Mediawan’s Elisabeth D’Arvieu Talks Documentaries & Buyers
The boss of Mediawan has praised the “very smart” buying community who in recent years have moved on from a domineering TV rights position. The industry has changed in the…
Chris McCausland & Lee Mack Lead Sky Festive Special — Global Briefs
Chris McCausland & Lee Mack Set For Sky Festive Special British comedians Chris McCausland and Lee Mack will front Sky festive special Bad Tidings, about two perpetually feuding neighbors in…
‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ Creator Addresses Fatphobia Accusations
The creator of Disney+‘s Becoming Karl Lagerfeld has explained the thinking behind the team’s decision to eschew a biopic when telling the story of a crucial stage in the fashion…
Beta Films’ Operation Sabre Creators On Serbian Society
EXCLUSIVE: The creative team behind Canneseries competition show Operation Sabre wanted to tell a “bigger truth” through their drama about the assassination of Serbia‘s first pro-democracy prime minister, an event…
Beta Film’s ‘Persona’ Remade As ‘Memoire Vive’ For M6 -MIPTV
A French adaptation of Beta Film‘s International Emmy-winning Turkish thriller series Persona is in the works with a female protagonist. Mémoire Vive is starring Six Women’s Clémentine Célarié as Esther…
Embankment Films Making Greta Garbo Feature Doc “Garbo Leave Me Alone”
EXCLUSIVE: Embankment Films is making Garbo: Leave Me Alone, a feature documentary about the enigmatic movie star who died in 1990. The doc will have previously unseen archive material including…
James Norton On ‘Playing Nice’ Series And His Indie Label Rabbit Track
EXCLUSIVE: In Playing Nice James Norton stars as Pete, a doting dad who finds out his son was switched at birth, giving him a different kind of hero to portray.…
‘Reluctant Traveler’ Producer Twofour Staffs Up — Global Briefs
Twofour Hires ‘007: Road To A Million’ Producer & ‘Circle’ Exec UK producer Twofour has made a pair of hires and promoted several execs in and around its senior management.…
Boat Rocker Studios & Shark Teeth Films Tie For Three-Series Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian indie Boat Rocker Studios has struck a deal with Shark Teeth Films for a trio of upcoming unscripted shows. The agreement includes the greenlight of Secrets in the…
‘Sellblock’, Filipino Prison Drama Series, Heads For MIPTV
EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming Filipino crime drama series Sellblock has wrapped principal photography and is headed for MIPTV. You can see four first-look images above. Slated as a three-season series, Sellblock chronicles…