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  • XRP Price Forecast: Could August Bring a Move Toward $2?

    XRP Price Forecast: Could August Bring a Move Toward $2?

    $XRP could be in for a volatile August with promising upside, according to crypto analyst Jay Nisbett.

    He believes the token is more likely to move higher than lower this month. Notably, his outlook includes a rally into the $2 range before a sharp pullback.

    At the time of writing, $XRP trades at $1.07. It is down 1.0% over the past 24 hours, 3.63% over the past week, and 5.78% over the past month. The token is also down 42% year-to-date, according to CoinMarketCap.

    Several August Scenarios for $XRP

    In a post on X, Jay Nisbett shared multiple projected price paths for $XRP. He said volatility is possible in both directions, but his overall bias is bullish.

    According to Nisbett, $XRP is most likely to trade between $1.02 and the low-$1.30 range during August. From there, it could break into the mid-to-upper $1 range or even reach the low-$2 region.

    He noted that any move into those higher levels would be short-lived. A rapid retracement could follow before the broader trend resumes.

    Nisbett also said he relies heavily on his chart levels. Once they are plotted, he trusts them “almost blindly.”

    Key Technical Levels to Watch

    Nisbett’s charts highlight several technical levels that could shape $XRP’s price action throughout the month. His chart uses:

    • White dotted lines for the trend-balanced price.
    • Blue dotted lines for likely swing highs.
    • Green dotted lines for likely swing lows.

    He outlined four possible price paths, shown in different colors, but said $XRP will likely move somewhere between them instead of following one exact route.

    In one scenario, $XRP climbs to $2.50 before pulling back. In another, it rises more modestly to around $1.60 before falling back to support levels.

    Considering $XRP’s current price, these targets present a promising outlook for holders, with potential gains ranging from 49.53% to 134%.

    Market Maker Theory Supports Bullish View

    Beyond the technical setup, Nisbett also shared a psychological view of the market.

    He argued that many traders are waiting for $XRP to return to $1.00 or below, believing it represents the safest buying opportunity. According to him, this hesitation could cause investors to miss the move if the asset never returns to that level.

    Instead, he argues many investors may end up buying after $XRP has already climbed into the mid-$1 to $2 range. At that point, larger players could trigger a sharp pullback, catching late buyers off guard.

    Nisbett described this as thinking “like a market maker,” implying that markets often move against prevailing retail expectations before establishing a sustained trend.

    Although he expects price swings to remain high throughout August, Nisbett still believes $XRP is more likely to move higher in the near term.

    $XRP Leverage Remains Low

    Meanwhile, CryptoQuant data shows that traders are using much less leverage on $XRP than they did during the strong rallies earlier in 2025.

    On July 31, Binance’s open interest in $XRP stablecoin-margined futures fell to about $186 million, its lowest level since April 2025. Bybit recorded the highest open interest at roughly $229 million, while OKX stood at about $49 million.

    Most leveraged $XRP trading is now happening on Bybit and Binance, which together account for nearly 89% of the open interest across the three exchanges.

    Lower open interest suggests $XRP is trading with fewer leveraged positions than earlier this year. While this alone does not indicate the next price direction, it points to a less crowded derivatives market. Analysts typically evaluate open interest alongside funding rates, trading volume, liquidations, and spot-market demand to assess broader market conditions.

  • ‘US backs off from Iran before markets open on weekdays’

    ‘US backs off from Iran before markets open on weekdays’

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    US President Donald Trump says new talks with Iran will begin on Monday after he called off a planned ‘massive attack’. Analyst Negar Mortazavi describes what’s become a pattern where talks of a breakthrough often come just before financial markets open after a weekend.

    Published On 3 Aug 2026

  • Cardano Repeats Historic Bull Market Structure as Analyst Eyes Over 1,300% Upside to $2.9

    Cardano Repeats Historic Bull Market Structure as Analyst Eyes Over 1,300% Upside to $2.9

    Crypto analyst Javon Marks believes Cardano may be following the same market structure that preceded its explosive 2020–2021 bull run.

    In a recent analysis, Marks argued that $ADA is displaying a strikingly similar sequence of price movements, raising the possibility that the token is preparing for another major rally toward its previous all-time highs.

