EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has taken North American and UK rights to Emerson Moore’s feature film directorial debut Escape the Field, Deadline can tell you first.
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2021 Oscar winner Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) has set up her second feature as a director with MRC Film, with production expected to kick off this summer.
Details with regard to the plot of the film, also to be penned and produced by Fennell, are being kept under wraps. Deadline understands, though, that it will tell a story of obsession. MRC Film will serve as the studio for Fennell’s latest, with Margot Robbie’s Promising Young Woman producer LuckyChap Entertainment in talks to produce. Casting is underway.
Fennell’s feature directorial debut Promising Young Woman made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and would ultimately bring her the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, along with noms for Best Achievement in Directing and Best Picture. Its star, Carey Mulligan was nominated for Best Actress, with editor Frédéric Thoraval also being recognized.
Prior to the success of Promising Young Woman, Fennell was perhaps best known as a writer and executive producer for the second season of BBC’s hit series Killing Eve. She is also an actor, who was nominated last year for a Supporting Actress Emmy, for her turn as Duchess Camilla Parker-Bowles in the fourth season of Netflix’s The Crown. She has also appeared in films such as Vita & Virginia and The Danish Girl, along with series including Call the Midwife.
Fennell and Andrew Lloyd Webber recently brought a contemporary musical adaptation of Cinderella to the West End. The former multi-hyphenate is also in development, with Stoller Global Solutions and Sony TV, on an anthology series for Showtime.
Fennell is represented by UTA, United Agents (UK), Management 360 and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has taken North American and UK rights to Emerson Moore’s feature film directorial debut Escape the Field, Deadline can tell you first.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Yanagawa,” which this week won the top prize at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas in France, has been set as the opening title of the 17th Osaka Asian Film Festival in Japan. The festival, which runs as an in-person event, March 10-20, 2022 will close with multinational co-production “Miss Osaka.”Yanagawa, was directed by Korean-Chinese auteur Zhang Lu, and was filmed in China and Japan.
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All Of Us Are Dead has helped South Korea set a new record on Netflix in the US.Based on the webtoon Now At Our School by Joo Dong-geun, the series follows a group of high school students who find themselves trapped on campus as a zombie apocalypse spreads like wildfire.After previously topping the charts on Netflix in over 25 countries by January 31, All Of Us Are Dead has now reached the summit of the daily Top 10 list on US Netflix (February 4). As the second non-English-language series to reach that position, the K-drama has helped set a new record for South Korea.Thanks to the success of Squid Game and All Of Us Are Dead, Korea is now the first country to place multiple series not in the English language at the top of the streaming service’s charts, according to Deadline.
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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentApple TV Plus has set a May 6 premiere date for the second season of Israeli-produced International Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller “Tehran.”The new season stars Glenn Close, who appears in the first-look teaser image, and Niv Sultan, who returns as Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, as well as Shaun Toub and Shervin Alenabi. The series will debut with the first two episodes, followed by new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through June 17.The complete first season of “Tehran” is now streaming alongside an expanding slate of Apple Originals from all over the world.“Tehran” was the first non-English language series to be released on Apple’s streaming service in September 2021 after it bought international distribution rights shortly after the show’s original debut in Israel in June 2020.
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Italian broadcaster Rai has revealed the hosts for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s Grammy-wining singer Laura Pausini, Alessandro Cattelan and Lebanese/British pop star Mika are set to host the upcoming 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.The hosts of Eurovision — which boasts an audience of over 180 million viewers, making it the world’s biggest and most-watched song competition — were announced Wednesday during the Sanremo song fest on Italian pubcaster RAI, the host broadcaster of this year’s Eurovision, which will be held May 10, 12 and 14.All three hosts are proficient in English and have plenty of high-profile media experience.Pausini is a 2006 Grammy Award winner for “Escucha” in the best Latin pop album category, one of 13 studio albums she has released, scoring more than 70 million album sales around the world. In 2020, she collaborated with Diane Warren to perform the Oscar-nominated theme song “Io Sì” (Seen) for Sophia Loren-starrer “The Life Ahead.” Cattelan is an experienced TV host, having hosted talent show “The X Factor” in Italy for nine years, including the 2017 edition, which was won by hard rock band Måneskin.
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Simon Cowell has reportedly vowed to stay away from bikes after breaking his arm. The 62-year-old star - who came off his e-bike last week - is said to have narrowly avoided serious injury after flying over his handlebars in the "horror" crash, which comes 18 months after he broke injured his back following a similar fall. A source told MailOnline: "Simon has vowed not to go on a bike again.
Killing Eve has just been released – check it out below.The brand new clip teases the return of the hit BBC drama in the US later this month, as Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer reprise their roles as Eve and Villanelle one more time.Season four of Killing Eve will also star Adeel Akhtar and Call My Agent! star Camille Cottin who both feature in the trailer.You can watch it below:The first two episodes of Killing Eve season four will air on BBC America on February 27 before streaming on iPlayer in the UK directly afterwards.According to Deadline, the final season will see Eve (Oh), Villanelle (Comer), and Carolyn (Fiona Shaw) “in very different places.” Eve is now on a revenge mission, while Carolyn will continue to chase down the assassination organisation The Twelve.Last year, a number of spin-off projects were teased by BBC America, although no specific details were released.Announcing the final season of the show, Comer said in 2021: “Killing Eve has been the most extraordinary journey and one that I will be forever grateful for.“Thank you to all the fans who’ve supported us throughout and come along for the ride. Although all good things come to an end, it’s not over yet.
Manchester City summer-signing Jack Grealish has expressed that he moved to the Etihad to win trophies like the Champions League.
Tyson Fury has spoken out for the first time since his fight with Dillian Whyte was confirmed for April with Cardiff being the most likely destination for what could be one of the biggest British fights of the 21st century.
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EXCLUSIVE: HBO may have found their next murder mystery limited series obsession. In a competitive situation, the premium network, partnered with Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Endeavor Content, have landed the rights to Australian comedian and author Benjamin Stevenson’s new novel, Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone. It will be developed as a limited series.