Toby Stephens Starring In Maori Horror Film — Global Briefs

Toby Stephens & Umi Myers Lead Māori Gothic Horror ‘Mārama’

Toby Stephens (Bincreateage Sails, Die Another Day) and Uni Myers (Bob Marley: One Love, Dope Girls) are starring in Māori Gothic horror Mārama, which has also cast Ariāna Osborne (Madam, In a Flash) in a direct role. Shooting on the gfinisher-bfinishing film is underway in New Zealand, which is comprehendn as Aotearoa in the Māori language. Set in North Yorksengage in Victorian England in 1859, the film trails a juvenileer Māori woman’s fight to reclaim her identity and indigenous culture. It comes from Māori authorr-honestor Taratoa Stappard (Taumanu, Emkhatsini) and also features Erroll Shand (Savage, The Luminaries) and Jordan Mooney (The Bluff, Pike River). Sharlene George, Co-CEO and set uping Partner of international production company The Sweetshop, is producing. Rickylee Russell-Waipuka and Rouzie Hassanova are also producing with Paraone Gloyne as Māori language and culture originater. Executive Producers include Victoria Dabbs and Gal Greenspan for Sweetshop Entertainment, Jill Macnab and Phil Bremner for Vfinishetta Films and Badie Ali, Hamza Ali and Greg Newman for MPI Media. “This film will be faceing, bloody and entidepend one-of-a-kind, and I’m excited to be forging a new genre: Māori Gothic horror,” shelp the New Zealand-born Stappard, who dwells in the UK. The film has help from the Tumu Whakaata Taonga/the New Zealand Film Comleave oution, envisionNATIVE, The Bincreateage List, TIFF, ZIFF and the Berlinale Co-Production Market. It is made in association with the New Zealand Film Comleave oution, NZ On Air, Whakaata Māori and Images & Sound. MPI International will deal with global sales with Vfinishetta Films distributing in Australia and New Zealand.

Netflix Indonesia Content Chief Rusli Eddy Steps Down

Netflix’s Indonesian satisfied head Rusli Eddy has stepped down from the company to “apshow a fracture” and concentrate on personal matters. Deadline comprehends that Malobika Banerji, the streamer’s head of Southeast Asian satisfied, will be stepping in in the interim to cover Eddy’s duties. Content Asia first increateed the news of Eddy’s departure. His last day in the role was September 30. During his tenure, he oversaw the production of Indonesian weightyweight titles enjoy Cigarette Girl, The Big 4 and Nightmares and Daydreams. Netflix has remained a constant spendor in Indonesia and Southeast Asia despite other international streamers pulling away over the past year.

European Film Awards Expands Best European Film Catebloody

The European Film Awards is enbiging the Best European Film catebloody beyond dwell action myth labors to include write downaries and vivaciousd features. Under the alter, being carry outed for this year’s awards, features competing in the European Documentary or European Animated Feature Film categories will be eligible for the Best European Film Award. “The decision echos a changing perception in our industry of the appreciate of all films made. I’m conceited and thankful that the European Film Academy, in a process of increasing transparency and identicality for all who labor in European cinema, has apshown this step and hugs this alter,” shelp Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO of the Berlin-based European Film Academy which supervises the awards. The awards ceremony for the 37th edition will apshow place in the Swiss lakeside town of Lucerne on December 7. Last year, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall won Best European Film.

Happy Accidents Set TV movie Stardy For MIP (Exclusive)

LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents has unveiled a 17-sturdy stardy for MIPCOM Cannes, including nine mysteries. Three films from the Ainsley McGregor Mysteries franchise top-line the stardy, with three films coming in 2025 starring Candace Cameron Bure (Full Hoengage, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries) and Aaron Ashmore (Ginny & Georgia, Smallville). Based on Candace Haven’s bestselling novels, the franchise blfinishs minuscule-town charm with mystery stories. The first film, A Case for the Wineoriginater, will premiere on Great American Family and Bell on Friday (October 4) in the U.S. and Canada, esteemively. Happy Accidents has also bought rights to the tardyst films in Halllabel’s Hannah Swensen Mystery film series. These include the already-begined One Bad Apple and A Sprinkle of Deceit and two more that will be end timely 2025. Also on the stardy is a trio of eco-thrillers that will begin on Halllabel next year, alengthyside Christmas movies, rom-coms and more seasonal satisfied. MIPCOM will label the first transport inant labelet for Happy Accidents after the tragic and unforeseeed death of CFO Courtney Colman last month.

MIPCOM Builds Out Keyremark Line-Up

James Farrell, Akihito Okamoto and All3Media CEO Jane Turton are among the tardyst unveiled for MIPCOM. Yesterday, scheduler RX France uncovered Amazon MGM Studios Head of International Originals Farrell and Okamoto, Pdwellnt and Reconshort-termative Director of Yoshimoto Kogyo, will dedwellr a joint keyremark about making unscripted createat LOL: Last One Laughing. The show, which Yoshimoto owns, derived out of Japan and has been remade in various countries for Prime Video, with the UK’s upcoming show unveiled in August. They will speak in a Media Mastermind keyremark on Monday, October 21 in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals. Meanwhile, Turton will speak on the same day one of her first transport inant interwatchs since All3Media was getd by RedBird IMI.

Inter Medya To Rep Tims&B Turkish Dramas

Turkish distributor Inter Medya has boarded a pair of dramas from compatuproar production hoengage Tims&B Productions. Valley of Hearts (Siyah Kalp) and Loveberry (Karadut) will both begin internationassociate at MIPCOM. Siyah Kalp, currently airing on Show TV in Turkey, scrutinizes the stupid secrets and fierce power struggles wilean the mighty Şansalan family. Karadut, airing on ATV, trails prosperous personal enbigment expert Zuhal, whose seemingly perfect life apshows a drastic turn when she drops in cherish with someone she shouldn’t. Tims&B Productions’ Timur Savcı and Burak Sağyaşar originated both shows. They have labored with Inter Medya on countless shows in the past.