Viacom18 Studios, Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions Sign Distribution Deal

Richard Kuipers Questions that must be asked and truths that must be told are the driving forces of “The Rapist,” a gripping Indian social drama about a middle-class academic who wants her rapist — who has been sentenced to death and to whom she has fallen pregnant — to tell her exactly why he committed such a crime. One of the best works directed by veteran filmmaker-actor Aparna Sen (“36 Chowringhee Lane,” “Mr.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Amazon Studios has ordered a pilot for the George Lopez-led drama series “Once Upon a Time in Aztlan,” hailing from STXtelevision. The Mexican American multi-award-winning actor, author, comedian and film and TV star is executive producing via his Travieso Productions banner.

The Wheel of Time will keep turning, and with even more characters as the Amazon fantasy series adds Ceara Coveney (The Amazing World of Emma), Natasha O’Keeffe (Peaky Blinders) and Meera Syal (Broadchurch) to its Season 2 cast as series regulars. They will appear opposite star Rosamund Pike and Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford and more.

Sabrina Spellman is heading to “Riverdale”! Kiernan Shipka took to Instagram on Thursday to announce that she’ll appear as her “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” character in season 6 of “Riverdale”.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAGC Studios has hired Solstice Studios executive Crystal Bourbeau as its new president of worldwide sales and distribution.Bourbeau will oversee the domestic and international sales and distribution activity of the “Moonfall” sales firm’s film and television slate, including sales to domestic studios, international distributors, broadcasters and global and regional streaming platforms.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorEmily Morse’s “Sex With Emily” — touted as the industry’s longest-running sex and relationship podcast — has signed a distribution and monetization deal with Acast.The show, which Morse launched in 2005 from her San Francisco apartment, consistently ranks as No. 1 in Apple Podcasts’ sexuality category.

The Spice Girls have signed a deal with Universal Music’s merch business Bravado to hawk all sorts of stuff around the 25th anniversary of the group’s debut album ‘Spice’.The multi-year deal will see Bravado rep the band’s brand for merchandising, direct-to-consumer products and campaigns, and lots of super fun brand and retail licensing nonsense.“We are so excited to be working with Bravado again, especially in this our 25th anniversary year, and are looking forward to collaborating with the

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about Riverdale‘s Season 5 finale, “Riverdale: RIP.”

who lives with him in suburban Ohio, jettisoned its planned Season 2 opener on Aug. 12 when the US pulled out of Afghanistan.Instead, its writers, several of whom are Afghan or Afghan-American, quickly penned a new episode about the impact of the pullout on interpreter Al (Adhir Kalyan) and his best friend, Riley (Parker Young) as the drama unfolded in real time overseas.

Christopher Vourlias When the Soyuz MS-19 spaceship blasts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct.

Back to the grind! Dale Moss blew off some steam after his split from Clare Crawley during a joint workout event with fellow Bachelorette alum Tyler Cameron.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to The Shuroo Process, a comedic drama directed by Emrhys Cooper. Fiona Dourif, Donal Brophy, Tommy Dorfman, Cooper, Rainey Qualley, Olivia Sui, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Jeff Hephner and Cornelia Guest lead the cast of the pic, which will now hit theaters and on-demand day-and-date November 24.

We’re less than one month away from the premiere of Michelle Young‘s season of The Bachelorette and ABC has revealed the 30 men who will be vying for her heart.

Liza Foreman German animation studio Fabian & Fred has boarded Spanish director Isabel Herguera’s animated feature “Sultana,” which is set between a fictional feminist utopia and India under British colonial rule.The Spain-Germany co-production is inspired by a feminist utopian book “Sultana’s Dream,” written in 1905 by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, a Bengali female activist from a village in British India.The two partners are in talks with an Indian partner to join the film, and Herguera is working

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Firefly Lane, headlined by Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, has set four major cast additions for the upcoming second season. Ignacio Serricchio (Lost In Space) has joined as a new series regular. Greg Germann, coming off his four-year stint on Grey’s Anatomy, has been tapped as a recurring alongside India de Beaufort (Slumberland) as well as The White Lotus breakout Jolene Purdy.