows last week.
The pledge also includes “notification to be given in advance” around any nudity and simulated sex acts followed by discussion and agreement with the artist. For scenes of an intimate nature, an intimacy co-ordinator should be engaged if acceptable to the actors involved,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The actor Stephen Tompkinson has been accused of beating a father so badly he was left with a double skull fracture.
Dci Banks and Wild at Heart star Tompkinson, 56, is to stand trial in a crown court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Tompkinson has denied the charge. The Independent has contacted his representatives for further comment.
It has been alleged that the incident followed a late evening altercation in May 2021 outside the defendant’s home of the time in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. The victim was allegedly so severely injured that he was unable to remember much of the incident and was left unable to work.
A spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service told The Independent: “Stephen Tompkinson, aged 56, of Beech Grove, Whitley Bay, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 10 August to face a single charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty to the...
Dci Banks and Wild at Heart star Tompkinson, 56, is to stand trial in a crown court accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Tompkinson has denied the charge. The Independent has contacted his representatives for further comment.
It has been alleged that the incident followed a late evening altercation in May 2021 outside the defendant’s home of the time in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. The victim was allegedly so severely injured that he was unable to remember much of the incident and was left unable to work.
A spokesperson for the Crown Prosecution Service told The Independent: “Stephen Tompkinson, aged 56, of Beech Grove, Whitley Bay, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 10 August to face a single charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm. He pleaded not guilty to the...
- 8/21/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
British actor Noel Clarke revealed he is working on a project about cancel culture based on his own experiences after being accused of sexual harassment and bullying in 2021.
“I am writing a script about all this shit,” Clarke tweeted. “I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
The “Doctor Who” actor previously shared a video claiming he was cleared of wrongdoing by London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me,” Clarke shared. “More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police stop the investigation due to insufficient evidence’ and all that sort of malarkey. I’m going to remember all of that, because it might give me greater Ptsd but that’s what we’re saying.”
Clarke continued to reveal that he had requested information from the police on his case under the U.K.
“I am writing a script about all this shit,” Clarke tweeted. “I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
The “Doctor Who” actor previously shared a video claiming he was cleared of wrongdoing by London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me,” Clarke shared. “More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police stop the investigation due to insufficient evidence’ and all that sort of malarkey. I’m going to remember all of that, because it might give me greater Ptsd but that’s what we’re saying.”
Clarke continued to reveal that he had requested information from the police on his case under the U.K.
- 8/20/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Alec Baldwin has said that after former US President Donald Trump’s Rust shooting comments, he was “100 per cent nervous” about being attacked by Trump supporters.
The 64-year-old actor fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of Rust on October 21, after assistant director David Halls allegedly handed him a prop gun which turned out to be loaded.
A few weeks after the incident, Trump baselessly suggested Baldwin may have deliberately shot his two colleagues.
On a recent CNN appearance (via TMZ), the 30 Rock actor admitted that he was “worried” about what Trump supporters might have done to him following the former president’s comments.
“The former president of the United States said probably shot her on purpose. To me, that was the only time I was worried about what was going to happen,” Baldwin said. “Here was Trump, who instructed people to commit acts of violence,...
The 64-year-old actor fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on the set of Rust on October 21, after assistant director David Halls allegedly handed him a prop gun which turned out to be loaded.
A few weeks after the incident, Trump baselessly suggested Baldwin may have deliberately shot his two colleagues.
On a recent CNN appearance (via TMZ), the 30 Rock actor admitted that he was “worried” about what Trump supporters might have done to him following the former president’s comments.
“The former president of the United States said probably shot her on purpose. To me, that was the only time I was worried about what was going to happen,” Baldwin said. “Here was Trump, who instructed people to commit acts of violence,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
Noel Clarke has said he’s developing a “script about all of this s***”, a year after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and bullying.
In April 2021, The Guardian published allegations of misconduct from 20 women who knew Clarke in a professional capacity.
The claims spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate comments, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos without consent, and bullying.
On Friday (19 August), Clarke tweeted: “I am writing a script about all of this s***t. I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
The Doctor Who actor’s post comes days after he shared a video on Twitter claiming he had been cleared by London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me… More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police have dropped the investigation due to...
In April 2021, The Guardian published allegations of misconduct from 20 women who knew Clarke in a professional capacity.
The claims spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate comments, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos without consent, and bullying.
