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EXCLUSIVE: Ian Bonhôte, director of 2018 doc McQueen and co-founder of Pulse Films, is heading to the dance floor for his latest documentary.

Retired steel worker David Collins points behind a set shelves in the corner of his lounge. "It gets thick with mould down there," he says. "I clean it and paint it myself because it gets bad."

EXCLUSIVE: Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix’s Queer Eye, has hired Elizabeth Davies as SVP of Production and Operations.

In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Peacock’s newest unscripted show that features Amy Poehler as both narrator and executive producer, the goal is to permit homeowners to simply let it all go.

Selome Hailu FX has set a new docuseries, “The Secrets of Hillsong,” which will feature the first interviews with married couple Carl and Laura Lentz since they were ousted as pastors of the infamous megachurch. The four-part series is based on reporting from Vanity Fair’s Alex French and Dan Adler about Hillsong, which became famous for attracting celebrities like Justin and Hailey Bieber and Kylie and Kendall Jenner — before Carl Lentz was exposed for covering up misconduct including infidelity in his marriage and child sexual abuse perpetrated by his father. The church was previously the subject of the Discovery+ docuseries “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed.”

EXCLUSIVE: The reality cancellations are coming thick and fast at HBO Max.

Marta Balaga Finnish director Klaus Härö makes his English-language debut with Toronto Film Festival premiere “My Sailor, My Love.” A gentle drama about a retired sea captain falling in love one last time will be spotlighted at the Helsinki-based event Finnish Film Affair next. Global Screen is handling the sales. Härö, an experienced filmmaker behind Golden Globe-nominated “The Fencer,” didn’t feel “desperate” to make a movie in English, he says.  “I hope it doesn’t feel forced. With English, there is always this thought that maybe this way, it will reach more people. But it just felt natural to set it in Ireland.”  

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has released the trailer for The Hype Season 2 and it features the return of co-signers Offset, Bephie Birkett, and Marni Senofonte. The streetwear competition will drop on Thursday, September 22 with three episodes followed by three additional episodes on September 29 and concluding with the final two episodes on October 6.

It’s official: Queer Eye is positively sick with Emmys.

A Scots cancer victim has thanked nurses for making his wedding to his fiance happen, despite him being in hospital.

EXCLUSIVE: Airbnb’s damage control strategy when things go wrong during a vacation stay is to be explored in a docuseries from Queer Eye producer Scout Productions and Bloomberg Media.

Peacock has partnered with Amy Poehler to produce an unscripted series that will follow people’s lives as they prepare for death.The show, titled “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning,” will feature a “Swedish Death Cleaner” who will help people who “are at a major crossroads [to] organize and demystify [their] homes, lives, and relationships” and thereby “allowing us to prepare for death while we enjoy life,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series will be narrated by Poehler and produced by her production company, Paper Kite Productions, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Scout Productions- which gave us “Queer Eye.”“’Queer Eye’ reshaped the way we look at life, and ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning’ will transform the way we look at death,” said David Collins, Scout Productions co-founder and executive producer.“In this series, viewers will be taken on an honest and emotional journey as they watch everyday people conquer their worst fears and discover who they really are on the inside,” added Rod Aissa, executive vice president of unscripted content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

Amy Poehler and Peacock are cleaning house.

For thousands of years, Everealm has been a land of unrivaled beauty and powerful magic. Now, the realm is threatened by a powerful evil Sorceress. So who you gonna call?

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Scout Productions, the company behind Netflix’s Queer Eye and HBO Max’s Legendary, is looking to take the “secret sauce” of those two unscripted shows in to new worlds that have yet to have had their moment on television.

jail attack. Convicted murderer David Collins launched the assault on inmate John Rocks as the victim was having his hair cut in Addiewell jail in West Lothian.

jail revenge attack. James Wright, 27, caged for the slaying of Craig McClelland in Paisley, was left livid when David Collins was put in the cell next to his in tough HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWhile director Hisham Abed joined the Queer Eye family just last year, he has quickly become an integral part of it.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineWith voguing competition series Legendary, David Collins aimed to evolve the brand he’d created over the years with acclaimed reality series like Queer Eye, providing “transformation through information, told with comedy that has heart.”Debuting on HBO Max in May—as one of the centerpiece shows to launch the streaming service—Legendary takes a deep dive into the world of ball culture, spotlighting various voguing teams, as they compete in fashion and dance

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterJudge Leiomy Maldonado, MC Dashaun Wesley and executive producers Jack Mizrahi, Rob Eric and David Collins will participate in an exclusive Q&A and screening of the recently released “Legendary” on July 3 at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET in the Variety Streaming Room presented by HBO Max.The conversation will be moderated by Caroline Framke, Chief TV Critic, Variety.In “Legendary,” pulling directly from the underground ballroom community, voguing teams (aka “houses”)

By Dino-Ray Ramos

As production began Thursday night in Stamford, Conn., on the new HBO Max ballroom voguing competition series “Legendary,” producers confirmed the role of “The Good Place” star Jameela Jamil on the show.