India’s Kajol To Star In Disney+ Hotstar Drama Based On ‘The Good Wife’; Channel 4 Buys Hulu Drama; ‘The Great Escaper’ Shoot Begins — Global Briefs

India’s Kajol To Star Disney+ Hotstar Remake Of ‘The Good Wife’ As Disney+ Day continues ahead of the D23 Expo in Anaheim, India’s Disney+ Hotstar has revealed Hindi cinema star Kajol’s debut streaming series: a local remake of CBS drama The Good Wife, titled The Good Wife — Pyaar, Kanoon, Dhoka. Due to debut soon on the streamer, the Banijay Asia-produced […]

Woman, 51, says life is much better AFTER the menopause

Mother, 51, says the menopause made her MORE confident as she learned to put herself first, attended vagina therapy, started a vintage clothes business – and now gives motivational talks on masturbation and ‘self-love’ Lu Featherstone, from Brighton, has found a new confidence post menopause Discovered passion for vintage clothes and learnt how to love […]

From outback ‘It girl’ to sparky grandma, Jenny Agutter is back on screen

By Stephanie Bunbury Jenny Agutter as Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Waterbury in The Railway Children Return.Credit:Studiocanal Mention Jenny Agutter to any man of a certain age and watch him go misty-eyed remembering Nic Roeg’s 1971 film Walkabout. Agutter played an English teenager – simply called Girl – lost in the Australian desert with her younger brother and […]

Banijay Kids & Family Buys ‘Ivy + Bean’ Producer Kindle Entertainment & ‘Tear Along The Dotted Line’ Firm Movimenti Production

Banijay Kids & Family has bought UK drama specialist Kindle Entertainment and Italian animation firm Movimenti Production. The deals bring the total number of production within Banijay’s youth-focused arm across France, the UK and Italy to six, sitting alongside distribution, marketing and licencing arm, Zodiak Kids & Family Distribution. Based in London, the female-led Kindle Entertainment […]