Berlin: Germany Unveils Plan to Re-Open Cinemas But Uncertainty Remains

The German government of Chancellor Angela Merkel has extended and tightened COVID-19 lockdown measures in the country until at least April 18. The new lockdown regulations will see all shops and indoor activity shut down as of Monday, March 29.

Ed Meza @edmezavarDavid Hasselhoff is heading to Germany to star in a comedy spy series produced by Christian Alvart’s Berlin-based Syrreal Entertainment in what will be the first project from the company’s new international first-look deal with CBS Studios.A straight-to-series order for Mediengruppe RTL’s SVOD platform TVNow, “Ze Network” sees Hasselhoff playing himself as he travels to Germany to headline a stage production in what he believes is a major theater in East Berlin, only to

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Germany closed at the beginning of November as coronavirus cases increased, but authorities earlier this month eased restrictions to allow some museums, galleries and certain other cultural venues to begin receiving visitors again.Some cities, including Cologne, began last week and now the capital is following suit and reopening some of the collections on Berlin's Museum Island — one of the city's cultural highlights and a UNESCO World Heritage site — and other venues to visitors.“Nobody knows

Nick Jonas is on a heavenly journey, and he’s taking fans with him thanks to Wednesday’s release of his new music video for “This Is Heaven”.

AstraZeneca doubts and said they would be costing lives by delaying the vaccine. Dr Hilary who appeared on both Good Morning Britain and Lorraine argued that there was no evidence to suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine caused blood clots.

Highland Film Group has secured multiple distribution deals for action-thriller Wash Me In The River, starring Robert De Niro, John Malkovich, Jack Huston, Quavo and Willa Fitzgerald.

Naman Ramachandran International sales agency The Open Reel has scored a number of sales at the Berlin European Film Market (EFM).Daniel Sánchez López’s BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ Film Festival selection “Boy Meets Boy,” a German production, has sold to Peccadillo Pictures for the U.K. and Ireland and to Optimale to France and Francophone territories.

Davide Abbatescianni Rome-based international sales and production company TVCO has sold Dace Pūce’s debut feature “The Pit” to German independent distributor Arsenal Filmverleih.The drama, staged by Latvia’s Marana Production and Finland’s Inland Film Company, is based on a series of true stories published by Jana Egle.The plot follows a 10-year-old boy called Markuss (Damirs Onackis), who must adapt to starting a new life in the Latvian countryside with his strict grandmother (Dace Eversa).

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday extended Germany’s current lockdown to March 28, while also unveiling plans to relax certain Covid restrictions. Under a five-step process, cinemas may be able to reopen beginning March 22 at the earliest (this would be part of Stage 4).

Nick Jonas' recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon saw the handsome singer and actor discuss his latest outing, Chaos Walking, his epic Saturday Night Live appearance as both host and performer and his highly-awaited solo album, Spaceman. While quipping about how he had the most expensive album photoshoot ever for Spaceman, shot on Mars with Elon Musk funding the "extra wealthy shoot" (P.S.

Nick Jonas really missed his other half Priyanka Chopra while she was away in Germany shooting “The Matrix 4”.

Christopher Vourlias Jan Naszewski’s Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales continues its pre-sales of “The Peasants,” the hotly anticipated follow-up from Oscar-nominated “Loving Vincent” director Dorota Kobiela, selling rights for Germany and Austria to Koch Media.As reported earlier, New Europe brokered a deal with The Jokers for distribution in France of the buzzy animated feature.“The Peasants” is produced by BreakThru Films’ Sean Bobbitt and Hugh Welchman, who also co-wrote the script, using

StudioCanal Germany and local independent Prokino have signed a major deal that will see StudioCanal take over the physical and digital distribution of Prokino's back catalog for the German market. The deal, announced Thursday, includes more than 100 titles released by Prokino in German theaters in 2019 or earlier.

German film and TV studio Leonine have made a major executive appointment, naming Sebastian Heinlein, formerly of Constantin Entertainment, to its SEO Entertainment division as head of development and creative director. He takes over at the new position on April 1, 2021.