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EXCLUSIVE: Too Hot to Handle co-creator Laura Gibson has joined Universal International Studios production company Monkey as Creative Director. Gibson is leaving Fremantle producer Talkback after six years, during which time she oversaw the breakout Netflix reality hit, which has been renewed for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Britain’s Got Talent maker Fremantle have weighed in on the debate about the controversial creation of Channel 4 in-house. In responses to the UK’s draft Media Bill, which, when passed, will see Channel 4 given the rights to own its shows for the first…

The last time a writers strike impacted the LA Screenings in 2008, the world was in recession and studios pared back their spend on glitzy marketing and all-singing, all-dancing parties and soirees. We are not quite at that stage, but, in 2023, these conditions have an air of familiarity. Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle has acquired global distribution rights to the upcoming Brigitte Bardot documentary. TF1’s Bardot from Alain Berliner (Ma Vie en Rose), which will air later this year on the French network, is a 90-minute feature from Featuristic Films and Timpelpictures that aims to unearth the…

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it's ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… S…

London TV Screenings Unveils 2024 Dates The fourth annual London TV Screenings has unveiled dates, as the gathering of sales houses continues to define itself as one of the most important events in the TV calendar. Next year’s fourth Screenings, which in 2023 saw more than two-dozen distributors host…

EXCLUSIVE: Password, the game show from Jimmy Fallon and hosted by Keke Palmer, is returning to NBC for a second season. However, Deadline understands that filming of season two of the series has been postponed as a result of the writers strike with The Tonight Show host Fallon among those not…

Fremantle’s revenues fell by 5.6% in the first quarter of this year as owner RTL saw turnover tumble by nearly 10%. The Planet Sex, Normal People and American Gods outfit’s turnover slipped from €461M ($509.80) in Q1 2022 to €435M for the first three months of this year. Delivering its Q1…

Jens Richter has added commercial duties to his Fremantle International CEO role. He’s been named CEO of Commercial and International — a post giving him responsibility for all commercial activity, including the digital, social and FAST channel businesses. RTL-owned Fremantle is working towards…

Peaky Blinders and Gangs of London star Joe Cole has been cast as lead in real-time BBC thriller series Nightsleeper. He’ll play opposite Alexandra Roach (The Light in the Hall) in the drama, which is from Nick Leather (The Control Room, Mother’s Day). Filming is underway in Glasgow…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a new trailer at Whale with Steve Backshall, the upcoming Sky Nature doc about the graceful underwater animals. Fremantle has sales rights for the blue-chip nature series, which comes from Sky Studios-owned factual specialist True to Nature, and has launched the trailer on the eve of…

Roll up, roll up, Insiders. Cannes has been in the headlines for both film festival and Mip TV reasons this week, so plenty to follow. Jesse Whittock taking you through. Don’t forget to subscribe to this newsletter by clicking here. Fremantle Moves On From…