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Comedy actors Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka will star in a new German original series for Amazon Prime Video to be produced by Bildundtonfabrik.

The series is due to appear on the platform next year. Further details on the show have yet to be announced.

“Anke Engelke and Bastian Pastewka are a real dream team in front of the camera. Viewers can look forward to their first series project together on Prime Video,” said Philip Pratt, head of German originals for Prime Video.

News of the show was revealed by Pratt on Tuesday at a panel during the Berlin Film Festival about Prime Video’s international content strategy. Other speakers included head of Nordic Originals, Karin Lindström, and head of Nigerian Originals, Amazon Studios and Prime Video, Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu.

Amazon’s German shows have included thrillers such as the Matthias Schweighöfer starrer “You Are Wanted” and “Beat,” with Jannis Niewöhner,...

Neil Jordan’s ‘Marlowe’: Liam Neeson And Diane Kruger Feature To Debut At San Sebastian

The Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival will close with the world premiere of Marlowe, the latest film by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan. The film will debut on September 24 at the Kursaal Auditorium with the film’s stars Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in attendance. Based on the novel The Black Eyed Blonde by John Banville, the film is set in 1930s Los Angeles and follows private eye Philip Marlowe (Neeson) as he receives a commission to find the missing lover of a beautiful heiress. The film is produced by Alan Moloney, Gary Levinsohn, Mark Fasano, Billy Hines, Philip Kim, and Patrick Hibler. Shot in Barcelona and Dublin, the film is a co-production between Parallel Films, Hills Productions, and Davis Films, with support from Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland.

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German comedienne Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Mart Avandi have been tapped to host the 23rd European Film Awards Ceremony in December. This year's Efa will be held at the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn, Estonia on December 4th.

Engelke, 44, who stars in the sketch comedy "Ladykracher," also hosted the show last year, while this will be the first time Avandi, 29, will lead the event.

Among the distinguished film guests will include Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who is set to receive the Efa Lifetime Achievement Award, and Oscar winner Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared ("The English Patient"), who will receive the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema 2010.

The awards show will honor the greatest achievements in European cinema in 17 categories, including European Film, Director, and People's Choice Award for the best film.

LONDON -- The U.K.'s ITV was the big winner in the 44th annual Golden Rose Awards presented at the Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, Saturday. Harry Hill was named best male comedy performer for his ITV series, Harry Hill's TV Burp. Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway won as best game show and Anthony McPartin and Declan Donnelly were named best variety show hosts. Aardman's Creature Comforts won as best animation series and Martin Freeman (The Office) won as best sitcom actor for the ITV series Hardware. The U.K.'s Channel 4 picked up awards for Wife Swap as best reality show and Peep Show as best sitcom. Shane Richie was named best male soap actor for the BBC's EastEnders. Germany's Anke Engelke was named best female comedy performer for Ladykracher and Felicitas Wolf best sitcom actress for Berlin, Berlin. France's Benedicte Delmas won as best female soap actor for Saint Tropez, which won as best soap. The 2004 Honorary Golden Rose was presented to John de Mol, chairman and CEO of production company Endemol. It was the first time the international television festival had taken place in Lucerne, having previously been based in Montreux, Switzerland.