Rarely in recent decades has the festival circuit been as disrupted as it has in the past 12 months. A confluence of local and global issues — from war to inflation, political unrest to societal shifts — have created a perfect storm for many of these vital cultural platforms, leading to funding shortfalls, staff losses, major PR headaches and in some cases cancellation. Amid shifts in consumer and industry behavior, there are also broader existential questions being asked about the role and potency of festivals.
Since last year’s Cannes, we’ve seen flashpoints or upheaval at Sundance, Berlin, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki, IDFA, El Gouna, Cairo, Busan, Odessa and others. Questions have been hanging over the likes of Venice and Toronto but both have made positive announcements in recent weeks: the former by re-upping Alberto Barbera, the latter by confirming a cash injection to bolster its market.
During this year’s turbulent Berlin Film Festival,...
Since last year’s Cannes, we’ve seen flashpoints or upheaval at Sundance, Berlin, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki, IDFA, El Gouna, Cairo, Busan, Odessa and others. Questions have been hanging over the likes of Venice and Toronto but both have made positive announcements in recent weeks: the former by re-upping Alberto Barbera, the latter by confirming a cash injection to bolster its market.
During this year’s turbulent Berlin Film Festival,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman and Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Damon, a film producer, sales executive, and spaghetti Western actor, died at 91, representatives for the executive told Deadline on Sunday night.
Damon, born Alan Harris in Chicago, started his career in Hollywood in 1956 after signing a contract with 20th Century Fox. After starring in House of Usher, Damon won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer. The film was directed by Roger Corman, who died on Thursday.
Damon would move to Italy and star in films like The Reluctant Saint (1962), The Young Racers (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), Black Sabbath (1963), 100 Horseman (1964), Secret Agent 777 (1965), Dio, Come Ti Amo! (1966) and Johnny Oro (1966).
he first entered the world of independent sales and production in the 1970s while living and working in Italy where he saw a large market of independent international distributors eager for top American movies. He evolved from acting to film production and, in 1977, founded the Producers Sales Organization to sell American films to international distributors.
Damon, born Alan Harris in Chicago, started his career in Hollywood in 1956 after signing a contract with 20th Century Fox. After starring in House of Usher, Damon won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer. The film was directed by Roger Corman, who died on Thursday.
Damon would move to Italy and star in films like The Reluctant Saint (1962), The Young Racers (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), Black Sabbath (1963), 100 Horseman (1964), Secret Agent 777 (1965), Dio, Come Ti Amo! (1966) and Johnny Oro (1966).
he first entered the world of independent sales and production in the 1970s while living and working in Italy where he saw a large market of independent international distributors eager for top American movies. He evolved from acting to film production and, in 1977, founded the Producers Sales Organization to sell American films to international distributors.
- 5/13/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Succession star Sarah Snook plays her final performances Saturday night at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket in the enthralling, award-winning play The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the actress now has signed on take it to Broadway for a season in the spring of 2025.
Nothing’s confirmed for NYC, but as soon as a theatre deal is settled next month, the whole big Broadway deal will be announced.
Snook was crowned with an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play during a lavish ceremony last month at the Royal Albert Hall.
Earlier this year, in quick succession, the thespian took home Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the Emmys and SAG Awards and garlands on home turf in her native Australia for her blistering performance as Shiv Roy in Succession.
Kip Williams, artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, who adapted and directed the Oscar Wilde play,...
Nothing’s confirmed for NYC, but as soon as a theatre deal is settled next month, the whole big Broadway deal will be announced.
Snook was crowned with an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play during a lavish ceremony last month at the Royal Albert Hall.
Earlier this year, in quick succession, the thespian took home Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the Emmys and SAG Awards and garlands on home turf in her native Australia for her blistering performance as Shiv Roy in Succession.
Kip Williams, artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, who adapted and directed the Oscar Wilde play,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Long considered the destination where Hollywood gets its breaking news, Deadline has announced several key promotions across our editorial department. Deadline continues to build on rising audience and traffic metrics, and the promotions are meant to recognize the rising stars who make Deadline the leader in breaking news day in and day out.
(L-r) Peter White, Andreas Wiseman and Dominic Patten
Peter White is now Executive Editor of Television. Having joined Deadline in 2017, White heads the U.S. TV staff while leading our coverage of the networks, studios and streamers. His specialties are late-night, unscripted TV, executive turnover and the podcasting business. He is based in Los Angeles, having moved from London in 2020.
Andreas Wiseman has been upped to Executive Editor, International & Strategy. Wiseman joined Deadline in 2018 to cover the international and U.S. film industries and has overseen significant expansion of Deadline’s flourishing editorial operations overseas. In his...
(L-r) Peter White, Andreas Wiseman and Dominic Patten
Peter White is now Executive Editor of Television. Having joined Deadline in 2017, White heads the U.S. TV staff while leading our coverage of the networks, studios and streamers. His specialties are late-night, unscripted TV, executive turnover and the podcasting business. He is based in Los Angeles, having moved from London in 2020.
Andreas Wiseman has been upped to Executive Editor, International & Strategy. Wiseman joined Deadline in 2018 to cover the international and U.S. film industries and has overseen significant expansion of Deadline’s flourishing editorial operations overseas. In his...
- 3/22/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Dominic Sessa, the 21-year-old rising star, didn’t win a Supporting Actor BAFTA Award Sunday night — that went to Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr. — but he did pick up his first post-The Holdovers role that will see him starring with Rose Byrne in director Stephanie Laing’s drama Tow.
This news was confirmed by several sources over the BAFTA Awards weekend where your intrepid columnist attended more soirées than is healthy. The trick though is to go teetotal and guzzle down fruit juice: cranberry with a tear-drop of orange juice is the mocktail du jour!
My Deadline colleague, international editor Andreas Wiseman, revealed last week that Byrne is expected to star in the true-story Tow.
Bryne will portray Amanda Ogle, a homeless woman who slept in her 1991 Toyota Camry, who entered into a 369-day legal battle against a towing company that had impounded her car after it had been stolen.
This news was confirmed by several sources over the BAFTA Awards weekend where your intrepid columnist attended more soirées than is healthy. The trick though is to go teetotal and guzzle down fruit juice: cranberry with a tear-drop of orange juice is the mocktail du jour!
My Deadline colleague, international editor Andreas Wiseman, revealed last week that Byrne is expected to star in the true-story Tow.
Bryne will portray Amanda Ogle, a homeless woman who slept in her 1991 Toyota Camry, who entered into a 369-day legal battle against a towing company that had impounded her car after it had been stolen.
- 2/19/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Multiple German film organizations are planning protests at this year’s Berlinale in response to the festival’s decision to invite members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to the opening ceremony, we can reveal.
A number of trade and industry organizations have banded together in opposition to the AfD’s presence at the festival and, in the coming days, are set to publish another open letter voicing their anger over the decision.
We understand the groups — who have asked to remain anonymous for now — intend to protest at Berlin’s opening ceremony on February 15 with demonstrations potentially including a human chain where protesters link arms on the red carpet. There is speculation among a handful of our sources that some industry members could boycott the festival this year, with the potential for another open letter explaining that move.
Discussions over demonstrations intensified soon after Deadline revealed...
A number of trade and industry organizations have banded together in opposition to the AfD’s presence at the festival and, in the coming days, are set to publish another open letter voicing their anger over the decision.
We understand the groups — who have asked to remain anonymous for now — intend to protest at Berlin’s opening ceremony on February 15 with demonstrations potentially including a human chain where protesters link arms on the red carpet. There is speculation among a handful of our sources that some industry members could boycott the festival this year, with the potential for another open letter explaining that move.
