Endeavor Content’s ‘Tokyo Vice’ Lands at BBC – Global Bulletin

Grammy-winning hit of his has been a go-to song choice. “ ‘How Am I Supposed to Live Without You’ has been [performed by] so many different artists going into their last round … So I think I would have fared pretty well on those shows.” Now, in fact, Bolton is crooning in competition on NBC’s “American Song Contest,” and he will be performing his original tune “Beautiful World” on this Monday’s semifinals (8 p.m.) Based on the long-running European juggernaut “Eurovision,” the show — which, hosted by Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dogg, premiered in March— has pit representatives from all 50 states, five US territories and Washington, DC for the title of Best Original Song.

Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria chatted about their seventh child while making a joint appearance in New York City this week. The couple, who are expecting their seventh child together, joked that their next baby will have an "all-American" name while mingling with guests at the New York Philharmonic Spring Gala on Wednesday, according to an onlooker via Page Six.

Naman Ramachandran PBS Distribution will be the North American distribution partner for West Road Pictures and All3Media International series “Ridley.” It stars Adrian Dunbar (“Line of Duty”) as Detective Inspector Alex Ridley, who has retired from the police after 20 years of dedicated service. Now working in a consultancy role, Ridley resumes his partnership with his former protégée, DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh, “Unforgotten”), when she turns to him for help on a complex murder investigation.The series, which consists of four two-hour episodes, is currently filming across Northern England, and will premiere on ITV in the U.K.

Fellow Travelers, a series based on the Thomas Mallon novel starring and exec produced by Matt Bomer, has landed a greenlight at Showtime.

Green Day, Post Malone and SZA topping the poster.Returning for its 14th iteration, the festival will run over the weekend of Friday August 5 through Sunday 7, taking place at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. This year’s bill sports a total of 92 acts, with sub-headliners including Jack Harlow, Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers, Illenium, Lil Uzi Vert, Kali Uchis, Disclosure, Mitski and Anitta.Elsewhere throughout the line-up, standout acts include the likes of Mac DeMarco, Pusha T, 100 Gecs, Wet Leg, Sam Fender and Pussy Riot.

EXCLUSIVE: Vico Oritz has signed with Paradigm for representation. Ortiz is a Latinx, non-binary and gender fluid actor known for their work in HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death and The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Starz’s Vida.

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, which saw more than $14M of Quebec’s national maple syrup reserves stolen a decade ago, is the basis for a new comedy series.

The BBC has acquired HBO Max’s Ansel Elgort-starring Tokyo Vice from Endeavor Content.

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has partnered with the global production platform Crewvie to apply its proprietary software for real-time workforce analytics and crew list management across all of its productions.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Kinetic Content has landed the rights to Grady Hendrix’s forthcoming sci-fi comedic novella BadAsstronauts to develop as a half-hour television series, with Aperture Entertainment.

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Naman Ramachandran London-based Endeavor Content has closed several international territories on high profile crime drama “Tokyo Vice” (8 x 60’), which has a pilot episode directed by Michael Mann.Handling global sales on the project, Endeavor Content has inked deals with Crave (Canada), Canal Plus (France), Paramount Plus (Australia) and OSN Plus (West Asia and Northern Africa).The series was commissioned by HBO Max in the U.S. and by Wowow, Japan’s leading premium pay-TV broadcaster, with Endeavor as co-producer. It will also debut on HBO Max (Latin America and EMEA) and HBO Go (Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong) and Starzplay (Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Ireland and the U.K.).

Alec Baldwin filed to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against him by the family of a fallen U.S. Marine, Fox News Digital can confirm. Baldwin's lawyers filed the motion April 4 in the United States District Court of Wyoming.The actor has been sued by Roice McCollum, the sister of fallen U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKC Global Media has assembled a selection of Korean, Japanese and U.S. content for the second quarter across its portfolio of linear channels AXN Asia, Animax, GEM and ONE. Animax gets a second season of reality competition show, “American Ninja Warrior Junior,” season 4 of Dick Wolf’s “FBI,” season 3 of “FBI: Most Wanted” and “FBI International.” Continuing the crime theme, it will also play season 13 of “NCIS: Los Angeles” from May.