On Friday (19 August), Clarke tweeted: “I am writing a script about all of this s***t. I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
The Doctor Who actor’s post comes days after he shared a video on Twitter claiming he had been cleared by London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me… More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police have dropped the investigation due to...
- 8/19/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Film
Over a year after he was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and bullying, British film and TV star Noel Clarke has said he is writing a screenplay about “all this shit.”
“I am writing a script about all this shit,” Clarke tweeted, without providing any further details on the project. “I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
I am writing a script about all this shit. I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.
— Noel Clarke (@NoelClarke) August 19, 2022
The script tweet comes days after Clarke posted a video claiming that he had a clean chit from London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me… More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police stop the investigation due to insufficient evidence’ and all that sort of malarkey,” Clarke said in the video,...
“I am writing a script about all this shit,” Clarke tweeted, without providing any further details on the project. “I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.”
I am writing a script about all this shit. I’m 30 pages in, but the Ptsd is real.
— Noel Clarke (@NoelClarke) August 19, 2022
The script tweet comes days after Clarke posted a video claiming that he had a clean chit from London’s Metropolitan Police.
“I want you to remember what was said about me… More people coming forward to the police, ‘police are investigating this that the other’ and eventually, ‘police stop the investigation due to insufficient evidence’ and all that sort of malarkey,” Clarke said in the video,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran and K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios is rolling out an initiative to prevent bullying and stop “inappropriate behaviour” to all of its productions.
The BBC’s commercial arm has been using what it has titled The Pledge on select shows this year including Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders and Good Omens and, on its anniversary, the move will become mandatory for all programs, which comprises thousands of hours of shows per year.
BBC Studios is also mulling using The Pledge for all of its owned indies such as Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow and Gentleman Jack producer Lookout Point.
Read at the start of production by a senior exec, The Pledge stresses respectful and inclusive behavior on set and says that the exec will fully support colleagues who raise “legitimate concerns about inappropriate behavior.” It is used prominently on call sheets and offers up free services such as the Bullying and Harassment Helpline and...
The BBC’s commercial arm has been using what it has titled The Pledge on select shows this year including Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders and Good Omens and, on its anniversary, the move will become mandatory for all programs, which comprises thousands of hours of shows per year.
BBC Studios is also mulling using The Pledge for all of its owned indies such as Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow and Gentleman Jack producer Lookout Point.
Read at the start of production by a senior exec, The Pledge stresses respectful and inclusive behavior on set and says that the exec will fully support colleagues who raise “legitimate concerns about inappropriate behavior.” It is used prominently on call sheets and offers up free services such as the Bullying and Harassment Helpline and...
- 8/19/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
All major British broadcasters have backed and pledged immediate financial support for an Independent Standards Authority (Isa) to tackle bullying and harassment in film and TV.
The move represents the next stage in the proposal led by UK Time’s Up Chair Heather Rabbatts and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury and has been rubberstamped by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount-owned Channel 5 and Comcast-owned pay-tv giant Sky.
Last month, huge stars including Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris and singer Rebecca Ferguson joined calls for the Isa to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and investigation into complaints.
The Isa would be separate from the broadcaster’s internal bullying complaints processes and is already supported by the BFI, BAFTA, Bectu, the Pma and the Casting Director’s Guild.
More information will be made public shortly following the end of a consultation period.
The move represents the next stage in the proposal led by UK Time’s Up Chair Heather Rabbatts and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury and has been rubberstamped by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount-owned Channel 5 and Comcast-owned pay-tv giant Sky.
Last month, huge stars including Keira Knightley, Naomie Harris and singer Rebecca Ferguson joined calls for the Isa to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and investigation into complaints.
The Isa would be separate from the broadcaster’s internal bullying complaints processes and is already supported by the BFI, BAFTA, Bectu, the Pma and the Casting Director’s Guild.
More information will be made public shortly following the end of a consultation period.
- 6/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. film and TV star Noel Clarke has spoken up about the so-called ‘cancel culture’ and McCarthyism and revealed that he had suicidal feelings after sexual harassment allegations against him.
In an interview with U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, the first after London’s Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate the claims against him, Clarke said: “Twenty years of work was gone in 24 hours. I lost everything. The company I built from the ground up, my TV shows, my movies, my book deals, the industry respect I had. In my heart and my head it has damaged me in a way I cannot articulate.”
“There has been no arrest, no charges, no trial, no verdict but I have been criminalized,” Clarke added. “This is a form of modern McCarthyism.”