    According to him, Cardano’s next significant move could send the asset to nearly $3, representing a gain of more than 1,300% from its current trading price of around $0.19.

    Similarities Between $ADA 2018 and 2021 Cycles

    The accompanying chart compares Cardano’s current price action with the market cycle that unfolded between 2018 and 2021.

    During the previous cycle, $ADA plunged sharply after reaching its 2018 peak of $1.32 before establishing a long-term bottom. It then traded sideways for an extended period, forming a broad accumulation base around $0.02, highlighted by a blue horizontal arrow on the chart. After breaking out of that prolonged consolidation, Cardano entered a powerful bull market that lifted its price to an all-time high of $3.10 in September 2021.

    The current cycle appears to be following a similar path. Upon peaking during the 2021 bull market, $ADA entered a prolonged correction characterized by a series of lower highs. More recently, the asset has traded within a descending structure, illustrated by a blue downward-sloping trendline.

    According to the analysis, Cardano has now reached the lower end of that multi-year trendline, mirroring the point where it completed its previous accumulation phase before launching its historic breakout.

    $2.90 Emerges as the Next Major Target for Cardano

    Based on these similarities, Marks believes Cardano could climb through multiple resistance levels before eventually reaching a price target of $2.90. From its current level of $0.1823, that would represent a gain of roughly 1,490%.

    The analyst’s projection suggests this move could unfold by early 2028 if $ADA continues to mirror its previous market cycle.

    Analyst Maintains Long-Term Bullish Outlook

    Cardano has struggled to reclaim its September 2021 all-time high of $3.10 after enduring a prolonged bear market. Nonetheless, several analyses have continued to forecast a long-term recovery, with the $2.90 region emerging as a widely discussed upside target within the Cardano community.

    Marks has consistently maintained this bullish outlook. In September 2025, he projected that a falling wedge breakout could initially propel $ADA to around $1.20 before eventually driving the cryptocurrency to $2.91.

    A month later, he reiterated his optimism, forecasting a rally toward $2.96 after identifying a confirmed breakout above a long-term descending trendline, accompanied by a developing pattern of higher highs and higher lows.

    Now, the analyst has returned with a similar outlook, arguing that Cardano could once again mirror the price action that fueled its historic 2021 rally and eventually climb to $2.90.

    Despite his continuous optimism, it is imperative to note that historical patterns do not guarantee future performance.

  • Paramount Pitches Judge On November Start Of WBD Merger Antitrust Trial, While State AGs & WGA Propose April

    Paramount Pitches Judge On November Start Of WBD Merger Antitrust Trial, While State AGs & WGA Propose April

    Paramount wants a trial to start in November in the antitrust lawsuit brought by a dozen state attorneys general and the Writers Guild America. Not surprisingly, the state AGs and the guild want an April start to the proceedings.

    The sides outlined their proposals in a joint filing Friday, with the ultimate decision on scheduling left to the federal judge in the case, Araceli Martinez-Olguin.

    “The parties have discussed the trial schedule, but they have not reached agreement,” the parties wrote.

    The trial dates are hugely important for the transaction, and even Paramount’s proposed date likely will cost the company hundreds of millions. After September 30, Paramount will be on the hook for about $7 million for every day that the transaction doesn’t close, under an agreement with WBD that was a sweetener to the deal.

    A Paramount spokesperson said, “Our request for a November trial date is more than sufficient to give both sides the time they need to conduct discovery, gather evidence, and prepare for trial. Plaintiffs’ request to delay proceedings until April is nothing more than a stonewalling tactic that goes well beyond the timelines sought in similar prior proceedings and ignores the substantial evidence plaintiffs have already received in this matter. Delay will also harm the many individuals outside this courtroom who will be denied the expanded content offerings and industry stability that a combined Paramount-WBD promises to bring.”

    California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading 12 states in the lawsuit, said in a statement, “Our challenge to the unlawful Warner Bros./Paramount merger is a clean-cut antitrust challenge through and through: it’s about protecting the vibrancy of an industry, the pockets of consumers, and the quality of films and television programs that take center stage in many of our lives. This challenge deserves careful and thorough review and today my office and attorneys general across the country asked the court for a trial date next spring. We are eager to continue to make our case and look forward to a final determination of the schedule by the court.”

