‘His Dark Materials’ Backer Anton & Former BBC & ITV Studios Exec Tobi De Graaff Launch Beiboot Representation

Andreas Wiseman International EditorLongtime Gaumont sales chief Cecile Gaget is joining Euro producer-financier Anton as President of International Production and Distribution from October 1, 2020.Gaget most recently served as Gaumont’s Head of International Production and Distribution, overseeing international acquisitions, English and local-language productions and foreign remakes. She also set up the company’s U.S.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Producer Tony To (Band of Brothers) and director/producer Dan Sackheim (True Detective) have teamed with ITV Studios America to launch Bedrock Entertainment, part of ITV Studios’ expansion of its U.S. scripted TV business under the leadership of Philippe Maigret.

Tom Cruise — who's been living in Britain amid the coronavirus pandemic and recently restarted production on the seventh film in his "Mission: Impossible" franchise — surprised fans when he landed his helicopter on a London golf course then hopped out and headed to the clubhouse for lunch during the weekend of July 18, The Sun reported.RELATED: Famous people who've had COVID-19"Locals were amazed when Tom landed on the fairway," a source told The Sun, which has photos.Tom, a trained pilot,

BBC presenter has been told to expect jail after admitting carrying out 40 sex offences, a number of which were against children, over a 30 year period. Benjamin David Thomas, who also worked as a preacher at the Criccieth Family Church in Gwynedd, North Wales, admitted ten counts of sexual activity with a child, eight sexual assaults and for attempts to commit sexual assault when he appeared before Mold Crown Court on Friday.

The stars of “Grey’s Anatomy” are dishing on first-day jitters in the operating room, prepping for working with medical equipment and being pregnant on set. In a unique crossover event, actors Chandra Wilson (Dr. Miranda Bailey), Kim Raver (Dr. Teddy Altman) and Greg Germann (Dr. Tom Koracick) got together, virtually, with four real doctors from Netflix’s “Lenox Hill” to discuss being and portraying medical professionals.

are dishing on first-day jitters in the operating room, prepping for working with medical equipment and being pregnant on set. In a unique crossover event, actors Chandra Wilson (Dr.

Comic-Con@Home, this year’s virtual offering in place of San Diego Comic-Con, has been released.The five-day event will offer fans a range of events, entirely free to watch online, following the cancellation of this year’s convention (due to kick off on July 23) in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.This year’s convention will include talks regarding fan-favourite titles including Star Trek: Discovery, His Dark Materials, The Walking Dead, Bill & Ted Face The Music and more.But the

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Detention,” a school-set thriller-horror sited during Taiwan’s martial law or White Terror period, was Sunday named as best narrative feature at the Taipei Film Award, the closing event of the Taipei Film Festival.The film, adapted from a Red Candle video game, also claimed the best actress, best art design, best visual effects and best sound design awards. The jury called the film “courageous” for making a stand at this time.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOver the last six years, actress Dafne Keen has seen her career take off on a meteoric ascent. A native of Spain, the 15-year-old made her big-screen debut with Wolverine send-off Logan, before taking on the lead role in epic fantasy series, His Dark Materials.In the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed series of novels, Keen plays Lyra, an orphan living with Oxford scholars, who is pulled into a multi-world reality.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMeghan Markle seeks court order Meghan Markle is seeking a court order preventing the Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers from naming five of her friends as part of an ongoing legal dispute, according to reports.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West backed off of his support for President Trump, claimed he had a bout with Covid-19 in February, talked at length — if vaguely — about his own presidential campaign, slammed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and plenty more in a sprawling four-hour interview with Forbes that published early Wednesday.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Scotland’s STV are joining forces to broadcast a short film that attempts to burnish the credentials of British free-to-air television at a time when U.S.

Jake Kanter, Peter White, Nellie Andreeva EXCLUSIVE: Billions’ Damian Lewis and The Affair alum Dominic West are in negotiations to headline and executive produce a limited series adaptation of bestselling Cold War espionage thriller A Spy Among Friends for Spectrum Originals and UK streamer BritBox.The six-episode A Spy Among Friends, based on Ben Macintyre’s book, comes from former Homeland executive producer Alexander Cary, Sony Pictures Television and ITV Studios.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVA3 Artists Agency has brought in four former Paradigm agents to reestablish a literary division. Veterans Andy Patman and Adam Kanter have come on board as A3 partners and Co-Head of Television Content and Motion Pictures, respectively.

[Trigger Warning: Discussion of self-harm] In some deeply upsetting news, former AOA member and Hospital Ship star Mina took to Instagram to recount decade worth of alleged bullying, at the hands of Jimin, who we know as the leader of the popular Korean girl group. It was in May 2019, when Mina decided to not renew her contract and instead went the solo route following Youkyung and Choa, who left AOA in October 2016 and June 2017 respectively.