Paramount+ Charts Course for ‘Populist’ Series With Multi-Season Potential, Says Paramount TV Studio President Nicole Clemens

Will Tizard Contributor Veteran French editor Dominique Auvray says there’s an essential intuitive element to her work. The woman who created the sound for “Paris, Texas” and cut such films as “No Fear, No Die,” “L’Amour Fou,” and “Hu-Man” says her career has been built around one key ability: Tuning in to your eyes and ears.

FX has a stacked release calendar this Fall, but no title may be more anticipated than “Fargo” Year 5. The limited series features a new cast every season, as well as a new set of droll crimes escapades set in the Minnesota and North Dakota region.

EastEnders icon Gillian Taylforth has reportedly "found love" again with her "new boyfriend" Philip Oag. The soap icon, who has played Kathy Beale on and off for nearly 40 years and appeared in the very first episode of the BBC hit, was spotted enjoying a stroll with her beau on a sunny day in Hertfordshire. The 68 year old star's romance comes four years after she split from her former fiancé Dave Fairbairn.

Michaela Zee Henry Selick may believe a “Nightmare Before Christmas” sequel isn’t necessary, but a prequel to the stop-motion animated classic could be worth pursuing. In a recent interview with People magazine, director Selick shared his idea for a potential prequel as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” turns 30. “There might be a more interesting story there about how Jack became the King of Halloweentown,” he said.

Kevin Spacey is in the headlines for multiple reasons right now.

A four-bedroom house with 'lots of potential' has come up on the market for the first time since the 60s.

Bassem Youssef Helming Health Reality Series With Propagate Selling

The MIA Market, Rome’s splashy precursor to Mipcom Cannes, is almost over and there has been plenty to digest. Attendants from all over the world including a healthy dose of U.S. C-suite star power have been listening intently in the cinema screening rooms on the Piazza Barberini all week, and there has been plenty to discuss, as execs from around the world ponder a path to normality following a year of chaos and disruption. Meanwhile, the Israeli-Hamas conflict rages and the world mourns, with ripples felt here in Rome. See below for Deadline’s key takeaways from the annual TV and film confab.

EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau creator Eric Rochant is today formally unveiling his production banner, Maui Entertainment, which has quietly launched with backing from Federation Studios.

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe is getting larger.

Rapper GaTa has been arrested for domestic violence.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 7 finale of “Jet Lag: The Game” now streaming on Nebula and debuting Oct. 18 on YouTube. Seven seasons in and there are still surprises to be found on “Jet Lag: The Game,” the Streamy-nominated online travel competition show that follows an “Amazing Race”-esque format, if those players filmed themselves on iPhones and participated in more off-the-rails challenges.

Salford city council’s cabinet has agreed to ask to public what they think of plans to expand MediaCityUK and Salford Quays with thousands of new homes. Proposals for 3,200 homes, 300 new hotel rooms and 800,000 sq ft of commercial space will be subjected to six weeks’ public consultation, starting on Wednesday October 18.

When you look at David Gordon Green’s career, it’s really difficult to nail down just what type of filmmaker he is. Does he make indie films? Comedies? Reboot horror franchises? Yes, yes, and yes.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent With the writers’ strike over, a new studio brand and new management in part of international, Paramount Global execs are attending Madrid’s Iberseries & Platino Industria, Rome’s MIA market and Mipcom as they talk up their competitive assets and priorities to the international market. In one move, five months after it the launch of Paramount Television International Studios in May, Paramount Global’s Darío Turovelzky delivered a keynote on Thursday at Iberseries & Platino Industria.

Sam Heughan is rocking a kilt for his latest appearance!

With the WGA guild strike over, writers’ rooms all over the industry are back open for business. And that includes the one for Vince Gilligan‘s upcoming show at Apple TV+ with “Better Call Saul” actress Rhea Seehorn.

EXCLUSIVE: Boiling Point writer Roanne Bardsley is penning a TV adaptation of Claire McGowan thriller What You Did for the BBC.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rome’s upcoming MIA market dedicated to international TV series, animation, feature films and documentaries is set to run Oct. 9-13 in central Rome’s Palazzo Barberini, which besides being Italy’s National Ancient Art gallery, is also the market’s main hub. Now at its ninth edition, this innovative pre-Mipcom event (the MIA acronym stands for the Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo or International Audiovisual Market) aims to boost the Italian industry by strengthening its international ties.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief K-pop star Suzy, playing a retired singer, dazzles Yang Se-jong as a freshman student in forthcoming K-Romance series “Doona!”. The Korean show will launch on Netflix on Oct.