In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health short “Why Wouldn’t I Be?”; and biopic “Banking on Mr. Toad” shifts to Rebellion Film Studios.
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South Korean actor Han Yeri, who stars as Monica in Oscar-nominated “Minari,” has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation. Han is well established in Korea, thanks to films including “Sea Fog” and “As One,” for which she won the best new actress prize at the Baeksang...
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South Korean actor Han Yeri, who stars as Monica in Oscar-nominated “Minari,” has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for U.S. representation. Han is well established in Korea, thanks to films including “Sea Fog” and “As One,” for which she won the best new actress prize at the Baeksang...
- 4/12/2021
- by Jamie Lang and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
First Look Media streamer Topic has picked up the U.S. rights to Israeli drama Nehama, while Topic Studios will also develop an English-language adaptation of the darkly comic series.
Topic clinched the finished tape rights in a competitive situation, and the original series will premiere in North America on October 15. Produced by Yoav Gross (The Good Cop) and 24 Drafts Studio, it stars Reshef Levi as a father of five whose decision to ditch his tech career for stand-up comedy is thrown into turmoil after the death of his wife.
Levi, who has previously starred in The Arbitrator, created the 10-part series with Tomer Shani. Nehama co-stars Yuval Scharf (McMafia), Shalom Michaelshwilli (Harborer), and Liron Vaisman (Mossad 101).
“From the moment we sat down with Reshef and Yoav, we knew we wanted to be in business with this team,” said Maria Zuckerman, head of Topic Studios. “Reshef’s witty and acerbic perspective on family,...
Topic clinched the finished tape rights in a competitive situation, and the original series will premiere in North America on October 15. Produced by Yoav Gross (The Good Cop) and 24 Drafts Studio, it stars Reshef Levi as a father of five whose decision to ditch his tech career for stand-up comedy is thrown into turmoil after the death of his wife.
Levi, who has previously starred in The Arbitrator, created the 10-part series with Tomer Shani. Nehama co-stars Yuval Scharf (McMafia), Shalom Michaelshwilli (Harborer), and Liron Vaisman (Mossad 101).
“From the moment we sat down with Reshef and Yoav, we knew we wanted to be in business with this team,” said Maria Zuckerman, head of Topic Studios. “Reshef’s witty and acerbic perspective on family,...
- 10/8/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Tim Story is in talks to direct Kevin Hart in “Night Wolf,” Michael Moore calls off this year’s Traverse City Film Festival, and New York’s Israel Film Center Festival goes virtual.
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Stx Films is in final talks for director-producer Tim Story to re-team with Kevin Hart on the superhero comedy “Night Wolf.”
Story collaborated with Hart on both “Ride Along” movies and the two “Think Like a Man” titles. Hart came on to the “Night Wolf” project last year and will star and produce through his HartBeat Productions.
“Night Wolf,” written by “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, follows Hart’s character meeting his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf.
Should the deal make, Story will direct and produce through his production company, The Story Company.
Director Attached
Stx Films is in final talks for director-producer Tim Story to re-team with Kevin Hart on the superhero comedy “Night Wolf.”
Story collaborated with Hart on both “Ride Along” movies and the two “Think Like a Man” titles. Hart came on to the “Night Wolf” project last year and will star and produce through his HartBeat Productions.
“Night Wolf,” written by “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, follows Hart’s character meeting his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf.
Should the deal make, Story will direct and produce through his production company, The Story Company.
- 5/11/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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