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In an unprecedented move, streaming giant Netflix and Comcast-backed pay-TV operator Sky are teaming up with “Sex Education” and “Ms. Marvel” writer Bisha K Ali to create a screenwriting fellowship for six U.K. writers that will provide them with financial aid, a support network and ultimately a job in a writers’ room for either a Netflix or Sky program. For Variety, Anne Mensah, VP of U.K. Original Series, and Jane Millichip, chief content officer for Sky Studios, discuss their vision for

star Brittany is a «player» according to her fellow castmates. In this exclusive clip from part one of this season's tell-all streaming on Discovery+ on Sunday, one of Brittany's love interests, Terence, talks about what kept going wrong in their relationship.Brittany, who was first introduced to viewers on — which documented her relationship with her now ex-fiancé, Yazan — juggled dating two men this season.

Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are taking their fans back to the early 2000s with their new podcast “Welcome To The O.C.” where they’re rewatching the entire series.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInside Out, Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival and single largest promoter and distributor of 2SLGBTQ+ content in Canada, has announced eight new feature film projects that will participate in the festival’s fifth annual Finance Forum during the festival’s 31st year.The Finance Forum, taking place online from May 31-June 4, during the festival (running May 27-June 6), will provide 2SLGBTQ+-identified producers and/or producers creating 2SLGBTQ+

What will a person do to change their life? It’s a fascinating thought at the center of Lauren Oliver’s “Panic.” The Amazon adaptation of her bestselling novel covers events surrounding an increasingly dangerous quest for renewal. In the process, those involved face the grim realities of poverty, injustice, and all too common fallacies that go hand in hand with small-town idyll.

The 2022 Golden Globes will not air on NBC amid the backlash against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

EXCLUSIVE: The Thinklab Media and Kapers Animation have revealed first images from “Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow”, the animated noir-ish family thriller now in production in Spain for expected completion in Summer 2022.  Director is Julio Soto Gúrpide (Deep) with a screenplay by Rocco  Pucillo who won the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for it.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAgent-producer Brian Sher has been named president of Quality Films, the film and television division of Quality Control, the label and management company that spawned the careers of Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, City Girls, Migos and many more.According to the announcement, in his new role, Sher will oversee development and production of the company’s slate, which will emphasize culturally driven stories, as well as develop vehicles for the label’s artists.

Christopher Vourlias Gravitas Ventures has acquired all rights in the U.S. and Canada for “The Body Fights Back,” director Marian Võsumets’ documentary about the paradoxes of diet culture, Variety has learned exclusively.

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to Night Raiders, a dystopian sci-fi feature executive produced by Oscar winner Taika Waititi.

Jennie Punter Known as a producer of award-winning Canadian documentary and narrative films, a showrunner and, more recently, as the cofounder of Canada’s newly minted Black Screen Office, Jennifer Holness is chatting up her feature-doc directorial debut, “Subjects of Desire,” this week at Hot Docs where it screens in Special Presentations.In an interview with Variety before her industry conference Masterclass (now available on-demand to festival attendees), Holness confirmed that negotiations

Joe Jonas has an exciting music update for Jonas Brothers fans.

Canada’s own Lindsay Ell has a lot to celebrate.

JD Linville Set on a forgotten Russian island in the Caspian Sea and playing out like a window to another world, doc feature “Ostrov – Lost Island” has been acquired for world sales by London-based Taskovski Films.Premiering at Swiss doc fest Visions du Reél in its main International Feature Film Competition, the documentary chronicles a community forced to fish illegally to feed their families, and the traditions which endure.In “Ostrov” directors Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop are expertly

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films has closed a first batch of key deals on Antoine Vitkine’s critically acclaimed documentary “The Savior For Sale: The Story of Salvator Mundi.”The film lifts the veil on the painting titled “Salvator Mundi” (The Savior of the World), which mysteriously resurfaced several years ago and was sold at Christie’s for a record $450 million to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, in 2017.“The Savior For Sale: The Story of Salvator