Mediawan To Acquire Lagardère Studios; Creates Pan-European Alliance With Stakes In Leonine, Good Mood

Jake Kanter International TV EditorSky and Sony Pictures Television have signed a new “long-term” partnership that will give the Comcast-owned pay-TV operator access to Sony’s movies across the UK and Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.The deal builds on an agreement signed in 2016 and means new Sony Pictures Entertainment releases, including Jumanji: The Next Level, Little Women and Bad Boys For Life, will be carried by Sky Cinema.

Beck has rescheduled his planned UK and European gigs for summer 2021 due to the coronavirus – see the new dates below.The shows, on the back of last year’s ‘Hyperspace’ album, feature two nights at London’s Brixton Academy.The tour dates were provisionally cancelled back in May, and now the Italian and UK shows of the initial run have been given new dates.Original shows due to take place in Iceland, Luxembourg, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Switzerland have yet to be rescheduled, with

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerGravitas Ventures has obtained the North American rights Machine, a documentary about the rise of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning from I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead filmmaker Justin Krook.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentHollywood super-indie banner Anonymous Content (“Defending Jacob”) is partnering with Païva Studio, a production label owned by French media group Mediawan, on “Civilizations,” an ambitious series based on Laurent Binet’s (“HHhH”) bestselling novel.The series, set to be shot in South America and Europe in several languages, delivers a plausible rewriting of global history in which Christopher Columbus never discovered America and the Incas came to

Discovery has agreed to acquire German general entertainment channel Tele 5 fromGerman mini-major Leonine, controlled by private equity group KKR. Financial terms of the deal, unveiled on Friday, weren't disclosed.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDiscovery has acquired the German free-to-air entertainment channel Tele5 from Leonine for an undisclosed fee.The deal also includes a “long-term” content agreement, which gives Discovery Germany access to Leonine’s library of fictional content.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentM6 Group, the second biggest commercial network in France, has acquired Epithete Films, a Paris-based production company boasting a catalogue of 25 feature films, including the hit family adventure franchise “Belle and Sébastien.”The banner’s library also includes Gilles Legrand’s “Malabar Princess,” “Tu seras mon fils” and Patrice Leconte’s “Ridicule.” Epithete Films is headed by Frédéric Brillion and Legrand.“With this targeted acquisition, M6 Group

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorMGM has picked up the remaining offshore territories for Bill & Ted Face the Music from Endeavor Content.The Orion movie opens on Aug.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a positive one for the Euro film industry – shooting has resumed on Tochter (English translation Daughter), a co-production between significant producers from Germany, Greece and Italy.The project is being heralded as the first post-COVID international co-pro to get back underway in Europe, a fact confirmed by two major bodies EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and ACE (Association des Cinémathèques Européennes).Pic is based on

Naman Ramachandran Mouse House streamer Disney Plus is set to launch in eight more European countries on Sept. 15.The new territories include Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDisney+ is to go live in another eight European countries on September 15 after previously launching in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland in March.The streamer, which is stocked with originals including The Mandalorian and The World According To Jeff Goldblum, will be made available in the following territories:Disney said in May that Disney+ has 54.5M subscribers after launching late last year.

Christina Milian melted hearts with a very sweet post that she shared for Father’s Day. The singer and actress shared a picture of her “hubby,” Matt Pokora, holding their son, Isaiah Pokora.