Discussions over demonstrations intensified soon after Deadline revealed...
- 2/6/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Book of Clarence, the Legendary and Jay Z-produced adventure-comedy, won’t be released in UK cinemas this week as planned.
The biblical epic has quietly dropped off the UK release schedule at the eleventh hour after initially being lined up for a January 19 release by Sony. UK exhibitors were set for a January 19 launch — the film has been listed on multiple cinema sites as opening this week — and marketing materials were deployed with a January 19 listing.
We understand a March release is now more likely. Sony is handling UK distribution, but we understand the decision to push back the release came from Legendary, which produced and financed the film.
News of the calendar switch comes after the pic recently opened stateside, taking just $3M over the 4-day MLK Jr. holiday weekend, giving the film a ninth-place debut on the charts. We hear that a later UK date...
The biblical epic has quietly dropped off the UK release schedule at the eleventh hour after initially being lined up for a January 19 release by Sony. UK exhibitors were set for a January 19 launch — the film has been listed on multiple cinema sites as opening this week — and marketing materials were deployed with a January 19 listing.
We understand a March release is now more likely. Sony is handling UK distribution, but we understand the decision to push back the release came from Legendary, which produced and financed the film.
News of the calendar switch comes after the pic recently opened stateside, taking just $3M over the 4-day MLK Jr. holiday weekend, giving the film a ninth-place debut on the charts. We hear that a later UK date...
- 1/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline is continuing to bolster its formidable international ranks with the hire of respected industry vet Stewart Clarke, recent Creative Director of the Edinburgh TV Festival and former international correspondent at Variety.
Clarke is joining Deadline as SVP, Content, International. Based in London, he will contribute to editorial and work closely with Deadline’s SVP Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Celine Rotterman, and International Features Editor Diana Lodderhose, to help grow Deadline’s international business opportunities.
Clarke, who starts Monday (Dec 11), will report to Deadline’s President Ellie Duque and collaborate with the overseas team, including International Editor, Andreas Wiseman, who oversees international editorial.
“Stewart’s unique background as a seasoned trade reporter and accomplished festival executive makes him a perfect addition to Deadline’s formidable international team,” said Deadline co-editors in chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming, Jr. “He had been on our wish list for awhile, and we...
Clarke is joining Deadline as SVP, Content, International. Based in London, he will contribute to editorial and work closely with Deadline’s SVP Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Celine Rotterman, and International Features Editor Diana Lodderhose, to help grow Deadline’s international business opportunities.
Clarke, who starts Monday (Dec 11), will report to Deadline’s President Ellie Duque and collaborate with the overseas team, including International Editor, Andreas Wiseman, who oversees international editorial.
“Stewart’s unique background as a seasoned trade reporter and accomplished festival executive makes him a perfect addition to Deadline’s formidable international team,” said Deadline co-editors in chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming, Jr. “He had been on our wish list for awhile, and we...
- 12/8/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The UK box office is booming thanks to Barbenheimer.
According to seven-day figures from Comscore, this past week is the highest ever recorded at the UK and Ireland box office, with £66,373,575 clocked from all movies between July 21-27.
The feat has been fueled by the Barbenheimer phenomenon, which has seen Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer catch the public’s attention like few film combos ever before. Both opened last weekend.
To achieve the milestone, this past week has overtaken the frame December 18-24, 2015 when ticket stubs totaled £58,618,154 thanks in large part to Star Wars pic The Force Awakens.
Barbie picked up an estimated £18.5M and Oppenheimer clocked £10.9M over opening weekend, the first time two films had opened to more than £10M each in the UK.
Mission Impossible was the third best performer over the past seven days and took £2.8M over last weekend but...
According to seven-day figures from Comscore, this past week is the highest ever recorded at the UK and Ireland box office, with £66,373,575 clocked from all movies between July 21-27.
The feat has been fueled by the Barbenheimer phenomenon, which has seen Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer catch the public’s attention like few film combos ever before. Both opened last weekend.
To achieve the milestone, this past week has overtaken the frame December 18-24, 2015 when ticket stubs totaled £58,618,154 thanks in large part to Star Wars pic The Force Awakens.
Barbie picked up an estimated £18.5M and Oppenheimer clocked £10.9M over opening weekend, the first time two films had opened to more than £10M each in the UK.
Mission Impossible was the third best performer over the past seven days and took £2.8M over last weekend but...
- 7/28/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Bron, the finance and production company that backed films including Joker, Licorice Pizza, Bombshell and Judas and the Black Messiah, has filed for bankruptcy, its co-founder Aaron J. Gilbert said Wednesday.
In a letter to “friends, partners, team members and backers,” Gilbert wrote today that Bron — the parent company of Bron Studios and Bron Digital — had filed for creditor protection with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Canada, where it is based, concurrent with Chapter 15 in the U.S.
The Chapter 15 designation deals with cases involving more than one country.
“Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances,” Gilbert wrote (read the full letter here). “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues affecting the media industry the last few years,...
In a letter to “friends, partners, team members and backers,” Gilbert wrote today that Bron — the parent company of Bron Studios and Bron Digital — had filed for creditor protection with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Canada, where it is based, concurrent with Chapter 15 in the U.S.
The Chapter 15 designation deals with cases involving more than one country.
“Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances,” Gilbert wrote (read the full letter here). “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues affecting the media industry the last few years,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
With the much expected SAG-AFTRA strike announced Thursday, fall film festivals are in wait-and-see mode as to whether it’s a season sans stars.
“We will continue planning for this year’s festival with the hope of a swift resolution in the coming weeks,” the Toronto Film Festival told Deadline today in a statement.
A Venice Film Festival insider also told us, “There’s nothing we can do but wait and see.”
Added TIFF, “The impact of this strike on the industry and events like ours cannot be denied.”
“We urge our partners and colleagues to resume an open dialogue,” encouraged TIFF.
Venice runs August 30-September 9, while TIFF runs September 7-17. The Telluride Film Festival, which is holding its 50th anniversary edition August 30-Labor Day, announces its lineup the day before the fest starts.
TIFF already booked the world premiere of Taikia Waititi’s Searchlight comedy Next Goal Wins. The...
“We will continue planning for this year’s festival with the hope of a swift resolution in the coming weeks,” the Toronto Film Festival told Deadline today in a statement.
A Venice Film Festival insider also told us, “There’s nothing we can do but wait and see.”
Added TIFF, “The impact of this strike on the industry and events like ours cannot be denied.”
“We urge our partners and colleagues to resume an open dialogue,” encouraged TIFF.
Venice runs August 30-September 9, while TIFF runs September 7-17. The Telluride Film Festival, which is holding its 50th anniversary edition August 30-Labor Day, announces its lineup the day before the fest starts.
TIFF already booked the world premiere of Taikia Waititi’s Searchlight comedy Next Goal Wins. The...
- 7/14/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscars in Hollywood didn’t rain on Robert Rodriguez’s parade Sunday as the filmmaker debuted his long-in-the-works Hypnotic at SXSW’s Paramount Theatre, with crowds having to be turned away.
Much to Rodriguez’s relief, the $70 million Ben Affleck movie — which was delayed by Covid, shut down three times, slapped with an insurance lawsuit and saw its U.S. distributor Solstice Studios implode — received a rapturous response at the jam-packed Austin theatre. Throngs are definitely back here at SXSW.
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In its first collision with Oscar night,...
