If there's one thing a worldwide pandemic has taught us, it's that even in an increasingly globalized world, different countries have different approaches on how to handle a crisis, which ultimately lead to different outcomes. Pre-Covid, Russia was one territory that was seeing a boom in its distribution and…
EXCLUSIVE: Russian director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, whose creation of the innovative Screenlife format has spawned hit movies such as Profile and Unfriended, is setting his sights on India by striking a partnership with local players Graphic India and Reliance Entertainment.
Bekmambetov and Graphic India…
Here you can watch highlights from Deadline’s panel A Window Into Russia, which saw four of the country’s top executives join us to offer insight into the territory. The event ran during the Russian Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition, which was organized by Roskino with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Moscow…
EXCLUSIVE: After a highly profitable collaboration with Bazalevs principal Timur Bekmambetov on the Screenlife film Unfriended ($1 million budget, $65 million worldwide gross), Universal and Bekmambetov have made a deal to partner on five more films shot in the format.
Screenlife is a disruptive form of storytelling…