Joe Otterson TV ReporterLila Byock has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Signature, Variety has learned exclusively.Byock spent five years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine.
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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSky Studios and leading Nordic producer Sagafilm have renewed their multi-year development and distribution deal following the recent success of the Icelandic drama series “Sisterhood.”Sagafilm entered a partnership with Sky Studios, the European production and commissioning arm for Sky Original, back in 2019.
Under the renewed pact, Sky Studios will continue to co-develop Sagafilm’s scripted series and have a first-look option to distribute them, in
.Joe Otterson TV ReporterLila Byock has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Signature, Variety has learned exclusively.Byock spent five years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine.
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Budnick’s One Community has optioned Chase Millsap and Charley Dane’s script No Way in Hell, and will produce it for film with Gunpowder & Sky and Mazo Partners.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIn first phase sales, Alief has closed multiple major territories across Europe and Asia on “Cop Secret,” one of the key titles marking as move towards the mainstream in the lineup at August’s Locarno Festival, where it had its world premiere.Made on the near eve of this year’s American Film Market, the sales announcement comes after the comedy action romp bowed in its native Iceland on Oct.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentHit Arabic TV show “Al Hayba,” about a family of arms smugglers working the border between Syria and Lebanon, is set for a Turkish adaptation in a milestone deal inked between prominent Lebanese film and TV production company Cedars Art Production and Turkish TV powerhouse Ay Yapim (“Forbidden Love”).The “Al Hayba” agreement between Cedars Art and Ay Yapim marks the first international adaptation of an Arabic longform format in recent times and also the
EXCLUSIVE: Magilla Entertainment, the company behind TLC’s Long Island Medium and Discovery’s Moonshiners, is teaming up with Prisoner of Love producer Two Fifteen West Entertainment.
.“Kardea quickly became a rising star when she joined Food Network in 2019,” Courtney White, president of Food Network and streaming food content at Discovery Inc, told TheWrap. “Her food and storytelling really resonate with our audience and we look forward to delivering more of her unique culinary voice in the future.”Brown added: “I’m so excited to continue this journey with Discovery Inc.
EXCLUSIVE: Danica McKellar, longtime star of holiday movies for Hallmark Channel, is getting into business with GAC Media. McKellar has signed a four-picture deal to star in and executive produce original films for the company’s flagship networks, GAC Family and GAC Living. For her first project, McKellar stars in and executive produces the original movie, The Winter Palace premiering in January 2022 on GAC Family.
Björk has shared some details of what to expect from her next album, including its readiness for at-home clubbing, in a new interview.The Icelandic musician has been working on the follow-up to her last record, 2017’s ‘Utopia’, in recent months.In an interview with Iceland’s national broadcaster RÚV, Björk said her 10th studio album is “for people who are making clubs at home in their living room, restricted to their ‘Christmas bubble’”.Of the record’s sound, she described it as being like “a
the since-departed Emily VanCamp), just episodes prior. «Conrad losing Nic is a terrible tragedy and we felt like if we were going to tell a true story of grief, it would last for a really long time. And I don't think we wanted to spend multiple episodes, 10, however long it takes for a man to lose the love of his life and the mother of his 9-month-old child.
Robbie Neilson is confident of tying Scotland hero Craig Gordon down on an extended contract - joking the Hearts number one is in line for a new 15-YEAR deal!
EXCLUSIVE: Redbox has set a multi-year distribution deal with Lionsgate for the release of Redbox Entertainment titles and also stocking Redbox streaming services with Lionsgate library fare.
The NFL has set another multiplatform deal for this season’s wild card playoff games.
Manchester City are expected to announce a bumper new deal for Phil Foden keeping him at the club until 2027.
EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios and DBK Studios are partnering on a five-part short film series that will spotlight the UK’s emerging black and diverse talent, with filmmakers including an assistant on Rapman’s Blue Story and the lead actress from E4’s Russel T Davies show Banana.
Health officials have released the latest coronavirus data for every local authority area in Scotland.
Everyone knows that Scots and the rest of the UK love a good pie and a Greggs pastry, and now fans can rejoice as the bakery's steak pies and creamy chicken pies have landed in Iceland.
Manori Ravindran International EditorGlobal markets can’t seem to get enough of lego.South Korea is the latest country to sign up for a local adaptation of Fox reality competition series “Lego Masters.” Distributor Banijay Rights has sold the format into leading broadcaster MBC, which will air and co-produce the hit show’s Korean debut with Los Angeles- and Seoul-based production company B&C Content.The deal will see “Lego Masters” become the only non-Korean unscripted format to air on
Lupin,” Netflix and French star Omar Sy have entered a multi-year feature film deal.