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EXCLUSIVE : Candle Media -backed Spanish-language powerhouse Exile Content Studio has promoted Nando Vila to succeed Daniel Eilemberg as Head of Studio. Vila moves up from his Head of Audio and Unscripted Television post and will oversee the Latin-focused outfit’s film and TV content strategy. He is a former Vice President of Programming at Fusion TV where he exec produced, created and hosted the likes of political sketch comedy show Happy Ending, while he also exec produced Emmy-nominated documentary The Naked Truth: Trumpland. Vila succeeds Eilemberg, who became CEO of the Lil’ Heroes NFT franchise last month when Exile took a majority stake in that franchise. Founded in 2019 by former Univision and Televisa Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee, Exile creates films, TV series and non-scripted TV for the world’s 550M Spanish speakers, with recent projects including Todo Va A Estar Bien , co-produced with Diego Luna for Netflix, and docu-series Un Sueño Real , … [Read more...] about Candle Media-Backed Exile Content Studio Promotes Nando Vila To Head Of Studio

EXCLUSIVE : Ryan Phillippe ( The Locksmith ) has signed on for a key role opposite Bella Thorne in Mitzi Peirone’s thriller Saint Clare , based on Don Roff’s hit novel Clare at 16 . Rebecca De Mornay ( Lucifer ), Frank Whaley ( Pulp Fiction ), Bart Johnson ( High School Musical ) and Dylan Flashner ( The Card Counter ) will co-star in the film, which Screen Media has slated for release in North American theaters in 2023. Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic college student with a divine vocation for killing. Phillippe will play the role of Timmons, a police officer investigating the latest murder in the small town, with Clare as his prime suspect. Whaley will portray Mailman Bob, a ghost from Clare’s past, with Johnson pulling double duty as twin brothers Joe and Randall, and Flashner set for the supporting role of Wade. Peirone scripted the indie with American Psycho ‘s Guinevere Turner. David Chackler, Arielle … [Read more...] about Ryan Phillippe To Star Opposite Bella Thorne In Screen Media Thriller ‘Saint Clare’; Frank Whaley Among Other Additions

TMZSports.com "This is gonna be a billion-dollar company. I know it. I feel it." That's Jake Paul proclaiming his new company, "Betr" -- aiming to not just turn the betting world on its head, but also sports media -- will one day be worth at least 10 figures. TMZ Sports talked to the 25-year-old Problem Child and his partner Joey Levy ... who broke down the new venture. "We announce our new company Betr which has two parts. One is sports betting and online casino and the other is a media content factory. We plan on taking over the sports world and changing it forever. Bringing new sports content," Jake told us. Levy says Betr will focus on so-called "micro bets" ... which allows bettors to put money down on wagers during a game. "We kind of view micro betting as the TikTok-ification of sports betting, and kind of like the final level of introducing instant gratification to the sports betting experience." (Instead of betting on the Yankees to … [Read more...] about Jake Paul Says New Gambling & Media Biz Will Be Worth $1 Billion

Leading independent German distribution label Koch Films has been renamed as Plaion Pictures . The move is part of a larger rebranding operation by parent company Koch Media Group, which is also a major video games developer and publisher. From now on, the parent group will be known simply as Plaion, pronounced “play-on”. Based just outside Munich, Koch Films is one of Germany ’s theatrical distributors. Recent high-profile acquisitions have included Parasite , Titane , The Worst Person In The World and Cannes 2022 titles Broker , Decision To Leave , Mascarade and Men . “Koch Films has developed from a sales organization primarily active in German-speaking Europe to an international film company. The new brand Plaion Pictures stands for our international plans and ambitions,” said CEO Stefan Kapelari. Managing director Jochen Walter said the rebranding heralded a more ambitious international strategy. “In addition to our publishing and … [Read more...] about Germany’s Koch Films Rebrands As Plaion Pictures

As Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chaddha is all set to hit the theatres tomorrow (August 11, 2022), we bring to you a couple of international reviews of the film, wherein critics have shared their take on the same. Directed by Advait Chandan, the film is a Hindi remake of Hollywood classic Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks in the lead role. Apart from Aamir, the film also features Kareena Kapoor Khan, Naga Chaitanya and Mona Singh in pivotal roles. Carlos Aguilar (The Wrap) "Not that Tom Hanks' performance as Forrest could ever be hailed as a paragon of subtle acting, but (Aamir) Khan's interpretation of the character borders on parody. The exaggerated facial expressions and laughter read as disparagingly theatrical, even if that's not their intent." Witney Seibold (Slash Film) "Laal Singh Chaddha might still be as fitfully mawkish as "Gump" in its tendency toward brazen sentimentality, but is a film more deliberately rooted in philosophies of … [Read more...] about Laal Singh Chaddha International Critics Reviews Out: Did Aamir Khan Leave A Long Lasting Impression?