    Last week, Paramount said it would not close the merger until June 1, 2027, or until days after the legal issues are resolved, and indicated it wanted to go directly to trial. Its announcement came just days after the judge granted the state AGs a temporary restraining order that prohibited the transaction from closing for 14 days, an order that was later extended to 28 days.

    The company spokeswoman said a trial “on the merits is the best and most direct way for us to prove what we’ve said from the start — this transaction is lawful, pro-competitive, and raises no antitrust concerns.”

    In the filing Friday, Paramount proposed a 12-day trial starting November 4 that would encompass the cases brought by the states and the WGA.

    Paramount also noted that the later date would give the judge “much less time to decide” the case by June, the outside date it had set for the merger to close, as well as time for the company to appeal.

    Among other things, they noted that the DOJ’s antitrust case seeking to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner went to trial on March 19, 2018, four months after the federal government brought the case. Makan Delrahim, who is Paramount’s chief legal officer, was then the chief of the DOJ’s antitrust division; on the other side was attorney Daniel Petrocelli, representing Time Warner, and now representing WBD in this case.

    The company also noted that Bonta had last week favored a January trial start, but now was proposing a date four months later.

    “Given the stakes of this case, there is no basis and no time to delay for the sake of delay, particularly when delay significantly prejudices Defendants and the Hollywood ecosystem more broadly,” Paramount’s legal team wrote in the filing.

    The company also argued that Paramount and the WGA will have had sufficient time for discovery.

    Paramount’s legal team wrote, “State Plaintiffs had six-plus months before they filed their complaint to conduct unilateral discovery regarding the proposed transaction. State Plaintiffs also had the benefit of waivers granted by Defendants to enable the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share with State Plaintiffs all information and materials that Defendants produced to the DOJ. In sum, the discovery that State Plaintiffs received many months ago includes over two million documents from more than 80 of Defendants’ employees.”

    The company’s legal team noted that the later date would require them to refile merger materials with the Justice Department, which has already cleared the transaction, and that it would leave the creative community in a period of uncertainty, as Paramount plans to boost production to 30 films per year.

    The state AGs and WGA proposed a start of April 5, 2027, lasting at least 12-15 days, with each plaintiff presenting their cases sequentially.

    The state plaintiffs wrote that extensive discovery is needed, including of “the definition of the relevant product and geographic markets, the nature and scope of harm in those markets, whether expansion by other firms will prevent harm in those markets, and whether the merger will produce verifiable, merger-specific efficiencies sufficient to outweigh harm in those markets.”

    They pointed specifically to areas like Paramount’s assertion that the merger will generate billions in synergies, “a claim that Plaintiff States are entitled to test in discovery, including discovery of Defendants’ integration plans for their merged company.”

    The states noted that Paramount’s document productions “largely cut off” before the merger agreement was signed in February, leaving the plaintiffs with few internal documents about post-closing plans.

    The state AGs wrote, “Defendants’ pre-complaint productions also do nothing to address the need for discovery from third party customers and competitors. Importantly, no depositions of percipient fact witnesses from Defendants or third parties have occurred.”

    The states also contended that their schedule was “reasonable,” claiming that the 402 days from the signing of the merger agreement on February 27 to the proposed trial date “moves this case to trial more rapidly than virtually every merger case in recent history.” The AT&T-Time Warner trial started 513 days after the merger deal was signed, they noted, as opposed to when the DOJ lawsuit was filed. The state AGs also wrote that an April trial would still leave the judge with time to decide the case by June.

    The state AGs also called Paramount’s proposed schedule “one-sided,” arguing, “Their extraordinarily truncated schedule unfairly favors Defendants because they (1) have information Plaintiff States need to prove their case and (2) do not bear the burden of persuasion.”

  • Woody Harrelson to Receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at Bosnian Film Festival

    Woody Harrelson to Receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at Bosnian Film Festival

    U.S. star Woody Harrelson will be honored with an award at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his contribution to cinema.

    He’ll receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the Bosnian festival, joining fellow 2026 recipients Emily Watson (also president of the Sarajevo jury), Asghar Farhadi, and the recently announced Diego Luna.

    Harrelson has earned three Oscar nominations, including best actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt and best supporting actor for The Messenger and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. He accrued more critical acclaim for starring in Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness.

