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EXCLUSIVE: Specialty distributor 3388 Films has acquired rights to Vietnamese smash Mai, and has set a March 22 theatrical release across North America and Europe. From director Tran Thanh, the romance drama is now the No. 1 movie of all time in Vietnam, having crossed 500B VND ($20M) locally this past week. 

Everything Meghan Markle wears these days goes straight onto our style inspo Pinterest boards. We loved her snow bunny looks when she visited Whistler, Canada, last month, and now we're loving her latest ensemble: a coordinated two-piece that screams understated and sophisticated.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The 44th edition of genre film festival Fantasporto, which runs in Portugal’s second city Porto from March 1-10, has bestowed its best film award on Japanese sci-fi fantasy pic “From the End of the World,” directed by Kaz I Kiriya. The movie follows 10-year-old Hana, whose dreams transport her across various eras in Japanese history, and have the ability to save humanity. The jury’s special award went to “The Complex Forms,” Italian director Fabio D’Orta’s debut feature.

UPDATED with news that Ranjit will attend the Oscars as director Nisha Pahuja‘s guest. It’s a momentous weekend for To Kill a Tiger, the award-winning documentary directed by Nisha Pahuja.

Two Door Cinema Club is doubling up on tours in 2024.First up, the post-punk indie-pop rockers will wrap up the first leg of their winter and spring tour in May.Then, after a month off, the “What You Know” group return to the road for their biggest North American trek yet from July through October with special guests Flipturn, Petey and Quarters of Change on select dates.Midway through the U.S. and Canada run, they’ll drop into New York City’s Rooftop At Pier 17 for back-to-back gigs on Tuesday, July 23 and Wednesday, July 24.They’re also slated to drop into Asbury Park, NJ’s Stone Pony on Friday, July 26 and Lewiston, NY’s Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater on Monday, July 29.And if you want to see the hitmakers live, tickets are available for all shows.At the time of publication, prices start at $38 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other concerts have tickets starting anywhere from $41 to $129 before fees.Need to hear “Undercover Martyn,” “Something Good Can Work,” “Sun” and more live this year?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Two Door Cinema Club’s 2024 U.S.

A Canadian college student has been arrested and charged with six counts of murder after police say he slaughtered a family with an “edged weapon.” Per reports from Reuters, CBC

Universal Television’s top comedy development executives said business is thriving with EVP Jim Donnelly calling the moment “oddly busy.”  

Per , the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted looking “happy and in great spirits” while seated in a secluded corner booth on Thursday night."Harry was very animated throughout the dinner,” a source added. “They were super low-key and seemed happy to be around the upbeat vibes at the lively venue.”Famously, Prince Harry took his now wife to Soho House in London for their first date in July 2016.

Francesca Orsi Wins Series Mania Award

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Ahead of its U.S. premiere at SXSW, “The Queen of My Dreams” has been sold to a flurry of international markets, including in the U.K. and Ireland to Peccadillo Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of its world premiere at SXSW on Saturday (March 9), feature doc Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics has found an international distributor in the UK’s Rainmaker Content.

Naman Ramachandran The South Asian House initiative is back at SXSW with the festival’s first-ever South Asian music showcase. Featured acts include Jay Dhami, Bodur, Simar, Avara, Meetu Chilana, The Tabla Queen, DJ Anupi, Bollyflow and The Diversity Band.

A+E Networks has signed a development deal with Reese Witherspoon‘s Hello Sunshine for lifestyle series which will air as part of A+E’s Home.Made.Nation multi-platform content hub. The first series from the partnership will be Country House Hunters, a co-production between Hello Sunshine and Abode Entertainment, which will premiere in the summer of 2024 on A&E.

Atom Egoyan has revealed that he was so traumatized by the negative reception to his Ryan Reynolds-starring thriller The Captive at the Cannes Film Festival that he will never return again with a film.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent MALAGA — Dark Star Pictures, the L..A.-based distribution company, has secured North America distribution rights to “On the Go,” which showcases the acting talents of “Elite’s” Omar Ayuso, here playing a Grindr addict with vengeance in his heart. Celebrating its world premiere at last August’s Locarno Film Festival, “On the Go” was acquired for world sales in the run-up to the Swiss festival by Paris-based MPM Premium.

Lionsgate Vice Chair Michael Burns said the company is set to split in two by year end with a first step in early April as the studio merges with a SPAC and starts to trade separately from Starz on the Nasdaq under the stock symbol LION.

ITV Emmerdale fans threatened to 'switch off' on Tuesday evening after a karaoke session in the Dales pub, the Woolpack. Gail (Rachael Gill-Davis) was fronting a special event where the likes of Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley)and Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) took to the mic.

CONCACAF W Gold Cup has its semi finalists. After games kicked off on late February, four teams have emerged victorious: Brazil, Mexico, Canada and The US. The upcoming matches will take place within the next couple of days, paving the way for the winners of the W Gold Cup, the first tournament of its kind in the sports’ history.

The organizers of Canada’s well-regarded Just for Laughs festival, a major gathering in Montreal where a number of comics have been discovered, have canceled the 2024 edition and filed for bankruptcy.

