Expanding its lineup for Cannes this year, top Spanish indie studio Filmax has snagged international rights to feature “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” by Laura Casabé, a notable figure in genre filmmaking who won the best director prize at Sitges in 2019 for “Los que vuelven” (aka “The Returned”).
The film has just been announced as one of highest-profile of five titles at a Ventana Sur Goes to Cannes showcase at this year’s Marché du Film.
It’s penned by Benjamin Naishtat, a major Argentine writer-director in his own right, and draws inspiration from two gripping short stories by genre writer Mariana Enríquez (“El Carrito” and “La Virgen De La Tosquera”).
Combining folklore, coming-of-age and social horror elements, the plot centers on Natalia, a recent high school graduate who finds herself deeply infatuated with Diego, a close childhood friend. However, their bond is tested when Silvia, older and worldlier,...
The film has just been announced as one of highest-profile of five titles at a Ventana Sur Goes to Cannes showcase at this year’s Marché du Film.
It’s penned by Benjamin Naishtat, a major Argentine writer-director in his own right, and draws inspiration from two gripping short stories by genre writer Mariana Enríquez (“El Carrito” and “La Virgen De La Tosquera”).
Combining folklore, coming-of-age and social horror elements, the plot centers on Natalia, a recent high school graduate who finds herself deeply infatuated with Diego, a close childhood friend. However, their bond is tested when Silvia, older and worldlier,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Ventana Sur heads to Cannes, revealing its selection for the dynamic Goes To showcase, which ushers-in a curated works-in-progress lineup to team international talent with sales agents, distributors and further festival programming opportunities.
The five projects selected represent some of the best from Ventana Sur’s annual film market in Buenos Aires, Latin America’s premier audiovisual event.
Figuring among the titles is “A House with Two Dogs” from Argentina’s Matías Ferreyra, “My Father Is A Nihonjin” from Brazil’s Celia Catunda, “Lovers’ Farewell With A Glance” from Mexican helmer Rigoberto Perezcano, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” directed by Argentina’s Laura Casabé and “The Drownings” from Ecuador auteurs Juanse Jácome and Víctor Mares.
Love, lore, family, ritual and suspense play pivotal narrative roles in the films centered in South America, Mexico and Spain, with two – “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” and “A House With Two Dogs...
The five projects selected represent some of the best from Ventana Sur’s annual film market in Buenos Aires, Latin America’s premier audiovisual event.
Figuring among the titles is “A House with Two Dogs” from Argentina’s Matías Ferreyra, “My Father Is A Nihonjin” from Brazil’s Celia Catunda, “Lovers’ Farewell With A Glance” from Mexican helmer Rigoberto Perezcano, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” directed by Argentina’s Laura Casabé and “The Drownings” from Ecuador auteurs Juanse Jácome and Víctor Mares.
Love, lore, family, ritual and suspense play pivotal narrative roles in the films centered in South America, Mexico and Spain, with two – “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” and “A House With Two Dogs...
- 5/9/2024
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Filming’s underway on ‘Dark Winds’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Michael Moriatis/AMC)
Jenna Elfman (Fear the Walking Dead) and Bruce Greenwood (The Fall of the House of Usher) will be guest starring on season three of AMC’s Dark Winds, currently filming in New Mexico. Zahn McClarnon (Fargo), Kiowa Gordon, and Jessica Matten (Burden of Truth) return in starring roles for the new season of the critically acclaimed drama based on Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee book series.
Elfman is playing FBI Special Agent Sylvia Washington and Greenwood will play Tom Spenser. Additional season three guest stars include Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C.) as Budge, Tonantzin Carmelo (La Brea) as Border Patrol Agent Eleanda Garza, Alex Meraz (The Twilight Saga franchise) as Border Patrol Agent Ivan Muños, Terry Serpico (Yellowstone) as Border Patrol Senior Chief Ed Henry, and Derek Hinkey (American Primeval) as Shorty Bowlegs.
Phil Burke (Hell on Wheels...
Jenna Elfman (Fear the Walking Dead) and Bruce Greenwood (The Fall of the House of Usher) will be guest starring on season three of AMC’s Dark Winds, currently filming in New Mexico. Zahn McClarnon (Fargo), Kiowa Gordon, and Jessica Matten (Burden of Truth) return in starring roles for the new season of the critically acclaimed drama based on Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee book series.
Elfman is playing FBI Special Agent Sylvia Washington and Greenwood will play Tom Spenser. Additional season three guest stars include Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C.) as Budge, Tonantzin Carmelo (La Brea) as Border Patrol Agent Eleanda Garza, Alex Meraz (The Twilight Saga franchise) as Border Patrol Agent Ivan Muños, Terry Serpico (Yellowstone) as Border Patrol Senior Chief Ed Henry, and Derek Hinkey (American Primeval) as Shorty Bowlegs.
Phil Burke (Hell on Wheels...
- 4/11/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
AMC Networks today released a first-look teaser trailer for its upcoming sophisticated, six-episode crime drama, Monsieur Spade, premiering on AMC and AMC+ in early 2024. Starring and executive produced by Golden Globe®, SAG® and BAFTA® Award-winner Clive Owen as the hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade, the limited series is co-created, written and executive produced by Emmy® Award-winners Scott Frank, who also serves as director, and Tom Fontana.
Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent. As the town grieves,...
Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent. As the town grieves,...
- 9/10/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Pi Sam Spade (Clive Owen) finds his quiet life in retirement interrupted in Monsieur Spade, AMC’s upcoming six-episode crime drama series from Owen, The Queen’s Gambit creator Scott Frank and City on a Hill showrunner Tom Fontana.
AMC has released the first trailer for the six-episode series in which Owen stars, co-writes and executive produces. It’s set to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in early 2024.
Per the logline: Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent.
AMC has released the first trailer for the six-episode series in which Owen stars, co-writes and executive produces. It’s set to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in early 2024.
Per the logline: Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent.
- 9/8/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re a fan of AMC’s Dark Winds, we’ve got good news for you today.
The first six-episode season was a surprising gem that anyone who watched enjoyed, and today, AMC and AMC+ released the first-look teaser for the second season.
Find out what we know about Dark Winds Season 2 below.
The critically acclaimed series Dark Winds stars Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, and Jessica Matten.
Produced by AMC Studios, the six-episode second season will debut on AMC and AMC+ in July.
This season, Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon) reunites with Jim Chee (Gordon), his former deputy turned private eye, when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect.
They find themselves in the high desert of Navajo Country chasing a killer who’s turned his sights on them to protect a secret that rips open old wounds and challenges Leaphorn’s moral and professional code.
The first six-episode season was a surprising gem that anyone who watched enjoyed, and today, AMC and AMC+ released the first-look teaser for the second season.
Find out what we know about Dark Winds Season 2 below.
The critically acclaimed series Dark Winds stars Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, and Jessica Matten.
Produced by AMC Studios, the six-episode second season will debut on AMC and AMC+ in July.
This season, Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon) reunites with Jim Chee (Gordon), his former deputy turned private eye, when their separate cases bring them together in pursuit of the same suspect.
They find themselves in the high desert of Navajo Country chasing a killer who’s turned his sights on them to protect a secret that rips open old wounds and challenges Leaphorn’s moral and professional code.
- 5/12/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
One of the central themes of Naomi Alderman’s 2016 novel The Power is how, sometimes, systems have to be completely rebooted in order for them to work the way they’re supposed to.
Similarly, when Raelle Tucker joined Prime Video’s adaptation of the book a few years ago, the sci-fi series’ entire first season had already been shot… yet was nowhere near ready for public consumption. Tucker’s arrival as showrunner equaled a reset.
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Similarly, when Raelle Tucker joined Prime Video’s adaptation of the book a few years ago, the sci-fi series’ entire first season had already been shot… yet was nowhere near ready for public consumption. Tucker’s arrival as showrunner equaled a reset.
