Новости за 03.06.2020

EXCLUSIVE: Well-received SXSW selection The Donut King has been boarded for international sales by UK outfit Independent. CAA reps domestic. The Scott Free-produced documentary won a Special Jury Award at SXSW, whose physical edition was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus. Alice Gu’s directorial debut tells the rags to riches story of Ted Ngoy, […]

Giant exhib AMC Entertainment said it expects to report ballooning losses of between $2.1 and $2.4 billion for the first quarter ended in March on one-time charges compared with losses of $130 million the year before. Announcing preliminary results Wednesday, it anticipated revenue of $941 million last quarter versus $1.2 billion the year earlier. The […]

Lea Michele has lost a HelloFresh sponsorship deal after her former Glee co-star Samantha Ware made accusations about her on-set behavior while filming the Fox show. On Twitter Tuesday, Ware bristled at Michele tweeting her support for the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd last month. “George Floyd did not deserve […]

BBC Storyville has acquired U.K. rights to Scandalous, the documentary about U.S. tabloid the National Enquirer. Storyville, which struck the deal with AGC International, will broadcast the film on BBC Four this month. The documentary, from director Mark Landsman, charts the publication’s impact on journalism, business, culture and politics. After purchasing the New York Enquirer […]

Cinemark, the No. 3 U.S. exhibitor, reported first-quarter results below Wall Street expectations, revealing the extent of the damage done to its business by COVID-19 on its business. Revenue for the period ending March 31 totaled $543.6 million, down 24% from the year-ago period due to the closure of theaters in March. Wall Street analysts […]

Amazon has netted the rights to show four live English Premier League games in the UK when the season returns this month — and has committed to making all of the fixtures free to view. There are still 92 games left to be played of 2019/20 season after it was derailed by coronavirus in March. […]

Netflix’s Director Of Global Public Policy Katharina Hiersemenzel has joined Constantin Film’s legal department. In the newly created position of Senior Vice President Public Policy, she will primarily oversee “film industry associations for Constantin Film with a particular focus on the further development of copyright and the EU laws that govern it”. Hiersemenzel will report […]

Renny Harlin, one of Finland’s most successful exports to Hollywood having helmed the likes of Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Deep Blue Sea, is switching to his native language for his latest project, the third chapter in the highly successful comedy series Class Reunion. The project is aiming for a late June production start […]

The BBC has commissioned a second season of Heyday Television and NBCUniversal International Studios’ spy drama The Capture. The surveillance thriller, which will premiere on NBCUniversal streamer Peacock in the U.S. on July 15, was a hit in the UK, becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest new title of 2019. It has racked up 22M views on […]

ITV’s youth channel ITV2 is going to fill the huge Love Island-shaped gap in its schedule by showing the Australian version of the reality show. Love Island: Australia will premiere later this month after the ITV Studios format aired on Nine Network in Oz last year. It follows ITV having to cancel the summer season […]

Richard Schiff has said that stars of The West Wing are discussing a reunion in support of Black Lives Matter following the death of George Floyd. The actor, who played Toby Ziegler in the iconic NBC White House drama, tweeted on Tuesday that work is underway on a “cast reunion and reading,” adding that the get […]

At midday on Tuesday, L.A. County announced another night of curfew. The City of Angels soon followed by extending its own lockdown order in response to unrest following widespread protests over the killing of George Floyd. Those curfews will last from 6 pm on Tuesday until 6 am on Wednesday. This is the fourth night […]