BBC Studios & ITV Studios Join Forces To Adapt Drama Series In India

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis-based company Indie Sales has boarded Blandine Lenoir’s “Angry Annie,” a female-driven movie headlined by “Call My Agent!” star Laure Calamy, Zita Hanrot (Netflix’s “The Hook Up Plan”) and India Hair (“Mandibules”). Inspired by true events, the film takes place in France in 1974 and tells the story of Annie, a working mother of two teenagers who accidentally becomes pregnant at a time when abortion was illegal in the country.

Clubhouse’s momentum stalled between March and April. And compounding matters, tech giants like Facebook and Twitter have looked to jump into the live audio space with their own Clubhouse clones in recent months — forcing Clubhouse to deal with new rivals at the same time it was working to finish its Android app.

Naman Ramachandran South Asian content focused streamer ZEE5 Global is set to premiere original series “Dhoop Ki Deewar,” starring Pakistani heartthrobs Sajal Aly (Shekhar Kapur’s “What’s Love Got Do Do With It?”) and Ahad Raza Mir (“Ehd-e-Wafa”) and have released a trailer.The series, which bows June 25, follows the grief-stricken lives of Indian Vishal (Mir) and Pakistani Sara (Aly) who lose their loved ones in war.

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Jones alumna Leah Gibson and Nancy Drew‘s Aadila Dosani are set for recurring roles in Joe Pickett, Spectrum Originals’ hourlong drama series based on C.J. Box’s bestselling novels, starring Michael Dorman. The series hails from Waco creators John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle, Paramount Television Studios and Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher’s Red Wagon Entertainment.

Follow all the latest updates on our blog below. A delay to lockdown easing may also help break the link between infections and hospital admissions, a public health professor suggested.Professor Linda Bauld, from the University of Edinburgh, told LBC that the variant first identified in India now accounted for the majority of UK cases, but the death rate among people with this infection was low."You can see amongst people who were infected with this variant, the mortality rate was 0.7%, just 12

Naman Ramachandran ZEE5, a streaming platform focusing on South Asian content, will launch in the U.S. on June 22. The service is currently under beta testing in the market.The move is part of a global rollout by ZEE5 that was announced in 2019 and will target the 5.4 million South Asian diaspora audience in the U.S.The service will boast 130,000 hours of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi content across 18 languages.

Amy Nicholson “Skater Girl” director Manjari Makijany intentionally built a set that would live after she called cut: the first skatepark in Rajasthan, India, where rural children can find freedom and confidence on four wheels, and even mingle beyond their caste.

Maya Jama was forced to skip the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday as she had been vomiting "all day". The Celebrity Juice star was due to present an award at the annual prizegiving ceremony, but on Sunday, she told her Instagram followers that she had to cancel her appearance as she was too sick.

Gallery: The Oscar goes to…. The top 10 most iconic moments in Academy Awards history (BANG Showbiz)Adrian Dunbar, Bill Bailey, and Oti Mabuse were among the guest presenters at the event.

Naman Ramachandran ITV Studios and BBC Studios India have struck a deal to adapt several ITV Studios scripted dramas for the Indian market.The first ITV Studios titles to be adapted include “Gold Digger,” “Sticks and Stones,” “Trauma” and “35 Days.” In addition to the Hindi-language adaptations, BBC Studios will also explore tapping into the large Tamil and Telugu-language markets.Augustus Dulgaro, executive VP, distribution, Asia Pacific at ITV Studios, said: “Working with BBC Studios India

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While theatres in India are far from opening any time soon due to the deadly second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, North America is back to the movies. This past weekend two big budget films, namely John Krasinski's A Quiet Place Part II and Craig Gillespie's Cruella, opened to audiences across the US and various parts of North America.

pulled out of the project over concerns in obtaining COVID-19 insurance for the production. Lionsgate has now boarded rights for “The Plane” in North America, Latin America, the U.K.

Covid Recovery said there were "encouraging signs" that the virus was under control across the country. Speaking on the BBC 's Good Morning Scotland show, the SNP MSP revealed the vaccine is working against the strains currently in circulation.

Kumail Nanjiani is taking on a new project.

Kumail Nanjiani is to star in and exec produce a drama limited series about the origin story of stripper troupe Chippendales.