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Canneseries YA Show ‘Sneakermania,’ From ‘Icebreaker’ Producers, Boarded by Norsekey Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

Canneseries competition entry “Sneakermania,” helmed by Ima Iduozee, choreographer of Netflix’s “Dance Brothers,” has been swooped on by Norsekey Distribution which has acquired global distribution rights outside Finland. The deal was...

Disney+ Squirm-Inducing Comedy ‘Alice and Steve’ Sweeps Canneseries 

Disney+ series “Alice and Steve” swept Canneseries on Tuesday night, scoring best series as well as a Special Interpretation and a Student Award.  A Disney+ commission by its U.K. office and...

Dan Stevens and Scott Free’s David W. Zucker Talk ‘The Terror: Devil in Silver,’ the U.S. Mental Health System and Why Stevens Loves Genre 

Series can have unreliable narrators, “Money Heist,” for example. But what about unreliable heroes? Just cast in a lead role in “Dexter Resurrection” Season 2, Dan Stevens delivers one, playing Pepper...

Ron Leshem at Canneseries: ‘There Are So Many Reasons Why Today Must Be the Golden Age of Global Drama’

Oscar-nominated for “Beaufort” and co-creator of the original Israeli series which inspired Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria,”  the second most-watched series in HBO history, writer-creator Ron Leshem ranks as one of the highest-profile...

A Whodunit Featuring Dali and Magritte, ‘This is Not a Murder Mystery’ Raises the Bar for Flanders

It takes a very special kind of creative mind to bridge surrealist art and whodunit TV productions. But it’s also fitting that “This is Not a Murder Mystery,”, a surprising crime...

Canneseries Buzz Title ‘The Deal With Iran’: A Deep Dive Into Realities of Hostage Diplomacy

Reality more often than not surpasses fiction: It is yet again the case with “The Deal with Iran”, a three-part Belgian docuseries by Lennart and Maarten Stuyck, shedding light on the...

Nordisk Film Production, Reinvent Yellow Strike Distribution Deal on Prime Video’s ‘Snake Killer,’ TV2 Norway’s ‘Sogn Murders,’ Third Title (EXCLUSIVE)

Scandinavian major Nordisk Film Production and leading Nordic sales, financing and production outfit Reinvent Yellow have just inked a distribution deal on three high-end crime series. The series part of the...

Movistar Plus+ CEO Daniel Domenjó to Exit in New Management Shakeup

In the second management shakeup in just over a year at Movistar Plus+ the biggest Spanish pay TV and SVOD operator, Daniel  Domenjó is set to exit as CEO. Appointed in...

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