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  • EntertainmentVariety

    ‘Dark’ Star Oliver Masucci Takes on Real-Life ‘Visionary’ in ‘Herrhausen – The Banker And The Bomb’: ’What We Were Told About His Death Can’t Be Right’ (EXCLUSIVE)

    Alfred Herrhausen, born in 1930, was the chairman of Deutsche Bank. But to the team behind German series “Herrhausen – The Banker and the Bomb,” premiering at Series Mania, he was a “visionary.” “He was a humane banker, always looking into the future. What you see in this show is a person who tries to …

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    Higher ratings for violent scenes among film classification guideline changes

    The BBFC has published new classification guidelines reflecting shifts in public opinion towards violence, drug use, sex and use of language.

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    Grainne Brunsdon Promoted to Screen Australia COO Role

    Grainne Brunsdon has been promoted to chief operating officer within federal funding and policy body Screen Australia. She was the organization’s director of content, where she led production investment and development, distribution support, and business initiatives for the last two years. Starting the new job from April 1, Brunsdon succeeds Michael Brealey, who departed the …

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    ‘Oppenheimer’s’ Alex Wolff on ‘So Long, Marianne,’ How Leonard Cohen ‘Sacrificed Love on the Altars of Fame’

    “’I sacrificed my love on the altars of fame,’ Leonard Cohen said in the ‘70s,” “So Long, Marianne” showrunner Øystein Karlsen notes. Cohen was referring of course to his ‘60s decade-long relationship with Norway’s Marianne Ilhen, which shaped him for life. One of the highest-profile and most anticipated world premieres in Series Mania main competition, …

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    Actor Malick Bauer Discusses Groundbreaking, Grimme Award-Winning Disney+ Series ‘Sam – A Saxon’

    Malick Bauer is seeing his star rise thanks to a knock-out performance in “Sam – A Saxon,” the first German-language original series on Disney+, and he’s using his new-found fame to help broaden diversity on German screens. “Sam – A Saxon,” the true story of a man who was celebrated as East Germany’s first Black …

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    TV Review: ‘Hannibal’

    At first blush, “Hannibal” looks like the conceptual twin of CBS timeslot rival “Elementary,” a series that seeks to leverage a brilliant literary character to sell a moody procedural. It’s also a little like “It Takes a Thief,” only here substituting a serial killer. Stick with the series through a handful of episodes, though, and …

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    Amaya Muruzabal, ‘Reina Roja’ Showrunner, ‘Hernán’ Creator Launches M Content with Mariano Chihade, ‘Love After Love’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

    LILLE — Creating a major and ambitious new player on the Spanish-language film-TV scene, Amaya Muruzábal – showrunner, screenwriter, and executive producer on Amazon MGM Studios’ just-out big hit “Red Queen” and creator and executive producer on milestone production “Hernán” – is launching her own film-TV production house, M Content. M Content is founded with …

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