Screen Media Promotes Seth Needle to EVP, Global Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Hires Katharyn Howe (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIn another sign that New York’s cultural life is coming back after a long COVID-era hiatus, “A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet” will premiere in September. The show will be the first new musical to debut Off-Broadway since the pandemic shutdown went into effect in March 2020.

iOS - Android Full details of the proposals were presented to a meeting of the Road Safety Forum on Tuesday.Chairwoman of the forum, Councillor Julia Marrs, said: “This plan illustrates the council’s commitment to improving the safety on our road network.“We understand that many roads can be a concern to local residents, and the council uses specific criteria based on the roads where the most accidents occur to determine which roads to focus on.“Investigations identify the cause of accidents and

EXCLUSIVE: Keira Knightley is in talks to star in the new Searchlight sci-fi drama Conception, reuniting with her Silent Night director Camille Griffin. Griffin will write and direct, with Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler producing through their Maven Screen Media banner.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaKeith Redmon is out after nearly two decades at Anonymous Content, Variety has learned. The manager and producer was a prominent figure at the company, where he was a partner and produced “The Revenant,” a 2015 survival drama that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and grossed $533 million at the global box office.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSam Rechner will play a high school classmate of a young, aspiring filmmaker in Steven Spielberg’s new, semi-autobiographical film.The young, up-and-coming Australian actor joins an impressive ensemble cast that includes Oscar-nominee Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Paul Dano. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters and Gabriel LaBelle are also signed for the film.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Marsh King’s Daughter” has rounded out its cast with Brookylnn Prince, Gil Birmingham, and Caren Pistorius joining the ensemble of the psychological thriller. They will appear alongside the previously announced Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn in the big-screen adaptation of Karen Dionne’s best-selling novel of the same name.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaYellow Veil Pictures is launching a new North American distribution arm and has secured its first release in Frida Kempff’s “Knocking.” The announcement comes in advance of the Cannes market this month and marks an important step forward in the evolution oof the sales outfit, which has carved out a niche for itself in the arthouse genre sector. Now it will move into self-distributing its movies.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaConcord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide stock and amateur stage licensing rights to Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ “Six.” The musical is a slyly modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, with a twist that their stories of death, divorce, beheading, and survival are presented as a pop concert.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Book of Mormon” is the latest long-running show to announce its return to Broadway.In another sign that the lights are flickering back on along the Great White Way, “The Book of Mormon” will return to the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Friday, November 5, 2021.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaA new musical will serve as both a sequel to one of the greatest children’s stories of all time, as well as a prequel to another iconic fantasy adventure. “Alice in Neverland” brings together two beloved characters, the title character from Lewis Carrol’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and the boy who never grew up at the center of J.M.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAnnouncing its second major rights pick-up in a matter of days, Superights, part of France’s Superprod Group, has secured global distribution rights to Tencent Video’s slapstick series “The Adventure of Little Penguin.”Nathalie Pinguet, Superights’ deputy general manager, will introduce the 52-episode animated show to buyers at Annecy’s four-day MIFA market, which kicked off Tuesday June 15 in the fairy-tale looking French Alpine town.

Jamie Lang Ahead of streaming a pre-recorded Studio Focus presentation as part of this year’s hybrid Annecy Animation Film Festival, Netflix has shared with Variety that “Big Mouth” stars Nick Kroll and Maya Rudolph will be joined by a star-studded lineup of new and returning voice talent in “Human Resources,” the upcoming series spinoff series of the Primetime Emmy-winning cartoon.Franchise newcomers include “Saturday Night Live” alum Aidy Bryant, “WandaVision” and “Fresh Off the Boat” star

Marta Balaga SMF Studio (Soyuzmultfilm), one of the oldest animation companies in Russia, and France-based PlayBig, specializing in distribution, development and production of animation content across linear and non-linear platforms, have announced a partnership to distribute “Captain Kraken and His Crew” to South and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.The deal – revealed during the Key Buyers Event, taking place online June 8-10 – includes 26 episodes of the show that targets 4

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media1091 Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to “Varginha: The Roswell of Brazil,” James Fox’s follow-up to “The Phenomenon.”The film is another exploration of potential extraterrestrial encounters, this one centered on a series of events in 1996 when citizens of Varginha, Brazil, reported seeing one or more strange creatures and a UFO crash.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCAA has signed filmmaker Karen Cinorre, who made her debut with the action fantasy film “May.”The film, which Cinorre also wrote and produced, was recently acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The indie studio recently announced that it plans to release “Mayday” this fall.“Mayday” premiered in the U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Zac Efron survival thriller “Gold” has sold to Screen Media following a competitive bidding situation that saw several studios and distributors circling the project. The film co-stars Anthony Hayes who co-wrote the script in addition to directing the picture.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFresh off of upending the media landscape with their deal to combine WarnerMedia and Discovery, Discovery chief David Zaslav and AT&T head John Stankey will touch down in Sun Valley, Idaho, in July for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference.They will be joined at the annual confab of power brokers and media barons by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, fresh off his $8.5 billion deal to purchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and will hit the resort at a time when most

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Moment of Truth,” the new five-part docu-series about the murder of basketball legend Michael Jordan’s father, doesn’t provide definitive evidence about why James Jordan was killed in 1993 after he pulled over to the side of the road in North Carolina, or prove who pulled the trigger.