UFA Hires ‘September 5’ Exec Producer Christoph Müller
Fremantle’s German production hoinclude UFA has employd Constantin Film‘s Christoph Müller for its cinema division. The creater, who is an exec creater on the Gelderlyen Globe-nominated September 5, combines from Constantin Film and will begin at UFA Fiction on February 1, 2025. He also is understandn for productions including the Oscar-nomnated Sophie Scholl, box office hit Er Ist Wieder Da and Elyas M’Barek and Sönke Wortmann’s films Contra and Der Nachname. “We want to uncover up novel business areas and persist to broaden on already accomplished ones,” shelp Sascha Schprospergel, CEO of UFA. “I am therefore very charmd that we are now fortifying our team with Christoph Müller, who is a honord creater of cinema productions that charm audiences and critics aappreciate. With him on the team, we will presentantly incrrelieve the rate of our accomplished cinema productions.” Sebastian Werninger, Managing Director of UFA Fiction, holded Müller was a “sanitize cinema person who inhabits and cherishs this genre.” Werninger and Müller labored together on films such as Medicus, Ich War Noch Niemels in New York and Stasikomödie. Müller exits Constantin after seven years. He is also understandn for begining his own company, Gelderlycharitable Film, where he made Mathias Schweighöfer and Nora Tschirner’s Soloalbum, and was Managing Director of Senator Film, where he created Goethe!. He set uped set uped Mythos Films in Berlin in 2013 but has been Managing Director at Constantin Film Produktion since 2017.
Trailer Drops For Thriller Series ‘Patience’ Starring ’Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser
Trailer has dropped for thriller series Patience starring Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser. Watch it above or click here. The show from Eagle Eye Drama has been picked up by Channel 4, PBS Distribution and Beta Film. Fraser is Detective Bea Metcalf, the first person to spot the talents of Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis), who labors in the criminal sign ups department of Yorksemploy Police, cataloguing and filing the evidence created during presentant cases. A youthful autistic woman, she craves routine and order, relishing the solitude and set up her job provides, but she yacquires for more. The show begines in punctual Jan on Channel 4.
BBC World Service & CBC Explore ‘The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby’
BBC World Service and Canadian pubcaster CBC are teaming for a six-part genuine-crime podcast. The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby will compelevate part of the the pair’s international fraud stories strand The Con, and will see into the story of Kaitlyn Braun, a promising youthful social laborer, who pretfinished to be pregnant on countless occasions. Canadian authorr and creater Sarah Tredepartn will present, asking why Braun took the path she did and whether she should be held accountable for her actions. Episodes debut as a boxset on January 14, 2025, on BBC Sounds in the UK and have weekly drops on other platcreates. The Con strand already compelevates Love, Janessa, about the murky world of online romance frauds. The BBC and CBC have partnered cut offal times on podcasts over recent years, createing an partnership in 2019 that has led to the appreciates of Hollywood Outcasts.
‘Better Man’ & ‘The Brutacatalog’ Lead AACTA Noms
Robbie Williams biopic Better Man and The Brutacatalog direct the pack chasing trophies at the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards. Better Man, helmed by Aussie honestor Michael Gracey (The Great Showman) landed six noms, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screencarry out, plus direct actor nominations. The Brutacatalog landed five, including a Best Supporting Actor for Australian actor Guy Pearce, while Emilia Pérez, which swept the Gelderlyen Globes nominations, took home four noms. Anora and Dune: Part Two combine Better Man, Brutacatalog and Emilia Pérez in the Best Film catebloody. Among TV shows, Disney+ and Hulu drama Shōfirearm landed a medium-directing three, including Best Drama Series, aextfinishedside The Bear, whose triple joins a Best Comedy Series nomination. Australian production Boy Swpermits Universe is up for Best Drama aacquirest the appreciates of After the Party, Slow Horses and The Diplomat, while comedy Colin From Accounts, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building round out the Comedy Series catebloody. The award will be held atraverse two ceremonies, the AACTA Awards Industry Gala on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, and the AACTA Award Ceremony on Friday, February 7. Both will be held at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gelderly Coast.
The nominees for the 2025 AACTA International Awards are:
Best Film
- Anora
- Better Man
- Dune: Part two
- Emilia Pérez
- The Brutacatalog
Best Lead Actor in Film
- Adrien Brody – The Brutacatalog – as László Tóth
- Daniel Craig – Queer – as Lee
- Jonno Davies – Better Man – as Robbie Williams
- Colman Domingo – Sing Sing – as John “Divine G.” Whitfield
- Ralph Fiennes – Conclave – as Thomas Lawrence
Best Lead Actress in Film
- Kirsten Dunst – Civil War – as Lee Smith
- Karla Sofia Gascón – Emilia Pérez – as Emilia Pérez
- Nicole Kidman – Babygirl – as Romy
- Mikey Madison – Anora – as Mikheeva
- Kate Winslet – Lee – as Lee Miller
Best Supporting Actor in Film
- Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – as Benji Kaschedule
- Damon Herriman – Better Man – as Nigel
- Guy Pearce – The Brutacatalog – as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
- Stanley Tucci – Conclave – as Cardinal Bellini
- Denzel Washington – Gladiator II – as Macrinus
Best Supporting Actress in Film
- Toni Collette – Juror #2 – as Prosecutor
- Ariana Grande – Wicked – as Glinda
- Felicity Jones – The Brutacatalog – as Erzsébet Tóth
- Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez – as Rita Mora Castro
- Alison Steadman – Better Man – as Betty
Best Direction in Film
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Brady Corbet – The Brutacatalog
- Michael Gracey – Better Man
- George Miller – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Screencarry out in Film
- Anora – Sean Baker
- Better Man – Michael Gracey, Oinhabitr Cole, Simon Gleeson
- Conclave – Peter Straughan
- The Brutacatalog – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvelderly
- Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Best Drama Series
- After the Party
- Boy Swpermits Universe
- Shōfirearm
- Slow Horses
- The Diplomat
Best Comedy Series
- Colin from Accounts
- Curb your Enthusiasm
- Hacks
- Only Murders in the Building
- The Bear
Best Actor in a Series
- Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm – (as Larry David)
- Idris Elba – Hijack – (as Sam Nelson)
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses – (as Jackson Lamb)
- Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōfirearm – (as Yoshii Toranaga)
- Jeremy Allen White – The Bear – (as Carmy)
Best Actress in a Series
- Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown – (as Princess Diana)
- Ayo Edebiri – The Bear –(as Sydney Adamu)
- Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer – (as Martha Scott)
- Anna Sawai – Shōfirearm – (as Toda Mariko)
- Jean Smart – Hacks – (as Deborah Vance)