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- 4/18/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Daisy Ridley To Star In ‘The Better Liar’ Series Based On Book In Works At Amazon From Raelle Tucker
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has partnered with The Tornante Company to develop The Better Liar, a drama series based on the book by the same name by Tanen Jones. Daisy Ridley is set to star in and executive produce the adaptation, written and executive produced by Raelle Tucker (True Blood), Deadline has learned.
Raelle Tucker (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for Scad)
In The Better Liar, when a woman hires a lookalike in an effort to conceal her sister’s death and claim their shared inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets. Siobhan Bachman also executive produces for The Tornante Company.
This would mark the first starring TV role for Ridley, probably best known for playing Rey in the Star Wars franchise. She has been filming the noir thriller Magpie, based on a story she had developed, and will next be seen in The Marsh King’s Daughter and Young Woman and the Sea.
Raelle Tucker (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for Scad)
In The Better Liar, when a woman hires a lookalike in an effort to conceal her sister’s death and claim their shared inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets. Siobhan Bachman also executive produces for The Tornante Company.
This would mark the first starring TV role for Ridley, probably best known for playing Rey in the Star Wars franchise. She has been filming the noir thriller Magpie, based on a story she had developed, and will next be seen in The Marsh King’s Daughter and Young Woman and the Sea.
- 3/2/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
TF1 detective series Hip (High Intellectual Potential) is to be remade by Disney Television Studios-backed ABC Signature in the U.S.
Distributor Newen Connect struck the deal with ABC Signature for the show that has been sold to more than 100 territories worldwide.
Work has already begun to adapt the scripts of the series, with showrunner, writing team and cast still to be announced.
Produced by Mediawan-backed Septembre Productions and Itinéraire Productions, Hip follows Morgane Alvaro, an intellectually-gifted housekeeper who becomes a consultant for the police serious crimes division in Lille.
The original series was created by Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, Stéphane Carrié and Nicolas Jean, and starred Audrey Fleurot and Mehdi Nebbou. The show was flagged as a success story by French body Unifrance in last week’s French TV export report.
The Hip remake joins a select few U.S. reversions of French language shows including A&e’s...
Distributor Newen Connect struck the deal with ABC Signature for the show that has been sold to more than 100 territories worldwide.
Work has already begun to adapt the scripts of the series, with showrunner, writing team and cast still to be announced.
Produced by Mediawan-backed Septembre Productions and Itinéraire Productions, Hip follows Morgane Alvaro, an intellectually-gifted housekeeper who becomes a consultant for the police serious crimes division in Lille.
The original series was created by Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, Stéphane Carrié and Nicolas Jean, and starred Audrey Fleurot and Mehdi Nebbou. The show was flagged as a success story by French body Unifrance in last week’s French TV export report.
The Hip remake joins a select few U.S. reversions of French language shows including A&e’s...
- 9/15/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Historically, zombies are more associated with cinema than TV. Originally defined in a modern context by George Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, in the decades since, zombies have evolved (watch out!) to become one of pop culture’s most recognizable horror tropes—to the point where they even pop up in TV shows that are decidedly not about zombies. In honor of All Of Us Are Dead, the horrifying zombie K-drama that just dropped on Netflix, we’re taking the time to recommend some of our favorite zombie TV shows of all time.
All of Us Are Dead
Adapted from a Naver webtoon of the same name, 지금 우리 학교는 (which translates directly as “Our School Now”) follows a group of high school students as they fight to stay alive when their school becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak. Though the TV show isn’t doing...
All of Us Are Dead
Adapted from a Naver webtoon of the same name, 지금 우리 학교는 (which translates directly as “Our School Now”) follows a group of high school students as they fight to stay alive when their school becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak. Though the TV show isn’t doing...
- 1/29/2022
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Hey L.A. If you're looking over your schedule for October and have any empty spots in between the 12th and 21st then look at Screamfest's program and catch a screening of two from their program. The in-person festival will open with Bridget Smith and Samuel Gonzalez Jr's The Retaliators. Other festival faves include Russian desktop thriller #Blue_Whale and the tremendous and subversive supernatural drama Nocturna: Side A - The Great Old Man’s Night from Argentina. Laura Casabe's The Returned has enjoyed a lengthy festival tour and a couple of American standouts form the circuit When I Consume You and What Josiah Saw have just started theirs. Those are some great choices. Everything you need to know is screamfestla.com. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival...
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- 9/27/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Smoke And Mirrors : The Story Of Tom Savini: "Special Makeup Effects legend, Actor, Director, Stuntman. Tom Savini has redefined the horror genre with his arsenal on talents. But who is the man behind the "King of Splatter?" From his his childhood in Pittsburgh, Pa; to his tour of duty during Vietnam, to his beginnings with George A. Romero and beyond. Smoke And Mirrors is the defining documentary on the life and career of horror icon Tom Savini.
Featuring Tom Savini, Danny McBride, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, Alice Cooper, Greg Nicotero, Tom Atkins, Corey Feldman, Doug Bradley, Bill Moseley, and more!
From Wild Eye Releasing, director Jason Baker's Smoke And Mirrors on Digital October 19."
Wide On Demand And Digital Release : October 19
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And Then! He Kissed Me: "A small bump on an otherwise smooth date sends Nastya on a gory journey of self actualization. "
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Screamfest® Horror Film...
Featuring Tom Savini, Danny McBride, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo, Alice Cooper, Greg Nicotero, Tom Atkins, Corey Feldman, Doug Bradley, Bill Moseley, and more!
From Wild Eye Releasing, director Jason Baker's Smoke And Mirrors on Digital October 19."
Wide On Demand And Digital Release : October 19
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And Then! He Kissed Me: "A small bump on an otherwise smooth date sends Nastya on a gory journey of self actualization. "
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Screamfest® Horror Film...
- 9/27/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The French institution will also throw its weight behind films coming courtesy of Léonor Serraille, Sylvie Verheyde, Mathias Gokalp and Sylvain Desclous. Five projects were selected during the 1st 2020 session of the Cnc’s second advance on receipts committee. Standing tall amongst them is École de l’air, which will be Robin Campillo’s fourth feature film after They Came Back (discovered in Venice 2004 in the Orizzonti line-up), Eastern Boys and Bpm. Written by the director and Gilles Marchand, the story of this new opus takes us to Madagascar during the late 60s-early 1970s, where soldiers are living out the final carefree years of colonialism on a French army air base....
The special jury prize went to Nir Bergman and Ram Nehari’s Israeli social drama Just For Today,
Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne’s four-part English-language drama The Virtues took the top Grand Prix award at TV festival and industry event Series Mania (March 22-30) in the northern French city of Lille over the weekend.
Lead actor Stephan Graham was also feted with the best actor award for his performance as the troubled, alcoholic protagonist who returns to his family home in Ireland to confront the roots of his problems.
The drama was produced by the UK’s Warp Films...
Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne’s four-part English-language drama The Virtues took the top Grand Prix award at TV festival and industry event Series Mania (March 22-30) in the northern French city of Lille over the weekend.
Lead actor Stephan Graham was also feted with the best actor award for his performance as the troubled, alcoholic protagonist who returns to his family home in Ireland to confront the roots of his problems.
The drama was produced by the UK’s Warp Films...
- 4/1/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
SundanceTV has lined up two unique ways to launch “State of the Union,” its 10-minute series starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd.
Given its short-form nature, the 10-episode relationship series posed a unique scheduling challenge for the channel. But here’s how the show will unroll: Starting Monday, May 6, and running through Friday, May 17, SundanceTV will air one 10-minute episode at 10 p.m. each weeknight.
Because of symmetry of running a 10-minute show at 10 p.m. for 10 days, SundanceTV is dubbing the showcase “10@10.”
