Netflix‘s latest Japanese order is My Melody & Kuromi, a stop-motion animation based on Sanrio characters. The series, directed by Tomoki Misato (Pui Pui Molcar), will roll out in July, and will center on My […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Icelandic streamer Síminn has boarded Reykjavik Noir, a series adaptation of Lilja Sigurdardottir‘s crime novel trilogy. Glassriver, the Icelandic producer behind Cold Haven and As Long As We Live, is producing after acquiring the […]
‘Safe House’ To Open Göteborg Film Festival Eirik Svensson‘s Safe House (Før Mørket) will kick of the 48th Göteburg Film Festival on January 24, 2025. The film’s screenplay, written by Harald Rosenløw Eeg and Lars Gudmestad, is based […]
EXCLUSIVE: Korean coming-of-age film Love in the Big City is set for a streaming release in North America on Rakuten Viki on December 24. Adapted from a novel of the same name, the film had […]
Japanese reality dating show The Boyfriend is coming back. The groundbreaking gay dating show’s first season broke out in Japan after launching on July 9, spending six weeks in Netflix‘s local series charts, and made […]
Apple TV+ has acquired global rights to Spanish rom-com series Love You to Death. The streamer has acquired rights to the seven-ep series, which is from Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia TV and created by director Dani […]
EXCLUSIVE: You might not have heard of Ritchie Ordonez, but she’s quietly become among the most important players in European streaming. Earlier this year, as Amazon was making cuts across its entertainment businesses during a […]
EXCLUSIVE: Stage, a regional streamer known for an appearance on Shark Tank India, has joined ZEE5 Global‘s U.S. add-ons suite. Indian aggregator service ZEE5 has been building out its ZEE5 Add-Ons offer in the past […]
Jilly Cooper drama Rivals will return for a second season. Based on Cooper’s novel of the same name, the series is set in the Rutshire Chronicles universe and set against the background of the drama, […]
Paramount+ is launching on Korean streamer Coupang Play. Paramount Global Content Distribution has struck a licensing agreement with Korean e-commerce giant Coupang to launch a Paramount+ branded destination on the service. It will become available on Coupang Play […]
Ben Silverman has revealed that Netflix is exploring how the pair’s doc series Untold could be turned into an international franchise for the streamer. The Propagate chief told an audience at Content London that discussions […]
Ringside Studios is teaming with Tokyo Vice producer Alex Boden to create a production services business, as it boards Netflix Japan feature 10Dance. Tetra, which Gub Neal’s Ringside and Boden will jointly run, is offering […]
Happy Friday, Insiders. Jesse Whittock back in a week where the box office proved beyond all doubt that it is alive and kicking. All the big film and TV news from the international sphere follows. […]
Here’s the first glimpse of Adolescence, the Netflix crime drama series starring Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters and Erin Doherty. The four-part series — from Graham and his regular collaborators Jack Thorne Philip Barantini — is […]
Natalie Burns Joins Anthony Hopkins In ‘Eyes In The Trees’ EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Burns (Til Death Do Us Part) has joined Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Ashley Greene in sci-fi thriller Eyes in the Trees. […]
The Artful Dodger‘s stay in Australia will continue for another season. Disney+ and Hulu have given the hit Australian original a second season, with Thomas Brodie-Sangster returning as the cheeky thieving title character, aka Jack […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight was pretty uneventful in the moment, but that didn’t stop viewers around the world from flocking to the tussle in Texas. Data from TV insights company PlumResearch shows that […]
Micaela Diamond Set For Jenny Lester’s Directing Debut ‘Our Bodies & Other Shames’ EXCLUSIVE: Actor and producer Jenny Lester is making her directorial debut with Our Bodies & Other Shames, with Micaela Diamond among the […]
EXCLUSIVE: The recently-launched Swiss Studios is readying a slate of streamer-friendly originals, including a drama series set in a German oil town and limited series about a Swiss samurai. Launched last month as a collective […]
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 posted mixed third quarter revenues and adjusted earnings almost identical to 2023’s numbers, as streaming once again proved a high point for a major commercial network group. Revenues came in at €882M, down […]
RTL Group revenues dipped 5.5% to €1.34B ($1.42B) in the third quarter, as lower turnover at Too Hot to Handle maker Fremantle dragged the figures down. Fremantle’s Q3 numbers were not revealed in the unaudited […]
‘The Road Trip‘ Teaser On The Road At Paramount+ [embedded content] First-look images (above) and a teaser trailer have been released for The Road Trip, the Paramount+ rom-com launching on the streamer in the UK, […]
Playing Squid Game can be fatal, and it making sounds almost as dangerous — at least for your teeth. The creator of Netflix‘s South Korean hit series, Hwang Dong-hyuk, laughed as told the BBC he […]