Ostinato Cine Teams with ‘Great Freedom’ Producer Rohfilm on ‘Alfredo Laron’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Il Divo singer Carlos Marín has died aged just 53 after being placed in an induced coma at a UK hospital.

LSH Auto is part of LSH International, which dates back over 45 years and operates over 143 Mercedes-Benz dealerships in markets across the globe in countries as diverse as China, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia - and most recently in Germany and the United Kingdom.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBerlin-based Films Boutique (“Lingui, The Sacred Bonds”) has acquired “Talking About The Weather,” Annika Pinske’s contemporary debut film which will have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama section. The movie follows Clara, who has just got away from her native provincial East Germany and is now living a bohemian life in Berlin, teaching philosophy while finishing her Ph.

Robbie Fowler can see similarities with Manchester United and the Liverpool side he played in, and believes Ralf Rangnick can make a similar impact to Gerard Houllier.

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live is heading to the UK.

Naman Ramachandran Sky Studios has promoted “Gomorrah” and “The New Pope” producer Nils Hartmann to the newly created position of senior VP Sky Studios Deutschland and Italia, reporting into Jane Millichip, chief content officer for Europe.

Sky Studios’ Devils and Gomorrah producer Nils Hartmann has had his role expanded to oversee both Germany and Italy, replacing Marcus Ammon in the former.

Jon Burlingame editorOscar winner Rachel Portman (“Emma”) served up a delightful score for “Julia,” the documentary about cooking personality Julia Child from “RBG” filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen.Curiously, the English composer had never seen Child’s public TV series “The French Chef” and, although she loves to cook, does not own Child’s classic book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”Portman, who recently received a lifetime achievement award from Germany’s SoundTrack Cologne, spoke

Flash, flicker, flash, cut to black. We’re watching grainy film of men walking in and out of the stalls in a West German public toilet, casting glances at each other, maybe a fumbling feel; a reverse angle shows us the camera behind the mirror. The men can’t see it, but some of them must surely guess it’s there and defy the odds anyway. Because without defiance, without desire, what are they? Without those things, they know they will only ever be half-alive.

Liza Foreman Germany’s Red Balloon Film and Palestine’s Fresco Films have boarded director Ameer Fakher Eldin’s second film “Nothing of Nothing Remains.” The film is part of a trilogy building on his first film, “The Stranger” (pictured), which premiered in Venice and represents Palestine at the Oscars in the International Feature Film category.“Nothing of Nothing Remains” has received development and script funding from German regional funder Moin Film Fund in Hamburg.

Manchester United couldn't have done any better than appoint Ralf Rangnick until the end of this season.

Ralf Rangnick's Manchester United tenure has officially started, after Michael Carrick ended his period as caretaker manager with a 3-2 win over Arsenal on Thursday night.

Naman Ramachandran Acclaimed Germany based Indonesian filmmaker Monica Vanesa Tedja is preparing for her feature directorial project “Dear Family,” selected at the Southeast Asia Film Lab, which is part of the Singapore Media Festival.Tedja got hooked on the medium watching her father film family vacations with his handycam when she was seven.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLegendary Croatian-born NBA player Dražen Petrović will be portrayed in Danilo Šerbedžija’s upcoming biopic film “Higher Force – The Drazen Petrovic Story” (working title).The film was penned by Ivan Turkovic Krnjak (“Lovebox”) and is being produced by Ljubo Zdjelarević and Ivor Šiber at Zagreb-based Kinoteka. The film will shoot next year in Croatia, Germany, and in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Submarine, the company behind Amazon’s animated drama Undone, is to explore the history of ecstasy in a new docuseries.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Global Screen has sold crime drama “Dark Woods” to streaming service Walter Presents for the U.K., where it’ll be shown on Channel 4’s All 4 platform, and across the Nordic Region, via C More.The drama, which was produced by ConradFilm and Bavaria Fiction on behalf of NDR and ARD Degeto for Das Erste, was the most-watched show on ARD’s catch-up service in Germany this year, and was the German TV Award winner.Julia Weber,