Leonine Picks Up Distribution Rights To Odeon Fiction Spy Series ‘Bonn’

EXCLUSIVE: The fight against Rome continues. Good news for Barbarians fans, cameras are now rolling on the second season of the historical action show, which is Netflix’s most successful German series.

Gemma Oaten has shared a picture from her childhood, showing her on day release from a children's psychiatric unit as she works to raise awareness for eating disorder groups. The Emmerdale star shared the snap of herself, aged 12, waving two flags as she headed to Wembley to watch her brother Chris play in a rugby game on a rare day out while she was being treated for anorexia.The 37-year-old posted the image alongside a message reflecting back on her treatment as a child.

Naman Ramachandran Michal Aviram, one of the writers of global hit series “Fauda,” has created six-part drama thriller series “Munich Match” (working title).The series is set in 2022, 50 years after the Munich Massacre, a terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team in 1972. On the anniversary of the attack, Munich is hosting a friendly soccer game between an Israeli and a German football club.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has signed an overall deal with TV scribe and playwright Brian Otaño.

Jamie Lang Banijay has announced that its French scripted label, Endemol Shine Fiction, is rebranding as Shine Fiction and has already signed several important development deals under the new banner.

Ed Meza @edmezavarEuropean arms industry corruption, forbidden love in 1920s Berlin and the impact of public outrage on the justice system are some of the themes explored by upcoming Germans TV productions showcased on Aug.

Manori Ravindran International EditorLeonine Studios has picked up six-part event series “Herzogpark,” one of the first big-budget offerings commissioned by German broadcast giant RTL’s streaming service TVNOW.Leonine will handle worldwide sales, and is set to launch global distribution at next month’s Mipcom market in Cannes.

Gemma Oaten’s brother Chris has shared a photo of her in the height of her anorexia battle as a teenager that was taken just days before she had a heart attack. Chris posted the image to his Instagram account, telling his followers that the photo of his beloved sister, who is now 37, still haunts him to to this day.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIn the run up to Series Mania, European network Arte and German public broadcaster NDR have boarded “Helsinki Syndrome,” a contemporary Nordic Noir thriller series headlined by “Vikings” star Peter Franzén and created by Mikko Oikkonen (“Bordertown”). “Helsinki Syndrome” is the first series jointly produced by Beta Film and leading Finnish production banner Fisher King which is part of the Beta Nordic Entertainment Group.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to the drama De Gaulle, with plans to release it in theaters and on digital platforms on October 22.

Yesterday, it was announced by WarnerMedia that they’d added two more cast members to their cast of “Our Flag Means Death,” a pirate comedy series at HBO Max that will be led by New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi as history’s most notorious pirate, Blackbeard.

Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse wowed her fans with an incredible hair transformation, as she looked worlds away from her usual look on the ballroom dance floor.The German and South African professional has become a celebrity in her own right on the popular BBC talent series, having now become the first dancer to win two years in a row.

“Q-Force,” Netflix’s animated adult-comedy series, is about a group of undervalued LGBT superspies, including Steve Marywhether (also known as Agent Mary), a gay secret agent who is like James Bondsque, who try to prove themselves on personal and professional adventures.

Denise Van Outen has shared a glimpse inside her idyllic staycation with her partner Eddie Boxshall and close friend Lydia Bright.The 47 year old, who recently said no to I’m A Celebrity in Wales but yes to when it returns to Oz, shared a collection of snaps to her 574,000 Instagram followers of her sweet seaside break to West Mersea in Essex.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Koch Media has acquired German and Italian VOD rights to Russian filmmaker Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale” ahead of its Aug. 17 world premiere at the 25th Fantasia Int’l Film Festival.“Searching” and “Profile” creator and Screenlife format pioneer TimurBekmambetov is a co-producer of “#Blue_Whale.”The cautionary tale is inspired by a news story Zaytseva came upon years ago which was later presented to her as a treatment.

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