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Eli Goree, the Riverdale actor who is generating awards heat for his performance in Regina King’s One Night in Miami, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. The native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, continues to be repped by Vickie Petronio at Vancouver’s Play Management as well as Authentic Talent.

With “Parasite” just arriving last year, we’re still going to have to wait a bit longer for a new Bong Joon Ho feature film. That being said, NEON has decided that now is the best time to re-release Bong’s crime drama, “Memories of Murder,” to further help the American public fall in love with the South Korean filmmaker’s works.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWe’re only days away from the second coming of Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, and Variety has an exclusive clip of one of his many misadventures.From producer and star Sacha Baron Cohen and distributor Amazon Prime Video, the sequel to Cohen’s hit 2006 mockumentary returns again to the United States to probe cultural divides — this time, with his teen daughter (reportedly played by Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova) in tow.On a pit stop in the Carolinas, Borat

Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch and John Michael Higgins assemble to take a trip down memory lane, revisiting the mockumentary spoof on American dog shows. The film, released on Oct.

Ventana Sur, a film-TV market-meet run by the Cannes Festival and Market and Argentina’s Incaa film-TV agency, the Blood Window Lab will be held online for the first time, running Nov. 30-Dec.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMagnolia has acquired North American rights to “Shorta,” Anders Ølhom and Frederik Louis Hviid’s Danish action thriller, which world premiered during Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival to warm reviews. The movie went on to play at Toronto.The action-packed film follows Jens and Mike, two police officers who are on a routine patrol in a disadvantaged neighborhood when news breaks that 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi has died in police custody.

. Yazan and his American fianceé, Brittany, have been struggling over their cultural differences all season long, but the situation has clearly taken a serious turn for the worse when it comes to Yazan's family's acceptance over their relationship.Yazan's parents want their son and Brittany — who moved to Jordan from Florida to be with Yazan — to get married immediately because of their religious beliefs and for her to convert to Islam.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFilmmaker Elegance Bratton, a Marine Corps veteran and Sundance Film Festival alum, is set to direct the documentary “Hellfighters.” The film chronicles the life of James Reese Europe, an African American jazz pioneer who served as a lieutenant during World War I in the Black military unit known as the Harlem Hellfighters.“As a veteran and artist like James Reese Europe, I immediately knew I wanted to tell his story,” Bratton said.

Will Thorne Staff WriterCharles Yu’s latest novel “Interior Chinatown” is getting the TV treatment.Hulu is developing a series based on the novel, with Yu in place to adapt his own work, Variety has learned exclusively.

, NBC’s newest sitcom about a group of friends staying in touch via video chat during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, debuted in October, it made history for transgender visibility.

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, have announced a forthcoming livestream concert experience, dubbed Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti.The rock supergroup – also comprised of members of Tool and A Perfect Circle – recently announced the upcoming release of their fourth full-length album, ‘Existential Reckoning’, due out on October 31.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAs the pivotal 2020 presidential election draws nearer, Bravo has set a new virtual conversation to encourage Black Americans to vote, Variety has learned exclusively.The 90-minute special is entitled “Race in America: Our Vote Counts” will air Sunday, Nov. 1 at 10 p.m.

Emiliano De Pablos Beta Entertainment Spain is joining forces with Nicely Entertainment, the L.A.-based outfit run by former Gaumont executive Vanessa Shapiro, to produce the TV thriller series project “The Tamer.”The project, about a serial killer who tames and trains other killers to take down more of their kind, has attached Spain’s Paco Torres (“El vuelo del tren”) as writer, director and showrunner, alongside Mexican director of photography Guillermo Navarro, who won an Academy Award for

Annika Pham Produced by Iceland’s powerhouse Sagafilm for local public broadcaster RÚV, “The Minister” has been sold by Cineflix Rights to SBS for Australia, AMC Networks International for Southern Europe, and TVO for Canada.The multiple sales follow the recently announced acquisition by North American streaming platform Topic, with more deals pending.The eight-part TV show headlines Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” “Trapped”) as populist Icelandic prime

Anna Marie de la Fuente Oscar-nominated Mexican thesp Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”) and Chile’s Daniela Vega, who starred in the Academy Award-winning 2017 drama “A Fantastic Woman,” have signed on to host a four-part documentary series about Latin American women who have survived state and gender violence, “Peace Peace Now Now,” which Vega has spearheaded and executive produces.Aparicio, as the first indigenous Latina to be nominated for an acting performance and Vega, for her show-stopping role

Christopher Vourlias New series “Lafayette” will be presented this week at the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA), the film and TV market taking place in Rome. Variety spoke to the show’s producer Nicolas Deprost, CEO of the French production outfit Wild Horses, and writer, Oscar winner David Franzoni (“Gladiator”), ahead of the market.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Breaking Glass Pictures has picked up North American distribution rights to Chilean producer Omar Zuñiga’s directorial feature debut, “The Strong Ones” (“Los Fuertes”).Meikincine Entertainment handled the sale.Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best International Narrative Feature and the Audience Award at OutFest LA as well as Best Narrative Film at Florida’s OutShine Film Festival, “The Strong Ones” has been on the global film festival circuit and will soon have its

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMaría Elena Wood, producer of Turner’s “Mary & Mike,” Joyn’s “Dignity” and now “News of a Kidnapping” for Amazon Studios, is re-launching her own production house, María Wood Producciones.Shaping up already as a key Latin American production partner for top high-end fiction producers in Europe and the U.S., Maria Wood Producciones will focus, as in past series produced by Wood, on premium scripted drama of substance, with a social or political

Anna Marie de la Fuente Comedy sells.

Joe Garratt has opened up on his plans to get into presenting in America.The 24 year old, who recently partied with his Love Island pals to celebrate his birthday in a marquee, explained that he wants to pursue the American dream and work for E! News, just like former TOWIE star Mark Wright did for Extra.The former Love Island star exclusively told OK! Online: "I really want to go down the presenting route. I spoke to my manager and that's what we're going to really push for.