The fall was swift from April 2021, when multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, best known for starring in shows...
In an interview with U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, the first after London’s Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate the claims against him, Clarke said: “Twenty years of work was gone in 24 hours. I lost everything. The company I built from the ground up, my TV shows, my movies, my book deals, the industry respect I had. In my heart and my head it has damaged me in a way I cannot articulate.”
“There has been no arrest, no charges, no trial, no verdict but I have been criminalized,” Clarke added. “This is a form of modern McCarthyism.”
The fall was swift from April 2021, when multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, best known for starring in shows...
- 5/30/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
British actor-producer Noel Clarke has spoken out for the first time since the Metropolitan Police announced that none of the allegations of being a sexual predator and bully made against the double BAFTA winner met the threshold for further police inquiry, and that they would be ceasing to investigate him.
Clarke, who saw a catalogue of projects cancelled in the light of the allegations made against him and the closure of his production company, told the Daily Mail:
“There has been no arrest, no charges, no trial, no verdict but I have been criminalised. This is a form of modern McCarthyism.”
He said: “If we don’t need police and judges and juries any more, if we only need social media and the broadcasters, then what world do we live in? At what point did the broadcasters in this country become the judges, juries and executioners of people? At what...
Clarke, who saw a catalogue of projects cancelled in the light of the allegations made against him and the closure of his production company, told the Daily Mail:
“There has been no arrest, no charges, no trial, no verdict but I have been criminalised. This is a form of modern McCarthyism.”
He said: “If we don’t need police and judges and juries any more, if we only need social media and the broadcasters, then what world do we live in? At what point did the broadcasters in this country become the judges, juries and executioners of people? At what...
- 5/29/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
In March, the Metropolitan Police said Clarke would not face a criminal investigation into the allegations.
Noel Clarke is reported to be suing Bafta for defamation after police dropped an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
According to The Sunday Times, Clarke filed a lawsuit at the High Court In London last week against Bafta, The Guardian Media Group, which first reported the allegations, and GQ magazine owner Condé Nast, which ran an interview with the two journalists who broke the story.
Clarke whose credits include Brotherhood, Adulthood. and Bulletproof, was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between...
Noel Clarke is reported to be suing Bafta for defamation after police dropped an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
According to The Sunday Times, Clarke filed a lawsuit at the High Court In London last week against Bafta, The Guardian Media Group, which first reported the allegations, and GQ magazine owner Condé Nast, which ran an interview with the two journalists who broke the story.
Clarke whose credits include Brotherhood, Adulthood. and Bulletproof, was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between...
- 5/3/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
In March, the Metropolitan Police said Clarke would not face a criminal investigation into the allegations.
Noel Clarke is reported to be suing Bafta for defamation after police dropped an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
According to The Sunday Times, Clarke filed a lawsuit at the High Court In London last week against Bafta, The Guardian Media Group, which first reported the allegations, and GQ magazine owner Condé Nast, which ran an interview with the two journalists who broke the story.
Clarke whose credits include Brotherhood, Adulthood. and Bulletproof, was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between...
Noel Clarke is reported to be suing Bafta for defamation after police dropped an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations made against him.
According to The Sunday Times, Clarke filed a lawsuit at the High Court In London last week against Bafta, The Guardian Media Group, which first reported the allegations, and GQ magazine owner Condé Nast, which ran an interview with the two journalists who broke the story.
Clarke whose credits include Brotherhood, Adulthood. and Bulletproof, was accused of groping and sexual misconduct between...
- 5/3/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Actor Noel Clarke is suing BAFTA for defamation, following the Academy’s decision to suspend his membership following allegations of his sexual harassment and bullying.
The Sunday Times reports that the actor and writer filed his suit at London’s High Court last week.
BAFTA last year awarded Clarke an award for outstanding contribution to British cinema, but made the decision to suspend the award after the Guardian newspaper published a report including claims by 20 women of abuse, bullying and harassment – all of which Clarke has denied.
His lawsuit comes after the Metropolitan Police’s decision last month to suspend their investigation into the allegations, saying they had “determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.”
In response to his lawsuit, a BAFTA spokesman said: “A year ago, BAFTA was transparent about what led to Mr Clarke’s award and membership being suspended following serious accusations of groping,...
The Sunday Times reports that the actor and writer filed his suit at London’s High Court last week.
