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Ron Bernstein, a veteran rights agent who has brokered adaptive deals for modern classics like “No Country for Old Men” and “Blackhawk Down,” has joined the Agency for the Performing Arts.

He will serve as senior vice president of media rights, a mantle he will take up after a 23-year run at ICM Partners. Bernstein joins APA partners Steve Fisher and Debbie Deuble Hill in the publishing and media rights group. APA president Jim Osbourne announced Bernstein’s hire, effective Thursday. The addition is another big score for APA as the representation business continues to shift amid consolidation.

Over a long and enviable career, Bernstein has represented some of the most acclaimed novelists, authors and journalists in the marketplace and sold the rights to countless feature films, limited series and shows to major buyers.

Clients expected to join Bernstein at APA include Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Mark Bowden, John Burdett,...

What would it take for you to believe that your partner has been compromised by a foreign power? Muttered Russian words in their sleep? A stash of secret documents under the floorboards? Mysterious phone calls during movie night? These are the questions posed in Netflix’s new conspiracy thriller, Treason, which finds Charlie Cox at the reins of MI6 but under the spotlight of both the CIA and his wife.

Adam Lawrence (Cox) becomes the new C, head of the Secret Intelligence Service, after his predecessor (Ciarán Hinds) is poisoned in a London private members’ club. “Your whole career has been building up to this,” his wife Maddy (Oona Chaplin) tells him. “Will you still be taking the bins out?” Of course Adam will still be taking the bins out! That’s because he balances a high-flying career with being a reliable family man. Two kids from his first marriage,...

How To Build A Girl Will Be Available In Select Theaters, Digital And Cable VOD May 8th

The critics love How To Build A Girl!

Beanie Feldstein is incandescent.”

Katey Rich, Vanity Fair

“It’s a joyful thing to behold. As fun as a night in the mosh pit with your best mate”

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

“A loving tribute to young women with overactive imaginations and a desire to reinvent themselves. Beanie Feldstein is as charming as ever.”

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Johanna Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies. Desperate to break free from the overcrowded flat she shares with her four brothers and eccentric parents, she submits an earnestly penned and off-beat music review to a group of self-important indie rock critics at a weekly magazine.

Tony Iffland introduces the Sbs slate for 2013-2014..

Sbs revealed its 2013-2014 programming slate at an industry showcase held in The Rocks, Sydney, this afternoon..

Introduced by Sbs Director of TV, Tony Iffland, the slate spanned a number of genres and included a variety of programs; from returning series such as Once Upon a Time, to new content like documentary series Australia.s Secret Heroes, to the free-to-air premiere of international blockbuster drama The Walking Dead.. .2014 is really about more . so it.s about more food, more documentaries, more sport, more drama than ever before,. Iffland said. .On Sbs 1 and 2, we are seeing a 33 per cent increase in Australian commissioned content. We.re very proud of that. It shows how we at Sbs have rearranged our resources, used our scarce funds and really invested that in content.. Sbs was particularly thrilled to announce they will exclusively cover the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Based on New York Times best-selling author Alan Furst’s acclaimed novel, the mini-series Spies of Warsaw (airing April 3rd and April 10th on BBC America) tells the story of military attaché Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier (David Tennant), a decorated hero of the 1914 war. While he is being drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in Warsaw, he finds himself in a passionate love affair with Anna (Janet Montgomery), a Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations. During this exclusive interview with Collider, actor David Tennant talked about what attracted him to this project, what the experience of shooting in Poland was like, dream roles that he’d love to do, how he’d love to be a part of a big comic book movie, what it’s like to interact with Doctor Who fans, what it means to him to have been a part of the Harry Potter franchise,...

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Former Doctor Who actor David Tennant made his much anticipated return to the BBC America tonight in the pre-World War II spy drama Spies of Warsaw. This new adaptation of Alan Furst’s book was penned by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement – the men who brought us such hits as Porridge and Auf Widersehen Pet. The duo might seem like an unlikely choice to write a straight laced spy drama given that their usual fare is best described as dramedy but in Spies of Warsaw they proved that they can write good dialogue for more serious minded performers than Ronnie Barker and Jimmy Nail.

Visually the show was similar to The Hour although the exterior scenes were obviously in Europe rather than London. David Tennant was very good as war-hero turned spy Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier even if he seemed a bit...

