ICM Partners Agent Joey Stanton Departing to Form Management, Production Company (EXCLUSIVE)

Em Johnson and actor and producer Katherine Waddell have launched a female-focused independent production company called First Bloom Films, TheWrap has learned exclusively.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMadrid-based Avalon is transforming from a prestige producer-distributor into an industrial force.Founded by CEO Stefan Schmitz in 1996, Avalon has carved a reputation most recently for producing and releasing in Spain Carla Simon’s “Summer 1993,” a Berlin 2017 First Feature Award winner.

Cinema’s love affair with trains goes back, of course, to the very origins of the art form, and more than a century later, the flame shows no sign of dimming. To recent examples such as “Snowpiercer” (2013), “Train to Busan” (2016), and the latest of many adaptations of “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) can now be added “Compartment no.6” (“Hytti Nro 6”) from Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, premiering in Competition at this year’s Festival de Cannes.

Christopher Vourlias Moroccan producer Khadija Alami and Nigerian producer and Africa Intl.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s iconic Cinecittà Studios are set for a major overhaul involving many new state-of-the art soundstages, a bigger backlot and ambitions to become continental Europe’s top filming facilities thanks to a multi-million euro cash injection provided by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund.In June, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Italian premier Mario Draghi (pictured above) jointly visited the Cinecittà lot and held a

dropped on Tuesday and Joey King's Elle has a big decision to make.

dropped on Tuesday and Joey King's Elle has a big decision to make.

It’s the beginning the end of The Kissing Booth franchise.

Joey Chestnut is a winner once again!

July 4 means baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. For competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut, it particularly means hot dogs.

tweeted. Joey Chestnut is going so hard he broke ESPNEven so, fans celebrated his win as excitedly as ever, even going so far as to compare him to some other incredible athletes.We’re currently witnessing the most dominant athlete of all time, live and direct.

Naman Ramachandran A galaxy of Indian entertainment industry heavyweights are reportedly backing Reliance Entertainment group CEO Shibasish Sarkar’s special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting the Indian media industry.Variety understands that Sarkar’s New Jersey registered International Media Acquisition Corp.

EXCLUSIVE: L.A.’s Finest star Duane Martin has signed an overall deal with Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk Productions for scripted and unscripted content. The first two projects to be developed under the pact are The Free Agent and Deal Detective.

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off an eight-season run on The Blacklist, series star Megan Boon is staying in business with the studio behind the long-running NBC drama series. Boone has launched a production company, Weird Sister, signing a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has launched a new service that will generate more international co-productions.The Producers Connection, the latest addition to the festival’s co-financing and co-production section IDFA Forum, will serve as a bespoke platform for fostering international co-production.

Nick Carter, Lance Bass, AJ McLean and Joey Fatone are making boy band fans' dreams come true. The former members of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC recently got together for a good cause, and talked to ET about possibly making new music together.The foursome recently donated $1 million to The Trevor Project on behalf of Mission Tsuki and hosted Bingo Under the Stars in celebration of Pride month at The Grove in Los Angeles.