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12-05-2009, 11:11 AM
Channel 4 has confirmed it is planning a movie version of hit E4 teen drama Skins.
The broadcaster said that Film4 and Company Pictures, the independent producer that makes the show, were in "preliminary talks" about a big screen spin-off.
The movie is the latest planned Skins spin-off, with a novel based on the exploits of the group of Bristol teenagers also in the pipeline.
Skins, which won the Bafta people's choice award two weeks ago, will begin filming its fourth series in the summer for broadcast early next year.
The series has become one of E4's biggest hits, pulling in more than 1 million viewers.
Film4 has already had success with a movie with a Skins link, with Dev Patel - who starred in the first two series of the drama - taking a lead role in the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire.
The Skins movie will hope to follow the success of In the Loop, the movie spin-off of BBC comedy The Thick of It.
Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/11/skins-movie-spin-off)
The broadcaster said that Film4 and Company Pictures, the independent producer that makes the show, were in "preliminary talks" about a big screen spin-off.
The movie is the latest planned Skins spin-off, with a novel based on the exploits of the group of Bristol teenagers also in the pipeline.
Skins, which won the Bafta people's choice award two weeks ago, will begin filming its fourth series in the summer for broadcast early next year.
The series has become one of E4's biggest hits, pulling in more than 1 million viewers.
Film4 has already had success with a movie with a Skins link, with Dev Patel - who starred in the first two series of the drama - taking a lead role in the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire.
The Skins movie will hope to follow the success of In the Loop, the movie spin-off of BBC comedy The Thick of It.
Source (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/11/skins-movie-spin-off)