BAFTA last year awarded Clarke an award for outstanding contribution to British cinema, but made the decision to suspend the award after the Guardian newspaper published a report including claims by 20 women of abuse, bullying and harassment – all of which Clarke has denied.
His lawsuit comes after the Metropolitan Police’s decision last month to suspend their investigation into the allegations, saying they had “determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.”
In response to his lawsuit, a BAFTA spokesman said: “A year ago, BAFTA was transparent about what led to Mr Clarke’s award and membership being suspended following serious accusations of groping,...
- 5/1/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
British actor and producer Noel Clarke will not face criminal charges over sexual harassment allegations made last year after London’s Metropolitan Police dropped its investigation, citing a lack of evidence.
The bombshell 2021 story, reported by The Guardian, saw more than 20 women accuse the Bulletproof and Doctor Who star of various incidents of misconduct between 2004 and 2019. He has denied all of the allegations, but has sought professional help to improve his behavior.
A statement was issued by the police saying a “thorough” assessment of the claims had been conducted and that it had “determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.”
It added that any further criminal allegations would be “thoroughly considered” if they came forward.
The fallout from the report saw broadcaster Sky cancel Clarke’s series Bulletproof and suspend any further work with the actor. He also had his BAFTA membership revoked.
The bombshell 2021 story, reported by The Guardian, saw more than 20 women accuse the Bulletproof and Doctor Who star of various incidents of misconduct between 2004 and 2019. He has denied all of the allegations, but has sought professional help to improve his behavior.
A statement was issued by the police saying a “thorough” assessment of the claims had been conducted and that it had “determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.”
It added that any further criminal allegations would be “thoroughly considered” if they came forward.
The fallout from the report saw broadcaster Sky cancel Clarke’s series Bulletproof and suspend any further work with the actor. He also had his BAFTA membership revoked.
- 3/28/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Sexual harassment claims against U.K. actor Noel Clarke will not be investigated by the London Metropolitan Police.
In April 2021, multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, a top actor in the U.K. best known for starring in shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Bulletproof” and the films “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood.” The allegations, first published as part of an extensive investigation by U.K. newspaper The Guardian, spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments on set, professional misconduct, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos without consent, and bullying between 2004 and 2019.
The police had launched an investigation at the time, but now will not pursue it.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “On Wednesday, 21 April 2021 police received a third party report relating to allegations of sexual offences allegedly committed by a male over a period of time. Following a thorough assessment by...
In April 2021, multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged against Clarke, a top actor in the U.K. best known for starring in shows such as “Doctor Who” and “Bulletproof” and the films “Kidulthood” and “Adulthood.” The allegations, first published as part of an extensive investigation by U.K. newspaper The Guardian, spanned sexual harassment, unwanted touching or groping, sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments on set, professional misconduct, taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and videos without consent, and bullying between 2004 and 2019.
The police had launched an investigation at the time, but now will not pursue it.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “On Wednesday, 21 April 2021 police received a third party report relating to allegations of sexual offences allegedly committed by a male over a period of time. Following a thorough assessment by...
- 3/28/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
More than 20 women made bullying and sexual harassment claims against the actor in 2021.
London’s Metropolitan Police has issued a statement saying UK actor Noel Clarke will not face criminal investigation, after over 20 women made bullying and sexual harassment claims again the actor in April 2021.
In a statement, the Met said: ”Following a thorough assessment by specialist detectives it was determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.
“We have shared our findings with the third party organisation and updated the complainants who subsequently contacted us following the initial report.”
Claims of misconduct from 20 women who...
London’s Metropolitan Police has issued a statement saying UK actor Noel Clarke will not face criminal investigation, after over 20 women made bullying and sexual harassment claims again the actor in April 2021.
In a statement, the Met said: ”Following a thorough assessment by specialist detectives it was determined the information would not meet the threshold for a criminal investigation.
“We have shared our findings with the third party organisation and updated the complainants who subsequently contacted us following the initial report.”
Claims of misconduct from 20 women who...
- 3/28/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Nominations will close on April 18.
Screen International is delighted to announce that nominations are open for Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland, now heading into its 19th year.
Nominations open from March 20, 2022, and will close over the Easter bank holiday weekend, on April 18, in the drive to find new actors, directors, writers, producers and heads of department to present to the industry this summer.
Due to the increasing popularity of this talent portfolio, we ask that all submissions now use this Google Form. Applicants will need to attach a brief bio,...
