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HBO Max Unveils ‘The Thaw’ Trailer

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has unveiled a trailer for Polish thriller The Thaw from author/director duo Marta Szymanek and Xawery Żuławski. The Thaw will launch in all HBO Max territories on April 1 and the trailer comes per week after the streamer launched in Poland. The present begins with the physique of a younger girl being discovered within the icy waters of the Oder River. Newly-widowed Detective Katarzyna Zawieja (Katarzyna Wajda) leads the investigation to trace down the killer and when it turns into evident that the sufferer gave start shortly earlier than her loss of life, Zawieja, a younger officer who by no means offers up simply, goes on a seek for the lacking new child. Government producers are Izabela Łopuch, Johnathan Younger, and Antony Root and producers are Bogumił Lipski and Andrzej Beszta.

ITV Goes ‘Looking For Michael Jackson’s Zoo’

ITV is to go Trying to find Michael Jackson’s Zoo in a characteristic documentary inspecting the destiny of the unique animals saved at his Neverland ranch. EastEnders star Ross Kemp is internet hosting the present concerning the non-public zoo that at its peak contained 124 unique animals together with zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, tigers and Jackson’s well-known pet chimpanzee Bubbles. Following Jackson’s loss of life in 2009, the zoo was dismantled and the animals dispersed, and the present seeks to reply the query of the place they ended up. The doc is being co-produced by UK indies Uncommon TV and Freshwater Movies. “To the skin world, Bubbles the chimp was one among Michael Jackson’s closest companions,” stated Uncommon TV CEO Alexander Gardiner. “The reality is far darker, as Ross Kemp reveals on this compelling however troubling documentary.”

Channel 4 acquires ‘The Nice’ Season Two & Orders ‘Nazanin’ Doc

UK community Channel 4 has acquired the second collection of Hulu’s Elle Fanning/Nicholas-Hoult starring interval piece The Nice and commissioned a documentary about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The second run of The Nice, which dropped on Hulu within the U.S. late final 12 months, sees Catherine lastly taking the Russian throne for her personal however she shortly learns that dethroning her husband was just the start. The primary collection aired to important acclaim and was additionally acquired within the UK by Channel 4. The community has additionally commissioned a single documentary on Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who returned to the UK this week after six years of being detained in Iran. Airing later this 12 months, Nazanin, from filmmaker and journalist Darius Bazargan, is an intimate doc that exhibits never-before-seen footage of the individuals most intently caught up with Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case, particularly husband Richard Ratcliffe and daughter Gabriella.

Edinburgh Reveals New Voice Awards Host

BBC Asian Community Breakfast Present host Harpz Kaur is to current subsequent month’s fifth Edinburgh TV Basis’s New Voice Awards, which might be held on the Curzon Soho. Kaur will preside over a nomination checklist together with footballer Micah Richards and Unapologetic’s Zeze Millz. Broadcasters and indies are additionally nominated for the best way during which they help new voices within the trade. Run by The TV Basis, the charitable arm of the Edinburgh Tv Pageant, the New Voice Awards is a part of an intensive programme of schemes and occasions designed to extend entry to the TV trade, together with flagship schemes The Community and Ones to Watch. “It’s so essential to showcase the recent inventive expertise, from all backgrounds throughout the UK, who’re already making waves so early on of their careers,” stated Kaur. “It’s good to have these awards to rejoice such superb new voices as they break into this trade and I’m actually excited to be part of that.”