    “Woody Harrelson is one of those actors you believe in even in the most improbable roles, while at the same time you can easily imagine him as someone you might spend time with every day,” said Jovan Marjanović, director of the Sarajevo Film Festival. “That remarkable ease of performance is, in fact, one of the hardest qualities to achieve on screen, yet he delivers it film after film. His talent, charisma, and boldness serve as an inspiration to many future generations. It is our great honor to present him with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo.”

    In honor of Harrelson, Michael Winterbottom’s 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo, which premiered at Cannes and was also screened at the third-ever Sarajevo Film Festival later that year, will be screened for audiences. The film examines the war in Bosnia in the mid-1990s, and the role of journalists in its media coverage. It is based on journalist Michael Nicholson’s book Natasha’s Story. The screening will take place at the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema as part of the Open Air program.

    He next leads Apple TV’s Brothers alongside Matthew McConaughey, premiering Sept. 23, and stars opposite Kristen Stewart in Quentin Dupieux’s Full Phil, which debuted at Cannes this year. He recently wrapped Netflix’s The Cackling of the Dodos with Sam Rockwell and is producing a documentary on Austin’s iconic Armadillo World Headquarters.

    Harrelson also wrote, directed and starred in Lost in London, the first feature film shot in a single continuous take and broadcast live to theaters. His television credits include Cheers, True Detective and The White House Plumbers.

    The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival will run Aug. 14-21.

  • Walmart Back-to-School Deals: Your Tech and Supply Shopping List

    Walmart Back-to-School Deals: Your Tech and Supply Shopping List

    You shouldn’t have to trade your beach towel for a chaotic shopping cart just to tackle the back-to-school rush of hunting for new clothes and supplies for the school year ahead. Whether you’re lounging by the pool or squeezing out the very last drops of summer vacation, Walmart makes it easy to cross off your kids’ tech, fashion, and supply checklists in one seamless sweep—complete with lightning-fast delivery and pickup options that plant you firmly in relax mode.

    Here’s a sneak peek at some of the best school-ready deals, only at Walmart (prices and deals subject to availability), that you can shop right now.

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    Even the most durable tech essentials struggle to survive in the hands of kids, tweens, and teens. Thankfully, you don’t have to spend a fortune to get well-made gear that prioritizes the features and specs that matter most. 

    Items like headphones, which are regularly tossed from school bag to desk, should include volume-limiting controls for safety, be comfortable for growing ears, and be affordable enough to replace if they’re lost. The JLab JBuddies Studio Wired Headphones ($12.88, save $2) check every box and come in a wide range of colors. 

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    Save yourself from the early-morning wardrobe dilemmas caused by unpredictable weather and growing bodies by investing in a few new pieces for your kids. 

    Here’s a simple formula to get you started:

    With prices this low, you can grab items in your child’s current size and the size above, so you’re stocked for those emergency moments.

    Score a Deal on Must-Have School Supplies

    There is nothing quite like a fresh notebook and clean markers to signal the start of a new school year.

    Walmart offers a range of school supplies that are both practical and fun, including Crayola Broad Line Markers and Elmer’s Scented Glue Sticks.

    Plus, you can stock up on essentials like Pen+Gear Wide Ruled 1-Subject Notebooks and Five Star 2-Pocket Stay-Put Plastic Folders, which are available in an assortment of colors.

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  • In ‘Donkey Princess,’ a Young Royal Travels Through Worlds – and Film Genres – in Search of Love (Exclusive Trailer)

    In ‘Donkey Princess,’ a Young Royal Travels Through Worlds – and Film Genres – in Search of Love (Exclusive Trailer)

    Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, the Chilean filmmakers who have made a name for themselves with The Wolf House and The Hyperboreans, as well as collaborators of Ari Aster, will world premiere their third feature film, Donkey Princess (Princesa Burro), in the international competition program of the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Friday, Aug. 7.

    As was the case with their first two feature films, their new movie is an ambitious cinematic ride. And it comes in the form of an envelope-pushing fairy tale.

    The Donkey Princess focuses on Diana, the princess of an ancient kingdom, whose father, King Arthur, has forbidden love. That is why, when Diana falls in love with Lalo, the King simply banishes him. “Using a magical bracelet, Diana travels to other worlds in search of her love,” explains a synopsis. “Discovering that her father manipulates her decisions, she must face her fears and change her destiny.”

