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EXCLUSIVE : The Euro 2020 Final, which featured a dramatic England penalty defeat to Italy and chaos as thousands of un-ticketed fans attempted to storm Wembley Stadium, is to be charted in a Netflix feature documentary from My Daughter’s Killer producer Rogan Productions . Airing later this year, Netflix’s as-yet-untitled doc will examine one of the biggest days in English football history through the eyes of those who were there via user-generated content, archive and interviews. The game was England’s first major football final since winning the World Cup in 1966 and took place on home turf, with the majority of the delayed tournament played in the UK. And while on the pitch a dramatic match ended in a heartbreaking penalty defeat to Italy, there was plenty of drama off it. Thousands of people without tickets tried to storm the national 90,000-seater stadium and more than 2,000 gained access to Wembley without tickets, according to a review carried out … [Read more...] about Netflix Greenlights Feature Documentary On Dramatic Euro 2020 Wembley Final Between England & Italy

Fatima Salaria is exiting Fremantle -backed The Apprentice indie Naked after three years in post. The former BBC and Channel 4 commissioner has been MD since 2020 and will leave in the spring, with her replacement appointed in due course. Salaria has overseen a period of growth during her tenure in which Naked merged with fellow Fremantle label Boundless and was responsible for the likes of BBC Three’s The Rap Game, Netflix’s Snowflake Mountain and ITV’s Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile . Other notable successes include the Cara Delevingne-helmed Planet Sex for BBC Three and Hulu. Fremantle UK CEO Simon Andreae said the team will “miss her greatly.” “It’s been wonderful to see Naked grow and expand under her leadership – she has helped set a new path for the company and she leaves with a raft of exciting new projects in the pipeline for Naked,” he added. Salaria said she is “incredibly proud of everything we have achieved both on and off … [Read more...] about Fatima Salaria To Exit ‘The Apprentice’ Indie Naked

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi feelgood comedy-drama Sattar , which has enjoyed a record-breaking theatrical run at home, will hit U.K. cinemas next month in a release spearheaded by MENA region distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment . Sattar , which is set in the world of freestyle wrestling, will be only the second Saudi Arabian film to be released theatrically in the U.K. after Haifa al-Mansour’s ground-breaking 2012 international breakout Wadjda . The film will launch on around 10 U.K. screens in London and other major U.K. cities, including Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds, on February 10. Front Row, which has struck a direct distribution, revenue-sharing deal with Odeon Cinemas , is aiming to catch the wave of the film’s success in Saudi Arabia . The target audience is Saudi Arabian and Gulf citizens living in the U.K. but Front Row expects it to appeal to a wider Arabic-speaking audience as well as local spectators without … [Read more...] about Saudi Freestyle Wrestling, Feelgood Hit ‘Sattar’ To Get U.K. Release As Front Row Strikes Deal With Odeon Cinemas