Much to Rodriguez’s relief, the $70 million Ben Affleck movie — which was delayed by Covid, shut down three times, slapped with an insurance lawsuit and saw its U.S. distributor Solstice Studios implode — received a rapturous response at the jam-packed Austin theatre. Throngs are definitely back here at SXSW.
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In its first collision with Oscar night,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jake Kanter has rejoined Deadline as International Investigations Editor based in London.
Kanter returns to Deadline after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. During his time at Britain’s original newspaper of record, he broke front-page stories about the BBC, Channel 4 and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
He previously spent two years with us as International TV Editor, during which time he wrote a number of agenda-setting exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organisations in Europe. His deep dive on the disappearance of TV producer Terrence Woods was one of Deadline’s most-read stories of 2020. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter.
Kanter was formerly UK Executive Editor at Business Insider, where he oversaw a 60-strong London bureau, and news editor at UK trade magazine Broadcast.
Kanter returns to Deadline after serving as Media Correspondent for The Times of London since August 2021. During his time at Britain’s original newspaper of record, he broke front-page stories about the BBC, Channel 4 and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
He previously spent two years with us as International TV Editor, during which time he wrote a number of agenda-setting exclusives on some of the highest-profile companies and organisations in Europe. His deep dive on the disappearance of TV producer Terrence Woods was one of Deadline’s most-read stories of 2020. He also played a key role in originating Deadline’s series The Film That Lit My Fuse and our International Insider newsletter.
Kanter was formerly UK Executive Editor at Business Insider, where he oversaw a 60-strong London bureau, and news editor at UK trade magazine Broadcast.
- 12/5/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here following another busy week in our world. Read on for our dissection of the biggest headlines.
AFM Incoming
Market in flux: Andreas Wiseman and Zac Ntim here as The American Film Market (Nov 1-6) returns to Santa Monica as an in-person event next week after being forced online for two years due to the Covid pandemic. AFM has always been heavy on genre and brawn and is now as much about broader LA meetings as it is about concentrated deal-making, which happens throughout the year. There is a real sense of a market and an independent finance sector in flux as buyers and sellers recompute their businesses. Movies are being made and there is positivity about new ways of getting them made, and about most businesses diversifying their portfolios, but questions over the role and viability of a market like AFM remain. So far,...
AFM Incoming
Market in flux: Andreas Wiseman and Zac Ntim here as The American Film Market (Nov 1-6) returns to Santa Monica as an in-person event next week after being forced online for two years due to the Covid pandemic. AFM has always been heavy on genre and brawn and is now as much about broader LA meetings as it is about concentrated deal-making, which happens throughout the year. There is a real sense of a market and an independent finance sector in flux as buyers and sellers recompute their businesses. Movies are being made and there is positivity about new ways of getting them made, and about most businesses diversifying their portfolios, but questions over the role and viability of a market like AFM remain. So far,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: That hot package Deadline first told you about at Cannes, the feature thriller The End We Start From from Benedict Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, is adding Katherine Waterston. She will star opposite BAFTA and Emmy winner Jodie Comer in the London-set environmental crisis movie about a mother who with her newborn child tries to find a way home amid chaotic floods. Waterston we hear will play the character of ‘O’.
BAFTA winner Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) is helming off Alice Birch’s (Succession) screenplay based on the Megan Hunter novel. Producers are SunnyMarch’s Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland (The Mauritanian) and Hera Pictures’ Liza Marshall (Temple) alongside Sophie Hunter and Amy Jackson (The Nest). Executive producers are Cumberbatch, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud, Comer, Raybaud and Cecile Gaget (Greenland), and BBC Film’s Eva Yates (After Love).
Anton and BBC Film are co-financing. Gaget launched global sales on the...
BAFTA winner Mahalia Belo (The Long Song) is helming off Alice Birch’s (Succession) screenplay based on the Megan Hunter novel. Producers are SunnyMarch’s Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland (The Mauritanian) and Hera Pictures’ Liza Marshall (Temple) alongside Sophie Hunter and Amy Jackson (The Nest). Executive producers are Cumberbatch, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud, Comer, Raybaud and Cecile Gaget (Greenland), and BBC Film’s Eva Yates (After Love).
Anton and BBC Film are co-financing. Gaget launched global sales on the...
- 8/25/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has hired former Business Insider Entertainment Reporter Zac Ntim as International Film Reporter, based in London.
Ntim joins Deadline’s growing international team after a two year stint at Bi. While there he attended festivals including Cannes and Venice and wrote profiles, analysis pieces and news. Prior to Bi, he gained experience at The Guardian, Pa, London Live and local newspapers.
At Deadline, Ntim will help expand the company’s international footprint with a focus on UK, Spain, Lat Am and Scandinavia. He will work closely with the whole team, including International Editor Andreas Wiseman and Senior International Film Correspondent Melanie Goodfellow who has a focus on France, Italy, Germany and the Middle East.
Ntim will travel to key festivals and events and will report to Wiseman and Deadline’s Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming and Nellie Andreeva. He can be reached at zntim@deadline.com.
Wiseman said: “We were so...
Ntim joins Deadline’s growing international team after a two year stint at Bi. While there he attended festivals including Cannes and Venice and wrote profiles, analysis pieces and news. Prior to Bi, he gained experience at The Guardian, Pa, London Live and local newspapers.
At Deadline, Ntim will help expand the company’s international footprint with a focus on UK, Spain, Lat Am and Scandinavia. He will work closely with the whole team, including International Editor Andreas Wiseman and Senior International Film Correspondent Melanie Goodfellow who has a focus on France, Italy, Germany and the Middle East.
Ntim will travel to key festivals and events and will report to Wiseman and Deadline’s Co-Editors-In-Chief Mike Fleming and Nellie Andreeva. He can be reached at zntim@deadline.com.
Wiseman said: “We were so...
- 7/27/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Liz Shackleton has joined Deadline as Contributing Editor, Asia, based in Hong Kong.
Shackleton joins Deadline’s growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years.
Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade journalists and editors to have covered the Asian business, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories, building a large network of contacts and attending most major international festivals.
She first joined Screen in 1993 as a reporter after studying journalism on London’s prestigious City course. She became news editor, before spending a year in Sydney working for Australian trade publications. She returned to the UK trade in 2000 then moved to Hong Kong in 2001 where she started working as Greater China correspondent. She was appointed Asia Editor in 2005.
She oversaw Screen’s Asia news, features, analysis and festival dailies, and has also worked separately with consulting clients including Bafta,...
Shackleton joins Deadline’s growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years.
Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade journalists and editors to have covered the Asian business, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories, building a large network of contacts and attending most major international festivals.
She first joined Screen in 1993 as a reporter after studying journalism on London’s prestigious City course. She became news editor, before spending a year in Sydney working for Australian trade publications. She returned to the UK trade in 2000 then moved to Hong Kong in 2001 where she started working as Greater China correspondent. She was appointed Asia Editor in 2005.
She oversaw Screen’s Asia news, features, analysis and festival dailies, and has also worked separately with consulting clients including Bafta,...
- 7/11/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Melanie Goodfellow has joined Deadline as Senior International Film Correspondent based in London.
Goodfellow joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK trade Screen International, where she was most recently Senior Correspondent, Europe & Middle East. Goodfellow worked at Screen for more than a decade, covering the French, European and Middle East businesses, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories and attending most major international festivals.
Prior to her tenure at Screen, she worked for trades including Variety and Moving Pictures and also contributed to publications such as The Independent. She originally trained in journalism at news agency Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-90s working as a reporter in London and Rome.
Goodfellow is a dual UK-French national and is fluent in French and Italian. As well as London and Rome she has also worked in Paris, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem.
