International

Trevor Noah and the crew at Comedy Central’s The Daily Show had some fun with the now-infamous video of several world leaders talking about President Donald Trump behind his back at the NATO Summit. In the video, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and French President…

Sky Studios will deficit finance Germany’s World War II drama Das Boot and take over international rights to the series from Sonar Entertainment. The first season of Bavaria Fiction and Sky Deutschland’s Das Boot was shown by Hulu in the U.S. and Sky Atlantic in the UK as part of sales to more than 100…

Sony's Jumanji: The Next Level opens early in 18 overseas markets this week, beginning today in France and including Netherlands, some of South East Asia and, notably, China, through Friday. This is a different rollout pattern to 2017's reboot, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, which went day-and-date with domestic in…

An acclaimed French director who has also been acting since age four, Zabou Breitman made her first animated feature with 2020 awards contender The Swallows of Kabul—a film that came about, and was crafted, in an unusual and unexpected way. Set in a Taliban-occupied Kabul in the summer of 1998, the drama centers on…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Thomas Jane (The Predator) and producer Courtney Lauren Penn (Altitude) are teaming up to form LA-based content company Renegade Entertainment with Stephen King novel adaptation From A Buick 8 their first movie project on the docket. Renegade, which will develop and produce film, TV, games and…

Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films has hired Killing Eve producer Elinor Day to bolster its television division. The company, which recently scored a 12-episode commission for the Gary Oldman-fronted Slow Horses with Apple, has hired Day as executive producer for the UK Television Division. She reports to Head of…

EXCLUSIVE: Here you can check out a new trailer for The Whistlers (La Gomera), the thriller that Romania has submitted as its entry to the 2020 International Oscar race. The film follows Cristi, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist…

Spanish crime thriller The Room is set for a UK adaptation after Firebird Pictures, the indie set up by Bodyguard exec producer Elizabeth Kilgarriff, optioned the format rights. The BBC Studios-backed producer has struck a deal with French sales firm Newen Distribution for the scripted format rights to the show, which…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has secured its first commission from Irish public broadcaster RTÉ — a noir thriller from The Spanish Princess and Mr Selfridge writer Kate O’Riordan. BBC Studios is partnering with Irish producer Treasure Entertainment to make Smother, a six-part series set on the rugged coast of County Clare…

Bond is back. Here’s the anticipated first trailer for Bond 25 No Time To Die, featuring a moody Daniel Craig, some stunning visuals (the Italian city of Matera in particular), a first look at Lashana Lynch’s rival Brit agent who is rumored to have taken on the 007 moniker in the film and a souped-up Aston Martin…

EXCLUSIVE: Most things James Corden touches turn to gold these days, but a new comedy entertainment show from his company Fulwell 73 may be a rare exception to the rule. Pants On Fire, an extreme bluffing format hosted by The Circle presenter Emma Willis, has been quietly rested by Channel 4’s youth station E4…

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival will honor Oscar-winner Helen Mirren with an honorary Golden Bear and homage. The award ceremony on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at the Berlinale Palast will include a screening of Mirren-starrer The Queen. "Helen Mirren is a strong personality whose powerful portrayals are…