Новости за 22.06.2020

EXCLUSIVE: As the Cannes virtual market gets underway, Warsaw-based sales co New Europe has finalized key territory deals on two of its major titles. Disco, which played Toronto and San Sebastian last year, has been bought for North America and UK by 1091. The film has also locked deals for Australia/NZ (Palace), Czech Rep / […]

EXCLUSIVE: Breaking Through The Lens (BTTL), the initiative set up to promote female and non-binary filmmaking voices, has selected the 10 projects that will take part in its 2020 edition during this week’s Cannes virtual market. For the event’s third edition it will partner with producer Kathryn M. Moseley’s One Two Twenty Entertainment, which has […]

Netflix has poached Eleonora “Tinny” Andreatta as its vice president of Italian original series after she had a distinguished 25-year career at Italian public service broadcaster Rai. Andreatta will take up her new role in July and will report to  Kelly Luegenbiehl, vice president of original series at Netflix in Europe, the Middle East and […]

The BBC has committed to spending £100M ($124M) on “diverse and inclusive content,” in what it is describing as the biggest financial investment in diverse programming in the UK television industry. The £100M fund will be carved out of the BBC’s existing content budget and will be spread out over three years, starting in 2021. […]

Netflix has appointed Que Minh Luu as Director, Local Originals for Australia. She is joining from broadcaster ABC and will be based in Sydney. The exec announced the news on twitter, thanking her former ABC colleagues and adding that she was “ready to get crackin’ on this streaming biz”. Her work at the network included […]

EXCLUSIVE: The big Cannes virtual market deal-making is underway. I understand German major Leonine has closed a multi-million dollar deal with STX International for black ops thriller Violence Of Action, starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Gillian Jacobs. Currently in post-production, the film follows James Reed (Pine), who joins a paramilitary organization in order to […]

The continued coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of a live Independence Day concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, but producers are planning a virtual event for PBS. A Capitol Fourth, now in its 40th year, will feature pre-taped performances from around the country, hosted by John Stamos and Vanessa Williams. As […]

Giorgio Stock, president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, is leaving the company at the end of June to “look for new opportunities.” Based in London, Stock was only promoted into the role in August last year. He joined the company as president of Turner EMEA in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Gerard Butler is set to star in action pic Kandahar, which Capstone and CAA will launch sales for at the Cannes virtual market. John Wick and Sicario firm Thunder Road is among producers with Ric Roman Waugh directing. Butler and Waugh teamed up last year on hit action pic Angel Has Fallen. Waugh will direct […]

Mediawan, the Paris-based group founded in 2015, has announced the creation of a dedicated French company, Mediawan Alliance, and has submitted a binding offer and entered exclusive negotiations to acquire France’s Lagardère Studios. Further expanding its footprint, Mediawan said it has taken a majority stake in Spanish content producer Good Mood (El Accidente, La Valla), […]

Fernando Trueba’s Cannes Official Selection drama Forgotten We’ll Be has scored U.S. and UK deals via a joint acquisition from Cohen Media Group and Artificial Eye. The acquisition is the first joint buy from the two firms after AE was acquired by CMG last year. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. and the […]

As Regal Entertainment owner Cineworld prepares to re-open its movie theaters, the group has agreed a $250M secured debt facility with a set of private institutional investors. The new facility reaches maturity in 2023 and follows covenant amendments and a revolving credit facility increase of $110M set at the end of last month. Under that […]