Melanie joined Deadline in 2022 as Senior International Film Correspondent. She came from UK trade Screen International, where she spent a decade covering film and TV news out of France, Europe and the Middle East. She has also worked for Variety and Moving Pictures as well as the UK broadsheet The Independent, entertainment magazine Heat and Japan’s The Daily Yomiuri, working out of London, Rome, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem. Melanie originally trained in journalism at Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-1990s as a reporter.
Updated with further details: Georgian anti-Putin drama The Antique, which was due to premiere in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori (GdA), has had its screenings suspended following the issuing of an emergency decree on behalf of Russian and Croatian producers claiming copyright issues with…
The Match Factoryhas boarded international sales on An Urban Allegory, the new short film by Alice Rohrwacher and JR, ahead of its world premiere at Venice Film Festival, Out of Competition.
The work marks the second collaboration between Italian filmmaker Rohrwacher (La Chimera, Happy as Lazzaro, Th…
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Folivari International has acquired world sales rights for hit French animated series Samuel.
The deal with French production company Les Valseurs follows the short format show's runaway success in France, Germany and Spain.
Consisting of simple black and white…
EXCLUSIVE: Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's seven-part series Families Like Ours world premieres at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, before heading to TIFF, and Deadline can reveal a first-look teaser.
The drama is among four high-end series due to premiere in a special focus in Venice…
Final preparations are underway for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics on Wednesday.
It will take place one month after the tumultuous 2024 Olympics opening ceremony which divided spectators at home and internationally for its provocative take on French history and culture.
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Rome-based Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment has appointed Emily in Paris producer Stephen Joel Brown to its board of directors.
His main goals will be related to both the business and artistic spheres: with him predominantly overseeing international projects, accompanying the realization of…
Chris Pine (Star Trek, Wonder Woman) has joined the cast of Italian drama The Kidnapping of Arabella by Carolina Cavalli, as it begins shooting in northern Italy this week.
The movie stars Benedetta Porcaroli as a young woman convinced she is the wrong version of herself, until she meets a 7-year-old…
EXCLUSIVE: Fraternal French directorial duo Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma make their Venice debut this week with Golden Lion contender And Their Children After Them (Leurs enfants après eux) and Deadline can unveil a first clip.
The social drama marks a step change for the brothers after well-received…
The Match Factory has appointed former Netflix manager Marc van den Bosch-Mprah as VP Acquisitions, with immediate effect.
Van den Bosch-Mprah will report to The Match Factory general manager Michael Weber, in the Berlin-based role which will see him lead the company's worldwide acquisition…
RTL Deutschland Lands “Huge” ZDF Streaming Package
German broadcaster RTL Deutschland has secured a “huge” package of series to stream from compatriot ZDF Studios. The deal comprises nearly 1,000 episodes, giving RTL+ a bump to its offer from September 15. ZDF shows such as Wilsberg, Der Bergdoktor…
EXCLUSIVE: With two days to go until the opening of the Venice Film Festival, Deadline can reveal a teaser for Argentinian director Luis Ortega's competition title Kill the Jockey.
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart stars in the absurdist comedy as a legendary jockey whose self-destructive behaviour is beginning…
Germany has selected Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
This decision was taken by an independent jury of experts appointed by German Films, who looked at 13 films submitted for conside…