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“Gomorrah,” the gritty Neapolitan mob series that is Italy’s biggest TV export, is set to return in January of 2026 — albeit in a 1970s-set incarnation — as “Gomorrah – The Series. The Origins.”

Comcast-owned pay-tv service Sky has announced a January release date on the first installment of the “Gomorrah” origins story that, as previously announced, will recount the rise of mobster Pietro Savastano. Savastano, who in “Gomorrah” is the head of the drug-dealing clan that bears his name, is played by 16-year-old Naples native Luca Lubrano in the prequel.

The prequel series is lead-directed by Marco D’Amore, who starred as ruthless central character Ciro Di Marzio in the “Gomorrah” original.

The hotly anticipated show’s lead-producer Riccardo Tozzi during a press presentation said Marco D’Amore drew inspiration for the “Gomorrah” origins show’s tone from Sergio Leone epic “Once Upon a Time in America” about two childhood friends from...

TV producer José Manuel Lorenzo (The Gardener, The Hunt), a former top executive at Spanish TV companies Rtve, Publiespaña, Antena3, Sogecable and Canal+, will receive an honorary award at the 9th edition of the industry market and networking event Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, which takes place in Cuenca, Spain June 16-19.

The award recognizes “his exceptional career in the audiovisual sector, where Lorenzo has been a key figure in the evolution of modern Spanish television and the elevation of scripted content as a cultural and export engine,” organizers said.

The Conecta awards committee also highlighted that “Lorenzo embodies like few others the passion and transformation driving the industry forward in Spain.”

Previous recipients of the honor include such industry heavyweights as José Velasco (Spain) and Michele Benzeno (France).

“For over three decades, José Manuel Lorenzo has remained at the forefront of the ever-changing audiovisual market, consistently championing innovation, high-quality content and international reach,...

If there are a select number of pillars upholding the Hollywood complex as we know it, Ron Howard is no doubt one of them. He's been an prominent actor, director and producer for over the past six decades and clearly shows no signs of stopping, with his latest film "Eden" set for release next month. Howard's presence as an industry fixture is so prolific each stage of his career is a story unto itself. Long before he became an Academy Award-winning filmmaker ("A Beautiful Mind") or one of the co-founders of Image Entertainment, Howard made a considerable name for himself in the world of television.

In the same vein as Jodie Foster, Howard was thrust into the industry at such a young age and built his legacy on its foundation. Although "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days" are considered the two landmarks of his television career, you would likely...

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As fans demand more Invincible, its creator gave an intriguing new update on Season 4.

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Invincible Season 3 is streaming on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping every Thursday. However, the future is also being set, as work on Season 4 has already started (via GameRant).

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According to creator Robert Kirkman, Invincible is aiming for an annual release, with a new season arriving every year.

“I think that the release schedule that we’re in is much more what we can expect going forward, as opposed to the release schedule we were in between season 1 and 2,” he told DiscussingFilm, in response to the two-year gap between the first two seasons of the show.

“We’re working at a breakneck pace behind the scenes with...

Like the title of its feature-length continuation, The Immortal Man, Peaky Blinders could live on for a while. Franchise creator Steven Knight hints the upcoming film is a "fitting end to the first chapter" of the Peaky Blinders' story, suggesting there could be more from the popular period drama.

Speaking with The Playlist's Bingeworthy podcast (via Entertainment Weekly), Knight was asked about The Immortal Man and whether the movie was the finale for the Peaky Blinders franchise or a part of bigger plans. Knight teased that the latter could be the case, stating he'd continue Peaky Blinders if the right story emerges. "As long as there's an appetite for it, and I've got stories to tell, then why not?" he said. These comments follow Knight's recent statements that Peaky Blinders would likely continue, though he could not announce any plans for the beloved franchise.

Knight confirmed that principal photography...

Fans are eagerly waiting for Cillian Murphy’snext movie, which will take him back to his most iconic role of Thomas Shelby after winning an Oscar for Oppenheimer. By the order of Netflix, fans are getting the long-awaited Peaky Blinders movie The Immortal Manwhich reunites the fan favorite actor with longtime collaborator Steven Knight and a slew of new faces in the cast. The movie has all eyes on it and seems like Netflix is making the most out of the hype by giving a feature a theatrical release.

