Discovery Plus to Premiere Provocative Docuseries ‘The Program: Prison Detox’ Aug. 25 (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Leading Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar has revealed the first trailer for its magnum opus series “The Empire.” The eight-episode series is based on Alex Rutherford’s bestselling “Empire of the Moghuls” novels, a racy, fictionalized version of the history of the Moghul empire, which dominated South Asia from 1526 to 1720.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorHGTV’s Property Brothers, Tina Knowles-Lawson and Guy Fieri are among the producers set to deliver a slate of five original unscripted series for Discovery Plus that will run on the streamer under the banner of Oprah Winfrey’s OWN.The news that OWN is stepping up its presence on the Discovery Plus streamer comes a day after the parent company disclosed in its second quarter earnings that it has about 18 million total direct-to-consumer subscribers across its

Naman Ramachandran Streaming service Discovery Plus is cranking up the Bollywood star factor for its India originals slate, which was revealed on Wednesday.Bollywood stars Anil Kapoor (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Ananya Panday (“Khaali Peeli”), Nora Fatehi (“Street Dancer 3D”) and musician Badshah (“Saaho”) will feature in the second season of “Star vs Food,” where Bollywood celebrities and chefs cook for friends and family.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLondon-based world film sales and production company Taskovski Films has picked up Karol Palka’s feature-length documentary “Bucolic,” which plays in the Critics’ Week section of the Locarno Film Festival.The Polish film is described as “a parable about people living in a different way, an affectionate observation that invites curiosity about their world and a desire for a closer look.”It centers on Danusia and her daughter Basia, who “live far away

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVizio is adding two more premium streamers to its smart TVs: The company announced deals to soon provide Discovery Plus and ViacomCBS’s BET Plus to the Vizio SmartCast platform.Discovery Plus, the recently launched non-fiction streaming service, will be available on Vizio SmartCast by September. BET Plus, which offers thousands of hours of movies, TV shows, stage plays and more from Black creators, will be coming to SmartCast on Aug.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLee Jeeyoung has been appointed by Discovery Inc. to become its senior VP of Asia-Pacific content strategy and GM for both Japan and Korea.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFernando León de Aranoa’s “The Good Boss,” starring Javier Bardem, Alejandro Amenábar’s first drama series “La Fortuna,” and Carlos Saura’s “Rosa Rosae.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced today films from around the globe that are included in the Contemporary World Cinema programme presented by Sun Life and the Discovery programme presented by Dyson as part of the Toronto International Film Festival’s 46th edition, plus recently confirmed additional Gala and Special Presentations titles.

MK2 Films has sold Cannes buzz pic The Worst Person In The World to MUBI following an auction for UK/Ire rights. The buyers has also taken Indian rights.

Neon has picked up U.S.

Mk2 Films has sold Cannes buzz pic The Worst Person In The World to Parasite distributor NEON following a tussle for North American rights, we can reveal.

Caroline Polachek is gearing up the release of new music set to arrive tomorrow (July 14).The US musician took to social media last night (July 12) to share a picture of herself looking in a car’s pink rearview mirror, teasing something called ‘Bunny Is A Rider’.“BUNNY IS A RIDER .

The Emmys are coming and they’ve got a host.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has acquired “Best Sellers,” a comedy with Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza about a pair of misfits that has a literary twist. The deal is for all U.S.

Director Joachim Trier has developed quite a relationship with the Cannes Film Festival over the years. Two of his films, 2011’s “Oslo, August 31st” and 2015’s “Louder Than Bombs,” have premiered at the festival, and he also served as the Jury President for the 57th Independent Critics’ Week at Cannes in 2018.

Midway through “The Worst Person in the World,” everything stops. Everyone in the streets of Oslo is frozen in an instant.

A sharp and poignant look at how one’s supposedly best years pass by so quickly you barely realize it, The Worst Person in the World is loaded with freshly observed intimate moments that make up the things of life. For about two-thirds of the way, director Joachim Trier and his co-writer Eskil Vogt keep this study of a smart, vibrant young woman alive with inventive scenes brimming with play and sex.

Ben Croll As he set out on “The Worst Person in the World,” which premiered July 8 in competition at Cannes, director Joachim Trier wasn’t looking to expand what he informally calls the Oslo Trilogy.Having worked stateside with 2015’s “Louder Than Bombs” and in genre with 2017’s “Thelma,” the Norwegian filmmaker just felt the need for a kind of soft reset.“My co-writer Eskil [Vogt] and I wanted to go back to basics, back to the form we started out with — human stories, in this case about love,”