Foxtel/Binge Topper Amanda Laing Exiting
Foxtel and Binge’s Chief Commercial and Content Officer Amanda Laing has resigned and is exiting later this year. She joined the Australian TV giant in 2018 and has overseen the launch of streamer Binge, which is behind worldwide comedy hit Colin From Accounts. No word on her next move, but in a statement Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany paid tribute to Laing, saying she has “led dozens of negotiations with US studios for content and channel acquisitions, as well as supported the business as a leading executive on our sports rights deals.” Laing said it had been “privilege to work across both sport and entertainment.” She will remain with the company until September to ensure “a smooth transition of leadership.”
Hulu’s Irish Comedy-Drama ‘Obituary’ Travels
Dark Irish comedy-drama series Obituary has landed on a host of networks around the world. The six-part RTÉ series,...
Foxtel and Binge’s Chief Commercial and Content Officer Amanda Laing has resigned and is exiting later this year. She joined the Australian TV giant in 2018 and has overseen the launch of streamer Binge, which is behind worldwide comedy hit Colin From Accounts. No word on her next move, but in a statement Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany paid tribute to Laing, saying she has “led dozens of negotiations with US studios for content and channel acquisitions, as well as supported the business as a leading executive on our sports rights deals.” Laing said it had been “privilege to work across both sport and entertainment.” She will remain with the company until September to ensure “a smooth transition of leadership.”
Hulu’s Irish Comedy-Drama ‘Obituary’ Travels
Dark Irish comedy-drama series Obituary has landed on a host of networks around the world. The six-part RTÉ series,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Jesse Whittock and Hannah Abraham
- Deadline Film + TV
All six episodes of the darkly comedic crime drama Obituary will be available to watch on the Hulu streaming service as of Tuesday, November 21st – and with that date just a week away, we have the trailer for the show for you to check out in the embed above.
Written by Ray Lawlor (Le Ceangal) and directed by John Hayes (Dublin Murders) and Oonagh Kearney (Vardy vs. Rooney), Obituary has the following synopsis: 24-year-old Elvira Clancy is feeling a little unfulfilled, although she adores her new job writing obituaries, but when her newspaper falls on hard times and her boss cuts her salary, she finds herself being paid per obituary overnight. When she “accidentally” kills a nasty piece of work in the town, she discovers she might have a previously untapped bloodlust!
She relishes using ever more crafty methods to kill off the town’s unpleasant residents while making them look like accidents.
Written by Ray Lawlor (Le Ceangal) and directed by John Hayes (Dublin Murders) and Oonagh Kearney (Vardy vs. Rooney), Obituary has the following synopsis: 24-year-old Elvira Clancy is feeling a little unfulfilled, although she adores her new job writing obituaries, but when her newspaper falls on hard times and her boss cuts her salary, she finds herself being paid per obituary overnight. When she “accidentally” kills a nasty piece of work in the town, she discovers she might have a previously untapped bloodlust!
She relishes using ever more crafty methods to kill off the town’s unpleasant residents while making them look like accidents.
- 11/14/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Channel 4 has cast Harry Potter star Natalia Tena and BAFTA winner Chanel Creswell as Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney in its upcoming Wagatha Christie courtroom drama, with Michael Sheen set to play high-profile barrister David Sherborne.
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom will recreate the high-stakes UK High Court defamation case between the two earlier this year, with two sparring legal teams in the spotlight. The Wagatha Christie case was one of the most high-profile in recent history in the UK. Rooney famously tried to catch out Vardy for selling news stories about her to the tabloids using sleuth tactics, thus dubbed Wagatha Christie. Each day was covered extensively by the press and included many memorable moments.
The pair’s husbands, the England footballers Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy, will be played by Dion Lloyd and Marci Nagyszokolyai, while Simon Coury will play Rooney’s barrister Hugh Tomlinson.
There has...
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom will recreate the high-stakes UK High Court defamation case between the two earlier this year, with two sparring legal teams in the spotlight. The Wagatha Christie case was one of the most high-profile in recent history in the UK. Rooney famously tried to catch out Vardy for selling news stories about her to the tabloids using sleuth tactics, thus dubbed Wagatha Christie. Each day was covered extensively by the press and included many memorable moments.
The pair’s husbands, the England footballers Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy, will be played by Dion Lloyd and Marci Nagyszokolyai, while Simon Coury will play Rooney’s barrister Hugh Tomlinson.
There has...
- 10/12/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema St. Louis Film Series at .Zack Continues with Screening of “Best Sliff Shorts” on Feb. 13, 2017
Cinema St. Louis, the presenter of the St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), continues its new screening series,“Films @ Sliff.Zack,” with “Best Sliff Shorts” on Feb. 13. The screening series takes place on select Mondays throughout the year at Grand Center’s .Zack Theatre. The other 2017 dates are April 3, June 27, July 31, and Sept. 25. To help introduce “Films @ Sliff.Zack” to the public, the February screening is offered free. Tickets for subsequent films will be $13 general admission, $10 for Cinema St. Louis members and students.
