Cineflix Rights has closed several deals for “Irvine Welsh’s Crime,” starring Dougray Scott (“Mission: Impossible 2,” “Batwoman”) in his International Emmy award-winning lead role. The series has been acquired by Telefonica’s pay TV platform Movistar Plus+ (Spain), SBS (Australia), RTE (Ireland), Blue Entertainment (Switzerland), and Canal+ for viewers in Luxembourg, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia […]

Beta Film’s thriller series “The Couple Next Door,” commissioned by the U.K.’s Channel 4 and Starz in North America, has taken the global market by storm. Beta Film secured major deals in more than 55 territories across the world, including RTL in Germany, RAI in Italy, Amazon in the Netherlands (first window) and RTL in […]

Shout! Studios has reached an agreement with Mercury Studios Media Limited to license exclusive U.S. and Canadian distribution rights including AVOD, SVOD, broadcast, theatrical and non-theatrical distribution rights for a catalog of Monty Python films, specials and performances. This includes perennial favorites such as the landmark sketch comedy TV series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” recently […]

Epsilon Film has revealed the first presales deals for family entertainment film “School of Magical Animals 3” as the latest installment in the hit franchise continues to dominate the German box office. The sales agency has also secured worldwide rights to the recently filmed “School of Magical Animals 4.” Epsilon has closed presale deals on […]

Beta Cinema, Constantin Film, Zeitsprung Pictures and UFA Fiction have unveiled the first look photo of “The Physician II,” the sequel to the hit historical epic. The original film, released in 2013, sold to over 60 territories and became an international box-office hit. In Germany alone, the film earned $42 million at the box office, […]

Leading international TV distributor ITV Studios has revealed that its dating show format “My Mum, Your Dad” has been commissioned by Brazilian streaming platform Globoplay. The Brazilian edition will be the third new international market this year to bring the show to viewers. The Brazilian edition will be produced by Formata. Production is already underway […]

Shout! Studios and Nash Entertainment have signed a multi-title distribution deal to bring a library of unscripted shows to streaming and other digital platforms across all territories. The multi-year deal provides Shout with worldwide rights, including streaming, video-on-demand and digital rights, to over 18 unscripted shows, with more than 600 episodes of entertainment programming. The […]

Children’s entertainment players the Wiggles and Sinking Ship Entertainment have joined forces to develop an animated series based on the Wiggles brand. The Wiggles are an Australian music group formed in 1991 when founder Anthony Field had the idea to make a children’s album. The original lineup was Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page, Jeff Fatt […]

Talpa Studios, the independent global content house founded by John de Mol, has revealed that the internationally successful quiz format “The Floor” has reached a new milestone: in just one and a half years, the format has been sold to 20 countries. Five new territories have joined the list of adaptations, solidifying its position as […]

Teodora Ana Mihai’s “Traffic” was named the winner of the 40th Warsaw Film Festival on Saturday. The film was written by Cristian Mungiu, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes with “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” and stars “Happening” lead actor Anamaria Vartolomei. “Traffic” focuses on Romanian immigrants in Belgium, who go from […]

The seventh edition of CineGouna, the industry arm of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, has updated its core programs to reflect its “commitment to fostering creativity and supporting regional talent in the film industry.” Former CineGouna SpringBoard is now CineGouna Funding, while former CineGouna Bridge is now CineGouna Forum. The former offers financial and artistic […]

Oliver Berben, who took the reins of German production and distribution powerhouse Constantin Film on March 1, faces a German media landscape that is “changing radically and quickly,” he says. In response, he is adjusting the company’s approach to the business. He welcomes the government’s proposed reform of the German Film Law, which will change […]

European distributor Global Screen has unveiled its lineup of drama series that will be launched to buyers at TV market Mipcom next week. Crime thriller “Murder on the Inca Trail” revolves around a murder on the remote Inca Trail, but there are no witnesses, no weapon and no evidence. How can chief inspector Rita Berg […]

Family secrets, misadventures, hidden pasts and personal growth were the fastest-growing themes and topics in Arabic movies and series this year, according to an AI-powered report released ahead of TV market Mipcom by Rise Studios, which is based in Dubai. The popularity of these themes and topics reflects the Middle East and North Africa region’s […]

London-based international documentary sales and production outfit Dogwoof has unveiled the trailer for “I Am Martin Parr,” ahead of its world premiere Thursday at the Rome Film Festival. The documentary, from director Lee Shulman, is a portrait of photographer Martin Parr, who revolutionized contemporary photography by “inventing a political‚ humanist and accessible photographic language,” Dogwoof […]

Global Screen has picked up the international distribution rights (excluding Benelux and Latvia) to Ineke Houtman’s “The Book of Everything,” which is adapted from Guus Kuijer’s autobiographical novel. The Dutch book, which contains scenes of magical realism, has been translated into 14 European languages and Japanese. It was also adapted as a theater play in […]

Fremantle, the production and distribution powerhouse behind hit formats such as “Got Talent” and “Idols,” has unveiled its lineup of original formats heading to next week’s TV market Mipcom in Cannes. The lineup includes recently launched investigative reality series “Master of the Game,” a fresh take on the psychological reality genre from France, and brand-new […]

Berlin-based sales agent Pluto Film has boarded the feature debut “The Jacket” by Mathijs Poppe ahead of its international premiere in IDFA’s Luminous selection. “The Jacket” is a portrait of Jamal Hindawi, a Palestinian man who lives in exile with his family in the Shatila Refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Together with his friends, he […]

ZDF Studios and BlackBox Multimedia have partnered to develop romantic comedy drama “The Little Italian Hotel,” based on the book by best-selling author Phaedra Patrick and adapted for TV by writer Kay Stonham (“Millie Inbetween,” “Life of Riley,” “My Family”). The deal was brokered by ZDF Studios’ director drama Yi Qiao, and Blackbox Multimedia’s managing […]