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Manori Ravindran International EditorRainmaker Content has picked up worldwide distribution rights from German studio Leonine for Brendan Fraser-starring action series “Professionals.” The project, which was completed during the global pandemic, will be shopped to buyers at next month’s virtual Mipcom market.Commissioned by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) for streamer Viaplay, the cast includes Fraser (“Trust”), Tom Welling (“Smallville”), Elena Anaya (“Wonder Woman”), Saïd Taghmaoui

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios sells Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”; ZDF commissions natural history series “Africa From Above”; “Married at First Sight” gets live wedding; ITV orders game-show format “Game of Talents”; travel format “Heads and Tails” goes to Spain; Jellyfish promotes Natalie Llewellyn; German Film Office opens in New York; and Monte-Carlo TV Festival sets 2021 dates.BBC Studios has secured several global pre-sales for Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen‘

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe first two episodes of Sky’s Euro series Romulus, about the events that led to the foundation of Rome, will launch at the Rome Film Festival next month. Produced by Sky, Cattleya and Groenlandia, the show comes from director Matteo Rovere, marking his TV debut, and will star Andrea Arcangeli, Marianna Fontana and Francesco Di Napoli.

Victoria and David Beckham recently whizzed off to enjoy a couples' health retreat holiday and, as you can imagine, it looked ultra-dreamy. The loved-up pair, who tied the knot in 1999, headed to Villa Stéphanie in Baden-Baden in Germany's Black Forest and enjoyed a £3,430 per person health programme.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Fremantle passes 130 territories sold for Samuel L. Jackson’s “Enslaved,” Lineup Industries is set to license NHK’s formats slate, Red Sea International awards more than $1 million in grants, and Walter Presents nabs five Nordic series.Samuel L. Jackson’s Epix docuseries “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” will air in 130 territories after Fremantle closed deals including France’s Histoire TV, History in Germany and Movistar Plus

Victoria and David Beckham spent some quality time together this week as they indulged in two of their greatest passions – each other and fitness.The couple have spent the last week enjoying each other's company while detoxing at Villa Stéphanie in Baden Baden in Germany's Black Forest, where a seven-night programme starts from £3,430 per person!MORE: Victoria Beckham's fitness and diet secrets revealedWATCH: Victoria and David Beckham get ready for date nightSharing a glimpse inside their

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC Studios is exiting Tower Productions, its decade-old joint venture production company with All3Media in Germany, and is establishing BBC Studios Germany.BBC Studios and All3Media will part ways at the end of the year, but will not sever ties completely.

Naman Ramachandran Germany’s ZDF solves “The Puzzle Lady”; All3Media hires Mike Gould for digital partnerships; Lookout Point taps Pippa Brown for comedy; and Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar buys animated version of Bollywood “Dabangg” franchise.Germany’s ZDF Enterprises has partnered with new Canadian outfit December Films and the U.K.’s Factual Fiction (“Agatha and the Midnight Murders”) to develop mystery drama series, “The Puzzle Lady,” based on American author Parnell Hall’s

Naman Ramachandran “The Bridge” is coming back to the Beeb.Germany’s ZDF Enterprises has licensed award-winning Nordic crime drama “The Bridge” to U.K. broadcaster BBC.All four seasons of the show will air simultaneously on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.

Heidi Klum, 47, proved she knows how to have enjoy a Sunday afternoon with her hunky husband Tom Kaulitz, 31, and look great while doing it when she shared some new pics and video to her Instagram on Sept. 20! The model was hanging out with the German guitarist while wearing a white bikini with dark orange polka dots and a hat as they appeared to cook something on a grill.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, “The Nest” tops Deauville, ITV outlines plans for carbon neutrality, Abacus Media Rights sells “People You May Know” in key territories, Southeast Europe gets its first premium independent series co-production and Sky enlists Gabriela Sperl to document German’s Wirecard financial scandal.“The Nest,” directed by Sean Durkin and starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon, was the big winner at the recently concluded 46th Deauville American Film Festival, taking home

Ed Meza @edmezavarAntifa is a way of life, a belief, and to criminalize it is itself criminal, according to Julia von Heinz.The German director’s latest film, “And Tomorrow the Entire World,” just premiered in competition in Venice, where it wowed critics with a very personal story about young left-wing activists fighting what they see as a fascist threat to their country.