Peaky Blinders star Finn Cole has looked back on a huge change for his character Michael Gray in the show's final season. The backbone of the final episodes revolved around a gang war between Michael and cousin Tommy Shelby.

Michael was initially portrayed in the historical crime drama as a loyal lieutenant for Tommy, though he slowly grew resentful of his cousin's rule. In Peaky Blinders' final season, Michael vowed to kill Tommy in revenge for landing him in prison on a drug charge. Cole recently told The Hollywood Reporterthat he doesn't think writer Steven Knight planned for the cousins to go to war, but had to change scripts following the 2021 death of cast member Helen McCrory, who played Michael's mother Polly Gray.

Finn Cole Discusses Changes to Peaky Blinders' Final Season

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Steven Knight addresses the future of the...

This article contains spoilers for "Invincible."

"We're in the endgame now," declared Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) during "Avengers: Infinity War," signaling the final act of the 21st century's most famous superhero saga. "Invincible" isn't quite there yet; it's about 45% of the way through the original 144-issue Image comic series by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley. However, the ongoing third season of "Invincible" has offered some hints of that endgame.

In the episode "You Were My Hero," Mark/Invincible travels far into the future and discovers his superhero comrade the Immortal (Ross Marquand) rules the planet as a king. The Immortal has gone mad from living too long; he doesn't quite realize that the Mark before him is from the past. Thus, he talks about events that Mark hasn't experienced yet; he mentions Mark getting sick, even though they found a cure for this disease, and claims Mark...

During the three-episode premiere of Invincible, Mark Grayson (Invincible) and Eve Wilkins (Atom Eve) finally started dating. What could have been a disaster after Mark confessed to speaking to a future version of Eve ends with them becoming a couple. And while no one is shocked by this, it should also be certain that they’ll never have a normal relationship. That part is confirmed on their first date.

While Mark and Eve are at a table, a mysterious portal opens. Future freedom fighters, Dropkick and Fightmaster (voiced by Cobra Kai and Blue Beetle's Xolo Maridueña) come through and ask for Mark’s help. As expected, Invincible assists them. What isn’t expected (if you’ve never read the comics) is having to fight The Immortal to save the future.

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Through Bruce Banner's 62 years of comic appearances, no story has better captured the emotional dynamic of Banner and his gamma-powered alters than The Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett. This astonishingly emotionally intelligent and visually captivating series follows Bruce at his absolute lowest as he is forced to confront his past traumas, and in the process, confidently asserts itself as Marvel's greatest depiction of the Hulk yet.

Before The Immortal Hulk, the hero had recently lost everything. His best friend, Rick Jones, was violently executed by Hydra forces in Secret Empire #1. Despite not having transformed in months, Banner was executed by Hawkeye on suspicion of a potential future Hulk attack in Civil War II #3. Bruce had been stripped of every positive relationship, leaving nothing but him and his dissociative alters behind.

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Exclusive: Gomorrah star Salvatore Esposito is the latest name to join English-language sports car biopic, Maserati: The Brothers, which is now filming in Italy.

Michele Morrone, Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia, Jessica Alba and Tunisian actress Maya Talem — another new joiner — are also starring in the film about the brothers behind the iconic Italian car.

Pic is being produced by Italy’s Andrea Iervolino for his new film and TV outfit called The Andrea Iervolino Company and directed by Oscar winner Bobby Moresco (Crash). Filming will take place from today at Rome’s Cinecittà studios, Modena and Bologna.

Maserati was founded in 1914 in a garage in the central Italian city of Bologna by three brothers: Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto. From its early days, the company – which is now known for luxury cars — was connected to the world of car racing. Maserati’s first Grand Prix vehicle is the one that Alfieri Maserati...

“Gomorrah,” the gritty Neapolitan mob series that became Italy’s biggest TV export, is back — albeit in a different time frame.

Shooting is set to start in early 2025 in Naples on “Gomorrah – The Series. The Origins,” the hit crime drama’s previously announced origin story that will be directed by Marco D’Amore, the actor who played ruthless central character Ciro Di Marzio on the show.

D’Amore, who previously helmed several episodes of the series as well as a prequel feature film to “Gomorrah” titled “The Immortal” – and subsequently further honed his behind-the-camera chops directing Naples-set movies “Napoli Magica” and “Caracas” – officially announced on Tuesday that he will lead-direct this new project in a video to which Variety has been given exclusive access.

