Following another streamer-dominated Sundance, where deal-making soared past $120 million, the onus at the European Film Market in Berlin is expected to shift back to a more traditional scene of single-territory theatrical acquisitions, largely by European buyers.
Comcast has promoted company veteran Jennifer Khoury to Chief Communications Officer, overseeing its external and internal corporate communications.
She succeeds D'Arcy Rudnay, who is retiring at year’s end after a 16 years at Comcast.
"Jenn is a fantastic leader and the perfect person to lead us into the future,"…
UPDATE: The latest Democratic presidential debate drew a record 19.7 million viewers for NBC News and MSNBC.
The networks said that it was the most watched Democratic debate in history. It also topped the 18.1 million who watched the second night of the Democratic debate in June. That event was broadcast by NBC News…
EXCLUSIVE: In an intriguing BerlinEFM addition, Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins has been set to star in Cus And Mike, the story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato and how he moulded the fighter into becoming the youngest heavyweight title winner ever and one of the most ferocious boxers of his generation.
The…
Eli Roth is set to direct a feature take on the 2K first-person shooter PC-console game Borderlands for Lionsgate. Production will begin later this year.
Borderlands is set in the distant future, in which four “Vault Hunters” travel to the distant planet Pandora to hunt down an alien vault, rumored to contain…
A&E Network has ordered a second season of Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole, a docuseries which tells the stories of convicted juvenile offenders who received mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole. The new season is set to premiere this fall.
Due to a recent United States Supreme Court ruling that…
Jurors in the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct trial continued deliberations for the third day, their Thursday morning apparently filled with reviewing emails and testimony involving accusers Annabella Sciora and Miriam “Mimi” Haley.
The emails were among the jury requests made yesterday afternoon, along with the…
Fox will keep on dancin’ this summer. The network has handed a Season 17 renewal to So You Think You Can Dance hosted by Cat Deeley.
Auditions for the new season of hoofing begin in March (see below). From those tryouts, the dancers selected will be invited to Los Angeles to perform for judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary…
“I was born into this world, and my first memories of it are pain,” says the emancipated Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), a synthetic soul created for the amusement of wealthy humans who visit Westworld. “For my kind there was one place we were never allowed to go, one place we were never allowed to see. Your world…”
In a…
Actress Oona Chaplin, who is set to appear in the forthcoming Avatar sequels, has been tapped to star in Lullaby, a horror feature from Alcon Entertainment. John R. Leonetti, who has directed films in the same genre such as Annabelle, Wish Upon, and most recently the Netflix original, The Silence, has signed on to…
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has packed out the distribution slate of its UK offshoot with four new genre titles, including one starring Ron Perlman and another produced by Ben Stiller.
The company first launched its UK releasing arm back in November, setting its sights primarily on the premium VOD…
EXCLUSIVE:Â Outfest has unveiled their lineup for the 17th annual Outfest Fusion — or the more official title: Outfest 2020: Culture. Film. Music. Story. The fest will run March 6-10 and include screenings, performances, panels, galas, workshops, and world premieres in Los Angeles.
Outfest Fusion brings together one of…
