Новости за 18.03.2024

Lionsgate has landed domestic U.S. rights to Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari (Dancing Village: The Curse Begins), the prequel to Indonesia’s highest-grossing film, KKN Curse of the Dancing Village. Produced by Indonesian studio MD Pictures, the film will have its stateside premiere on April 4 in Los Angeles. Dancing Village: The Curse Begins is the first […]

Roll up, roll up for part two of our Cannes preview, this time with a focus on international, mainly non-English language fare. If you didn’t catch Andreas’ English-language focused part one, check it out here. As the fest basks in the warm glow of the Oscar gongs for 2023 Palme d’Or Anatomy Of A Fall […]

Ofcom has delivered its biggest GB News judgement yet, finding the network in breach on five different occasions over the thorny issue of politicians acting as news presenters. Ofcom said GB News is now “on notice that any repeated breaches of Rules 5.1 and 5.3 may result in the imposition of a statutory sanction” that […]

Paramount Names Australia/New Zealand Chief Paramount Global has named Beverley McGarvey President of Network 10, Head of Streaming and Regional Lead for Australia and New Zealand, effective immediately. This comes after the exit of the UK-based Maria Kyriacou, Paramount’s former President of Broadcast and Studios, who counted Australia among her responsibilities. It also follows a local […]

Studiocanal has announced a partnership with French production and sales company WTFilms (What The Films). The collaboration will focus on genre films to produce and distribute French language and European content with global appeal. The partnership is a further sign of Studiocanal’s desire to increase its presence in the genre space and follows the recent […]

EXCLUSIVE: RTL has pushed back Fremantle’s lofty €3B ($3.3B) revenue target by up to a year. The much-discussed target has been the subject of industry chatter in recent years and is being delayed due to “increasing headwinds” experienced by the global TV sector in 2023, budget cuts to streaming services, the challenging TV advertising environment […]

BBC Studios has acquired Werner Film Productions, the company behind Australian drama hit The Newsreader. BBC Studios Productions Australia paid an undisclosed amount for Warner, marking the latest in several high-profile deals for the BBC’s commercial division. Last month, it paid £255M ($325M) for ITV’s share in their streamer, BritBox International. The Werner deal is […]

John Oliver dinged Kate Middleton for her Photoshop fail and got a cameo from Jersey Shore’s Snooki on Last Week Tonight. At the top of the show, Oliver took a swipe at the drama in England over Kensington Palace’s release of a statement in which the Princess of Wales admitted to editing a photo of […]

Jon Bon Jovi is not sure if he’ll tour again after he underwent vocal cord surgery. The singer is set to release an album titled Forever later this year and had hoped to tour, but after critical surgery, he’s unsure if he’ll be able to make that happen. “It is my desire to do a […]

The Step by Step cast reunited at 90s Con on Sunday and remembered the late Suzanna Somers. Patrick Duffy, Staci Keanan, Angela Watson, Christine Lakin, Christopher Castile, Jason Marsden and Sasha Mitchell honored their late co-star, who died in October following a breast cancer diagnosis. “Suzanne gave the most beautiful, thoughtful gifts and she was […]

Sanya Richards-Ross is leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta after two seasons on the Bravo reality series. Andy Cohen confirmed Richards-Ross’s exit on his SiriusXM show that aired on March 14. The track and field Olympic champion joined the show in Season 14 and held a peach through Season 15. Her exit comes amid a […]

The brackets for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — aka “March Madness” — were revealed today, bringing joy and tears in equal amounts to teams selected and shunned. The defending champions from 2023, the UConn Huskies, were announced as the No. 1 overall seed playing out of the East region. Houston is the No. 1 […]

Two men allegedly plotted to kill a rapper performing at a show last week during Austin’s South by Southwest Music Festival. The alleged hit would have taken place at a March 10 show unaffiliated with the festival, according to an affidavit obtained by Fox 7 Austin. Many shows take place in Austin during SXSW that […]

Miriam Margolyes is doubling down on her thoughts that adult Harry Potter fans should move on from stanning the film and book series created by J.K. Rowling. After her initial opinion went viral, Margolyes booked another interview where she was asked about her divisive take amid the backlash she’s received. “I’m not unhappy about it. […]

DirecTV will allow customers to opt out of local TV stations and pay a lower monthly rate. NextTV is reporting that customers who decide not to pay for local stations through DirecTV will receive discounts of $12 a month. “Consumers have been voting with their wallets for years that pay TV – as currently constructed […]

Billy Dee Williams originated the Lando Calrissian character in the Star Wars universe and would not mind reprising the role in future projects if they make a good monetary offer. In a recent interview, the actor who first played Lando in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back is opening up about what it would […]