“Today I’m here to tell you that we will finally explore the saga’s origins,” D’Amore says in the video, which can be viewed above.

After six years, the first official trailer for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera has arrived, giving us our first look at the upcoming heist thriller starring Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr., although it looks like there will be a slight twist to their dynamic this time as, instead of trying to one up one another, they'll be teaming up to pull off the diamond heist of a lifetime.

However, the synopsis is not quite as revealing, telling us that "Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (Jackson), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange."

In addition to Gerard Butler (300; Olympus Has Fallen) and O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton; Godzilla: King of the Monsters) reprising their roles from the previous installment,...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Aliens vs Avengers #1! Ever since getting blasted with gamma radiation and becoming the Incredible Hulk, Bruce Banner has effectively gained immortality. As the Hulk, Bruce can survive practically anything, from an alien invasion to the literal end of the world. Even when he dies, the Hulk can come back to life given the otherworldly source of his powers. Indeed, the Hulk has made Banner strong beyond comprehension, but there does seem to be at least one downside to his gamma mutation, as Hulk reveals the terrifying way his powers will destroy his body as he ages.

In Aliens vs Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribi, Xenomorphs have completely taken over Planet Earth, forcing all of humanity to cower behind the walls of the last city stronghold in the world. Years pass, the Avengers have almost all been killed, and the survivors are considering leaving the planet altogether.

As the huge Thor vs Zeus fight begins, Thor turns aside the Skyfather's lightning with a single word. According to Thanos' ranking of the gods, Thor rising to Zeus' level puts him on the same level as Galactus and the Celestials. Thor has what it takes to beat Zeus. After becoming All-Father, his powers are now all but limitless, only restricted by his ability to act in concert with the natural world.

The Mighty Thor has long been one of the Avengers' most powerful heroes, but his battle with Zeus is proving he's reached a whole new level of godhood. In current Marvel lore, the hierarchy of Marvel's gods is in upheaval. The cosmic wheel has turned, leading to new transformations in the gods as well as the return of the Utgard-Gods - a higher level of divine beings who act as the primordial archetypes for the gods of multiple different pantheons.

Prime Video announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Invincible has been renewed for a fourth season. The announcement was made to thunderous applause at Prime Video's Adapting Fan Favorites: A Conversation with Adult Animation Creators panel.

Season 2 of the fan-favorite cartoon recently concluded on April 4, 2024, and fans have been very curious about news on season 3's release date after a long wait for season 2.

Ross Marquand, the voice actor for The Immortal, previously asserted that season 3 would begin streaming in early 2025. While Prime Video unveiled a new poster with Mark Grayson's new costume at Sdcc, there has been no official confirmation on the third season's release date.

Previously there was a two-year wait between season 1 and season 2, with the second season having a 4-month midseason hiatus. It was previously confirmed that the wait for season 3 would not be as long and that season 3 would not have a midseason hiatus.

There was a significant gap between the first and second seasons of Prime Video's Invincible, with the show originally launching on March 25, 2021 and not returning until November 3, 2023.

Even then, the series was criticised for splitting season 2 in half, with the first batch of episodes ending in November and not returning until March 2024. Now, though, one of the show's lead stars has shared their belief that the wait for season 3 will be quite a bit shorter.

Talking at Galaxy Con, What If...? and Avengers: Endgame star Ross Marquand, who voices The Immortal, Aquarus, Rudy Connors, and various others, shared what he knows about Invincible's future.

"Invincible Season 3, we're almost wrapped on that," the actor teased (via Toonado.com). "I don't want to speak because Robert would be like, 'Don't tell people anything because we don't know.' But I have a feeling it's probably going to be early next year.

There are several differences between the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the world of Marvel Comics. While the MCU is more of a family entertainment package, the comics are full of some of the best and the worst stories of all time that are surely not made for the faint of heart.

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In one such Marvel comic, aka in the famous Immortal Hulk series (2018-2021), our favorite green monster is subjected to some of the worst treatments possible thanks to the Avengers. The treatment is such that if the story was ever brought to live-action, things would surely turn upside down!

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The charred body of Bruce Banner [The Immortal Hulk Comics | Marvel Comics]The Immortal Hulk was first introduced in Marvel Comics in The Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 #13, way back in 2000. But in 2018, a separate series based on the Immortal Hulk was released,...

