Новости за 26.03.2024

Prolific British writer Sarah Phelps, whose television credits include A Very British Scandal, Dublin Murders and long-running BBC soap drama Eastenders, encouraged an audience of writers at Dublin’s Storyhouse festival not to get discouraged by trolls or hate mail for their work.  In a frank and impassioned session at the screenwriters festival, Phelps recalled a time when she received […]

GroupM, the media buying arm of advertising giant WPP, is planning to double its annual investment in women’s sports and create a dedicated marketplace to facilitate deals. The company said the initiative will begin in the 2024-25 upfront, with an initial roster of advertisers including Adidas, Google, Ally and Unilever to be supplemented with more […]

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Hawk long ago conquered the skateboarding world and next up on his list of tricks is animation. The legendary skateboard champion has teamed with Montreal’s Laughing Dragon Studios to develop Skatebirds, an animated TV series aimed at kids aged 6-11. The series, inspired by Hawk’s ‘Birdman’ nickname, will aim to “celebrate skateboarding’s playful […]

Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michele will perform at Joe Biden’s Thursday night fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall. Biden will be joined by Barack Obama and Bill Clinton for the event, with Stephen Colbert moderating a discussion between the three presidents. Mindy Kaling will host the event, which has been […]

Wellington Love has started the w/Love production company, and already has an inaugural slate of projects lined up. After more than three decades working in various film business capacities — including distribution, festival direction, and publicity — Love made the leap into producing as co-producer of Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021), for which […]

The BBC is not shying away from artificial intelligence or the U.S. tech giants, according to its Director General. Delivering a set-piece speech this morning in London, Davie made working with tech giants and harnessing the controversial tech central to his plan to “radically transform and renew” the 100-year-old institution, while also putting forward the […]

Key Benbow, the influential former Controller of BBC preschool channel CBeebies, has died. Several of her former colleagues have taken to social media to post tributes to Benbow, who is considered among the most important and successful BBC children’s TV executives of recent times. CBeebies won the BAFTA Channel of the Year award five times […]

Stephen Colbert has acknowledged that his skit about Kate Middleton upset people in a downbeat monologue following the Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis. The Late Show host dedicated two minutes to Middleton on Monday’s episode, saying that jokes he made about Prince William having an affair did not go down well with some viewers. “There’s […]

Audible is launching an investigative podcast series about the origins of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic character Jay Gatsby, subject of classic novel The Great Gatsby.  American Dreamer: Who Was Jay Gatsby? is led by a journalist Joe Nocera (Agatha Christie and the Dandelion Poisoner) and follows the little known story of Max Gerlach, a German immigrant, small-time […]

A UK High Court in London has adjourned a decision on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can mount a final appeal to fight his extradition from the UK to the U.S. until May 20. U.S. Prosecutors want to try Assange on charges related to WikiLeaks’s release onto the internet in 2010 of more than half […]

Maestro In Blue, the Greek drama series created by and starring Christopher Papakaliatis, is returning for a second season. Netflix and Greek broadcaster Mega TV will launch the second season of the show on May 16. It comes a year after the series debuted on the streaming service, marking Netflix’s first worldwide pick up of […]

The 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) will take place on December 8 at the Roundhouse in Camden. The ceremony will mark a return for the BIFAs, which were last held at the storied London venue in 2007.  “We’re delighted to be returning to Roundhouse this year. The opportunity to work with our production partners […]

EXCLUSIVE: It’s confirmed – or will be later today – MIPTV is setting up shop in London, Deadline can reveal. The action is moving from the Palais Des Festivals to The Savoy hotel and an adjoining space in a seismic change to the international TV calendar, with the historic programming market having been situated in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Steven Waddington (The Imitation Game) has penned a screenplay that he will direct based on the life of veteran Snooker player Jimmy White, with Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk) and Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) signed on to star.  Barnard — best known for his breakout in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk but also has credits such as […]

EXCLUSIVE: After smashing records in Vietnam, Tran Thanh’s hit romance drama Mai has now set a new milestone for an opening weekend at the international box office, becoming the first Vietnamese title to score a $1M debut outside the home market. Beginning March 22, specialty distributor 3388 Films released the Phuong Anh Dao/Tuan Tran-starrer in […]

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship. Video from the scene shows a large outbound vessel colliding with one of the bridge’s support columns, causing the structure to fall dramatically into the Patapsco River. The incident happened at around 1.30AM local time, according to Associated Press, and reports […]

EXCLUSIVE: Moonbug Entertainment, the owner of the lucrative CoComelon franchise, is plotting European expansion and has launched its first channel for older children. The Candle Media-owned outfit has kickstarted a Blippi & Friends 24/7 linear channel in the MENA region. The new network is the first 24/7 linear offering to be named after the Blippi […]

After a brief break, Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show and called out Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary. The Comedy Central host dinged the Canadian businessman after he called Donald Trump’s NY civil fraud case a victimless crime. Stewart mocked O’Leary after he said that the case against Trump didn’t go over well within the […]

Drake Bell is opening up about a song he penned for his debut album, where he alluded to the sexual abuse he suffered as a teenager. Bell revealed on the ID docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that he was molested by former Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck. In a new […]

The Bachelorette has found its next leading lady. Jenn Tran will be embarking on her own journey for love on Season 21 of the ABC dating series, the network announced during Monday night’s finale of The Bachelor.  She is the first Asian American woman to lead the franchise. Tran dated Joey Graziadei during Season 28 […]

Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, is discussing possibly making a third film to complete the MonsterVerse trilogy. “Only time will tell,” Wingard told Deadline during the film’s premiere. “I think the seductive thing as a filmmaker when you’ve done two movies is to complete it as this trilogy — that’s […]

Eli Noyes, the pioneering stop-motion animator who scored an Oscar nom for his short film Clay, or The Origin of Species and worked on the MTV series Liquid Television and HBO’s Braingames among other credits, has died. He was 81. His death was announced by Ralph Guggenheim, Noyes’ partner at Alligator Planet for more than […]

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 28 finale of The Bachelor. The time has come! Joey Graziadei is an engaged man. Monday night’s finale has all the answers we’ve been waiting for this season. Who does Joey propose to? And why was he crying on the beach during (before? after?) his engagement? […]

Disney has shared some audience data for X-Men ’97. The first two episodes of the Disney+ series launched on March 20. According to the company, it is now the most viewed full-length animated series premiere on the streamer since What If…? Season 1. The premiere episode alone has driven 4M views globally through its first 5 […]

The Sudanese drama Goodbye Julia is continuing its impressive awards run, earning the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature over the weekend at the Sonoma International Film Festival in California. Mohamed Kordofani directed the story set in the context of the secessionist movement that led to the establishment of the independent nation of South […]