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EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has acquired international distribution rights to Bring on the Dancing Horses, a female-led modern Western drama series starring Kate Bosworth. The ten-part drama, which launched at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is being sold at the LA Screenings, where Endeavor Content has hired…

Hello and welcome back to Deadline’s International Insider. If you’re not in Cannes enjoying the sun-soaked days and balmy evenings along the Croisette, allow us to provide you with everything you need to know, plus provide the lowdown on another big week in international entertainment. Cannesdemonium A matter of prin…

For the past two Mays, Hollywood's studio lots have remained quiet during the week they should be buzzing with the world's top international acquisitions execs, excitedly chomping down on In-N-Out burgers and squeezing into grand theater halls at the annual LA Screenings. Normal service will be resumed next week, as…

The $20M Ukraine Content Club has officially launched and founder Kateryna Vyshnevska is heading to L.A. to drum up support from the major U.S. studios and streamers. Deadline spoke to FILM.UA co-pro exec Vyshnevska last month, at which point she unveiled plans for a fund to help sustain Ukraine’s embattled TV…

Gilles Meunier, the international television distribution and programming executive who worked at France’s TF1 and Canal+ and was a mainstay at festivals and conferences from NATPE to Mipcom and the Los Angeles Screenings, has died. He died January 7 at him home in Palm Beach, FL at age 70 after a short illness, his…

The LA Screenings, the annual sales event for international TV buyers, prospered in a linear world where the only zooming was done in a rental car between studio lots in Burbank and top execs were able to enter million dollar parties riding on elephants. This year, it's once again virtual with global buyers tuning in…

Sony Pictures Television has become one of the first Hollywood studios to offer buyers a virtual experience to replace the LA Screenings, which were canceled earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sony is launching the Sony Pictures 2020 Screenings in May, during which it will showcase full episodes and…

Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony, ViacomCBS and Warner Bros, whose international TV distribution divisions organize the annual LA Screenings, said Thursday they are canceling their annual new-series showcase in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The companies said they are exploring alternate options for the event…

Flexible episode orders, the spectre of studios' own streaming services, the opportunity to party with 50 Cent and an In N Out Burger-fueled riot dominated the chatter among international buyers at this week's LA Screenings. While buying traditional network series may have become slightly more complicated for the…

Canadian broadcaster Bell Media has acquired local rights to CBS All Acccess' untitled Star Trek Jean-Luc Picard. It marks the first deal to come out of the LA Screenings, which kicks off this week on the back of the network upfronts. It comes after Amazon Prime Video picked up the global rights, excluding North…

WarnerMedia is to bring together the international distribution divisions and home entertainment operations of HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. The move comes ahead of next week's upfronts, which lead quickly into the LA Screenings, where the global sales arm of the studio looks to sell its latest U.S. series to…

Canadian network Global has scored Dick Wolf's FBI and medical drama New Amsterdam as well as a slew of comedies as part of its haul at last month's LA Screenings. The Corus-owned broadcaster has picked up six network scripted series as part of its new season. It comes after rival Bell acquired The Rookie and Magnum, P…