Studiocanal Ramps Up Its Feel-Good Lineup With Canal Plus Original Series ‘UFOs’

Deadline reported Wednesday.Bridgertonportrays upper-class life in Regency England, giving a subversive take on the period with color-blind casting and a storyline that heavily focuses on the lives of women.The series was released Dec. 25 on Netflix and was described by GQ Magazine as a combination of “Gossip Girl” and “Downton Abbey.”“I think the show really provides an incredible escape for audiences at a time where that’s exactly what’s needed,” director Chris Van Dusen said.

It’s been the show on everyone’s lips since it landed on Netflix and now Bridgerton reigns supreme of the streaming platforms original content.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWith viewership from 82 million member households in its first 28 days online, Netflix is hailing “Bridgerton” as its biggest-ever debut for an original series on the streaming service, Variety has learned.In her first interview since being elevated to Netflix’s head of drama development last fall, Jinny Howe — the exec who nurtured the Shondaland series — discussed the cheeky, steamy period romance as well as several other dramas Netflix currently has in the

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe mad scramble by Asian streamers and broadcasters to secure Korean TV drama content continued with the announcement by Viu that it is poised to deliver another original series.The Hong Kong-based pan-Asian streamer is poised to release period romantic drama “River Where the Moon Rises” on Feb. 15, 2021.

Jamie Lang The Walt Disney Company Germany has picked up a pair of Beta Films series for its Fox pay TV network for German-speaking territories: Spanish YA drama “Alive and Kicking” and Russian thriller “Dead Mountain – The Dyatlov Pass Incident.” Both series were presented to buyers at Mipcom in October and several more deals for each are in advanced negotiations, and expected to be announced shortly.A Movistar Plus original series from Spain, “Alive and Kicking” will participate in the

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFew European TV execs have a better sense of the bigger picture than Movistar Plus president Sergio Oslé. Variety caught up with him as HBO Max announced it had acquired “Perfect Life” for the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Peruvian comedy hit YouTuber Dad (Papa YouTuber), about a technophobe who must become a YouTuber, is set for French and Spanish remakes with Studiocanal and YouPlanet Films, respectively.

Jamie Lang Spain’s Movistar Plus, the pay TV arm of Telefonica, and global sports streaming platform DAZN, have closed a deal that will offer extensive live sports and factual sports content to clients of both companies.Through the alliance, Movistar subscribers will be given the option of receiving DAZN content through new linear channels on Movistar Plus, as well as access to DAZN’s streaming platform.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLaunched by “El Chapo” producer Camila Jiménez and its creator Silvana Aguirre, L.A.-based The Immigrant is developing drama series with Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante (“Ixacanul,” “La Lorona”) and Spain’s Javier Ruíz Caldera (“Superlópez”).The news comes after The Immigrant made a large splash in October 2019 when Fremantle bought into the production house, acquiring a 25% stake, marking its first major investment in a Latinx company.Jiménez has

Jamie Lang Netflix Spain’s most highly-anticipated series release of 2021, “Sky Rojo,” the new original from “Money Heist” creators Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato, will launch worldwide on March 19.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Sony Pictures International Productions has picked up the German remake rights to two comedy titles from FilmSharks International subsidiary, The Remake Company: Argentine family comedy “Ten Days Without Mom” and Brazil’s risqué romp, “Upside Down.”“High concept family-driven and erotic comedies are the hottest trending genres for holiday and summer releases in cinemas and on streaming platforms,” said FilmSharks’ Guido Rud who pointed out that the Spanish and Italian

Canal Plus Création Originale “Paris Police 1900” offers a different take to painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.The past, moreover, is no foreign country.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Guido Rud’s FilmSharks International has snagged worldwide sales and remake rights to the Spanish movie spinoff of wildly popular French fictional comedy TV series, “Camera Café,” where a camera planted in a coffee machine captures the shenanigans and gossip chatter among office workers.“Camera Café: La Pelicula” (“Camera Café” The Movie”) is an Atresmedia Cine, Estela Films and Warner Bros.

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Amazon Prime Video original Hindi series Tandav has come under fire in India over its depiction of Hindu gods and goddesses.

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Jamie Lang Spanish pay TV operator Movistar Plus and HBO Max have joined forces on the upcoming second season of Leticia Dolera’s “Perfect Life,” which recently wrapped shooting under strict COVID-19 restrictions. HBO Max will also pick-up U.S.