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Netflix Lands Warner Music First-Look; HBO Max Launches in UK; Disney+ Greenlights European Slate & More!

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Amazon MGM Studios extended its overall television and first-look film deal with executive producer Marc Resteghini and his Jack Tar Pictures banner. Resteghini, a former Amazon executive, produces the Prime Video series ‘Young Sherlock’ starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Colin Firth, and Joseph Fiennes. The deal follows the successful global debut of the Guy Ritchie-directed mystery series. (🇺🇸)

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Netflix secured a multi-year first-look deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) to develop documentary series and features featuring WMG’s music talent. Under the pact, Netflix will have the first right of refusal for projects produced by WMG’s film and television division, Warner Music Entertainment. The partnership focuses on storytelling around the label’s global recording artists. (🇺🇸)

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BBC Studios has secured two German greenlights — a remake of Danish teen drama ‘Klassen’ for WDR and a second season of its German ‘Ghosts’ adaptation — as it pushes to expand scripted originals internationally. (🇬🇧 🇩🇪) 

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Disney+ EMEA content head Angela Jain has commissioned a new slate of European originals, including a feature documentary on Welsh singer Duffy (produced by Rare TV and Stellify Media), Italian murder mystery series ‘Murder on Lake Garda’ (produced by Fremantle’s The Apartment), Turkish supernatural comedy ‘The Strange Story of Gustav Maier’ (produced by MGX), and Spanish documentary series ‘Abandoned’ (produced by Luminol Media). (🇺🇸)

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Cappu Films has closed international distribution deals for crime thriller ‘Fox Hunt’, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Duan Yihong, and Olga Kurylenko. Rights have been acquired by Blacktop International (German-speaking territories), Dimeo Films (Poland), YouPlanet (Spain & Portugal), and Global Media Distribution (🇭🇰).

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Paradise City Sales has closed multiple territorial deals for Warwick Thornton’s Berlinale competition entry ‘Wolfram’, starring Deborah Mailman. Rights were acquired by Cherry Pickers (Benelux), Unicorn (Italy), Ama Films (Greece), MCF Megacom (ex-Yugoslavia), Filmarti (Turkey), and Anuvu (airline rights). Dark Matter handles Australia and New Zealand. Additional deals are ongoing. (🇦🇺)

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Documentary+ has acquired global rights to ‘Still Single,’ a culinary documentary about Michelin two-starred sushi chef Masaki Saito, from XYZ Films (rep. by Nate Bolotin). Directed by Jamal Burger and Jukan Tateisi, the TIFF-premiered film is produced by Rhombus Media and Common Good. It premieres on Documentary+ on April 23. (🇺🇸)

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France TV Distribution has closed multiple international sales for its light crime series ‘Curious by Nature’ (originally ‘Enquête Parallèle’), starring Florence Pernel. In Spain, rights were acquired by ETB, Aragón TV, and NBCUniversal International Networks & DTC (Calle 13). Further deals include Walter Presents/Global Series Network for Ireland, UK, USA & Canada, NBCUniversal for Poland (13 Ulica), TV3 Group Latvia, and Blue+ in Switzerland. (🇫🇷)

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Partnerships / M&A

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Postmedia Network entered a strategic partnership with Elevation Pictures to develop film and television projects based on Postmedia’s journalism library. The first acquisition under this pact is the screen rights to John Vaillant’s ‘Fire Weather’. Elevation Pictures will serve as the production and distribution partner for the slate, focusing on premium Canadian stories for global audiences. (🇨🇦)

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Berlin-based distributor DCM acquired full ownership of Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment to expand its presence in German-speaking markets. Ascot Elite, which recently handled ‘The Housemaid’ and ‘Marty Supreme’, will merge into the DCM brand. Former owners will remain as independent producers, while DCM’s Stephanie Candinas takes over executive management of the combined entity. (🇩🇪)

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Warner Bros. Discovery announced the official UK launch of its streaming service, HBO Max, ending its long-standing exclusivity deal with Sky. Previously, Sky held the rights to HBO content like ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The White Lotus’. While Sky remains a distribution partner, the new platform will offer direct access to the HBO library. (🇺🇸)

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Topic Studios entered a strategic partnership with the newly launched UK factual production company, Puzzle Pictures, led by filmmaker Sam Hobkinson. The acquisition of this stake marks Topic Studios’ expansion into the UK market to develop cinematic documentary storytelling. The collaboration aims to produce premium nonfiction content for global streaming platforms. (🇺🇸)

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