Новости за 09.06.2020

EXCLUSIVE: Line Of Duty is being restored to Netflix in a number of significant international territories after the streamer struck a deal with producer World Productions. Netflix removed the hit British police drama in April after rights talks broke down following the messy collapse of production empire Kew Media Group and its distribution arm Kew […]

The European Film Academy has awarded the Andalusian desert the title “Treasure of European Film Culture”. The desert, in the Spanish province of Almeria, saw more than 300 films shoot there between the 1950s and 2020, famously including Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western trilogy A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and The Good, […]

All3Media-owned production company Lime Pictures has promised to “stamp out implicit bias” after actress Rachel Adedeji raised questions about the treatment of black cast members on Channel 4’s UK soap Hollyoaks. In a statement on Tuesday, Lime said it was “deeply shocked and saddened” by the issues raised by Adedeji and others in recent days, […]

AMC streamer Sundance Now has acquired the first season of Finland’s 1950s Cold War drama Shadow Lines for the U.S., Canada and UK. Co-producer and distributor About Premium Content secured the Sundance deal for the Zodiak Finland-produced show, alongside other sales in territories including Australia (SBS), Central and Eastern Europe (Viasat World’s Epic Drama Channel) […]

EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios will handle global sales for the sixth season of Line Of Duty, the hit BBC police corruption drama made by Bodyguard producer World Productions. ITV Studios will distribute the new series — which was in production until the coronavirus pandemic shutdown British film and TV shoots in March — following the collapse […]

EXCLUSIVE: Neil Forsyth, the writer of BBC drama Guilt, has launched a production label that will sit alongside Objective Fiction, the producer behind Netflix and Channel 4 co-production Feel Good. Forsyth has founded Tannadice Pictures, which will house all of his new projects and will establish relationships with other writers to develop new scripted shows. […]

Two weeks after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police fueled worldwide protests and calls to action against racial and social injustice, he will be laid to rest Tuesday in Houston in a celebration of live and private service beginning at 11 AM CT/9 AM PT. The celebration of life will […]

Trevor Noah and The Daily Social Distancing Show returned from a two-week hiatus tonight — but dang if there he had anything to talk about. It’s not like, y’know, stuff happened. But Comedy Central’s intrepid late-night host soldiered on and opted to tackle an old topic: police brutality. The day before George Floyd is laid […]

Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell has pulled back the crypt door on the next incarnation of the Evil Dead movie franchise. The actor who played Ash in Sam Raimi’s original trilogy spilled the blood — er, beans — in an interview with Empire magazine. Campbell said that Lee Cronin will write and direct the new feature, which is […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday released the long-awaited guidelines for restarting film and TV production amid the ongoing pandemic, allowing filming in the state to resume on June 12. While no one expects cameras to start rolling this Friday, wheels in the industry are turning in hopes to get to that point before the […]

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah continues to expand – returning after a two-week hiatus with an extended one-hour episode. The Comedy Central series will return at 11 tonight, June 8, with guests including Black Visions Collective organizer Miski Noor and Super Bowl champion and NFL Players Coalition co-founder Anquan Boldin. It is the latest […]

UPDATED, 7:09 PM: The California Department of Public Health issued its guidelines tonight that would allow movie theaters to reopen as soon as Friday, June 12. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has yet to comment on this current easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but the news provides the industry with a semblance of a summer season. On Tuesday, […]