MGM Television Acquires Danish Quiz Show Format ‘The Five Senses’ (EXCLUSIVE)

James McClain R&B chanteuse Ella Mai burst onto the international music scene about three years ago with “Boo’d Up,” her social media-propelled smash that went top five and 5x platinum stateside. Since then, the 26-year-old protégé of top hitmaker Mustard has scored a Grammy for Best R&B Song and three trophies at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.

Angelique Jackson Blumhouse has acquired the rights to The New York Times’ story about Miriam Rodríguez, the Mexican mother who fearlessly tracked down the kidnappers who abducted and murdered her daughter, Karen.Rodriguez — who went on to become a prominent human rights activist, helping to imprison 10 members of the local cartel in San Fernando — was shot and killed in front of her home on Mother’s Day in 2017.

Narcos: Mexico star Fernanda Urrejola is on the call sheet for Cry Macho, Clint Eastwood’s drama that is wrapping up shooting in New Mexico. Eastwood is directing and starring in the feature that is based on a book written by N.

on Netflix, playwright August Wilson’s celebration of Black lives once again takes center stage. The film, produced by Denzel Washington and starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo, chronicles the day in the life of the legendary blues singer and her backing band as they record music one afternoon in the 1920s.

Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the next film from Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast,” which he wrote and directed and stars Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds and newcomer Jude Hill.The film is described as a humorous, tender and a film that Branagh describes as his most personal film yet about a boy’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s.

Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Kenneth Branagh-directed feature drama Belfast.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American distribution rights to Goodbye, Butterfly, the directorial and screenwriting debut of Tyler Wayne. The neo-noir psychological thriller will get a theatrical day-and-date release January 15, 2021.

, and the Netflix film adaptation of . It’s undoubtedly a long way from his days impersonating Maya Angelou on Logo’s a decade ago. But for the multi-hyphenate performer, who has appeared in everything from to the long-delayed sequel and has written for and performed on Broadway, it’s been a journey worth taking.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLevelK has boarded “Checkered Ninja 2,” the sequel to the hit animated feature co-directed by Anders Matthesen (“Terkel In Trouble”) and Thorbjørn Christoffersen (“Ronal the Barbarian”).The sales company has acquired world rights excluding the Nordics on “Checkered Ninja 2,” which is the film adaptation of Matthesen’s bestselling eponymous children’s book.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJulianna Margulies has joined the cast of “The Morning Show” Season 2, Variety has learned exclusively.She will play Laura Peterson, an anchor at UBA News. She joins returning series stars Jennifer Anniston and Reese Witherspoon as well as Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Bel Powley, Karen Puttman, and Desean Terry.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDR Sales, the distribution division of Denmark’s public broadcaster DR, has closed a raft of deals on “Cry Wolf,” a searing social drama created by Maja Jul Larsen (“Borgen”) and co-directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen (“Becoming Astrid”).The eight-episode limited series tells the intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s physical assaults.

Different countries have different traditions and members of the Danish royal family are celebrating an anniversary that’s very unique to Denmark.