Annapurna acquired out of the festival this year for $2 million and will be released in partnership with MGM’s Orion Pictures. Parker also spent three years at CAA in the motion picture talent and non-fiction departments.
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EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal and The Picture Company won a competitive auction for feature rights to Shipworm, a podcast by Two-Up.
The script will be written by Zack Akers, who wrote the podcast which was released last month. Skip Bronkie produced it. The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona & Alex Heineman will produce the film under their overall deal at Studiocanal. Bronke will be executive producer.
Shipworm is the fourth podcast from Two-Up partners Akers and Bronkie, whose Limetown was turned
Annapurna acquired out of the festival this year for $2 million and will be released in partnership with MGM’s Orion Pictures. Parker also spent three years at CAA in the motion picture talent and non-fiction departments.
EXCLUSIVE: Coming off her series regular role on Netflix’s hit series Bridgerton, Ruby Barker has signed on to star in Studiocanal and The Picture Company’s high-concept horror/thriller Baghead which shoots in Berlin, Germany this autumn.
Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhowre want to help others discover “what makes partnerships work” with their new podcast. The couple – who tied the knot in 2019 – recently launched a new podcast titled ‘Coupledom’ through Audible, and have said the goal for the show is to have “conversations” with other famous pairings that get to the core of what makes their partnership tick.
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy-nominated comedian, actor, singer and satirist, Randy Rainbow is partnering with Sean Hayes Hazy Mills Productions on a new podcast endeavor. The goal is to bring Randy’s sensational style of parody to audio while also incorporating a new form of interview not yet seen in the podcast space.
Naman Ramachandran Paris-headquartered content creator Asacha Media Group (AMG) has acquired a majority stake in the U.K.’s Red Planet Pictures, producers of hit shows “Sanditon” and “Death in Paradise.”Red Planet, led by joint MDs, Belinda Campbell and Alex Jones, was founded in 2006 by showrunner Tony Jordan, who now serves as executive chair.
Red Planet Pictures, the UK drama producer behind BBC/PBS series Death In Paradise, has sold a majority stake to Asacha Media Group, the emerging Paris-based production group founded by three former Endemol Shine and Zodiak executives. Financial details were not disclosed.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAdd “podcast host” to Elizabeth Banks’ multihyphenate résumé.Banks has inked a multi-project development and first-look deal with Audible. The actor-producer-writer-director has set up two exclusive podcast projects with Audible under the pact: “My Body, My Podcast,” hosted by Banks, above sex, motherhood and more; and “Fugly,” a scripted ensemble comedy.The six-episode “My Body, My Podcast” is scheduled to debut July 29, exclusively on Audible.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKino Lorber has acquired all North American rights to the Amos Gitai Film Collection, comprising 22 films by the award-winning bold Israeli director of Cannes’ Palme d’Or contenders “Kippur,” BAFTA-winning “Kadosh,” and “Free Zone” with Natalie Portman. Gitai’s latest film, “Laila in Haifa” (pictured), which featured Israeli and Palestinian actors, world premiered at Venice in 2020.
She previously declared he was The One, but Ferne McCann was forced to call it quits with boyfriend Jack Padgett after realising they had no future together, a source told new! magazine. “Ferne really loved Jack and they had a great time together,” the source said.
wife Sabrina Dhowre. The Luther star and his spouse have signed up for an Audible-exclusive podcast called Coupledom, where they will discuss the trials and tribulations they have faced throughout their relationship.
wife Sabrina Dhowre. The Luther star and his spouse have signed up for an Audible-exclusive podcast called Coupledom, where they will discuss the trials and tribulations they have faced throughout their relationship.
Writer-Producer Laeta Kalogridis and New Republic Pictures’ President Bradley Fischer have taken the film and television rights to the entire library of Adam Roche’s podcast, The Secret History of Hollywood.
EXCLUSIVE: The final years and death of radio legend and entertainer Casey Kasem is explored in a new documentary podcast series narrated by The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai star Martin Kove.
Gallery: The funniest couples in showbusiness (Espresso) The two told the outlet their marriage is "forever growing and changing and evolving" and they can't wait to "share" their own experiences in an effort to help other couples find lasting love, too. "It was us wanting and finding ourselves having these conversations about what makes partnerships work," said Sabrina.
Naman Ramachandran “Luther” actor Idris Elba and Sabrina Elba have launched Audible original podcast “Coupledom with Idris and Sabrina Elba.”The six-part podcast created by actor, producer and DJ Idris Elba, and model and co-founder of S’able Labs, Sabrina Elba, sees them dig into what makes successful relationships thrive with some of the world’s most renowned duos.Guests include Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian West, Ben and Jerry, Christian Louboutin and Mika, Nadiya and Abdal Hussain, Tommy
Ferne McCann recently separated from her boyfriend Jack Padgett six months after going public with their romance. Now, the 30 year old star, who showed off her epic garden at her new home, has been posting about how there is "nothing so stable as change" after splitting from the model.
Broadway received the musical equivalent of an engraved invitation last night when Lin-Manuel Miranda joined Jimmy Fallon in a star-packed stage-themed production number on The Tonight Show, with the two, alongside Jimmy Smits, Olga Merediz, Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth and Christopher Jackson, heralding the industry’s imminent return.
The New Yorker, in which she wrote about crying inside her local Korean grocery store after her mother passed away from terminal cancer. The book found Zauner reckoning with her relationship with her mother as well as time spent in Seoul with her grandmother.
EXCLUSIVE: Vortex Media has acquired the catalogue of Canadian independent distributor ABMO Films. In addition to the acquisition deal, ABMO Films founder Matt Orenstein will assume the role of Vice President, Acquisitions and Strategy at Vortex.