Thor's new team, the Children of Odin, is made up of powerful gods, including Loki and Angela, as confirmed in the preview for The Immortal Thor #11. They are searching for their missing brother, Tyr, who went missing in the G.O.D.S. tie-in page featured at the end of The Immortal Thor #1. The team may also include Hela - another child of Odin - who is feared by her siblings, though readers won't know if that's true until the release of the full issue!

Warning: Contains Spoilers for The Immortal Thor #11! Thor is famously a founding member of the Avengers, which is a team that has time and again proven why they are considered Earths Mightiest Heroes. However, as strong as the Avengers are, the superhero squad is nothing compared to Thors new team, as it consists of nothing but immensely powerful gods. And now, Marvel Comics has...

Electric Now is using an AI-powered solution from Topaz Labs to upscale its content, as demonstrated by this still frame from the TV series “Conan the Adventurer.” (Courtesy photo)

Streaming entertainment provider Electric Now has tapped Topaz Labs to help remaster three television series using an artificial intelligence-powered solution.

The series, “Conan the Adventurer,” “The Lost World” and “The Immortal,” are being retouched using Topaz Labs’ solution Video AI, which brings the series to near-pristine quality.

“I am blown away at Topaz’s high-quality tools, which have enabled classic TV series to not only reclaim their original luster but to enhance them and make them feel as though they were shot in 4K today!” remarked Dean Devlin, the CEO of Electric Now’s parent company, Electric Entertainment. “Electric Now is excited to bring these enhancements to our devoted and passionate fan base.”

Electric Now is teaming up with Topaz Labs...

Marvel has introduced evil counterparts of its most recognizable characters, creating a potential villainous version of the Avengers. Characters like Toranos, General Strange, and Hydra-Cap are direct correlations to Thor, Doctor Strange, and Captain America. Feilong's takeover of Stark Industries and use of Iron Man tech represents the malformation of everything Iron Man stands for, and to this point he has done everything short of suiting up in his own armor.

The past year has been an ambitious period for Marvel, as they have relaunched a number of titles, rebooted the Ultimate Universe, and introduced a number of exciting new characters – including a slate of twisted Avengers analogues that the Marvel Universe should hope don't find reason to come together and form a team.

Across titles including Captain America, Iron Man, The Immortal Thor, and Uncanny Avengers, Marvel has introduced, or reintroduced characters who correspond to some of the company's highest-profile heroes,...

Invincible season 2 has given side characters like Dupli-Kate, The Immortal, and Allen the Alien more focus, making them deserving of their own spinoffs. Mark Grayson may be the protagonist, but other characters like Dupli-Kate and Monster Girl have more interesting stories to tell. Characters like Titan, Damien Darkblood, and the Mauler Twins also have spinoff potential and could provide exciting side stories to the main series.

Warning: Spoilers for Invincible season 2.

Invincible season 2 has continued to show the vast number of characters the series has at its disposal. After the success of Atom Eve's special, there are several other Invincible characters who deserve their own spinoff. The show has done a great job of focusing on a multitude of characters, not just its protagonist Mark Grayson. Invincible hasn't been afraid to give the spotlight to some of its side characters, identifying the importance of building them up and elevating their prominence in the story.

Company is readying theatrical feature ’Everything We Ever Wanted’ directed by Francesca Comencini.

Cattleya, the Italian film and TV outfit company backed by ITV Studios, has teamed with writers Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli to launch a new outfit called Dedalus.

Cattleya has previously worked with Fasoli and Ravagli on series such as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero, The Immortal and Django.

Dedalus, which will develop and produce films and television series, is working on Francesca Comencini’s feature Everything We Ever Wanted, billed as a a story of love and friendship within the Neapolitan mob, set during two different time periods.

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Company is readying theatrical feature ’Everything We Ever Wanted’ directed by Francesca Comencini.

ITV Studios-backed Italian production outfit Cattleya has teamed with writers Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli to co-found Dedalus.

Rome-based Cattleya has previously worked with Fasoli and Ravagli on shows such as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero, The Immortal and Django.

Dedalus, which will develop and produce films and television series, is working on theatrical feature Everything We Ever Wanted, billed as a a story of love and friendship amidst a mid-seventies Neapolitan mob, set during two different time periods and directed by Francesca Comencini, whose credits include 2012 Venice competition...