Screen International is delighted to announce that nominations are open for Screen Stars of Tomorrow, our annual portfolio of new talent from the UK and Ireland, now heading into its 19th year.
Nominations open from March 20, 2022, and will close over the Easter bank holiday weekend, on April 18, in the drive to find new actors, directors, writers, producers and heads of department to present to the industry this summer.
Due to the increasing popularity of this talent portfolio, we ask that all submissions now use this Google Form. Applicants will need to attach a brief bio,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
For Ashley Walters, life has had its ups and downs. Now, ahead of a new season of Top Boy – not to mention directing and musical projects – the pieces are finally falling into place. He talks to Tim Lewis about loyalty, prison – and his new life on the Kent coast
Ashley Walters has noticed that, much as day slides into night, his greatest career triumphs are followed, often at alarming speed, by his most humbling derailments. He arrived in the early 2000s as a rapper, Asher D, with the 30-strong London garage collective So Solid Crew. He was a lead vocalist on their No 1 hit 21 Seconds, and they won a Brit award in 2002, a prize perhaps overshadowed by the altercation they had with the Irish boyband Westlife’s table on the way up to collect it. A month later, aged 19, Walters was convicted of possession of a converted air pistol loaded...
Ashley Walters has noticed that, much as day slides into night, his greatest career triumphs are followed, often at alarming speed, by his most humbling derailments. He arrived in the early 2000s as a rapper, Asher D, with the 30-strong London garage collective So Solid Crew. He was a lead vocalist on their No 1 hit 21 Seconds, and they won a Brit award in 2002, a prize perhaps overshadowed by the altercation they had with the Irish boyband Westlife’s table on the way up to collect it. A month later, aged 19, Walters was convicted of possession of a converted air pistol loaded...
- 3/13/2022
- by Tim Lewis
- The Guardian - Film News
Sunday’s primetime film awards ceremony marks a break from recent tradition and promises a change of tack for institution
Sunday night’s Baftas ceremony is set to stage a confident return to pre-pandemic levels of glitz and glamour amid fears of flagging audience engagement. The longest red carpet in Europe will wrap itself around a full-capacity Albert Hall ahead of the events, which boasts a new host in Australian comedy actor Rebel Wilson and, for only the second time in two decades, a pre-watershed broadcast on BBC One.
Last year’s ceremony also took place at the Albert Hall but with minimal hooplah, virtual acceptance speeches and no live audience. Although the awards verdicts were lauded, Bafta’s renewed credibility was dinted three weeks later by revelations in the Guardian of multiple allegations of verbal abuse, bullying and sexual misconduct against the film-maker Noel Clarke, who had received the...
Sunday night’s Baftas ceremony is set to stage a confident return to pre-pandemic levels of glitz and glamour amid fears of flagging audience engagement. The longest red carpet in Europe will wrap itself around a full-capacity Albert Hall ahead of the events, which boasts a new host in Australian comedy actor Rebel Wilson and, for only the second time in two decades, a pre-watershed broadcast on BBC One.
Last year’s ceremony also took place at the Albert Hall but with minimal hooplah, virtual acceptance speeches and no live audience. Although the awards verdicts were lauded, Bafta’s renewed credibility was dinted three weeks later by revelations in the Guardian of multiple allegations of verbal abuse, bullying and sexual misconduct against the film-maker Noel Clarke, who had received the...
- 3/11/2022
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The BAFTAs had a challenging year in 2021, ricocheting among progress, stasis and scandal, and ending up somewhere in the middle. Their mission, following an outcry over the previous year’s white ceremony — with no acting nominees of color, no women up for the director prize, and Sam Mendes’ “1917” prevailing over Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” in the major races — was to diversify the awards, and fast. This year’s film ceremony is set for March 13 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
To that end, drastic changes were made, with the performance and directing categories handed over to small nomination committees (including some nonBAFTA members) who could curate more eclectic, progressive nominee fields from the branchvoted longlists. The fix was immediately effective, as BAFTA revealed a fresh, surprising and suitably diverse slate. Suddenly, two-thirds of the acting nominees were performers of color, including homegrown talents — Wunmi Mosaku and Bukky Bakray...
To that end, drastic changes were made, with the performance and directing categories handed over to small nomination committees (including some nonBAFTA members) who could curate more eclectic, progressive nominee fields from the branchvoted longlists. The fix was immediately effective, as BAFTA revealed a fresh, surprising and suitably diverse slate. Suddenly, two-thirds of the acting nominees were performers of color, including homegrown talents — Wunmi Mosaku and Bukky Bakray...
