Sony grabs Left Bank / "You People" trailer / Disney+ adding Imax DTS sound / Cumberbatch may join "Eric"

Plus today's calendar, "Poker Face" trailer, "History of the World Part II" images, Peacock's "The Traitors," Kamie Crawford MTV deal, and more

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"The Crown" Sony acquired full control of Left Bank Pictures, the production studio behind BBC and Netflix's "The Crown," for $6.6 million. The remaining 5.32% of the company's shares that weren't already owned by Sony had been held by employees, including founder and chief executive Andy Harries. More: The deal values the entire company at $124 million. Sony initially invested in Left Bank in 2012, well before it had started development on "The Crown." The sixth and final season of the royal drama series is currently in production in the UK. DEADLINE

Netflix dropped a trailer for "You People," the upcoming comedy from first-time feature director Kenya Barris. Jonah Hill and Lauren London co-star as an interracial couple whose parents have awkward and uncomfortable reactions to their relationship. More: Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and David Duchovny co-star as the parents. Hill and Barris co-wrote the film's screenplay. Barris is best known as the creator and showrunner of the hit sitcom "Black-ish"; he also co-wrote the 2021 Murphy film sequel "Coming 2 America." "You People" hits Netflix on January 27. DEADLINE

DAILY CALENDAR THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 JANUARY 6th: Documentary feature chronicling the events surrounding the siege of the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021, by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The film features eyewitness accounts from Representatives Liz Cheney, Susan Wild, Adam Kinzinger and Jamie Raskin, along with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and a number of law enforcement officers. [Discovery+] GINNY & GEORGIA: The comedy-drama series about the unconventional relationship between an impetuous single mom (Brianne Howey) and her precocious 15-year-old daughter (Antonia Gentry) returns today for a second season. Diesel La Torraca, Nathan Mitchell, and Scott Porter co-star. [Netflix] COPENHAGEN COWBOY: Danish crime drama series from "Drive" and "Pusher" filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Angela Bundalovic as an enigmatic young heroine who pursues her nemesis across Copenhagen's criminal underworld, seeking vengeance. Andreas Lykke Jørgensen, Li Ii Zhang, and frequent Refn collaborator Zlatko Buric co-star. [Netflix] WOMAN OF THE DEAD (TOTENFRAU): German-language crime thriller series from Austria starring Anna Maria Mühe as a widow who becomes a target of dangerous and shadowy foes while investigating the mysterious death of her husband. The series is based on a best-selling novel by Bernhard Aichner. [Netflix] MARS ONE (MARTE UM): Drama feature from Brazil about a lower middle-class Black family that's forced to reconsider their place in the world after the election of a far-right politician as president. Gabriel Martins wrote and directed. [Netflix] STEALING RADEN SALEH: 2022 action heist film from Indonesia following a crew that plans to steal a priceless painting by the artist Raden Saleh. Angga Dwimas Sasongko ("Ben & Jody") co-wrote and directed. [Netflix] SPECIAL FORCES: WORLD'S TOUGHEST TEST: Debut Fox reality competition series in which celebrities and athletes take on demanding military training courses run by former Special Forces operatives. Participants include Mel B., Tyler Florence, Kate Gosselin, Dwight Howard, Montell Jordan, Carli Lloyd, Kenya Moore, Mike Piazza, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Anthony Scaramucci, and Jamie Lynn Spears. [Hulu] DEATH IN THE DORMS: Six-episode true-crime docuseries from ABC News examining stories of college students whose lives were tragically cut short by violent crimes. All six episodes hit Hulu today. [Hulu] PGA TOUR: NBC Sports' coverage of the Sentry Tournament of Champions begins today at 3:00 pm PT and runs through the weekend. [Peacock]

Marvel's "Wakanda Forever" Disney+ announced plans to introduce enhanced Imax sound for selected titles, including several Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films. Imax and Xperi's DTS audio division is working on the upgrade, which will arrive later on this year. More: The new system will be specially calibrated to provide immersive sound for home theaters. This is Disney+'s second major collaboration with Imax; 13 films already stream on the platform in an expanded 1.90:1 aspect ratio, which features up to 26% more picture in some sequences. Devices supporting DTS sound on Disney+ titles include Imax-certified TVs from Sony and Hisense, along with receivers from Denon, Marantz, and JBL. Disney+ is the first streaming platform to integrate Imax's "Enhanced" formats. VARIETY

According to Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch will likely star in the upcoming Netflix six-episode series "Eric." The series, set in 1980s New York, centers on Vincent, a puppeteer working on a popular children's show who suffers an emotional breakdown following the disappearance of his young son. More: Abi Morgan ("The Hour," "The Iron Lady") created and wrote the series, and will executive produce. The title "Eric" refers to a seven-foot-tall puppet who becomes the distraught Vincent's only companion. "The End of the F***king World" vet Lucy Forbes is attached to direct. Cumberbatch previously starred in the BBC series "Sherlock" and Showtime's "Patrick Melrose"; he's also attached to the forthcoming HBO limited series "Londongrad," about poisoned KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. VARIETY

Peacock released a new trailer for the mystery-comedy series "Poker Face." Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie, a woman with a preternatural ability to determine when someone is lying who embarks on a crime-solving road trip. More: The series will follow an episodic "mystery of the week" format, in which Charlie encounters a string of suspects played by celebrity guest stars. Season 1 guests include Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ron Perlman, Stephanie Hsu, Nick Nolte, Hong Chau, and Chloë Sevigny. "Knives Out" vet Rian Johnson wrote and directed the bulk of the series; Lyonne helmed one episode herself. The first four episodes of "Poker Face" hit Peacock on January 26. COLLIDER

Entertainment Weekly previewed some first-look images from the new Hulu comedy series "History of the World Part II." The eight-part sketch series serves as a follow-up to the classic 1981 Mel Brooks film "History of the World Part I." More: The series features a variety of scenes set in different periods of human history, including the construction of the pyramids, the US Civil War, and the Russian Revolution. 96-year-old Brooks served as a writer and producer on the series, and also appears in some sketches. The ensemble cast also features Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, and Ike Barinholtz. No specific release date has been announced, but the show is expected to premiere in the spring. EW

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