Canal+ Wins Court Against Again TF1 in Carriage Fees Dispute

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Future Laobans,” a project directed by Maung Sun and produced by Maung Sun and Ma Aeint, claimed the Busan Prize, the top award at the Asian Project Market, on Tuesday. The awards were made at an event held at the Paradise Hotel in Busan’s Haeundae district at the end of three days of quick-fire meetings between producers and directors and an array of potential co-producers, financiers and distributors. Organizers said that they put together 705 such one-on-one meetings. The CJ ENM Award went to Indonesia’ “Gaspar,” to be directed by Yosep Anggi Noen and produced by Yulia Evina Bhara and Cristian Imanueli.

The Dutch artist and producer Dennis Stehr, better known as Mr Probz, has filed new legal proceedings against Sony Music in the Amsterdam courts in an ongoing dispute over how the major calculates and reports his royalties.He accuses the major of deliberately failing to calculate his cut of any income on an ‘at source’ basis and of withholding bookkeeping files that his accountants need to see in order to effectively audit the money he is due. The legal action seeks “full payment of royalties after the deduction of a reasonable distribution fee to Sony Music”, which Stehr reckons equates to millions of euros.Stehr and his company Left Lane Recordings originally entered into a licensing deal with Sony in the Netherlands in 2013 in relation to his track ‘Waves’ and the Robin Schulz remix of that recording.

Milena Zajović Netflix’s “Our Man From Jersey,” starring Halle Berry, Mark Wahlberg and J.K. Simmons, is coming close to wrapping its shoot in Croatia and Slovenia, according to Film New Europe. The film, based on a screenplay by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton, has been described as a “blue-collar James Bond.” Wahlberg plays a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high-school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. It is directed by Julian Farino, and produced by the U.S.’s Closest to the Hole Productions, owned by Wahlberg. The producers are Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The Danes may have surpassed the French in clashing with streamers. The Danish Producers’ Association and Create Denmark, the guild representing writers, actors and directors, among others, have been involved in a bitter dispute over fees and rights with local and global streaming services including Netflix and Viaplay since January. While Viaplay signed a temporary agreement over the summer which is valid through December, other services, including Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+ and Amazon Prime have fully stopped the development or production of Danish content since January. The estimated loss of revenue for the country is approximately $200 million, according to Lene Børglum, a leading producer in Denmark whose credits includes Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Only God Forgives” and “Copenhagen Cowboy” which Netflix had ordered way before the start of the dispute. The series world premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Rodolphe Belmer, the former CEO of Canal+ Group, is set to join TF1 and is on track to be appointed managing director of TF1, France’s leading commercial channel. Gilles Pélisson, who is currently the chairman and CEO of TF1 Group, will propose Belmer as CEO at an Oct. 27 board meeting. Belmer would then fully succeed Pélisson as chairman and CEO after the following board meeting on Feb. 13. Pélisson will remain at the company as chairman of the Board of Directors until Feb. 13 and will then join the Bouygues group as senior VP in charge of media and development.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Coming off a lot of Emmys love, ABC comedy “Abbott Elementary” went back in session Wednesday with a Season 2 premiere that kept pace with its freshman finale last spring. According to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data, Episode 1 of Season 2 averaged a 0.5 rating among adults ages 18-49 and 2.8 million total viewers, tying it with “The Conners” Season premiere for ABC’s highest-rated show during Wednesday primetime. That marks a solid start to the new school year for “Abbott Elementary,” which put up a 0.6 rating and 2.8 million total viewers in the comparable Nielsen metrics for its Season 1 finale in April.

Diplo has won a court case against a woman who he claims was harassing and extorting him.The DJ, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, called for an arbitration hearing against the woman, accusing her of violating a dual restraining order agreement that the pair allegedly signed back in January 2021.In the new ruling, an arbitrator who considered both sets of arguments, came down on the side of Diplo and recommended that the Los Angeles Superior Court award him more than $1.2million (£1.06million) in fees, damages, costs and expenses, reports Pitchfork.In 2020, the female accuser claimed that Pentz had distributed revenge porn. She was subsequently granted a protective order, which banned Diplo from posting any images of the woman online after an explicit photo of her emerged on Twitter.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning film “Triangle of Sadness” has been sold by Coproduction Office to major distributors around the world. “Triangle of Sadness,” which was acquired by Neon for North America at the Cannes Film Festival, just had its North American premiere at Toronto and is playing at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Coproduction Office has now sold the movie worldwide to major distributors. Recent deals have been closed with Stay Golden (China), Edko (Hong Kong), Impact (India), Gaga (Japan), Green Narae (South Korea), Catchplay (Taiwan), TBA Studios (Philippines), Sun (Latin America), Frontrow (Middle East), Forefont (South Africa) and Les Films 26 (French-speaking Africa). 

Kate Winslet is back at work after suffering a leg injury while filming in Croatia.

Kate Winslet is back to work! The 46-year-old actress was spotted back on set after suffering a fall while on location over the weekend. Winslet slipped and got medical attention as a precautionary measure required by production while shooting her upcoming film, , ET learned.A rep for the actress told ET, «She is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week.»True to that, Winslet returned to the set and got back to shooting the historical drama film where she plays photographer Lee Miller, who worked as a  correspondent during World War II.

Kate Winslet was taken to hospital after suffering a fall on a film set in Croatia over the weekend. On Sunday, local press outlets published images of the British actress arriving at a hospital in Dubrovnik along with her team.

Kate Winslet was taken to the hospital after she suffered an accident while filming LEE in Croatia. The Oscar-winning actor fell while on the set of the movie and a rep for the star is offering an update on her health condition.

Kate Winslet suffered a fall while on location filming in Croatia and was taken to the hospital, ET has learned. The famed actress slipped and got medical attention as a precautionary measure required by production while shooting her upcoming film A rep for Winslet tells ET, “She is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week.”The 46-year-old, Oscar-winning actress is working on the historical drama , where she will play photographer Lee Miller, who worked as a  correspondent during World War II. Winslet's most recent work on HBO’s hit drama series earned the actress an Emmy award in 2021.

The Mirror reported. A rep for the actress did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but told The Hollywood Reporter that Winslet “is fine and will be filming, as planned, this week.”Winslet was cast earlier this year in the title role of “Lee,” which follows the journey of the real-life Lee Miller from a Vogue cover model in the 1920s into a World War II correspondent who covered the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Buchenwald.

Kate Winslet suffered a leg injury while filming in Croatia this week.

Kate Winslet has reportedly been rushed to hospital after suffering an injury on the set of a new film she's been working on. Pictures obtained by Croatian press show the Hollywood star, 46, making her way towards Dubrovnik Hospital, which was 15 minutes away from Kupari – the village she was working in.