Новости за 16.04.2020

AMC Networks, which canceled its March 18 upfront event in New York as the coronavirus started sweeping through the country, has launched an initiative for its advertisers called “Upfront Connect.” The effort intends to help clients of the company’s cable and digital networks connect with sales reps even without the physical trappings that are usually […]

Time To Hunt, the Korean crime thriller that was recently barred from making its debut on Netflix after a last-minute court injunction, will now be heading onto the streamer after the dispute was resolved. The movie was originally scheduled for theatrical release in Korea on February 26, but that was canned after the coronavirus theater […]

U.S. new unemployement claims of 5.245 million were filed for the week ended April 11, down from a revised 6.6 milllion the previous week but continuing to set records with total claims filed over the past four weeks alone now at 22 million. The closely watched statistic has become the best indicator of the impact […]

UK producers Stephen McCrum (Mrs Brown’s Boys) and Simon Mayhew-Archer (This Country) are launching UK film and TV comedy outfit Camden Productions with backing from UK financier Great Point, we can reveal. The duo most recently produced Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper’s hit BBC series This Country, which recorded more than 52 million iPlayer […]

Bridesmaids star Matt Lucas is having an extremely busy time in coronavirus self-isolation. Fresh from going viral with his Thank You Baked Potato song, which has raised money to feed UK health workers, the comedian, actor and writer will grace TV screens in a brace of new projects. First up, Lucas will re-team with his […]

Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for […]

Audible is launching free podcast Locked Together, which will see well known comedic duos discuss how they’re handling the lockdown and share moments of levity from the last few weeks spent shut indoors. Guests will include: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost; Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan; Sarah Millican and Jason Manford; Jennifer Saunders and Dawn […]

Comcast-owned Sky will launch its new factual channels, Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature, on May 27 in the UK. Sky announced the channels in January as part of a new £30M ($37M) commitment to factual programming. They will go live alongside a rebranding of A+E Networks’ History as Sky History under a joint venture announced […]

EXCLUSIVE: From writers rooms to board meetings and Friday night cocktail hours, the world of virtual meetings has boomed during the coronavirus lockdown. Here’s one that might be an industry first – last night the cast and crew of Sky’s upcoming series Gangs Of London got together to toast the show ahead of TX on […]

Jonathan Ford, the former Kew Media Distribution executive vice president of sales, has launched his own distribution company Abacus Media Rights. Ford left Kew Media Distribution before it collapsed earlier this year following months of financial mismanagement at its parent, the Canadian company Kew Media Group. He has established Abacus with backing from investment vehicle […]

The finale of Quiz, the ITV and AMC drama on a notorious Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheating scandal, recorded a series-high audience in the UK on Wednesday. The third and final episode of the Left Bank Pictures drama, starring Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen and Fleabag‘s Sian Clifford as convicted cheats Charles and Diana Ingram, […]

Legendary Entertainment has appointed Sirena Liu CEO of Legendary East, the company’s China-based operation. Legendary East focuses on the local marketing and promotion of Legendary’s global franchise film and TV projects, as well as the licensing and merchandising of related products. Liu will report to Legendary CEO Joshua Grode. Liu joins Legendary from Twentieth Century […]