Meanwhile, for viewers who would prefer to binge the show faster, Sundance Now, SundanceTV.com and the SundanceTV app will upload two 10-minute episodes each day at 5 p.m. between May 6 and May 10. The network is dubbing it a “Digital Happy Hour,” and is aiming at a commuter audience.
“If you are on the train or a carpool, standing on the bus, having a quick...
Given its short-form nature, the 10-episode relationship series posed a unique scheduling challenge for the channel. But here’s how the show will unroll: Starting Monday, May 6, and running through Friday, May 17, SundanceTV will air one 10-minute episode at 10 p.m. each weeknight.
Because of symmetry of running a 10-minute show at 10 p.m. for 10 days, SundanceTV is dubbing the showcase “10@10.”
Meanwhile, for viewers who would prefer to binge the show faster, Sundance Now, SundanceTV.com and the SundanceTV app will upload two 10-minute episodes each day at 5 p.m. between May 6 and May 10. The network is dubbing it a “Digital Happy Hour,” and is aiming at a commuter audience.
“If you are on the train or a carpool, standing on the bus, having a quick...
- 3/27/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Lille, France — Leading French independent production-finance-distribution sales company Federation Entertainment has secured international sales rights on upcoming French psychological thriller “Torn.”
The series was created and written by director Lionel Bailliu (“Innocente”)and Yann Le Gal and world premieres in the official French competition on March 25 at France’s Series Mania TV festival. Attending the series’ premiere will be French actress – producer Julie Gayet, Bailliu, Le Gal, as well as Elephant producers Gaëlle Cholet and Guillaume Renouil.
Elephant Story and At-Production co-produced with participation from France Télévisions. France 3, Belgian public broadcaster Rtbf and TV5 Monde are already set to broadcast.
In the series, a school teacher named Victoire moves to a small village in rural France with her young family. There, she runs into Florent, her first love from a lifetime ago, and their long-dormant feelings for one another reignite. Unable to suppress their desires for one another, the...
The series was created and written by director Lionel Bailliu (“Innocente”)and Yann Le Gal and world premieres in the official French competition on March 25 at France’s Series Mania TV festival. Attending the series’ premiere will be French actress – producer Julie Gayet, Bailliu, Le Gal, as well as Elephant producers Gaëlle Cholet and Guillaume Renouil.
Elephant Story and At-Production co-produced with participation from France Télévisions. France 3, Belgian public broadcaster Rtbf and TV5 Monde are already set to broadcast.
In the series, a school teacher named Victoire moves to a small village in rural France with her young family. There, she runs into Florent, her first love from a lifetime ago, and their long-dormant feelings for one another reignite. Unable to suppress their desires for one another, the...
- 3/25/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
As it celebrates its fifth anniversary, the rising Paris-based TV production and distribution company About Premium Content is rebranding as Apc Studios to reflect the expanded scope of its activities.
Apc Studios, which launched as a sales company in 2014, is now a producer, financier and distributor of upscale projects ranging from scripted to factual and children’s programming. The new brand will regroup Apc, Apc Kids, animation production company Zephyr and any future fiction production labels.
“We are rebranding as a mini studio to further solidify our commitment to developing and financing projects with both local and global appeal. We will apply the same selectivity and tailor-made approach to the production that has made our success in international sales,” stated Emmanuelle Guilbart and Laurent Boissel, Apc’s joint CEOs and co-founders.
Apc Studios is currently developing several projects across scripted and animation in-house, as well as third-party partners. Apc Studios will participate in development funding,...
Apc Studios, which launched as a sales company in 2014, is now a producer, financier and distributor of upscale projects ranging from scripted to factual and children’s programming. The new brand will regroup Apc, Apc Kids, animation production company Zephyr and any future fiction production labels.
“We are rebranding as a mini studio to further solidify our commitment to developing and financing projects with both local and global appeal. We will apply the same selectivity and tailor-made approach to the production that has made our success in international sales,” stated Emmanuelle Guilbart and Laurent Boissel, Apc’s joint CEOs and co-founders.
Apc Studios is currently developing several projects across scripted and animation in-house, as well as third-party partners. Apc Studios will participate in development funding,...
- 3/25/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Following “The Name of the Rose”(pictured) and “Devils,” France’s Orange has unveiled four internationally-driven series projects as part of its commitment to step into premium original shows with its film/TV division Orange Studio and pay TV group Ocs both of board.
Currently in development, the social western “Cheyenne & Lola,” the dance-filled workplace drama “The Opera,” the French army series “Les Sentinelles” and English-language cyber-thriller “Unpunished” have been added to the company’s rising drama slate.
“Unpunished” is an ambitious series which is being developed with the writers and creators Coline Aubert (“The Returned”) and Fredrik Agetoft (“Arne Dahl: Eye in the Sky”) and the critically-acclaimed Argentine helmer Alex Garcia Lopez, whose credits include “The Punisher” and “Dardevil.”
A European co-production, “Unpunished” is being produced by Sydney Gallonde (“No Second Chance”) and Marc Nowak at Paris-based Make It Happen Studio, as well as Laurent Boissel and Emmanuelle Guilbart at About Premium Content,...
Currently in development, the social western “Cheyenne & Lola,” the dance-filled workplace drama “The Opera,” the French army series “Les Sentinelles” and English-language cyber-thriller “Unpunished” have been added to the company’s rising drama slate.
“Unpunished” is an ambitious series which is being developed with the writers and creators Coline Aubert (“The Returned”) and Fredrik Agetoft (“Arne Dahl: Eye in the Sky”) and the critically-acclaimed Argentine helmer Alex Garcia Lopez, whose credits include “The Punisher” and “Dardevil.”
A European co-production, “Unpunished” is being produced by Sydney Gallonde (“No Second Chance”) and Marc Nowak at Paris-based Make It Happen Studio, as well as Laurent Boissel and Emmanuelle Guilbart at About Premium Content,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
If movies and TV are any indication, the future of online dating is very bleak. The streaming service that brought you the “Hang the DJ” episode of “Black Mirror” (which ended up being surprisingly hopeful!) is back with a story about how science and true love maybe weren’t meant to be mixed at all. The French series “Osmosis,” which premieres next month on Netflix, follows a group of participants in a new dating service that uses brainwaves to guarantee finding a soulmate. Some are eager participants, while others remain a little skeptical that a pill and a spot of time in a hallucination dome can bring about magical true love. But, as these things tend to do, it looks like the people in this trial end up giving a little bit more than their personal data when this effort starts to fall apart.
Series creator Audrey Fouché previously worked...
Series creator Audrey Fouché previously worked...
- 2/28/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The 10th edition of Series Mania in Lille runs March 22-30.
The line-up for the 10th edition of Series Mania, which runs March 22-30 in Lille, has been revealed.
The competition features the world premieres of three Channel 4 dramas, including the Warp Films-produced The Virtues, which is written and directed by Shane Meadows and starring Stephen Graham as a troubled man who returns to Ireland to confront his childhood in the care system. Jack Thorne co-wrote the project.
The other C4 series are Iraq-set crime thriller Baghdad Central, from House Of Sadam creator Stephen Butchard, and Chimerica, created...
The line-up for the 10th edition of Series Mania, which runs March 22-30 in Lille, has been revealed.
The competition features the world premieres of three Channel 4 dramas, including the Warp Films-produced The Virtues, which is written and directed by Shane Meadows and starring Stephen Graham as a troubled man who returns to Ireland to confront his childhood in the care system. Jack Thorne co-wrote the project.
The other C4 series are Iraq-set crime thriller Baghdad Central, from House Of Sadam creator Stephen Butchard, and Chimerica, created...
- 2/20/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Michelle Forbes is fleeing Berlin Station for Emerald City. The TV vet has booked a guest appearance on Grey’s Anatomy, TVLine has learned exclusively.
