Studiocanal Moves into Production in Italy by Forging Partnership With Elsinore Film (EXCLUSIVE)

Mark Wahlberg and his funky bunch have left California!

Perhaps best known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in eight Harry Potter films, Robbie Coltrane OBE was a larger-than-life character whose presence was immediately evident whenever he graced the screen.

Activists from Just Stop Oil have been arrested after throwing tins of soup over Vincent Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery - and then gluing themselves to a nearby wall.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent On a cobblestone-paved square in the ancient town of Tivoli, north-east of Rome, in late September, a large crew is prepping to shoot a key scene in Italian period drama “La Storia,” which will be pubcaster RAI’s biggest event show next year. Based on a bestselling novel by the late great Elsa Morante – whom “My Brilliant Friend” author Elena Ferrante often cites as her primary literary reference – “La Storia” is set during the final years of World War II and its immediate aftermath in Italy. The eight-episode series, being unveiled by Beta Film to buyers at Rome’s MIA content market, stars Italian A-list actor Jasmine Trinca – who earlier this year was a member of the Cannes jury – as Ida, a single mother of two sons, who hides her Jewish heritage and fights against poverty and persecution.

Naman Ramachandran Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media has partnered with Singapore’s Momo Film Co on Nelson Yeo’s “Dreaming & Dying” and Duong Dieu Linh’s “Don’t Cry Butterfly,” it was revealed at this week’s Asian Contents & Film Market, held on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival. “Dreaming & Dying,” about three middle aged individuals who are forced to confront their inner demons as a long-buried love triangle between them resurfaces, is currently in production. Yeo said: “ ‘Dreaming & Dying’ is the accumulation of my obsession with dreams and memories. Primarily, it is about how we choose to remember things in our own ways, and as time passes, that fantasy becomes the reality.”

'Terrifier 2' audiences fainted during screenings in the US last week. The long-awaited sequel to the 2016 controversial horror sees maniacal mime Art the Clown butcher and main unsuspsecting victims on Halloween and the first showings of the movie sparked extreme reactions from audiences, with some cinemagoers vomiting due to its "brutal depictions of horror". Producers have issued a warning about the film's "graphic" content to ensure viewers are fully prepared for what they are about to see.

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success on their hit HBO series Silicon Valley, Mike Judge and Alec Berg have found their next comedy to partner on. Sources tell Deadline Picturestart is financing and will produce Automated Trucking, a new feature film comedy based on an original idea from Judge and Berg. Judge will direct with Rob Turbovsky and Matteo Borghese penning the script.

Martin Scorsese gave a long shout-out to the NYFF and the art of cinema on stage at Avery Fisher Hall as the fest celebrated its 60th anniversary with the world premiere of his latest documentary, Personality Crisis: One Night Only. It followed a screening of Armageddon Time, another New York story by native New Yorker James Gray.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s David di Donatello Awards are launching an innovative ecological initiative under which they will monitor the environmental sustainability of productions in the running for the country’s top film prizes. The move is being touted as a first of this type by Davids organizers who are hoping it can become a game changer in prompting companies in Italy and across Europe to reduce the environmental impact of their film productions. To monitor the carbon footprint and other green aspects of movies submitted to the Davids, the organisation has forged a partnership with EcoMuvi, an Italian protocol that certifies a film production’s ecological sustainability from pre-product through post.

Terrifier 2 has reportedly caused people to pass out in cinemas in the US – check out the trailer above.Directed by Damien Leone, the sequel to 2016’s Terrifier sees Art The Clown (David Howard Thornton) resurrected as he hunts for two unsuspecting siblings on Halloween night.Following the film’s release in the US on October 6, the explicit gory scenes have led to some reported incidents involving the emergency services.In a post on Twitter, Andrew Liming shared a picture of emergency services attending to his friend after watching the film, writing: “#Terrifier2 my friend passed out and the theater called an ambulance. Highly recommended.”Another user wrote: “Just saw Terrifier 2.

Bulgari PenthouseOf all the buildings in Paris that Bulgari could have chosen for its seventh hotel, a 1970s office block on Avenue George V must surely have seemed the least enticing. But the brand’s go-to architectural firm, Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, rose to the challenge and after several years of grafting, it opened in December last year as a strikingly modern 76-room hotel.A glossy, cosmopolitan mix of locals and tourists have been enjoying the hotel, with its blend of understated styles that mixes Italian walnut floors, ceramics by Gio Ponti and herringbone patterned carpets that nod to Parisian parquet.