At Deadline, Goodfellow will help expand the company...
Goodfellow joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK trade Screen International, where she was most recently Senior Correspondent, Europe & Middle East. Goodfellow worked at Screen for more than a decade, covering the French, European and Middle East businesses, breaking hundreds of exclusive stories and attending most major international festivals.
Prior to her tenure at Screen, she worked for trades including Variety and Moving Pictures and also contributed to publications such as The Independent. She originally trained in journalism at news agency Reuters and spent four years there in the mid-90s working as a reporter in London and Rome.
Goodfellow is a dual UK-French national and is fluent in French and Italian. As well as London and Rome she has also worked in Paris, Brussels, Tokyo and Jerusalem.
At Deadline, Goodfellow will help expand the company...
- 6/21/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here. Cannes is wrapping and we have the very latest from the Croisette, plus a hell of a lot more in this week’s deep dive. Read on.
Au Revoir, Cannes
Cautious optimism: Diana Lodderhose here, back with week two of our Cannes roundup. For most, this year’s festival will be remembered as a hopeful one, filled with optimism for the business in a post-pandemic world. In the run up to the event, a record number of packages were announced – most of which were broken here at Deadline – but deal-making is seemingly not as fast-paced as one might expect, suggesting some cautious optimism amongst buyers. Andreas Wiseman noted in his halfway temperature check of the festival that there are some record-asking prices being offered up for buyers this year, such as a German ask for Lionsgate’s Hunger Games prequel coming in at a whopping 30M.
Au Revoir, Cannes
Cautious optimism: Diana Lodderhose here, back with week two of our Cannes roundup. For most, this year’s festival will be remembered as a hopeful one, filled with optimism for the business in a post-pandemic world. In the run up to the event, a record number of packages were announced – most of which were broken here at Deadline – but deal-making is seemingly not as fast-paced as one might expect, suggesting some cautious optimism amongst buyers. Andreas Wiseman noted in his halfway temperature check of the festival that there are some record-asking prices being offered up for buyers this year, such as a German ask for Lionsgate’s Hunger Games prequel coming in at a whopping 30M.
- 5/27/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Holy Spider’ Filmmaker Says His Thriller Is “Not A Movie About Women’s Conditions In Iran” – Cannes
“We didn’t do the movie to highlight women’s conditions in Iran, we didn’t do the movie to do activist work,” exclaimed Swedish-Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi about his latest in competition Cannes Film Festival title, Holy Spider at the pic’s press conference this morning.
Ironic, given that at last night’s world premiere of the pic, a protest broke out on the red carpet of the Palais comprised of women clad in black, who let off smoke grenades and unfurled a banner with names of women killed by men in France in cases of domestic violence. A spokesperson for the documentary Riposte Féministe claimed credit for the protest, that pic centering around feminist collages in France who denounce feminicides.
Holy Spider follows Saeed, a serial killer who at home is a meek husband and doting dad. However, when they go out of town once a week, he...
Ironic, given that at last night’s world premiere of the pic, a protest broke out on the red carpet of the Palais comprised of women clad in black, who let off smoke grenades and unfurled a banner with names of women killed by men in France in cases of domestic violence. A spokesperson for the documentary Riposte Féministe claimed credit for the protest, that pic centering around feminist collages in France who denounce feminicides.
Holy Spider follows Saeed, a serial killer who at home is a meek husband and doting dad. However, when they go out of town once a week, he...
- 5/23/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has hired Jesse Whittock as International TV Co-Editor, based in London.
Whittock joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK TV trade Broadcast, where he was most recently Insight Editor, overseeing features and long-form reporting. Whittock worked across editing and commissioning and wrote news, features and long-read articles for Broadcast’s monthly magazine and the Broadcast website.
Prior to his four-year stint at Broadcast, Whittock spent five years at UK trade Television Business International, latterly as Editor. He also spent three years at trade C21 as Senior Reporter.
At Deadline, Whittock will work alongside International TV Co-Editor Max Goldbart to bolster our TV footprint in Europe and other international territories. He will also help maintain and build on the company’s strong foothold in the UK. He can be reached at jwhittock@deadline.com and is already up and running with a story out of Mip-tv about a new Leonard Cohen drama series.
Whittock joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK TV trade Broadcast, where he was most recently Insight Editor, overseeing features and long-form reporting. Whittock worked across editing and commissioning and wrote news, features and long-read articles for Broadcast’s monthly magazine and the Broadcast website.
Prior to his four-year stint at Broadcast, Whittock spent five years at UK trade Television Business International, latterly as Editor. He also spent three years at trade C21 as Senior Reporter.
At Deadline, Whittock will work alongside International TV Co-Editor Max Goldbart to bolster our TV footprint in Europe and other international territories. He will also help maintain and build on the company’s strong foothold in the UK. He can be reached at jwhittock@deadline.com and is already up and running with a story out of Mip-tv about a new Leonard Cohen drama series.
- 4/4/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Korea’s Cj Enm, the Asian media giant known for backing projects like the landmark Oscar-winning film Parasite, has closed its acquisition of a controlling stake in Endeavor Content.
The entertainment company committed last November to pay $775 million for 80% ownership in the scripted production outfit, which will continue to be overseen by Graham Taylor and Chris Rice as Co-CEOs. The division has financed, packaged or sold more than 100 series and films, including breakouts like La La Land and Killing Eve.
According to today’s public filing, the $785 deal for the scripted division includes “management rights” and the firms say Endeavor is “looking to produce more than 40 movies and series by 2023.”
Endeavor has retained the non-scripted portion of the business, as well as certain documentary and film sales and financing consulting services.
“Endeavor Content will be the key driving force for Cj Enm’s global growth,” remarked Kang Ho-Sung, CEO, Cj Enm.
The entertainment company committed last November to pay $775 million for 80% ownership in the scripted production outfit, which will continue to be overseen by Graham Taylor and Chris Rice as Co-CEOs. The division has financed, packaged or sold more than 100 series and films, including breakouts like La La Land and Killing Eve.
According to today’s public filing, the $785 deal for the scripted division includes “management rights” and the firms say Endeavor is “looking to produce more than 40 movies and series by 2023.”
Endeavor has retained the non-scripted portion of the business, as well as certain documentary and film sales and financing consulting services.
“Endeavor Content will be the key driving force for Cj Enm’s global growth,” remarked Kang Ho-Sung, CEO, Cj Enm.
- 1/19/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Aleem Khan’s After Love dominated the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, winning six prizes in total including Best British Independent Film.
Khan also took home both Best Director and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, as well as Best Screenplay. Joanna Scanlan won Best Actress and Talid Ariss won Best Supporting Actor for their roles in the movie.
Set in the port town of Dover, the film follows Mary Hussain who suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Khan said at the ceremony: “What the f***?! … Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would be happening tonight. My mum and my dad and family are going to be going nuts. This film, at its core, is about strangers seeing one another.
Khan also took home both Best Director and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, as well as Best Screenplay. Joanna Scanlan won Best Actress and Talid Ariss won Best Supporting Actor for their roles in the movie.
Set in the port town of Dover, the film follows Mary Hussain who suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
Khan said at the ceremony: “What the f***?! … Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would be happening tonight. My mum and my dad and family are going to be going nuts. This film, at its core, is about strangers seeing one another.
- 12/5/2021
- by Tom Grater and Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has hired Max Goldbart as International TV Editor, based in London, and promoted International Film Reporter, Tom Grater, also in London.
