Zhang Yimou Teases ‘Three-Body Problem’ At BIFF Opening; Jury Talks ‘The Assassin(s)’ Controversy & Competition Impact

Zhang Yimou Teases ‘Three-Body Problem’ At BIFF Opening; Jury Talks ‘The Assassin(s)’ Controversy & Competition Impact

Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who is serving as president of Busan International Film Festival’s competition jury, offered some details of his upcoming adaptation of sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem at the festival’s opening ceremony on Tuesday night. First announced at Shanghai film festival in 2024, there hasn’t been much news about the project recently, but…

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‘Biggest paradigm shift since WWII’: Global CEO panel discusses new world order with AI, sees opportunities 

‘Biggest paradigm shift since WWII’: Global CEO panel discusses new world order with AI, sees opportunities 

Speakers describe the future as volatile; opportunities are in resilience, globalisation, broad adoption of AI [SINGAPORE] The world order is being reshuffled and everyone needs to be prepared, speakers said at the session “A Brave New Risky World” at the Forbes Global CEO Conference at Shangri-La Singapore on Wednesday (Oct 7). Ho Kwon Ping, founder…

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Skydance Co-CEO On Prospect Of Company’s TV Studios Merging

Skydance Co-CEO On Prospect Of Company’s TV Studios Merging

Paramount’s $110B acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has come without any consolidation of the two companies’ film and TV studios — at least for now. On the TV side, that involves Warner Bros. Television Group, run by Channing Dungey, CBS Studios, headed by David Stapf, and Paramount TV Studios, led by Matt Thunell, remaining standalone…

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‘Abbott Elementary’ To Film 100th Episode At Disneyland

‘Abbott Elementary’ To Film 100th Episode At Disneyland

They’re going to Disneyland! Abbott Elementary will film its milestone 100th episode inside the park this month, Deadline has learned. Sources tell us that the episode will air in December and serve as the Season 6 midseason fall finale. Disney declined to comment. Achieving a triple-digit episode count has never been an easy feat in…

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Jurong Island energy storage system not part of core power reserves: Tan See Leng

Jurong Island energy storage system not part of core power reserves: Tan See Leng

EMA is evaluating how Singapore’s power system can incorporate such energy storage in future planning [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s largest utility-scale energy storage system does not count towards required generation reserves, and will serve instead as a rapid-response stabiliser for the power grid. The 200-megawatt (MW) Sembcorp battery energy storage system (Bess) on Jurong Island does not…

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Skydance Eyes Digital Future For Cable Franchises From MTV & Food

Skydance Eyes Digital Future For Cable Franchises From MTV & Food

As David Ellison brings together Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery under the Skydance umbrella, series such as Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon, Harry Potter and Taylor Sheridan’s Landman have been in the spotlight. But another swathe of content is driving many of the channels that bring in billions of dollars across the…

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