EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has signed up Puneet Krishna, the rising Indian showrunner and writer, to exclusively create his next two series for the platform.
Details on the shows are being kept under wraps at present, beyond the projects being a dark comedy and a drama respectively. They are both expected to be in production…
EXCLUSIVE:Universal executive Xavier Albert, who has been Managing Director for France since 2016, is taking on a dual-market role with the studio and will also become Managing Director for Italy. Albert will take over the MD Italy post from Richard Borg who is retiring in July after 30 years with the Universal Pictur…
David Beckham has confirmed that his production company Studio 99 is developing an intimate series about his life inside and outside of soccer after he was inspired by hit sports documentaries including The Last Dance.
Speaking at the virtual MipTV, the former England captain and Inter Miami founder said he wants to…
The Personal History Of David Copperfield and Lion actor Dev Patel has set a first-look deal with production house ShivHans Pictures under which he will produce, develop and create features.
Patel will work closely with the ShivHans Pictures team including CEO and Founder Shivani Rawat and President of Production…
EXCLUSIVE: Shawn Xiang Yue, one of the producers of Chinese box office juggernaut franchise Detective Chinatown, is launching U.S. production banner Bamboo Curtain.
Yue has just produced Detective Chinatown 3, which currently sits at $680M globally. He also produced Detective Chinatown 2, and Chinese box office hit Go…
EXCLUSIVE: Here's the first official trailer for Unearth, which Cinedigm Corp has picked up U.S. and Canadian rights on and will release in cinemas later this month.
The film, an eco-horror, is set deep in America's heartland, following a father desperate to save his family who exposes the local community to a…
EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Carmichael (Black Book) and Simon Mirren's (Criminal Minds) London and Los Angeles-based production label Atlantic Nomad has closed a TV and film slate financing deal with Finland-based venture capital fund manager IPR.VC.
The deal will provide overhead, development and production financing for the…
Netflix has ordered another two seasons of its Regency-era bonkbuster Bridgerton.
With production currently underway on Season 2, Netflix dropped a big surprise for the Shondaland show’s legions of fans, revealing that it will return to the world of Julia Quinn’s novels for a third and fourth season.
In accordance…
EXCLUSIVE: Following its Oscar nomination, Elvira Lind's short filmThe Letter Room has been racking up the sales. The movie, which stars Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat, has sold to France and Germany (ARTE France), Spain (Telefonica), Denmark (TV2), Russia (Shot TV), Poland (New Europe Film Sales), Airlines (JetBlue)…
Sky Studios has promoted senior commissioner Gabriel Silver to director of drama commissioning following the departure of Cameron Roach.
Silver will be responsible for ordering originals from the independent production sector, having overseen a slate that includes Chernobyl, Gangs of London, and Britannia since…
Disney+ has confirmed that it is working on an original series with David Beckham, titled Save Our Squad.
The project was first rumored last month and the streamer has now announced that the soccer icon will front the show, which will be produced by Warner Bros-backed Twenty Twenty and Beckham’s Studio 99.
Billed as a…
Acorn/Sundance Acquire ‘The Drowning’
AMC Networks streamers Acorn TV and Sundance Now have swooped for the U.S. and Canadian rights to four-part identity thriller The Drowning. Produced by Noel Clarke and Jason Maza's All3Media-backed Unstoppable Film & Television, the series will premiere on the streamers on May 6…