Take a look at Season Two of "Invincible", the Amazon Original animated TV series, recently renewed for a third season, adapting the Image Comics superhero title by writer Robert Kirkman ("The Walking Dead"), streaming Tba on Prime Video:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 

"'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes.

"It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..." 

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', plus 'Aquarius'.

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz...

...Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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Warning: contains spoilers for The Invincible Iron Man #5!Iron Man has discovered that his new self-declared nemesis has a startling power capable of not just beating the Hulk, but killing him outright, punching holes in even his gamma-irradiated body. Few beings on Earth are capable of even surviving a fight with Hulk, and now Iron Man must fight one of the handful that could beat him - all in a beat-up suit of armor.

Recently, Tony Stark has been under attack by the villainous Feilong, a mutant-hating billionaire who has gained powers by experimenting on his own body. In The Invincible Iron Man #5, Tony learns that on a trip to Mars, Feilong channeled the Cosmic Rays that created the Fantastic Four through ruby quartz lenses, giving him the ability to unleash hellish green cosmic fire from his mouth. This ability has already killed incredibly strong superhumans, but even they got...

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster director Thomas Hamilton on his upcoming series Horror Icons on interviewing Roger Corman: “He not only worked with Vincent Price, he worked with Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney.” Photo: Thomas Hamilton

Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Conrad Veidt, Maria Ouspenskaya, George Zukor, Paul Wegener, Emil Jannings, Brigitte Helm, Gale Sondergaard, Gloria Holden, Claude Rains, Fay Wray, Duane Jones, Max Schreck, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Lon Chaney Sr., Lon Chaney Jr, Fw Murnau’s Faust and Nosferatu, Arthur Lubin’s Phantom of the Opera, Rowland V. Lee’s Son of Frankenstein, George Waggner’s The Wolf Man, James Whale’s The Invisible Man, Lambert Hillyer’s Dracula’s Daughter, Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen’s The Golem, Hanns Heinz Ewers and Stellan Rye’s The Student Of Prague, and George Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead...

Actor-director Marco D’Amore, who played the ruthless central character Ciro Di Marzio on the Italian mob show “Gomorrah,” is directing “Caracas” a Naples-set drama in which he stars opposite Toni Servillo.

“Caracas” is a co-production between Picomedia, Mad Entertainment and Vision Distribution, which will release the film in Italy.

Vision Distribution’s international unit, headed by veteran sales agent Catia Rossi, is launching sales on the film at Berlin’s upcoming European Film Market.

In “Caracas,” which is based on writer Ermanno Rea’s novel “Napoli Ferroviaria,” Servillo plays Giordano Fonte, a Neapolitan author of international fame who returns to his hometown after many years. There he intersects with a former acquaintance nicknamed Caracas, a man originally from Venezuela who, having been a Neo-fascist skinhead, is now in the process of converting to Islam.

The film is a journey into the multi-ethnic, crime-ridden port city, where Caracas rules over the area near Naples’ central station.

World premiering in the main Canneseries competition, “El Inmortal – Gangs of Madrid” marks the latest original series from Movistar Plus, the Spanish pay TV/SVOD arm of Telefonica, made with Banijay’s Dlo Producciones and Telemundo Streaming Studios. Beta Film handles international distribution.

It shows. A Movistar Plus hallmark, “El Inmortal” reflects a real-life Spanish reality, the rise and fall – or here, fall and rise, then maybe fall and rebound – of the founding leader of Los Miami, a gang which controlled Madrid’s insatiable ‘90s drug business. José Antonio’s real-life counterpart survived four attempts on his life, becoming a legend and gaining his epic sobriquet.

But it also nails other facets of high-end scripted fiction.

“El Inmortal” begins as quiet-spoken ‘90s Madrid drug lord José insists on living his life, driving his infant daughter to her posh primary school.

Just after dropping her off, a motorbike passes spraying bullets,...

Fanny Herrero, “Call My Agent!” creator and showrunner, will be president of the jury at television series festival Canneseries, which runs April 1-6.

The French screenwriter’s other credits include “Les Bleus,” “Odysseus,” “Fais pas ci faire pas ça,” “A French Village” and “Kaboul Kitchen.” Her latest series, “Standing Up” has just been launched on Netflix, and opened Series Mania.