Warner Bros. Discovery ’s European operation continues to take shape, with Hannes Heyelmann today unveiling his German management team. The shake-up sees the departure of Discovery Communications Deutschland Deputy Managing Director Alberto Horta . Heyelmann, a long-time Warner exec who has overseen original content production in Germany for the company for several years, was named EVP and General Manager of Warner Bros. Discovery Germany , Switzerland and Austria in June and has set his top team soon after Antonio Ruiz revealed his line-up of UK and Ireland execs. Notable posts go to Marion Rathmann (free-TV and pay entertainment channels and streaming programming), Magdalena Prosteder (cinema productions chief) and Anke Greifeneder (original production for Warner TV channels and HBO Max). See below for the full line-up. “In the past few weeks I have been working on the future strategy for Warner Bros. Discovery in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, including the … [Read more...] about Warner Bros. Discovery Sets Out Germany Management Team; Discovery Deutschland Exec Alberto Horta To Exit

Twenty-three-time Grand Slam champ Serena Williams will retire after playing in this year’s U.S. Open this month, the tennis player says in a new Vogue magazine article and on her own social media accounts. In the Vogue article published online today, Williams dismisses the word “retirement,” preferring instead to use the term “evolution.” “I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,” she says, specifically noting that she’ll work with her venture capital firm and devote time to her growing family. Although she did not specify a date for her departure from professional tennis in the Vogue article, she suggested on social media that this month’s U.S. Open might be her last event. “The countdown has begun,” she wrote, adding, “I’m gonna relish these next few weeks.” Williams said in Vogue that she and husband Alexis Ohanian plan to have another child: “In the last year, Alexis and I have been trying to have another child, and we recently … [Read more...] about Serena Williams Plans Retirement Sometime After U.S. Open

EXCLUSIVE : Strong Studios will develop and produce a feature based on the biographical novel 4th & Goal : One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream , examining the life of corporate executive, author and football coach Joe Moglia . The 2012 book penned by New York Times bestselling author and Forbes contributing editor Monte Burke follows Moglia from his roots growing up in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood in New York City to his rise through the high school and college football ranks to become the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth, and his dream of becoming a head coach of a college football team. Often, life has a way of interfering with dreams, and with a family on the way, Joe was at one time forced to abandon his, entering corporate America to make ends meet. With no MBA but through a fundamental belief that he could succeed with grit and determination, he landed a job at Merrill Lynch and 25 years later stood at the zenith of the financial world as CEO of … [Read more...] about Todd Robinson Preps Sports Drama ‘4th & Goal’ About Corporate Exec-Turned-College Football Coach Joe Moglia For Strong Studios

EXCLUSIVE: IDW Entertainment has 5 series in development with Ánima Studios, Cartoon Network Studios, HBO Max, Universal Content Productions (UCP), Universal International Studios, and Warner Bros. Television. The projects are based on IDW Publishing and Top Shelf Productions (an imprint of IDW) graphic novels and comics. The TV projects are as follows: Dark Spaces: Wildfire (UCP), is a thriller series written by Scott Snyder ( Batman, American Vampire ) with art by Hayden Sherman ( The Few , Wasted Space ). It follows a group of female inmate firefighters deep into the smoldering California hills, where their desperate heist of a burning mansion will lead them to the score of a lifetime…or a deadly trap. The Delicacy (WBTV) is a graphic novel from James Albon ( A Shining Beacon ), about rare and delicious fungi that spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur. Tulip and his brother Rowan have left the simple comforts of their remote Scottish island … [Read more...] about IDW Sets Five Series In Development Based On Graphic Novels & Comics

EXCLUSIVE : Anonymous Content has hired former Bron executive David Davoli as President of International, based in New York. Davoli will oversee Anonymous Content’s international division including its various global joint ventures — Anonymous /Federation, AC Nordic, AC Brazil and Chapter One in the UK. He will be tasked with continuing to build out the international expansion. He starts in the new role in early September and will be a member of the senior leadership team, reporting to Anonymous Content CEO, Dawn Olmstead. Most recently, Davoli was President of Television at Bron Studios where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all TV efforts. Among the projects he worked on were Irish family crime drama, Kin , on AMC+ and RTÉ, starring Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen; Ten Percent , the English-language remake to the hit French series, Call My Agent! , which aired on Amazon Prime in the UK, and … [Read more...] about Anonymous Content Hires Former Bron Studios TV Prez David Davoli As President Of International