Fremantle Forges Partnership With Creative Alliance of Nine Production Companies

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning writer-playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, creator of the acclaimed series David Makes Man, has teamed up with actor-producer Glenn Davis, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, to launch Chatham Grove, a production company which has inked an overall deal with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian, actor and host Hasan Minhaj today announced the launch of his production company, 186K Films, as well as For the Culture, a new film he’s set to produce and star in for Amazon Studios, which he’s scripting with long-time collaborator Prashanth Venkataramanujam.

Newen Studios has upped Romain Bessi – the man credited with “piloting its international expansion” – from MD to CEO.

Kenan Thompson has formalized his plans to move into production and talent management.

Naman Ramachandran Studiocanal’s Red Production Company has secured the rights to Irish novelist John Boyne’s latest critically-acclaimed novel “The Echo Chamber,” after a competitive auction. The novel will become a 10-part returnable series, which Boyne will adapt for screen.

StudioCanal’s Red Production Company has secured the rights to Boy In The Striped Pyjamas author John Boyne’s latest novel The Echo Chamber, with Boyne set to adapt as a 10 x 30-minute series.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In Panama to shoot “The Stars at Noon,” French auteur Claire Denis (“Beau Travail,” “High Life”) spoke at an IFF Panama fest panel about shooting the film in Panama and her hallmark “instinctive” filmmaking.With her were her two male actors, lead Joe Alwyn (“The Favorite”) and rising Panamanian thesp and former wrestler Nick Romano (“Kimura”), who plays a key secondary role.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran film and television exec Gary Glushon has joined Bach Enterprises, the production company of actor, comedian and digital creator Andrew Bachelor—otherwise known as King Bach—as Executive Vice President of Development.

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The 2014 French drama La Famille Bélier centered on a young woman growing up in a family with deaf parents, but for the most part the filmmakers cast hearing actors to play the deaf roles. Writer-director Siân Heder was determined not to take that same approach when she set about making CODA, her award-winning adaptation of the French film, and thus began her collaboration with actress Marlee Matlin.

Dev Patel on Wednesday announced the launch of a production company titled Minor Realm and expanded his producing team with the addition of two industry veterans. “The Green Knight” and “Slumdog Millionaire” star has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, which will apply to his work with Minor Realm.

Emmy-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Matrix Resurrections, The Trial of the Chicago 7) today announced the launch of his production company, House Eleven10, as well as a new creative partnership with Netflix, which will have him starring in and producing films for the streamer under his new banner.

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. management and production house Anonymous Content is teaming up with Euro firm Federation Entertainment to launch France-based TV label Anonymous/Federation.

Danish production company Creative Alliance, which is run by Lone Scherfig, Ole Christian Madsen and Malene Blenkov, has struck an exclusive agreement with Nordisk Film Production.

Nine global indies have joined together to form a Fremantle-backed alliance to create high-end drama series and films.

Ibeyi have released a brand new single called ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu – you can watch the song’s hypnotic video below.The Afro-French Cuban musical duo – comprising twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz – shared the track on social media yesterday (November 17) alongside news of “a new beginning”.This new beginning includes the follow-up to their 2017 album ‘Ash’, which they say they’ve started working on.“The first song we produced in the studio was ‘Made of Gold’, Ibeyi said

Production designer Stefan Dechant and costume designer Mary Zophres said director Joel Coen instructed them to make his film The Tragedy of Macbeth more abstract than a literal adaptation. Zophres and Dechant spoke with Deadline’s Justin Kroll at The Contenders Film: Los Angeles event Sunday.