Also on the jury will be French actors Anne Marivin and Sami Outalbali (“Sex Education”), American actor Denis O’Hare, Icelandic actor-producer Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The Minister”), and British composer Daniel Pemberton (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”).

The Official Selection features 10 series in competition. These are Belgian crime drama “1985,” Norwegian relationship drama “Afterglow,” Canadian comedy-drama “Audrey’s Back,” Italian crime comedy-drama “Bang Bang Baby,” Spanish crime drama “El Inmortal,” French political thriller “The Inside Game, Seeds of Wrath,” German anthology series “Punishment,” German mystery drama “Souls,” Danish biographical drama “The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen,...

Launched in 1998, the Malaga Film Festival first grabbed attention as a Spanish movie showcase and birthplace of a Spanish star system, TV actors walking a red carpet to acclaim from milling throngs.

Under Juan Antonio Vigar, director from 2013, it has consolidated as a platform for a new generation of Spanish filmmakers while adding ever increasing industry heft – co-pro forums, WIPs, a Hack digital forum initiative – and also opening up to TV.

In 2021, however, Malaga Festival and Spanish Screenings have exploded in scale, impact and attendance. The narrative of this year’s event is largely one of that growth. Eight takes on this and other Malaga highlights:

Malaga Lifts Off

Little wonder Malaga forms part of what’s now the Spanish Screenings Xxl. In its first full edition since 2019 with festival and industry onsite and aligned, Malaga has truly taken off. It received almost 2,000 film and TV submissions, says Vigar. Attendance has skyrocketed to over 1,100 delegates,...

The fifth edition will see the TV festival return to its original springtime slot to run alongside MipTV.

French Oscar-winning director Xavier De Lestrade’s investigative thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath and Danish bio-series The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen are among the 10 new series selected for competition in the upcoming edition of French TV festival Canneseries (April 1-6).

The fifth edition sees the event return its traditional springtime slot coinciding with the MipTV content market (April 4-6), after the festival moved to September in 2021 due to the Covid-pandemic.

Political thriller The Inside Game, Seeds Of Wrath stars Alix Poisson...

Traditionally, Spanish broadcasters retained all rights, paying producers a percentage of the budget of their series, which prevented them from building catalogs of their own rights. Although at first, the arrival of SVOD platforms didn’t change their business relationship, the increasing demand for TV fiction and financial needs have forced an increased use of the co-production model.

“There is a lot of creativity and versatility in co-productions from Spain,” says Caroline Servy, managing director at The Wit.

Dipping its toe into the co-production arena in 2016 with “The Young Pope,” The Mediapro Studio, one of Europe’s super-indies, is expanding across Asia, Latin America and the U.S. markets, teaming with key broadcasters and platforms.

“Co-production has been the perfect model to hike the international reach of our productions. This way of working has become common among production companies, platforms and networks in recent years, and is in fact the...

Screen Producers Australia (Spa) has revealed the last round of finalists for its 2022 awards, with the Short Film Production of the Year category now open for voting.

A field of 15 titles will contend for the prize, a selection of which are available to view on Spa’s YouTube channel as part of the organisation’s ‘Summer of Shorts’.

Bus Stop Films is the only multiple nominee on the list, getting the nod for Groundhog Night and Stairs.

Spa CEO Matthew Deaner said it was “extremely impressed” with the finalists announced today.

“These shorts each provide a snapshot of the abundant skill and creativity that our members possess and demonstrate their capacity to affect audiences in this condensed format,” he said.

“I congratulate each of these productions and look forward to celebrating our member’s achievements at Screen Forever in March 2022.”

The Spa Awards will be presented on the final night of the Screen Forever conference,...

Sky has unveiled the official trailer for the fifth and final season of “Gomorrah,” Italy’s cult crime series produced by Sky Studios and ITV-owned Cattleya in collaboration with Germany’s Beta Film, which is the show’s international distributor.

“Gomorrah” 5 is set to air locally on Nov. 19 after world premiering as the closing event of the CannesSeries fest on Oct. 13. The show is based on an idea by Italian writer Roberto Saviano who wrote a best-selling mob exposé by the same title.

