As the physical edition of the Berlin Film Festival kicks off today and with the virtual edition of the European Film Market well underway, a number of key talking points such as Covid, the uncertainty of the theatrical sector and satisfying the demand for streaming platforms are likely to be hot button topics amongst…
European Film Academy president and prominent filmmaker Agnieszka Holland launched a rallying call for the independent biz today during a Cannes Marche panel, and also cautioned about the influence of algorithm-driven streaming services.
Appearing virtually via video link, Holland said she was happy that the streamers…
With global screen sectors increasingly in flux thanks to the aftershocks of an unprecedented pandemic coupled with intensifying streaming wars, it would be easy to see why execs in the business could feel a little on the apprehensive side. But for Oliver Berben, deputy CEO and deputy chairman of German production and…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday extended Germany's current lockdown to March 28, while also unveiling plans to relax certain Covid restrictions. Under a five-step process, cinemas may be able to reopen beginning March 22 at the earliest (this would be part of Stage 4). All will depend on the infection…
EXCLUSIVE: Germany-based production and distribution powerhouse Constantin Film has renewed the contracts of long-serving CEO Martin Moszkowicz and Management Board member Oliver Berben early, and for an extended period of several years. The Supervisory Board of the Resident Evil producer extended Moszkowicz's…
Deadline this week sat down with a group of leading German industry professionals to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the local and international marketplace in the aftermath of COVID-19. Germany was the first European major to re-open cinemas, while some productions have started back up, but what does…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already 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…
EXCLUSIVE, update with further details: While it may not be the confirmation Shadowhunters fans are hoping for just yet, producer Martin Moszkowicz tells Deadline discussions are ongoing as to “how we can continue to bring Cassandra Clare's vision to television.”
The series is currently due to end after its 3rd…
Martin Moszkowicz, the prolific German industry veteran behind such titles as the Resident Evilfranchise and TV series Shadowhunters: Mortal Instruments, has renewed his contract as CEO of Constantin Film for another four years. The new contract will see him at the helm until February 28, 2021.
Well-respected…