HBO Max Takes StudioCanal Thriller Series 'Possessions'

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Syria is most definitely not the most stable country in the world, as civil war ravages the nation. However, that’s exactly where a young French man finds himself as he travels to the Middle Eastern country on a search for his sister in “No Man’s Land.” READ MORE: 2020 Fall TV Preview: 45 Shows To Watch As seen in the trailer for the upcoming Hulu series, “No Man’s Land” tells the story of a man on the hunt for his sister, who is believed to be dead.

HBO Max, the streaming-video hub of WarnerMedia, has acquired anticipated Studiocanal title “Possessions,” a psychological thriller series created by Shachar Magen (“Sirens”) and directed by BAFTA-nominated Thomas Vincent (“Bodyguard”).As an international Max Original, the series will be made available on the U.S. streaming platform in December.Commissioned for Canal Plus’s Creation Original and Israel’s Yes TV, the series was shot in Israel in French, Hebrew and English.

Emiliano Granada Few Brazilian series have won such plaudits abroad as high-end medical procedural ”Under Pressure,” which was selected for the Toronto Festival, swept French Fipa TV festival awards, and is hailed as a signature series in the drive by Globo, Latin America’s biggest media company, into non-escapist, international standard social issue series.As Brazil has become one of he three countries with the most COVID-19 infections in the world, Globo aired an “Under Pressure” two-episode

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has struck a deal for world rights to Valley Of Tears, Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever made, in a major deal for London-based sales and production org WestEnd Films.The show marks WestEnd’s first foray into TV, through its banner WeSeries.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorItalian firm Indiana Production, German outfit SquareOne Productions and French company SND (Groupe M6) have revealed details about their Italian-language mafia series L’Ora (Ink Against Bullets).The 10-part returning mafia origin series is inspired by the real-life investigative endeavors of the Sicilian newspaper of the same name.The series is directed by Piero Messina, best known for Netflix Original series Suburra, Ciro d’Emilio and Stefano Lorenzi.

Syfy fan-favorite Wynonna Earp, the genre drama from showrunner Emily Andras, is headed to Europe. Cineflix Rights announced a deal on Monday with NBCUniversal International Networks to carry all four seasons of Canadian supernatural western across its science fiction channels in Iberia, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland and in Poland and the Balkans, as the show is launched at MIPCOM's online market.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorFirst Look Media streamer Topic has picked up the U.S. rights to Israeli drama Nehama in a deal that will see Topic Studios develop an English-language adaptation of the darkly comic series.Topic clinched the rights in a competitive situation, and the original series will premiere in North America on October 15.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ genre streamer Shudder has landed a major multi-territory deal on The Banishing, Christopher Smith’s horror starring Jessica Brown Findlay that has its world premiere at Spanish festival Sitges this month.Sales agent WestEnd Films struck the deal, which covers North America, UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorWME has signed Niv Sultan, the breakout Israeli star of Apple TV+’s spy thriller Tehran.Sultan headlines the eight-part drama, playing Tamar Rabinyan, a Mossad computer hacker-agent undertaking her very first mission in Iran’s capital, which is also her place of birth.She started her career in Israel, starring in series including She Has It and Temporarily Dead.

James McAvoy and Claire Foy are set to star in the English-language version of hit French thriller My Son.Hopefully the prep for this movie is better then IT: Chapter 2 for JamesDirected by Christian Carion, who also directed the French version of the film, the project will begin shooting in McAvoy’s native Scotland in November (2020).The X-Men star will take on the role played by Guillaume Canet in the original – a father on a desperate search for his missing son.

Netflix has picked up worldwide rights outside of France, Spain and China to The Swarm, a horror thriller from French director Just Philippot about a woman who develops an obsessional bond with grasshoppers she is breeding as a high-protein crop. The woman, played by French actress Suliane Brahim, finds herself growing closer to her demanding swarm of bugs as they begin to develop a taste for human blood.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has acquired world rights to French director Just Philippot’s Cannes Critics’ Week 2020 Label horror thriller “The Swarm.”Written by Jérôme Genevray (“Vieux con”) and Franck Victor (“Philosophie”), the film is set in rural France. It stars French actress Suliane Brahim (“The Specials”) as a single mother who is struggling to get her grasshopper farm off the ground until she discovers her livestock thrive on human blood.

Claire Foy and James McAvoy are set to star in My Son, the missing person thriller from ErosSTX Global Corp. and a remake of the 2017 French movie Mon Garçon (My Son).

Alfredo Morelos on loan.The offer would have had a clause to turn the move permanent but Rangers knocked it back immediately because they weren't happy with the finances involved.The Athletic say the proposal from the Serie A club was an initially loan fee of €2m (£1.8m) and a transfer fee which was less than the last bid rejected by Lille.The French club had confirmed an offer of £16m for Morelos earlier in the window but after singing Canadian international Jonathan David, they needed to sort

Dave McNary Film ReporterJames McAvoy and Claire Foy will star in the upcoming English-language remake of the French thriller “My Son.” STXfilms has bought the worldwide rights to the film.McAvoy will portray a man whose only son goes missing, leading to him travel to the town where his ex-wife (Foy) lives in search of answers.

Depending on your thoughts about English-language remakes, you’re either going to love or hate this news. According to ErosSTX, the production company is set to make an English-language remake of the French thriller, “My Son.” But there is some hope, as the cast and crew of the feature seem to point to a worthwhile retelling.