‘Ms. Marvel’ Actor Asfandyar Khan Joins ‘Sapiens’
EXCLUSIVE: Indie filmmaker Junayed Alavi has set his debut characteristic, Sapiens, with Ms. Marvel actor Asfandyar Khan becoming a member of the mission. Sapiens facilities on two rival households who face one another in a cyborg colonized village in India. Khan is enjoying a narrator who skilled the apocalypse and its aftermath. At present in manufacturing, Sapiens is produced by Alavi and his companion Firdoushi Begum below the Alavi Movement Photos banner. Additionally starring are Kalyan Goswami, Sayan Biswas and Bulbul Ahamed. Alavi is thought for horror quick Starvation which was championed by author and producer of Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight, Peter Cameron.
‘Temptation Island‘ Returning To France After 5 Years
Temptation Island is returning to France after 5 years off air. Banijay Productions France is making the revived model of the hit format for M6 community W9. Temptation Island sees {couples} at a crossroads of their relationship embark on a journey to check their dedication. Separated in two completely different seaside resorts, the {couples} work together with a gaggle of singles to find out if their love is powerful sufficient to resist the challenges they are going to encounter on the island. The hit format, which airs on the USA Community within the U.S., has been on and off French screens for greater than 20 years, and was final on W9 in 2019, though it solely ran for one season. Banijay Chief Content material Officer, Operations, mentioned the transfer is proof of the “persevering with pattern for creatively-evolving codecs for brand spanking new audiences,” stating that new variations have additionally been greenlit Mexico, Brazil, Chile/Argentina and India. “Not solely is it culturally adaptable, but in addition extremely scalable, importantly with out shedding any of the core parts which makes it so widespread,” he added. Final yr was a yr of change for Banijay France, with Alexia Laroche-Joubert signed as President and CEO alongside a contemporary management group.
APAC Market Grows To $145B — Examine
The Asia Pacific Market hit $145B in 2023, in keeping with a research from Singapore’s Media Companions Asia Analysis Companies (MPA). The efficiency was up 5.5% on 2022, and was pushed by on-line video sector gross sales, which reached $57B – an increase of 13%. TV income was the most important contributor at $98B, however noticed progress of simply 1%. China stays the “largest and most regulated video market in APAC,” in keeping with MPA, producing $64B in income final yr. Damaged down by medium, SVOD providers in APAC grew 15% to $28B, whereas AVOD was up 11% and delivered $29B. Pay-TV revenues had been “marginally under flat” with declines in India and Japan and contraction throughout the area. MPA predicts revenues will develop round 2.6% within the 2023-28 interval to high $165B.
