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HBO Max is set to launch in a number of countries across Europe but there are no plans for a UK platform yet.The service will be available in six countries from October 26 – Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Andorra – before expanding to a following 14 in 2022.Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia will all receive HBO Max next year, while there’s no news on any plans

Naman Ramachandran Protagonist Pictures has closed sales on several key territories, including the U.S.

Manori Ravindran International EditorHBO Max is coming to Europe on Oct. 26, and the first launch markets will be Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra, Variety can reveal.The next crop of 14 European countries will receive the WarnerMedia-owned streamer in 2022.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAnissa Bonnefont, who latest film “Wonder Boy” won a Special Jury prize at Tribeca in 2020, has recently completed “Nadia,” a timely documentary feature about Nadia Nadim, the Afghan-born Danish soccer star.

Brian Austin Green, 48, and Sharna Burgess, 36, once again proved their relationship is going well when they showed up to the Malibu Chili Cook Off in Malibu, CA on Sept. 3.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films has boarded “Blaze,” the feature directorial debut of award-winning Australian painter Del Kathryn Barton, which stars Simon Baker (“High Ground”) and Julia Savage (“Sweet Tooth”).Now in post-production, the film stars Savage as Blaze, a teenager who is the sole witness to a shocking crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she unleashes the wrath of a dragon coming from her wild imagination.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLe Pacte has boarded Juanjo Gimenez’s drama “Out of Sync,” which makes its world premiere at Venice Days, and the documentary biopic “Inferno Rosso: Joe d’Amato on the Path of Excess,” which will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Special Screenings section.“Inferno Rosso: Joe d’Amato on the Path of Excess,” directed by Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin and presented by Danish helmer Nicolas Winding Refn, sheds light on Aristide

Angelique Jackson Former football star Ricky Williams is telling his story with a new biopic, titled “Ricky Williams in Australia,” produced by Modern Magic.Williams will co-write the movie — which explores the former NFL star’s life and year of sabbatical in Australia — with Modern Magic co-founder and Academy Award-winner Rodney Rothman.

Jamie Lang Keshet International (KI) has closed its first international pre-sale for ZDF and Viaplay’s upcoming nationalist domestic terrorism thriller “Furia” to Australian broadcaster SBS, announcing the sale on the occasion of the show’s world premiere at Lille’s Series Mania.“Furia (“The Furies”)” was inspired by, but not based on, real events of domestic terrorism in Norway and across Europe, most notably the 2011 attacks carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.The

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOne moment, Julie, just  18, a fashion influencer, 159,258 followers, is swanning down a street in Copenhagen, with her BFFs Constanze, Micke and Sofia. The next, her parents and big brother are dead, killed in a plane crash in Africa.Julie gets the family mansion, but can’t think of any good reasons for living.There’s a before and after, Julie says in “Kamikaze,” HBO Europe’s first Danish original.

trolls online who branded her a "cheap ass" for freezing a discounted cake she bought for her daughter's birthday. The mum, who was chuffed with her purchase, took to social media to flaunt her bargain but was targeted by trolls.

Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald also reported that “Extraction 2” will instead film in Prague in the Czech Republic.

Filming on Russell Crowe’s new thriller has been halted just six days before it was due to wrap, after a member of the crew tested positive for COVID-19.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Extraction 2,” the planned sequel to one of Netflix’s most successful original movies, will now shoot in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. The Chris Hemsworth-starring actioner had been set to lens in Australia.Crew who had already begun preparations in New South Wales, Australia were informed on Friday by Netflix and the Russo brothers’ AGBO production company, sources told Variety.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction of thriller “Poker Face” directed by and starring Russell Crowe has been shut down in Australia by a confirmed coronavirus case among the film’s crew. A second case is under investigation.The film had been shooting in and around Sydney, despite a local lockdown, and was six days away from wrapping.

Annika Pham “Flee” multi-awarded Danish writer/director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, most recently nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize, is set to take up the animated format and displacement theme with the project under the working title “Dane” (“Dansker”), spear-headed by Danish production outfit Ja Film (“LEGO Elves”).The animation feature project is based on “The Dane Trilogy” (“Dansker Trilogien”) comic books by rising Danish talent Halfdan Pisket, winner of the 2019 series prize at the

R U Ok? has launched a Stronger Together, “I ask my mob, in my way, are you Ok?” a suicide prevention campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. With many parts of Australia being in lockdown to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, the campaign encourages people to engage with and support their family and friends going through difficult times. Star Observer spoke with Dr Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat, Chair of the Advisory Group for the Stronger Together campaign.

Annika Pham Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to the anticipated Danish epic period drama “Margrete-Queen of the North,” helmed by Charlotte Sieling (“The Bridge,” “The Killing,” “Homeland”).