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News round-up: Disney+ Hotstar unveils Banijay Asia show with Bollywood legend; ABC Me ‘Turns Up The Volume’; HBO Max cancels ‘Close Enough’

Disney+ Hotstar unveils show with Bollywood legend Kajol Disney+ Hotstar has snagged Kajol, one of India’s most famous actors, for its next scripted series, with Banijay Asia set to produce. The streamer revealed via social media that it had a project in the works with Kajol, who previously appeared in Netflix movie Tribhanga. Details of the […]

News round-up: HBO Max Spain seeks ‘The Traitors’; WBD & AMC call ‘Code 1’; BBC orders ‘That’s My Jam’

HBO Max Spain seeks ‘The Traitors’ HBO Max has ordered a local adaptation of psychological adventure format The Traitors for Spain. The eight-part series is being produced by Gestmusic (Banijay Iberia), where it will play locally as Traitors España, hosted by actor and director Sergio Peris-Mencheta. Originally developed by idtv and All3Media for RTL4 in the Netherlands, The […]

HBO Max & Cartoon Network to adapt African superhero comic ‘Iyanu: Child Of Wonder’

Warner Bros. Discovery has ordered an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics & YouNeek Studios graphic novel series Iyanu: Child Of Wonder as a 2D animation for HBO Max and Cartoon Network. David Steward II’s US-based Lion Forge Animation, which was behind the Oscar-winning Hair Love, will produce the series, which is being created by […]

Exclusive: WBD plans combined streamer for France, as HBO Max roll-out ends

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is to launch its new combined streaming service in France, with the media giant confirming to TBI that its global roll-out of HBO Max has ended. There is no launch date for the as-yet-unnamed streamer, which will combine thousands of hours of HBO Max and Discovery+ content, although HBO Max had […]

HBO Max halts original productions in European restructure

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has halted development of local original productions for streaming service HBO Max in the Nordics, Central Europe, the Netherlands and Turkey. The move comes as part of a global strategic review following the WarnerMedia and Discovery merger, and subsequent moves to combine HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single service, with […]

HBO renews ‘Ten Year Old Tom’, drops ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’

Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO has renewed adult animation series Ten Year Old Tom for a second run, while cancelling sci-fi drama The Time Traveler’s Wife after its first season. The series, which is created, produced, directed and written by Steve Dildarian, will return for a sophomore outing on US-based streamer HBO Max. Produced by Work […]

Warner Bros. Discovery unveils EMEA team, with five more senior exits

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has unveiled its EMEA team, with a raft of country managers appointed to new roles and five senior exec departures. The giant company, which is weeks into its restructuring following the $40bn merger, has named a six-strong set of execs to oversee countries in the region, each responsible for WBD’s combined businesses […]

HBO Max strikes first-look deal with Omar Sy, star of Netflix’s ‘Lupin’

HBO Max has snagged a first-look TV deal with Lupin star Omar Sy. The French actor, who made his name on movie The Intouchables before leading Netflix’s hit French drama, will develop series for the streamer that will be available globally. Sy recently launched his Korokoro label, through which he starred and produced movie Father […]

Sales round-up: France TV buys Attenborough’s ‘Life In Colour’; HBO Max takes ‘Octonauts’; Jetpack strikes BBC deal

France TV buys Attenborough’s Life In Colour France Télévisions is among buyers of Life In Colour With David Attenborough. The show, sold by Flame Distribution, has also been picked up by RTBF (Belgium), Geo Wild (Germany), and HRT (Croatia). HRT additionally picked up one-hour docs In Search Of Sir Walter Scott and Antarctica From Above. Other deals include […]

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