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People Just Do Nothing producer Roughcut TV has laid down its drama ambitions by striking a first-look deal with Fremantle following its recently-announced Little Disasters series. The first look and drama development deal will see the super-indie become the primary home for Ash Atalla’s outfit’s…

Fremantle’s latest international drama play is a deal with Italian director Stefano Sollima. The super-indie has struck a deal with AlterEgo, the Italian production house Gomorrah director Sollima founded with Gina Gardini and Ludovico Purgatori. The first-look agreement will see Fremantle and…

EXCLUSIVE: The works of James Baldwin, author and civil rights activist, could be headed to the small and big screen after Fremantle North America struck a deal with The Baldwin Family. The Fellow Travelers producer has closed a deal with his estate, via Trevor Baldwin, nephew and founder of the…

Kristen Stewart is getting into business with Fremantle. The Oscar-nominated Spencer star’s Nevermind Pictures, which she runs with Dylan Meyer and Maggie McLean, has struck a first-look deal with the super-indie, which will become the primary home for its film and TV projects. Nevermind launched…

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle has picked up global distribution rights to Hell Jumper, the BBC’s upcoming doc series about a British aid worker who died in Ukraine. Produced by Clarkson’s Farm maker Expectation and revealed by Deadline last year, Hell Jumper uses first-person footage to follow a group of…

EXCLUSIVE: Wylleen May, who has worked on American Idol since its launch over twenty years ago, has been let go by producer Fremantle. Executive in Charge of Production May has been on the show for 22 years, having stewarded it during its initial run on Fox as well as its reboot on ABC. She left…

EXCLUSIVE: The new boss of My Brilliant Friend producer Wildside is on a mission to discover the next generation of Italian talent. Detailing the Fremantle-backed producer’s strategy for the first time since taking over, Sonia Rovai said she will not depart from the genres that the Italian outfit…

The Producers Guild of America's ongoing efforts to ensure health insurance benefits for all its members just got an intergalactic boost. In a significant step towards greater coverage, the homes of E.T., the latest iterations of Star Trek, a Justice League and a Star Wars flick or two have all…

Diane Kruger (Troy, Inglourious Basterds) and Jo Joyner (The Wives, For Her Sins) will lead Paramount+ UK & Ireland’s latest drama series, Little Disasters. The pair will play friends Jess and Liz in the “tense and compelling” six-part psychological thriller, which also stars Shelley Conn (Gen V, Alex…

EXCLUSIVE: Man Alive Entertainment is set to become the latest UK producer to close its doors amid the content slowdown. Founded by former Channel 4 entertainment chief Justin Gorman, Man Alive has filed for voluntary liquidation after nine years of trading. Insolvency firm Wilson Field is overseeing…

Take a first peek at Sandokan, a new international adaptation of Emilio Salgari’s historic saga about the adventures of a titular pirate who, with his motley crew, fights against colonial powers in Southeast Asia. Scroll down for more. Fremantle's Lux Vide in collaboration with Rai Fiction have…

EXCLUSIVE: The murder investigation of Scott Johnson, which highlighted a slew of homophobic killings in Australia in the 1980s, is to be explored in a new feature film. Nicholas Verso (Boys In The Trees) is writing and directing The Surface of Venus for Fremantle and Invention Studios. The latter's…