Warner Bros Leavesden Opens Virtual Production Stage; HBO’s ‘House Of The Dragon’ Set As First Shoot

Christopher Vourlias Germany’s Sola Media has acquired sales rights across a host of territories for “Finnick,” an animated feature from leading Russian animation studio Riki Group, Variety has learned. The companies will be introducing the film to buyers during the Cannes Film Market.The CGI-animated comedy follows the adventures of 13-year-old Christine, who befriends the young prankster Finnick — one of the furry invisible beings known as Finns — in unlikely circumstances.

Ed Meza @edmezavarGerman co-productions are making a strong showing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, among them Leos Carax’s opening film, “Annette,” Wes Anderson’s star-studded “The French Dispatch” and Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi’s “The Story of My Wife.”Fabian Gasmia’s Berlin-based Detailfilm is among the producers on “Annette,” which stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.

Elvis Presley was an international star he was still able to drive around his hometown, Memphis, Tennessee, and go on dates like a normal young adult. The singer, who was just 21-years-old at the time, was on his way to becoming the Rock and Roll icon when he met his first girlfriend, Anita Wood.

There’s one line in the first John Wick movie where Keanu Reeves, as the titular character, says, “People keep asking me if I’m back. And I haven’t really had an answer.

Here’s the first clip from Russian helmer Aleksey German Jr.’s next title House Arrest, which is screening in Un Certain Regard at Cannes this year.

Herbert G. Kloiber, former head of German distributor TMG, is teaming with Constantin Film to launch High End Productions, based in Vienna.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorHerbert G. Kloiber, who was formerly the owner of German TV and film giant Tele München Group (now known as Leonine), and Constantin Film have set up Vienna-based production company High End Productions, which will produce premium European fiction series for the international market.

Kratt Brothers — as Chris and Martin Kratt are known — were on the lookout for giant river otters, German shepherd-sized animals also known as “lobos de rio,” or “wolves of the river.” A sudden snorting sound had tipped them off to the presence of the endangered predators feisty enough to chase off jaguars, so they hopped into their little boat, video camera in hand.“We were so into it, and they were just right there,” recounts Martin. “We were getting great stuff.

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Stormzy has celebrated England’s 2–0 win over Germany in the UEFA Euro by attending an afterparty hosted by a stranger, making good on a promise he’d made to the fan earlier.A video that’s since gone viral shows the rapper enjoying a beer with a group of revellers in one of their houses, after having reportedly promised he’d attend the post-match celebrations if England won while watching the game at Boxpark yesterday (June 29).The clip shows Stormzy chatting as well as engaging in a spirited

EXCLUSIVE: Sky’s German original Souls has wrapped production and producer Geißendörfer Pictures has dropped first-look images of the eight-part series.

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Deals On Eric Bana-narrated ‘Envoy: Shark Cull’UK sales outfit Film Seekers has closed a series of deals on its feature documentary Envoy: Shark Cull. Pic is a conservation doc focusing on controversial shark control programs operated in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.