Новости за 19.01.2021

The Cannes Film Festival is continuing to weigh up a postponement of its traditional May kickoff until a date between late June and late July, organizers have told us. With the pandemic still causing havoc across the world and with the vaccine rollout in France not moving as quickly as hoped, a May 11 start […]

The entertainment lineup for Super Bowl LV is shaping up, with Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan to perform the national anthem and H.E.R. to sing “America the Beautiful” ahead of the NFL’s championship game, the league said Tuesday. Deaf rapper and recording artist Warren “Wawa” Snipe will perform both songs in American Sign Language. The […]

Warner Bros will be releasing Wonka on March 17, 2023, a prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which focuses on the candy architect Willy Wonka’s younger days before having his confection empire. The movie has been in development for roughly four years. David Heyman was always attached as producer, and Paddington director Paul King is helming. […]

WarnerMedia announced Tuesday that Luis Duran is joining the company in February as General Manager for HBO Max Latin America. He will report to Johannes Larcher, Head of HBO Max International and will be responsible for the rollout and management of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer play, HBO Max, in Latin America. That service is expected to launch […]

In Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel Kaluuya is the late Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Black Panther party, who was assassinated over 50 years ago, at the age of 21. The British-born, Oscar-nominated Kaluuya has featured in such screen gems as Get Out and Black Panther, Widows and Queen & Slim. For this […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into a two-decade long debate over the extent to which the FCC can relax media ownership rules. At stake are recent FCC moves toward deregulation, allowing the common ownership of a newspaper and broadcast stations in the same market, as well as giving more leeway for media companies to […]

Brazilian TV major Globo entered the streaming battlefield in 2015 with the launch of Globoplay, its dedicated VOD service that combines the broadcaster’s hugely popular telenovelas with original high-end drama, sports, and international content including shows from the U.S. majors. The service has since expanded into the U.S. market, primarily catering to Brazilian expatriates, and […]

EXCLUSIVE: JP Richards has been appointed head of film marketing strategy at Apple TV+. He will report to video marketing chief Chris Van Amburg. Richards will start the job next month, when his exit from Warner Bros is official. Last November, he left his position as Co-President of Worldwide Marketing at Warner Bros, one of […]

EXCLUSIVE: BET has picked up a third season of Tyler Perry’s Sistas, cable’s No.1 series among Black viewers in the key adults 18-49 demographic. The renewal comes ahead of Sistas’ midseason premiere on Jan. 27. Production on season 3 is slated to start at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta at the end of the month, […]

It’s not every day that a short film resonates across the globe, managing to connect emotionally with people of all different ages and backgrounds. But in the case of If Anything Happens I Love You, from directors Will McCormack and Michael Govier, this is precisely what happened. Executive produced by Laura Dern, and guided visually […]

Debra Lee, former CEO of BET Networks, has launched Monarchs Collective, a consultancy to boost corporate board diversity as new rules and heightened social awareness make director appointments more of a key issue than ever before. She and  partner Rabia de Lande Long, an executive coach and management consultant to Fortune 500 companies, will work […]

Cinedigm has acquired Fandor, a 10-year-old streaming home for independent films, and plans to update and expand its offerings with a goal of acquiring millions of subscribers. The company will relaunch Fandor later this year by tapping its own library of 7,000 related film titles, including from internet television service and vintage film archive The […]