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EXCLUSIVE: Set in a dystopian reality in which an unstoppable force turns London’s streets into a deserted wilderness, it’s perhaps fitting for our times that War Of The Worlds will be the first UK television drama series to get cameras rolling in the pandemic era. Hollywood blockbusters Jurassic World and Mission Impo…

French conglom Vivendi said the coronavirus had only a “limited impact” on revenue last quarter as its generally upbeat earning kicked off reporting season in Europe and came ahead of a blitz of numbers from  the U.S. entertainment sector starting tomorrow with Netflix. A downturn last month was pretty much contained…

Maniac Cop, a TV series reimagining of the cult classic film franchise from Nicolas Winding Refn (Too Old To Die Young) and John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), has been greenlighted by HBO, which will carry the event series in North America, and by Canal+, which has taken French rights. The series makes the…

Look through cocaine and you'll see the world… according to the first trailer for drug drama ZeroZeroZero from the team behind Gomorrah. Sky, Canal+ and Amazon Prime have unveiled the trailer for the eight-part series, which will have its world premiere as a Special Event Out of Competition at the 76th Venice Film…

Canal+ has launched its new series only streaming service in France as it looks to claw back some of the online market being devoured by Netflix and other streamers. Canal+ Series, available for €6.99 a month, launches today with hundreds of shows including Canal+ originals such as Spiral, Versailles and Hippocrate…

In the name of the father, son and holy Jude Law — HBO has released the first official image of The New Pope featuring two-time Academy Award nominees Law and John Malkovich serving some fierce papacy realness. The premium cabler also announced returning and new cast members for the limited series. Joining Law and…

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Kinnear is in talks to star in Fox Networks Group's European remake of War of the Worlds. I hear that the actor, who was most recently in the sixth season of Netflix's House of Cards, has been circling the script, which was written by Misfits' Howard Overman, but that a deal has not yet been…

Paramount has sold anticipated six-part mini Catch-22 to Canal+ in France. Based on the celebrated novel of the same name written by Joseph Heller, the series is executive produced and directed by George Clooney who will also co-star alongside Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie, Giancarlo Giannini and Christopher Abbott. As…

Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa is taking on a reboot of War of the Worlds as its second original commission. The international arm of the U.S. broadcaster has partnered with France's Canal+ and Atlantis producer Urban Myth Films on the eight-part remake, which will be set in the present day and tell the story of…

EXCLUSIVE: Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi Jr.’s London-based Great Point Media (GPM) has made three additions to its film and TV sales team. Jordan Allwood joins as Sales Executive after working most recently at Altitude Film Sales as International Sales Co-ordinator. Joining as Sales Assistant are both Lucas Meurin…

Apple has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to an English adaptation of the popular French short-form series Calls, which will be co-produced by Canal+. It marks Apple’s first greenlighted international series and its first international co-production. Created by Timothée Hochet, Calls takes storytelling…

In the same week as French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ lost the lucrative rights to the country's top soccer league, the Vivendi-owned network is ending one of its most influential shows – the Spitting Image-esque Guignols De L’info. The broadcaster has cancelled the latex puppet comedy show, which has been on air for…