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Frameline Distribution Acquires NA Rights To Music-Driven, Gravity-Defying ‘Doppelgängers³’ Ahead Of Berlinale Private Screening
EXCLUSIVE: Frameline Distribution has acquired North American distribution rights to Doppelgängers³, a film directed by Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian that’s described as a “freewheeling filmic essay-meets-documentary, which takes questions...
Cynthia Erivo Set For Career Honor At GLAAD Media Awards
Cynthia Erivo is wicked good, and GLAAD knows it. The advocacy group said Wednesday that the Wicked star will receive its Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to a...
Bill Nighy In Talks To Star In BBC Series ‘Clifftops’ From ‘The English’ Writer Hugo Blick
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Nighy is in talks to star in Clifftops, a Hugo Blick series for the BBC set in a nostalgia-soaked 1970s trailer park overlooking the English Channel. Deadline...
Sam Mendes Directing His First Documentary: ‘What They Found’ Will Tell The Story Of The Liberation Of Concentration Camp Bergen-Belsen
EXCLUSIVE: Academy-Award winner Sam Mendes is to sit in the documentary directors’ chair for the first time. Mendes is directing a BBC doc telling the story of two members...
BBC Behind Holiday Disaster Drama From ‘Shrink Next Door’ Scribe Catherine Shepherd & Various Artists
EXCLUSIVE: I May Destroy You producer Various Artists Limited (VAL) has landed its latest BBC project, a drama series about a family holiday to Greece that turns into a...
British Secret Service Agency Apologizes To BBC Over Spy Abuse Story
British spy agency MI5 has apologized to the BBC. The unprecedented situation arose after MI5 was forced to say sorry to three courts for lying about a neo-Nazi agent...
Steve Coogan Project Leads Climate Spring Movie Development Slate
A Steve Coogan project about a London PR guru who greenwashes the reputations of the world’s worst polluters leads Climate Spring‘s movie development slate heading into EFM. Climate Spring...
Netflix Expands Japan Slate With ‘Final Draft’, ‘Badly In Love’ & ‘Welcome, Now Get Lost’
Netflix has added a trio of unscripted series to its Japanese slate. Final Draft, Badly in Love and Welcome Now, Get Lost were announced at a Next on Netflix...
MAD Celebrity Signs ‘Four Daughters’ & ‘Finding Ola’ Star Hend Sabry For MENA; CAA Continues To Represent Actress Internationally
EXCLUSIVE: Tunisian-Egyptian actress Hend Sabry, star of Oscar-nominated hybrid doc Four Daughters and Netflix hit show Finding Ola, has signed with Cairo-based talent management and promotional agency MAD Celebrity....
Mediawan Names Max Wiedemann As Head Of AI
Mediawan Group has named Max Wiedemann as its first Head of Artificial Intelligence. The European production and distribution group said it had expanded German producer Wiedemann’s role within the...
Incredible Film Boards ‘All Stars’ Creator Jean Van De Velde’s Comedy ‘After Party’ Ahead Of Mauritius Shoot – EFM
EXCLUSIVE: Incredible Film has acquired global distribution rights to upcoming comedy feature After Party, from Dutch director Jean van de Velde, creator of the hit sports-themed franchise All Stars....