An ABC rep confirmed Forbes’ casting but declined to provide details on her character, so naturally we are going to speculate that perhaps she could maybe-possibly be playing Jo’s estranged mother, whose imminent arrival was previously confirmed by Camilla Luddington herself. (If it’s not Forbes playing Jo’s mum then it’s gotta be Jennifer Grey, right?)
ABC recently announced that it ordered three additional Grey’s episodes, bringing the Seattle-set series’ current...
An ABC rep confirmed Forbes’ casting but declined to provide details on her character, so naturally we are going to speculate that perhaps she could maybe-possibly be playing Jo’s estranged mother, whose imminent arrival was previously confirmed by Camilla Luddington herself. (If it’s not Forbes playing Jo’s mum then it’s gotta be Jennifer Grey, right?)
ABC recently announced that it ordered three additional Grey’s episodes, bringing the Seattle-set series’ current...
- 1/31/2019
- TVLine.com
Joseph Baxter Jan 29, 2019
Yet another television adaptation of H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds is in the works, this time from Fox Networks Group.
War of the Worlds, the template-setting 1898 alien invasion sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, has certainly seen its share of adaptations over its century-plus existence; a multi-medium collection that will soon add a promising miniseries by the BBC. However, Urban Myth Films is prepping its own television take on the classic story of extraterrestrial conflagration. Moreover, the series has procured a pair of prestigious stars for its effort.
Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern will headline a War of the Worlds television series. This adaptation – arriving as eight 60-minute episodes – puts Wells’s story through the lens of modernization, manifesting as a contemporary-set reimagining of the tale; a stark distinction from the BBC miniseries, which adapts a more traditional setting for the story in the brief 1901-1910 era of Edwardian England.
Yet another television adaptation of H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds is in the works, this time from Fox Networks Group.
War of the Worlds, the template-setting 1898 alien invasion sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, has certainly seen its share of adaptations over its century-plus existence; a multi-medium collection that will soon add a promising miniseries by the BBC. However, Urban Myth Films is prepping its own television take on the classic story of extraterrestrial conflagration. Moreover, the series has procured a pair of prestigious stars for its effort.
Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern will headline a War of the Worlds television series. This adaptation – arriving as eight 60-minute episodes – puts Wells’s story through the lens of modernization, manifesting as a contemporary-set reimagining of the tale; a stark distinction from the BBC miniseries, which adapts a more traditional setting for the story in the brief 1901-1910 era of Edwardian England.
- 1/29/2019
- Den of Geek
Gabriel Byrne (Hereditary) and Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) will lead the ensemble cast in Urban Myth Film’s TV series reimagining of classic sci-fi tale War Of The Worlds.
Also starring will be Léa Drucker (Le Bureau Des Légendes), Natasha Little (Silent Witness), Daisy Edgar Jones (Cold Feet), Stéphane Caillard (Marseille), Adel Bencherif (The Prophet) and Guillaume Gouix (The Returned) with additional casting underway.
Agc Television has joined Canal+ and Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa, as a partner on the English-language series and will co-finance and co-distribute. The partnership marks the first major co-financing deal for Agc’s TV division and the firm will distribute to the North American market and co-distribute with StudioCanal in Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Fng Content Distribution will handle Europe and Africa (excluding French speaking territories). StudioCanal, as a shareholder of Urban Myth Films, helped put the production finance together.
Also starring will be Léa Drucker (Le Bureau Des Légendes), Natasha Little (Silent Witness), Daisy Edgar Jones (Cold Feet), Stéphane Caillard (Marseille), Adel Bencherif (The Prophet) and Guillaume Gouix (The Returned) with additional casting underway.
Agc Television has joined Canal+ and Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa, as a partner on the English-language series and will co-finance and co-distribute. The partnership marks the first major co-financing deal for Agc’s TV division and the firm will distribute to the North American market and co-distribute with StudioCanal in Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East. Fng Content Distribution will handle Europe and Africa (excluding French speaking territories). StudioCanal, as a shareholder of Urban Myth Films, helped put the production finance together.
- 1/29/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern have signed on for “War of the Worlds,” the upcoming adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic for Fox in Europe and Africa and Canal Plus in France. Stuart Ford’s Agc Television has also boarded the series as a finance and sales partner and will co-distribute internationally.
Byrne (“The Usual Suspects”) and McGovern (“The Wife”) will join an ensemble cast that includes Lea Drucker (“Le Bureau des Legendes”), Natasha Little (“Silent Witness”), Daisy Edgar Jones (“Cold Feet”), Stéphane Caillard (“Genius”), Adel Bencherif (“The Prophet”) and Guillaume Gouix (“The Returned”).
Studiocanal-backed producer Urban Myth Films is producing. The Fox and Canal Plus show will go up against another take on the alien invasion tale being produced by Mammoth Screen for British broadcaster ITV. That version stars Rafe Spall (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”) and Eleanor Tomlinson (“Poldark”).
The Urban Myth show sets the action in modern-day...
Byrne (“The Usual Suspects”) and McGovern (“The Wife”) will join an ensemble cast that includes Lea Drucker (“Le Bureau des Legendes”), Natasha Little (“Silent Witness”), Daisy Edgar Jones (“Cold Feet”), Stéphane Caillard (“Genius”), Adel Bencherif (“The Prophet”) and Guillaume Gouix (“The Returned”).
Studiocanal-backed producer Urban Myth Films is producing. The Fox and Canal Plus show will go up against another take on the alien invasion tale being produced by Mammoth Screen for British broadcaster ITV. That version stars Rafe Spall (“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”) and Eleanor Tomlinson (“Poldark”).
The Urban Myth show sets the action in modern-day...
- 1/29/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Hereditary star Gabriel Byrne and Downton Abbey actress Elizabeth McGovern will head the ensemble cast of War of the Worlds, a new television re-imagining of the H.G. Wells sci-fi classic, created by veteran British writer Howard Overman (Misfits, Atlantis).
Lea Drucker (Le Bureau des legendes), Natasha Little (Silent Witness), Daisy Edgar Jones (Cold Feet), Stephane Caillard (Genius), Adel Bencherif (The Prophet) and Guillaume Gouix (The Returned) have also signed on to star in the eight-part series, which Urban Myth Films is producing. Shooting on the series has already begun in the U.K. and France. Gilles Coulier (De Dag) and Richard Clark (Versailles) ...
Lea Drucker (Le Bureau des legendes), Natasha Little (Silent Witness), Daisy Edgar Jones (Cold Feet), Stephane Caillard (Genius), Adel Bencherif (The Prophet) and Guillaume Gouix (The Returned) have also signed on to star in the eight-part series, which Urban Myth Films is producing. Shooting on the series has already begun in the U.K. and France. Gilles Coulier (De Dag) and Richard Clark (Versailles) ...
- 1/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Loco Films has come on board “Paper Flag” (“Les Papiers de drapeaux”), the feature debut of 18-year old French director Nathan Ambrosioni.
The film explores the ambivalent relationship between two siblings and the concept of freedom. Guillaume Gouix (“The Returned”) stars as a young adult who has just got out of jail after 12 years of detention and bursts into the tranquile life of his younger sister, away from the city. Gouix stars opposite Noémie Merlant, who previously starred in “Once in a Lifetime” and “Heaven Will Wait.”
Loco Films is screening “Paper Flag” at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, ahead of its launch at the European Film Market in Berlin next month. The film already won the audience prize at the La Roche-Sur-Yon Festival in France, which is spearheaded by Paolo Moretto, the new head of Cannes’s Directors Fortnight.
Laurent Danielou, the co-founder of Loco Films, told Variety that...
The film explores the ambivalent relationship between two siblings and the concept of freedom. Guillaume Gouix (“The Returned”) stars as a young adult who has just got out of jail after 12 years of detention and bursts into the tranquile life of his younger sister, away from the city. Gouix stars opposite Noémie Merlant, who previously starred in “Once in a Lifetime” and “Heaven Will Wait.”