The final instalment of the hyper-realistic skein, which is Italy’s biggest TV export, will bow on Sky in Germany in December, and in the U.K. later this year. “Gomorrah” will soon also be coming to HBO Max in the U.S., home to the previous four “Gomorrah” seasons as well as the show’s spin-off film “The Immortal,” which is an integral part of the narrative.

Summer is officially here and with it comes a surfeit of new movies and television shows available on HBO Max. Next month, the WarnerMedia streaming service will debut the long-awaited sequel to “Space Jam” with Lebron James taking the baton from Michael Jordan and the latest heist movie from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh. But while those titles arrive, others depart, including “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” and “In the Heights.”

Ahead, highlights of the month ahead on HBO Max, plus the full list of July programming.

“No Sudden Move” (July 1): Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, Kieran Culkin, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, and “Uncut Gems” breakout Julia Fox, among others, the heist thriller is set in 1950s Detroit and “enters on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong,...

"Invincible", the Amazon Original animated TV series, recently renewed for two more seasons, adapts the Image Comics superhero title by writer Robert Kirkman ("The Walking Dead"), now streaming on Amazon Prime Video:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes.

"It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..." 

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', plus 'Aquarius'.

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz...

...Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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Sky is revealing first-look images and footage of the fifth and final season of “Gomorrah,” the groundbreaking Sky Original series produced by ITV-owned Cattleya in collaboration with Germany’s Beta Film, based on an idea by Italian writer Roberto Saviano.

The series, which is Italy’s biggest TV export, is currently playing on HBO Max in the U.S. “Gomorrah” to date has played in 190 territories since its 2014 launch.

After kicking off in Riga, the capital of Latvia, filming of “Gomorrah” season five is now underway in Naples with plans to wrap principal photography in May. The premiere playdate of the show’s final season, which will launch on Comcast-owned paybox Sky and its Now TV streaming service, has not yet been set.

The teaser materials show the protagonists of the gritty hyper-realistic crime skein back on set. Salvatore Esposito playing Genny Savastano who was forced into hiding...

"Invincible", the new Amazon Original animated TV series, adapting the Image Comics superhero title by writer Robert Kirkman ("The Walking Dead"), streams March 26, 2021 on Amazon Prime Video:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes.

"It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..." 

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', plus 'Aquarius'.   

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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"Invincible", the new Amazon Original animated TV series, adapting the Image Comics superhero title by writer Robert Kirkman ("The Walking Dead"), streams March 26, 2021 on Amazon Prime Video:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes.

"It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..." 

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', 'Aquarius'.  

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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James E. Gunn, a prolific author and editor in science fiction, died Dec. 23 in Lawrence, Kansas, He was 97 and his death was announced by the University of Kansas, where he taught and later founded the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.

Gunn’s story The Immortals is one of his best-known works. The 1962 novel examines a group of people who discover the secret to eternal life, and was adapted for an ABC-tv movie, The Immortal, in 1969, and later a series in the 1970-71 season.

His novels include The Listeners, a 1972 story which celebrity astronomer Carl Sagan said was “one of the very best fictional portrayals of contact with extraterrestrial intelligence ever written.” Reports indicate the novel encouraged research by the Seti Institute into the search for life in the stars.

Overall, Gunn edited 10 anthologies of science fiction and wrote 30 books, concluding with 2017’s Transformation. He is also credited with about 100 short stories.

Sneak Peek new footage from "Invincible", the upcoming animated TV series, adapting Robert Kirkman's 144-issue superhero title, starring (voice) actors from AMC's "The Walking Dead", streaming March 26, 2021 on Amazon Prime Video:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes. It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..." 

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', 'Aquarius'.  

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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From launch, critics dogged HBO Max about its higher pricing, the lack of access via Roku — and most of all, the apparent dearth of must-see shows that would make the streamer essential instead of one more platform among so many. Last summer, the complaints were still fresh when HBO Max announced a slate of international acquisitions: There, next to “The Great Pottery Throw Down,” was “Gomorrah.” All four seasons, companion movie “The Immortal,” and a fifth season to come. An Italian mafia drama didn’t get much attention; it wasn’t the stuff of corporate strategy.

But “Gomorrah” is much more than a quirky streamer pickup. For its Italian producer, Cattleya, “Gomorrah” sparked a trend in gritty, real-world storytelling that reshaped Italian TV. Beta Film — a company founded to exploit Federico Fellini’s “La Strada” — licensed “Gomorrah” in nearly 200 countries, and it became one of the most successful properties in its history.

