Netflix Swoops For Global Rights To BBC’s Vikram Seth Adaptation ‘A Suitable Boy’

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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.The streaming service will control the release of the movie in most territories outside of the USA, excluding Canada and China.It had originally been set to debut in cinemas in May, before the coronavirus pandemic forced a delay in its arrival.In the States, the movie has been earmarked to debut on premium VOD in the early part of 2021 before heading to Paramount’s sister streamer CBS All Access.According to Variety, Netflix is “not beholden to the 2021

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefGlobal streaming giant Netflix has come on board “A Suitable Boy,” the BBC Studios and Lookout Point adaptation of Vikram Seth’s bestselling novel. The series begins airing later this month in the U.K.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEven though Paramount’s SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run is heading to VOD and ultimately CBS All Access in the states next year, overseas it will be streamed by Netflix; the exception being China. Netflix has acquired international rights for what was originally intended to be one of Paramount’s big summer movies.

Netflix has acquired the international distribution rights for the latest “SpongeBob” film, insiders familiar with the deal told Variety.The streaming giant picked up the foreign rights for the twice-delayed Paramount Animation title from Viacom. The film is one of many theatrical releases thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic this year.The deal excludes China, where Netflix has no presence, one source said.

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Rebecca Davis editorChinese production firm Aim Media has sold the North American rights of director Yang Lina’s “Spring Tide” to distributor China Lion. Smart Cinema, the new venture by former Wanda executive Jack Gao, has also bought the rights to screen the film on its platform in South Korea.