Erik Barmack Drives Into Romantic Comedy, Optioning Petra Hülsmann’s ‘Hamburg Series’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ed Meza @edmezavarJulian Radlmaier, who made a splash this year with his Marxist vampire satire “Blutsauger” (“Bloodsuckers”), is developing a romantic river barge road movie as his next project.“Binnenschifffahrerin Birte” is an East-West love story that centers on an old housekeeper working in a western German hotel who fondly recalls her youth in 1980s East Germany, when, as a river barge captain, she experienced the one big adventure in her life: delivering an East German-made river barge

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLeading German production banner Augenschein Filmproduktion, is launching an in-house worldwide sales and financing division that will be spearheaded by former Telepool executive Jonathan Saubach (pictured).The new division will be called Augenschein Sales and will focus on financing the company’s production slate through access to equity, market pre-sales and film funds in order to retain creative and financial control over projects.In this new role,

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeABC is developing a new reality competition series that might be described as an “American Idol” for the social media influencer set. “#FollowMe,” from Venture 10 Studio Group, will feature aspiring online stars as they compete in various business-themed challenges to build their follower bases.

star Tom Ellis spoke with ET's Katie Krause about the upcoming season of the show and what Luciferas God may mean for the fate of Deckerstar. When asked about Lucifer seemingly taking on the role of the big man upstairs, Ellis played coy on whether Lucifer is actually God now. «Well, I can't tell you that,» Ellis told ET.

'Lucifer's Kevin Alejandro on the Dan Shocker in Season 5B Tom Ellis, Lauren German on Deckerstar and 'Lucifer's Musical Episode 'Lucifer's D.B. Woodside Teases Heartbreaking and 'Special' Season 5B

Matthew McConaughey is getting real about his successful career in Hollywood.The 51-year-old movie star reveals he once turned down a $14.5 million film proposal, after deciding to stop doing romantic comedies.Matthew says he wanted to change his reputation as “the go-to rom-com guy,” and wanted to focus on more dramatic roles.And although he enjoyed making romantic comedies and was getting paid well, the actor says he wanted to go deeper.“I wanted to do work that reflected my personal vitality.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterGloria Calderón Kellett has landed her first series order under her overall deal at Amazon, Variety has learned.Amazon has greenlit the one-hour romantic comedy series “With Love.” It follows the Diaz siblings, Lily and Jorge, who are on a mission to find love and purpose. The Diaz siblings cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during some of the most heightened days of the year –the holidays.

he suffered a crisis of confidence in front of goal, it would be understandable if the German decided to stand aside in the event of a shootout. But that is not Werner and his reply underlined his determination to keep going, to keep putting himself in position, to never hide and his refusal to give up on his Chelsea career.

EXCLUSIVE: Dean Devlin’s (Independence Day) Electric Entertainment has sold new series Leverage: Redemption to Bell Media in Canada and Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland in Germany.

Matthew McConaughey is opening up about his decision to leave the world of romantic comedies, including how his wife, Camila Alves, challenged his commitment to the idea.In a new interview for AARP The Magazine’s latest cover story, the 51-year-old talked about his decision to quit acting in romantic comedies, including how his wife responded once he broke the news.After referring to himself as “the go-to rom-com guy,” the Oscar winner found himself dissatisfied with the genre, even though he

's musical episode is going to be one to remember! ET's Katie Krause was on the set of the long-awaited episode, where stars Tom Ellis and Lauren German gave insight into what fans can expect.«It has been a long time in the planning. We have done a lot of music in the show and done some dancing in the show.

Variety.Her character reportedly then gets amnesia after a skiing accident and “finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.”There is no word on other cast members or a production team behind the film yet.

Kate Aurthur editorLindsay Lohan, who has largely foregone acting in recent years, will soon star in a yet-to-be-titled Netflix holiday rom-com.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSet in the foreboding sugar cane fields of KwaZulu-Natal, Fremantle-M-Net crime thriller “Reyka” – starring South African born Kim Engelbrecht, whose credits include “Isidingo,” “Dominion” and “The Flash,” and Iain Glen, Ser Jorah Mormont in “Games of Thrones” – looks set to mark another milestone in both Fremantle and premium South Africa TV production.For Fremantle, a still expanding scripted drama force, “Reyka” is its first South African show,

Naman Ramachandran The 2021 Sheffield Doc/Fest has announced its competition contenders alongside its full program.The international competition includes “Charm Circle” (Nira Burstein, U.S.) “Rancho” (Pedro Speroni, Argentina), “Factory to the Workers” (Srđan Kovačević, Croatia) and “Summer” (Vadim Kostrov, Russia).Also competing are “Equatorial Constellations” (Silas Tiny, São Tomé and Príncipe/Portugal), “From the 84 Days” (Philipp Hartmann, Germany/Bolivia), “This Stained Dawn” (Anam Abbas,

“It’s super surreal,” says The Boys showrunner Erik Kripke of Barack Obama revealing he’s a big fan of the lurid Amazon superhero series.

than Netflix,” Star and Richman added in a joint statement. “A romantic comedy with a gay leading man; it is a passion project for us that feels both personal and universal.”Star is currently busy with the second season of his first Netflix series, “Emily in Paris,” which began production in Paris, St.

Warner Bros. has announced.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSkybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television’s Skybound Galactic joint venture have partnered with Italy’s Fabula to produce an Italian-language TV series adaptation of the Skybound/Image comic book “Clone.”The young Italian screenwriters’ collective known as Grams, which wrote Netflix Italian original “Baby,” will adapt and showrun the live action series.The comic book, created by David Schulner, follows Luke Taylor, whose life is interrupted

Courtney Howard Don’t be fooled by the empowerment-sounding title of “Finding You”: The engine of writer-director Brian Baugh’s romantic comedy isn’t driven by the woman herself, but by the men who are continually placed in power positions that directly inform her arc.