    The travels that Diana embarks on allow León and Cociña to use the places she visits as a way to explore different film periods and genres. “Diana travels through parallel worlds where each universe transforms the film’s genre,” the creative duo explains in a directors’ note on the Locarno website. “The film brings this constant mutation of realities into live action, where fantasy reshapes everything.”

    The cast is led by Antonia Giesen and also features Andrew Bargsted and Francisco Melo. Alejandra Moffat co-wrote the screenplay for Donkey Princess with the directors. The movie, featuring cinematography by Benjamín Echazarreta, was edited by Soledad Salfate, Maria Salazar, León and Cociña. Bendita Film Sales is handling international sales.

    “Donkey Princess is our way of reimagining the history of fantasy cinema: a film that engages with this tradition while presenting our own vision of the genre,” León and Cociña highlight in a directors’ statement. “In The Wolf House, The Hyperboreans and in our short films, we have explored worlds where dreams and nightmares dominate the materiality of space, generating universes in constant construction, mutation and destruction. In Donkey Princess, we take these ideas and adapt them into a fiction feature film performed entirely by actors. The story is loosely inspired by the tale Donkeyskin, as recorded in writing by [Charles] Perrault and later adapted for the screen by Jacques Demy.”

    But there is really no way to get a feel for a film by León and Cociña other than to watch it. THR can now exclusively premiere a trailer for Donkey Princess. So, check it out right here – and get ready to have your mind blown.

  • ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ Producers Confirm Summer 2027 Show Will Go On ‘As Planned’ After Ariana Grande Exits

    ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ Producers Confirm Summer 2027 Show Will Go On ‘As Planned’ After Ariana Grande Exits

    The London production of “Sunday in the Park With George” is set to go ahead as planned despite Ariana Grande exiting the show.

    The Stephen Sondheim revival, which also stars Grande’s “Wicked” co-star Jonathan Bailey, was scheduled to premiere at London’s Barbican next summer with producers set to launch ticket sales after Grande completed the last leg of her “The Eternal Sunshine Tour” on Sept. 1 in the U.K.

    However, on Sunday night reps for the actress said Grande will be “taking a step back from visibility” after she completes her tour — which includes dropping out of the play.

    But the show must go on and a rep for producers Empire Street Productions tells Variety: “The production will open at the Barbican in summer 2027 as planned, and casting will be announced in due course.”

    Grande was set to star as both Dot and Marie in the revival opposite Bailey as painter George Seurat, offering “Wicked” fans a rare opportunity to see the film’s stars together live on stage. “Sunday in the Park With George” is directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Marianne Elliot, with design by Tom Scutt. Auditions for the ensemble have been taking place in London this summer.

    Producers for the show said they “wish [Grande] nothing but the best,” adding: “We know this cannot have been an easy decision, and she makes it with our complete understanding and support.”

    In recent years fans have expressed increasing concern for Grande, particularly in regards to her physical appearance. The actor and singer previously disclosed she was diagnosed with PTSD after a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including a number of children, at her concert in Manchester in 2017.

    Aside from “Sunday in the Park With George,” Grande’s only other publicly-known commitment is a role in upcoming Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller comedy “Focker-in-Law,” which is set to bow over Thanksgiving. It is unclear whether Grande will still participate in the film’s publicity tour.

    Grande’s rep told People magazine: “She looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny.”

  • Sarajevo Unveils Open Air Program, Including Diego Luna’s ‘Ashes,’ ‘Minotaur’ and ‘No Good Men’

    Sarajevo Unveils Open Air Program, Including Diego Luna’s ‘Ashes,’ ‘Minotaur’ and ‘No Good Men’

    Sarajevo Film Festival has unveiled its Open Air program, with films such as the Cannes-premiering Minotaur and Diego Luna‘s Ashes set to screen at the fest’s largest venue, the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema.

    Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland, starring Hanns Zischler and Sandra Hüller, will open the section at the Bosnian film festival, with Danis Tanović’s 2001 film No Man’s Land set to close it. The movie takes place in 1993, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By a twist of fate, Čiki, a soldier in the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, finds himself trapped in the same trench as Nino, a Bosnian Serb soldier.