Loco Films is screening “Paper Flag” at the UniFrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, ahead of its launch at the European Film Market in Berlin next month. The film already won the audience prize at the La Roche-Sur-Yon Festival in France, which is spearheaded by Paolo Moretto, the new head of Cannes’s Directors Fortnight.
Laurent Danielou, the co-founder of Loco Films, told Variety that...
- 1/19/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Gaumont is reteaming with “The Intouchables” and “C’est La Vie” production banner Quad on Mohamed Hamidi (“One Man and His Cow”)’s concept company “Queens of The Field.”
The movie is set in a small rural town which is on the verge of losing its funding along with its field. The threat leads the town women to join forces and launch a football crew in order to defend their city. But in a community where football has always been considered a men’s sport, the women’s team turns the town upside down.
“Queens of The Field” is headlined by a strong French cast, including Kad Merad (“Little Nicholas”), Alban Ivanov (“Sink or Swim”), Sabrina Ouazani (“Taxi 5”) and Céline Sallette (“The Returned”).
Hamidi previously directed “One Man and His Cow,” which grossed over $10 million and was nominated for a European Film Award in 2016.
Gaumont described the film...
The movie is set in a small rural town which is on the verge of losing its funding along with its field. The threat leads the town women to join forces and launch a football crew in order to defend their city. But in a community where football has always been considered a men’s sport, the women’s team turns the town upside down.
“Queens of The Field” is headlined by a strong French cast, including Kad Merad (“Little Nicholas”), Alban Ivanov (“Sink or Swim”), Sabrina Ouazani (“Taxi 5”) and Céline Sallette (“The Returned”).
Hamidi previously directed “One Man and His Cow,” which grossed over $10 million and was nominated for a European Film Award in 2016.
Gaumont described the film...
- 1/18/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
As it prepares to launch a join streaming service with TF1 and M6, French public broadcaster France Televisions has signed a three-year pact with five local producers guilds to have exclusive rights to all the original drama, documentary and animation content that it co-finances.
Under the agreement, France Televisions will own rights to programs for all windows, from free-to-air to Svod. The deal is a blow to Netflix, for which France Televisions has been the top supplier of French library content.
The pact was signed by France’s main producers guilds: Spi, Satev, Spect, Spfa and Uspa. These include high-profile producers such as Haut et Court (“The Returned”), Bonne Pioche (“March of the Penguins”), Camera Lucida (“The Enemy”) and Mon Voisin Productions (“Call my Agent!”).
This latest development was expected as France Televisions recently announced that it was partnering with France’s two commercial networks, TF1 and M6, to launch Salto,...
Under the agreement, France Televisions will own rights to programs for all windows, from free-to-air to Svod. The deal is a blow to Netflix, for which France Televisions has been the top supplier of French library content.
The pact was signed by France’s main producers guilds: Spi, Satev, Spect, Spfa and Uspa. These include high-profile producers such as Haut et Court (“The Returned”), Bonne Pioche (“March of the Penguins”), Camera Lucida (“The Enemy”) and Mon Voisin Productions (“Call my Agent!”).
This latest development was expected as France Televisions recently announced that it was partnering with France’s two commercial networks, TF1 and M6, to launch Salto,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has put in development Counterfeit, a half-hour comedy from husband-and-wife writing duo Andrew Gettens and Lauren Mackenzie (Hit & Run) and Jessica Rhoades’ (Sharp Objects) Pacesetter Productions, as part of Rhoades’ first-look deal with the premium cable network.
Written by Gettens and Mackenzie, Counterfeit centers on a couple, desperate to have a child, who learn there’s no way for them to conceive the old-fashioned way. And with no resources (and a loudly ticking biological clock) they start counterfeiting money to pay for IVF. Gettens & MacKenzie conceived of the idea for Counterfeit while going through their own struggles with IVF.
Gettens and Mackenzie will executive produce with Rhoades via her Pacesetter Prods.
Gettens and MacKenzie are a married writing team who started working together after collaborating on a best man speech for MacKenzie’s brother in 2014. They have since risen through the TV ranks to their current position as co-executive...
Written by Gettens and Mackenzie, Counterfeit centers on a couple, desperate to have a child, who learn there’s no way for them to conceive the old-fashioned way. And with no resources (and a loudly ticking biological clock) they start counterfeiting money to pay for IVF. Gettens & MacKenzie conceived of the idea for Counterfeit while going through their own struggles with IVF.
Gettens and Mackenzie will executive produce with Rhoades via her Pacesetter Prods.
Gettens and MacKenzie are a married writing team who started working together after collaborating on a best man speech for MacKenzie’s brother in 2014. They have since risen through the TV ranks to their current position as co-executive...
- 1/10/2019
- by Denise Petski and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Kirsten Howard Nov 28, 2018
Killing Eve's George Kay and Endeavour's Jim Field Smith are behind the UK episodes...
A new series is in the works at Netflix, set to put a fascinating spin on the near-primordial format of the "police procedural."
Criminal will take place exclusively within one room - a police interview suite - and will cover stories happening in four separate countries within its 12-episode first season. Netflix has pitched it as a "stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama" that will focus on "the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question."
The streaming giant has rounded up quite a team to pull this gamble off. The UK episodes boast the duo of George Kay (Killing Eve) and Jim Field Smith (Endeavour), while the French episodes will be written and directed by the likes of Frederic Mermoud, Antonin Martin-Hilbert (Nina) and Mathieu Missoffe (Profilage).
Meanwhile, the German-set...
Killing Eve's George Kay and Endeavour's Jim Field Smith are behind the UK episodes...
A new series is in the works at Netflix, set to put a fascinating spin on the near-primordial format of the "police procedural."
Criminal will take place exclusively within one room - a police interview suite - and will cover stories happening in four separate countries within its 12-episode first season. Netflix has pitched it as a "stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama" that will focus on "the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question."
The streaming giant has rounded up quite a team to pull this gamble off. The UK episodes boast the duo of George Kay (Killing Eve) and Jim Field Smith (Endeavour), while the French episodes will be written and directed by the likes of Frederic Mermoud, Antonin Martin-Hilbert (Nina) and Mathieu Missoffe (Profilage).
Meanwhile, the German-set...
- 11/28/2018
- Den of Geek
Five years ago on Halloween the great, disturbing, weirdly magnetic and highly ambitious French series The Returned (Les Revenants) premiered on the Sundance Channel and caused a little explosion in my head.
I don't really like Halloween. I don't like horror movies. And, even five years ago, there were so many televisions series that we were all drowning in Peak TV before we called it that and before we knew it would get much, much more crowded. Watching a French series — and a French zombie series at that — didn't seem like a good way ...
I don't really like Halloween. I don't like horror movies. And, even five years ago, there were so many televisions series that we were all drowning in Peak TV before we called it that and before we knew it would get much, much more crowded. Watching a French series — and a French zombie series at that — didn't seem like a good way ...
- 11/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Paris-based independant company Cineteve is on board to produce a flurry of ambitious series, including the political comedy “Parlement,” the border-crime thriller “Nine,” the French revolution western “Cagliostro” and the spy thriller “Gaston.”
All four projects are being spearheaded by Cineteve’s founder Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, and Thomas Saignes who joined the company less than a year ago to develop and produce high-profile international drama.
“Parlement” is a half-hour comedy series about the European Parliament written by Noé Debré, whose credits include Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan.”
The series centers around an aimless 20-something man who works at the European Parliament in the midst of a post-Brexit chaos and sets off to take his fate in his own hands. Cineteve is partnering up with Studio Hamburg’s CineCentrum and All3’s 7Stories to produce the series which is now in advanced development. A French commissioning partner will soon be announced.
All four projects are being spearheaded by Cineteve’s founder Fabienne Servan-Schreiber, and Thomas Saignes who joined the company less than a year ago to develop and produce high-profile international drama.