- 3/11/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
More than half of the UK’s film and TV industry workforce experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year, according to alarming statistics from The Film & TV Charity (Tftvc) that did find the “mental health crisis” to be plateauing.
The organization’s second ever Looking Glass report, which surveyed more than 2,000 people, found 57% had been targeted by these unacceptable behaviors in 2021. Broken down, around 40% said they had experienced bullying, 39% racial harassment or discrimination and 11% sexual harassment.
Alex Pumfrey, CEO of Tftvc, described the results to Deadline as “shocking, surprising and disheartening.”
“I really hoped this behavior was changing in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein and Noel Clarke incidents so to see such problematically high figures is very troubling,” said Pumfrey.
There is, however, a “real cross-industry effort to tackle the issue through multiple angles,” added the charity boss, pointing to her organization’s bullying advice work, updated...
The organization’s second ever Looking Glass report, which surveyed more than 2,000 people, found 57% had been targeted by these unacceptable behaviors in 2021. Broken down, around 40% said they had experienced bullying, 39% racial harassment or discrimination and 11% sexual harassment.
Alex Pumfrey, CEO of Tftvc, described the results to Deadline as “shocking, surprising and disheartening.”
“I really hoped this behavior was changing in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein and Noel Clarke incidents so to see such problematically high figures is very troubling,” said Pumfrey.
There is, however, a “real cross-industry effort to tackle the issue through multiple angles,” added the charity boss, pointing to her organization’s bullying advice work, updated...
- 2/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Film and TV Charity report also reveals the impact of Covid safety protocols on mental health.
More than half the people working in the UK film and TV industries have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year, according to a new study by the Film and TV Charity.
Despite a wave of measures being introduced to help enforce safe working environments, the report found that 57% of respondents had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year.
The study, titled Looking Glass ’21, stated: “Racial harassment and discrimination are widespread.”
Four in 10 (39%) of Black, Asian and minority ethnic...
More than half the people working in the UK film and TV industries have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year, according to a new study by the Film and TV Charity.
Despite a wave of measures being introduced to help enforce safe working environments, the report found that 57% of respondents had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year.
The study, titled Looking Glass ’21, stated: “Racial harassment and discrimination are widespread.”
Four in 10 (39%) of Black, Asian and minority ethnic...
- 2/16/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
International $1.047bn box office combines with $760.9m for $1.8bn worldwide.
The remarkable pandemic trajectory of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home continues as the superhero film overtook Avatar to rank as the third highest-grossing release of all time in North America on $760.9m.
No Way Home added $1.62m on Monday (14), pushing Avatar into fourth place on $769.5m. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame occupy the top two slots on $936.7m and $858.4m, respectively.
Through Monday the film has grossed more then $1.8bn worldwide factoring in the $1.047bn international haul which does not include China, where a...
The remarkable pandemic trajectory of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home continues as the superhero film overtook Avatar to rank as the third highest-grossing release of all time in North America on $760.9m.
No Way Home added $1.62m on Monday (14), pushing Avatar into fourth place on $769.5m. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame occupy the top two slots on $936.7m and $858.4m, respectively.
Through Monday the film has grossed more then $1.8bn worldwide factoring in the $1.047bn international haul which does not include China, where a...
- 2/15/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
International $1.047bn box office combines with $760.9m for $1.8bn worldwide.
The remarkable pandemic trajectory of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home continues as the superhero film overtook Avatar to rank as the third highest-grossing release of all time in North America on $760.9m.
No Way Home added $1.62m on Monday (14), pushing Avatar into fourth place on $769.5m. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame occupy the top two slots on $936.7m and $858.4m, respectively.
Through Monday the film has grossed more then $1.8bn worldwide factoring in the $1.047bn international haul which does not include China, where a...
The remarkable pandemic trajectory of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home continues as the superhero film overtook Avatar to rank as the third highest-grossing release of all time in North America on $760.9m.
No Way Home added $1.62m on Monday (14), pushing Avatar into fourth place on $769.5m. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Avengers: Endgame occupy the top two slots on $936.7m and $858.4m, respectively.
Through Monday the film has grossed more then $1.8bn worldwide factoring in the $1.047bn international haul which does not include China, where a...
- 2/15/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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