Former HBO Max Exec Launches Cocoa Media to Bring Large Turkish Drama Library to Global FAST Channels (EXCLUSIVE)

So when are HBO‘s biggest hits returning to the small screen? THR reports that network head Casey Bloys had some answers this morning at a press conference for HBO and Max‘s 2024 release calendars. The good news? “House Of The Dragon” returns for Season 2 in “early summer” 2024.

In what will be welcome news for the UK sector, former Lionsgate UK & Europe CEO and Marv Studios Group CEO Zygi Kamasa is launching a new UK theatrical distributor called True Brit Entertainment, which will focus exclusively on British feature films and TV.

Guests won’t be able to check in to the third season of The White Lotus until 2025.

EXCLUSIVE: Yellowstone star Kelly Reilly and Oscar nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, And Good Luck) are in final negotiations to join Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Boyd Holbrook (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) in Last Meals.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Fans of “The White Lotus” or those looking forward to the “It’ prequel series at HBO and Max will likely be waiting for a while longer. “‘Welcome to Derry,’ we had had that scheduled for Halloween of 2024.

Paramount Combines Streamers Pluto & My5 In UK

EXCLUSIVE: The Exchange is launching international sales rights on sci-fi action film World Breaker.

EXCLUSIVE: The National Film Authority of Ghana (NFA) has set the lineup for it’s inaugural Africa Cinema Summit (ACS) in Accra, hosted in partnership with FilmOne Group (Nigeria) and Silverbird Cinema (Ghana). 

Green Day‘s upcoming new album ‘Saviors’ features a photograph that was taken during the Troubles in Belfast.The Billie Joe Armstrong-led trio announced their 14th full-length record yesterday (October 24) and shared the single ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’, which they’d debuted at an intimate show in Las Vegas last week.The cover includes a black-and-white image of a young boy holding a rock and standing in front of a fire in the middle of a road. Green Day’s band name appears in a pink logo above the picture, with the album title featured below it.As BBC News reports, the photo in question was shot during a 1978 riot on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Naman Ramachandran Fremantle has launched dedicated free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel, The Jamie Oliver Channel, for U.S. audiences on free streaming television service Pluto TV.

Recent docs on Indigenous peoples in the United States emphasize the troubled, tragic legacy between Native Americans and the US government, like “Lakota Nation Vs. United States.” Others, like Showtime‘s “Murder In Big Horn,” chart ongoing issues like the murdered and missing indigenous women crisis and the media and government’s relative neglect to take it seriously.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Turkish producer Onur Güvenatam founded OGM Pictures in 2019, and has since shepherded a steady stream of hit series and movies such as drama “The Red Room,” the widely-sold “Golden Boy” and “One Way for Tomorrow,” the first Netflix original film out of Turkey. For Netflix, OGM has also made Turkish original film “Paper Lives” and the series “The Gift.” Güvenatam is at Mipcom with new shows “Stickman” (Çöp Adam), “Miracle of Love” (Yüz Yıllık Mucize), and “Broken Destiny,” (Toprak ile Fidan) being sold by his recently launched in-house sales company OGM Universe. He spoke to Variety about the secret to OGM’s success, and vented frustrations about the business model imposed by U.S.

Eva Longoria and Cris Abrego, two of the most high-profile Latinos in Hollywood, have joined forces.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Eva Longoria and Cris Abrego have known each other for 20 years. As two of entertainment’s most prominent Latino figures, they have developed a strong friendship around shared experiences and a similar passion for nurturing creative talent.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Germany’s ZDF Studios is launching a FAST channel in Latin America where regional growth of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) has now outpaced that of the U.S., according to the 2023 Amagi Consumer Survey. By partnering with Atlanta, Georgia-based Castalia Communications, ZDF Studios will be developing a FAST service for the region, tapping its vast catalogue for a selection of drama programming that will be made available in Spanish.

Thousands of people have marched through the centre of Belfast as part of a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is staffing up its unscripted division.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Ryadh-based media conglomerate SRMG has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to launch Asharq Discovery, a free-to-view pan-Arabic-language platform with a lineup that includes shows that have never been seen for free in Arabic before. These include international dating reality TV series “90 Day Fiancé” (pictured), reality shows “Gold Rush” and “Wheeler Dealers” and the Morgan Freeman-hosted science docs program “Through the Wormhole.” Warner Bros.

Even if you haven’t seen one minute of “The Gilded Age,” you can probably guess the series’ vibe based on one name alone—Julian Fellowes. The man who gave the world “Downton Abbey” is the creator of “The Gilded Age,” and as such, he has created what appears to be the true successor to his massively popular British period drama.