Leonine Studios Buys Into ‘A Perfect Crime’ & ‘Open Heart’ Doc Maker Gerbreuder Beetz Filmproduktion

Many Brits are still holding off touching the thermostat as the temperatures dip - and the hardest time of the day to resist temptation is when it comes to bedtime. But Aldi shoppers have been raving about a ‘snuggly’ duvet set that means they’ve avoided touching the central heating for another few weeks.

Liza Foreman CANNES  — TV series “Agatha Christie’s Hjerson” has been picked up by streamer Topic for North America and by the Australian channel SBS, ZDF Studios announced Tuesday at Cannes Mipcom trade fair.  “Agatha Christie’s Hjerson” is being sold as both a 45-minute series and four feature-length stories.  Topic has taken exclusive rights for the U.S. and Canada. SBS, a multicultural Australian broadcaster, has also closed an exclusive deal for the drama series. Additionally, ZDF Studios has licensed the program to VOD platforms  Google Play, iTunes, Amazon, Deutsche Telekom and Huawei for German speaking territories, as well as Germany’s public broadcaster, ZDF. 

ITV’s share price spiked today following news the UK network is considering selling part of its production and sales arm ITV Studios.

ITVX and Viaplay four-partner Litvinenko, which will see David Tennant playing the doomed Russian dissident, has sold into 80 territories ahead of its launch. AMC+ and Sundance Now have taken rights in the U.S., while Prime Video bagged Canada from distributor ITV Studios. 

Liza Foreman CANNES  —  The four-part drama “Litvinenko,” starring Scottish actor David Tennant, has sold to more than 80 international markets, ahead of its debut on the new ITV streaming service, ITVX in the U.K., and on Nent Group’s Viaplay streaming service in the Nordics, Netherlands, Poland and the Baltics. AMC Networks’ Sundance Now and AMC+ have acquired the exclusive U.S. rights to the drama, and Prime Video has taken the series in Canada.  In Europe, “Litvinenko” will air on M6 in France, ProSiebenSat.1 in Germany, and Sky Italia, amongst others.

EXCLUSIVE: German doc maker Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion is lining up feature-length projects on former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another from the UK’s Lucy, the Human Chimp director Alex Parkinson.

Another day, another item from budget supermarket chain Aldi's Specialbuys range that has gained attention from shoppers who are saying it has "exceeded expectations."

K.J. Yossman London-based longform news and podcasting outlet Tortoise Media has inked an exclusive first-look deal with Tortoise Media. The multi-year deal will see Sky potentially adapting Tortoise’s original podcasts including their investigative podcast “The Slow Newscast” into scripted and factual high-end series and/or features in the U.K., Italy, Germany and more. Tortoise will collaborate with Sky Studios during the development purpose on the Sky Original projects. Among the podcast series Tortoise Media has put out are “Sweet Bobby,” an investigation into one of the world’s most sophisticated catfishes, and “Hoaxed,” a multi-part series about one of Britain’s most   Since 2019, Tortoise Media has produced chart-topping podcast series such as “Sweet Bobby” and “Hoaxed,” their latest multi-part series exploring one of Britain’s most unusual conspiracy theories, in which an affluent London school community was torn apart by allegations of a satanic paedophile ring was in operation.

Marta Balaga Scottish actor Alastair Mackenzie, recently spotted in “The Crown” and “Andor,” Jessica Frances Dukes and Debi Mazar have been added to the cast of Filip Jan Rymsza’s feature film “Object Permanence.” They join previously announced star Millie Brady, who plays Brooke Brooks: a former supermodel who becomes a successful lifestyle mogul and is the first person to IPO herself. Production is currently underway in Poland and will continue in Thailand and Germany. “Apples” DoP Bartosz Świniarski is lensing the film. Set in the near future, “Object Permanence” is produced by Friends with Benefits Studio, with co-financing by the Polish Film Institute. Marta Lewandowska and Rymsza – the latter also behind “Mosquito State” – are producing, while CAA is handling North American sales.

Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey, the convicted scam artist who inspired the Netflix scripted series , has been released from a federal detention center after a judge granted her a $10,000 bond.Sorokin's defense attorney, Manny Arora, confirms to ET that she was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Orange County, New York late on Friday Oct.

Marcel Berlins in 2005. “Robinson’s (and Banks’s) quiet style has perhaps led to his being underrated; but make no mistake, he’s among the very best. ”Robinson’s fortunes began to turn in 2004 when his new publisher Hodder & Stoughton, who had poached him from Pan Macmillan in a rumoured £1.

Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey, the convicted scam artist who inspired the Netflix scripted series “Inventing Anna“, has been granted her release from a federal detention center after a judge granted her a $10,000 bond.

Paramount’s Network 10 Preps Aussie ‘Taskmaster’ 

We're desperately waiting for seasons six and seven of property reality show Selling Sunset to drop on Netflix. And ahead of the programme landing, LA brokerage-owner Jason Oppenheim revealed some exciting cast news - his girlfriend Marie-Lou Nurk will be making a cameo. "She’s not an agent at the company, but as my girlfriend she’s been involved in some filming," he told OK! "She’s met some of the agents many times.

Selling Sunset’s Jason Oppenheim was left heartbroken when his relationship with Chrishell Stause ended last December.The pair went their separate ways because of their differentiating views on starting a family. Since then, the Real Estate brokerage-owner has found love with German model Marie-Lou Nurk and his Netflix co-star Chrishell is now in a relationship with singer G-Flip. But the 45 year old told OK! he’s still on great terms with his ex and he has “so much love and respect for her.” “We spoke today actually,” Jason said.

Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey, the convicted scam artist who inspired the Netflix scripted series , has been granted her release from a federal detention center after a judge granted her a $10,000 bond.According to multiple reports, the fake German heiress is being released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Orange County, New York while she fights deportation after overstaying her visa.

Reprising his role as the show’s titular Bumper, Adam DeVine returns to the wildly successful “Pitch Perfect” franchise, this time in series format, courtesy of Peacock’s “Bumper In Berlin.”  READ MORE: Adam Devine To Star In ‘Pitch Perfect’ Streaming Series On Peacock The six-part series, which is executive produced by DeVine and star, producer, and director of previous installments of the franchise, Elizabeth Banks, “Bumper In Berlin” will pick up Bumper’s timeline some years after his antagonistic tenure as leader of The Treblemakers, as he hopes to invigorate his musical career across the Atlantic.

’s debut in theaters? Well, with a mashup, of course! And that’s just what Adam Devine did, performing “Take On Me X 99 Luftballoons” in the first official teaser for . Set to debut on Peacock in November, the spinoff series follows former Treblemaker who was last seen working as a security guard at Barden University in. Now, several years later, Bumper has moved to Germany, where he hopes to revive his music career after one of his songs becomes a hit in Berlin. In addition to Devine, the series also stars Sarah Hyland as Heidi, an assistant to Bumper with dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter, Jameela Jamil as Gisela, Pieter’s ex-girlfriend and rising German pop star, and Flula Borg, who returns as Das Sound Machine singer Pieter Krämer after first appearing in and becomes Bumper's manager.  “I have so much love for this cast -- they are just the most talented and hilarious group of people.

Netflix Among Buyers Of Doc On Dutch Soccer Manager Louis Van Gaal