Manchester United have less than a week to add to their squad this summer - but there is leeway in the global market for them to strike-up further business beyond deadline day.
08.08.2023 - 13:23 / deadline.com
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track… So, we’re going to do the hard work for you.
This week we head to the Wild West of the German online content creator community, where a group of YouTubers have forged an unexpected digital hit in a space usually reserved for traditional TV channels: adventure reality. 7 Vs Wild takes the peril and jeopardy of Alone or Naked & Afraid and gives it a YouTube twist to build communities and followers around its episodes. Amazon Freevee recently picked up rights to launch an original third season, proving digital and linear can work harmoniously together.
Name: 7 Vs WildCountry: GermanyNetworks/streamers: Amazon Freevee, YouTubeProducer: CaliVision Network Distributor: Quintus StudiosFor fans of: Alone, Naked & Afraid, Man Vs Wild
Survival reality, adventure reality or whatever you want to call it has always been the purview of linear TV. The sub-genre propped up schedules for networks such as Discovery and A+E around the world, and the recent American and international success of Alone has proven its longevity. But no one could have predicted that the next iteration would come from the world of German YouTubers.
7 Vs Wild began life after YouTubers Fritz Meinecke, Johannes Hovekamp and Max Kovacs met while shooting a video for a mutual friend in the late 2010s. Meinecke had been active in the outdoor scene for a decade before, shooting videos for eight years, while Hovekamp and Kovacs had been making commercials, docs and
Manchester United have less than a week to add to their squad this summer - but there is leeway in the global market for them to strike-up further business beyond deadline day.
Prince William and Princess Catherine AKA Kate Middleton aren’t too thrilled about Prince Harry‘s upcoming appearance in the UK!
Chile on Wednesday named the anti-colonialist Western The Settlers from first-time feature filmmaker Felipe Gálvez as its official entry for Best International Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
Wolverhampton Wanderers will demand a fee in excess of £60million for Manchester City target Matheus Nunes, according to reports.
Ilker Çatak’s drama The Teachers’ Lounge will represent Germany in the Best International Film Category at the 2024 Oscars.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ed Herzog’s comedy-crime movie “Rehragout Rendezvous” is on the verge of supplanting “Oppenheimer” as the No. 2 film in Germany, behind box office champ “Barbie.” In Austria, “Rehragout Rendezvous” is the top film. “Rehragout Rendezvous” is the ninth in the Bavarian Eberhofer franchise, centering on laid-back cop Franz Eberhofer, who battles crime in a small town in the state of Bavaria, Southern Germany.
Arctic Monkeys have announced a run of arena shows in Ireland for 2023 – you can find all the details below.The Sheffield band are due to play three headline gigs at the 3Arena in Dublin on October 15, 17 and 19. Additionally, they’ll take to the stage at the SSE Arena in Belfast on October 16.Miles Kane is set to appear as a “special guest” support act at each of the new dates, which will bring AM’s ‘The Car’ world tour to a close.The Monkeys were forced to cancel a concert at Marlay Park in Dublin earlier this summer after frontman Alex Turner came down with acute laryngitis.Per a press release, previous ticketholders for the original date will be sent a unique access code and given 72-hour priority pre-sale access to buy tickets, starting at 9am BST this Friday (August 25).All remaining tickets will be made available at 9am BST next Tuesday (August 29) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.
Bob Dylan has announced a run of North American live dates for 2023 – find all the details below.The legendary singer-songwriter is due to continue his ongoing ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’ world tour in the US and Canada this autumn.Kicking off with two shows in Kansas City (October 1, 2), the upcoming leg also includes stop-offs in Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Toronto and Montreal, among other cities.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (August 25) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Pre-sales are set to go live at the same time on Thursday (24), details of which can be found via the same link.According to an official announcement on social media, “more dates will be posted soon”.
EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Inshallah a Boy, the directorial debut of Amjad Al Rasheed which world premiered during the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week and is set to have its North American debut at TIFF next month.
As England’s Lionesses prepare to make history with their first ever Women’s World Cup final in Sydney Australia, one name that will surely be on everyone’s lips is team captain Millie Bright.The 29 year old football superstar has wowed fans around the world wit her performance on the pitch and was even able to lead England to the first World Cup final the country has seen since the men’s team took on West Germany back in 1966! As die hard fans will know, England won that fateful match, with many fans hoping that the Lionesses can repeat that success while taking on Spain on Sunday August 20. So who is the Team Captain hoping to inspire success and guide her fellow players to victory? Early Life Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Millie actually first started her life far from the lure of football pitches, as her early love was actually horses.
