‘The Swimmers’ Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini Inks With CAA

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMarc Guggenheim has signed with CAA for representation, Variety has learned exclusively.Guggenheim continues to be represented by attorney Wendy Kirk at Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole LLP as well as by manager Cliff Roberts at Syndicate Entertainment.Guggenheim is perhaps best known for his work in The CW’s so-called Arrowverse — its collection of shows based on DC Comics characters. He co-created the first of those shows, “Arrow,” along with Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg.

The CW is about to enter a new ownership era, as local TV giant Nexstar Media Group has confirmed a pending deal to acquire a 75% stake in the 16-year-old broadcast operation.

Coronation Street's very own real-life couple appear to have celebrated their love again with a second wedding attended by their co-stars. Sally Carman and Joe Duttine tied the knot in an intimate church ceremony last month.

EXCLUSIVE: The Ukrainian Institute has lambasted the organizers of a prestigious German filmmaker residency program for inviting Russians and Belarusians to take part as well as Ukrainians, slamming the emergency program for the “perpetuation of both an outdated Soviet perspective and Russia’s colonial logic.”

Kate Aurthur editorLionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer — in his regular weekly letter to the staff — has vowed that the company will prioritize and protect the reproductive rights of its employees.In the letter, which was obtained by Variety, Feltheimer noted that Lionsgate already has strong protections in place “to safeguard employees from discrimination, harassment, bullying and invasion of privacy,” and wrote that after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June, which overturned Roe v. Wade, “it has become necessary to develop strong policies and add to our comprehensive benefits to protect our employees’ reproductive rights as well.” Feltheimer’s letter is copied in full below.The Lionsgate show “P-Valley,” which airs on Starz, is filmed in Georgia, where abortion is forbidden as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected.

King Richard III’s remains in 2012 after the monarch had been lost for 500 years. TIFF, which runs between Sept. 8-18, will screen “The Lost King” in its World Premiere as part of a special presentation.

Victoria Pedretti has signed with CAA for representation.

Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier will give a keynote speech at Mipcom in October, as the event prepares to welcome back several U.S. and UK studios following pandemic-triggered absences.

The Flash” movie starring Ezra Miller is still a go, despite the actor’s numerous scandals this year.“We have seen ‘The Flash,’ ‘Black Adam’ and ‘Shazam 2,'” said Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav during the company’s Q2 earnings call on Thursday. “We are very excited about them.

EXCLUSIVE: Director Sally El Hosaini’s new feature Unicorns will begin principal photography in the U.K. this October, with Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s Maven Screen Media and Philip Herd’s Chromatic Aberration financing and producing.

For the launch of its new Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity, the BFI is partnering with Chanel and has set Tilda Swinton as jury chair. Three prizes of £20,000 each will be given to emerging UK film creatives who demonstrate originality and risk taking and want to explore a new dynamic to their work, the BFI said today.

Netflix has entered into a multi-year creative partnership with Indian filmmaking duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, who will develop and produce upcoming projects for the streamer through their D2R Films production banner.

EXCLUSIVE: Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, the filmmakers behind Netflix’s documentary phenomenon The Tinder Swindler, have signed with Anonymous Content.

Central Cee has announced a world tour for later this year, which includes a London and Dublin show – tickets will be available here.The rapper, who released his second mixtape ’23’ in February, will hit the road for a run of North American headline shows in October before heading to Europe at the end of that month.His European leg includes stop-offs in cities such as Madrid (October 31), Barcelona (November 1), Paris (7), Amsterdam (10), Berlin (13) and Stockholm (17).On November 20, Central Cee will take to the stage at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin ahead of returning to the UK to play Alexandra Palace in London on November 22. The latter date is billed as a “UK headline exclusive”.Tickets go on general sale at 10am BST this Friday (August 5) – you’ll be able to purchase yours from here.

more than 400 television showrunners and creators sent letters to Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, Apple, and other Hollywood studios expressing “grave concerns” about the lack of protocols for pregnant employees seeking abortion in states that have banned or restricted the procedure.

The trailer for Netflix’s upcoming series Partner Track has arrived!

“Teen Wolf” alum Arden Cho is learning to live a little in the trailer for the upcoming Netflix romantic comedy series, “Partner Track.”The series, which is based on the novel of the same name by Helen Wan, follows Cho’s Ingrid Yun, a first generation Korean American and the first lawyer in her family, as she experiences the trials and tribulations of excelling at the prestigious (but old school) law firm, Parsons Valentine. With the support of her friends, she battles through workplace challenges to break through the glass ceiling on her path to become partner. But will her drive and ambition leave room for love?In the trailer, which Netflix released Friday, it looks like Ingrid is right on track to become a partner at the firm until she lays eyes once again on Jeff Murphy (Dominic Sherwood) — who just happens to be her ex.

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell sees considerable “choppiness” in the advertising business, but believes the increase in competition in ad-supported streaming is a “validation” of the model chosen for Peacock, the company’s 2-year old streaming service.