The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd is among those backing a new gender based rebate program for film and TV. The initiative, called 10% for 50/50, was launched internationally yesterday at the Berlin Film Festival after debuting at the Goteborg festival in Sweden. The scheme proposes that production…

AMC is expanding another successful series into a scripted franchise. After giving the go-ahead last week to Better Call Saul, a spinoff series from Breaking Bad, the network just announced that it is in the initial stages of developing a companion series to mega hit The Walking Dead. The new drama series has a target…

Graham King’s GK-tv and Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment have partnered to develop and produce Port Royal, an hourlong series based on an original idea by Hurd. Set in the late 17th century on the island of Jamaica, the series will chronicle the namesake port's notorious rise as the "richest and wickedest…

LOS ANGELES (November 2, 2010) — The Producers Guild of America (PGA) and the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) announced today that the 2011 Produced By Conference (PBC) will be held in conjunction with AFCI's Locations Trade Show June 3-5, 2011. More details about the event will be released…

Academy Announces Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Finalists for 2010 Beverly Hills, CA – Ten writers have been selected as finalists for the 25th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their scripts will now be read and judged by the…