There's something almost puppylike about the way David Tennant bounds into this Beverly Hills restaurant with a face-splitting grin. He's dressed chic-casual, slacks and sport coat over a vintage Brit-rock T-shirt, his face stubbly for "Broadchurch," the British police drama he's due to start filming the week after this meeting. That show will air later this year on BBC America, but he's here right now to talk about "Spies of Warsaw," a two-part miniseries airing on consecutive Wednesdays, April 3 and 10, on the same channel.

Filmed on location in the Polish capital, this adaptation of Alan Furst's well-received historical novel, set during the days leading up to World War II, casts Tennant as Col. Jean-Francois Mercier, a French aristocrat who finds himself drawn into a complex world of intrigue and betrayal as well as an affair with a Parisian lawyer (Janet Montgomery) for the League of Nations.

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David Tennant has traveled far from the Tardis.

In the two-part miniseries "Spies of Warsaw" (9 p.m. Et Wednesday, BBC America), Tennant has left behind his "Doctor Who" trench coat and traveled back in time to don the colorful uniform of a French army officer circa 1937.

In "Spies," Tennant plays Col. Jean-Francois Mercier, a French intelligence officer in Warsaw who meets Anna Skarbek, a League of Nations official played by Janet Montgomery ("Made in Jersey"). They are instantly attracted to each other, but Mercier's clandestine investigations dig up disturbing information about the Third Reich's preparations for war, and all of his relationships -- personal and professional -- become fraught with danger.

Mercier "is a career soldier. He was decorated for what he did in the First World War and for what he's done since, and he brings all that with him," said Tennant, who played the lead role on "Doctor Who" for three seasons.

In the spy game, intelligence is the most precious commodity. And in the world of fictional espionage, few authors of historical suspense deliver thrills with the crisp and unsparing intelligence of Alan Furst. BBC America's Spies of Warsaw, a two-part miniseries adaptation (concluding Tuesday, April 10) of his 2008 novel, loses none of its twisty allure and passionate urgency in the translation from page to screen (9/8c). Tension comes with the territory of late-'30s Poland, a country harboring refugees and dissidents in a murky culture of political intrigue, as everyone nervously waits for the jackboot to drop as rumors spread of Nazi aggression.

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On TV this Wednesday: Scrubs alum Sarah Chalke moves back in with her Parents, the Count does another number on Arrow, Thandie Newton’s Rogue detective barely hangs on and the Tenth Doctor Spies a new role. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

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8 pm Arrow (The CW) | The Count (returning guest star Seth Gabel) escapes his mental institution right around the time Starling City is flooded with deaths related to the drug Vertigo,...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 16, 2013

Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $24.98

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Doctor Who steps into the past for BBC’s miniseries Spies of Warsaw.

Well, not Doctor Who exactly, but actor David Tennant (The Decoy Bride), playing Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war and new military attache at the French embassy in Warsaw.

In the years leading up to World War II, Mercier is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. He risks his life working in the shadows, amidst spies and others, and finds himself in a passionate love affair with Anna (Janet Montgomery, Black Swan), a Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations.

Spies of Warsaw premiered on BBC America on April 3 in the cable network’s Dramaville programming block. The 180-minute miniseries is based on the acclaimed novel...

Time to jump into spring 2013 with BBC America, which has a slew of great programming: Spies Of Warsaw, The Graham Norton Show, James May.S Man Lab, The Agony And The Ecstacy Of Phil Spector And Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited Spies Of Warsaw . U.S. Premiere Emmy®-winning writing team Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (Across the Universe, Tracey Takes On.) and executive produced by Richard Fell (Outcasts) brings us Spies of Warsaw - based on The New York Times Bestselling author Alan Furst.s acclaimed novel. David Tennant (Broadchurch, Doctor Who, Fright Night) and Janet Montgomery (Made in Jersey, Black Swan, Entourage) star in the thrilling spy story set in Poland, Paris and London in the years leading...

With "Restless" recently on the Sundance Channel, "The Americans" premiering on FX at the end of this month and "Homeland" scooping up awards, spies are all over the small screen at the moment. The latest addition will be two-part miniseries "Spies of Warsaw," which BBC America has slated to air on Wednesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 10 at 9pm. Adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (the screenwriters behind Julie Taymor's "Across the Universe") from the novel by Alan Furst and executive produced by Richard Fell ("Outcasts"), "Spies of Warsaw" stars former "Doctor Who" lead David Tennant as a French military attaché who gets drawn into a world of espionage and intrigue in Warsaw in the years leading up to World War II. Janet Montgomery ("Made in Jersey") plays the Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations, with whom Tennant's character...

Tom Hanks has a problem with his dressing room.