    Also premiering in the program is Luna’s film about two siblings forced to leave Mexico and head to Madrid to reunite with their mother, who had left a few years earlier to chase a better future. When they arrive, however, the bitter, suffocating reality that awaits them proves far harsher than imagined. Luna spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at Cannes about the making of the film and why it was a deeply personal project.

    Also screening is Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur, another feature from Cannes, following a successful company director called Gleb, who finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world. The collapse of his carefully ordered life accelerates towards violence.

    The Berlinale opener No Good Men from Shahrbanoo Sadat is also set for a Sarajevo premiere. It focuses on Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul’s main TV station, who struggles to keep custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her husband, a serial cheater. Convinced no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV’s most respected journalist, gives her a career opportunity.

    Among other movies premiering in this section are Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Beloved, and Michael Winterbottom’s 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo, in honor of the recently announced Honorary Heart of Sarajevo recipient Woody Harrelson.

    Also on Monday, the Sarajevo Film Festival unveiled its Open Air Premiere program, which brings together the most anticipated new films from the region of the former Yugoslavia. These movies are screened at UNIQA Open Air Cinema Stari Grad, and the best film — selected by audiences — will receive the Prix Cineplexx.

    Among the features in this selection are Miroslav Terzić’s 3 Weeks After, Miha Hočevar’s Hidden People, and Marijana Jankovic’s Home. Igor Jelinović’s Honey Bunny will screen, as will Darko Štante’s The Lost Son, Predrag Ličina’s The Virus of Pathological Kindness, and Hari Šečić’s The Widower, about a 62-year-old electrician who was raised and lives in a patriarchal society. When his daily routine changes after the sudden death of his wife, Enisa, Mirsad tries to get used to a life without her and soon realizes that he took her for granted.

    The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival will take place Aug. 14-21.

  • ‘Peaky Blinders’ Helps U.K. Region Land Official Production Hub Status From British Film Commission

    ‘Peaky Blinders’ Helps U.K. Region Land Official Production Hub Status From British Film Commission

    “Peaky Blinders” may have given closely clipped back and sides haircuts a new lease of life, but it’s now helped a region of the U.K. land official backing as a center for high-end productions.

    The British Film Commission has announced that the West Midlands, home to the city of Birmingham and where “Peaky Blinders” is set and shot, has been named the U.K.’s eighth official regional production hub for scripted inward investment for film and high-end TV.

    According to the Commission, having served as production base for “Peaky Blinders,” the feature film “The Immortal Man” and the as-yet untitled “Peaky Blinders” spin-off series, the region has now fulfilled the criteria needed to receive official hub status.

    The West Midlands joins South-West England (Bristol); North-West England (Manchester and Liverpool); Yorkshire (Leeds); Northern Ireland (Belfast); Scotland (Glasgow and Edinburgh); Wales (Cardiff); and London & South-East England as an official production hub, lending its strength to a UK-wide offer which contributed £5.8 billion ($7.8 billion) to the UK economy in 2025.

    “As Tommy Shelby of the Peaky Blinders once said, ‘when you plan something well, there’s no need to rush.’ The growing success of the West Midlands as a U.K. production hub certainly bears this out. Over the course of nearly 15 years, the region has steadily grown in strength and stature, building skills, infrastructure and reputation,” said Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of the British Film Commission.

    “With the West Midlands becoming an official regional production hub, our offer to the global film and TV industry now spans the length and breadth of the U.K.: wherever you base your production, you’re within a stone’s throw of world-class facilities, crew and talent, with access to one-of-a-kind locations and some of the world’s most stable, transparent and generous tax incentives.”

    The two upcoming “Peaky Blinders” spin-off series are being film at the recently opened in Birmingham’s Digbeth Loc. Studios, which was founded by show creator Steven Knight.

    “I’m thrilled that the West Midlands has been recognised as a fantastic place to make film and TV,” said Knight. The opening of Digbeth Loc. Studios is an important part of that ambition, providing a home for world-class film and television production in the heart of Birmingham. We are at the beginning of a journey, and we’ve got off to a great start. The West Midlands is always ambitious, and we believe we will create a global content making industry in our neighbourhood.”

    In addition to the region’s new hub status, the BBC previously announced plans to establish its future regional headquarters in The Tea Factory in Digbeth .