Новости за 04.05.2020

Tina Fey will host virtual telethon Rise Up New York! next Monday, May 11, raising money for New Yorkers hit by COVID-19 and the shutdown, with telethon guests set to include Governor Andrew Cuomo, Bette Midler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robert De Niro, Spike Lee, among many others. Presented by the anti-poverty organization Robin Hood along with […]

BBC Four channel editor Cassian Harrison is stepping down after seven years to take on a nine-month attachment commissioning for BBC Studios’ international TV channels including BBC Earth and BBC Brit. Harrison will this month become the senior vice president of commissioning and content global services, reporting to Paul Dempsey, BBC Studios’ president of global […]

EXCLUSIVE: HDF Kino, Germany’s largest theater organization, has predicted that German cinemas may be able to reopen in July. Christine Berg, HDF CEO told us that a date for reopening in Germany – still a global top ten box office market – “remains unclear, but we think July might be realistic.” HDF Kino estimates that […]

The Irish government has set out the roadmap for lifting its lockdown, with cinemas allowed to resume operations from August 10. The five-stage plan begins May 18 with the lightest lift in restrictions, allowing some shops to resume trading and restricted outdoor activity, before progressing to stage five in August which also allows cinemas, theaters […]

Disney stock has gotten a downgrade from “buy” to “neutral” by Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson, who had long been bullish on the media giant’s shares. “There are a number of risks” to the company from COVID-19, the MoffettNathanson partner wrote in a note to clients, “that could lead this unprecedented event to have a […]

Ahead of November’s World’s Strongest Man 2020 competition, the organization has launched its first Snapchat show, World’s Strongest Man: Home Edition. A teaser episode of what’s to come will be offered every Monday on Snapchat’s Discover page for the next 11 weeks. Eight of the world’s most popular strongmen will each compete in two rounds […]

Anne Sweeney, who had a long run at Disney and sits on Netflix’s board of directors, has joined the board of the Lego Group. The company announced the addition Monday, saying Sweeney is replacing Kåre Schultz, CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. In addition to Lego and Netflix, Sweeney serves on the board of trustees of […]

EXCLUSIVE: American Pie and Sharknado star Tara Reid is teaming with Empire and Kill Bill actress Vivica A. Fox to produce and star in Masha’s Mushroom, a suspense thriller from director White Cross (Mummy Dearest). Produced by Cranial Sacral Productions, the project was set to go into production before the pandemic and is now waiting for the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV financier Silver Reel has beaten studio A24 in a bidding war for the rights to make a television spin-off of British director Jonathan Glazer’s cult sci-fi feature Under The Skin. The Silver Reel deal comes after the producer originally bankrolled the 2013 Scarlett Johansson movie alongside Film4 and the BFI, and […]

Cameron Mackintosh, the theater owner and producer, has said that it is likely venues in both the UK and U.S. won’t be able to re-open until 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. In an interview with BBC Radio Two, Mackintosh said that the West End and Broadway would be “the last to go back” after […]

EXCLUSIVE: A group of genre professionals will come together this week on Friday (May 8) to discuss the future of their industry in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Featuring notable names including XYZ exec Todd Brown and Vivarium screenwriter and producer Brendan McCarthy, the virtual panel is being organized by the Haapsalu Horror & […]

With some fall film events considering online versions due to the pandemic and industry preferring to book travel well in advance, we thought we’d check in ahead of time on the status of AFM, the next market proper in the film calendar. Organizers of the November event told us last week that it is going […]