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Variety… Jan Holoubek’s TIFF premiere “Wild Wild East” is set in 1943, but it no longer feels safely stored away in the past. “When I first read the script 12 years ago, it felt like a period drama. It was about something that happened a long time ago and…
Variety… Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s “Falling House” has sold to a raft of international territories following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Paris-based company Paradise City Sales has closed a first batch of deals with Jokers Films for…
Variety… Gayathiri Guliani and Uzair Merchant are unveiling K2 Media Capital, a new entertainment investment and production venture, at the Toronto Film Festival market. The company aims to identify, finance and produce high-value intellectual property that cro…
Variety… Jungle Book Studio has taken international sales rights to “Angh,” the debut feature from Nagaland filmmaker Theja Rio. The film is world premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is the sole Indian entry in TIFF’s Platform co…
Variety… A high-end, 26 half-hour episode 3D-series featuring three inseparable BFF trainee witches, “Witch Detectives” is Mediawan Kids & Family latest pan-European new IP, produced by Mediawan subsidiary Method Animation for BBC, Rai, TF1 and …
Variety… Indian studio Sagar Pictures Entertainment’s seven-part theatrical franchise adapted from the “Bhagavata Mahapurana” will kick off with “Shrimad Bhagavatam Part I: Vishnurata.” The first teaser poster has been unveiled. Th…
Variety… “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” is moving from the BBC and headed to World of Wonder‘s streaming platform WOW Presents Plus. The news comes after The Sun reported that the show would be leaving the BBC as part of its cuts. However, Variety ca…