The two-time Oscar winner and generally agreed-upon national treasure has just arrived backstage at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, dragging a duffel bag in each hand with his wife, Rita Wilson, trailing behind. (Wilson's wearing a neck brace, for some reason.) It's been 35 years since Hanks made a living in a place like the Freud – a 567-seat theater whose last big show was a student production of A Chorus Line – and though he has a reputation as a down-to-earth, easygoing guy, he's also,...

Yep. They've found plenty of other great places for screenings as local likely lad Ian la Frenais returns home for the third Whitley Bay Film Festival. Alan Sykes potters round

Having a film festival in a town with no cinema might not seem the most obvious idea. However, organisers of the Whitley Bay Film Festival make a virtue of necessity by using some of the town's most iconic venues for screenings instead. In their first year they showed Steven Spielberg's Jaws on the beach in front of Spanish City. One local resident, after last year's festival, commented:

I doubt that any screening in the country could match the pleasure of seeing The Fog at St Mary's lighthouse.

Now in its third year, the festival's screenings and events take place at venues including the attractive 125 foot high St Mary's Lighthouse, the astonishing grandeur of Vanbrugh's Seaton Delaval Hall, a shopping mall,...

Let's face it, "The Office" hasn't been the same since Steve Carell left the show, and frankly, it was already on the decline during his last season. James Spader was kind of wasted as the new David Wallace (of sorts) and Ed Helms' position as the new branch manager was constantly undermined by tepid writing and a recycling of plotlines and running themes from previous seasons. So perhaps it's no surprise that NBC may want to start over. With contracts up (and not yet renewed) at the end of the season for Helms, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer and B.J. Novak, executive producer Greg Daniels is pitching a reboot of the show that would keep some key cast members, but essentially start fresh. Hmm. Remember how well that worked out for ABC and "Scrubs"? [Deadline]

Another NBC show up in the air at the moment is "30 Rock," which is still not officially renewed for another season.

Best known for playing the tenth incarnation of the title character in "Doctor Who," David Tennant is returning to BBC America to take on the role of a war hero turned intelligence operative in period drama "The Spies of Warsaw." A mini-series based on a novel of the same name by Alan Furst, "The Spies of Warsaw" will find Tennant playing Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a military attaché at Poland's French embassy who gets drawn into a world of espionage and intrigue in the years leading up to World War II. Janet Montgomery (Jennie from "Entourage") will co-star as Anna, a Parisian lawyer for the League of Nations who, naturally, gets involved in a complicated romance with Mercier. The four-part series will be the latest addition to BBC America's Dramaville British programming block, which has also housed the Idris Elba crima drama "Luther" and the "Mad Men"-esque "The...

The Spies of Warsaw

David Tennant (Doctor Who, Fright Night) and Janet Montgomery (Black Swan, Entourage) are set to headline the new wartime espionage-themed mini-series "The Spies of Warsaw" for Fresh Pictures, Apple Film, Arte France and BBC Worldwide. Shooting kicks off next month in Poland.

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are adapting Alan Furst’s acclaimed novel set in the years leading up to the Second World War. Tennant plays a French military attaché in Poland drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue. Montgomery plays a Parisian lawyer for The League of Nations. [Source: Zap2It]

Untitled Crowley Project

Julia Stiles, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds, Riz Ahmed, Kenneth Cranham, and Anne-Marie Duff have all joined the cast of "Boy A" helmer John Crowley's new project - an untitled international suspense thriller for Focus Features and Working Title Films.

Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall play two ex-lovers who find their...

David Tennant will star in the new BBC America mini-series "The Spies of Warsaw," the network said Wednesday. The miniseries, based on the Alan Furst novel of the same name, is set in Poland, Paris, London and Berlin, in the years leading up to World War II. Former "Doctor Who" star Tennant will play Col. Jean-Francois Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war who's "drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw" while serving as a military attache at the...

BBC America has come on board to co-produce the new British mini-series The Spies of Warsaw starring Doctor Who‘s David Tennant and Janet Montgomery (Black Swan), which was announced by the BBC last week as commissioned for pubcaster’s BBC Four channel. Adapted by Emmy-winning writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from Alan Furst’s novel, Spies Of Warsaw is set in Poland, Paris, London and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. Production begins next month in Poland. In the Us, the mini-series will air as part of BBC America’s Dramaville programming block. BBC America joins existing co-producers Fresh Pictures, Apple Film for TV Poland in association with Arte France and BBC Worldwide. The cast of the mini also includes Anton Lesser, Burn Gorman, Richard Lintern, Dan Fredenburgh, Ludger Pistor, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen and Jan Pohl.