In our new releases from PGGB members and partners this week, we're highlighting the sixth instalment of the dramatised series based on the life and reign of HRH Queen Elizabeth II, and the Royal Family as it returns to the small screen for the final time. The era in part one focuses on Prince Charles and Princess Diana's lives post divorce, including the brief romance she shared with Dodi Fayed, leading up to the pair's untimely death. While the latter episodes portray William and Kate first meeting at university where the story of their blossoming love unfolds onscreen in The Crown. Part one debuted yesterday with four episodes on Netflix, followed by the final six episodes arriving on Thursday 14th December. Six PGGB Members and sixteen PGGB Affiliates and Partners worked on this production.
The highly anticipated second series returns with The Lazarus Project back but the need to secure the future more intense than ever as they become locked into a time loop which sees the world end every three weeks. It becomes a literal race against time for the Lazarus team to find a solution before humanity is wiped out forever. Find out if they manage to resolve the imminent threat with the sci-fi thriller available on Sky Max now. You can also read how the mind-bending show set in London utilised various locations in Bristol for production here, with one PGGB Member and Affiliate working on the series.
In film, a new psychological comedic thriller written, directed and produced by Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell, comes to the big screen today. The story follows an Oxford University Student struggling to fit in before he befriends a charming and aristocratic fellow student who invites him to his eccentric family's estate called Saltburn, for a summer that will never be forgotten. Two of PGGB's Members, along with ten Partners and Affiliates worked on this production.
Based on the dystopian action-adventure novel written by author Suzanne Collins, sees a prequel join becoming the fifth instalment in The Hunger Games film franchise. Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its plot follows the events that eventually lead a young Coriolanus Snow on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem, including his relationship with Hunger Games tribute Lucy Gray Baird during the year of the 10th Hunger Games. Explore the history of the oppressive society in which the universe is set as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes releases in cinemas today! One of PGGB's Members was the Production Coordinator in Germany for this film.
Take an in-depth look at theses productions below.
THE CROWN (SERIES 6)
Left Bank Pictures, Netflix
PGGB Members:
Alistair Thompson – Financial Controller & Co-Producer
Catherine Golding – Visa Production Manager (Spain and France Units)
Jade Robertson – Location Manager
Laura Mateo Sanvicens – Production Accountant (Spain, eps 1)
Linda Tootill – Payroll Supervisor
Kaan Matthew Yilal – 1st Assistant Accountant
PGGB Affiliates and Partners:
Facilities by ADF – Specialist Production Vehicles
Warner Bros. De Lane Lea – Asa Shoul & Team – Colour Graded
Kent Film Office – Recommended film and unit base locations, organised traffic management, and liaised with police regarding filming with weapons
Locate Studios – Provided Studio space, Ridgeway Studios
Entertainment Partners – SmartAccounting and Casting Portal
Media Insurance Brokers Limited – Arranged Insurance
Berkshire Film Office – Facilitated filming in Berkshire
First Option – Onsite Safety
Location Collective – Provided Location Services
Get Set Hire – Provided Production Equipment
Panavision & Panalux – Serviced the Production
The Desk – Provided graphics
Film Office – Provided Location Services and Logistics for Unit Base parking
Elstree Studios – Partially filmed at Elstree Studios
Supply 2 Location – Location Services
THE LAZARUS PROJECT (SEASON 2)
Urban Myth Films
PGGB Members:
Benjamin Greenacre – Producer
PGGB Affiliates:
Bristol Film Office – Assisted Filming at locations across the city
SALTBURN
LuckyChap Entertainment, MGM, MRC
PGGB Members:
Tim Wellspring – Executive Producer/ UPM
Harriet Lawrence – Supervising Location Manager
PGGB Affiliates and Partners:
Cinelab Film & Digital – Film Processing, Scanning and Dailies
Team Engine – Provided Digital Onboarding, Timecard and Fit-to-Work Services
Gallagher Entertainment – Insurance provider
Entertainment Partners – Casting Portal
First Option – Onsite Safety
Area 4 – Provided Production Offices
Audiolink – Provided Walkie-Talkie Rentals and Cellular Rentals
Kodak Motion Pictures and Entertainment – Provided shots on 35mm Film Stock
Panavision – Serviced the Production
Universal Production Services UK – Provided all Set Lighting
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES
Lionsgate
PGGB Member:
Sandy Reinhardt – Production Coordinator (Germany)
