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Fabrice de la Patellière, the long-time head of fiction at French pay-TV giant Canal+, is partnering with Canal+ Group subsidiary Studiocanal to create his own production company 2e Bureau. The new outfit, which began its operations in May 2022, will produce premium series and mini-series for channels and platforms…

Canal+, a division of French conglomerate Vivendi, is in the mix as potential suitors circle Lionsgate's pay TV and streamer Starz, according to a person familiar with the situation. Earlier this week, Deadline reported that Roku and Apollo Global management are bidding jointly for a minority stake in Starz and that…

Urszula Piasecka has been unveiled as the new CEO of Polish film distributor Kino Świat. She will replace Frederic Berardi, moving up from a board advisor position focused on content monetization that she's held since May last year. This comes after Canal+ Polska bought a 70% stake in Kino Świat in November 2019 from…

Studiocanal has boarded Another Round creator Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, his first TV drama. Canal+/TV2 Denmark’s show reunites the Danish director with Lars Von Trier’s production company Zentropa, while Studiocanal distributed Mads Mikkelsen-starring Academy Award-winner Another Round. Studiocanal will…

Elizabeth Banks Pic Sells For Protagonist Protagonist Pictures has closed multiple deals on Phyllis Nagy's Sundance and Berlin title Call Jane, starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara and Chris Messina. Deals include DCM for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Umbrella Entertainment for Australia and New…

Canal+ Group, the French film and TV major owned by Vivendi, has named Olivier Bibas as Head of Canal+ Creation Originale. He will be responsible for Canal+’s French drama and international co-productions and will report to Gérald-Brice Viret, Managing Director, French TV Channels and Programs at Canal+ Group. Bibas…

Nine global indies have joined together to form a Fremantle-backed alliance to create high-end drama series and films. The Creatives alliance kicks off with a three-year partnership with Fremantle to develop and fund high-quality international projects. The Creatives is comprised of the likes of France’s Haut Et Court…

Global Networks Swoop For Fremantle South Africa Drama ‘Reyka’ Fremantle’s debut South African drama Reyka has sold to UK’s Channel 4, Canada’s CBC, Canal+ in Europe and HBO LatAm. The news comes as BritBox North America prepares to launch the show, which comes from South African network M-Net and Fremantle with…

EXCLUSIVE: A feature doc on one of Formula 1’s most dramatic moments, the row between Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, is the first project to emerge from Finding Jack Charlton producer Noah Media and Sky Studios’ multi-year partnership, with F1 driver Mark Webber set to exec produce. Villeneuve & P…

Experienced Canal+ drama exec Vera Peltekian is to head up HBO Max’s French original production offering as the streamer gears up for launch in Europe. Although HBO Max currently has no plans to launch in France, Peltekian will join the pan-regional EMEA team responsible for commissioning and producing drama, comedy…

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…