Sundance London Goes Online; New Media Fund; Barbican Launches VOD Platform – Global Briefs

Naman Ramachandran Lena Waithe (“The Chi”), Andrea Riseborough (“Luxor”) and Julie Taymor (“The Glorias”) will be among the luminaries participating at this year’s virtual Sundance London event in August.Waithe and Riseborough will be joined on a panel by Jeff Deutchman, executive VP of acquisitions and production, Neon; Julia Oh, senior commissioning executive for Film4; and Mathieu Ajan, BFI Network executive and founder of Bounce Cinema.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterAfter yesterday’s unveiling of the Venice line-up, the sales announcements have rolled in:Celluloid Dreams has boarded international sales on Sun Children, which screens in competition. The company previously repped director Majid Majidi’s debut feature Baduk back in 1991.

Chrissy Teigen isn’t a regular mom — she’s a cool mom! The 34-year-old Cravings author took to social media to show off her new ear piercings on Monday, July 27.The mom of two originally considered getting a “little” nose piercing and consulted with her 13 million Twitter followers about the idea. “Am I too old for a little diamond on my nose?” the Utah native tweeted a little after midnight that same day.“You don’t have to tell me I’m not old!” she continued.

Hikaru Utada premiered her new video for "Time" on her official YouTube channel Tuesday (July 28).Anthony Gaddis and Eric Tilford -- the team responsible for Mac Miller's "Good News" and "Everybody" videos, among others -- shot "Time" in Utada's London home during the COVID-19 lockdown with a selected crew, who all tested negative before the shoot with measures in place to ensure everyone's safety.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorA new version of RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to the Netherlands later this year via format owner World Of Wonder, broadcaster RTL and Dutch firm Vincent TV. Drag Race Holland (8×60’) will feature ten Dutch drag queens who take part in weekly challenges where the bottom two face-off against each other in a lip-synch battle for a chance to remain in the competition.

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater Jonathan Ross lands stand-up show Chat show host Jonathan Ross is to front an ITV stand-up format, which will showcase new comedy talent in front of an audience at an intimate Covid-friendly venue. Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club is made by The Masked Singer UK judge’s production outfit Hotsauce TV Production, with Tom Barrett executive producing.

Post Malone is keeping busy.

A recent photo of a blogger, who goes by the name The Kindred Ginger, has the internet doing a double-take. The woman -- first name Caitlin -- went viral after her stylist, Steph Carrillo, the owner of Modest Spot Salon in Orange County, Calif., shared an Instagram picture of her with an updated hairstyle featuring a partial balayage and shag haircut, with many commenters saying the mom of one looks like Jennifer Aniston.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorChannel 4 orders Spice Girls doc Rob Coldstream and Clare Cameron, the directing team behind Channel 4’s hit documentary Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain, are turning their attentions to the Spice Girls for their next project.

For Kylie Jenner, sightseeing is better when it’s done by the side of her two-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster. The mother-daughter duo took in the majestic view of Utah’s desert at sunset, and a friend made sure to snap the sweet pair as Kylie held Stormi while standing on a rock formation.

Screen Engine/ASI division TicktBox has launched a new online platform that will allow Hollywood studios to host word-of-mouth screenings amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and lack of access to movie theaters. The "Virtual Screening Room" hopes to appeal to film and television studios, streamers and independent companies.

With the physical edition of the Sundance Film Festival: London — the U.K. spinoff of Utah's annual festival — having been postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, an online special has been unveiled in its place.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe organizers of Sundance Film Festival: London, the U.K. iteration of the Park City indie pic fiesta, are to hold a boutique event online, running Aug.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMeghan Markle seeks court order Meghan Markle is seeking a court order preventing the Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers from naming five of her friends as part of an ongoing legal dispute, according to reports.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia broke records for daily new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to the New York Times. That — among other things — had the mayor of America’s second-largest city worried about a new COVID-related crisis.“We’re going to see across this nation a testing emergency,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in response to a question from Deadline.

Also Read: Sundance 2021 to Extend Beyond Utah, Be Held in 20 Cities Nationwide and OnlineAll four festivals take place within a month and a half of one another in the fall, and they’re the first stepping stone on the road to the Oscars, which for 2021 has already delayed its ceremony to late April.Venice is meant to take place Sept. 2-12, Telluride runs from Sept.

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater BBC to premiere Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Strasbourg 1518’Sexy Beast director Jonathan Glazer’s latest film Strasbourg 1518 is to premiere on BBC Two on July 20. The film is part of the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine initiative, and features performances from great dancers inspired by the so-called dancing plague that broke out in Strasbourg in 1518.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterAardman, the Oscar-winning UK animation studio, has inked a deal with Chinese major Tencent that will see its Shaun The Sheep series hosted on the latter’s video platform. Shaun is hosted around the world by Netflix, which isn’t in China so this latest deal completes the global picture on the franchise.