Hilary Duff is already being flooded… with jokes.The unique spelling of the hurricane — which increased to a Category 4 on Friday morning — means Duff is one of the rare «Hilarys» who shares her exact first name with the worrisome storm, a fact she lamented on her Instagram Story on Thursday.«I've gotten so many texts, it's like my birthday,» she wrote. «They couldn't have gone with two Ls?»It doesn't help, of course, that one of Duff's most popular singles, 2003's «Come Clean,» features the chorus, «Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams / Let it wash away my sanity / 'Cause I wanna feel the thunder, I wanna scream / Let the rain fall down, I'm coming clean.»Duff's husband, Matthew Koma, even got in on the joke, taking to TikTok to share a video of himself in the couple's kitchen.«Hey, so I've been living in the eye of Hurricane Hilary for a couple years now, and I just wanted to hop on here and show you guys what it's like,» he teased, as his wife fired back some Category 5 side-eye.Hurricane Hilary is expected to reduce in intensity by the time it makes landfall, however, it still could potentially be the first tropical storm to hit Southern California since September 1939 — in which a tropical storm hit Long Beach, causing dozens of fatalities.
Harrison Ford would like some more cuddly critters to bear his name.
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its Primetime programme for 2023 which includes the world premieres of Bad Boy and All the Light We Cannot See.
Roy Trakin It’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which means John Lydon, the artist formerly known as the Sex Pistols’ infamous rabblerouser Johnny Rotten, is glued to the 55” flat screen TV in the Malibu home he shared with his beloved wife, Nora Forster, until she passed away in April after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Lydon remained deeply devoted to his wife of 44 years — who was also mother of the Slits’ singer Arri Up and heiress to a German media/publishing empire — refusing to leave her care to others.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.The actor, who achieved worldwide fame as Ferris Bueller in the 1987 teen comedy, explained how it was “hard” for people to get on board with his later roles.Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, Broderick said: “I did have nice early success. But it’s not easy to maintain that first flush. It’s always a hard adjustment for child actors, young actors.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Production has kicked off on “A Better Place,” which is produced by Komplizen Serien and Studiocanal Series in Germany. Komplizen Serien, headed by David Keitsch, is the TV arm of leading movie production company Komplizen Film, whose credits include “Spencer,” for which Kristen Stewart was Oscar-nominated, and “Toni Erdmann,” which was Oscar-nominated in the foreign language film category. “A Better Place” is the first German TV show to be produced by Studiocanal Series, the German TV arm of the French production powerhouse.
Farewell SteffenI have no real words and it’s still a shock that Steffen, our Stevie B-Zet, has passed away last…Posted by Ralf Hildenbeutel on Wednesday, August 2, 2023As highlighted by MixMag, B-Zet not only helped to pioneer the sound of trance music in the 1990s, he also spent a large portion of his career working closely with Sven Väth – including forming the project Astral Pilot together.Väth also took to social media to pay tribute to the musician, describing him as both “an exceptionally talented musician” and “a wonderful person whose sensitive nature and dedication to music touched us all”.“With deepest sorrow, today I remember our beloved friend and music partner, Steffen Britzke, known under the artist name Steve B-Zet,” he began. “Countless hours we spent in the studio, laughing, dreaming, and making music.
Greta Gerwig is making history! Three weeks after its debut in theaters, Barbie has surpassed $1 billion at the box office, making Gerwig the first female director to hit this box office milestone as a solo director.In a statement, Warner Bros. said the fantasy-comedy movie has taken in $459 million from domestic theaters — counting the United States and Canada — and another $572.1 million overseas since it hit theaters, for a total of $1.0315 billion.
Stand Up To Cancer is back with their SU2C fundraising special that is set to air on Saturday, August 19 at 8 p.m. ET with a star-studded list of celebrities.
Naman Ramachandran Declining TV advertising revenues in the German-speaking region have contributed to revenues and profits plunging at media giant ProSiebenSat.1. Quarterly results published on Thursday reveal that the group’s revenues declined from €1.04 billion ($1.14 billion) in 2022 to €868 million ($950 million) this year.