Pamela Anderson Backs EarthDay365 Channel; Call It! Version 2; Hong Kong Fund Expands; ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ First-Look – Global Briefs

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Pamela Anderson Backs EarthDay365 Channel

Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is backing an environmentally-focused FAST channel coming out of the Netherlands. Alongside son Brandon Thomas Lee, the actress and activist has partnered with Amsterdam’s Static Waves Media Group and IMAX documentary film producer K2 Studios to create EarthDay365. The service launched earlier this month on PlutoTV and will roll out on Relax 2.0 TV, which is across TCL, Vestel and Skyworth Smart TVs and via Hisense’s VIDAA Channels. It will initially have 2,500 hours of content, with shows including Shark Heroes and Wonders of Wildlife along with a selection of IMAX theater docs. Anderson said EarthDay365 gives a “great opportunity to provide engaging and inspirational content that’s free and accessible,” adding: “It’s inspirational, hopeful — mostly about exploring and celebrating our world — and shines the spotlight on passionate people who are willing to put themselves out there to make a positive difference.”

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Film projects will be able to receive grants up to HK$9 million ($1.1 million) under a new fund aiming to support Hong Kong-European-Asian co-productions. Create Hong Kong announced the Hong Kong-Europe-Asian Film Collaboration Funding Scheme this week at the 74th Berlinale, which is an expansion of the Hong Kong-Asian Scheme. That was was launched at the beginning of last year. Supported by the Hong Kong Film Development Council (FDC), this new funding scheme is eligible for Hong Kong film projects co-produced with filmmakers from European and/or Asian countries.

BBC Unveils ‘Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ Pics

The BBC has released first-look images of its upcoming A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder adaptation. Pics below can be seen of lead Emma Myers, the Wednesday star who plays Pip Fitz-Amobi, and Anna Maxwell Martin, who plays her mother. Produced by Moonage Pictures, the adaptation of the Holly Jackson book sees the smart-and-single minded Pip go on a trail to prove that a murdered schoolgirl was not killed by her boyfriend. It also stars Gary Beadle (Rye Lane, Small Axe), Mathew Baynton (Ghosts, Wonka) and newcomer Zain Iqbal, and is written by Poppy Cogan.

Image: Moonage Pictures, Joss Barratt
Image: Moonage Pictures, Joss Barratt
Image: Moonage Pictures, Sally Mais
Image: Moonage Pictures, Sally Mais
Image: Moonage Pictures, Joss Barratt
Image: Moonage Pictures, Joss Barratt

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