ITV Studios’ head of global distribution Ruth Berry has been promoted to lead both of the company’s global commercial divisions. ITV Studios’ global distribution and global entertainment arms have been brought together under a single leadersh…

Filmmaker Kenneth Karlstadt has conjured a chaotic coming of age story, "Kids In Crime," for Norway's TV2. The writer-director grew the project out from his well received short, "The Hunger," into eight short episodes.  It's a format hoped to attract youn…

Production has begun in Brisbane, Australia, on dramatic comedy film "A Savage Christmas." The story is that of a trans woman who, after years of estrangement, returns home for Christmas with her new boyfriend. Expecting her transition to be the focus, it is i…

Pakistani star Sajal Aly, who is also one of the leads in Shekhar Kapur’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It?,” will lead a series adaptation of Urdu-language novel “Umrao Jaan Ada.” A classic of Urdu literature, the novel, writ…

Authorities in Hong Kong have initiated new prosecutions against contractors following the incident in July last year when a giant video screen fell from the ceiling of a venue where popular boy band Mirror was performing a concert. The incident happened on Ju…

"The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" harks back to an era of gentle storytelling and hand-drawn animation but its inception, by British illustrator Charlie Mackesy, was entirely modern: blossoming from social media to print to streaming. The book of the …

Nadine Dorries, a polarizing former culture secretary for Britain, is set to host a new Friday night talk show on conservative channel TalkTV. Debuting on Feb. 3, Dorries, who is still a member of parliament (MP), will kick off her show with an exclusive one-o…

Bowfinger Int'l Pictures, run by Spanish actor-director Santiago Segura and producing partner Maria Luisa Gutierrez, and Beta Fiction Spain (BFS), the Spanish affiliate of Germany's Beta Film, have teamed up to produce "Infiltrada" ("Infiltrated") the true sto…

Director, writer, actor, producer and author Spike Lee is being accorded a BFI Fellowship, the highest honor bestowed by the British Film Institute. The Fellowship will be presented to Lee at a celebratory event at BFI Southbank, hosted by BFI chair Tim Richar…

In the run-up to February's Berlin Film Festival, Madrid-based Latido Films has pounced on "Sica," the fiction feature debut of Carla Subirana, one of a hard-to-miss vibrant new generation of Barcelona-based women directors and producers now galvanizing the Ca…