Fremantle Sells Banner Factual Original ‘Arctic Drift: A Year In the Ice’ to 170 Territories (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Global Screen has closed a raft of sales on its live-action family adventure “Jim Button and the Wild 13.” The adaptation of Michael Ende’s best-selling novel – which has been translated into 25 languages – is one of the most expensive feature films in the history of German cinema, with a budget of more than $24 million.Global Screen, part of Telepool, has sold the film to France (Megalys Productions), Middle East (Salim

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix is preparing a week of public screenings of its original movies in select French cinemas in December, Variety has confirmed.

Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water, has confirmed that the new release will include all original costumes and content, following concerns that the age rating has been downgraded in some regions.In an interview with JPGames, Shibata confirmed that despite the change to the age rating in Germany, no costumes or content has been removed or altered.

Selling Sunset star Heather Rae Young has officially tied the knot with her "soulmate" Tarek El Moussa.Taking to Instagram, the newly married pair documented their lavish celebrations attended by 34 year old Heather's Netflix castmates and the 40 year old Flipping 101 host's daughter Taylor, 11, and son Brayden, 6, who he shared with ex-wife Christina Haack.

Unlike Adapted Screenplay, the Original Screenplay category is not only more competitive but likely more settled. Kenneth Branagh‘s autobiographical “Belfast” is pretty much a lock for a nomination (he earned an Adapted nod for “Hamlet” in 1998) and it’s likely Zach Baylin lands a nod for “King Richard.” Moreover, we have a gut feeling MIke Mills‘ “C’Mon C’Mon” will also make the cut, especially after his nod in this category for “20th Century Women” in 2016.

Experienced Canal+ drama exec Vera Peltekian is to head up HBO Max’s French original production offering as the streamer gears up for launch in Europe.

Naman Ramachandran SALESRed Arrow International has sold documentary “Controlling Britney Spears” to a raft of territories.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s RAI Com, which is the sales arm of Italian state broadcaster RAI, is scoring sales to key territories on Gabriele Mainetti’s “Freaks Out,” following the genre-bending film’s launch in competition at Venice.Mainetti’s lavish historical fantasy set in 1943 Rome, where four “freaks” who work in a circus are left to their own devices when the Eternal City is bombed by Allied Forces, has been sold to Metropolitan Film for France and to The Klockwork

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentRomain Quirot’s “Paul W.R.’s Last Journey,” an ambitious film mixing science fiction and ecological tale, has been sold by Kinology (“Annette”) to major distributors, including Samuel Goldwyn Films in North America.

Jamie Lang Emmy-winning French animation production-distribution studio Dandelooo has closed several key sales for its exquisite 2D animated preschool short film “Shooom’s Odyssey,” a standout at the 2020 Annecy International Animation Film Festival where it took the Crystal for Best TV Production and was selected as one of Variety’s 10 Shorts Not to Miss that year.Dandelooo has struck deals for the Picolo Pictures-Bardaf! Productions co-production with Discovery Kids in Latin America, ZDF in

Manori Ravindran International EditorChannel 4 drama “Help,” starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham, has been picked up by Acorn TV for the U.S., Variety can reveal.The critically acclaimed single drama, written by “His Dark Materials” and “Enola Holmes” writer Jack Thorne, will premiere on the service in the U.S. and Canada in early 2022.“Help” is a searing commentary on the U.K.

Embankment and Cross City have sold out on The Son, Florian Zeller’s second feature following the Oscar winning The Father.

Change of plans! When Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote The Last Duel, one scene included a kiss between the actors — but it never made it to the final script.

Closing of a chapter. Angelina Jolie has sold her stake in Chateau Miraval, the French winery she purchased in 2012 with ex-husband Brad Pitt.

Sir David Attenborough’s latest BBC natural history landmark The Green Planet has sold to networks worldwide ahead of next week’s Mipcom.

Laure Calamy and the best director award for Eric Gravel in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival, has scored multiple territory deals for Brussels-based sales company Be For Films.

Angelina Jolie just said “Au revoir” to the $164 million French vineyard that she shared with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt. The 46-year-old actress sold her 50% share of Château Miravalto, which is located in Correns, France, to wine group Tenute del Mondo, according to an Oct. 6 report from The Wall Street Journal. The sale price has not been publicly reported, but if there’s anything we know about Angelina, it’s that she surely got a big chunk of money in the deal.