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Mark Layton
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Netflix extends ‘The Night Agent’ & orders supernatural animation
Netflix has renewed action-thriller series The Night Agent for a second season and ordered a…
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Disney ousts Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter amid cuts
Marvel Entertainment chairman Isaac ‘Ike’ Perlmutter has been laid off as part of Disney’s efforts…
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Amazon alum Georgia Brown to lead UK skills task force
Georgia Brown, the former Amazon Studios Europe chief, is to chair a skills task force,…
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Netflix, Prime Video & Disney+ to face Ofcom scrutiny as UK gov’t reveals media reforms
The UK government has outlined plans to bring global services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video…
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Netflix orders ‘Man On Fire’ series & ‘Snow Girl’ sequel
Netflix is going big on thrillers with orders for a series based on the A.J….
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WildBrain inks $11.4m acquisition of Toronto animation firm House of Cool
Canadian kids & family firm WildBrain is to acquire Toronto-based animation company House Of Cool…
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News round-up: C5 orders moon doc; Leonine ups Sarah Fischer; Fresh TV & Cake team for ‘Total Dramarama’ special
C5 orders moon doc UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered Dara Ó Briain: Secrets of…
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The ATS Team ups Danny Sanz to COO to head international expansion
The ATS Team, the international production company and production services provider behind Clash Of Trades,…
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Swedish TV and film industry develops intimacy guidelines
The Swedish Film & TV Producers Association, The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film…
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Argo’s Richard Johns & director E. Elias Merhige launch Promethean Pictures
British producer Richard Johns, founder of Argo Films, has partnered with US director E. Elias…
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Disney cuts Hulu & Freeform execs as production operations merged & creative acquisitions unit closed
Disney has begun laying off staff as part of its “strategic realignment”, with production operations…
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Fremantle Italy promotes Marco Tombolini to CEO
Fremantle Italy has promoted Marco Tombolini to CEO, with the exec expanding his remit to…
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Netflix expands anime, renews ‘You’ for final season & retains ‘Arrested Development’
Netflix’s anime push continues with the streamer announcing two new series set to debut later…
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BBC Studios TalentWorks recruits scripted creators in residence
BBC Studios TalentWorks, the content label that seeks to work with emerging UK talent, has…
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CBS Reality seeks ‘Killer Evidence’ in Donal MacIntyre true crime series
British fact-ent channel CBS Reality has partnered with Emporium Prodictions once more with a commission…
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The Story Collective recruits from See-Saw Films & New Pictures
Fifth Season-backed UK production company The Story Collective has made a pair of senior hires,…
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Show of the Week: The Sea Beyond – Season 3
Back for a third season, Italian young-adult prison drama The Sea Beyond is continuing its…
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News round-up: Prime Video & S4C announce sports docs; Showtime axes ‘The L Word: Generation Q’
Prime Video orders Newcastle Utd doc Amazon SVOD Prime Video has ordered a sports docuseries…
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HBO developing ‘Disengagement’, comedy series with Robin Thede
HBO is developing Disengagement, a new scripted comedy series with Robin Thede, the creator and…
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‘A Spy Among Friends’ producer Patrick Spence exiting ITV Studios
ITV Studios creative director Patrick Spence is exiting the company next week after more than…
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Brazil’s Globo ups Pablo Ghiglione to head of international co-production
Brazilian broadcaster Globo has promoted Pablo Ghiglione to head of international co-production. In his new…
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Noah Media Group & Uninterrupted team for Carl Lewis documentary
Noah Media Group is to produce a feature documentary on sporting icon Carl Lewis, alongside…
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Cineflix partners with Bonnie McFarlane for scripted comedy
Cineflix Productions is developing You’re Better Than Me, a scripted comedy inspired by Canadian comedian…
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Fremantle acquires Belgian ‘Baghdad Messi’ label A Team Productions
European production and distribution giant Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in A Team Productions,…
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Eva Longoria partners with Mediawan, Elefantec Global for Spanish-language ‘Call My Agent!’ remake
France’s Mediawan, Elefantec Global and Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment have partnered to co-produce a Spanish-language…
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Disney+ adds Delphine Le Vigan adaptation to French slate
Disney+ has unveiled a new slate of French originals, including an adaptation of the Delphine…
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Marblemedia & Jim Henson Company team for kids comedy series
Canadian producer and distributor Marblemedia and The Jim Henson Company have partnered to co-develop an…
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‘Hair Love’ firm Lion Forge names Imagine’s Stephanie Sperber as CCO & president amid push into live-action
Lion Forge Animation, the US-based studio behind the Oscar-winning Hair Love, has appointed Imagine alum…
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‘Death In Paradise’ producer Red Planet to adapt Mike Phillips novel ‘Blood Rights’
Red Planet Pictures, the UK indie behind Death In Paradise, has partnered with theatre scribe…
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Exclusive: Viaplay’s Vanda Rapti on North American strategy, subscriber goals & Nordic noir
Viaplay’s Vanda Rapti talks to Mark Layton about subscriber goals, its North American commissioning strategy…