Saban Films Takes North American & UK Rights To Dark Comedy ‘Happily’ Starring Joel McHale, Kerry Bishé & Stephen Root

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down the capital, Pyongyang, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday.

Amazon has struck a deal to exclusively stream YA movie After We Collided on Prime Video in the UK, France, Italy and Spain.

The North American rights to The Diaries of Alan Rickman have been sold to Sarah Crichton at Henry Holt and Company, an imprint of Macmillan, it was announced Sunday. The book, which was bought in auction from Natalie Galustian at DHH Literary, will consist of 27 volumes worth of diary entries written by the late actor.The diaries will be edited by Alan Taylor into a single volume.

Justin Bieber took the American Music Awards 2020 stage and belted out two of his biggest hits on Sunday, November 22, before being joined by Shawn Mendes.The Canadian crooner, 26, treated fans to a medley featuring “Lonely” and “Holy” to open the awards show before he and Mendes dueted on “Monster.”The “Yummy” singer was nominated for four awards at the 48th annual event.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrooklyn-based distributor KimStim has acquired North American rights to Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin’s feature debut “The Fever” (“A Febre”), which world premiered in competition at Locarno and played at Toronto in 2019.The film is represented in international markets by Pierre Menahem’s French sales banner Still Moving, who negotiated the deal on behalf of the producers with KimStim’s Mika Kimoto.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFirst Look Media’s niche streaming service Topic has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the second season of the Nordic thriller “Arctic Circle,” which just started shooting in the icy wilderness of Lapland.Lagardère Studios Distribution, which was recently acquired by Mediawan Group, is handling international sales on the series and participated in its financing.

A great white shark almost as long as a classic Cadillac turned up off the coast of North Carolina, a few weeks after being tagged near Canada. The 3,541-pound, 17-foot-long Nukumi was tagged in Nova Scotia on Oct.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterDrag Race has brought its fabulous brand of charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to different parts of the world includling Thailand, the United Kingdom, Holland, Chile and Canada.

Saban Films have snatched rights in North America and U.K. for Under the Stadium Lights (aka Brother's Keeper), a real-life football drama starring Oscar-nominee Laurence Fishburne.

Christopher Vourlias Strand Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights for “Africa,” Israeli director Oren Gerner’s personal story about an aging man learning to reinvent himself, Variety has learned.“Africa” is the story of 68-year-old Meir, a retiree who discovers that after 30 years of planning the annual village celebration, the job has been given to an inexperienced group of local teens instead.

Sabam Films has doubled down on projects fromConstantin Film, the producers behind the Resident Evil movies. Out of the American Film Market, Saban has acquired thriller Tidesfrom the U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSaban Films has acquired the rights to two titles from Munich-based “Resident Evil” producer Constantin Film.The deals include North American and U.K. rights to the adventure thriller “Tides,” directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and North American rights to director Mike P.