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EXCLUSIVE: Shtisel, yes Studios’ smash Israeli drama starring Shira Haas and Michael Aloni, is heading to Arte. The European network has taken all three seasons of the drama in a non-exclusive deal for its arte.tv VoD player, several months after picking up Israeli roommate comedy Bloody Murray. Shtis…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off the back of her jury prize win in Monte Carlo, we can bring you first look images of Unorthodox star Shira Haas in yes TV’s Night Therapy. Night Therapy will launch on the Israeli Network on June 30 and yes Studios is selling around the world. It won Haas the special jury prize…

EXCLUSIVE: Bankside Films has picked up international sales rights to Aisling Walsh's Ethel, starring Shira Haas (Unorthodox, Shitsel) in the title role of pioneering conductor Ethel Stark who led the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Sarah Paulson (12 Years A Slave)…

EXCLUSIVE: Unorthodox star Shira Haas has boarded yes TV’s latest series, a psychological drama about an Arab-Israeli psychologist struggling to raise his two children after the suicide of his Jewish-Israeli wife. Haas, who is also starring in Captain America: New World Order, is returning to her…

Shira Haas and Tim Blake Nelson have joined Marvel’s Captain America: New World Order starring Anthony Mackie, who is set to reprise his role as Sam Wilson. Carl Lumbly, who appeared in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, is also set to reprise his role as Isaiah Bradley. Haas will portray Sabra and Nelson will…

EXCLUSIVE: Unorthodox star Shira Haas and Stephen Graham are to lead Netflix’s mind-bending graphic novel adaptation Bodies, rounding out main cast alongside Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (The Queen’s Gambit), Kyle Soller (The Inheritance) and Amaka Okafor (The Responder). Graham will play Elias Mannix, a central character to…

EXCLUSIVE: A hot TV package is hitting the premium marketplace. Oscar winner Barbra Streisand is set to executive produce Lioness, a drama series about the life of Golda Meir headlined by Emmy-nominated Unorthodox star Shira Haas, from MGM/UA Television in association with Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi PatMa…

On Wednesday, as Golden Globe Nominations were announced, Unorthodox‘s Shira Haas was at home in Tel Aviv, glued to the Netflix series’ cast and crew group text. When both the show and Haas herself received noms, there were “a lot of capital letters” in that Whatsapp chat, she told Deadline. “I’m super excited and…

Patton Oswalt is heading back to the Sundance Film Festival, though the comedian won't need a snow coat this year. The Big Fan star and 2017 jury member will be hosting the 2021 SFF Awards Night on February 2, the Robert Redford founded shindig announced today. Semi-virtual like all of Sundance '21 because of the…

Despite many more high-profile, starry productions, one of Netflix's most talked-about shows this year was arguably its most low-key. Inspired by Deborah Feldman's bestselling memoir of the same name, the four-part Unorthodox tells the story of Esther "Esty" Shapiro (played by newcomer Shira Haas), a 19-year-old…

Netflix is finalizing a deal to carry the third season of hit Israeli drama Shtisel. As we reported earlier this week, production on the third season is now underway in Israel. The third outing for the Yes Studios-produced drama about an Orthodox family in Jerusalem will pick up four years after the events of the…

Production on the third season of well-received Israeli series Shtisel is underway in Israel. The third outing for the Yes Studios-produced drama about an Orthodox family in Jerusalem will pick up four years after the events of the previous season. The nine episodes will air on Yes TV in Israel later this year…