Sky has unveiled its Italian “Call My Agent” adaptation set in Rome featuring high-caliber Italian guest stars such as Paolo Sorrentino – in a side-splitting turn – and actor Matilda De Angelis (“The Undoing,” “Citadel”). The six-episode season is produced by Palomar, the Italian company controlled by France’s Mediawan which originated the hit show set at…

World War One drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads this year’s BAFTA nominations with 14 nods, tying with “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” as the most-nominated non-English language film in the awards’ history. The Netflix drama — for which awards chances have quietly gathered steam in the last month — is up for best…

BAFTA’s bosses have stood by the involvement of juries across key categories of the org’s film awards, but note that annual reviews will continue to interrogate and potentially refine the process. The British Academy faced scrutiny for the 2022 film awards, where only two nominees in each performance category were the result of votes by…

Netflix leads the distributor pack with 21 nominations at the EE BAFTA Film Awards, which were revealed on Thursday. The streamer scored 14 nods for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” three for “Pinocchio” and one each for “Blonde,” “The Swimmers,” “The Good Nurse” and “The Wonder.” Searchlight and A24 were not far behind with…

Michael Porseryd is set to exit SF Studios, the Nordic powerhouse behind Tom Hanks starrer “A Man Called Otto,” as CEO. News comes as a shock to everyone as Porseryd recently spoke to Variety about the company’s involvement in “A Man Called Otto,” following a successful press launch of the film with Hanks and Rita…

Tuesday’s Child, format creators of the ​award-winning “Lego Masters,” has acquired a controlling stake in London-based indie Interstellar. Interstellar was founded in 2020 by managing director David Williams and creative director Jamie Ormerod and has produced several hit shows including “Singletown” for ITV2, “Question Team” for Dave and “Show Me The Honey!” for CBBC. Interstellar also creates multi-platform…

A group of prominent Icelandic creatives, including “True Detective” actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and “As Long As We Live” producer Hörður Rúnarsson, have formed a new production company with an eye on making premium Nordic programs for a global audience. Act 4 recently completed a financing round backed by an international group of investors. The…

Fast-rising Danish production powerhouse Motor, led by scribe Christian Torpe (“Silent Heart”, “Rita”) and producer Jesper Morthorst, has unveiled a splashy five-pic slate, led by the Göteborg Film Festival’s closing film “Camino” by Birgitte Stærmose and Tea Lindeburg’s pic in development “The Seal Woman,” to be pitched at the Discovery strand of Göteborg’s Nordic Film…

Banijay Benelux has acquired a majority stake in the Belgian production company, jonnydepony as it seeks to expand its footprint in the scripted space. Jonnydepony, which becomes part of Banijay Belgium, is behind the successful soap opera, “Familie.” Founded in 2015 by Philippe De Schepper, jonnydepony is an independent production label whose credits include premium…

Nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards can be watched on a global YouTube livestream on Thursday January 19 at 12:00-midday GMT/4am PT. Actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh will announce the nominations from BAFTA headquarters at 195, Piccadilly, London and they will be livestreamed on BAFTA’s YouTube channel. Film critic Ali Plumb and…