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EXCLUSIVE: The World Cup kicks off in Mexico City in less than a month, promising enough moments of athletic brilliance, excitement and tension to grip a global audience. But for sheer drama and importance, it will be hard if not impossible for any single World Cup match to equal one played 40 years ago. In […]

The “naughtiest show on television” is back,” and Season 2 is “150%” a tribute to the late, great Jilly Cooper, the author of the source material who was beloved by millions. Cooper’s agent, Felicity Blunt, was one of five Rivals executive producers who delved deep into why the author meant so much to the world […]

Fremantle posted stable first quarter revenues of €372M ($436M), as its parent company RTL saw new CEO Clément Schwebig begin his role. The number Holey Moley maker Fremantle put was essentially the same as Q1 2025 (€373M). RTL said that without negative foreign exchange rate Fremantle’s revenues would have grown 4.2%, primarily thanks to grown […]

EXCLUSIVE: BUFF Studios has acquired UK distribution rights to Tina Gharavi’s Shadows of Beirut and will present the film at this year’s Cannes market. Quantify Sales is handling international sales on the title, which Gharavi directed from a screenplay that she wrote with Tala Calil. Starring Calil, Assaad Bouab, Flavia Bechara and Michael E. Rodgers, […]

EXCLUSIVE: LevelK has boarded on sales on Frederik Louis Hviid’s thriller Torpedo, co-written with Tobias Lindholm (Another Round, The Hunt), delving into the world of “torpedoes”, or youngsters groomed by organised crime gangs to do their dirty work. The deal sees the Copenhagen-based sales company team with Nordic film and TV powerhouse SF Studio. The […]