Fremantle Launches Non-Fiction Sports Division

Fremantle Launches Non-Fiction Sports Division

Indie production powerhouse Fremantle is pushing hard into sports content with the launch of a new division, Fremantle Sports, to focus on non-scripted and factual documentaries, as well as digital formats, in the wide world of sporting competition. Owain Walbyoff has been appointed to the new job of director of sports at Fremantle, charged with…

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‘The Botanist,’ ‘Lonely Musketeer,’ ‘The Poet’ and ‘Peacock’ Set for Beijing’s New Filmmakers Section

‘The Botanist,’ ‘Lonely Musketeer,’ ‘The Poet’ and ‘Peacock’ Set for Beijing’s New Filmmakers Section

The Beijing International Film Festival has unveiled the 15 titles that will screen in the Forward Future section of its 15th edition later this month. The Forward Future section, launched in 2014, is dedicated to discovering and promoting new filmmakers, focusing on directors’ first or second features. Hungarian director, screenwriter, and producer Béla Tarr (Damnation, Satan’s Tango, The Man From…

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‘Adolescence’ Producer Warp Films Developing Series Adaptation of Nuclear Conflict Film ‘Threads’

‘Adolescence’ Producer Warp Films Developing Series Adaptation of Nuclear Conflict Film ‘Threads’

Warp Films, the Sheffield-based production company behind the hit Netflix series Adolescence and the new BBC revenge thriller Reunion, set in the deaf community, said on Monday that it has acquired the option to develop the 1984 film Threads into a TV drama. “Renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of a fictional apocalypse, Threads offers a harrowing depiction of life in…

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Alfred Hitchcock, Chantal Akerman, Jiri Menzel Movies Set for Beijing Film Festival

Alfred Hitchcock, Chantal Akerman, Jiri Menzel Movies Set for Beijing Film Festival

Alfred Hitchcock, the late “Master of Suspense,” and Jiří Menzel, the late Czech director who won the foreign-language film Oscar for 1966’s Closely Watched Trains, will get some screen love during the 15th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival. The “Homage-Restoration” section of the fest will feature, among others, Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller North by Northwest, starring…

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Tilda Swinton Works With Pedro Almodóvar, Luca Guadagnino Set for  Exhibition at Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum

Tilda Swinton Works With Pedro Almodóvar, Luca Guadagnino Set for Exhibition at Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum

Oscar-winning Scottish actress Tilda Swinton shocked fans earlier this year when she told the Berlin International Film Festival that she was taking a break from making movies. But on Wednesday, the celebrated performer, artist, and fashion icon unveiled that she is developing an exhibition, Tilda Swinton – Ongoing, exclusively for the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, featuring…

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