Margot Robbie has settled on her first project after Barbie, and it finds her teaming up with Colin Farrell.
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EXCLUSIVE: Improv icon Colin Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?) will narrate a Canadian version of the eye-opening but heartwarming Japanese format Old Enough!, in which kids run errands on their own.
Blue Ant Studios has secured local rights to the long-running Japanese unscripted hit series, which was originally for Nippon TV, and is readying a remake for Canada educational network TVO.
Improv icon Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?) has signed on to narrate the show, which is set for a September debut.
The announcement will be made jointly today at the 2024 Realscreen Summit by Co-President of Blue Ant Studios Matthew Hornburg, Head of Programming at TVO Natasha Negrea, and Akane Inoue from Nippon TV’s Global Format Licensing unit.
Old Enough! has made headlines over the years for its eye-opening premise, in which toddlers independent run errands for the first time. The children are always under the watchful eye of the show’s safety team. The series also explores each parent’s approach to raising their kids.
The show has been a ratings juggernaut and cultural phenomenon in Japan for more than 30 years and its popularity skyrocketed in English-speaking territories when Netflix streamed Nippon TV’s original series in 2022 in over 190 countries. The streamer acquired a second season after the reception to the first, which even led to Selena Gomez even spoofing it on Saturday Night Live and 46M Tiktok views.
The deal is a major deal for Canada’s Drag Race producer Blue Ant Studios, which is currently settling into its newly-merged rights and studios structure under former MarbleMedia chiefs Hornburg and Mark Bishop.
“Old Enough! typifies the vision of our studio moving forward – entertaining and enlightening franchises
Margot Robbie has settled on her first project after Barbie, and it finds her teaming up with Colin Farrell.
Ellise Shafer Sony Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” a fantasy romance starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, in the first major deal of the European Film Market in Berlin. The film will be directed by Kogonada, who also helmed the TV series “Pachinko” and the sci-fi drama “After Yang.” “The Menu” scribe Seth Reiss penned the script. “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” marks Robbie’s follow-up role to “Barbie,” the $1 billion blockbuster that she also produced.
EXCLUSIVE: The EFM market has lift off! In the first major worldwide pact done on the ground here in Berlin, Sony has tied up a deal in the $50M range for Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Colin Farrell (The Batman) package A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, which is one of the market’s hottest scripts.
The shirt worn by Colin Firth in the TV series adaptation of Pride And Prejudice is up for auction. The shirt, which became famous when Mr Darcy, played by Firth, emerged from a lake in it, is expected to fetch between £7,000 and £10,000.
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Canadian Olympic medallist Elvis Stojko is to guest star in CBC‘s comedy One More Time.
Council tax in Oldham is going up. Bosses have confirmed a hike of 5 per cent - the maximum possible - from April. They said it was 'fundamentally unfair', criticising the government over its funding package for local authorities.
girls had a relationship that was less than golden.Bea Arthur and Betty White’s contentious relationship has been the subject of speculation for decades.The “Golden Girls” co-stars allegedly had issues when working together on the classic 1980s sitcom. According to TV screenwriter Stan Zimmerman’s new book “The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore,” Arthur — who died in 2009 — believed White was two-faced.“During our time on set, I never felt tension between the two,” Zimmerman wrote.
, “Ladies, leave your man at home.” And that includes Ryan Reynolds.For , brought along a gaggle of gal pals to join her in the Kelce suite, including Ashley Avignone, Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice, and . And yes, noticed that she had gone to the game without him.“Has everyone seen the #Deadpool trailer? Also has anyone seen my wife?” wrote on Instagram, sharing a shot of himself next to a TV playing the aforementioned threequel trailer.So, really, they both got to attend the big game.
Engelbert Humperdinck has shared his hopes to become Glastonbury‘s oldest ever performer, aged 87.The British pop veteran first rose to fame during the mid-’60s, and has now revealed that he has no plans of slowing down, as he hopes to be added to the line-up for Glastonbury.The musician emerged back into the spotlight in 2012, when he famously represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest – finishing in 25th place with just 12 points. Now, aged 87, he is planning another comeback for 2024 with hopes to appear at the famous festival.It comes as the singer – whose real name is Arnold Dorsey – has shared a new collaboration with Azerbaijani singer Emin.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump in a speech at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards.The director and writer, who is behind the likes of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, was hosting the ceremony on Saturday night (February 10) when he took aim at the 2024 presidential race.“This year’s DGAs were voted for by you and your peers,” he began to the audience. “I swear to God if this is the only time you vote this year, you can all go fuck yourselves.“We need this industry to encourage people to vote.
With this year’s Super Bowl likely to draw over 100 million sets of eyeballs, advertisers not being shy about buying ads, even at a record $7 million per 30-second spot. And, as usual, they’re not waiting for the big game to put them on display.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Nele Wohlatz‘s “Sleep With Your Eyes Open,” which has its world premiere in the Encounters section of the Berlin Film Festival, has debuted its trailer (below). Rediance has taken world sales rights. Wohlatz’s fiction debut “El futuro perfecto” won Locarno’s Golden Leopard for the best first feature in 2016, and was invited to more than 70 international film festivals.
Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Welcoming nominees and guests to the 76th DGA Awards, director, producer and writer Judd Apatow greeted the audience joking, “I’m your host Bradley Cooper in an even more beguiling Jewish nose.” Apatow opened up with a zinger drafting off the DGA’s history of never striking against the studios. He noted that his agents told him to hold out for more money for his fifth time as host of the ceremony: “But in the spirit of the DGA I accepted their first offer.” Taking aim at the current political landscape, Apatow addressed the crowd stating, “I swear to god if this is the only time you vote this year, you can all go fuck yourselves.” He noted the age of the likely nominees for the presidential election, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Todd Longwell Investing in a film and TV production facility is a tricky business. The industry is fickle under the best of circumstances, and if you’re looking to build a soundstage complex in a region that uses its tax incentive to attract projects, there’s always the possibility that politicians will repeal it in the next legislative session, effectively shutting down your studio.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Colin Jost is getting a solo anchoring job. The co-lead of “Saturday Night Live‘s” long-running “Weekend Update” will headline the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner, the journalism organization announced Friday. The annual dinner and roast is slated to take place on April 27.
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost will be the featured entertainer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
Even though it seemed like Margot Robbie was hinting at taking a bit of a break after the massive success of “Barbie,” the actress has already signed on for her next project, and it’s shaping up to be something really exciting. READ MORE: Margot Robbie Says ‘Ocean’s’ Prequel Is Still In Development But It’s “Way Too Soon” To Seriously Talk About It According to Deadline, Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell are set to star in the upcoming film, “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” for director Kogonada.
It’s that time of year: streamers and cable networks flex their wares and tease their years. Netflix and Prime Video have already done their big 2024 pushes, and today, at the 2024 Winter Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, it was Apple TV+’s turn.
By now, it should be evident that each passing year brings with it advancements in technology, landing anywhere on an imaginary graph containing the likes of the latest smartphone to a car that can brew a mean cup of coffee. One area that’s been hovering over the whole of humanity for far longer than a need for a house that dictates a grocery list is that of the afterlife; pondering what happens after each and every one of us shuffle off this mortal coil remains, quite possibly, an everlastingly unanswerable question, but for those left behind in the wake of a loved one’s passing, a more pressing matter would be the manner in which one deals with said loss, and how best to move on.
After resuming production post actors strike in November, Marvel Studios‘ Deadpool 3 has wrapped per its leading man Ryan Reynolds.