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Alexander Nanau, the Romanian director of Collective which is heading into the Oscars with both best documentary and best international feature nominations, is set to executive produce the newly-announced feature doc Klarsfeld, about French Nazi hunters Beate and Serge Klarsfeld.

Manori Ravindran International EditorPBS is teaming with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 and Arte France for feature-length documentary “Generation 9/11,” which marks the 20th anniversary of the twin tower attacks by following the children born to fathers who perished in the disaster.Produced by London-based outfit Arrow Pictures, the 120-minute doc introduces the youth born in the wake of the tragedy.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“The Sinner” is adding Frances Fisher to the cast of the fourth season.Producer Michelle Purple told me the news Thursday night at the premiere of her and producing partner Jessica Biel’s latest project “Cruel Summer.” She’s “super excited” about the “Watchmen” actor joining the USA Network anthology series along with new addition Alice Kremelberg (“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Orange Is the New Black”) and returning star Bill

Former The Bachelor star Colton Underwood has landed a deal with Netflix for a reality series, sources close to the project tell Deadline.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMediawan Rights, the commercial division of  French independent media powerhouse Mediawan founded by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel and Matthieu Pigasse in 2015, is poised to step up its premium documentary clout with the launch of a dedicated sales unit.Presided by veteran sales executive Valerie Vleeschhouwer, Mediawan Rights has signed an exclusive partnership deal with Forbidden Stories, the production banner behind many critically-acclaimed

Emiliano Granada Swiss doc company Lightdox has just acquired world sales rights to documentary “Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege” Abdallah Al-Khatib’s debut, co-produced by Films de Force Majeure and Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts, premieres in Vision du Réel’s platform on April 21 in  its main International Feature CompetitionA Lebanon, France and Qatar co-production, the film follows the lives of Palestinian refugees living in the district of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNewen Connect, the distribution branch of Newen, the Paris-based international production and distribution company owned by French’s biggest TV network, the TF1 Group, has boarded a bevy of upscale international drama series, including “Lost Luggage,” “Memento Mori,” Christian” and “Agent K.” The Paris-based company will help finance and sell internationally these shows.“Since creating Newen Connect in October, we have ramped up our teams, hired Leona

Frances McDormand is playing «Frances McDormand.»It's the result of working with writer-director Chloé Zhao, who up until had largely cast nonprofessional actors and built characters for them inspired by their own lives. is adapted from a nonfiction book of the same name and does, in fact, feature a number of real-life nomads playing versions of themselves onscreen.Which is how McDormand ended up playing a version of herself, too, though the character goes by the nickname Fern.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWeMake, a thriving production company launched by Bouchra Réjani, Shine France’s former COO, is turning three with a bullish slate of upscale formats and ambitious scripted projects, including the variety show “Morphing Singers” and Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s drama series “Image.”The Paris-based banner has so far developed an impressive catalog of more than 80 formats, 12 of which have been ordered or optioned in France and around the world.

Data firm App Annie indicated in Thursday's first quarter market index report that mobile game Crash Bandicoot: On the Runlanded in second position on the list of top downloaded breakout games in the United States.

EXCLUSIVE: Cristiana Dell’Anna, star of the HBO Max crime series Gomorrah, has landed the lead role of U.S. Catholic nun Frances Xavier Cabrini in Alejandro Monteverde’s true story feature retelling Cabrini. Production starts June 28 in Buffalo, NY and NYC.

Dominic Cooper as English spy Fielding Scott. And ET has the exclusive first look at the trailer for the six-episode series premiering on the service in April.Set in 1960s Berlin, Germany, the Cold War series follows Scott after he’s sent on a mission to find out who is behind a leak of vital security intel belonging to the Americans, British and French.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDiscovery Plus has acquired “Citizen Penn,” a look at the humanitarian efforts of Sean Penn and a team of volunteers to help Haitians in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake.The documentary will premiere on the subscription streaming service on May 6. “Citizen Penn” was written and directed by Don Hardy and produced by Hardy and Shawn Dailey.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterKelvin Harrison Jr., the breakout star of festival hits “Luce” and “Waves,” has landed the leading role in Searchlight Pictures’ “Chevalier de Saint-Georges.”Harrison Jr. will play the title character, known historically as the Black Mozart, an illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner.

Extending a long-term relationship with the WWE, NBCUniversal’s USA Network has set a multi-year extension of NXT.

Netflix is planning an English-language take on the French featureLes Invisibles with Cannes regular Nadine Labaki set to direct. The Invisibleswill take place at a day shelter where, according to the project's synopsis, "homeless people congregate for food, warmth, and connection.