‘Kidding’ Duo Dave Holstein & Roberto Benabib Ink First-Look Deal With Showtime

By Nellie Andreeva

Charley Webb has united with another soap star mummy as she enjoys a day out with Lacey Turner.The 31 year old Emmerdale star is mum to three boys, while EastEnders actress Lacey, also 31, welcomed her first daughter last year.They met up with mummy blogger Ola Pelovangu for a girls' day out, announcing they had met in a social media post. Ola took to Instagram to share a photo of the trio together with her 13,300 followers as her actress pals beamed for the camera.

By Jake Kanter

Okay Goodnight, the production company helmed by “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman alongside Robbie Rowe Tollin and Hannah KS Canter, has signed a multi-year first-look deal with Fox 21 Television Studios to create projects for linear and streaming platforms, starting with an adaptation of the novel, “The Dreamers.”

By Nellie Andreeva

Rosario Dawson is on the case. 

By Jake Kanter

By Nellie Andreeva

At Miami’s NATPE market, Viacom Intl. Studios (VIS) announced an exclusive development and production first-look agreement with Spanish-American film and TV producer Frida Torresblanco’s production company Braven Films.

Gary Dauberman has signed a first-look television deal with Universal Content Productions (UCP), the studio announced Tuesday. Under the deal, Dauberman will write and produce scripted projects across all platforms. He will also launch his own production company, Coin Operated.

By Denise Petski

Endeavor Content is upping its local-language game, signing a significant first look deal with Mexico City-based producer Subtrama.

MADRID  — Adding to a powerful and still growing talent roster, Viacom International Studios (VIS) has clinched a first-look deal with Argentine writer-director Ariel Winograd whose latest movie, “The Heist of the Century,” has just become one of the biggest Argentine openers in history.

“Big Bang Theory” and “The Muppets” co-creator Bill Prady has inked a first-look deal with Netflix, Variety has learned.

Ahead of the release of thePeter Rabbitsequel, Will Gluck has renewed his first-look deal with Sony Pictures.Under the pact, Gluck and his Olive Bridge banner have set several new projects at the studio, including an ensemble comedy at Screen Gems inspired by the Ubisoft video game Just Dancewith a screenplay written by Amelie Gillette, Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka.Other newly set projects include a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, based on a pitch from Ashley

By Amanda N'Duka

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By Denise Petski