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ZDF Studios has signed a multi-year deal to provide over 1,200 hours of drama to Hungary’s TV2 Group. Free TV, pay TV and VOD rights for Hungary will allow broadcasters to broadcast packages on their own linear channels and streaming services. This package emphasizes well-recognized German brands suitable for weekday stripping, themed scheduling, and on-demand stacking. This is a volume play aimed at keeping the schedule filled with proven titles. The slate spans library classics, long-running TV movie collections, and contemporary procedural dramas from the ZDF Studios catalog. Headline titles include the timeless titles “The Black Forest Clinic” and “Derrick,”…
rundownDuchess Meghan and Prince Harry attended an NBA game in Los Angeles.The couple sat courtside and wore coordinated outfits.The Duchess of Sussex posted a Valentine’s Day tribute to Harry earlier that same weekend.Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were photographed at the 75th NBA All-Star Game at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Sunday. The Duchess of Sussex wore a navy blue matching set, long-sleeved shirt, and wide-leg trousers. She left her hair down and accessorized with black boots and some small jewelry. Harry was wearing dark-wash jeans, a navy button-down, a blue baseball cap, and green sneakers.Allen Berezovsky//Getty ImagesThe night…
International sales and production company EST N8 has acquired world rights to Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel and MD Pictures’ supernatural horror feature Janur Iren: Seu Dino the Prequel. The deal was announced at the European Film Market in Berlin. The deal, which excludes Indonesia and Taiwan with optional rights available in Southeast Asia, was negotiated between MD Pictures and EST N8 executives Sophie See and Cathy Nee. The Stamboel prequel expands on the horror world established in the Southeast Asian blockbuster Sewu Dino, exploring the origins of the supernatural curse that drives the series. The completed film premiered in Indonesia…
Get ready to hit the catwalk. Netflix’s new doc, “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,” explores the behind-the-scenes turmoil and complicated legacy of the iconic reality series, without Tyra Banks’ input. “There was no creative control. Tyra will be watching[the documentary]exactly the same way as all 270 million households[that subscribe to Netflix],” documentary director Daniel Sivan told Page Six. Banks, 52, appeared on screen in an interview, marking her first time speaking since Top Model ended in 2018. Tyra Banks reflects on “America’s Next Top Model” in public for the first time in Netflix’s new doc “Reality Check.” Netflix…
Pope Francis also has a hardcover of his graphic novel. He has a loving relationship with his attractive wife who travels the world. Since he is a world-famous manga artist, he can afford to take care of his parents. At face value, Ariel has it all. In fact, Ariel, the main character in Daniel Berman’s So Far So Good, has five children from three marriages, two cats, and two elderly parents. “Didn’t anyone see my charger?” Ariel asks over breakfast, early in episode 1 of Officina Berman’s latest film “So Far, So Good,” part of Mediapro Studios, which premieres at…
Ted Levine, who played Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs, has spoken out about the transphobic criticism the film has received since its release 35 years ago. “There are aspects of this movie that haven’t been well received,” Levine told The Hollywood Reporter. The portrayal of the character Buffalo Bill, also known as Jayme Gumm, has long been criticized by the transgender community as harmful. Buffalo Bill was a serial killer who murdered women in order to harvest their skin to wear. Despite the character’s sexual orientation not being openly stated, he was seen as transgender and gender…
German-Lebanese actor Kida Khodor Ramadan, a standout from “4 Blocks” who rose to worldwide fame through Amazon Prime Video, is set to star in “GÖZ,” a contemporary reinterpretation of Goethe’s “Götz der Berlichingen,” to be directed by Nouran David Kallis, known for his modern adaptation of Büchner’s “Woyzeck.” The film is in development at Munich and Berlin-based Maze Pictures, whose European co-production project Phoenix was selected for this year’s Berlinale Market Series. Produced by Geraldine Laprere and Philipp Kreutzer for Maze Pictures, GÖZ reimagines Goethe’s Iron Man as a modern-day antihero fighting urban exile. The story follows Ramadan, who leads…
Branded entertainment executives Anthony Damianakis and Pete Ferguson are launching an ambitious startup called IPX, headquartered in Dubai with offices in London and Sydney. The innovative startup aims to connect brands with creators, producers, broadcasters, streamers and other content platforms to co-develop premium content and ownable IP. Billed as the world’s first global marketplace for branded entertainment, IPX is being launched with the support of prominent international brand industry figures, including Toby Hack, a former top executive at advertising and marketing conglomerate Omnicom’s PHD Worldwide, and media entrepreneur Juliet Otterburn-Hall, founder and managing partner of British consulting firm Value Squared.…
In addition to the new series from City of God directors Fernando Meirelles and Cesar Charrone, Netflix’s Spanish-language megahit Desperate Lies creator Angela Chávez and Sissy co-writer Robert Krauss will be featured in a powerful first-series match that brings together producers from Germany, Latin America, and Spain. Organized by the Iberseries & Platino Industria y Berlinale Series Market, the Series Match will take place on February 16th: Germany and Ibero-America will host a series of undoubted ambitions by ambitious companies. Berlin-based SKP, which adapted Spain’s Poquita Fe for Germany, is expanding into premium genre-driven limited series with international ambition and…
Project Paradiso, the philanthropic initiative of the Olga Rabinovic Institute supporting the Brazilian film industry, has chosen Recife, the vibrant capital of Brazilian cinema, as the venue for the third National Conference of the Paradiso Talent Network, to be held in April. Recife has soared in film prominence following the success of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s four-nominated film The Secret Agent, set in Pernambuco’s capital, and is also home to some of Brazil’s leading talent, including Silver Bear-winning Blue Trail director Gabriel Mascaro and Marcelo Gómez (Cinema, Aspirin, Vultures). Approximately 200 guests are expected, including members of the Paradiso Talent Network,…