Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the 2020 Berlin Golden Bear for “There Is No Evil,” has been temporarily released from Tehran’s Evin prison after being arrested last July for criticizing the government on social media. Rasoulof, 50, was incarcerated on July 8 after posting an appeal urging Iranian security forces to stop using weapons during May…

The BBC has commissioned “Grenfell,” a three-part drama about the devastating 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 72 people. The drama will draw on some five years of research, including public sources, the inquiry hearings, and extensive interviews conducted by BAFTA-winning writer-director Peter Kosminsky (“The Undeclared War”) and associate producer Ahmed Peerbux,…

Smash hit reality format “The Traitors” is heading to major European markets following its success in the Netherlands, U.K. and U.S. Finland and Denmark are the two latest territories set to adapt the IDTV-produced format, sold globally by All3Media International. In Finland, Fremantle will produce the Finnish version, while in Denmark, Blu will produce for…

The BBC has acquired Vice’s explosive documentary about controversial influencer and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate. Vice Distribution, the global distribution arm of Vice Media Group, has sold “The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate” to the British public broadcaster, where the hour-long documentary will air on youth-oriented channel BBC Three. The film is available on BBC…

Mainland China’s cinema box office slowed to a lukewarm $75 million nationwide total over the weekend as theaters awaited new titles to replace the blockbusters that dominated January’s Lunar New Year holiday season. Sci-fi thriller “The Wandering Earth 2” held on to the top spot for the second weekend with a $24.5 million haul between…

Heretic has closed a raft of deals on Sundance prize-winning documentary “And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine,” with Picturehouse Entertainment acquiring U.K. rights ahead of the film’s European premiere in the Generation 14plus strand at the Berlin Film Festival. The Athens-based outfit also closed deals for Italy (Teodora Film), Benelux, (September Film), Poland…

Organizers of the Tokyo International Film Festival have unveiled dates for the 2023 edition of the festival and for TIFFCOM, the accompanying rights market. But they have yet to confirm a venue for TIFFCOM. The 36th edition of the Tokyo festival will be held for ten days from Oct. 23 through Nov. 1. TIFFCOM will…

After a brief switch up replacing the animated chocolate candies with Maya Rudolph as the official M&M spokesperson, the candy company announced the original spokescandies are “back for good” in the 2023 Super Bowl commercial. In her first move as the official M&M’s spokesperson, Maya Rudolph made several changes to the brand including swapping out…

Elon Musk had a prime seat at State Farm Stadium for Super Bowl LVII. Fox Sports cameras captured the maverick billionaire sitting with Fox Corp. and News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch as well as his daughter, producer and investor Elisabeth Murdoch. Fox’s cameras panned to a shot of the starry group in a stadium sky…

A representative for Rihanna has confirmed that the singer is pregnant after her explosive Super Bowl performance that had social media talking. During her hits-filled set, the singer cradled her midsection several times, leading to widespread speculation on social media that she was pregnant with her second child with her partner, the rapper A$AP Rocky….