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EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber Media Group has promoted Monica Bloom to Chief Marketing Officer. The exec held the same title for a division of the company, MHz Choice, since June 2023. Her portfolio will now expand to include all marketing and communications for Kino Lorber, including Kino Film Collection’s streaming service and home entertainment operation. Bloom […]

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s CBC is stocking its streaming service with dramas from Scandinavia and the UK. CBC Gem will launch British comedy-drama Cheaters, Scandi co-pro comedy All and Eva and Danish drama Families Like Ours in coming weeks. All and Eva will lead off on Friday, November 1, followed by Cheaters amon November 8 and Families […]

EXCLUSIVE: Nine Perfect Strangers maker Made Up Stories has optioned Australian writer Zoë Foster Blake’s novel about modern entrepreneurship and motherhood ‘Things Will Calm Down Soon.’ The book is billed as “a vibrant, candid look at what it means to be ‘successful’ in today’s world.” It follows 30-year-old A-list stylist Kit Cooper who is restless despite […]

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based arthouse distributor KimStim has acquired North American rights to feature-doc The Falling Sky, about the threat to the existence of the Amazonian Yanomami people, ahead of its screening in DOC NYC next month. The immersive and poetic film centers on iconic shaman Davi Kopenawa and the Yanomami community.  It is based on […]

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Brooks and a storied group of animation creatives are combining on a short about the creator’s experience overcoming depression, with sales launching at MIPCOM. Brooks and Spencer Grammer (Rick and Morty) will lead the voice cast of Enormous, which is inspired by Stephen Kramer Glickman’s personal journey battling depression with the help of […]

The BBC has picked up BritBox International’s Lynley adaptation, with BritBox unveiling first-look image, rounding out cast and rolling cameras. Deadline revealed the adaptation of the hit Elizabeth George novels several months back starring Leo Suter as the eponymous lead and Sofia Barclay as DS Barbara Havers. At that point, the BBC was in talks […]

Whenever you have an origninal breakout hit in the horror genre it generally means you can expect at least about 8 sequels cashing in on the concept. The latest to spawn a hoped-for franchise is writer/director Finn Parker’s followup to his smash 2022 debut feature, Smile (which made $200 million globally) and which he promises […]

EXCLUSIVE: Having landed on Peacock several weeks back, Fremantle has struck its first major deals for the remastered version of NBC’s iconic police series Homicide: Life on the Street, while senior international exec Bob McCourt has teased a potential remake. Israel’s YES and Canada’s Bell Media have picked up Homicide, with more deals close, we […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Russo’s latest Citadel spin-off has hit a ratings landmark for Amazon out of Italy. The streamer told us that the big-budget Citadel: Diana is now the top-launched Italian original around the world for its first weekend, based on viewership outside its country of origin. Amazon didn’t give us numbers but said the Matilda […]

EXCLUSIVE: Seriencamp, Germany’s top scripted TV gathering, is entering its second decade and has set its 2025 dates. Spanning public events and an industry confab, the 2025 edition will run 3 June – 6 June, Deadline can be the first to report. The organizers said the focus will be on the evolution of drama series […]