EXCLUSIVE: Nacelle, the studio behind Down to Earth with Zac Efron and Grant, Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History, has struck a deal to distribute a feature-length doc filmed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company has taken worldwide rights to Comedy of War: Laughter in Ukraine. The doc…

EXCLUSIVE: Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights to mob thriller Bring Him To Me, which Myriad will be selling at the upcoming EFM. Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation), Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) and Liam…

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC reboot of MTV’s The Osbournes is going ahead as planned following the news that Ozzy Osbourne will likely retire from touring. A BBC spokeswoman confirmed to Deadline that the pubcaster is continuing with Home to Roost, which will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate Sharon…

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Ninio, executive producer of Showtime drama Your Honor, is lining up an espionage drama as his next series. Ninio has teamed with journalist and doc maker Amir Oren and Sharon Bar-Ziv (Room 514, Good Morning Son) to create The Clinic, we can reveal. Your Honor exec Rob Golenberg is…

Banijay and North Road Entertainment are keen on to Love Island producer ITV Studios, according to Reuters. The report suggests private equity-backed studio firms have also looked at the production and sales arm of ITV, which could fetch as much as £3BN ($3.7BN). Reuters cites sources who claim…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has renewed Celebrity Cooking School for a second season for youth portfolio channel E4. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Motion Content Group’s format, in which celebrity non-chefs are pitted against each other overseen by a professional, will enter production later this year…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off the heels of their Sundance premiere of Rye Lane, writers Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia have teamed up with Vertigo Films for their next romantic comedy The Whole Hog.  The project follows a newly broken up couple who are forced to temporarily reconcile their differences and travel…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based mk2 films has boarded international sales on Tina Satter's debut feature Reality about real-life U.S. whistleblower Reality Winner ahead of its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival later this month. Euphoria and White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney plays Winner. The…

The Berlinale Film Festival has unveiled the jury members for its main International Competition, which will be presided over by Kristin Stewart. They comprise Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani, German director Valeska Grisebach, Romanian director Radu Jude, US casting director and producer F…

BBC3 has named Nasfim Haque as its Head of Content after controller Fiona Campbell was promoted to a new role overseeing the British broadcaster’s youth audience. Haque has been BBC3’s interim Channel Editor for more than a year but has now been confirmed as the youth channel’s content chief. She…

The BFI today announced it has awarded $18m (£15.2M) of National Lottery funding over three years to 11 UK-wide partner organizations as the first cash award under its new 10-Year National Lottery funding strategy. The award will come into effect in April and will support audience development, talent…

In February 2020, Ozzy Osbourne called off the North American leg of his "No More Tours 2" amid a series of health problems including a Parkinson's Disease diagnosis. At the time, he also said that the degenerative condition was the least of his issues, citing "unbelievable pain" stemming from a prior…