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Starz is developing the coming-of-age book Sweetbitter, a novel by Stephanie Danler, into a half-hour drama series. Danler wrote the script for the first episode. Plan B Entertainment brought on Stu (…)

All3Media International closed deals with broadcasters in Spain and Portugal for the acquisition of new drama Ackley Bridge. The six-part series was produced by The Forge for Channel 4 in the (…)

PBS Kids is bringing back the star of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman in the animated digital series, The Ruff Ruffman Show, and debuting a new animated series, Luna Around The World. In The Ruff Ruffman (…)

Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive closed an agreement for Discovery to buy Scripps through a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $14.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in early 2018. (…)

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) promoted Jonathan Gabay to senior vice president, Comedy Development & Programming. Previously, Gabay served as director, executive director, and vice president of the Comedy Development and (…)

Hispanic advocacy group UnidosUS partnered with Fuse to bring the world premiere of Indivisible on July 29, 2017. Indivisible is directed by Hilary Linder and produced by Lindner’s production company, Kudzu Films. Indivisible follows the lives of three (…)

Venice Film Festival unveiled its lineup for the 74th edition of the festival. The festival will open with screening of Alexander Payne’s Downsizing. Other films in the competition include Ai Weiwei’s Human (…)

The 70th edition of the Locarno Festival will honor the cinematographer José Luis Alcaine with the Vision Award TicinoModa. The award is given to individuals wo offer new perspectives in film. (…)

GMA Worldwide confirmed that the K-Pop star Alexander Lee, formerly part of U-Kiss, will star in GMA’s drama My Korean Jagiya. The Korean-Portuguese singer will star along the actress Heart Evangelista (…)

The bi-lingual drama Bang will premiere this fall on S4C on September 10. The eight-part series is a Joio and Artist Studio production for S4C. Created and written by Joio’s Roger Williams, Bang follows (…)