Новости за 10.08.2020

As college presidents and officials at the “Power 5” college football conferences moved closer to postponing the fall season over COVID-19 concerns, a dozen top players have organized a pushback. Spearheaded by Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the players used the hashtag #WeWantToPlay to argue that the risk for those participating in football is lower than […]

The upcoming fourth installment of Noah Hawley’s FX anthology series Fargo, headlined by Chris Rock, will debut Sept. 27 with its first two episodes, directed by Hawley, airing back-to-back. Originally slated to premiere April 19, Season 4 of Fargo was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down production on the show in mid-March. The […]

Ralph Fiennes has been confirmed to star in London’s Bridge Theatre production of new David Hare play Beat the Devil with a target opening night in September or October. The timeline is dependent on the UK government’s approval of a re-opening plan to allow indoor performances with strict socially distanced audiences. If the plan proves […]

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has revealed, on the day of his 60th birthday, that he is recovering from a positive coronavirus diagnosis. The The Skin I Live In and The Mask Of Zoro star posted a tweet in Spanish with the news, saying he was not suffering severe symptoms and was only feeling a little […]

The End of the F***ing World executive producer Dominic Buchanan has written a six-page open letter revealing that he is “shattered” after being told by BAFTA that he cannot purchase a statue following the show’s triumph at the TV Awards last month. The Channel 4 and Netflix drama, produced by Clerkenwell Films and Dominic Buchanan […]

Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and the Kuwait National Cinema Company are partnering with Gulf arthouse venue Cinema Akil for the Beirut Disaster Relief Screenings. Ziad Doueiri’s West Beirut and Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? will screen today at Cinema Akil with repeat screenings this coming weekend, Friday August 14 and […]

ViacomCBS International Studios, the global production arm of ViacomCBS Networks International, has named Cineflix Rights executive Kate Laffey as its vice president. Laffey will be based in London and will report to Pierluigi Gazzolo, president of studios and streaming at ViacomCBS Networks International. Her arrival follows the departure of Jill Offman, executive vice president of […]

Univision swung to a loss of $27.3 million in the second quarter compared with income of $92 million in the same period a year ago. The main source of red ink was a 40% plunge in advertising, which reflected the extent of COVID-19’s onslaught, especially on sports broadcasts. The privately held Hispanic media company’s total […]

EXCLUSIVE: And they’re off! Poland is first out of the blocks this year by naming its submission to the 2021 International Oscar race – Malgorzata Szumowska’s Never Gonna Snow Again. The comedy drama is set to premiere in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Italian event is pressing on with plans to become […]

Media executive Axel Duroux has been named CEO at troubled French film giant EuropaCorp. He takes over the role from founder Luc Besson, who is moving upstairs to the newly-formed role of non-executive chairman. The company said going forward Besson would focus on his responsibilities as Artistic Director, overseeing its creative output. EuropaCorp, which has […]

Many film companies have taken a battering during the pandemic. The opposite is true of Shift72. Business for the New Zealand-based company, which builds and manages online video platforms for the industry, is “through the roof”, with new U.S. and international clients including major festivals and exhibitors and with interest growing among independent distribution companies. […]