Naomi Watts’ ‘Penguin Bloom’ Sells to Netflix in Key Territories (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKaouther Ben Hania’s “The Man Who Sold His Skin” has been sold by Paris-based Bac Films International to further territories. The movie will represent Tunisia in the Oscar race for best international feature film.“The Man Who Sold His Skin” world premiered at Venice, where it won the best actor award for Yahya Mahayni.

More than six years after hisbest-selling novel Magnificent Vibration was published, Rick Springfield is releasing a follow-up. The sequel, World on Fire, will be released in January as an Audible original.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDramatists Play Service, the theatrical publishing and licensing house, has reached a deal to be acquired by Broadway Licensing. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of March 2021.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSeasoned television executive Myleeta Aga has departed Netflix after little more than a year in the job as director of content in Southeast Asia and Australia and New Zealand. Content oversight in the region now passes to Seoul-based Kim Minyoung.“Myleeta Aga has left Netflix after 12 months following an internal realignment of the Southeast Asia and Australia content teams.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentTelepool’s Munich-based sales outfit Global Screen has closed deals to major territories for “Plan A,” a true World War II story, starring August Diehl (“A Hidden Life,” “Inglourious Basterds”) and Sylvia Hoeks (“Blade Runner 2049,” “The Girl in the Spider’s Web”).Signature Entertainment has acquired all rights for the U.K., Ireland, New Zealand and Australia, while Twelve Oaks Pictures picked up the film in Spain.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentPeter Langenberg, the newly appointed COO of Banijay following the Endemol Shine takeover, will be ramping up the company’s content strategy in key territories, notably in Benelux, Germany and India.In Benelux, where Banijay just bowed the new label Simple Zodiak, a merger of Simple Media and Zodiac Nederland, the company is developing a packed slate of shows under the new leadership of Peter Lubbers, who was tapped as CEO of Banijay Benelux, the new

It was announced that presenter Kay Burley had been reportedly taken off Sky News after she broke the rules of COVID-19 in the UK.

The meal requests of the three final I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here campmates were revealed on Friday and they are nothing short of bizarre. Vernon Kay, Jordan North and Giovanna Fletcher have made it to the last hurdle of the hit reality show which means they will be treated to a meal of their choice ahead of the final.

Tess Daly "can't believe" her husband Vernon Kay has made it to the final of I'm A Celebrity. .

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMagnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired U.S. rights to “Riders of Justice,” a new action-thriller starring Mads Mikkelsen.The film follows Markus, a recently deployed military man, who returns home determined to exact revenge after his wife is killed in a train accident.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaVerve has expanded its presence in the theater space and bolstered its East Coast operations with key signings.The agency has added a dozen award-winning and award-nominated writers and directors to its theater team headed, which is headed by veteran literary agent Chris Till.

Naomi Watts feels the pain fans felt when her “Game of Thrones” prequel was cancelled.

Game Of Thrones prequel show.The actress was due to star in a HBO series taking place thousands of years before the events of Game Of Thrones, before it was cancelled last year.Watts was set to star alongside Josh Whitehouse in a project from showrunner Jane Goldman, and had finished shooting the pilot episode last year in Northern Ireland.“I’m sorry,” Watts said of the news, addressing fans for news.com.au. “I feel your pain.

Angela Rayner, the party's deputy leader, demanded a £10-an-hour living wage ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review on Wednesday when the Chancellor is expected to confirm the freeze.About 15,000 UK government civil servants in Scotland working across areas like Job Centres, Customs and Excise and other UK agency staff could be affected.Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard said Sunak must use Wednesday’s statement to abandon the plan.Teachers, council workers, emergency service workers and