Roku Follows Quibi Deal By Slating ‘Cypher’ As First Exclusive Original

After earning raves following its debut at TIFF, the first trailer for “Beans” has arrived and ET Canada has your exclusive first look.

Christopher Vourlias Cercamon has closed major sales for “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?,” from Georgian director Alexandra Koberidze, which had its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.The Dubai-based indie specialist has sealed a multi-territory deal with MUBI, the global distributor and streaming service, which includes the U.S., where the film will be released this fall, Canada, Italy, India, Turkey, and Latin America.Pic has also been sold to the U.K.

Sharon Osbourne will no longer appear on “The Talk” after recent controversy involving allegations of misconduct and racist remarks. 

star Laura's new man is leaving host Shaun Robinson speechless. The 51-year-old Canada native made a virtual appearance on airing this Sunday on Discovery+, and in this exclusive clip, she dishes on her current love interest — and he's already raising some red flags.Laura's journey followed her to Qatar to marry Aladin, a 29-year-old personal trainer.

Season 6 of the BBC’s smash-hit police corruption series Line Of Duty is to premiere exclusively on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada. Future seasons of the cop drama will also be exclusive to BritBox in the two territories.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman is sashaying away.

Manori Ravindran International EditorScott Eastwood-fronted action thriller “Dangerous” has sold into major markets, including the U.S., Canada and the U.K.Lionsgate has snapped up the pic from International Film Trust (IFT) for the U.S. and U.K., and it has bought the title from Minds Eye Entertainment for Canada.

Ross Mathews is living in engagement bliss after popping the question to his love Dr. Wellinthon Garcia earlier this year.

There’s a new show on Netflix right now called Zero Chill and we caught up with the star, Grace Beedie, to learn more about her!

Naman Ramachandran Canada’s Rogers Communications is buying competitor Shaw Communications in a deal worth CAD$26 billion ($20.8 billion).Rogers will acquire all issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares of Shaw, which reflects a premium of approximately 70% to Shaw’s recent Class B Share price.Both entities began trading as family-run businesses.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCanada-based actor Colm Feore, whose credits include Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” “My Salinger Year,” “The Amazing Spiderman 2” and multiple Oscar winner “Chicago,” is to star in post-apocalyptic Western “Six Guns for Hire,” which has just started principal photography in Toronto, Canada.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku is gearing up to stuff a bunch of exclusive and original programming into the Roku Channel — and the company has set the premiere date for its first licensed content on this front for the free, ad-supported streaming service.“Cypher,” an FBI-set crime drama series, will premiere exclusively on the Roku Channel on March 19 in the U.S. and Canada.

EFM Deal For Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentREinvent International Sales has closed a raft of deals across its slate of family movies, including “A Christmas Tale,” “Twigson and the Sea Monster” and “Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent.” “Nelly Rapp – Monster Agent,” directed by Amanda Adolfsson, has been sold to the U.S. and Canada (Janson Media), Russia and CIS (Volga Films), Poland (Vivarto), Japan (New Select) and Estonia (Estin Film).

The Directors Guild of Canada in Ontario has promoted Victoria Harding to executive director, the first woman in the post. Harding, who served as associate executive director since 2013, replaces Bill Skolnik.

Melissa Benoist is back in action!

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Jacques Audiard’s upcoming film “Paris, 13th District” (Les Olympiades) during the virtual European Film Market.

SPOILER ALERT: For anyone who hasn’t watched Thursday night’s eviction episode of “Big Brother Canada”, be forewarned that spoilers are coming.

her messy split from her ex-fiancé, Yazan. In this exclusive clip from, the fan favorite is getting ready for a date with a childhood friend named Justin from Canada, but is also interested in continuing to date a man named Terrence, whom viewers saw her go on a date with in a previous episode.In the clip, Brittany talks to her good friend, Endiya, about her love life.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios and producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media have partnered to launch the BBC First channel in Canada from March 16.The channel will feature premium scripted and factual programming, including BBC original series “Top Gear,” “The Office,” “Death in Paradise” and “The Graham Norton Show,” which will be available at launch.The ad-supported channel will broadcast in Canada in HD and will replace Blue Ant Media’s existing HIFI channel.The BBC First