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Also Read: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Working From Home: 'I Don't See Any Positives'Bajaria joined Netflix in 2016 to lead the company’s expansion into unscripted programming.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSPI International has taken rights for U.S., UK, CEE, Turkey, Benelux, Portugal and China on crime-thriller Watch The Sunset, billed as Australia’s first one-take feature film. The deal was brokered by Australian distribution and international sales company Fighting Chance Films.

Also Read: Azazel Jacobs' 'French Exit' With Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges Set as New York Film Festival Closing Night Movie“Prior to the pandemic, Dennis Lim and I spent time talking with each other and the Film at Lincoln Center staff about how we might reshape and focus the New York Film Festival,” Eugene Hernandez, director of NYFF said in a statement.

Jamie Lang Award-winning Spanish producer Agustín Almodóvar, brother of Oscar-winning filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, has tweeted the first clip of the latter’s upcoming short film “The Human Voice,” starring Academy Award-winning actor Tilda Swinton and produced by the siblings’ El Deseo banner.Clip de presentación de La Voz Humana de Pedro Almodóvar.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThis year’s Zurich Film Festival will present French actress Juliette Binoche with its honorary Golden Icon Award. She will be attending the festival to present her latest movie, La Bonne Epouse, and will receive the prize at a ceremony on September 30.

Peter Andre has opened up on how he has been supporting Kate Garraway as her husband Derek Draper remains in hospital. Good Morning Britain star Kate’s husband Derek was admitted into hospital with coronavirus earlier this year.

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater BritBox Acquires ‘Cold Courage’ BritBox UK has acquired Viaplay and Lionsgate’s John Simm-fronted political drama Cold Courage. The BBC and ITV-owned streamer will premiere the eight-part series on September 3, telling the story of how two Finnish women get drawn into a clandestine group dedicated to righting the wrongs of the powerful, influential and corrupt.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Niamh Algar, who is set to star in HBO Max’s upcoming Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi drama Raised By Wolves, is to front a crime drama for the UK’s Channel 4.The British broadcaster has ordered My Name is Lizzie (w/t), which tells the true story of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992.The series is written by Emilia di Girolamo, who wrote The Tunnel, Sky’s UK version of The Bridge, and produced by

Peter White Television EditorA spin-off of The A Word and a con-artist thriller from Chernobyl producer Sister are two of the latest dramas ordered by British public broadcaster the BBC.Both projects will air on flagship network BBC One but what is more remarkable about the pair of orders is that both involve emerging writers and in the case of The A Word spin-off, disabled writers.Ralph and Katie focuses on two of the characters from Peter Bowker’s The A Word.The series follows Ralph, played by

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCast has rounded out on Roald & Beatrix, The Tail Of The Curious Mouse, a Sky original Christmas movie starring Dawn French as beloved author Beatrix Potter.Jessica Hynes (W1A), Rob Brydon (The Trip), Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey), Nina Sosanya (Brave New World), Bill Bailey (In The Long Run) and Nick Mohammed have all joined the project, which begins shooting today (August 24).Written by Abi Wilson, the film is inspired by the true story of when a

Broadcast, Kieran Smith, creative director at Love Productions said: ‘So many people rely on Bake Off for work that we knew we had to work out a plan.’He revealed that with the help of managing director Letty Kavanagh they hired a South-East location in July, which housed all cast and crew alongside 20 hotel staff members, 80 producers and around 20 ‘children, chaperones and dog walkers.’Wow!Everyone working on the show had to self-isolate for nine days as well as taking three COVID tests before

Tom Grater International Film ReporterPressing on with plans to hold its physical edition September 18-26, Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section, the competitive strand that does not mandate any style or length standards.There are 10 features and nine shorts present this year.

new magazine's columnist Peter Andre has had a stellar career in showbiz spanning 30 years. So when they catch up with the singer the morning after his recent trip to France, it’s no wonder he’s got a story or two to tell about some of the stars he’s met along the way.

Camila Cabello‘s Cinderella is getting underway again!

Peter Andre has candidly opened up about finding it “tough” not being able to see his elderly parents, Savvas and Thea Andrea.The 47 year old Mysterious Girl singer, who shared a touching tribute to wife Emily on her birthday, has been separated from his dad Savvas, 87, and mum Thea, 85, since the coronavirus lockdown prevented him from flying to Australia, where they live.