Fremantle Rejigs Global Drama Leadership as Sarah Doole Exits

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSchitt’s Creek alums Tim Rozon and Sarah Levy, along with Adam Korson (Seed), Maurice Dean Wint (The Kid Detective), Savannah Basley (Wynonna Earp) and Tennille Read (Workin’ Moms) are set as series regulars in The Surrealtor, Syfy’s upcoming drama series from Blue Ice Pictures.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“This is Us” star Justin Hartley, Bonnie Bedelia and Treat Williams have been cast in the Netflix family drama “The Noel Diary.”Netflix announced Wednesday it had acquired the movie rights to Richard Paul Evans’ New York Times bestselling novel, published in 2017. Charles Shyer, whose credits include “Alfie” and “Father of the Bride,” will direct from a script he’s writing with Rebecca Connor and David Golden (“Dangerous Lies”).Hartley will also executive produce.

Keira Knightley is set to star in a TV adaptation of the award-winning novel The Essex Serpent.

Zahra and Salma Halane sparked a counter-terror probe after they fled Manchester for Syria at the age of 16 in 2014.

Keira Knightley has found her next period drama – Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.

Peter White, Jake Kanter EXCLUSIVE: Colette and The Imitation Game star Keira Knightley has found her next period drama – an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.The streamer has ordered the project to series from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake.

Kathy Wakile‘s daughter, Victoria Wakile, celebrated her upcoming wedding to her fiancé, Teddy Kosmidis, in style despite the ceremony being postponed to next year.The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum’s daughter, 26, hosted the gathering earlier this month in her hometown of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

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Peter White Television EditorLuka Peros, one of the stars of Netflix’s La Casa De Papel (Money Heist), has signed with nascent management and production firm Alta Global Media.Alta Global Media co-founder Steven Adams will represent Peros across the board.He joins the roster alongside his Money Heist colleague Pedro Alonso, Gary Dourdan (CSI), Tamara Tunie (Almost Family) and Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank).Peros first appeared as the mysterious Marseille in season three of the Spanish-language

Naman Ramachandran European broadcasting group RTL, whose bouquet of companies include “American Idol” producer Fremantle, has seen group revenue down 16.4% to €2.7 billion ($3.3 billion) in the first half of 2020, according to half-yearly results declared on Thursday.Adjusted earnings before interest and amortization (EBITA) fell 52% to €258 million ($305 million).The decline was mainly due to the COVID-19 outbreak across Europe in the second quarter of the year, that led to a year-on-year

Angelique Jackson Lulu Wang has set her follow up to “The Farewell” with a reimagining of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s acclaimed Japanese family drama, “Like Father, Like Son.”Variety has learned that Wang is attached to direct the project, which is currently in development stages at Focus Features, and will also produce the film with Josh McLaughlin of Wink Productions. The screenplay comes from playwright Sarah Ruhl.

Peter White Television EditorPeacock has handed a series order to young adult mystery drama One of Us is Lying and has tapped Darío Madrona, co-creator of Netflix’s Elite, as showrunner.The streamer has given the adaptation of Karen M.

John Malone's international cable giant Liberty Global said on Wednesday that it has agreed to make an all-cash public tender offer for all publicly held shares of Swiss pay TV and telecom company Sunrise Communications in a 6.8 billion Swiss franc ($7.4 billion) deal. The price tag puts a 32 percent premium on the no.

Mark Wahlberg is strutting his stuff. On Monday, the 49-year-old Oscar nominee took to Twitter on Monday to share a photo from a recent day on the water with his wife, Rhea Durham.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorFremantle’s global drama chief Sarah Doole is leaving the company behind The New Pope to set up a new talent incubator, meaning group COO Andrea Scrosati will extend his role to oversee global drama.Doole is leaving after more than six years to establish Sow The Seed, which will aim to foster new and diverse talent in the scripted and audio worlds.

“My [heart emoji],” Mark Wahlberg, 49, captioned the photo of posted to Instagram on Aug. 10. In the picture, a shirtless Mark is seen standing next to Rhea Durham, 42, with a gorgeous lake in the background. During this trip out to the water, Rhea opted for a sleek black one-piece swimsuit, with her hair put in a messy-but-stylish up-do. Mark’s styling only consisted of a pair of sunglasses and swim trunks covered in sharks, but when you’re packing a six-pack like him, what else do you need?

Jamie Dornan doesn’t agree he’s been typecast due to his role as Christian Grey in erotic romance movie Fifty Shades Of Grey.The actor appeared on Britain’s This Morning show to promote the release of his new film Endings, Beginnings, a comedy in which he stars alongside Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig, when he was asked by host Eamonn Holmes whether he felt typecast because of the Fifty Shades franchise.“What’s sort of great about those movies and the success they had is that they’re so unique,”