{"id":185607,"date":"2025-10-08T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185607\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:02:08","slug":"sky-nabs-matthew-macfadyen-comedy-global-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185607\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Nabs Matthew Macfadyen Comedy \u2014 Global Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sky\" data-tag=\"sky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky<\/a> Acquires Elizabeth Banks &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/matthew-macfadyen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_matthew-macfadyen\" data-tag=\"matthew-macfadyen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Macfadyen<\/a> Comedy<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSky has acquired The Miniature Wife, a U.S. comedy-drama starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, ahead of MIPCOM. The show will air on Sky and NOW in 2026. The series synopsis reads: Marriage gets hilariously complicated in The Miniature Wife, when Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect, The Hunger Games) is unexpectedly shrunk in a technological mishap, much to the surprise of her husband, played by Matthew Macfadyen (Succession). Domestic life takes a turn for the perfectly mismatched pair, as their day-to-day turns into a razor-sharp battle for power. The Miniature Wife is produced by Media Res Studio and distributed by Sony Pictures Television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/incredible-film\/\" id=\"auto-tag_incredible-film\" data-tag=\"incredible-film\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Incredible Film<\/a> Inks UK &amp; Ireland Distribution Deal For Dutch-English Feature The North<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Incredible Film has locked a distribution deal with UK-based Tull Stories for the Dutch-English feature The North. Tull Stories will handle the distribution of the film across the UK and Ireland. The North takes place a decade after Chris (Bart Harder) and Lluis (Carles Pulido) became best friends, as they set out on a 600-kilometre hike through the Scottish Highlands. Following the West Highland Way and The Cape Wrath Trail, they spend 30 days together in nature \u2013 hoping to rekindle their once-powerful friendship. Ahead of MIPCOM, Incredible Film has added Men at Work: Back in Business and Wild Heart to its slate. \u201cWe are continuing to expand our slate of bold, distinctive stories that travel. From emotionally charged dramas to uplifting feel-good features and powerful stories like\u00a0The North\u00a0\u2013 we\u2019re showcasing not just variety in genre, but a consistent standard of high-end filmmaking and a slate designed to resonate across cultures and connect with audiences everywhere,\u201d Dani\u00eblle Raaphorst, CEO of Incredible Film, said in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDinard Award Winners<br \/>Dragonfly by Paul Andrew Williams won the top award at the Dinard British &amp; Irish Film Festival. Other winners include The Damned by Thordur Palsson, which won the Barri\u00e8re Jury Prize; Harry Lawtey won the Best Actor Award for Mr. Burton. Mr. Burton also clocked the Audience Award, the Ouest-France Talent of Tomorrow Award went to Lillipop by Daisy-May Hudson, and the Shortcuts Audience Cin\u00e9+ OCS award went to Run Like We by Rhys Aaron Lewis.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Acquires Elizabeth Banks &amp; Matthew Macfadyen Comedy Sky has acquired The Miniature Wife, a U.S. comedy-drama starring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,81947,81948,25922,7355,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-185607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-global-briefs","11":"tag-incredible-film","12":"tag-matthew-macfadyen","13":"tag-sky","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}