Goldbart joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK TV trade Broadcast, where he was most recently Chief Reporter. While at Broadcast, he covered the BBC and local indies, breaking well-read stories on bullying at Gobstopper TV, the BBC’s decision to axe channel controllers, Netflix’s UK doc series team, and Disney’s hire of its Europe & Africa content chief. He was previously Senior Reporter at Print Week.
At Deadline, Goldbart will be tasked with maintaining and building on the company’s strong foothold in the UK while also bolstering our TV footprint on the continent and beyond. He can be reached at mgoldbart@deadline.com.
Meanwhile, Deadline has promoted International Film Reporter Tom Grater to Senior Reporter & Deputy Film Editor, International.
Grater joined Deadline from Screen International...
Goldbart joins Deadline’s growing international team from UK TV trade Broadcast, where he was most recently Chief Reporter. While at Broadcast, he covered the BBC and local indies, breaking well-read stories on bullying at Gobstopper TV, the BBC’s decision to axe channel controllers, Netflix’s UK doc series team, and Disney’s hire of its Europe & Africa content chief. He was previously Senior Reporter at Print Week.
At Deadline, Goldbart will be tasked with maintaining and building on the company’s strong foothold in the UK while also bolstering our TV footprint on the continent and beyond. He can be reached at mgoldbart@deadline.com.
Meanwhile, Deadline has promoted International Film Reporter Tom Grater to Senior Reporter & Deputy Film Editor, International.
Grater joined Deadline from Screen International...
- 10/4/2021
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with today’s stock movement. Shares in Eros STX Global Corp. fell another 18% today, continuing their slump after corporate news unnerved investors earlier in the week. They closed at about 70 cents on the New York Stock Exchange, with trading volume at four times normal levels.
Previously: Shares in Eros STX Global Corp. dropped more than 18% on the New York Stock Exchange today, closing at a bit less than 87 cents, after the company gave updates that unsettled investors.
In SEC filings and a press release, the company said it was in the process of restructuring some of its debt and also warned of a delay in delivering its annual report for the fiscal year, which ended March 31. The company said it would not be able to hit the SEC’s annual report deadline “because the company’s Audit Committee is currently conducting a formal internal review of certain accounting practices...
Previously: Shares in Eros STX Global Corp. dropped more than 18% on the New York Stock Exchange today, closing at a bit less than 87 cents, after the company gave updates that unsettled investors.
In SEC filings and a press release, the company said it was in the process of restructuring some of its debt and also warned of a delay in delivering its annual report for the fiscal year, which ended March 31. The company said it would not be able to hit the SEC’s annual report deadline “because the company’s Audit Committee is currently conducting a formal internal review of certain accounting practices...
- 8/5/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. As the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, join me in reflecting on the past week’s film and TV news. Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com. And to get this delivered every Friday, sign up here.
Cannes Week Two
Testing times: Cannes was inevitably going to have a high-profile brush with coronavirus, and sure enough it came last weekend when we revealed that Léa Seydoux’s attendance was in doubt due to her testing positive in Paris. She canceled on Wednesday, meaning the Croisette was robbed of its rendezvous with an actress showcasing four features at the fest, including Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Arnaud Desplechin’s Deception. Generally, though, organizers did a good job of containing the virus, with our Tom Grater learning that the dreaded spit tests were producing...
Cannes Week Two
Testing times: Cannes was inevitably going to have a high-profile brush with coronavirus, and sure enough it came last weekend when we revealed that Léa Seydoux’s attendance was in doubt due to her testing positive in Paris. She canceled on Wednesday, meaning the Croisette was robbed of its rendezvous with an actress showcasing four features at the fest, including Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Arnaud Desplechin’s Deception. Generally, though, organizers did a good job of containing the virus, with our Tom Grater learning that the dreaded spit tests were producing...
- 7/16/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider. Jake Kanter here, as usual, bringing you everything worth knowing from the past seven days in global film and TV. It’s been a memorable week, with the film biz reuniting for a little-known event by the French seaside and football fever gripping Europe. Apologies to readers in Italy, but Come On England!
- 7/9/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello and welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. This is your weekly guide to all the news worth knowing about the global film and TV biz. Please do get in touch with feedback or stories on jkanter@deadline.com. And to get this delivered directly to your inbox every Friday, sign up here.
Netflix & Amazon Data Demand
Give us your data: Here’s a story to keep an eye on over the coming months: the UK government has taken the unusual step of intervening in a debate around data, calling on the likes of Netflix and Amazon to disclose viewing figures for shows originated by British public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. The idea was first floated by lawmakers of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and ministers agreed that media regulator Ofcom could benefit from the information.
Why the data is...
Netflix & Amazon Data Demand
Give us your data: Here’s a story to keep an eye on over the coming months: the UK government has taken the unusual step of intervening in a debate around data, calling on the likes of Netflix and Amazon to disclose viewing figures for shows originated by British public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5. The idea was first floated by lawmakers of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and ministers agreed that media regulator Ofcom could benefit from the information.
Why the data is...
- 6/18/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider — happy Euro 2020 day! Jake Kanter with you, as usual, bringing you all the news, views, and analysis from the world of film and TV. Please do get in touch with feedback or stories on jkanter@deadline.com. And to get this delivered directly to your inbox every Friday, sign up here.
Cannes Market Heats Up
Cooking up a storm: The online Cannes market doesn’t get underway until July 21, but things are already heating up ahead of the superbowl of movie sales. My colleagues have been hoovering up scoops on some of the hot packages hitting the French Riviera. Here are a few of note:
Andreas Wiseman got the skinny on Marlowe, the Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance-backed noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe, which is set to star Liam Neeson. Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will...
Cannes Market Heats Up
Cooking up a storm: The online Cannes market doesn’t get underway until July 21, but things are already heating up ahead of the superbowl of movie sales. My colleagues have been hoovering up scoops on some of the hot packages hitting the French Riviera. Here are a few of note:
Andreas Wiseman got the skinny on Marlowe, the Storyboard Media and CAA Media Finance-backed noir thriller about Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe, which is set to star Liam Neeson. Oscar-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) will...
- 6/11/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday all, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter with you as usual, as we reflect on another week of international film and television news. I’m on jkanter@deadline.com if you want to write, or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Sister Earnings Revealed
A scoop to start you off: We can bring you an exclusive look at the first 18 months of trading for Elisabeth Murdoch-backed Chernobyl producer Sister. The company posted a loss of $7.7M after expanding its empire and being hit by the coronavirus production shutdown. It was expecting to deliver The Power, BBC/AMC series This Is Going To Hurt, and Sky/HBO series Landscapers last year, but the shoots were disrupted by the pandemic. All three shows are now in production and will deliver in...
Sister Earnings Revealed
A scoop to start you off: We can bring you an exclusive look at the first 18 months of trading for Elisabeth Murdoch-backed Chernobyl producer Sister. The company posted a loss of $7.7M after expanding its empire and being hit by the coronavirus production shutdown. It was expecting to deliver The Power, BBC/AMC series This Is Going To Hurt, and Sky/HBO series Landscapers last year, but the shoots were disrupted by the pandemic. All three shows are now in production and will deliver in...
- 4/16/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome International Insider readers, Jake Kanter with you today. Take a walk with me through some of the biggest stories of the week. Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
MipTV’s Covid-Compounded Conundrum
State of play: It’s MipTV next week, not that you’d really know it, given the absence of buzz around the annual TV market. Telly executives will tell you that MipTV has been in slow decline for a number of years now, and this spiral has been compounded by coronavirus. Even before Covid-19 changed everything, major distributors were eschewing the market in 2020. Then it became one of the first major television events to be toppled by the pandemic. Now, its digital pivot has now been extended into a second year, with...