EXCLUSIVE: One Night Stand actor Matthew Sauvé will star in a limited series about his experiences with addiction.

Alex Ritman “Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew,” a documentary chronicling the rise, fall and rebirth of Canadian streetball collective The Notic, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures, which has picked up worldwide rights and set a March 26 release date. Gravitas — an Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company — has also unveiled a new trailer for the film, which was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, made its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival and won the True North Audience Award and the Best BC Film Award.

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has assembled the cast for its new medical drama series Doc around the previously cast lead Molly Parker. Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker and Anya Banerjee are set as series regulars, and Scott Wolf and Patrick Walker will recur in the show from writer, executive producer and showrunner Barbie Kligman, executive producers Hank Steinberg and 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios. Production on Doc has started in Toronto, Canada.

Conan Gray has officially graduated to superstar status.The 25-year-old pop icon just announced his worldwide ‘Found Heaven On Tour,’ in support of his upcoming album “From Heaven,” due out April 5.On the 17-concert U.S. leg of the international run, he’ll perform at arenas, amphitheaters, auditoriums and theaters with special guest Maisie Peters.That includes a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Monday, Sept.

Brent Delaney (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), “Brownie Mary”Harris McCabe (Los Angeles, CA), “Nat Cady’s Boys”J. Miller (Burbank, CA), “Slugger”c. Craig Patterson (Los Angeles, CA), “Tah”“The black sheep of the family comes back home to live with the most difficult matriarch in New Orleans.”Kayla Sun (Los Angeles, CA), “Boy, Girl, Fig”“Aden was born with a rare condition where he becomes invisible to people who love him.

UPDATED: “Nobody understands all the things you have to do when you wear a badge.” So begins the Season 2 trailer for American Rust which sees the return of Jeff Daniels‘ police chief Del Harris to fictional Buell, Pennsylvania to investigate what appears to be a widening murder conspiracy threatening the small town.

Dune: Part Two ” is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms, big screen spectacle and the star power of Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve ’s science fiction epic stormed the North American box office this weekend earning $81.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.Internationally, it earned $97 million, bringing its global debut to $178.5 million.“Denis made a really extraordinary and special film and its been really exciting to see people respond,” said Mary Parent, a producer on both “Dune” films and chairman of worldwide production at Legendary. “It was made for the big screen and it feels like it’s being received as a cinematic event.”It’s the first major hit of 2024, and one that was sorely needed by exhibitors.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Dune: Part Two” is turbocharging the international box office. Director Denis Villeneuve’s otherworldly sequel has generated $97 million from 71 overseas markets, bringing its global tally to a promising $178.5 million. Those worldwide revenues include $81.5 million from North American theaters, where it landed the biggest domestic opening weekend of the year.

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott were seen out together for the first time since they separated nine months ago! Whoa!

Nicki Minaj is back on the road!

EXCLUSIVE: Working Title Television is developing a TV series version of Scott Alexander Howard‘s buzzy debut novel The Other Valley.

There still ain’t no party like an S Club party, even 20 years later!

Good afternoon Insiders, Jesse Whittock with you in London, where the TV world has decamped this week for a series of screenings. Read on, and sign up for the newsletter here.

Meghan Markle looked timelessly elegant as she swapped her The Duke and Duchess of Sussex closed their three-day tour in British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, February 16. Prince Harry delivered a heartfelt speech at the celebratory dinner in Vancouver ahead of the Invictus Games, 2025.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios has bought British broadcaster ITV‘s 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255 million ($322 million), the companies revealed on Friday. The streamer was founded in 2017 as a joint venture between BBC Studios, which is the commercial arm of the British broadcaster, and ITV. “The transaction will provide net proceeds including loan repayments and accrued dividends and after tax of around £235 million,” the companies said.

Diljit Dosanjh is making history in 2024.The Indian pop star just announced his upcoming North American ‘Dil-Luminati Tour’ where he will headline the largest Punjabi concert outside of India, when he takes the stage at Vancouver’s 54,500-seat BC Place on April 27.Other notable stops on the run include huge shows at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena on Tuesday, May 28 and Newark’s Prudential Center on Thursday, May 30.This 13-concert trek will be Dosanjh’s first official North American run since his 2022 ‘Born To Shine World Tour.’ He didn’t take 2023 off, though; last year, he headlined at Coachella, becoming the first Punjabi artist to do so.Want to catch the “Lemonade” singer/rapper live?As of now, fans can grab tickets for all upcoming concerts.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, March 1, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.While we can’t say for certain what Dosanjh will take to the stage this spring, here’s what he played at the final concert of his 2022 tour, according to Set List FM:“01.) “G.O.A.T.”02.) “Ki Banu Duniya Da”03.) “Do You Know”04.) “Jutti Kasoori”05.) “5 Taara”06.) “Tommy Jeans”07.) “Putt Jatt Da”08.) “Proper Patola”09.) “Patiala Peg”10.) “Umbrella”11.) “Kharku”12.) “Laembadgini”13.) “Lover”14.) “Vibe”15.) “Raat Di Gedi”16.) “Black