Finnish Fire Monkey Takes ‘Enemy of the People’ to Mipcom, Reveals Full Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

Alaskan Bush People patriarch Billy Brown‘s last moments alive aired on the family’s hit Discovery TV show last season — leaving fans of the show in shock! After suffering a seizure in Loomis, Washington, on Feb. 7, 2021, the family patriarch and father of seven died in the arms of lifelong wife Ami Brown, 58.

, the HBO Max original romantic comedy anthology series, is back with season 2. This time, William Jackson Harper stars as Marcus, a thirtysomething editor who finds himself unexpectedly dating again after his wife divorces him.

The 2021 American Music Awards nominations – aka the AMAs – are finally here!

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBerlin-based Picture Tree International has picked up global sales rights to two Scandinavian romantic comedies – the Finland’s “70 Is Just a Number,” about an aging female pop singer, and Sweden’s “Til Sun Rises,” about two lovers who escape their respective marriages to come together at night with the help of an ancient and magic book.PTI will launch sales on the films at AFM, prior to their local releases via Nordisk Film: Dec. 29 and Dec.

Paradox has revealed that Surviving The Aftermath – a post-apocalyptic city builder – will be leaving early access on November 16.To announce the launch of Surviving The Aftermath, Paradox has released a new trailer marking the occasion.Surviving The Aftermath will launch on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on November 16, though it will be forward-compatible for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S owners.Paradox has also added the Outback Radio Pack to Founder’s Edition copies of the game, meaning

Joanne O’Riordan’s list of achievements is impressive. At just 25 years of age, the Cork native has already ticked giving an inspiring UN speech, appearing as a panellist of RTÉ’s Tokyo Paralympics coverage and working as a sports journalist, writing for the likes of the Irish Times, off her to-do list.

Sir Mo Farah won his first major title at the European Athletics Junior Championship in 2001. Fast forward 20 years to now, and while Mo has thought about hanging up his running trainers, he's not quite there yet.SEE: Sir Mo Farah’s family home looks like a holiday villaSpeaking to HELLO! at the unveiling of Huawei's new GT 3 watch, he said: "I'll retire at some point yeah, not yet.

Kate Hudson‘s recent adventure to a pumpkin patch in Santa Monica, California was a true family function! The 42-year-old actress was accompanied by fiancé Danny Fujikawa and all three of her children, daughter Rani Rose, 3, and sons Bingham, 10, and Ryder, 17, for the fall festivity on Wednesday, October 13.

Thursday night’s visit to Fair City is set to be an explosive one with residents of Carrigstown left fleeing for their lives after Carol’s Cabs is firebombed in dramatic scenes.

Christopher Vourlias SMF Studio, the venerable Russian animation house, and leading publisher Bubble Comics are partnering on a new series based on the comic book “Coolics” which they’ve premiered at Mipcom this week.Created by creative producer and SMF Studio director Alexandra Bizyaeva, Bubble’s editor-in-chief Roman Kotkov, and creative producer Evgeniy Eronin – a scriptwriter on the animated feature film “Major Grom: The Plague Doctor,” which was released by Disney in Russia earlier this

JD Linville “Mister8,” a Finnish comedy series produced by It’s Alive Films, is set to make its international debut at Canneseries. In this meet cute turned meet-your-competition, Juho (Pekka Strang) pits himself against his love interest Maria’s (Krista Kosonen) seven other partners – one for each day of the week.

Naman Ramachandran Abu Shahed Emon, a Bangladeshi filmmaker with close ties to Busan, is back at the festival with “No Ground Beneath the Feet,” directed by debutant Mohammad Rabby Mridha.

Annika Pham Paris-based APC (About Premium Content) has acquired world sales rights on the six-part Finnish thriller “A Good Family,” currently filming in Estonia before moving back to Finland.The high-end drama about love, marriage and parenthood is based on Finnish author and screenwriter Petri Karra’s 2019 novel “The Dark Light” (“Musta Valo”).

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentA trio of well-experienced Finnish producers, Eero Hietala, Lasse Koskinen and Ilkka Hynninen, have joined forces to launch Take Two Studios, a production company which will focus on premium drama, documentaries and podcasts. Hietala and Hynninen previously co-founded Aito Media in 2003 and produced more than 1,700 hours of programming during their 18-year run as co-CEO’s.

Will Tizard ContributorLocal characters in Finnish TV and film are increasingly diverse in ethnicity, disabilities and gender roles, according to industry insiders who took on the issue in Helsinki on Friday at the Finnish Film Affair, but there is still a long way to go.“We know this is not just a Finnish challenge – this is a global challenge,” said Keely Cat-Wells, CEO and founder of C Talent and Zetta Studios, who has also advised organizations from UCLA to Virgin Media on disability

Will Tizard ContributorFinnish film productions, which tend to be small-scale, have some of the lowest carbon footprints in Europe, panelists agreed at the Finnish Film Affair industry event on Friday.

Marta Balaga The Finnish Film Foundation, which receives its funding through the Ministry of Education and Culture from lottery and pool funds allocated for promoting film art, is facing new budget cuts. Its CEO, Lasse Saarinen, speaks to Variety about his battle to minimize the damage.The cut of 440,000 euros ($515,000) introduced this year might be followed by an additional 1.94 million euros ($2.28 million), making up approximately 8.8% of the foundation’s subsidy and operating budget.