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Alex Ritman Fruit Tree, the production company set up by Emma Stone and her husband Dave McCary that has worked on projects include Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming “Bugonia,” has signed a first-look and development deal for TV with Fremantle. Under the partnership, Fremantle — which has already signed similar deals with a growing number of major names — will become the primary home for all of Fruit Tree’s scripted television projects and unscripted docuseries, with the company looking to grow its slate and expand overseas will help from Fremantle’s global drama division.

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‘Predators’ Director David Osit Signs With Cinetic Media (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Cinetic Media has signed David Osit, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning director and editor of “Predators,” to its roster of management clients. It will represent Osit across all media. The signing comes after “Predators,” a deep dive into the rise and fall of the popular TV show, “To Catch a Predator,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.

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Boss of ‘Day of the Jackal’ Producer Sky Studios Says ‘Pain in Transition’ Being Felt Across TV Industry Will Likely Continue ‘For a Few More Years’

Alex Ritman Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and chief content officer for Sky U.K. claims that the difficulties currently being faced by the TV industry aren’t likely to be going away any time soon.

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How Do Political Docs Stay Alive in New Trump Era? Key Documentary Players Meet at CPH:DOX to Ponder Alternatives After ‘Streamers Went to the Right’

Addie Morfoot Contributor On Tuesday at Copenhagen doc festival CPH:DOX, European broadcasters, funders and producers, as well as key players from the U.S. market, gathered for a private lunch at the Odd Fellow Palace to discuss the growing threats to journalistic political feature documentaries.

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'Be My Baby': Zendaya to Play Ronnie Spector in A24 Biopic Directed by Barry Jenkins

Zendaya is taking on an iconic role.

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Nigeria’s Creele Animation Studios Unveils 3D-Short ‘Sopo’ Inspired By Afrobeat Star Fela Kuti & Int’l Ambitions

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian startup Creele Animation Studios has unveiled first images and details for its upcoming 3D short Sopo, inspired by the early life of revered late Afrobeat star Fela Kuti.

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‘Heartstopper’ Producer Patrick Walters on U.K. TV Drama Crisis and the ‘Risk’ of Pitching Projects That ‘Feel So Specific That There Isn’t a Precedent’

Alex Ritman Patrick Walters, the Brit exec producer of Netflix hit series “Heartstopper” and recent Sky/Stars show “Sweetpea,” landed in Series Mania in France amid what is being described as a crisis in the U.K. drama space, with scripted commissioning falling as broadcasters cut back on spend and take less risks. The TV exec — who in 2023 set up his own Fanboy label as part of See-Saw Films (where he’s worked for the last decde) — said that it was something he’d felt.

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With 5,700 Movie Screens Shut Down and the Box Office in a Slump, Theaters Are Still Waiting for a Post-Pandemic Comeback

box office returns. It’s also less relevant and more imperiled, forced to compete with an endless array of streaming services. There’s a sense that a few bad breaks could extinguish an art form that’s been built over generations.

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‘Sinners’ Game Launches on ‘Fortnite’ Based on Upcoming Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan Movie (EXCLUSIVE)

Kaare Eriksen Media Analyst Horror fans looking for a scare in “Fortnite” will get a fix with the release of Warner Bros.’ “Sinners: Survive the Night” game. Based on the upcoming film “Sinners” from director Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, the game launches Wednesday at 12:00 p.m.

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‘Rust’ Trailer: Alec Baldwin Plays an Outlaw in First Footage After On-Set Death of Halyna Hutchins

Ellise Shafer A trailer has been released for “Rust,” Alec Baldwin‘s Western film that took a tragic turn when a prop gun being used by the actor accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza during production. Set in 1880s Kansas, the film follows orphan Lucas McCalister (Patrick Scott McDermott), who “accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang,” according to its plot description. “In a twist of fate, his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico.

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Barry Jenkins Teams With A24 For Zendaya Starrer ‘Be My Baby’ About Music Legend Ronnie Spector

EXCLUSIVE: A24 is adding to its partnership with megastar Zendaya and her film on the life of singer Ronnie Spector, with Barry Jenkins coming on board to direct with with Dave Kajganich tapped to write an original screenplay. Zendaya will play the legendary songstress and according to sources, the star and Jenkins, who’d been looking to work together for some time, agreed on a version of Spector’s story that could immerse audiences in what the singer’s life with the troubled producer Phil Spector felt like rather than a traditional cradle to the grave biopic.

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Berlin Golden Bear Winner ‘Dreams’ Scores Further Sales in Australia, Mexico, South Korea and More (EXCLUSIVE)

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Berlin sales outfit M-Appeal has sealed further deals for Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner “Dreams,” as well as additional sales for “Sex” and “Love,” the other films in the director’s trilogy. “Dreams” follows Johanne, a young woman who documents her first love — an infatuation with her teacher — through intimate writing. When her mother and grandmother discover her work, their initial shock turns to recognition of its literary merit.

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75East Signs ‘The Old Young Crow’ Filmmaker & Animator Liam LoPinto

EXCLUSIVE: Dubai-based global management and production company 75East has signed Iranian-American filmmaker and animator Liam LoPinto, whose 2023 animated short film The Old Young Crow made waves on the festival circuit.

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‘Fantastic Four’: Paul Walter Hauser Hypes Reboot Comparing It To ‘Black Panther’ & ‘Guardians’: “I Believe We Are The Marvel Movie Of The Year”

This summer sees Marvel Studios‘ first massive superhero reboot attempt since relaunching “Spider-Man” in 2016 as they’ll be giving us a new retro-futuristic Multiverse version of Marvel’s first family, “The Fantastic Four.” Paul Walter Hauser (“Black Bird”) is part of “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” cast and is now making quite the sales pitch for the Matt Shakman-directed (“WandaVision”) pic while speaking with The Direct, suggesting that it’ll be “the Marvel movie of the year” (“Thunderbolts*” is coming out in May) along with comparing it to the likes of landmark MCU films “Black Panther” and “Guardians of The Galaxy.” READ MORE: Elizabeth Olsen Says She’s Pitched A “Gnarly” White-Haired Wanda Returning To Marvel 50 Years Later [Exclusive] “So, I think our movie, ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps,’ to me, only speaking from my opinion, everything I witnessed and took part in, everything I felt while in the presence of the creatives on the film, I believe we are the Marvel movie of the year.