Welcome back, Insiders.
Jesse Whittock with you this week to look back on the last seven days in international film and TV.
Fingers remain crossed at these signs of progress.
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In Europe, producers, studios, networks and actors have been peering pensively across the pond.
And for our full coverage of the potential actors strike, gohere.
TheUsual SuspectsandAmerican Beautystar faces 12 counts related to sexual assault and indecent assault.
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The coming weeks will clearly be career defining.
The incidents all go back at least a decade.
Spacey beat a $40M civil case thatStar Trek: Discoveryactor Rapp brought against him last year.
Read about the first week of the legal proceedingshereand more about Spaceys legal woeshere.
The trial is expected to last four weeks and well be reporting on all the key moments.
As the fest kicked off in earnest, Mike Fleming spoke with Amber Heard.
Its been a difficult few years for the actress and the full piece is well worth a read.
Check out his fascinating Deadline Studios chat with Mikehere.
Also checking into Deadline Studios were Bella Thorne, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelson and Abel Ferrara.
All of our coverage can be foundhere.
The other big player on the TV indie production scene, All3Media, has been much quieter.
Banijay and Fremantle have also been linked with a deal.
Studio Lambert also goes from an affiliate to a subsidiary, essentially bringing it closer to the mothership.
Lamberts programs are hot property right now.
Bean counters and financially-minded folk should headherefor more on All3s latest accounts.
Sky will continue to make shows in the UK and Italy, its other two main European bases.
Beta has international sales rights and covers its investment in the production through deal-making.
To date, sales have been made into 140 territories.
I told you it was complicated.
Another one: Netflixsigned a five-year collaborationwithMonsterscreenwriter Yuji Sakamoto.
Another:Disney+greenlita tense drama fromThe Power of the DogandIts a Sinproducers.
Festival latest: Crisis at Busan with theconfirmed dismissalof MD Cho Jongkook.
More festivals: Louis Therouxwill deliverEdinburghs annual MacTaggart.
Casting:Unorthodoxstar Shira Haas boarded IsraelsNight Therapy.
New faces: Black Bearset its UK distribution team.
Done deal: Banijay UKinvested inJames Norton and Kitty Kaletskys Rabbit Track.
Restructure:Cineworldfiled for administrationin the UK.
Slate: FromPrime Video Nordics, including another version ofLOL.
Reynolds latest:Ryaninvested in an F1 teamandlauncheda Welsh language channel.
Breaking Baz: Critics Choice Awards chief Joey Berlin was in Bazs spotlightthis week.
Box office:Elementalsparked overseas.
Rocketman: Elton Johns Glastonbury finale became one of the most watched UK TV broadcastsof the year.
Trail:ForEmpty Nets,which will comprise part of Karlovy Varys Iran retrospective.
Max Goldbart contributed to this weeksInternational Insider.
