Neil Gaiman & ‘A Beautiful Mind’s Akiva Goldsman To Adapt Fantasy Novels ‘Gormenghast’ For FremantleMedia EXCLUSIVE: FremantleMedia North America is doubling down on the fantastical after securing the rights to sprawling novel series Gormenghast with Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful M..

IMAX Inks 30-Theater Deal With Chinese Exhibitor JinYi Media IMAX has signed a deal with exhibitor Guangzhou JinYi Media Corporation for 30 IMAX screens in China. The theaters will be located in a combination of new and existing complexes across the country. The theaters are expected to open begin..

Studio71 Names Andrew Strauser SVP Of Unscripted Content Studio71, a Red Arrow Studios company, has hired veteran television executive Andrew Strauser as SVP of unscripted content. In his new position, Strauser will be responsible for developing and producing unscripted content for Studio71 acro..

‘Fargo’ Director Dearbhla Walsh To Helm Channel 4 Period Spy Thriller ‘Jerusalem’ Fargo and The Punisher Dearbhla Walsh is to direct Channel 4’s period espionage epic Jerusalem. Walsh is to make her first return to British television in three years, since directing Richard Curtis’ Judi Dench and..

ITV Sets ‘The Big Audition’; Tony Jordan Albanian Mob Drama; Japan’s Nippon Launches AI Anchor – Global Briefs British broadcaster ITV is to peel back the curtain of fame with its latest entertainment series, The Big Audition, produced by Warner Bros’ Twenty Twenty. The six-part show will follow..

Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 Seeks $200m Funding For Film & TV Projects Jeff Robinov’s production house Studio 8 is in the market for $200m in investment, according to a report in Bloomberg. The funding push, understood to be for new film and TV projects, is being led by investment bank Raine Group a..

Mammoth Screen To Adapt Christie Watson’s Nursing Novel ‘The Language Of Kindness’ For Television EXCLUSIVE: Christie Watson’s The Language of Kindness, a story of acts of compassion in the nursing profession, is to be turned into a television series after Mammoth Screen, the British production ..

BBC Eyes Production Opportunities In China After $1.9B Merger With BBC Worldwide Is Completed The BBC is to make a renewed push into China after merging its production and distribution divisions. Today is the first working day for BBC Studios, the $1.9B division that incorporates its eponymous p..

‘My Cousin Rachel’ Director Roger Michel & Producer Kevin Loader Board Psychological Thriller ‘Little Darlings’ EXCLUSIVE: My Cousin Rachel director Roger Michel and producer Kevin Loader are teaming up under their Free Range Films banner on a feature adaptation of novel Little Darlings, which t..