Dianne Bellino’s The Itching
“Best Sliff Shorts” screens at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at .Zack, 3224 Locust St. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The diverse eight-film program — which runs 126 min. — features the winners (and one honorable mention) of Sliff’s juried shorts competition. The winners were...
Cinema St. Louis, the presenter of the St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), continues its new screening series,“Films @ Sliff.Zack,” with “Best Sliff Shorts” on Feb. 13. The screening series takes place on select Mondays throughout the year at Grand Center’s .Zack Theatre. The other 2017 dates are April 3, June 27, July 31, and Sept. 25. To help introduce “Films @ Sliff.Zack” to the public, the February screening is offered free. Tickets for subsequent films will be $13 general admission, $10 for Cinema St. Louis members and students.
Dianne Bellino’s The Itching
“Best Sliff Shorts” screens at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at .Zack, 3224 Locust St. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The diverse eight-film program — which runs 126 min. — features the winners (and one honorable mention) of Sliff’s juried shorts competition. The winners were...
- 2/7/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance announce the complete lineup for the 22nd edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual series showcasing the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, March 1 – 12.
The lineup features 23 diverse films, comprised of highlights from international festivals and works by both established favorites and talented newcomers, including François Ozon’s Lubitsch adaptation “Frantz,” set after World War I; Bertrand Bonello’s “Nocturama,” a provocative exploration of a Paris terrorist attack carried out by young activists; Bruno Dumont’s oddball slapstick detective story “Slack Bay,” starring Juliette Binoche; Rebecca Zlotowski’s visually arresting “Planetarium,” with Natalie Portman as a touring psychic who catches the eye of a movie producer in 1930s Paris; and Jean-Stéphane Bron’s “The Paris Opera,...
Lineup Announcements
– The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance announce the complete lineup for the 22nd edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual series showcasing the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, March 1 – 12.
The lineup features 23 diverse films, comprised of highlights from international festivals and works by both established favorites and talented newcomers, including François Ozon’s Lubitsch adaptation “Frantz,” set after World War I; Bertrand Bonello’s “Nocturama,” a provocative exploration of a Paris terrorist attack carried out by young activists; Bruno Dumont’s oddball slapstick detective story “Slack Bay,” starring Juliette Binoche; Rebecca Zlotowski’s visually arresting “Planetarium,” with Natalie Portman as a touring psychic who catches the eye of a movie producer in 1930s Paris; and Jean-Stéphane Bron’s “The Paris Opera,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Ifb brings 'Signatures' and 'Reality Bites' to the Cork Film Festival on November 13th whilst Gavin Keane's 'Cold Turkey has won the Audience Award at the 2010 Sapporo International Short Film Festival in Japan. The latest series of 'Signatures' and 'Reality Bites', consisting of eight short films and documentaries, will be premiering at this year's 55th Corona Cork Film Festival on Saturday 13th November. This latest batch of shorts includes Michael Peter McDonald's 'Pentecost', Brian O'Malley's, 'Crossing Salween', Nick Kelly's 'Shoe' and Oonagh Kearney's The Christening'.
- 11/12/2010
- IFTN
The Arts Council and RTÉ funded Dance on the Box projects will broadcast on RTÉ2 from May 17th to May 20th. Following a launch by Filmbase on May 13th the four short dance films chosen to be commissioned as part of this year's programme will transmit nightly and will see dancers perform in a church, under water, in a cinema and in a mother's memory. The Arts Council and RTÉ have come together again for a third season of RTÉ Dance on the Box. Four short films have been commissioned by the choreographer/director teams of John Scott and Steve Woods, David Bolger and Conor Horgan, Cindy Cummings and Oonagh Kearney and Fearghus Ó Conchuir and Dearbhla Walsh.
- 5/11/2010
- IFTN
The Arts Council and RTÉ have announced the four films selected for the RTÉ Dance on the Box scheme. The winning films include 'Admit One'; 'Deependance'; 'Her Mother's Daughter' and 'Mo MhórChoir Féin'. This is the third round of the RTÉ Dance on the Box scheme with awards of €22,000 for each project chosen. 'Admit One' saw a win for choreographer John Scott, director Steve Woods (God Incorporated) and producer Catherine Lyons (Cruschen On); 'Deependance' clinched a win for choreographer David Bolger, director Conor Horgan (One Hundred Mornings) and producer Martha O'Neill (Ordinary Decent Criminal), whilst 'Her Mother's Daughter' comes from choreographer Cindy Cummings, director Oonagh Kearney (Underground), composer Denis Clohessy (His & Hers) and producers Rachel Lysaght (Jericho) and Steven Davenport (Tart). Finally, 'Mo MhórChoir Féin' saw victory for choreographer Fearghus Ó Conchuir, director Dearbhla Walsh (Little Dorrit), composer Iarla Ó Lionaird (Hotel Rwanda) and producer Maggie...
- 4/1/2010
- IFTN
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