Saving Netflix’s ‘The Liberator’: How a Group of Producers Kept the WWII Series Alive By Animating It

CNN reported.Narottam Mishra, the minister of home affairs in the government of Madhya Pradesh state, said Saturday that he had “asked the police to examine this controversial content.”“This has extremely objectionable content which hurts the sentiments of people of a particular religion,” Mishra wrote on Twitter.“I have requested authorities to examine why, and with what intentions this program and this theme has been restarted on [streaming] platforms.”Gaurav Tiwari, who is a Hindu nationalist

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners have inked Indian actor Adarsh Gourav, who stars in the upcoming Netflix movie White Tiger opposite Priyanka Chopra Jones.In the movie directed by Ramjn Bahrani, Gourav plays Balram, a poor driver who yearns to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap (watch the trailer below).Gourav was born in the steel city of Jamshedpur and spent his formative

Conan O'Brien's late-night show,. The TBS program, which premiered in 2010, will officially come to an end in June 2021.

Will Thorne Staff WriterHBO Max and Warner Bros. Television are going to have to find someone else to preside over Gotham P.D.Terence Winter, who was in line to write and showrun the forthcoming spinoff series of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” feature, has exited the project over creative differences, Variety has confirmed.News of his departure comes five months after the show was handed a straight to series order at HBO Max.

If you define “ironic” based on the famous ‘90s-era Alanis Morissette song of the same name, then what is happening to the film “Songbird” is very much like “rain on your wedding day.” You see, the Michael Bay-produced thriller was written and produced during the recent lockdown and tells the story of a world that is still shut down due to a mutated strain of COVID.

Netflix has saved at least one of their original shows for another season – Space Force.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix’s announcement last week that it’s trialling a traditional linear offering for subscribers in France took many by surprise, but there’s some sound reasoning behind the move, analysts tell Variety.“Though Netflix has forecast the death of linear for decades I expected them to eventually introduce the approach,” Colin Dixon, chief analyst and founder of nScreenMedia, tells Variety.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDavid Fincher, whose latest film “Mank” is set to bow on Netflix on Dec. 4, told a French magazine that he has signed an exclusive four-year-deal with Netflix.In an interview with Premiere (translated from French), Fincher suggested that “Mank,” an immersive Hollywood drama, was part of a long-term partnership with the streaming service.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLionsgate has acquired the horror spec script “Video Nasty” for Seth Rogen’s Point Grey and Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures to produce, Variety has learned exclusively.“Video Nasty,” written by Chris Thomas Devlin, centers on three teens who rent a cursed VHS and are pulled into an ’80s slasher movie that threatens to trap them forever.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFox has locked “Lego Masters” for a second season. The competition series, hosted by Will Arnett, has already been casting and will shoot in the spring for an airdate sometime in 2021.A pickup has been expected for months, particularly after Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that preparation had begun on Season 2 during an investor earnings call in May.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Mission Unstoppable,” the weekend CBS educational/informational series from Litton Entertainment, has been picked up for a second season. The show, from executive producer Geena Davis and hosted by Miranda Cosgrove (who also serves as an EP), returns with new episodes in January.The series is part of Litton’s “The CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic” Saturday morning programming block.

The world of TV is interesting. Normally, in the old days at least, a TV series would last forever on a network as long as the ratings were good enough.

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has appointed Anna Mallett as vice president of physical production for the U.K. and local language production across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific.Mallett, who joins from ITN where she currently serves as CEO, will lead the Netflix production management team across these regions for live-action series, non-fiction and film.

Will Thorne Staff WriterNew Netflix head of global TV Bela Bajaria has made a key addition to her team.Nne Ebong has joined the streamer as vice president of overall deals and original series, working on Brian Wright’s newly-formed overall deals team.

Colin Firth absolutely needs to be in more action comedies, as proven by “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” Well, if you ever wanted to see Firth face down a bunch of zombies in New York, then you’re in luck, because he just joined the cast of the upcoming horror action-comedy “New York Will Eat You Alive.” READ MORE: ‘Lisey’s Story’: Stephen King Praises Showrunner Pablo Larraín And Teases TV Adaptation Deadline reports that Colin Firth has been cast in a film adaptation of the popular webcomic

Also Read: 'Supernova' Trailer: Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci Are a Married Couple Driven Apart by Dementia (Video)“New York Will Eat You Alive” will be co-produced by Tencent Pictures, STXfilms, and Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan’s Free Association. STXfilms will distribute the film in the United States, while Tencent Pictures will distribute in China.Tatum, Carolin, Kiernan and Michael Parets are producing for Free Association.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner Colin Firth has signed on to star in New York Will Eat You Alive (tentative title), the STXfilms and Tencent Pictures action-comedy based on the digital comic Zombie Brother.Todd Strauss-Schulson (Isn’t It Romantic) is attached to direct the adaptation, which is being co-produced by Tencent, STXfilms, Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, and Peter Kiernan’s Free Association, and Ged Doherty of Above The Line Productions.Alex Rubens wrote the