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Apple TV+ adapts Cosmopolitan article with Jessica Chastain, Fifth Season & Anonymous Content
Severance firm Fifth Season has linked with Anonymous Content and Jessica Chastain on a new…
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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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Paramount Global’s programming chief for streaming Tanya Giles to exit
Paramount Global’s chief programming officer for streaming Tanya Giles is to exit after almost three…
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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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Plimsoll Productions reshuffles senior team with new roles for Jonathan Jackson & Lucy Bilson
ITV Studios-owned Plimsoll Productions has reshuffled its senior team, with promotions for Jonathan Jackson and…
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‘Dark Woods’ prodco Bavaria Fiction hires X Filme producer Maximiliane Prokop
Dark Woods producer Bavaria Fiction has landed Maximiliane Prokop as an executive producer, based out…
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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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Roku names heads of scripted & alternative following Colin Davis’s exit to Sony
Roku has rejigged its senior ranks following Colin Davis’ move to join Sony Pictures Television…
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Exclusive: HBO & HBO Max chief Casey Bloys compares ‘streaming correction’ to Dot-com bubble
HBO & HBO Max chief Casey Bloys has told TBI that the industry remains “right…
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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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ITV & ITVX extend format reboot trend to return ‘Deal Or No Deal’ to UK
ITV in the UK is extending the country’s trend for format reboots, this time with…
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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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Fremantle’s Passenger, Anonymous & Michael Winterbottom prep ex-CEO Carlos Ghosn escape drama
Fremantle-owned Passenger and Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films have partnered with Anonymous Content (Maniac) on a…
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BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ will not resume filming after Freddie Flintoff crash, with show’s future unclear
The future of the BBC’s motoring show Top Gear has been thrown into further doubt…
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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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Asian streamer Viu remakes hit Korean drama ‘Reborn Rich’ in Thailand
Asia and MENA streamer Viu is remaking hit Korean drama Reborn Rich for its viewers…
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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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Amazon Prime Video’s James Farrell looks to grow ‘Citadel’ franchise model
Amazon Prime Video’s international chief James Farrell is on the look-out for more international franchises…
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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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WBD’s new streamer aims to ‘replicate’ cable bundle, says HBO & HBO Max chief Casey Bloys
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s upcoming and as-yet unnamed streamer will aim to replicate the reach…
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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…