MipTV’s Covid-Compounded Conundrum
State of play: It’s MipTV next week, not that you’d really know it, given the absence of buzz around the annual TV market. Telly executives will tell you that MipTV has been in slow decline for a number of years now, and this spiral has been compounded by coronavirus. Even before Covid-19 changed everything, major distributors were eschewing the market in 2020. Then it became one of the first major television events to be toppled by the pandemic. Now, its digital pivot has now been extended into a second year, with...
- 4/9/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
A total of 18 Oscar-nominated films from 11 studios and distributors will be highlighted in Deadline’s first-ever nominees Contenders Film event for the movie awards season. The all-day livestreamed event takes place Saturday, April 10 beginning at 10 a.m. Pt, and comes on the heels of our two-day Contenders Film weekend in phase one of this very unusual pandemic-affected year.
Although we have been doing our popular Contenders Film events for the past decade, this is the first time we will be doing a phase two, where voters from AMPAS, the guilds and BAFTA get to experience close-up conversations with many of the actual nominated stars and filmmakers before casting those final ballots. Because the TV awards season also was virtual last year, we were able to do a nominees edition for that as well and it was a huge success.
Among the studios/distributors participating will be Amazon Studios, Apple Original Films,...
Although we have been doing our popular Contenders Film events for the past decade, this is the first time we will be doing a phase two, where voters from AMPAS, the guilds and BAFTA get to experience close-up conversations with many of the actual nominated stars and filmmakers before casting those final ballots. Because the TV awards season also was virtual last year, we were able to do a nominees edition for that as well and it was a huge success.
Among the studios/distributors participating will be Amazon Studios, Apple Original Films,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has made a pair of staff moves as it continues its editorial expansion. London-based reporter Diana Lodderhose is returning to the site’s fold as International Features Editor, while Alexandra Del Rosario, currently Associate Editor, Nights & Weekends, has shifted to TV Reporter.
“We are thrilled to have Diana back at Deadline and excited about giving Alex this new opportunity,” Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr. said Monday in announcing the hires.
Lodderhose, who has been working in global film journalism since 2005, will focus on features related to the international film and television industries. Based in London, she has frequently covered the major film festivals and markets including Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Toronto and Sundance. Prior to joining Deadline, Lodderhose was a UK correspondent for Variety and covered film news and box office at Screen.
She joins the International team that includes International Editor Andreas Wiseman, International TV Editor Jake Kanter,...
“We are thrilled to have Diana back at Deadline and excited about giving Alex this new opportunity,” Deadline Co-Editors-In-Chief Nellie Andreeva and Mike Fleming Jr. said Monday in announcing the hires.
Lodderhose, who has been working in global film journalism since 2005, will focus on features related to the international film and television industries. Based in London, she has frequently covered the major film festivals and markets including Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Toronto and Sundance. Prior to joining Deadline, Lodderhose was a UK correspondent for Variety and covered film news and box office at Screen.
She joins the International team that includes International Editor Andreas Wiseman, International TV Editor Jake Kanter,...
- 3/9/2021
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday all, and welcome to International Insider, your weekly guide to everything that’s worth knowing in film and TV outside of America. Jake Kanter with you this week. Got feedback or a story? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
EFM Wrap
Early concerns clear: This week’s EFM kicked off amid drama behind-the-scenes, with rumblings from some buyers about kill fee clauses and streamer domination. However, the clouds moved off as buyers got down to business with a healthy slate of movies to choose from and a growing hope of widespread cinema re-openings later this year.
Buzzy business: Sellers we spoke to reported a solid level of transactions and an online platform that was more user-friendly than at other markets over the past 12 months. Some of the EFM...
EFM Wrap
Early concerns clear: This week’s EFM kicked off amid drama behind-the-scenes, with rumblings from some buyers about kill fee clauses and streamer domination. However, the clouds moved off as buyers got down to business with a healthy slate of movies to choose from and a growing hope of widespread cinema re-openings later this year.
Buzzy business: Sellers we spoke to reported a solid level of transactions and an online platform that was more user-friendly than at other markets over the past 12 months. Some of the EFM...
- 3/5/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello and welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. Join me for a spin through the week’s biggest film and TV stories outside of America. Any feedback or stories you want to pitch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Festivals Dance To Covid’s Beat
Cannes carousel turns again: As anticipated, the world’s most prestigious film festival — and its adjoining market — is on the move once again due to Covid-19. The festival announced this week it will be shifting from mid-May to new dates of July 6-17. This slot moves the event after the Cannes Lions advertising market, which is scheduled for the end of June, and just after private capital get-together Ipem, which takes place in early July. It also avoids the peak European holiday season of August.
Festivals Dance To Covid’s Beat
Cannes carousel turns again: As anticipated, the world’s most prestigious film festival — and its adjoining market — is on the move once again due to Covid-19. The festival announced this week it will be shifting from mid-May to new dates of July 6-17. This slot moves the event after the Cannes Lions advertising market, which is scheduled for the end of June, and just after private capital get-together Ipem, which takes place in early July. It also avoids the peak European holiday season of August.
- 1/29/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello and welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. In the week in which the White House changed hands, here’s what you need to know from the world of global film and television. Want to get in touch? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Netflix By Numbers
It was a good week for Netflix, which saw its share price surge to a record high of $593.29 (putting its market cap at $256 billion) on Wednesday following the publication of a very healthy set of fourth-quarter earnings. The streaming giant beat forecasts for subscriber growth and total revenue, adding 8.5 million subscribers to reach a global total of 203.7M. Revenue topped out at $6.6B. In a significant milestone, Netlflix also said it expects to be cash-flow positive from 2021 onward, which in simple...
Netflix By Numbers
It was a good week for Netflix, which saw its share price surge to a record high of $593.29 (putting its market cap at $256 billion) on Wednesday following the publication of a very healthy set of fourth-quarter earnings. The streaming giant beat forecasts for subscriber growth and total revenue, adding 8.5 million subscribers to reach a global total of 203.7M. Revenue topped out at $6.6B. In a significant milestone, Netlflix also said it expects to be cash-flow positive from 2021 onward, which in simple...
- 1/22/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s annual Contenders Film event is coming on the weekend of January 23-24, a virtual extravaganza of awards-caliber films — 49 in all — that is a must-stop this very different Oscar season.
With a livestream beginning at 8 a.m. Pt both Saturday and Sunday, the crème de la crème of contenders will be showcased with clips and conversations with top talent. In fact, the lineup of stars and filmmakers this year is truly extraordinary: 16 studios are participating including A24, Amazon Studios, Apple, Bleecker Street, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features, Gravitas Ventures, Hulu, Kino Lorber, Neon, Netflix, Sony Pictures Classics, STX Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to this much-anticipated movie-season event which normally takes place in the fall in London, New York City and Los Angeles. But as with last spring’s Emmys, and last weekend’s successful launch of our spinoff events Contenders Documentary and Contenders International,...
With a livestream beginning at 8 a.m. Pt both Saturday and Sunday, the crème de la crème of contenders will be showcased with clips and conversations with top talent. In fact, the lineup of stars and filmmakers this year is truly extraordinary: 16 studios are participating including A24, Amazon Studios, Apple, Bleecker Street, DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features, Gravitas Ventures, Hulu, Kino Lorber, Neon, Netflix, Sony Pictures Classics, STX Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to this much-anticipated movie-season event which normally takes place in the fall in London, New York City and Los Angeles. But as with last spring’s Emmys, and last weekend’s successful launch of our spinoff events Contenders Documentary and Contenders International,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. Happy Thanksgiving to our readers in America. Here’s your weekly recap on all the global film and TV news you need to know this week. Any tips or stories can be sent to jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Royal Rumble Over Brexit
Setting the record straight: Brexit is getting closer and it’s starting to become real for producers — sometimes in unexpected ways. Film producer Paul Webster was forced to set the record straight on Thursday following an online furor over the casting of Prince William in the upcoming Kristen Stewart-Princess Diana film Spencer, which is due to shoot in Germany early next year.
