International

Filming volume is about to reach back to record-breaking 2019 levels in the Czech Republic, according to the Czech Film Commission. That year saw €347M / $420M in foreign investment flowing into the country. The claim comes despite ongoing Covid-19 concerns in the Czech Republic, which was among the hardest hit…

EXCLUSIVE: Frontières Platform, the genre-focused event run by Fantasia and Cannes' Marche du Film, returns to the French fest for another edition this year, with 13 projects selected to take part in the showcase, running July 10-11. Scroll down for the full list. The event is technically taking place physically, as…

Fremantle and Passenger, the company founded by True Detective producer Richard Brown, are teaming with sports marketing company Infront to make a documentary series about the launch of the NBA-affiliated Basketball Africa League. South African director Tebogo Malope (Queen Sono) is helming the series, which charts…

EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us star Justin Hartley is joining Y'lan Noel (The First Purge), Cleopatra Coleman (The Last Man on Earth), Lex Scott Davis (The First Purge) and Shamier Anderson (Stowaway) in movie thriller A Lot Of Nothing, which is underway in Los Angeles. In the feature, which is described to us as a “dark…

The plight of Middle Eastern refugees awaiting asylum in the West is given a mordantly absurdist edge in Limbo, a tart socio-political tale in which the urgency of distant tragedies is siphoned into a timeless setting in the Outer Hebrides, where almost nothing ever happens. The result resembles a Samuel Beckett-like…

Charles Beeson, the British television director who helmed episodes of The Mentalist and worked on the upcoming adaptation of Around The World In 80 Days, has died. Actor Jim Beaver, who collaborated with Beeson on The CW’s Supernatural among other shows, revealed the news on Twitter. Beeson’s agent also confirmed his…

ITV Studios Sets Up Shop In Spain With Netflix Exec Cattleya, the ITV Studios-backed Italian producer behind Gomorrah, is launching Spanish subsidiary Cattleya Producciones and has hired Netflix’s Arturo Díaz as managing director. The company will be ITV Studios' first scripted producer in Spain. Díaz was a director…

Here’s your first look at Emma Mackey – BAFTA-nominated today for Sex Education – in new UK feature Emily, the origin story biopic of Wuthering Heights scribe Emily Bronte. Production is underway in the UK on the film which marks the writing and directing feature debut of actress Frances O'Connor (The Missing). We…

The Berlin Film Festival’s planned summer screenings event is in doubt due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in Germany. The festival said today: “The restrictions set out by the recently updated Infection Protection Act now make the planning of the Berlinale Summer Special a bigger challenge. The festival directors…

UPDATED with CEO comments: Spotify saw revenue grow 16% last quarter to €2.147 billion ($2.59 billion) fueled by a 46% jump in ad sales as podcast listening hit a high and monthly active users grew 24% to 356 million, including both free and paid. Premium subscribers increased 21%, as the company added nearly 4…

EXCLUSIVE: 3D Family animation Two By Two: Overboard (aka Ooops! The Adventure Continues) has sold to Momentum Pictures for the U.S. and Canada. Toby Genkel directed the prequel to the box office success Ooops! Noah Is Gone (aka All Creatures Big And Small), which grossed $28M globally. The new film has already been…

BAFTA pulled the curtain back on nominations for its TV and TV Craft Awards on Wednesday ahead of ceremonies that take place on June 6 and May 24 respectively. As always with award nominations, the list of those recognized had tongues wagging. Let's walk through some of the biggest themes. The snubs There were some…