“Parlement” is a half-hour comedy series about the European Parliament written by Noé Debré, whose credits include Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or winning “Dheepan.”
The series centers around an aimless 20-something man who works at the European Parliament in the midst of a post-Brexit chaos and sets off to take his fate in his own hands. Cineteve is partnering up with Studio Hamburg’s CineCentrum and All3’s 7Stories to produce the series which is now in advanced development. A French commissioning partner will soon be announced.
- 10/16/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Script Reader Pro published an official list in 2017 of 50 movie screenplays available to download for free online (click here for the full list), and now the company has done the exact same thing for television screenplays. In an attempt to help aspiring screenwriters learn how to write television spec scripts, Script Reader has made 50 screenplays for television episodes and pilots available for free online.
The scripts are broken into five categories and cover all formatting options, including single-camera, multi-camera, half-hour, one-hour, network, and cable series.
“If you want to learn how to write for TV, reading these TV pilot scripts is one of the best ways to help boost your writing ability,” Script Reader’s introduction reads. “You will learn how to establish the characters in a pilot, set up the world of the show and all about TV pilot structure. Most importantly, study these TV scripts in order to...
The scripts are broken into five categories and cover all formatting options, including single-camera, multi-camera, half-hour, one-hour, network, and cable series.
“If you want to learn how to write for TV, reading these TV pilot scripts is one of the best ways to help boost your writing ability,” Script Reader’s introduction reads. “You will learn how to establish the characters in a pilot, set up the world of the show and all about TV pilot structure. Most importantly, study these TV scripts in order to...
- 10/1/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Executive most recently brought in American Gods to FremantleMedia North America.
In a move to expand its television division, FilmNation Entertainment has hired veteran producer Stefanie Berk as executive vice-president of television.
Berk most recently served as executive vice-president of scripted programming for FremantleMedia North America (Fmna), to whom she brought the American Gods series. She also served as one of Fmna’s executive producers on The Returned, and previously worked as senior vice-president and head of development at Playtone.
FilmNation TV projects include an adaptation of Wally Lamb’s I Know This Much Is True with Mark Ruffalo starring for HBO,...
In a move to expand its television division, FilmNation Entertainment has hired veteran producer Stefanie Berk as executive vice-president of television.
Berk most recently served as executive vice-president of scripted programming for FremantleMedia North America (Fmna), to whom she brought the American Gods series. She also served as one of Fmna’s executive producers on The Returned, and previously worked as senior vice-president and head of development at Playtone.
FilmNation TV projects include an adaptation of Wally Lamb’s I Know This Much Is True with Mark Ruffalo starring for HBO,...
- 9/20/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Rosa Attab
Producer, Why Not Productions
Although she likes to keep a low profile, Attab is a key producer at Parisian outfit Why Not Prods., where she works with top filmmakers such as Cristian Mungiu, Arnaud Desplechin and Jacques Audiard, whose latest film “The Sisters Brothers” played at Venice and will screen next at Toronto. Attab’s first experience as a full-on producer was on Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” which world premiered in competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and won prizes for actor (Joaquin Phoenix) and screenplay. Attab is developing an English-language feature with BAFTA-nominated helmer Yann Demange, who recently directed “White Boy Rick,” which unspooled at Telluride, and the feature debut of actor Samir Guesmi (“The Returned”).
Stephanie Bermann (pictured center)
Co-Founder, Domino Films
Bermann founded Domino Films with Alexis Dulguerian six years ago after heading acquisitions at leading independent distribution company Mars Films for eight years.
Producer, Why Not Productions
Although she likes to keep a low profile, Attab is a key producer at Parisian outfit Why Not Prods., where she works with top filmmakers such as Cristian Mungiu, Arnaud Desplechin and Jacques Audiard, whose latest film “The Sisters Brothers” played at Venice and will screen next at Toronto. Attab’s first experience as a full-on producer was on Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” which world premiered in competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and won prizes for actor (Joaquin Phoenix) and screenplay. Attab is developing an English-language feature with BAFTA-nominated helmer Yann Demange, who recently directed “White Boy Rick,” which unspooled at Telluride, and the feature debut of actor Samir Guesmi (“The Returned”).
Stephanie Bermann (pictured center)
Co-Founder, Domino Films
Bermann founded Domino Films with Alexis Dulguerian six years ago after heading acquisitions at leading independent distribution company Mars Films for eight years.
- 9/13/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Haut et Court, the upscale producer-distributor of Palme d’Or winner “The Class” and company behind TV series smash hit “The Returned,” has moved smartly at this year’s Venice Festival to acquire French rights to Argentine Gonzalo Tobal’s competition contender “Acusada” (The Accused).
Warner Bros. which has rights to Latin America, will release the murder trial thriller in Argentina on Sept. 13.
Deals on Venice competition titles more often close at Toronto. Struck by Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Ent., the Venice deal with a prestige distributor in Europe’s biggest market for foreign-language movies giveS “Accused” an early tailwind as it segues to Toronto, to screen in its Contemporary World Cinema.
World premiering on the Lido on Tuesday, “The Accused” was described by Variety’s Jay Weissberg as “dependably handsome and pleasingly involving, a classic ‘did-she-or-didn’t-she’ murder scenario” [that] mostly focuses on the family dynamics of a young woman...
Warner Bros. which has rights to Latin America, will release the murder trial thriller in Argentina on Sept. 13.
Deals on Venice competition titles more often close at Toronto. Struck by Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Ent., the Venice deal with a prestige distributor in Europe’s biggest market for foreign-language movies giveS “Accused” an early tailwind as it segues to Toronto, to screen in its Contemporary World Cinema.
World premiering on the Lido on Tuesday, “The Accused” was described by Variety’s Jay Weissberg as “dependably handsome and pleasingly involving, a classic ‘did-she-or-didn’t-she’ murder scenario” [that] mostly focuses on the family dynamics of a young woman...
- 9/5/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
There is a comfort to be had in sticking to the familiar, but in doing so we risk missing out on a lot. Sure, there is no shortage of original English language programming but what is the fun in that? So many remarkable shows have been overlooked just because they are made in a language alien to us.
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As the world grows virtually smaller, our access to stories that we otherwise wouldn't be privileged to experience has increased exponentially. Thankfully, producers around the world have taken that to heart and made their shows available to a broader audience along with subtitles and dubs in different languages.
Some people prefer them in their original form with the subtitles on while others prefer the dubbed versions. The beauty of it all is these shows can be enjoyed either way.
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As the world grows virtually smaller, our access to stories that we otherwise wouldn't be privileged to experience has increased exponentially. Thankfully, producers around the world have taken that to heart and made their shows available to a broader audience along with subtitles and dubs in different languages.
Some people prefer them in their original form with the subtitles on while others prefer the dubbed versions. The beauty of it all is these shows can be enjoyed either way.
- 8/31/2018
- by Nuhu Danamarya
- TVfanatic
For the fourth year running, Tiff has found ways to include an international range of television into its lineup via the Primetime program, which will spotlight five new series as part of this year’s festival.
Notably, “Homecoming” star Julia Roberts now has two reasons to go to Toronto, as the upcoming Amazon Studios drama, based on the hit podcast and directed by “Mr. Robot” Emmy winner Sam Esmail, will be making its world premiere in Toronto.
The other selections include:
The French sci-fi series “Ad Vitam,” directed by Thomas Cailley and described in the official Tiff release as “about a collective suicide masterminded by seven teenagers that occurs after the world’s longest-living human being turns 169 years old. Threatened by humanity’s efforts to extinguish death and aging, a rebellion rises against regeneration technology, leaving many to question the meaning of life and immortality.” Two episodes will screen for the show’s international premiere.
Notably, “Homecoming” star Julia Roberts now has two reasons to go to Toronto, as the upcoming Amazon Studios drama, based on the hit podcast and directed by “Mr. Robot” Emmy winner Sam Esmail, will be making its world premiere in Toronto.
