Banijay Strikes Deal With Pokeepsie Films, Spanish Scripted Firm Behind HBO Max’s ’30 Coins’

Passengers jetting off for some Spanish sunshine saw their holiday plans come to a temporary halt this morning as their flight was forced to return to Manchester. Sun seekers would have already faced an early start for their flight out to Reus, in Catalonia, with Manchester Airport's current guidance for passengers to arrive three hours before departure amid ongoing staff shortages and queues.

LIVE – Updated at 17:11Follow live news and reaction as Formula One takes in the results of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen held off a late charge from Charles Leclerc to win and close the gap to the Ferrari driver at the top of the championship standings. All the focus is now to Spain next week, with the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Verstappen has now won the last two races, with Red Bull responding to Ferrari’s fast start and now threatening to leave their rivals behind.

MTV said Wednesday that it is combining its 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted shows into one event, to air Sunday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

Channel 4 Puts 1,000 Hours Of Shows On YouTube: British broadcaster Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to put 1,000 hours of programming on the Google-owned streaming platform. The agreement expands on an existing partnership between the companies and will allow Channel 4 to sell its own advertising around the show — a first-of-its-kind deal in the UK and Europe. Shows will begin rolling out this month and include 8 Out Of 10 Cats; Location, Location, Location; Nikki Grahame: Who Is She?, SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Dog House. Selected titles will be made available 30 days after their first broadcast on Channel 4 or younger sibling network E4. Channel 4 has been following a five-year ‘Future 4’ strategy to supercharge digital revenues, and its management believes today’s deal represents a “major step” in that process.

Binky Felstead enjoyed the last days of her epic hen do in Ibiza as she posed for snaps on a lavish yacht in the Spanish seas. The former Made in Chelsea star, 31, seemed to have an incredible time away with the group of women she has become closest to over the years, as well as honourable hen Ollie Locke amongst them.

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown duo Left Bank Pictures and Netflix have set Little Voice, The Gifted and Reign star Sean Teale as male lead in their new Spain-set series Palomino (working title, which will likely change).

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilms Boutique (“Lunana, a Yak in the Classroom”) has acquired four films set to world premiere at Cannes, including Albert Serra (“The Death of Louis XIV”)’s “Pacifiction” which will compete in the 75th edition’s Official Selection. The Berlin-based international sales banner has also acquired rising Morrocan helmer Maryam Touzani (“Adam”)’s “The Blue Caftan” and Costa Rican director Ariel Escalante Meza’s “Domingo and the Mist” which will both play in Un Certain Regard; as well as Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues (“The Ornithologist”)’s “Will-O’-The-Wisp,” set for Directors’ Fortnight.“Pacifiction” stars Cesar-winning French actor Benoit Magimel (“Peaceful”) as a calculating French government official working in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti.

EXCLUSIVE: Fledgling Federation Entertainment-backed German label Glisk has struck its first major talent deal, signing German author Ivar Leon Menger and setting its first three projects, Deadline can reveal.

With the next bank holiday weekend just around the corner, sunseekers will be making the most of it and might be jetting off for an exotic getaway.

FBOY Island, the hit U.S. dating series, is to be made into local versions by HBO Max in Denmark, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentHBO Max has announced that local versions of its original reality dating competition show FBoy Island have been greenlit for production in Denmark, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands.The hit series will be produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production in each of these territoriesThe “FBoy Island” series concept was created by Elan Gale (“The Bachelor” franchise) and follows three women who move to a tropical island where they’re joined by 24 men – 12 self-proclaimed “Nice Guys” looking for love, and 12 self-proclaimed “FBoys,” there to compete for cold, hard cash.As Variety TV critic Caroline Framke put it in her review “‘FBoy Island’” tries to flip the “Bachelorette” conceit on its head with a self-consciously cheeky twist.

Salma Hayek and Valentina Paloma Pinault pose together for the first time for Vogue Mexico. The mother and daughter duo spoke about how having conversations in Salma’s native language reinforces their mother-daughter relationship.

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Mexico & U.S. Hispanic launched last year with seasoned showrunner Marie Leguizamo and the company has revealed its first moves.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBanijay Iberia has struck a strategic partnership with Alex de la Iglesia which will see the high-profile Spanish writer-director and his partner at Pokeespsie Films, actor-producer Carolina Bang, create high-end original series and fiction for Banijay.Pokeepsie Films credits include HBO Max hit “30 Coins,” co-written and directed by De La Iglesia. It is believed that the deal involves Banijay Iberia taking an equity investment in Pokeepsie.No details of new projects are given.

Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler made its subject Shimon Hayut famous and infamous, detailing how he persuaded dozens of women to spend their money on his lavish lifestyle, feeding them outlandish yarns about his life story and how only the contents of their bank accounts could save him from imminent peril.