Fruit Tree, the production company set up by Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary that has worked on projects include Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming “Bugonia,” has signed a first-look and development deal for TV with Fremantle. Under the partnership,
On Tuesday at Copenhagen doc festival CPH:DOX, European broadcasters, funders and producers, as well as key players from the U.S. market, gathered for a private lunch at the Odd Fellow Palace to discuss the growing threats to journalistic political feature documentaries. The goal of the
Patrick Walters, the Brit exec producer of Netflix hit series “Heartstopper” and recent Sky/Stars show “Sweetpea,” landed in Series Mania in France amid what is being described as a crisis in the U.K. drama space, with scripted commissioning falling as broadcasters cut back on spend
In 2003, a few years after “Freaks and Geeks” and a few before “Superbad,” Seth Rogen sat in a Hollywood boardroom with his best friend and creative partner, Evan Goldberg. They were barely legal and new to Los Angeles, pitching a teen sex comedy set
Busy is back: Busy Philipps’s late-night talk show “Busy This Week” will return with its second season this spring at QVC-owned streamers QVC+ and HSN+. Hosted by Philipps and Caissie St. Onge, the show’s second season will premiere May 21 at 10 p.m. ET. Per
CMA Fest issued an initial talent announcement for its 2025 lineup on Wednesday, naming more than 200 performers set to appear across six stages, including Kelsea Ballerini, Shaboozey, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Cody Johnson and Megan Moroney among the artists due to hit
Pan-European indie group Vuelta has expanded its footprint in the Italian market by acquiring a minority stake in Italian distribution company PiperFilm. PiperFilm, which launched from Cannes last year as the distributor of Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope,” operates with an innovative distribution model thanks to its
Berlin sales outfit M-Appeal has sealed further deals for Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner “Dreams,” as well as additional sales for “Sex” and “Love,” the other films in the director’s trilogy. “Dreams” follows Johanne, a young woman who documents her first