Netflix acquires global rights to The Red Sea Diving Resort, filmed in South Africa, for release later in 2019 with Chris Evans and Ben Kingsley.

Netflix has acquired the global rights (excluding China) for Gideon Raff's The Red Sea Diving Resort with Chris Evans and Sir Ben Kingsley that will be released worldwide on the video streaming service later in 2019.

The Red Sea Diving Resort was filmed in South Africa.

The film with Chris Evans, Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola and Sir Ben Kingsley is the incredible story of a group of Mossad agents and brave Ethiopians who in the early 1980s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel.

Chris Evans plays Ari Kidron, the Mossad agent who leads the mission together with courageous local Kabede Bimro, played by Michael Kenneth Williams. The cast also includes Michiel Huisman, Chris Chalk and Greg Kinnear.

The Red Sea Diving Resort is a BRON Studios, Emjag, G.Raff Productions film in association with Creative Wealth Media. Netflix will release the film later this year.

Wheels come off of BBC's relaunched Top Gear as Chris Evans quits after just 6 episodes; 'gave it his best shot' but not good enough to save revamped car show.

The wheels have come off of the BBC's attempted relaunch of its Top Gear motoring magazine show brand with new presenter Chris Evans who've quit after just 6 episodes of the new show saying he gave it his best shot but it wasn't enough.

Amidst falling viewership of Top Gear, Chris Evans announced he's done with Top Gear broadcast by BBC Worldwide on the BBC Brit (DStv 120) channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.

Chris Evans quitting Top Gear came on the same day that it was confirmed that he is being investigated over allegations of sexual assault. He allegedly exposed himself to a woman and she alleges that he groped her breasts.

Chris Evans had a 3-year contract to do Top Gear but according to sources decided last week to drop the BBC show shortly after the American version, Top Gear USA was cancelled.

Since and even before the revamped Top Gear returned the show was marred in criticism which grew once new episodes were broadcast, with viewers saying they don't like Chris Evans, and with Matt LeBlanc getting a much warmer reception from viewers.

Top Gear also suffered the new executive producer and other producers who've quit after a few weeks working on the show and plunging ratings.

The 6th episode of the 23rd season of Top Gear managed only 1.9 million viewers in the United Kingdom, down from the 4.4 million of the first episode that kept falling per every subsequent episode.

"I have never worked with a more committed and driven team than the team I have worked with over the last twelve months," says Chris Evans in a statement. "I feel like my standing aside is the single best thing I can now do to help the cause".

"I remain a huge fan of the show, always have been, always will be. I will continue to focus on my radio show".

Mark Lindsey, the director of BBC Studios says in a statement "Chris is stepping down from his duties on Top Gear.

"He says he gave it his best doing everything he could to make the show a success. He firmly believes that the right people remain, on both the production team and presenting team to take the show forward and make it the hit we want it to be."

"The new series has so far notched up over 30 million views in the United Kingdom alone and has already been sold to 130 territories worldwide," says Mark Lindsey.

Chris Evans quitting Top Gear comes as he's under investigation by the police over allegations of sexual assault from the 1990's, amidst allegations that he exposed himself to co-workers as well during the same period.

The revamped Top Gear that replaced the version presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond has struggled in the ratings but the other new presenters - Matt LeBlanc, Rory Reid, Chris Harris, Sabine Schmitz and Eddie Jordan - will likely all be back for a next season that will start filming in September.

Chris Evans named the new presenter of Top Gear on the BBC, replacing Jeremy Clarkson' production of new 23rd season set to start soon.

The British radio and TV personality Chris Evans has been named the new presenter of the motoring magazine show Top Gear, replacing Jeremy Clarkson.

Chris Evans, who is largely unknown in South Africa and the rest of Africa, and the BBC signed a three year deal, following Jeremy Clarkson who was fired earlier this year in March after getting into a physical fight with a Top Gear producer.

Chris Evans earlier denied reports that he is joining Top Gear and said him joining Top Gear as new presenter "was never going to happen".

The new 23rd season of Top Gear will start production soon, and will be shown worldwide through BBC Worldwide, the BBC's global commercial arm, on channels like BBC Entertainment (DStv 120).

"I'm thrilled, Top Gear is my favorite program of all time," says Chris Evans in a statement. "Created by a host of brilliant minds who love cars and understand how to make the massively complicated come across as fun, devil-may-care and effortless. When in fact, of course, it's anything but and that's the genius of Top Gear's global success."

Chris Evans says that he would continue to "respect what has gone on before and take the show forward."

"I'm so delighted that Chris Evans will be presenting the next series of Top Gear," says Kim Shillinglaw, controller of the BBC TV channels, BBC Two and BBC Four.

"His knowledge of and passion for cars is well-known, and combined with his sheer inventiveness and cheeky unpredictability he is the perfect choice to take our much-loved show into the future."