Iconic German actor Udo Kier, known for his multiple collaborations with such stars as Madonna, Gus Van Sant, and Lars von Trier, has died in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 81.
Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. Breakout hits are emerging in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track, so we’re doing the hard work for you...
There will be a change of leadership at Munich-based production and distribution group Beta Film: From April 2026 onwards, the current Chief Financial Officer Licensing & Distribution at Leonine Group, Stephan Katzmann, will take over the position of CFO.
New ways of thinking in the fields of artificial intelligence and virtual production: Beta Film and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (FABW) are establishing a strategic partnership.
Thomas Seeberg Torjussen’s series follows the misadventures of a violent “incel” who’s willing to submit to any kind of ordeal to escape his detractors...
Beta Film is teaming up with Hannes Jakobsen, Dominik Böhm, and Lars Stark to found the new Berlin-based AI start-up Chapter41 with the goals of optimizing workflows, consulting, and content production...
It has been a big night for Beta at the Serielizados Fest in Barcelona, winning all five international awards of the festival.
Sky and Beta Film have released the first teaser for Gomorrah - The Origins, the prequel to the global mob crime saga phenomenon, Gomorrah...
Ahead of the launch of sweeping Greek melodrama The Great Chimera, star Fotinì Peluso and director Vardis Marinakis reveal how they collaborated on this adaptation of M Karagatsis’s celebrated novel about a complex heroine caught up in a turbulent love triangle.
The fourth season of Makari has returned on RAI 1 as a prime-time winner, reaching up to 20% market share and drawing over 3 million viewers.
For the first time, M Karagatsis’s 20th-century literary classic The Great Chimera is being adapted for the screen. The ambitious six-hour series, produced by Foss Productions in collaboration with Beta Film, ERT and international partners, aims to capture the novel’s complex exploration of love, identity and belonging while appealing to contemporary audiences...
DQ travels to Naples to watch filming for Gomorra – Le Origini (Gomorrah – Origins), a 1970s-set prequel to the iconic Italian mafia drama. Director Marco D’Amore, writer Maddalena Ravagli, producer Riccardo Tozzi and Sky exec Nils Hartmann go back to the beginning...
Rex is coming home: Production on Rex - Vienna Calling is underway, bringing the world’s most successful TV dog back to Vienna for six feature-length episodes...