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HBO Max Boards ‘Lucy The Human Chimp’; Cannes Lions Goes Virtual; France’s Brut Launches Streamer; Lifted Entertainment Hires — Global Briefs
HBO Max Boards ‘Lucy The Human Chimp’ HBO Max has boarded Keo Films’ Channel 4 feature documentary Lucy The Human Chimp, which recounts the story of a chimpanzee raised as a human and Janis Carter, the woman who took on the task of helping to give her freedom by living with her in the wild. Directed by Alex Parkinson, the film premieres this spring and uses previously unseen archive film and photographs, as well as dramatic reconstruction. The HBO Max deal was brokered by Hat Trick International’s senior sales executive Jonathan South.