Rebecca Souw Achieving a balance between artistic creativity and commercial appeal has been a key component of the success of the Korean film and TV industries, said senior executives at the Asin Contents & Film Market, held this week as part of the Busan International Film Festival. Leading U.S. producer Ted Hope said that “Being audience focused but ambitiously creating authored work,” is significant and that Korean filmmakers are able to tap into a wide range of emotions. Yang Yoomin, a Korean producer who has worked with hit filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho, explained why such a discussion was important. She gave the examples of the Hong Kong and Japanese film industries which have both at times enjoyed international success, but which have recently been eclipsed. Hope said that Hong Kong films and Japanese animation are at opposite ends of the spectrum stretching from commerce and art films, but said that Korean stories demonstrate a balance between authorship and audience-focused approaches.

After three decades, The Karate Kid III's hunky bad boy Mike Barnes finally returned to the franchise in season five of Cobra Kai. Veteran daytime TV star Sean Kanan, 55, exclusively sat down with DailyMail.com to talk about the 'humbling' experience of reprising his famous role alongside Ralph Macchio and William Zabka.Kanan became a Hollywood heartthrob in the late 80s in the third installment of the Karate Kid films, however, he revealed that he barely made it through the production alive.The actor suffered internal bleeding from one of the fight scenes and said the ordeal was one of the 'scariest' moments of his life.

Max Verstappen clinched the F1 title in confusing fashion, the much-criticised Nicholas Latifi finally scored his first points of the season.It has been a tough third and probably final season in F1 for the Canadian, who has been the subject of social media ridicule due to a spate of crashes and poor pace compared to teammate Alex Albon and even Albon’s late-minute stand-in at the Italian Grand Prix, Nyck de Vries.Therefore it was no surprise when it was announced after Monza that Latifi would leave Williams at the end of the season, despite the fact his billionaire father Michael’s food company has been a key sponsor of the team. READ MORE: Nicholas Latifi 'shows why he is the greatest' after going the wrong way at Japanese GP Latifi was then staring at the ignominy of going through the whole season without scoring a single point. However, he avoided that fate with an excellent drive to ninth in treacherous conditions at Suzuka, finishing ahead of the McLarens of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo.That came after a rather embarrassing start to the weekend when he went the wrong way before a corner during practice on Friday.As a result, a US-based Williams fan has seemingly got himself a tattoo to mark the occasion, having previously promised to do if the driver scored points this season. What's your favourite Nicholas Latifi moment? Tell us in the comments section below. The fan, posting under the name @Williams_F1_USA (Latifi Points Enjoyer), tweeted an imagine of his new piece of body art.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Production is underway in Italy on the Italian instalment of Prime Video’s global “Citadel” spy thriller franchise, produced by the Russo Brothers, with Matilda De Angelis cast as the lead. De Angelis, a rising Italian star, made her international breakthrough in Susanne Bier’s “The Undoing,” alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. She more recently appeared with Liev Schrieber in the Ernest Hemingway adaptation “Across The River and Into The Trees,” directed by Paula Ortiz. The “Citadel” start-of-production in Italy and casting announcement was made at Rome’s MIA content market during an Amazon Studios panel.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Netflix has announced high-profile Italian original documentary series “Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi,” written and directed by Britain’s Mark Lewis, who won an Emmy for the docu-series “Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer.” The streaming giant has also dropped a trailer for the docuseries, produced by British TV production company Raw. The show will premiere globally on Netflix on Oct. 20. The series is the latest probe into a case that started on June 22, 1983, when Emanuela Orlandi, a 15 year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances that are believed to have involved the Vatican. The case made headlines around the world.

Naman Ramachandran Zahan Kapoor debuts as the lead in “Faraaz,” which has its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival’s Thrill strand. The film is based on based on an incident in July 2016, where armed gunmen held up customers at the Holey Artisan Bakery for 12 hours, before killing 20 of them and two of the bakery staff. Two police officers and five of the gunmen died in a shootout. “Faraaz” is directed by Hansal Mehta (“Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story”) and produced by T-Series, part of its 100-film slate, Anubhav Sinha’s Benaras Mediaworks (“Article 15”) and Mahana Films.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock is developing St. Donatus, a supernatural mystery drama from Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based. Richard Shepard will direct in his latest collaboration with Charmelo and Snyder after Ringer and The Perfection.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, BET+ has acquired Trill League, an adaptation of Anthony Piper’s webcomic of the same name, for series development. The animated superhero series, written by Piper and Leann Bowen, hails from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson‘s G-Unit Film & Television, 3 Arts Entertainment and Lionsgate Television.