BBC News - UK — He will direct a performance-capture film version of the George Orwell novel. more info

Consequence of Sound — The deal comes just days after the streaming giant picked up the director's Mowgli from Warner Bros. more info

XLR8R — This week's XLR8R podcast comes from one of techno's rising young talents. Setaoc Mass is the alias of Sam Coates, a Manchester-born Berlin-based DJ-producer. The 27-year-old began DJing aged 16 before experimenting with production two years later. F... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — A videogame adaptation of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is forthcoming. Stream a playlist of anti-fascist metal songs. Longreads features new nonfiction by Lindsay Hunter. Drowned in Sound reconsidered Fugazi's The Argument album. On Life and Mea... more info

BBC News - UK — A Bollywood actress recommends Stalinist metaphor to children, to teach them to 'care for animals'. more info

The Telegraph — The Lib Dem candidate Maajid Nawaz on how reading Orwell's book in prison pulled him back from the edge more info

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The Telegraph — The film version of George Orwell's book is 60. We look at how the CIA help fund England's first animated feature film more info

ContactMusic — Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis has revamped the horse puppet from the stageshow War Horse for his new performance-capture adaptation of George... more info

ContactMusic — Andy Serkis is planning to direct a remake of 'Animal Farm'.The 'Lord Of The Rings' actor - who made his directorial debut as a second unit helmer on... more info