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Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter EXCLUSIVE: The Tunnel and Tin Star producer Kudos is teaming up with Peaky Blinders and Taboo scribe Steven Knight to develop a new drama series set against the backdrop of the UK’s early 1980s Two Tone music scene.The series, which will be produced by Kudos in association with Kudos North and Yesterday producers Matthew James Wilkinson (Stigma Films) and Nick Angel, will use the music of Two Tone as its heartbeat to tell the story of how the scene exploded out of

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Christine Langan, the CEO of Steve Coogan’s film and TV production company Baby Cow, has stepped down after four years to launch her own production venture.Deadline can reveal that the former BBC Films chief has set up Bonnie Productions, through which she will continue to develop film and TV projects.During her time at Baby Cow, she oversaw features including Stan and Ollie and The Lost King, the Stephen Frears-directed project announced on Friday.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorWelcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. In the week in which the world tried to get its head around the contortions of the U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Howard Charles, star of Amazon’s The Widow and CBS’s The Red Line, has been cast as the co-lead in Acorn TV’s British-made crime drama Whitstable Pearl.Charles, who will next feature in Netflix’s Shadow And Bone, will star alongside After Life actress Kerry Godliman in the six-part Buccaneer Media adaptation of Julie Wassmer’s The Whitstable Pearl Mystery novels.The series follows big-hearted restaurant owner Pearl Nolan (Godliman) who sets up a

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello, Jake Kanter here, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. This week, we ponder Mipcom’s slim pickings and examine the problems of production in a pandemic.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: BAFTA-winning actress Sheridan Smith has been cast in her latest ITV series — an “event drama” from Red Production Company and writer Danny Brocklehurst in which a dream family holiday turns into a nightmare.Smith will play Kathy in No Return, a mother who leads her family on a vacation to Turkey, where an idyllic break quickly unravels when their 16-year-old son is arrested after attending a local beach party.Kathy and her husband Martin are left to

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe virtual Mipcom begins in earnest today and, although the industry is not gathering in Cannes, there is still a glut of news as studios announce sales. Deadline will keep this page updated with some of the day’s most notable deals.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHBO Max has taken the U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBonjour, and congratulations on making it to Friday. As usual, International Insider is here to bookend your week with some must-reads and analysis from recent days.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS International Studios has announced that it is developing a TV series based on the life of Italian female artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who is considered to be one of the most accomplished painters in the Baroque period.ViacomCBS International Studios has attached Pan’s Labyrinth producer Frida Torresblanco to develop the project, while former ViacomCBS International Studios UK managing director Jill Offman is also involved through her new outfit 66

Jake Kanter International TV EditorViacomCBS International Studios, the production and distribution arm of ViacomCBS Networks International, has unified its global sales unit and promoted two long-serving UK-based sales executives.Under the new structure, the company’s international program sales division, which previously focused on tape and format sales for network-branded content outside Latin America, is coming together with VIS’s sales division, which previously focused on the studio’s

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater James Cameron To Appear At WildscreenAvatar director James Cameron is to headline the Wildscreen Festival 2020. Cameron will appear at the natural history event in conversation with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit producer Orla Doherty.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter here with some Deadline must-reads in the week that U.S.

Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter The London Film Festival’s Screen Talks and events program will include speakers Riz Ahmed, Letitia Wright, Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, David Byrne and artist Es Devlin, who will each talk about their most recent work.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorDiscovery is getting into the news game in the UK by backing a new right-leaning, 24-hour news channel, which will be led by BBC presenter and ferocious political interrogator Andrew Neil.Named GB News, the channel will launch in Britain next year with the ambition of providing an alternative voice to market stalwarts, including the BBC, ITV and Sky News.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHappy Friday and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here, bringing you everything that’s worth knowing about the past week in global film and TV.Déjà vu: If there was any lingering optimism that the UK could avoid a second wave of coronavirus, events this week will surely have washed away these hopes.

Jake Kanter, Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater Filming Resumes On Official Competition Filming is back underway in Spain on Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas comedy feature Official Competition, which had to go on hiatus due to the pandemic. Cruz plays a renowned filmmaker who is recruited by a billionaire entrepreneur who impulsively decides to create an iconic movie.

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater BritBox Acquires ‘Cold Courage’ BritBox UK has acquired Viaplay and Lionsgate’s John Simm-fronted political drama Cold Courage. The BBC and ITV-owned streamer will premiere the eight-part series on September 3, telling the story of how two Finnish women get drawn into a clandestine group dedicated to righting the wrongs of the powerful, influential and corrupt.

