World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The co-creators and executive producers of the hit anthology series Femme Fatales will join a handful of cast members in Cannes as guests of Entertainment One (eOne). Cast members including Nikki Griffin (Fast & The Furious III, Dukes of Hazard), Christine Donlon, Madison Dylan, Catherine Annett, Shani Pride …

NEW YORK: Ed Palluth has been promoted to the position of executive VP of global distribution for AMC/Sundance Channel Global. Palluth was upped from his role as the senior VP of global distribution for the company. He will continue to handle distribution for AMC Networks’ international properties, including Sundance Channel …

LOS ANGELES: Osiris Entertainment has closed a U.S. distribution deal with Redbox for the thriller Behind Your Eyes. As of March 20, Behind Your Eyes will be available at the majority of Redbox kiosks nationwide. The film, produced by Vesuvio Entertainment, follows a young, hopeful couple that is unexpectedly kidnapped …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE PitchCon returns to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on June 7 and 8, during which time Oxygen’s The Glee Project will be honored with this year’s Innovator Award. The event, previously known as LATV Fest and now in its second year under the PitchCon banner, will deliver speakers, …

BURBANK: Music superstars Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, Lionel Richie and Robin Thicke are on board for the new singing competition Duets, slated for ABC’s summer lineup. Duets will feature the four music stars going out across America to look for undiscovered talent worthy of being their protégés. Each musician will …

LOS ANGELES: Several appointments have been made at MarVista Entertainment, including Susan Young being tapped to serve as the chief financial officer. Young will report directly to Fernando Szew, the company’s CEO. She will be responsible for the administrative, financial and risk-management operations for MarVista, and will also been involved …

NEW YORK: RHI Entertainment has five new action-packed mini-series to offer in one collection, under the Disaster Pack V.1 banner, alongside titles such as King Tut for MIPTV.  The Disaster Pack V.1 collection includes Category 8, in which a super firestorm is hurling toward Earth; Eve of Destruction, which watches …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has greenlit The Burn, set to premiere this summer, and two other new original series slated for 2013. Review with Forrest MacNeil, starring Andrew Daly (Eastbound & Down), and Nathan For You, starring Canadian writer-comedian Nathan Fielder (Jon Benjamin Has a Van), have been greenlit by …

BURBANK: The syndicated daily newsmagazine show America Now, co-hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic, from ITV Studios America and Raycom Media has been renewed for a third season. The series, which airs weekdays in 45 markets, ranks among the top first-run syndicated shows premiering this past fall, second only …

NEW YORK: The total advertising spending in the U.S. increased 0.8 percent last year, finishing 2011 at $144 billion, according to new data from Kantar Media. Aspend in Q4 dropped 1 percent compared to the prior year period, marking the first quarterly decline since the end of 2009. Television continued …