Mark Heap Joins ITVX Comedy ‘Significant Other’; ‘Drag Race’ Heads For Asia; ‘What Happened To Dorothy Bell?’ Casting (Exclusive); Nippon TV ATF Formats — Global Briefs
14.11.2022 - 14:31
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Mark Heap & More Join ITVX Drama ‘Significant Other’
Mark Heap (Friday Night Dinner, Spaced), Kéllé Bryan (Me and Mrs Jones) and Shaun Williamson (EastEnders, Extras) are among cast added to ITVX comedy Significant Other. Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Here We Go) and Youssef Kerkour (Stay Close) have already been announced as leads on the show, which is from ITV Studios-owned Quay Street Productions. Further cast unveiled today includes Ben Bailey Smith, Sue Vincent, Olivia Poulet and Will Ash. The series follows the “unromantic romance of two people whose drastic, but fateful, first meeting turns their lives around.” Based on Yes Studios’ Israeli series of the same name, it is currently filming in Manchester, UK and will debut on upcoming streaming service ITVX in 2023. ITV Studios has international distribution rights.
‘Drag Race’ On Starting Grid In Asia
Veteran distributor Gary Pudney’s O4 Media has struck a deal to represent World of Wonder’s Drag Race format across Asia, in territories including Thailand, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. The drag competition format has already been adapted in the UK, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Australia and New Zealand after beginning life in 2009 on U.S. channel Logo TV. O4 will also take spin-off format Secret Celebrity Drag Race into Asia. This sees celebrities attempt to pull off lip sync performances while hiding their true identities behind drag personas.
‘Candyman’ And ‘Elm Street’ Actors Join ‘What Happened To Dorothy Bell?’
EXCLUSIVE: Writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr.’s horror feature What Happened to Dorothy Bell? has added Michael Hargrove and Lisa Wilcox as supporting cast. Billed as a “nightmarish coming-of-age found footage horror,” follows Ozzie