Masai Ujiri, Vice-Chairman and President of the Toronto Raptors, has been brought on board to exec the Fremantle/Passenger docu-series based on the newly-launched Basketball Africa League (BAL). Ujiri joins as Exec alongside Fisher Stevens (Tiger King) and Akin Omotoso (The Greek Freak), while Emmy Award-winning…

Experienced Russian executive Nadezda Motina is launching Arna Media, a theatrical distribution company for the local market that is also planning to expand into co-productions. The company has already packed its debut slate for 2022, securing rights to titles including Good Luck to You, Leo Grande starring Emma…

ViacomCBS said its ViacomCBS Networks International has clinched a deal to acquire a majority stake in Spanish language content producer, Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from Disney and the company’s founding family. ViacomCBS International Studios, a division of VCNI, will operate Fox TeleColombia & Estudios…

Here's the first official trailer for A Hero, the latest pic from two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi. The movie is Iran's submission to the International Oscar race this year. Farhadi previously won for A Separation and The Salesman. In his latest, Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh and Fereshteh Sadrorafaii lead the…

Banijay is pushing into the classical music space after pairing with renowned French violinist Renaud Capuçon on a talent deal. Capuçon will help coach and manage the next generation of soloists, elevating performers that are yet to be discovered and producing classical music concerts in France and beyond…

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Penélope Cruz drama On The Fringe (En Los Márgenes), directed by Juna Diego Botto, and written by Botto and Olga Rodríguez. Currently filming on location in Madrid, the Spanish-language film stars an ensemble cast which includes Oscar winner Cruz (Pain and Glory), Luis…

Netflix today unveiled a slate of new Spanish content, including two fiction series and a pair of feature films. The streamer also announced Thursday it hs renewed its popular Spanish YA drama series Elite for a sixth season, well ahead of the series’ Season 5 premiere. Created and written by Carlos Montero and Darío…

Viggo Mortensen and Caleb Landry Jones will lead the cast of Two Wolves, a Vietnam War-set thriller being helmed by Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney. The pic tells the story of helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who, during the Wwr, turned against his fellow soldiers to halt the massacre of unarmed civilians in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix's Spanish-language spin-off of its hit movie Bird Box is taking flight, with cast now confirmed for the Barcelona-set film, which goes into production in November. Starring will be: Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva, Alejandra Howard, Naila Schuberth, Patrick Criado, Celia Freijeiro with…

Freddie Mercury BBC Doc In The Works The final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s extraordinary life is to be told in a BBC2 doc from Putin: A Russian Spy Story producer Rogan Productions. Freddie Mercury: The Final Act comes 30 years after the Queen superstar died from complications of AIDS. The film follows the story from…

EXCLUSIVE: Son Of Rambow and X-Men: First Class actor Bill Milner has joined Brian Epstein biopic Midas Man as Brian’s brother Clive Epstein who assumed control of his brother’s music store business. Filming is underway in Liverpool on the movie about the visionary music manager Brian Epstein, who famously discovered…

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Lenny Henry's Banijay-backed indie Douglas Road Productions is to spotlight Caribbean culture in the UK in an upcoming BBC2 arts documentary. Deadline hears production will commence next month in London on the show, which does not yet have a title. Commissioned out of Factual/Arts Director Patrick…