ViacomCBS Partners With Sky to Launch Paramount Plus in Europe

We already know that Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino is working on a new version of “Lord of the Flies.” However, it appears that Showtime might have beat him to the punch with the new series, “Yellowjackets.” READ MORE: Summer TV Preview: Over 40 Series To Watch As seen in the trailer for “Yellowjackets,” the new Showtime series follows the story of a female high school soccer team that finds itself involved in a plane crash.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentITsArt, a new streaming platform dubbed the ‘Netflix of Italian Culture,’ is set to roll out across Europe in October and in the U.S. next year. Commissioned by Italy’s culture ministry, the ad-supported and transactional-VoD service providing access to Italian culture was conceived during the pandemic when Italy’s cultural institutions suffered from a drop in physical visitors and tried to react with various disparate forms of digital distribution.

Madonna has shared a rare photo of all six of her children together as she celebrated her 63rd birthday in style.

Madonna is the mother of six children, but she’s not usually with all of them at once--especially since they’ve gotten older.Luckily for the “4 Minutes” singer, during her 63rd birthday celebration in Italy, she had the opportunity to take a picture with all six of her kids.The star is a mother to Lourdes, 24, Rocco, 21, David Banda, 15, Mercy James, 15, and twins Estere and Stella Ciccone, eight.“Under the spell of the Byzantine Empire,” she wrote in her caption as she shared multiple pictures

heatwave as air from the Sahara creates a "heat dome" over the Mediterranean. The catastrophic heatwave raging in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal is causing devastating wildfires and potentially the hottest temperatures ever seen on the continent.

Selome Hailu editorThe two largest film studios in Ireland — Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios — have been sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management, a joint venture that owns complexes including Culver Studios and Silvercup as part of the world’s largest independent studio and media portfolio.Ardmore and Troy will both continue to operate with their existing branding, and will maintain their current staff, led by Elaine Geraghty as CEO.

Venice Film Festival Adds Joe D’Amato Doc

Shia LaBeouf is hoping to transform his career. The former Disney Channel star is plotting a comeback after a string of career-canceling abuse charges and allegations — by playing a real-life saint in controversial director Abel Ferrara’s newest film.

transform his career. The former Disney Channel star is plotting a comeback after a string of career-canceling abuse charges and allegations — by playing a real-life saint in controversial director Abel Ferrara’s newest film.The 70-year-old filmmaker told Variety that LaBeouf, 35, is on board to play the lead role in his next movie, which will center on the life of Italian saint Padre Pio.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off the film being announced in this year’s Toronto International Film Festival Platform program, Aga Woszczyńska’s Silent Land has sewn up a global sales deal with Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales.

EXCLUSIVE: Blood Red Sky is now officially Netflix’s most successful German content to date, film or TV, having been watched by more than 50 million households around the world in its first 28 days on the platform. That surpasses the historical series Barbarians, which previously held the record.

ViacomCBS Networks International is partnering with Comcast-owned Sky to deliver the launch of streaming platform Paramount+ in a host of European territories.

ViacomCBS Networks International is partnering with Comcast-owned Sky to deliver the launch of streaming platform Paramount+ in a host of European territories.