Studiocanal Hires Fremantle’s Sarah Doole To Run ‘The Stranger’ Producer Red Production Company

President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria could provide the ISIS terrorist group with the time and space to regrow its organization and extend its networks throughout the Middle East.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMiles Ketley, the CEO of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s production company Stolen Picture, has died unexpectedly. He was 52.Pegg announced the executive’s death via Twitter on Monday.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentHulu has dropped an action-packed trailer to “No Man’s Land,” an epic war series, love story and, above all, tale of personal odyssey.Setting it apart, the eight-part series takes place against the background of the Syrian Kurd YPJ women’s militia push back against ISIS, a struggle featuring formidable female fighters.A Hulu Original, set to bow in the U.S. on Nov.

Syria is most definitely not the most stable country in the world, as civil war ravages the nation. However, that’s exactly where a young French man finds himself as he travels to the Middle Eastern country on a search for his sister in “No Man’s Land.” READ MORE: 2020 Fall TV Preview: 45 Shows To Watch As seen in the trailer for the upcoming Hulu series, “No Man’s Land” tells the story of a man on the hunt for his sister, who is believed to be dead.

The U.S. military carried out a drone strike Thursday, killing two senior Al Qaeda operatives in northwest Syria.

Christopher Vourlias “Game of Thrones” co-executive producer Vince Gerardis is setting up a production company in Italy, Variety has learned.The new venture, dubbed CIAO, or Creatività Italiana Americana Organizzata, is the latest move from the Miami-based executive, who specializes in packaging and selling large-scale, world-building film and television projects based on literary properties.Gerardis is in talks with an Italian publisher for a deal that would give CIAO access to a range of

Selena Gomez will be teaming up with Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy on a new horror film, Dollhouse.The film has been described as a psychological horror-thriller starring Gomez and set in “the upper echelon of New York City’s fashion scene.” Dollhouse is reportedly set to be made “in the vein of Black Swan.”Further plot details are being kept under wraps for now, and the project is currently searching for a director as well as other cast members alongside Gomez, who will also be

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBobby Smith Jr. and his Ashore Entertainment and author Brenda Jackson have partnered to launch a film and television company to develop and produce titles from Jackson’s collection of romance novels.Smith Jr.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorFremantle has promoted Christian Vesper to president of global drama following the departure of Sarah Doole in August.Vesper, SundanceTV’s former drama chief, will take charge of a slate of shows that includes Luca Guadagnino’s We Are Who We Are, American Gods, and The Salisbury Poisonings.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentChristian Vesper has been promoted to president of global drama at Fremantle, the production and distribution powerhouse behind hit dramas such as Luca Guadagnino’s “We Are Who We Are,” “American Gods,” and the BBC’s “The Salisbury Poisonings.” Vesper takes on this new role following the departure of Sarah Doole, the former London-based director of global drama, who now leads Studiocanal’s Red production company.

Peter White Television EditorSupernatural star Jensen Ackles is staying in the Warner Bros television family after striking an overall deal with the production company that he has formed with his wife Danneel.The pair have launched Chaos Machine Productions and have hired former DC creative executive Renee Reiff as head of development.The overall deal will see the trio create, develop and produce new shows for streaming services, cable, and the broadcast networks.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Mark Itkin, former WME partner and a doyen of the international formats and unscripted world, has joined the board of Plimsoll Productions.Itkin, who is based in LA and New York, will work closely with CEO Grant Mansfield and VP, Production and Development Saul Goldberg as the Hostile Planet and Yellowstone Live producer focuses on the U.S.

Kelly Ripa is looking forward to lining up new projects with husband Mark Consuelos and their production company, Milojo Productions, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.The Live With Kelly and Ryan cohost celebrated her 50th birthday on Friday, October 2, and has been newly energized by her creative outlets.

Six years after Eccles taxi driver-turned-volunteer aid worker Alan Henning was brutally murdered by so-called Islamic State in Syria, a major Salford road will be named after him, the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal.He will be honoured in his hometown after hundreds of people signed a petition last year calling for a permanent tribute to "Salford's finest son".Salford councillors agreed to name a road in Eccles after Alan last July.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterRob and Michele Reiner have inked a multi-year overall producing and directing deal with Warner Bros.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLos Angeles-based U.S.

Peter White Television EditorWaleed Zuaiter, who has starred in Netflix’s The Spy and Hulu and Channel 4 drama Baghdad Central, has launched his own production company to tackle diversity in TV and film.Zuaiter, who produced Omar, the Palestinian feature that was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, has established FlipNarrative, which will be based in LA, London and Beirut.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIssa Rae has consolidated her entertainment production ventures for feature film, television and digital under the recently launched Hoorae label, Variety has learned exclusively.Formerly Issa Rae Productions, Hoorae includes HBO’s “Insecure” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Rae received Emmy nominations for comedy series and best actress in a comedy series for “Insecure” and best variety sketch series for “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Hoorae’s slate includes “Tre Cnt” and

Studiocanal has appointed Fremantle executive Sarah Doole as the new CEO of its Manchester-based television production shingle Red Production (Years and Years, Safe). Doole, who has been head of Fremantle's Global Drama unit since 2013, will take over from RED boss Nicola Shindler and oversee development and production at the U.K.