Andreas joined Deadline in 2018 covering the international and U.S. film industries, and is a regular fixture at major festivals and markets including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and AFM. He is based in London but makes regular forays to Los Angeles. Andreas spent eight years covering the film industry at Screen International and held posts there including Chief Reporter, News Editor and Deputy Editor. He has broken hundreds of stories and has written extensively on harassment and diversity. He has also worked in film production.
These are heavy days. The growing devastation wrought by coronavirus and the lengthy lockdowns have got us all looking for respite wherever we can find it.
In many cases, actors are leading from the front when it comes to charitable work. Some are also doing their bit to lighten the mood on social media.
Jack Black…
Sony Pictures Networks India and WWE have struck a five-year exclusive extension to their broadcast deal for WWE's weekly flagship programming and localized content in India and the Indian subcontinent.
As part of the agreement, SPN will have the rights to air Raw, SmackDown, NXT as well as WWE pay-per-view specials…
London-based sales firm Film Constellation has boarded international sales rights to Natalie Erika James’ well-received Sundance Midnight debut Relic, whose producers include AGBO and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories.
Scheduled for theatrical release in the U.S. in Q4, 2020, with IFC Midnight, the film was to play at…
EXCLUSIVE: Ellen Wander’s LA-based sales firm Film Bridge International is launching a horror label called Film Bridge After Dark, i.e. F-BAD.
Film Bridge has picked up a slate of movies from Dallas Sonnier’s (Bone Tomahawk) Cinestate, owner of the Fangoria and Rebeller labels. Among the titles which will be sold…
Here’s a first trailer for Apple TV+’s first UK comedy series Trying, starring Rafe Spall, Esther Smith and Imelda Staunton.
Set to launch on May 1, the eight-episode show is written by Andy Wolton and directed by Jim O’Hanlon (Catastrophe).
The series follows Nikki (Smith) and Jason (Spall) as they try for adoption…
The Tokyo Olympics will take place between July 23 – August 8 2021, following the postponement of this year’s event due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The International Olympic Committee confirmed the news today. This year’s Olympics were due to begin on July 24 and run to August 9.
"These new dates give the health…
X-Men and Glass star James McAvoy has donated £275,000 ($340,000) to a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for protective equipment for NHS staff treating coronavirus.
In a video message in support of the Masks 4 Heroes campaign, the actor said “the situation is truly urgent and time is off the essence”.
The…
UK entertainment union Equity, which has close to 50,000 members, has pledged £1M ($1.2M) to its Benevolent fund to support struggling members. The money, which is being injected as a result of coronavirus disruption, comes from funds earmarked for union campaigns and the union’s reserve.
The union is asking those…
Sony has provided a light breakdown of how the coronavirus is impacting its games, music, film and TV and electronics divisions. The breakdown is as follows:
Games and network services:Â "Sony estimates that there will be no material impact on this business for the current fiscal year. Although no issues have emerged…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
The Palais des Festivals in Cannes would ordinarily be gearing up to host MIPTV, and the town getting ready to welcome throngs of TV executives. Instead, in a stranger than fiction twist, streets are empty, the beach is closed and inhabitants are under lockdown due to the coronavirus.
In striking images, the Palais…
