Malaga Winner ‘Amateur’ Gets German Co-Production Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

Ed Meza @edmezavarFilm and TV productions in Germany have come back with gusto following the three-month COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year, albeit under stringent health protection requirements.Despite a second lockdown in November due to the rise in coronavirus cases, shooting continues around the country, both in studios and on location.

EXCLUSIVE: German studio Leonine has hired former NBCU and Sky exec Patrick Phelan as Director of World Sales.

The Latics claimed three points at the Stadium of Light as Wigan won their first game in League One since the start of October.

Garfield cartoonist Jim Davis has long insisted that ‘cats rule the world’ and it looks like he might be right.

Kaleem Aftab Screenwriter-playwright Christopher Hampton, who won an Oscar for “Dangerous Liaisons” and was Oscar nominated for “Atonement,” has penned a screen version of his one-woman play “A German Life,” about the life of Brunhilde Pomsel, the infamous secretary of Nazi Joseph Goebbels.

Jamie Lang Arguably the greatest soccer player to ever live, Argentina’s Diego Maradona has died, his attorney confirmed to Reuters. He was 60.Several news outlets across Latin America are reporting that the former World Cup winner suffered a heart attack in his home, just two weeks after an urgent surgery to repair a brain bleed.Maradona’s club career included time at several of the world’s most famous clubs, including Boca Juniors in Argentina, Napoli in Italy and Barcelona in Spain.

Legendary Entertainment has teamed with veteran TV writers/showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, The White Queen, The Spanish Princess, Doctor Who, The Man In The High Castle) on new U.K. joint venture Watford & Essex.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorLegendary Entertainment and The Spanish Princess showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham have launched the joint-venture production company Watford & Essex, which is already in development with 10 projects, including a remake of ABC’s 1960s TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.The new outfit will be based in Bristol, south-west England, and has hired Christine Healy, the head of production at Catherine The Great producer New Pictures, as its chief

Naman Ramachandran Legendary Entertainment and “The White Queen” and “Life on Mars” writers/showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham have launched a U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAppropriately blessed by sunshine in Spain, though the whole event went online, the Malaga Film Festival’s Spanish Screenings wrapped Friday, though films will continue to screen another week given the demand for screenings. The equivalent of France’s UniFrance Rendez-vous with French cinema in Paris, the Screenings were a bellwether for far larger trends coursing the American Film Market and the international market at large.

Ann-Marie Corvin International buyers were shown another preview of director Marta Lallana’s sophomore feature, “Muyeres,” at the Malaga Spanish Screenings this week.Set to go into production next year, the black and white documentary that explores song preservation in the northern Asturian region of Spain, the work-in-progress received its first festival outing this spring, taking part in Malaga’s virtual WIP showcase.Last year’s winners included Spanish horror movie “The Platform,” which went

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFew figures in the Spanish film industry dress as formerly, or as well, as Malaga Intl. Film Festival director Juan Antonio Vigar.