Daniel Kelly-Mulhern (who studied Film and Television Studies at Warwick from 2011-14) has written the screenplay for new British horror film 'Dr Jekyll'. The film is due for release in cinemas on October 27th and will be the first in a new line of pictures from Hammer Horror. The film stars Eddie izzard in the title role and had its premiere in Leicester Square this week. View the trailer online at the Empire Cinema website.

We were sad to hear of the death of Film and Literature alumnus James Higginbotham on the 3rd of June, 2023. James studied with us from 1986 to 1989 and is remembered as part of the Film and Television Studies family.

Alumni Ilaria Puliti, who did her MA in the Department, recently won a film criticism competition with a chapter of her MA dissertation on Italian director Alice Rohrwacher. As a result, the material has been published as an essay in the latest issue of Italian cinema magazine Cineforum.