Bankside Boards Niels Arden Oplev’s Scandi Drama ‘Rose’ Starring ‘The Killing’ Actress Sofie Grabol — AFM

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDR Sales, the distribution division of Denmark’s public broadcaster DR, has closed a raft of deals on “Cry Wolf,” a searing social drama created by Maja Jul Larsen (“Borgen”) and co-directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (“Becoming Astrid”).The eight-episode limited series tells the intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults.

Jamie Lang U.K.-based distribution company Alief has secured global sales and remake rights for “Nocturna,” sides A and B, from writer-director Gonzalo Calzada.The British distributors have also shared with Variety an exclusive trailer from the film’s upcoming marketing campaign, set to kick off on Dec.

EXCLUSIVE: It has taken a little longer than usual due to COVID complications and an evolving market, but the virtual AFM deals are now funnelling through.

Over three years after Fox News Channel retracted its story that a political conspiracy was behind the fatal shooting of Seth Rich in 2016, the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet has settled its legal battle with the DNC staffer’s family.

Like many of you, I just watched the Netflix series “Emily in Paris.” Created by Darren Star of “Sex and the City” fame, the show has been met with the kind of cool disdain and online eye-rolling here in Paris usually reserved for Madonna, so I was curious to know if it really was that awful. I went in expecting nothing but the intellectual nutritional value equivalent of a bag of potato chips, but hoped that it tilted a bit more toward the artisanal kettle chip variety.

Also Read: Oscars International Entries, 2020: The Complete List So FarWhile this year’s race does not have any prohibitive favorites like last year’s “Parasite” or 2018’s “Roma,” a number of the most recent submissions appear to be serious contenders. Denmark’s “Another Round,” for instance, stars Mads Mikkelsen and is directed by Thomas Vinterberg, whose 2013 film “The Hunt” was a nominee in this category.

Netflix’s Emily in Paris leads an all-Netflix top four on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, for October 2020, as Edith Piaf’s “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” from the Darren Star-created comedy-drama debuts at No. 1.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThomas Vinterberg’s award-winning drama “Another Round” has been selected as Denmark’s submission in the Oscars’ international feature film category.Produced by Zentropa, “Another Round” follows four weary high school teachers experimenting with the liberating effects of alcohol. The movie was part of Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection and had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterPop the champagne – the Danish Film Institute is sending Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round to the 2021 International Oscar race.The pic stars Mads Mikkelsen as one of a group of high school teachers who test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Kimberly A.

Netflix show Emily In Paris has been picked up for a sequel season, despite critics slamming the series.The romantic comedy, which stars Lily Collins as a young American marketing executive working in the city of lights, has received negative attention for promoting U.S.

2020 has delivered some pretty earth shattering blows, but Emily In Paris was certainly not one of them. It’s set to be the gift that keeps on giving as Netflix confirms the viral slice of escapism will be back for a second season.

Peter White Television EditorLily Collins is set for another Parisian adventure after Netflix renewed Darren Star’s Emily in Paris.The romantic comedy was originally set up at Paramount Network but moved to the streamer over the summer and launched at the start of October, when it moved into Netflix’s top ten list, per Nielsen.The renewal came in the form of a letter from Emily’s fictional boss Sylvie Grateau (see below).In Emily In Paris, Emily (Collins), an ambitious twenty-something marketing

A manhunt continued Wednesday for a second suspect who remained at large just two days after Houston Police Sgt. Sean Rios was fatally gunned down after entering a hotel parking lot on his way to work, leaving behind four children.  The first suspect, Robert Soliz, 24, was arrested without incident at about 3:15 p.m.Tuesday during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in west Houston on a warrant accusing him of Rios’ murder Monday.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Rome-based sales company TVCO has boarded world rights on Masha, Anastasia Palchikova’s Russian drama which will screen at Tallinn Black Nights in Estonia and have its market premiere at AFM this month.The film is a co-production between Moscow-based companies 1-2-3 Production, the creators of Netflix original series To The lake, and Mars Media, which has credits include T-34 and Arrythmia.Masha premiered at Kinotavr, the Sochi Open Russian Film