‘Halo,’ Gillian Anderson, Sydney Sweeney Among Canneseries Highlights

variety.com:

Halo,” a makeover of the massive video game hit by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and 343 Industries, will open this year’s Canneseries.In other potential highlights, Gillian Anderson will be on hand to receive the Variety Icon Award. “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney will pick up the Madame Figaro Rising Star Award, the French TV festival announced Tuesday March 8 in Paris, unveiling its 2022 lineup. “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-huyk producer Yeon Kim-ji will be in Cannes for a South Korea Focus.

Main growth at 2022’s Cannesseries will be in industry terms, said Canneseries Managing Director Benoit Louvet. The festival will stage its 4th Vivendi-backed Talent Unlimited writers residencies and 3rd Canneseries Writers Club, with 40 writers attending Canneseries for two days of masterclasses and round tables.

In a major industry innovation this year, Canneseries and MipTV, which runs April 4-6, will launch Mip X Canneseries Connection, a boutique, closed-doors discussion forum at which high-level producers and executives will debate international production.

Executives from Studiocanal, Fremantle, BBC, ITV and Movistar Plus have already signed up, Louvet said. “These are ‘frenemies.’ We think it’s highly important for them to meet, because they haven’t been able to do so over the last two years, and also new ways of co-producing are emerging,” he added.