Peter White, Jake Kanter EXCLUSIVE: Colette and The Imitation Game star Keira Knightley has found her next period drama – an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent for Apple TV+.The streamer has ordered the project to series from See-Saw Films, the company behind The King’s Speech and Top of the Lake.

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater HBO’s ‘Patria’ Heads To France France’s Canal+ has acquired HBO Europe’s first Spanish original drama, Patria. Set in Spanish Basque Country and taking place over 30 years during, Patria tells a story through the eyes of two families divided by the violent conflict.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Discovery and producers Raw TV/All3Media America have distanced themselves from a 1990s homophobic song performed by Marty Raney, star of established wilderness show Homestead Rescue.Raney has been the face of Homestead Rescue for five seasons, helping off-grid homeowners fortify their houses against the elements.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Osi Umenyiora, who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, has signed with ICM Partners as he looks to further his second career in the entertainment business.The former defensive end moved back to his native London in 2015 and has been a fixture on the BBC’s NFL coverage, including headlining NFL This Week and The NFL Show.Umenyiora has won two Royal Television Society awards for his punditry and established his company, Uprise, in 2017 to

Jake Kanter International TV EditorGood afternoon, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here.

Jake Kanter, Jill Goldsmith Sumner Redstone, a towering industry figure who built a business empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS, has died at the age of 97.Confirming the news on Wednesday morning, National Amusements said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sumner M. Redstone, the self-made businessman, philanthropist and World War II veteran who built one of the largest collections of media assets in the world.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: HBO is teaming with Knocked Up creator Judd Apatow to make a two-part documentary on legendary U.S.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter with you this week, and here’s everything you need to know about the global film and TV business.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorHello, and welcome to International Insider. Jake Kanter with you in the saddle — here’s everything you need to know about the global film and TV business this week.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Amazon has confirmed what we first revealed last month — that The Grand Tour star James May is swapping his spanner for a spatula in a cooking show for the streamer.Amazon has commissioned Plum Pictures and May’s New Entity to make the seven-part series, which will provide a unique perspective on kitchen creations from someone who can’t really cook.Based on his upcoming book, Oh Cook!: 60 Easy Recipes That Any Idiot Can Make, the show will see May

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: AMC streamer Acorn TV has unveiled its second original in the space of a week, boarding the crime drama Cannes Confidential.Penned by Midsomer Murders and Van der Valk writer Chris Murray, the eight-part series is a romantic procedural that blends comedy, mystery and crime detection with a heart-warming love story — all against the backdrop of the Cote d’Azur.Deadline first revealed that Murray — who has also written for Acorn series Agatha Raisin —

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has invested in Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ new production outfit Broke And Bones in a first-of-its-kind deal for the streamer in the UK, which could ultimately see it take full control of the company for around $100M, Deadline can reveal.Sources said the agreement with five-time Emmy winners Brooker and Jones’ new venture has been 12 months in the making due to its unusual structure, and is a massive statement of

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHappy Friday readers. Tom Grater checking in with your weekly dose of international news.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Production on Season 4 of BBC America’s Killing Eve has been postponed indefinitely as the show’s complicated European shoot schedule has been hammered by coronavirus.Deadline can reveal that Sid Gentle Films was originally aiming to get cameras rolling on the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning drama in August, as it has with the past three series.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBroke & Bones, the new production company set up by Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, has hired Channel 4 commissioner Jon Petrie as its head of comedy.Petrie joins in August after more than a year-and-a-half at Channel 4, overseeing shows including Friday Night Dinner and The Windsors.

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater Jonathan Ross lands stand-up show Chat show host Jonathan Ross is to front an ITV stand-up format, which will showcase new comedy talent in front of an audience at an intimate Covid-friendly venue. Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club is made by The Masked Singer UK judge’s production outfit Hotsauce TV Production, with Tom Barrett executive producing.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorWildside, the Italian producer behind The Young Pope and The New Pope, is to make a Sky Italia drama about A.S. Roma soccer player and World Cup winner Francesco Totti.The Fremantle-backed outfit will work with Capri Entertainment, The New Life Company and Kwaï to adapt Totti and Paolo Condò’s book Un Capitano for the screen, with Pietro Castellitto (Freaks Out) in the lead role.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBanijay France CEO François de Brugada is to assume control of Endemol Shine’s French operations following the two groups’ merger earlier this month, prompting the departure of Endemol Shine France president Nicolas Coppermann.Brugada has worked at Banijay since its inception in 2008 and has been the company’s French CEO since 2015.