BBC Studios Pacts With Discovery for ‘This is MY House,’ ‘The Great Sewing Bee’ Italian Versions

The show may have been filmed at the start of the year but it appears 'cynic' Lee Mack was thinking about what Freeze the Fear viewers would be thinking as they watched the celebrities take part in an overwhelming breathing exercise.

Freeze the Fear returned to screens on Tuesday night with more chilly antics for a bunch of celebrities who signed up to be whisked off to Italian Alps to be taught how to love and embrace the cold by Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Beta Cinema has closed sales to several major territories for stylish comic-book adaptation “Diabolik,” which is among the leaders in the race for Italy’s top film awards – the David di Donatello Awards – with 11 nominations. Beta Cinema will kick off presales on the film’s sequels in Cannes.“Diabolik” has been acquired by buyers in France (Metropolitan), Spain (Flins & Piniculas), and Latin America and Portugal (Sun Distribution Group).

Italy. But there was no spending freeze for presenter Holly Willoughby, 41, who was shown in outfits costing a cool £4,337 during the first episode of BBC1’s Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof. She began in a £950 Cordova purple Up & Down ski suit and £190 pair of faux-fur snow boots by Moon Boot topped with a matching beanie hat from Barts Amsterdam, believed to cost £33.

A brand new series is starting on BBC One on Tuesday night (April 12) which will see eight celebrities step out of their comfort zones in a series of daunting challenges designed to push their minds and bodies to the limit.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Far East Film Festival in Italy’s Udine has set Chinese-Italian co-production “The Italian Recipe” as the opening title of a revived, largely in-person event.The film, directed by Hou Zuxin, sees an unexpected series of events bring together a Chinese reality TV show contestant and a woman already resident in Italy. The collision of personalities, connections and chemistry between stars Liu Xun and Yao Huang resemble those of “Roman Holiday,” festival organizers suggest.

Lindsay Hubbard seems a  activated after filming the  season 6 reunion.«Oh, the reunion… I don't even know what to say about the reunion,» she sighs to ET over video chat. «You're just going to have to watch it.» Yeah, the PR pro says there was «no» forward movement for the group from their day of filming. «I don't know,» she laments.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian producer Massimo Cristaldi, who as a production manager worked with masters such as Federico Fellini and Francesco Rosi before setting up his own company and shepherding films including prizewinning drama “Sicilian Ghost Story,” has died. He was 66.Cristaldi’s death was announced over the weekend by his Rome-based company Cristaldi Pictures in a statement that did not specify the cause.Born in 1956, Massimo Cristaldi was the only son of prominent producer Franco Cristaldi, the triple Oscar-winner who made Pietro Germi’s “Divorce Italian Style,” Federico Fellini’s “Amarcord” and Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Cinema Paradiso.”In 1974 Massimo Cristaldi started cutting his teeth in the film business first as a production assistant and eventually, starting in the 1980s, becoming a line producer on many of his father’s productions, working with Fellini, Rosi, Tornatore, and many other Italian cinema greats.

"You can call me 'champ", Strictly Come Dancing 's 2021 winner tells us in typical tongue-in- cheek style as he saunters onto the stage before embarking upon a dizzying array of dance moves. He is here at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall with his This is Me solo show, rescheduled from 2021.

Rachael Ray is bringing her home renovation adventure to the small screen.

Discovery Italy To Adapt BBC Studios Formats ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ And This Is MY House’

Falling in love! Andrea Denver had to push through a Summer House love triangle with Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover to realize that he already met his perfect match in former flame Lexi Sundin.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorRed Arrow Studios Intl. has secured a raft of deals for two of its premium drama titles “Blackout – Tomorrow Is Too Late” and “Departure.”The international thriller “Blackout – Tomorrow Is Too Late,” starring Moritz Bleibtreu (“The Baader Meinhof Complex”) and Marie Leuenberger (“The Divine Order”), has been picked up by Mediawan Rights for French-speaking Europe, Disney Plus in the U.K.