Estonian TV Producers Look to Build on Success of Spy Scandal Drama ‘Traitor’

The Crown jewels are going on sale.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor At the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, the Baltic Film sidebar has showcased an impressive range of work from the Baltic states – Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia – including the post-Soviet documentary “The Last Relic” and the 3D fable “Twittering Soul,” the hand-painted animation “The Peasants” and the Estonian oddity of “Spit in My Face.” A palpable urgency can be felt as these former Soviet countries find themselves once more quite literally on the frontline between Europe and Russia and seek to affirm more keenly their own identity. Leading the way this year has been “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” an intimate documentary of women ridding themselves of their demons in the smoke sauna of the title. Having picked up prizes in Sundance and now Tallinn, the film is heading into the Oscar race as Estonia’s nominee and is in the running in the documentary category also.

Apple TV+ has released some of the first images from The New Look, a World War II-set drama about fashion icons Christian Dior and Coco Chanel starring Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche. The anticipated series from Todd A. Kessler will debut globally with the first three episodes on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 on Apple TV+, followed by one episode every Wednesday through April 3.

While most people who make it far on American Idol are having the time of their lives, others have decided to leave the show in the middle of the competition for various reasons.

We’re finally getting more details about what went down the day Carl Radke ended his engagement to Lindsay Hubbard!

Irina Shayk knows what she’s doing.

Winter Love Island star Ellie Spence has made some explosive claims about ITV "making up" storylines for her season as the real-life scenes were too dramatic to air.The reality TV star took part in this year's winter series of the ITV2 dating show in South Africa, but in a TikTok post she has slammed the series as "boring" and accused producers of "creating false storylines" because she claims they couldn't show what was really going on. In a fan Q and A, Ellie said of her experience: "Can I just say that season was so s***.Thank God that season's been cancelled." She told how on the first day, one of the male contestants had started to pick apart her appearance while she was dressed in just a bikini and said another female contestant had wound up the situation.

Bre Tiesi is responding to the drama surrounding Cassandra Dawn‘s surprise appearance in season 7 of the Netflix show Selling Sunset.

Who should own the intellectual property (IP) of a creative project, and who has the right to earn profits from it? 

upcoming film, “Classified” have sued the former child star for breach of contract.The lawsuit claims that ongoing frictions between the “Little Miss Sunshine” alum, 27, and co-star Aaron Eckhart, 55, stalled production and cost the backers $80,000. According to court docs obtained by Entertainment Tonight, the “Scream Queens” star accused the “In The Company of Men” actor of showing “aggressive, demeaning and unprofessional” behavior towards her on set.The suit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Nov.

UPDATE, 11:58 AM: The two-year old lawsuit between Bohemian Rhapsody writer Anthony McCarten and the producers of the Oscar-winning film is over. 

Producers and animators behind Netflix and Disney's latest releases are giving special talks at Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) this November.

EXCLUSIVE: UK producers are anxious that Channel 4 is scrambling to delay the premiere of more shows until 2024 for political reasons.

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Kirby and Lauren Dark have come aboard as exec producers for Swiss Oscar entry Thunder from writer-director Carmen Jacquier. Kirby & Dark’s Aluna Entertainment will back the awards push for the film in the race for Best International Feature. 

Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has predicted the uptick in foreign productions shot in Australia will fall next year due to the writers and actors strikes in the U.S.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Turkish TV powerhouse Tims & B Productions. The company is coming off the back of launching new drama Another Love in Mipcom last month andSelin Arat, Director of International Operations at the company reveals what next steps are for the prolific producer and why Turkish TV content will continue to punch above its weight in the international arena.  

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Bass, the scribe best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Rain Man, has been set to write and produce Music on the Bones, a new film inspired by real events.

Big Brother fans are convinced producers have been telling housemates what to do in Diary Room, after three contestants shared their life experiences in candid chats ahead of Friday night's eviction. Hallie, Trish and Dylan were all up for eviction after being nominated by their fellow housemates, and during Friday's episode, 27 October, they each took it in turns to chat to Big Brother in the Diary Room, but fans quickly noticed a bizarre pattern between the trio.They each spoke about their life experiences in the Diary Room, going into detail about what they've been through and why they entered the Big Brother house.

Dancing With The Stars was a low point in American culture, but for Tom Bergeron, it was the last straw.Bergeron, who hosted the for fifteen years, tried to stop it. As he recalled on former Dancing With The Stars dance pro Cheryl Burke's podcast, per , in the run-up to the 2020 election, Bergeron argued that the show should refrain from bringing on contestants aligned with either political party so that viewers could forget about the contentious state of politics while watching.So when he got a call from the then-showrunner and a producer telling him Spicer, who'd recently left Trump's White House, was on the list of potential “stars,” Bergeron was staunchly opposed.

James Bond’s many fans will have a long wait for the next 007, it seems.