Why the fuss? A casting call for the role of William, aged 11, was posted by casting director Amy Hubbard on Twitter this week,...
Royal Rumble Over Brexit
Setting the record straight: Brexit is getting closer and it’s starting to become real for producers — sometimes in unexpected ways. Film producer Paul Webster was forced to set the record straight on Thursday following an online furor over the casting of Prince William in the upcoming Kristen Stewart-Princess Diana film Spencer, which is due to shoot in Germany early next year.
Why the fuss? A casting call for the role of William, aged 11, was posted by casting director Amy Hubbard on Twitter this week,...
- 11/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. Here’s your weekly recap on all the global TV and film news you need to know this week. Any tips or stories can be sent to jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Banijay Exclusive
The great integration: It’s a little over a year since Banijay signed a $2.2B deal to acquire Endemol Shine Group and, thanks to a global pandemic and protracted regulatory process, the new super-producer is still knitting itself together. Combining 120 production labels in 22 territories has not been straightforward and questions linger over whether the deal was a good one for French millionaire Stéphane Courbit, but Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti was in a bullish mood when he sat down with Deadline for an exclusive interview. You can read the full piece here, but...
Banijay Exclusive
The great integration: It’s a little over a year since Banijay signed a $2.2B deal to acquire Endemol Shine Group and, thanks to a global pandemic and protracted regulatory process, the new super-producer is still knitting itself together. Combining 120 production labels in 22 territories has not been straightforward and questions linger over whether the deal was a good one for French millionaire Stéphane Courbit, but Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti was in a bullish mood when he sat down with Deadline for an exclusive interview. You can read the full piece here, but...
- 11/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday readers and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Tom Grater here with a rundown of this week’s top international news.
That’s A Wrap
Unprecedented shoot: Universal and co wrapped their $165M blockbuster Jurassic World: Dominion this week; back in July the film became the first major studio production to resume shooting in the UK during the pandemic. My colleague Andreas Wiseman had an exclusive interview with director Colin Trevorrow and Universal chair Donna Langley in which they discussed the unprecedented shoot, which encompassed 40,000 Covid tests and millions of dollars spent on safety protocols.
Rocky road: Jurassic World resumed at UK facility Pinewood in mid-July and early reports of positive Covid tests were taken in stride, with affected crew kept away from set. The production was forced to scale back in Malta, however, after a number of Covid infections on the island. The film then...
That’s A Wrap
Unprecedented shoot: Universal and co wrapped their $165M blockbuster Jurassic World: Dominion this week; back in July the film became the first major studio production to resume shooting in the UK during the pandemic. My colleague Andreas Wiseman had an exclusive interview with director Colin Trevorrow and Universal chair Donna Langley in which they discussed the unprecedented shoot, which encompassed 40,000 Covid tests and millions of dollars spent on safety protocols.
Rocky road: Jurassic World resumed at UK facility Pinewood in mid-July and early reports of positive Covid tests were taken in stride, with affected crew kept away from set. The production was forced to scale back in Malta, however, after a number of Covid infections on the island. The film then...
- 11/13/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. In the week in which the world tried to get its head around the contortions of the U.S. electoral college system, allow me to walk you through a busy few days of film and TV news. Any tips or stories can be sent to jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open.
‘His Dark Materials’ Exclusive
Cracking open the alethiometer: His Dark Materials is back for a second season this weekend and to mark the occasion, we sat down with Ruth Wilson, who plays the dastardly Mrs Coulter in the sweeping Philip Pullman adaptation, and the show’s executive producer, Bad Wolf boss Jane Tranter. You can read the full piece here, but let me pick out a couple of highlights:
The spectre of coronavirus: Season 2, based on Pullman’s The Subtle Knife, was edited during the pandemic and Tranter said...
‘His Dark Materials’ Exclusive
Cracking open the alethiometer: His Dark Materials is back for a second season this weekend and to mark the occasion, we sat down with Ruth Wilson, who plays the dastardly Mrs Coulter in the sweeping Philip Pullman adaptation, and the show’s executive producer, Bad Wolf boss Jane Tranter. You can read the full piece here, but let me pick out a couple of highlights:
The spectre of coronavirus: Season 2, based on Pullman’s The Subtle Knife, was edited during the pandemic and Tranter said...
- 11/6/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter here with some Deadline must-reads in the week that U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus. If you want to subscribe to get this alert in a timely fashion, sign up here.
Graham Norton Back Under Bright Lights
Back at it: Hollywood’s favorite British talk show returned to the studio on Thursday night, with Graham Norton proclaiming that’s he’s never been so excited to walk back on-set after presenting his show from home for weeks.
What’s different: Executive producer Graham Stuart tells me that The Graham Norton Show’s famous red sofa has been ditched for now. The chat will also be a “blended” affair, with some stars in the studio and others dialing in on Zoom.
The showman gets his audience: 100 fans were allowed into the studio for Thursday’s recording. Stuart says it...
Graham Norton Back Under Bright Lights
Back at it: Hollywood’s favorite British talk show returned to the studio on Thursday night, with Graham Norton proclaiming that’s he’s never been so excited to walk back on-set after presenting his show from home for weeks.
What’s different: Executive producer Graham Stuart tells me that The Graham Norton Show’s famous red sofa has been ditched for now. The chat will also be a “blended” affair, with some stars in the studio and others dialing in on Zoom.
The showman gets his audience: 100 fans were allowed into the studio for Thursday’s recording. Stuart says it...
- 10/2/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
At the Venice Film Festival’s annual press lunch today, Artistic Director Alberto Barbera offered further insight into down-to-the-wire preparations for what has so far been a very successful mounting of the pandemic era’s first major industry event. He also talked about some of the titles that were still under discussion until near the September 2 launch, as well as talent travel issues. Further, Biennale Director General Andrea Del Mercato revealed the financial cost to the administration as a result of Covid.
“A lot,” Barbera said when I asked how much the organization had spent on protocols. Del Mercato said that between security and sanitary measures, the bill was about 600K euros ($700K). Add in changes in the structure, like running 18 screens rather than 10 to make up for capacity restrictions, and the price ratchets up to about 1M euros ($1.2M). However, he noted, “It’s difficult to give a full...
“A lot,” Barbera said when I asked how much the organization had spent on protocols. Del Mercato said that between security and sanitary measures, the bill was about 600K euros ($700K). Add in changes in the structure, like running 18 screens rather than 10 to make up for capacity restrictions, and the price ratchets up to about 1M euros ($1.2M). However, he noted, “It’s difficult to give a full...
- 9/9/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday readers, Tom Grater here with your weekly rundown of news from around the world. This week, we’ve been on the ground at the Venice Film Festival learning about what it’s like to attend a major international fest in the Covid era, covering controversy around the Netflix movie Cuties, and looking at Tenet‘s international roll out.
Life On The Lido
Roll out the red carpet: Venice Film Festival got underway this week, marking the first major international film event to hold a physical edition in the pandemic era. From walls erected alongside red carpets to masks in venues, it’s a very different looking fest this year.
