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“As soon as we read Bálint Szentgyörgyi’s pilot script, we were hooked on The Informant,” says Young. “The opportunity to revisit a well-known period in Hungary’s history with fresh eyes and vivid, young characters was too good to miss. We hope our show will surprise the audience as well as entertain. This is not the grim eighties, as is sometimes portrayed. Our characters are determined to make the most of their lives, and are embracing every opportunity with warmth and looking f...

Antony Root, Christian Wikander and Marike Muselaers during the panel discussion In light of the fact that HBO is launching HBO Max, the new platform set to rebrand all of the local HBO Europe outposts, in Europe this summer, a panel was organised during the Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision. Antony Root, head of Original Production at WarnerMedia EMEA, and Christian Wikander, commissioning editor and VP Original Programming at HBO Nordic, offered their insights during a conversatio...

HBO Max aims to globalise local content Antony Root, Christian Wikander and Marike Muselaers during the panel discussion In light of the fact that HBO is launching HBO Max, the new platform set to rebrand all of the local HBO Europe outposts, in Europe this summer, a panel was organised during the Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision. Antony Root, head of Original Production at WarnerMedia EMEA, and Christian Wikander, commissioning editor and VP Original Programming at HBO Nordic, off...

Goteborg TV Drama Vision Attracts 500 Delegates with Strong Program Annika Pham, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail A record 500 delegates have signed up for Scandinavia’s leading TV drama confab, TV Drama Vision, which is set to unspool online over Feb. 3-4, parallel to Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival. Next to honorary guest – Danish writer-helmer Susanne Bier (“The Night Manager”, “The Undoing”), 30 keynote speakers will share their insights, business and creative tips on how to...

HBO Max Announces Leadership Team For Europe, The Middle East & Africa WarnerMedia announced today that Christina Sulebakk, previously General Manager HBO Europe, will take up the role of General Manager HBO Max EMEA.by TV News Desk WarnerMedia announced today that Christina Sulebakk, previously General Manager HBO Europe, will take up the role of General Manager HBO Max EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). In her new position, Christina will be responsible for upgrading current HBO stre...

18/01/2021 - Directed by The Bridge's Henrik Georgsson, the six-part show explores a murder in the Pentecostal community of the Swedish village of Knutby and will be released in spring 2021

HBO has a new horror series on the way called “ 30 Coins.” HBO Europe produced the series, which includes an eight-episode season set to premiere on January 4th. The first two episodes will air back-to-back on HBO, and the episodes will also be available to stream on HBO Max. The description reads, “30 Coins follows Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández), an exorcist, sent away by the church, to become the local priest of Pedraza, a remote town in Spain. When inexplicable terror begins to pla...

Spider-Man writer David Koepp has been tapped to pen the screenplay for a Green Hornet and Kato movie, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Produced by Universal Pictures and Amasia Entertainment, the project marks the first Green Hornet film since Michel Gondrys 2011 interpretation starring Seth Rogen and Jay Chou. Koepp cleverly confirmed the news to SYFY WIRE via email, writing: "Now I just have to type it." Amasia Entertainment acquired the worldwide rights to the classic IP earlier this year;...