MAD Celebrity Signs ‘Four Daughters’ & ‘Finding Ola’ Star Hend Sabry For MENA; CAA Continues To Represent Actress Internationally

MAD Celebrity Signs ‘Four Daughters’ & ‘Finding Ola’  Star Hend Sabry For MENA; CAA Continues To Represent Actress Internationally

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Tunisian-Egyptian actress Hend Sabry, star of Oscar-nominated hybrid doc Four Daughters and Netflix hit show Finding Ola, has signed with Cairo-based talent management and promotional agency MAD Celebrity. The company will manage and promote the star across the Middle East and North Africa, while CAA, which signed Sabry in 2023, continues to represent…

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Steve Coogan Project Leads Climate Spring Movie Development Slate

Steve Coogan Project Leads Climate Spring Movie Development Slate

[ad_1] A Steve Coogan project about a London PR guru who greenwashes the reputations of the world’s worst polluters leads Climate Spring‘s movie development slate heading into EFM. Climate Spring is seeking financing for The Good Life along with four other projects from a range of UK prodcos. The organization, which consults on and produces…

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Hanwha Group’s Pinetree Securities joins Alta Exchange as member firm

Hanwha Group’s Pinetree Securities joins Alta Exchange as member firm

[ad_1] PINETREE Securities, the Singapore-based unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Investment & Securities, has joined Alta Exchange as a member firm. Under the strategic partnership with the Asian digital securities exchange for alternative assets, Pinetree Securities will be able to list investment opportunities not readily available in traditional markets, Alta Exchange said on Wednesday (Feb…

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Mediawan Names Max Wiedemann As Head Of AI

Mediawan Names Max Wiedemann As Head Of AI

[ad_1] Mediawan Group has named Max Wiedemann as its first Head of Artificial Intelligence. The European production and distribution group said it had expanded German producer Wiedemann’s role within the company because the industry is “entering a new era driven by artificial intelligence, which is not only reshaping our world but also transforming the way…

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Incredible Film Boards ‘All Stars’ Creator Jean Van De Velde’s Comedy ‘After Party’ Ahead Of Mauritius Shoot – EFM

Incredible Film Boards ‘All Stars’ Creator Jean Van De Velde’s Comedy ‘After Party’ Ahead Of Mauritius Shoot – EFM

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Incredible Film has acquired global distribution rights to upcoming comedy feature After Party, from Dutch director Jean van de Velde, creator of the hit sports-themed franchise All Stars. The company is launching pre-sales on the Netherlands-South African co-production at the EFM ahead of the shoot this September in Mauritius, as the first feature…

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‘New Amsterdam’ & ‘Salem’ Star Janet Montgomery Leading Body Horror ‘Symbiosis’ — EFM

‘New Amsterdam’ & ‘Salem’ Star Janet Montgomery Leading Body Horror ‘Symbiosis’ — EFM

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: British actress Janet Montgomery, known for her starring roles in U.S. series New Amsterdam and Salem, and roles in movies including Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar winner Black Swan, is set to star in sci-fi body horror Symbiosis. UK indie 1185, which recently produced Sitges and FrightFest horror All You Need Is Death, will be talking to…

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Harry King TV Debuts Unscripted Arm With Collectibles Format ‘Curiosity’ Set For MIP London

Harry King TV Debuts Unscripted Arm With Collectibles Format ‘Curiosity’ Set For MIP London

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Harry King TV is headed to MIP London with an antiques and collectibles-themed format after launching an unscripted division. Harry King Unscripted will be the new wing of veteran scripted producer Nicholas Sercombe’s UK and U.S. production operation. It will focus on formats designed for digital and linear TV, using a “new talent-…

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Trump takes on Xi and Putin at their own great power game

Trump takes on Xi and Putin at their own great power game

[ad_1] Speaking in the crowded rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building that his supporters stormed just four years earlier in an effort to return him to power, President Donald Trump appeared to declare war on all that came before. His fiery second inaugural address on January 20 was far from ahistorical, however. Rather, it channeled…

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The Syndicate Takes Over Sales Duties On Movies ‘Midnight’ & ‘Stranglehold’ Ahead Of The EFM

The Syndicate Takes Over Sales Duties On Movies ‘Midnight’ & ‘Stranglehold’ Ahead Of The EFM

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: U.S. sales outfit The Syndicate and financier Rabbits Black have set a strategic partnership heading into the European Film Market in Berlin.  The Syndicate will oversee sales rights moving forward on a slate of Rabbits Black-backed films, including upcoming thriller Midnight, starring Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, and Alexandra Shipp, and the Clark Duke-directed…

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