As president of NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Global Studios, Marcos Santana has spearheaded the U.S. Hispanic network’s headlong drive into a challenging era where global streaming platforms dominate and legacy networks are reassessing their place in the television universe.

A raging pandemic has also spiked production challenges. His previous positions as president o f production unit Telemundo International Studios and of distribution arm Telemundo International has given him a holistic perspective on the biz.

Telemundo International Studios, which Santana founded in 2016, took on the shifts in international viewing habits and demands by creating high-end short-form scripted formats and launching big-budgeted Spanish-language premium series, which invariably call for more special effects and locations.

Reigning above the latter now is “Queen of the South,” starring Kate del Castillo, which is in pre-production on its third season, which Netflix will again co-produce as it did the second season.

“This will be shooting...

Sneak Peek "Invincible", the upcoming animated TV series, adapting Robert Kirkman's 144-issue superhero title, starring (voice) actors from AMC's "The Walking Dead", streaming on Amazon Prime Video in 2021:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes. It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..." 

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', 'Aquarius'.  

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

Click the images to enlarge... ...

Sneak Peek "Invincible", the upcoming animated TV series, adapting Image comics 144-issue superhero title, starring (voice) actors from AMC's "The Walking Dead", streaming on Amazon Prime Video in 2021:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes. It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..."

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', 'Aquarius'.  

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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Sneak Peek new footage from "Invincible", the upcoming animated TV series, adapting Image comics 144-issue Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley superhero title, starring actors from AMC's "The Walking Dead", streaming on Amazon Prime in 2021:

"...girls, homework, supervillains. When you're a teenager it pays to be 'Invincible'. 'Mark Grayson' was just an average kid living in a world full of super heroes. It wasn't until he was a teenager that he gained fantastic powers thanks to his biological father 'Omni-Man'..."

Chad Coleman voices 'Martian Man', Sonequa Martin-Green is 'Green Ghost', Michael Cudlitz is 'Red Rush', Lauren Cohan is 'War Woman', Lennie James is 'Darkwing' and Ross Marquand is 'The Immortal', 'Aquarius'.  

Cast also includes Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman and Chris Diamantopoulos. 

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Robert Kirkman’s upcoming animated series “Invincible” has added six more “Walking Dead” stars to it’s voice cast, the creator announced during his Comic-Con@Home panel on Friday.

Lauren Cohan, Chad Coleman, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James, Ross Marquand and Sonequa Martin-Green will reunite with fellow “Twd” alum Steven Yeun on the eight-episode Amazon series, which is based on Kirkman’s comic series of the same name.

Yeun will play 17-year-old Mark Grayson, who’s just like every other guy his age — except that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, Omni-Man. But as Mark develops powers of his own, he discovers that his father’s legacy may not be as heroic as it seems. J.K. Simmons will voice Omni-Man, with “Killing Eve’s” Sandra Oh as Mark’s mother.

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Amazon has drawn on six current or former cast members of The Walking Dead franchise to voice the iconic Guardians of the Globe in Invincible, the series based on Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series.

Lauren Cohan, Sonequa Martin-Green, Chad Coleman, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James and Ross Marquand have joined the cast of the hourlong animated series from Kirkman, Cory Walker and artist Ryan Ottley. Kirkman revealed the new castings today during his Comic-Con@Home virtual panel.

Cohan will voice War Woman, Coleman is Martian Man, Cudlitz portrays Red Rush, James is Darkwing, Marquand voices The Immortal & Aquarius and Martin-Green is Green Ghost.

They join previously announced voice cast Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Mark Hamill, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman, Chris Diamantopoulos, Melise, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey Griffin and Max Burkholder, among others.

Co-created by Kirkman and Walker...

The Fosters momma Sherri Saum is entering the world of Power: The actress has joined the cast of the spinoff Power Book II: Ghost, our sister site Deadline reports.

The upcoming series “picks up shortly after the earth-shattering events of Power as Tariq St. Patrick (played by Rainey Jr.) grapples with a new world order: his father dead and his mother, Tasha (Naturi Naughton), facing charges for the murder her son committed,” per the official synopsis. Saum — who has also appeared on Locke & Key and Roswell, New Mexico — will play Paula Matarazzo, the top investigator and right-hand man...