Новости за 20.01.2020

BBC insiders have voiced surprise at the timing of Tony Hall’s decision to step down as director general, but focus is already shifting to his successor’s enormous task of fighting the invasion of the U.S. streamers. Three senior insiders told Deadline that they had expected Hall to remain in post until 2022, when the BBC […]

Oscar nominations continue to make a difference at the box office, and the box office continues to be important to Oscar contenders. At a time when prestigious, financially risky award bets are often destined to Netflix, nothing beats having that extra exhilaration from great ticket sales, as studios vie to raise the profiles of their […]

UPDATED with adjustments: Fox’s primetime broadcast Sunday of the NFL’s NFC Championship Game between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers was tackled for a loss in the ratings compared with a year ago, but the game still dominated the competition and gave way to a solid bow for the premiere of the network’s […]

Not much positive news tends to come out of Afghanistan, but a pocket of it shines through in one of this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts. Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), directed by Carol Dysinger, reveals a school in Kabul called Skateistan that offers kids the chance to study the three […]

Superlatives swirl around Bruce Franks Jr., the focus of the Oscar-nominated short documentary St. Louis Superman. “I don’t know if I’ve ever met a human being quite as remarkable as Bruce, who just contains the sheer amount of talent but also this life force, this energy where just greatness seems to surround him,” comments Sami […]

The 57th annual NATPE conference — the 10th edition held in Miami — will unfold January 21 to 23 with the syndication business experiencing an upswing. While ratings are not what they used to be, renewals of major 2019 talk debuts for Kelly Clarkson and Tamron Hall have restored confidence in the sector’s core business […]

EXCLUSIVE: Status PR partners Mona Loring and Chris Rossi are going their separate ways. Loring and Rossi released a statement Monday that Loring is returning to her original home, MLC PR, which she founded 15 years ago, and Rossi will remain the sole head of Status PR. Following Loring to MLC will be Matt Yorio […]

This year’s TV Drama Vision event (January 29-30) at the Goteborg Film Festival, which in 2020 will present 40 new series, has finalised its line-up. The sold-out showcase, which has grown in international prominence in recent years, will host attendees from CAA, Curtis Brown, Gersh, WIIP and the local Salomonsson agency, as well as buyers […]

Philip Anthony-Rodriguez is set to recur in CBS’ upcoming drama Tommy, which premieres February 6. The series stars Emmy-winner Edie Falco as Abigail “Tommy” Thomas, a former high-ranking NYPD officer who becomes the first female chief of police for Los Angeles. Anthony-Rodriguez will play Rascal Santos, described as “a wary, smart and dedicated Vice Squad Commander” […]

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Winstanley, producer of Oscar-nominated Jojo Rabbit and festival favourite What We Do In The Shadows, is launching production company This Too Shall Pass. Based in Los Angeles and New Zealand, the new company will focus on telling “authentic stories with unique cultural perspectives” and will act as a vehicle for Winstanley’s own writing […]

Tony Hall announced his shock decision to stand down as BBC director general on Monday, sparking what is likely to be a six-month race to be his successor. A job advert is already being prepared by the BBC board and prospective candidates will likely be dusting off their resumes for one of the most prestigious […]

Fox Corp.’s TV station division is bringing back Central Ave, a show from Debmar-Mercury and Will Packer, the film and TV producer known for hits like Girls Trip, saying it fared well in a test last November. The Atlanta-based show aims to deliver entertainment and pop culture news through a provocative, socially conscious and diverse […]

Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim and former Participant exec Jonathan King have teamed with Laurene Powell Jobs and Emerson Collective to launch Concordia Studio. The new company will focus on creating innovative nonfiction and scripted films, series, and streaming content. The new venture will develop, produce or finance content across all platforms with […]

BBC director general Tony Hall is stepping down this summer after seven years leading the British broadcaster. Hall was appointed by the BBC in November 2012, but did not take up the role until April 2013, when he joined from the Royal Opera House. A small circle of top BBC executives have known about his […]

EXCLUSIVE: Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has continued its writing apprenticeship scheme into its third year, providing a two-month paid placement for Macedonian writer and director Eleonora Veninova. Veninova will go to work in Big Light’s London office, observing its writers’ room and working alongside Spotnitz and creative director Emily Feller. Big Light is currently […]

EXCLUSIVE: Murder Mystery and The Alienist star Luke Evans is to lead an ITV crime drama from Bodyguard producer World Productions. The actor, who also starred in The Fate of the Furious, will play police officer Steve Wilkins in The Pembrokeshire Murders. The three-part series, which depicts the pursuit of a cold-blooded serial killer, is […]

ViacomCBS’s UK broadcaster Channel 5 has secured access to Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle for feature-length documentary Thomas Markle: My Story. Producer Alaska TV spent six days with Markle at a time when his daughter and her husband, Prince Harry, have taken the extraordinary decision to step away from the British royal family. The film […]

Two Rivers Media, the UK production outfit founded by former STV Productions chief Alan Clements, has broken away from Kew Media just a year after taking investment from the beleaguered Canadian company. Two Rivers’ other backers, Channel 4 and Scottish media bank Noble Grossart, funded the buyout of Kew’s stake, meaning they have increased their […]

Netflix will be adding 21 feature films from famed Japanese art house Studio Ghibli beginning February 1. Among the titles that will be available outside the U.S., Canada and Japan are My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Arrietty, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea and When Marnie Was There. The […]

The Motion Picture Sound Editors unveiled winners Sunday night at the 67th Golden Reel Awards at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The annual ceremony recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing presented awards in 23 categories encompassing feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, special venue and other media. 1917 nabbed the trophy […]

As one Oscar strategist who definitely has a dog in this hunt emailed me Sunday night after the SAG Awards show, “Now we’re having us some fun.” Indeed. What an interesting weekend as far as the Oscar race goes. With three key guilds weighing in, the verdict on momentum is mixed, but it is clear […]

UPDATED with video: Brad Pitt picked up the best supporting actor SAG Award Sunday night for his performance as Cliff Booth in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and he left the audience in stitches with his acceptance speech. Watch it above and his backstage comments below. The actor joked about working with director Quentin […]

Black Lightning is bidding farewell to Damon Gupton. The actor who played Inspector Bill Henderson on the CW series since it debuted in January 2018, announced via Twitter on Sunday that his time on the DC Comics saga is ending. “And that’s a wrap. My final night on the set of @blacklightning,” Gupton captioned a […]

UPDATED with video: Jennifer Aniston put Apple TV+ on the awards map by picking up the SAG Awards trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for the streamer’s debut drama The Morning Show. This marks the second major Hollywood award for Apple TV+ following a Critics’ Choice Award win for […]

The New York Times broke with convention and endorsed two candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination — Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar. The editorial board’s choice was revealed on The Weekly, the FX and Hulu series, in a first for the publication. As noted in the episode, for 160 years the endorsement process has taken […]