International Insider: Film & TV’s Shot In The Arm; Netflix Nets Brooker; Irvine Welsh Interview; Mipcom Misgivings

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSeth MacFarlane and Chadwick Boseman are teaming as executive producers on a limited series about the Little Rock Nine that is currently in development at Universal Content Productions (UCP).The untitled series is set in 1957 after the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorGood afternoon, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerNetflix has acquired the film rights to Femi Fadugba’s debut novel The Upper World, which has Queen & Slim’s Daniel Kaluuya attached to produce and star.The YA novel is the first in a planned series of novels.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter with you this week, and here’s everything you need to know about the global film and TV business.

Penny Lancaster fans will have been delighted on Wednesday as she appeared on Loose Women and gave fans a look inside the incredible mansion she shares with her husband Rod Stewart.The beautiful 49 year old, who married Rod in 2007, lives in Essex, in a home which looks incredibly lavish. Popping up on screen on the ITV show, Penny was accompanied by her pet dog as she sat chatting away to Andrea McLean, Stacey Solomon and Denise Welch.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Production quietly began last month in London on pandemic-inspired feature Alone, which marks the directorial debut of Kirsty Bell, CEO of UK financier Goldfinch.

Seth Rogen and Jimmy Fallon went head-to-head to answer a series of pickle-related questions during Thursday’s “Tonight Show”.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: You wait years for one bus, and then two come along at the same time. That’s the phrase Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh used when reflecting on how two of his first-ever TV projects got unveiled within the same week.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentVariety partnered with U.K.-based consultancy Ampere Analysis to delve into the top local and regional ad-supported and pay TV services that are competing with behemoths like Netflix and Amazon.

Kendall Jenner showed off her Los Angeles house, giving a tour of her glamorous fitting room, art studio and more.The model, 24, walked Architectural Digest around her expansive home in a YouTube video accompanying her September 2020 cover story.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterTed Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer, will be honored with Variety’s Vanguard Award at the annual Mipcom international content sales conference set for Oct.

Lars Björck, an international film executive who also produced the 2005 dramaHavoc, starring Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips and Shiri Appleby, has died. He was 66.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHappy Friday readers. Tom Grater checking in with your weekly dose of international news.

Jimmy Fallon and Will Arnett tried — and failed — to play a game of “Hey Robot” during Thursday’s “Tonight Show”.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Bentonville Film Festival set the lineup for its sixth edition Tuesday, with the festival co-founded by Geena Davis unveiling its spotlight and competition program of indie feature films, shorts and episodic titles.The fest is set to run August 10-16 in the Arkansas city and is being engineered as a hybrid event because of coronavirus concerns, with digital screenings, panels and events to run alongside some on-the-ground premieres and

American Tabloid, the working title, will show a weekly publication across different decades.The project is expected to be a fictional place “where political correctness, morals and ethics are left firmly at the door”.Burning Wheel said it was “positive” the deal would be firmed up shortly, with development to begin soon.Producer Shelley Hammond said: “To do this production justice we always knew we would require writers who don’t hold back and go way further than most would dare.“We are just

Naman Ramachandran “Trainspotting” creator Irvine Welsh will adapt his novel “Crime” alongside long-standing screenwriting partner Dean Cavanagh (“Wedding Belles”) for BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox U.K.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC and ITV’s joint-venture streamer BritBox has pulled the curtain back on its first slate of UK drama originals, just weeks after Deadline revealed that Damian Lewis and Dominic West will star in an adaptation of A Spy Among Friends for the streamer.Building on the Kim Philby espionage thriller, which BritBox is co-producing with Spectrum Originals, the subscription video service has announced three fresh projects — all of which are literary adaptations