Jason Statham-Guy Ritchie Spy Thriller ‘Five Eyes’ Pre-Sells To Germany In Big Toronto Deal

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios sells Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe”; ZDF commissions natural history series “Africa From Above”; “Married at First Sight” gets live wedding; ITV orders game-show format “Game of Talents”; travel format “Heads and Tails” goes to Spain; Jellyfish promotes Natalie Llewellyn; German Film Office opens in New York; and Monte-Carlo TV Festival sets 2021 dates.BBC Studios has secured several global pre-sales for Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen‘

Naman Ramachandran Stuart Ford’s AGC International has closed several global territories on “The Father,” starring Donnie Yen (the “Ip Man” franchise, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”), directed by Tommy Wirkola (“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”)Deals closed at the virtual Toronto market include with Leonine in Germany and Switzerland; Metropolitan in France; DeAPlaneta in Spain; Nordisk in Scandinavia; Rialto Distribution & Vertigo Releasing in Australia & New Zealand; Signature Entertainment in

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Fremantle passes 130 territories sold for Samuel L. Jackson’s “Enslaved,” Lineup Industries is set to license NHK’s formats slate, Red Sea International awards more than $1 million in grants, and Walter Presents nabs five Nordic series.Samuel L. Jackson’s Epix docuseries “Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade” will air in 130 territories after Fremantle closed deals including France’s Histoire TV, History in Germany and Movistar Plus

Walter's Choice has taken U.S. streaming rights to Maria Theresa, a The Crown-style period epic about the first, and only, female ruler of the Habsburg Empire.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentBeta Film’s drama “The Turncoat,” which was just honored as best TV movie at the Seoul Intl. Drama Awards, has scored a series of territory deals, including the U.S.The German miniseries, based on the bestseller by Siegfried Lenz and directed by Florian Gallenberger, winner of the Oscar for best live-action short, was sold around the world.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHello and welcome to International Insider. Tom Grater here bringing you our latest rundown of international news, including some exciting TIFF deal-making action, a key hire in the German TV market, and the winners from the first major film festival to take place in the pandemic era.Pre-market nerves: “How will this year’s market play out? Who knows?” Wrote Deadline’s Mike Fleming on the eve of this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMemento International has unveiled the trailer for “Persian Lessons,” the anticipated WWII drama directed by Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”), ahead of its theatrical roll-out in Germany later this month.Alamode Films Distribution will release the film in Germany on Sept. 24 in Germany and will present it on the opening night of the Jewish Film Festival.

It's getting a bit hard to keep up with Brad Pitt's personal life, ever since the Nicole Poturalski dating rumours began. It was fairly recent when the 56-year-old actor whisked off the 27-year-old German model to Château Miraval, South of France, which is his shared castle and vineyard with Angelina Jolie.

Brad Pitt is rumored to be dating model Nicole Poturalski and recent reports have claimed that she is in an open marriage right now with German restauranteur Roland Mary.

German majorLeoninehas snatched up the rights for Germany to Guy Ritchie's Miramax spy thriller Five Eyes, starring Jason Statham, during the Toronto Film Festival's virtual market. The pre-sale deal was reached with STXinternational, which is handling worldwide rights to the movie, which is expected to start shooting in Europe in November.STXfilms will distribute it directly in the U.S., UK, and Ireland.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s Iervolino Entertainment is boasting a slew of international sales on Ciro Guerra-directed drama “Waiting for the Barbarians,” toplining Johnny Depp and starring Robert Pattinson, Mark Rylance, Gana Bayarsaikhan and Greta Scacchi.The adaptation of J.M.

Guy Lodge Film Critic“And Tomorrow the Entire World” is a taut, headlong dive into a student Antifa commune in Berlin, whose residents gradually splinter over how to fight a rising tide of white supremacy. It was, per its press notes, originally conceived as a period piece by director Julia von Heinz, before she concluded that there was no need to do so.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBlue Fox Entertainment has acquired She Is the Ocean, the new documentary from Inna Blokhina (On the Wave) that follows nine women from across the globe who share a deep and profound love of the ocean.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMalgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert’s “Never Gonna Snow Again,” one of the buzziest titles out of the Venice Film Festival, has found distribution in the U.K., Italy and Germany.Following what’s understood to have been a competitive process with wide interest, Picturehouse Entertainment has swooped for U.K./Eire rights. I Wonder has bought the film for Italy, and Real Fiction are on board for Germany.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: London-based sales outfit Independent has sold the world on its sci-fi pic Archive, with Universal Pictures Content Group landing a multi-territory deal.That pact mops up leftover territories, with previously deals having been struck for: CIS (Capella), German speaking territories (Eurovideo and Capelight), Indonesia (CP Films) Japan (Culture Entertainment Company), South Korea (Scene and Sound), Middle East (Empire), China (Jetsen), Portugal (Nos