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Jennifer Kent (The Babadook) has greenlit The Girl Who Was Plugged In with Sophie Thatcher in dual lead roles; Goodfellas is launching international sales at Cannes with CAA Media Finance and Range Select co-repping U.S. rights, the script is adapted from James Tiptree Jr.’s 1973 novella and principal photography is set to start mid-November 2026 in Australia.
New venture RoseBerry Media launches with library deals from A+E Global, All3Media International, Banijay Rights, Cineflix Rights and Fremantle to repurpose scripted, true-crime and documentary catalogs into AI-driven vertical video and a DTC app planned for summer; the company positions its proprietary ‘library verticalization’ tech as a scalable monetization route for distributors historically reluctant to enter microdrama.
FCC Commissioner is demanding scrutiny of foreign investors in Paramount’s planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, flagging that disclosed foreign ownership could reach 49.5% and urging coordination with national security agencies and public disclosure ahead of the FCC’s comment deadlines.
Paramount is lobbying UK authorities to approve its $110B mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery while pressing ministers to lower the UK high-end TV tax credit threshold from £1M to £500k to repatriate tens of millions in production spend; the dual push intertwines regulatory clearance and tax-policy reform that would materially affect UK-based drama production economics.
Crave’s genre-leaning series Yaga—reimagining Baba Yaga as a contemporary mystery-thriller from Kat Sandler—secured multiple international buyers including HBO Max Europe, Foxtel and Sky New Zealand after AMC Global took U.S. rights; Sphere Abacus is selling both a 4x1hr and 8x30min configuration with David Frazee and Rachel Talalay directing and a cast that includes Noah Reid, Carrie-Anne Moss, Katharine Isabelle and Katharine Isabelle.
Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions cut three development staffers and will operate with a four-person development team as Peele shifts to more hands-on oversight; the move follows a scaled-back Universal first-look renewal and limited recent output beyond Nope and Candyman-era projects.
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