Новости за 18.02.2020

Gravitas Ventures has obtained the North American rights to Katharine O’Brien’s directorial debut film, Lost Transmissions, starring Simon Pegg, Juno Temple, and Alexandra Daddario. Based on a true story, the pic premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and will get a day-and-date release in theaters and on demand March 13. Written by O’Brien, the […]

Let the games continue. NBC has handed a Season 4 renewal to Ellen’s Game of Games, the hourlong series hosted by Ellen DeGeneres that ranked as primetime’s No. 1 game show last season. The announcement — which comes six weeks into the series’ third season — was made during her talk show today, and the host had […]

U.S. stock dipped Tuesday after Apple warned it wouldn’t hit sales forecasts for the current quarter as the deadly coronavirus is impeding production and sales in China. Apple has been trading down about 2.3% for most of the session and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 200 points. It’s not a massive selloff […]

EXCLUSIVE: Assemble Media’s footprint in the literary and IP-generation space has expanded with Vigilantes Anonymous, an in-house original concept that just earned a two-book deal at   at Grand Central Publishing after a competitive auction for the world publishing rights. New York Times bestselling author Nancy Allen, who wrote The Ozark Mystery Series and co-authored Juror No. […]

EXCLUSIVE: Pop TV will carry exclusive next-day encores of CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the most watched program in late-night. Starting next Tuesday, Feb, 25, the previous night’s episode of The Late Show will air on Pop at 9 AM ET/PT. The news comes on the heels of the recent launch of next-day […]

A member of staff at British broadcaster Channel 4 has tested negative for coronavirus following fears he contracted the disease during a vacation in China last month. The employee, who has not been identified by Channel 4, was escorted from the company’s Horseferry Road headquarters in London last week by National Health Service staff in […]

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation on the eve of the European Film Market, A24 has swooped on North American rights to one of the hot indie pics that has just dropped at the market. In a low-seven-figure deal, the blue-chip buyer has swooped on Claire Denis’ next movie, love story/thriller The Stars at Noon, which […]

EXCLUSIVE: The ABC pilot thirtysomething(else) has assembled the new generation of thirtysomethings. Auden Thornton (This Is Us) has been cast as a lead opposite Odette Annable, Chris Wood and Patrick Fugit in the sequel to Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick’s beloved 1987-91 drama series. Thornton will play Brittany Weston, the daughter of Elliot Weston (Timothy Busfield) […]

UPDATED, with jury questions about Annabella Sciorra: The jury in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial deliberated less than an hour Tuesday before sending questions to the judge asking why there are no “stand-alone” charges in the case of actress Annabella Sciorra, a question one of Weinstein’s attorneys suggested might indicate the jurors are leaning toward […]

The finale of NBC’s America’s Got Talent: Champions ticked up Monday night, hitting its highest rating since the show’s season premiere with a 1.2 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.57 total million viewers, making it the most-viewed show in primetime. The reality competition’s season-ender grew two tenths from last week, though it dropped 28% from […]

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: I’ve heard from sources that Martin McDonagh has a title ready for his next movie, the one he’ll shoot this summer with In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in the lead roles. The film is titled The Banshees of Inisheer. PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE, 8:07 AM: Martin McDonagh’s untitled next film that he […]

Deadline has confirmed that Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher is set to direct a redo of The Saint for Paramount. The 1997 movie, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Val Kilmer, followed Simon Templar (aka The Saint), a thief for hire. His job is to steal the secret process for cold fusion which puts him at odds […]

Rifkin’s Festival, the latest movie from Woody Allen, is headed to the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin with producer Mediapro handling rights. The movie shot in San Sebastián last summer and stars Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López, Wally Shawn and Christoph Waltz. It tells the story of a married American couple […]

EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal is coming to EFM with shark attack thriller Something In The Water, which is being produced with Noel Clarke (Bulletproof) and Jason Maza’s (Bulletproof) production company Unstoppable. The UK project will follow five female friends who come together to celebrate a wedding in a beautiful, remote location. One day before the wedding, as […]

EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria-U.S. co-production Eyimofe (This is My Desire) has picked up sales representation in advance of its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. New York-based Aspect Ratio Sales has taken rights, excluding Africa and Asia where producer GDN Studios retains. The project comes from filmmakers Arie Asiri and Chuko Esiri, twins born 30 minutes […]

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has acquired UK & Irish rights to action-thriller Honest Thief, starring Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos and Robert Patrick. Directed by Mark Williams, co-creator and producer of Netflix series Ozark and producer of Warner Bros’ The Accountant, Neeson stars as a bank robber who tries to turn […]

Oscar-winning British actress Helen Mirren has said that it is time for the BBC to consider other ways of funding itself as a debate rages in the UK about the future of the licence fee. In quotes widely reported in the British press, Mirren told an audience at the Kiln Theatre in London that the […]

Block 2 Distribution, the sales outfit founded by Wong Kar Wai, has boarded international rights on Giuseppe Tornatore’s feature documentary Ennio: The Maestro ahead of this week’s EFM. The project is the 13th collaboration between Morricone, 91, and Tornatore, a relationship that includes their work on the 1988 Oscar winning movie Cinema Paradiso. Wong Kar Wai […]

Ozzy Osbourne has called off the North American leg of his “No More Tours 2” amid a series of health problems. In a statement shared on social media this evening, the Prince of Darkness said instead of touring, he will undergo medical treatments. “I’m so thankful that everyone has been patient because I’ve had a […]

Race car driver Ryan Newman was rushed to a hospital Monday, following a fiery crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500. Newman, 42, was leading the signature NASCAR race in the final turn, when his No. 6 Ford Mustang crashed into a wall, flipped over, landed upside down, and burst into flames. The […]

Apple, which sounded an alarm bell on China in late January, acknowledged Monday the situation had precipitated more quickly than anticipated and it wouldn’t meet revenue forecasts it made then as the coronavirus decimates production and demand for its products in the key nation. “Our quarterly guidance issued on January 28, 2020 reflected the best […]

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, who played Lt. Kellye Yamato on all 11 seasons of the classic series M*A*S*H and was the cook in the , died Sunday at her home in Pasadena after a brief battle with cancer. She was 72. Her son William Wallett confirmed the news to the Associated Press. Wallet also played the […]

Television’s longest-running game show, CBS’ The Price Is Right, has halted production for the week, its production company said Monday, two days after host Drew Carey’s former fiancée Amie Harwick was killed and an ex-boyfriend arrested on suspicion of murder. Harwick, 38, a well-known Hollywood family and sex therapist who appeared in the 2015 documentary […]

An executive and director who worked with Hubei Film Studios in Wuhan, China, has died after contracting coronavirus, along with three other members of his immediate family. Chang Kai, 55, succumbed to pneumonia caused by the coronavirus on February 14, Hubei said on social media. His father and mother reportedly died in the preceding days, […]

Tiffany Boone, the actress who left Showtime’s The Chi in November 2018 after alleging that she was harassed by co-star Jason Mitchell, is speaking out about her reasons for leaving, saying in an Instagram post that “not everyone was interested in creating a work environment that was conducive to each person feeling safe, seen and […]