Amazon Buys ‘Palm Springs’ For Australia & NZ, Canada, Netherlands, France, UK

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorYoung Rock, the upcoming NBC series inspired by the life of Dwayne Johnson, has started in on production in Queensland, Australia, Universal Television said Monday. The division of Universal Studio Group is producing the series, which will chronicle Johnson’s formative years.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAfter creating the Critics Choice Awards  for both movies and television achievements,  plus spinoff shows for the best in Documentaries , and Reality TV, the Critics Choice Association today announced nominees for their latest awards show venture, the Critics Choice Super Awards.  Designed to honor popular forms of entertainment for both movies and series, the virtual pre-recorded television presentation honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy,

Also Read: 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Wins Top Prize at Critics Choice Documentary AwardsIn addition, the early timeline for the nominations meant that some late-2020 films that might well have been major contenders, including George Clooney’s sci-fi epic “The Midnight Sky” and Patty Jenkins’ Christmas Day release “Wonder Woman 1984,” could not be considered.The result is a roster of nominees that is conspicuously missing big superhero or action flicks, filled instead with early-year theatrical

After working on the acclaimed but short-lived Jim Carrey-starring “Kidding,” Michel Gondry is getting back on the director’s chair for an adaptation of “As She Climbed Across the Table.” READ MORE: Michel Gondry Crafts A New Animated Short About The Trouble Leaving LA To Travel To France The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop, with news that Gondry has come aboard to direct the adaptation of the Jonathan Lethem novel for Amazon Studios and Chernin Entertainment.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAmazon Prime Video has boarded Melanie Laurent’s anticipated period mystery thriller “Le bal des folles” as its first Original movie in France.“Le bal des folles” is produced by Alain Goldman and Axelle Boucaï at Legende Films (“La Môme,” “The Spy”). Amazon Prime Video will launch the film exclusively in France and around the world in 2021.The movie will start shooting next week in Rochefort, in western France.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAmazon Prime Video has signed a pact with leading French telco group Orange to launch the Prime Video app on Orange TV.Under the deal, Orange TV customers will gain access to Amazon Prime Video on their set-up boxes within the next few weeks and will be able to enjoy a large library of TV shows, movies and docu-series from the Prime Video catalog, notably the Amazon Original Series “The Boys,” “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” “Forte,” “True Story Avec,”

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Mediawan, one of Europe’s most thriving independent production-distribution groups, is looking to expand its leadership further into Europe with the acquisition of Lagardere Studios and a minority stake in Madrid-based banner Weekend Studio.Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, which owns rights to a number of

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Arrow, the UK based genre label, has taken all rights in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia & New Zealand to thriller-mystery The Bloodhound.Arrow will release the film on its new Arrow streaming service in North America and on its Prime Video Channel in the UK on December 1.

announced its plans to close the Coatbridge factory in 2016, with its parent company telling the 70 local staff that production operations would move to a new manufacturing plant in China and the local research, development and marketing activities to Manchester.

 Kylie Jenner  and her sister,  Kendall Jenner , got into a heated fight during a recent episode of  Keeping Up With The Kardashians , and according to a new clip, the sisters avoided one another for weeks after the altercation.In a clip from Thursday’s episode, Kendall is video chatting with her sisters Kim and Khloé Kardashian, along with their mom Kris Jenner, when she reveals that she hasn’t heard from Kylie at all.“I‘ve never heard from her, not even a little bit, which is rare,” Kendall

That Palm Springs fight between Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner was the real deal, y’all!

Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kendall said she and Kylie understandably didn't speak to each other after the fight. "I've never heard from her, not even a little bit, which is rare," Kendall said in a family four-way video call with Kim, Kris, and Khloé.

Naman Ramachandran Romantic comedy “Palm Springs,” starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, France and the U.K.Australia and New Zealand will be the first to debut the film, on Nov. 20, followed by Canada on Dec.