The other selections include:
The French sci-fi series “Ad Vitam,” directed by Thomas Cailley and described in the official Tiff release as “about a collective suicide masterminded by seven teenagers that occurs after the world’s longest-living human being turns 169 years old. Threatened by humanity’s efforts to extinguish death and aging, a rebellion rises against regeneration technology, leaving many to question the meaning of life and immortality.” Two episodes will screen for the show’s international premiere.
- 8/16/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Netflix has announced a new French original scripted series toplining megastar Omar Sy (“The Intouchables”) as Arsene Lupin, the gentleman burglar whose adventures in turn-of-the century Paris are a staple of European pop culture.
The new Netflix series, to be produced by Gaumont Television, will be a “contemporary adaptation” of the popular novels that were written by Maurice Leblanc, who created the Lupin character in 1905, according to a statement. Since then, Leblanc’s books have spawned many TV series and movies, including a silent film in 1917 by Australian director Paul Scardon, but the Netflix adaptation will be the first to star a black actor as the titular gentleman thief.
Sy said in a Tweet that he was thrilled about the new role, adding that “Arsene Lupin, who is an iconic and charismatic character, will take on a new life in this modern adaptation, unique in its genre.”
Isabelle Degeorges, who...
The new Netflix series, to be produced by Gaumont Television, will be a “contemporary adaptation” of the popular novels that were written by Maurice Leblanc, who created the Lupin character in 1905, according to a statement. Since then, Leblanc’s books have spawned many TV series and movies, including a silent film in 1917 by Australian director Paul Scardon, but the Netflix adaptation will be the first to star a black actor as the titular gentleman thief.
Sy said in a Tweet that he was thrilled about the new role, adding that “Arsene Lupin, who is an iconic and charismatic character, will take on a new life in this modern adaptation, unique in its genre.”
Isabelle Degeorges, who...
- 7/19/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
With reboots of “Charmed” and “Magnum Pi” on the way, TheWrap looks at TV revivals that never should’ve happened
“Charlie’s Angels”
“Charlie’s Angels” perfectly captured the goofiness of the ’70s, but it felt painfully out of date in 2011. Critics and audiences agreed: It was canceled after three episodes.
“Ironside”
Blair Underwood has done some memorable TV work, starting with his career-making role on “L.A. Law.” But his 2013 take on the Raymond Burr crime drama was yanked from NBC’s air even faster than you can say “Lax” or “The Event.”
“The Bionic Woman”
A 2007 take on the “Six Million Dollar Man” spinoff, this NBC show’s original sin was casting “Battlestar Galactica” ass-kicker Katee Sackhoff as the recurring villain rather than the lead.
“Knight Rider”
Like so much ’80s television, the original “Knight Rider” is over-celebrated. But NBC’s 2008 version lacked even the original’s dumb charms — and David Hasselhoff.
“Charlie’s Angels”
“Charlie’s Angels” perfectly captured the goofiness of the ’70s, but it felt painfully out of date in 2011. Critics and audiences agreed: It was canceled after three episodes.
“Ironside”
Blair Underwood has done some memorable TV work, starting with his career-making role on “L.A. Law.” But his 2013 take on the Raymond Burr crime drama was yanked from NBC’s air even faster than you can say “Lax” or “The Event.”
“The Bionic Woman”
A 2007 take on the “Six Million Dollar Man” spinoff, this NBC show’s original sin was casting “Battlestar Galactica” ass-kicker Katee Sackhoff as the recurring villain rather than the lead.
“Knight Rider”
Like so much ’80s television, the original “Knight Rider” is over-celebrated. But NBC’s 2008 version lacked even the original’s dumb charms — and David Hasselhoff.
- 6/22/2018
- by Wrap TV Team
- The Wrap
Shooting TV pilots isn’t for everyone. They require extensive prep work and the ability to think on one’s feet. But those are the kinds of things at which Checco Varese has become expert.
After starting as a camera assistant for National Geographic Films in Peru and getting a couple of dozen NatGeo documentaries under his belt, he became a news cameraman for NBC, CNN and BBC. For 14 years he filmed in war-torn areas under sensitive circumstances — an occupation that required him to be a fixer as well as a gatherer of images. He would drop into a location and get things ready for the rest of the crew to come in and help him tell the story.
While building the visual DNA for a new series isn’t exactly the same as working in a war zone, the ability to be ready for anything has made Varese the go-to guy for TV pilots.
After starting as a camera assistant for National Geographic Films in Peru and getting a couple of dozen NatGeo documentaries under his belt, he became a news cameraman for NBC, CNN and BBC. For 14 years he filmed in war-torn areas under sensitive circumstances — an occupation that required him to be a fixer as well as a gatherer of images. He would drop into a location and get things ready for the rest of the crew to come in and help him tell the story.
While building the visual DNA for a new series isn’t exactly the same as working in a war zone, the ability to be ready for anything has made Varese the go-to guy for TV pilots.
- 5/24/2018
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
My Box Prods., the Paris-based company behind hit short-format series “Bref” and the critically acclaimed documentary “A voix haute,” is upping the ante with several uplifting documentaries, a “Serge le Mytho” feature spinoff and a drama series.
The company, founded by French siblings Harry and Anna Tordjman, is set to produce three new high-concept, highly cinematic documentaries, including Marine Barnérias’s “Rosy,” Mathias Pardo’s “Just Kids” and Coline Abert’s “Last Dance.”
Lensed by rising cinematographer Paavo Hanninen, “Last Dance” explores the world of Vinsantos Defonte, an icon of the U.S. drag scene in New Orleans. For more than 20 years, Defonte has been performing and teaching the art of transformation at the New Orleans Drag Workshop, driven by his political and artistic engagement. As he’s getting ready to retire due to health problems, Vinsantos has one last dream: to put on a final show in Paris.
French...
The company, founded by French siblings Harry and Anna Tordjman, is set to produce three new high-concept, highly cinematic documentaries, including Marine Barnérias’s “Rosy,” Mathias Pardo’s “Just Kids” and Coline Abert’s “Last Dance.”
Lensed by rising cinematographer Paavo Hanninen, “Last Dance” explores the world of Vinsantos Defonte, an icon of the U.S. drag scene in New Orleans. For more than 20 years, Defonte has been performing and teaching the art of transformation at the New Orleans Drag Workshop, driven by his political and artistic engagement. As he’s getting ready to retire due to health problems, Vinsantos has one last dream: to put on a final show in Paris.
French...
- 5/12/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
London-based FremantleMedia is on board to co-develop, co-produce and handle global distribution on “Fertile Crescent,” an ambitious drama set in the Middle East which is being created by the talent behind “False Flag,” Maria Feldman.
Spiro Films’s Eitan Mansuri, the producer of “When Heroes Fly,” is lead-producing “Fertile Crescent” with Haut et Court TV, the French outfit behind “The Young Pope,” “The Last Panthers” and the original “The Returned.” On top of creating and co-writing the series, Feldman is also co-producing via her banner Masha Productions. Amit Cohen, who co-created “False Flag” with Feldman, is co-writing “Fertile Crescent.”
Christian Vesper, FremantleMedia’s executive vice president and creative director at FremantleMedia’s drama team, will serve as executive producer on “Fertile Crescent.” Vesper said FremantleMedia started tracking “Fertile Crescent” after discovering it last year at Series Mania where it won the best project award.
Vesper had previously collaborated with “Haut...
Spiro Films’s Eitan Mansuri, the producer of “When Heroes Fly,” is lead-producing “Fertile Crescent” with Haut et Court TV, the French outfit behind “The Young Pope,” “The Last Panthers” and the original “The Returned.” On top of creating and co-writing the series, Feldman is also co-producing via her banner Masha Productions. Amit Cohen, who co-created “False Flag” with Feldman, is co-writing “Fertile Crescent.”
