Rupert Friend Leads New Podcast Series; ‘All Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Ink International presentations; Malaika Arora Reality Show on Disney+ Hotstar; BAFTA reveals breakthrough list; BBC creates new commissioners – Global Briefs

Rupert Friend stars in the new QCODE podcast series
Content studio QCODE has today announced a new sci-fi thriller podcast series titled The mysterious master Mwith Rupert Friend (Anatomy of a Scandal). Friend will also serve as executive producer of the six-part podcast series, which will debut in spring 2023. Mike Lesslie (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds) and will produce under his Storyteller Productions banner with Laure Eve (Knight of the Black Heart) linked to writing and performance products. Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Sammy Kattan, Automatic and QCODE will also serve as executive producers on the series. “This is a touching story of how messy yet beautiful it is to be human and I can’t wait to share it with you all,” Friend said of the show.

All The Beauty And The Bloodshed will be sold in key international territories
Altitude Film Sales and Participant wrote numerous international sales for Laura Poitras’ Golden Lion winning film All the beauty and the bloodshed about artist and activist Nan Goldin. The doc was acquired for Australia and New Zealand (Madman), the Benelux countries (Cineart) and France (Pyramid Films). Other deals include Japan (Klockworx), Greece (Strada), Latin America (Sun Distribution Group), Portugal (Leopardes), Poland (Against Gravity), Former Yugoslavia (MCF), Scandinavia/Baltics (Uninterrupted), South -Korea (Challan) , Taiwan (Hooray Films), Czech Republic/Slovakia (Film Europe), Turkey (Filmarti) and Front Row Entertainment for the Middle East. Altitude Film Distribution will cover the UK and Ireland, while NEON and HBO will release the film in North America.

Disney+ Hotstar presents the Malaika Arora reality show
Bollywood diva Malaika Arora is getting her own Disney+ Hotstar show. The Indian streamer ordered Arrival at Malaika from Banijay Asia, a behind-the-scenes series on the life of the dancer, actress and producer. Starting December 5, there will be guest appearances from Arora’s friends and family, “accessing her past, present and future through unfiltered conversations.” The show is Arora’s first streaming series and will run alongside talk shows Coffee with Karan on the Disney+ Hotstar blank page. “With this show, I want to break down that barrier between me and my fans and invite them into my world,” said Arora.

“No” star Brandon Perea has named the 2022 BAFTA breakthrough shortlist
BAFTA has added 33 creatives across the US and UK to its list of the latest breakthrough talents. This year’s group includes Ambika Mod (It will hurt), Brandon Perea (NO), Rose Ayling Ellis (East of), Nicole Lecky (MOOD), Leon Harrop (Ralph and Katie), Diana Olifirova (cardiac arrest), Runyararo-Mapfumo (Sex education) and Alex Pritz (the territory). The annual cohort was selected by a panel consisting of Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ade Rawcliffe, Fiona Lamptey, Ruth Madeley, Nyasha Hatendi, Jodi Balfour and Bianca Lawson. Breakthrough alumni include Florence Pugh, Tom Holland and Letitia Wright. Check out the full list here.

BBC is creating seven assistant commissioner roles
Britain’s BBC is creating seven deputy commissioner posts to increase its impact outside London and within under-represented groups in the capital. Five of the roles are cast in the countries and regions – as British broadcasters refer to areas outside London – of which four focus on factual content and one on children’s entertainment. The London-based roles will focus on deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent TV talent, with one scripted and the other unscripted. Since launching a strategy called Across the UK, the BBC has increased the number of start-ups outside London by seven to 24. The new rolls are extra, bringing that number to 31.