UTA Media Rights Chiefs Talk Pandemic Book Boom, Streaming’s Adaptation Spree

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Jon Wright’s (Grabbers, Robot Overlords) horror film, Unwelcome, with plans to release it in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2022.

Katie Song Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to “Wild Game,” an action adventure film directed by Brock Harris and starring Creed Garnick, Charlie Barnett, Allison Paige, Matthew Daddario, Harris, Golden Garnick, Jared Bonner, Kyle Robinson, Matthew Paetz, Adrianna Leonard and Vicki Garnick.

‘Gangs Of London’ Dominates Bafta Cymru

revealed Thursday night that one of the biggest investors in the Digital World SPAC was Saba Capital, a $3.5 billion hedge fund. Its founder and manager, Boaz Weinstein, told the paper that once his company was made aware that the SPAC it had invested in was funding Trump Media & Technology Group, it sold much of its stake Thursday morning, netting a small profit..

Super Soap Week kicked off with a bang on Emmerdale. Viewers saw Manpreet Sharma (played by Rebecca Sarker) and Charles Anderson (Kevin Mathurin) fall from a 60ft bridge into perilous waters, closely followed by Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) and David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden).

EXCLUSIVE:  Producers Charlie Matthau and Michael Zoumas have secred the rights to Alyson Noël’s upcoming 2022 Simon & Shuster novel, Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe.

Great British Bake Off viewers were less than impressed after seeing Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas doing their own German accents on this weeks show.

Joe Jonas is enjoying some fun in the sun!

Matt Hancock has been given a new international role helping African countries recover from the covid pandemic just three months after quitting as UK Health Secretary.

Christopher Vourlias Abacus Media Rights has picked up international sales rights for “The Recruiter,” a spy series co-created by “Ransom” executive producer and co-creator David Vainola, one of the buzz titles being presented during the co-production forum at Rome’s MIA market this week.“The Recruiter” is a high-stakes espionage thriller inspired by the work of the “Five Eyes,” an alliance of the intelligence agencies from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., New Zealand, and Australia.

Bag Man,” based on Rachel Maddow’s Peabody-winnning podcast, which Stiller is directing and producing at Focus Features. He’s also attached to “London” with Oscar Isaac, which is also in development with screenwriter Eric Roth based on a Jo Nesbo short story.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSingapore-based distributor and producer Clover Films has partnered with Taiwan’s Machi Xcelsior Studios for the worldwide theatrical rights (except Taiwan and South Korea) to Giddens Ko’s “Till We Meet Again.”The film is a fantasy romance starring Kai Ko (“You Are The Apple Of My Eye”), Gingle Wang (“Detention”) and Vivian Sung (“Our Times”) that recently garnered eleven nominations at the Golden Horse Film Awards.The producers will retain the rights in Taiwan.

Colin Spence reckons Irvine Meadow will be walking into the lion’s den when they face Kilbirnie Ladeside at Valefield Park tomorrow.