Christian Vesper, FremantleMedia’s executive vice president and creative director at FremantleMedia’s drama team, will serve as executive producer on “Fertile Crescent.” Vesper said FremantleMedia started tracking “Fertile Crescent” after discovering it last year at Series Mania where it won the best project award.
Vesper had previously collaborated with “Haut...
- 4/10/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Pascal Breton’s Federation Entertainment has acquired international rights to “Mytho,” a series drama which will be directed by Fabrice Gobert, the creator of Canal Plus’s hit supernatural series “The Returned.”
The series is being produced by Bruno Nahon at Unité de Production. The seasoned French producer is behind a flurry of critically acclaimed films, notably Cyril Mennegun’s “Louise Wimmer,” Nabil Ayouch’s “Razzia,” and series such as “Ainsi soient-ils” (“Churchmen”), which is one of Arte’s most popular series.
“Mytho,” which comprises six one-hour episodes, will topline French actress Marina Hands (“Tell No One,” “Lady Chatterley”) as Elvira, a loving and caring wife who finds herself on the edge of burnout. One day, she starts suspecting her husband of having an affair, and on the spur of the moment, she pretends that she is sick, a small white lie that will have huge consequences.
“Mytho” has been commissioned by Franco-German network Arte.
The series is being produced by Bruno Nahon at Unité de Production. The seasoned French producer is behind a flurry of critically acclaimed films, notably Cyril Mennegun’s “Louise Wimmer,” Nabil Ayouch’s “Razzia,” and series such as “Ainsi soient-ils” (“Churchmen”), which is one of Arte’s most popular series.
“Mytho,” which comprises six one-hour episodes, will topline French actress Marina Hands (“Tell No One,” “Lady Chatterley”) as Elvira, a loving and caring wife who finds herself on the edge of burnout. One day, she starts suspecting her husband of having an affair, and on the spur of the moment, she pretends that she is sick, a small white lie that will have huge consequences.
“Mytho” has been commissioned by Franco-German network Arte.
- 4/6/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Halt and Catch Fire alum Toby Huss has been cast as a series regular and The Oath‘s Katrina Law and Leah Gibson are set for major recurring roles in Sacred Lies (working title), a half-hour drama, that has been given a 10-episode series order by Facebook Watch. The series hails from indie studio Blumhouse Television and is created and executive produced by Raelle Tucker (True Blood) and Scott Winant, who directs.
Based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and adapted and updated by Tucker, Sacred Lies is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader.
Huss will play the Prophet. Law will portray Miss Bailey and Gibson is Vivienne.
Huss most recently played the series regular role of John Bosworth in...
Based on the classic Grimm Brothers tale The Handless Maiden and Stephanie Oakes’ novel The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, and adapted and updated by Tucker, Sacred Lies is about a handless teen who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader.
Huss will play the Prophet. Law will portray Miss Bailey and Gibson is Vivienne.
Huss most recently played the series regular role of John Bosworth in...
- 4/2/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Day 3 of our discussion of streaming TV services specializing in foreign programming.
Of the three, Walter Presents is the most unique, offering only foreign-language programming. Before you ask, there is no dubbing into English, and you will have to be prepared to read subtitles (in English, of course).
But is that any different than traveling to a foreign country and not preparing some phrases in their language before you go? Just because you want to travel the world to see the splendors you've only seen in magazines doesn't mean you can expect every native to speak your language for your convenience.
That's why we have Walter Presents. Whether it's true that Walter personally picks every drama or not, the service does a good job selling the idea. Walter takes the time to personally introduce many of the available shows. It gives you a comfortable feeling before you head...
Of the three, Walter Presents is the most unique, offering only foreign-language programming. Before you ask, there is no dubbing into English, and you will have to be prepared to read subtitles (in English, of course).
But is that any different than traveling to a foreign country and not preparing some phrases in their language before you go? Just because you want to travel the world to see the splendors you've only seen in magazines doesn't mean you can expect every native to speak your language for your convenience.
That's why we have Walter Presents. Whether it's true that Walter personally picks every drama or not, the service does a good job selling the idea. Walter takes the time to personally introduce many of the available shows. It gives you a comfortable feeling before you head...
- 3/24/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Just when you think you’re out of the Dick Wolf universe, they pull you right back in: Jeremy Sisto, who starred in Wolf’s Law & Order, has joined the cast of Wolf’s upcoming CBS drama F.B.I., our sister site Deadline is reporting.
F.B.I., starring Zeeko Zaki (Valor) and Connie Nielsen (Boss), centers on the inner workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office. Sisto will play the Assistant Special Agent in Charge, who serves as the nerve center of the office.
The 13-episode drama from the uber-prolific Wolf earned a straight-to-series order back in September.
F.B.I., starring Zeeko Zaki (Valor) and Connie Nielsen (Boss), centers on the inner workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office. Sisto will play the Assistant Special Agent in Charge, who serves as the nerve center of the office.
The 13-episode drama from the uber-prolific Wolf earned a straight-to-series order back in September.
- 3/9/2018
- TVLine.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… A slow, mild exploration of guilt, grief, bigotry, and militant sectarianism, all in the context of a treatment for a zombie virus. Tepid and frustratingly underdeveloped, with few surprises. I’m “biast” (pro): love a good zombie movie…
I’m “biast” (con): …but it’s rare to find anything fresh in the subgenre
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
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A few years after a global zombie outbreak has been quelled, the city of Dublin is preparing to release the last of those cured of the virus back into the population. Cured Sean (Sam Keeley: Megan Leavey) is taken in by his widowed sister-in-law, American journalist Abbie (Ellen Page: Flatliners), and her young son, Cillian (Oscar Nolan); her generosity comes in the face of not only the generalized animosity, mistrust,...
I’m “biast” (con): …but it’s rare to find anything fresh in the subgenre
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
A few years after a global zombie outbreak has been quelled, the city of Dublin is preparing to release the last of those cured of the virus back into the population. Cured Sean (Sam Keeley: Megan Leavey) is taken in by his widowed sister-in-law, American journalist Abbie (Ellen Page: Flatliners), and her young son, Cillian (Oscar Nolan); her generosity comes in the face of not only the generalized animosity, mistrust,...
- 2/23/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Have you seen The Walking Dead? If you have, then chances are you have also seen one of the up-and-comers of the 21st century, Katelyn Nacon. She plays Enid on the AMC zombie series, but made her first television appearance on ABC’s Resurrection. This show ran for two seasons, and was based on the novel by Jason Mott called The Returned. In addition, Nacon went viral on YouTube after making an appearance on Adult Swim’s Too Many Cooks. She also plays a primary role in T@gged, which is a web series produced by AwesomenessTV. Of course, most people don’t know
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Katelyn Nacon...
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Katelyn Nacon...
- 1/9/2018
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Jack Ryan may not be quite the international figure James Bond has become, but the analyst-turned-field agent has taken on almost as many forms over the years. After first appearing in the pages of Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October” in 1984, Alec Baldwin originated the onscreen character in the 1990 film. Then came the Harrison Ford era of “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger,” before Ben Affleck (“The Sum of All Fears”) and Chris Pine (“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”) stepped in for solo stints.
Now, it’s John Krasinski’s turn, and the former “Office” star is looking to leave a lasting mark in “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.”
Read More:‘Jack Ryan’: Amazon’s TV Series Is Inspired by the Harrison Ford Movies, Debuts in 2018
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Now, it’s John Krasinski’s turn, and the former “Office” star is looking to leave a lasting mark in “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.”
Read More:‘Jack Ryan’: Amazon’s TV Series Is Inspired by the Harrison Ford Movies, Debuts in 2018
Unveiled during the upcoming Amazon series’ New York Comic-Con panel, the first trailer finds Krasinski furthering his action star bonafides. Though...
- 10/7/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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