World Screen

NEW YORK: Brian Greene, the physicist, author and host of the acclaimed NOVA series The Elegant Universe and the upcoming The Fabric of the Cosmos (currently in production), shares his excitement about science in this video interview.   As one …

LOS ANGELES: The Lifetime original movies Patricia Cornwell’s At Risk and Patricia Cornwell’s The Front are to debut on April 10 and April 17, respectively. The films were adapted from Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels. Andie MacDowell stars as Monique Lamont, …

SILVER SPRING: Verge is an all-new programming block slated for Planet Green’s prime-time grid that will feature the mavericks and innovators who are on the brink of changing the world and creating a better tomorrow. Verge will kick off on …

LOS ANGELES: Andy Whitfield, who plays the title role in the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and shooting on the second season will be postponed to accommodate his treatment. Whitfield will begin …

LONDON: LIVING has picked up the comedic drama series Drop Dead Diva from Sony Pictures Television. The series will air in a prime-time slot on LIVING in April. Drop Dead Diva follows a beautiful-yet-vapid model wannabe who has a fatal …

LONDON: CBS has given a second-season order for Undercover Boss for the 2010-11 broadcast season. The show, a Studio Lambert production distributed by ALL3MEDIA International, follows high-level executives as they anonymously slip into the ranks of their companies. Undercover Boss …

HILVERSUM: In continuing its global expansion efforts, John de Mol’s Talpa Media has set up a co-owned joint venture with Portuguese TV producer CBV. The venture will have the exclusive rights to sell, adapt and produce all Talpa formats for …

MADRID/BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed a deal with laSexta that gives the Spanish broadcaster free-TV rights to a range of first-run theatrical motion pictures and previously released feature films as well as a host of TV titles. …

LONDON: The licensing and merchandising rights for Fresh TV’s hit tween-target franchise Total Drama have been taken on by Turner CN Enterprises. Turner CN Enterprises will be responsible for the licensing and home entertainment for the whole raft of Total …

NEW YORK: A new management structure is in place at Univision Communications’ news and entertainment businesses, organizing operations on a company-wide basis. Alina Falcón has been named to the newly created post of president of news for Univision Communications. As …