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Manori Ravindran International EditorIn a wide-ranging interview with Variety, British actor David Harewood has opened up about moving back to the U.K. after almost a decade in the U.S.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Iceland lays out plans to grow its film and TV industries over the next decade, HBO Europe announces two major premiere dates, Cineflix Rights hires former Miramax and BBC exec Tom Misselbrook and the Smithsonian Channel and Terra Mater Studios co-commission a new U.K. wildlife special.Iceland’s minister of education and culture Lilja D. Alfreðsdóttir has outlined a new 10-point action plan to create and maintain a sustainable film and TV sector for the

Peter White Television EditorDickinson, the Hailee Steinfeld-fronted half-hour comedy, has been picked up for a third season by Apple.This comes ahead of the launch of its second season, which the streamer has set for Friday January 8. Joining as guest stars for the second season are Nick Kroll, Timothy Simons, Ayo Edebiri and Will Pullen.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorFirst Look Media streamer Topic has picked up the U.S. rights to Israeli drama Nehama in a deal that will see Topic Studios develop an English-language adaptation of the darkly comic series.Topic clinched the rights in a competitive situation, and the original series will premiere in North America on October 15.

video chat recently where they rewatched the second season and the actor asked her: ‘I want to ask you about what we’re going to do here but you can’t really tell us.’Sera replies: ‘It’s pretty obvious when we were filming this that we were careful not to show too much of her because that role hasn’t technically been cast yet.

Peter White Television EditorTLC is developing “one or two” more spin-offs of its hit reality franchise 90 Day Fiancé.The move would take the number of shows in the 90 Day Fiancé universe to 12, however, the Discovery-owned lifestyle network is mindful of not going past the “tipping point” with the franchise.The show, which is produced by Sharp Entertainment, first aired in 2014 and it has become a huge success for the network, helping it to post its best quarter ever in two key demos between

Peter White Television EditorAs Project Blue Book, Knightfall and Vikings all come to an end, History is looking to recalibrate its scripted strategy towards limited dramas and mini-series.Rob Sharenow, President of Programming at A+E Networks, called returnable scripted series a “fraught path” for the company given the competitive nature of the marketplace.Speaking on a panel session, moderated by Deadline, at the virtual Edinburgh International TV Festival, Sharenow highlighted the performance

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIf NBC and Lorne Michaels have their way, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this fall could move from being produced from cast members’ homes to being made the old-fashioned way – “from New York.”Michaels and his team are making plans to bring the show back to NBC’s Manhattan studios for the venerable late-night program’s 46th season, according to two people familiar with the matter – the latest of TV’s wee-hours programs to try and navigate a new normal in the midst

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hereNearly £650,000 in cash was found at a hoe in Kent last month and 280kg of pressed cocaine was discovered in a container in Purfleet, Essex, in May.The drugs have a street value of over £10m, police said.Home Secretary Priti Patel said of the string of arrests: "This operation demonstrates that criminals will not get away with using encrypted devices to plot vile crimes under the radar."The NCA's relentless targeting of these gangs has helped to keep us all safe."I congratulate them and law

As some states begin to partially reopen their economies amid a novel coronavirus pandemic, Screen Media's Afghanistan war film The Outpost is planning a brief theatrical run on about 500 screens starting on July 2. On Friday, Fathom Events, owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark and Regal Cinemas, said that it would distribute the Scott Eastwood and Orlando Bloom film nationwide for a weeklong run in theaters.

When Nevada officials give the green light for casinos to reopen, Caesars Entertainment Corporation says that the Flamingo will be among the first to open.

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Under the recently launched Sports Illustrated Studios banner, David Glasser's 101 Studios has set up a feature adaptation of Daniel J. Boyne's biography The Red Rose Crew about the first international women's crew team in the U.S.

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Netflix is lacing up its cleats for a new project about the 1999 U.S. Women's Soccer team.

In a remark that previewed how industry labor leaders are hoping to get Hollywood back to work safely, IATSE international president Matthew Loeb said that an industry safety commission plans to"negotiate for a set of uniform terms and conditions" with entertainment employersbefore business shut down by the coronavirus restarts once more.

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Universal Television Alternative Studio is ready to create the next version of the iconic boy band Menudo. The studio, fronted by Toby Gorman, has acquired the rights to Menudo, an hourlong, weekly competition series that will search for and rebuild the band t

By Peter White

By Peter White

In the midst of a global pandemic, some of us seek out comfort and predictability. And few things are more predictable right now than The Blacklist getting fully nutty with it on NBC Fridays. Following an uneven Purdue Pharma "ripped from the headlines" hour and a satisfying Agatha Christie riff that ended at a kid's ballet recital, The Blacklist submitted a peculiar-yet-entertaining episode with no fewer than five stories happening at once.

The Cannes Film Festival is rapidly assembling a contingency plan to keep the festival going.

Raindog Films, the U.K. production company set up by Colin Firth and former Sony Music CEO Ged Doherty, is planning to expand into TV following an investment from the U.K.

The Weeknd will be hitting the road this summer in support of his highly-anticipated After Hours album, set for March 20. Abel officially announced plans for The After Hours Tour on Thursday (Feb.

Earlier this week, Nile Niami announced he had sold his infamous Opus estate in Beverly Hills. Originally listed at $100 million, the 20,000 sq.

A year after suffering a vocal cord injury following emergency open heart surgery, singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham is ready to hit the road again. The former Fleetwood Mac member was forced to postpone some planned 2019 dates due to his medical issues, but on Tuesday (Feb.