Heated Rivalry‘s Robbie G.K. will next up be seen in a Bell Media series adaptation of cult classic comedy pic Meatballs. The series, which is from Bell-owned Blink49 Studios and Incendo, was among the highlights of Bell’s 2026/27 slate announced today. Other notable orders include Mark-Paul Gosselaar-starring comedy Bulges, and The Littlest Hobo, the first […]

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max will roll out on Prime Video in New Zealand when it launches later this year. The service debuts next week on June 16 and will offered to viewers locally through Prime Video, including those without Amazon subscriptions. Standard and premium plans will be offered, with subs subscribers able to reduce costs from […]

EXCLUSIVE: Guillermo Arriaga’s original screenplay on which seminal Mexican film Amores Perros was based is being turned into a scripted TV series. AF Films has acquired rights to Perro Blanco, Perro Negro and is working with Sofia Vergara’s Hispanic talent management and entertainment company LatinWe to develop and produce a high-end international drama series. A […]

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. publisher and entertainment company Gungnir is launching a YouTube series, Badd, Gramm-mar. The comedy series, which is from Gungnir founder and publisher Matthew Medney, launches on June 30, billed as “part-review, part-social experiment and part-emotional group therapy disguised as fandom discourse.” We’ve got a trailer above, which you can watch exclusively. Comedians such […]

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s Shaftesbury is doubling down on the franchise game. The Murdoch Mysteries maker has named Jay Bennett as its Senior Vice President, Franchise Strategy & Innovation – a role that puts the veteran producer and media strategist in charge of expanding its IP acvross platforms, audiences, brand partnerships and emerging media ecosystems. Bennett made […]

Canada’s Global is gearing up for the launch of Private Eyes West Coast and the return of detective duo Shade and Angie. Unveiled last year, the Piller/Segan spin-off of light crime drama Private Eyes has been gaining traction, with The CW acquiring the ten-parter in April. “It is a dynamite franchise,” Jennifer Abrams, Corus Entertainment’s […]

EXCLUSIVE: CBC is returning to Saint-Pierre for a third time. The Canadian broadcaster has greenlit a third run of the cop drama, which stars Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle) and Jósephine Jobert (Death in Paradise). The twelve-part run will begin filming in Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in July. Hawco Productions is back to produce for CBC […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Jamie Oliver Group is developing a microdrama series with creative company Baby Teeth, as a strategic partnership between the two companies is unveiled amid a rethink at the campaigning celebrity chef’s media business. Details of the vertical video production are broadly under wraps, but it is in pre-production and still begin shooting in […]

YouTube political commentator Cenk Uygur and his nephew, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, have been blocked entry to the UK by the Home Office, meaning they will miss scheduled talks at SXSW London this week. In the past few minutes, the Home Office has confirmed that the pair’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) “has been cancelled on […]

EXCLUSIVE: SXSW short film prize winner Son of a Bikram is being adapted as a film and TV series. Marginal MediaWorks has boarded the comedic short form, which won a special jury prize at this year’s SXSW and recently premiered at Denver’s SeriesFest. Marginal is partnering with the film’s creators, Ash T and Johnny Rey […]

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a FAST world, and we’re just living in it – at least, that’s what a new report from European streamer Rakuten is telling us. Ahead of a presentation at SXSW London today, Rakuten shared insights from its study, The FAST Advantage, which shows that Europeans are taking FAST channels seriously as a mainstream […]

The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider brands will be part of a new Stockholm-listed, “IP-led” entertainment business. Fellowship Entertainment is being formed through a company split at Embracer Group, which owns the underlying IP rights to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Tomb Raider among other brands. Embracer will divide into […]