Boots on the ground: Deadline is bringing you all the news as it happens, with my colleagues Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione reporting from Venice. Theaters were sparsely populated on day one, while on day two, bottlenecks caused by...
Life On The Lido
Roll out the red carpet: Venice Film Festival got underway this week, marking the first major international film event to hold a physical edition in the pandemic era. From walls erected alongside red carpets to masks in venues, it’s a very different looking fest this year.
Boots on the ground: Deadline is bringing you all the news as it happens, with my colleagues Andreas Wiseman and Nancy Tartaglione reporting from Venice. Theaters were sparsely populated on day one, while on day two, bottlenecks caused by...
- 9/4/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
If, like most Venice Film Festival attendees, you have a rented bike, you can get to the festival center from the Lido’s main drag in under 10 minutes. There has already been security to check passes and bags in past years, but I’ve rarely come across any significant bottlenecks. The entire process of going to a screening has traditionally been smooth, though sometimes with long lines outside the early showings of major titles.
In the pandemic era, however, things went a little haywire this morning. Over the past few days, we’ve written about the easy sailing into the area surrounding the main Sala Grande, despite temperature checks — which really are speedy — and the lack of big crowds in general (as well as at the orderly new press conference system).
That changed this morning as I headed off to the 8:30Am screening of Pedro Almodovar’s short film...
In the pandemic era, however, things went a little haywire this morning. Over the past few days, we’ve written about the easy sailing into the area surrounding the main Sala Grande, despite temperature checks — which really are speedy — and the lack of big crowds in general (as well as at the orderly new press conference system).
That changed this morning as I headed off to the 8:30Am screening of Pedro Almodovar’s short film...
- 9/3/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Friday everyone. Tom Grater here with the rundown of this week’s biggest international headlines from the worlds of film and TV. We’ve got Keanu Reeves shooting his new Matrix movie, an insightful Fremantle interview, and George Clooney fighting North Korean corruption in the Dr Congo. Enjoy!
Back To (Show) Business
On track: How about some good news to kick off your weekend? This was a positive week for major international film production, with several high-profile titles either gearing up or already back filming.
Action! Deadline brought you the news that Sony’s Camila Cabello-starring Cinderella movie is returning to production after a shutdown, with a small unit resuming this week, and filming set to continue through September. Also this week, The Matrix 4 got back shooting in Berlin after a five-month hiatus. Star Keanu Reeves said it was “a great honor” and that he was “grateful to be working”. In Ireland,...
Back To (Show) Business
On track: How about some good news to kick off your weekend? This was a positive week for major international film production, with several high-profile titles either gearing up or already back filming.
Action! Deadline brought you the news that Sony’s Camila Cabello-starring Cinderella movie is returning to production after a shutdown, with a small unit resuming this week, and filming set to continue through September. Also this week, The Matrix 4 got back shooting in Berlin after a five-month hiatus. Star Keanu Reeves said it was “a great honor” and that he was “grateful to be working”. In Ireland,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Good afternoon, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here. We’ve mined the best of Deadline’s international stories from recent days to bring you a curated look back at the week that was. And if you want to sign up to receive this newsletter straight to your inbox, click here.
The TV Producer Who Vanished
The long read: If you haven’t had time to read this, bookmark it for the weekend. It’s the mysterious and tragic story of Terrence Woods (pictured), who vanished without a trace while filming in Idaho County on Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine, an offshoot of Discovery’s lucrative gold-digging franchise.
What happened: Woods had spent six days filming with Raw TV (a UK producer ultimately co-owned by Discovery and Liberty Global) in an abandoned gold mine when things took an unexpected turn. As night...
The TV Producer Who Vanished
The long read: If you haven’t had time to read this, bookmark it for the weekend. It’s the mysterious and tragic story of Terrence Woods (pictured), who vanished without a trace while filming in Idaho County on Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine, an offshoot of Discovery’s lucrative gold-digging franchise.
What happened: Woods had spent six days filming with Raw TV (a UK producer ultimately co-owned by Discovery and Liberty Global) in an abandoned gold mine when things took an unexpected turn. As night...
- 8/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. Well done on making it to Friday, here are the six things we want you to know about the global film and TV business this week. If you want to subscribe, sign up here.
1. Cannes Virtual Market Verdict
Andreas Wiseman reports: The Cannes virtual market got underway this week and has largely been heralded as a success by those we’ve spoken to. There have been inevitable tech hiccups given the unprecedented nature of the undertaking but on the whole, buyers have been impressed by the volume and quality of projects and the operation itself. “It’s great to see how resourceful Cannes, the agencies and sales agents have been to make this happen,” one leading international buyer text me this morning.
Big names, big deals: Bill Murray, Emma Roberts, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Demi Moore and Michael Shannon all joined new movies,...
1. Cannes Virtual Market Verdict
Andreas Wiseman reports: The Cannes virtual market got underway this week and has largely been heralded as a success by those we’ve spoken to. There have been inevitable tech hiccups given the unprecedented nature of the undertaking but on the whole, buyers have been impressed by the volume and quality of projects and the operation itself. “It’s great to see how resourceful Cannes, the agencies and sales agents have been to make this happen,” one leading international buyer text me this morning.
Big names, big deals: Bill Murray, Emma Roberts, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Demi Moore and Michael Shannon all joined new movies,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. In the week where the Premier League returned to our screens and Ian Holm sadly left them, here are the seven things we want you to know about the global film and TV business. If you want to subscribe, sign up here.
1. Cannes Hot Packages
Deadline has been breaking big news all week on the delights that will be unwrapped by buyers at the Cannes virtual market. We can’t offer croissants on the Croisette, but here are three of the hottest packages being shopped next week:
Breaking the internet: In a project that trended almost immediately after Mike Fleming dropped the news, Kristen Stewart is to play Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín-directed Spencer. The feature takes place over a three-day period in Sandringham, during which Diana decided her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working. Go deeper.
When slavery...
1. Cannes Hot Packages
Deadline has been breaking big news all week on the delights that will be unwrapped by buyers at the Cannes virtual market. We can’t offer croissants on the Croisette, but here are three of the hottest packages being shopped next week:
Breaking the internet: In a project that trended almost immediately after Mike Fleming dropped the news, Kristen Stewart is to play Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín-directed Spencer. The feature takes place over a three-day period in Sandringham, during which Diana decided her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working. Go deeper.
When slavery...
- 6/19/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. For those who missed us last week, this is Deadline’s new weekly newsletter containing everything you need to know about the global film and television business. If you want to subscribe, sign up to our breaking news alerts here.
Here are the six things we want you to know this week:
1. Scoop: D-Day For Endemol Shine Deal
One for the diary: It’s been eight months since Banijay Group announced its $2.2Bn takeover of MasterChef producer Endemol Shine Group, and the deal is still in a regulatory quagmire not helped by coronavirus. But there is now light at the end of the tunnel, with the European Commission setting a provisional date of June 30 to make a ruling. As regulatory hurdles go, this is the Super Bowl for all concerned in the takeover. Read more here.
2. Cannes Gets Cracking
Sales slated:...
Here are the six things we want you to know this week:
1. Scoop: D-Day For Endemol Shine Deal
One for the diary: It’s been eight months since Banijay Group announced its $2.2Bn takeover of MasterChef producer Endemol Shine Group, and the deal is still in a regulatory quagmire not helped by coronavirus. But there is now light at the end of the tunnel, with the European Commission setting a provisional date of June 30 to make a ruling. As regulatory hurdles go, this is the Super Bowl for all concerned in the takeover. Read more here.
2. Cannes Gets Cracking
Sales slated:...
- 6/12/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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