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‘The Walking Dead’ Deal With Netflix Was “The Right Choice” For AMC Global Media, CEO Says
AMC Global Media CEO Kristin Dolan said “a lot of the major players” in streaming looked at licensing The Walking Dead, but in the end re-upping with Netflix in...
Micaela Diamond & Will Pullen Join Broadway’s ‘Awake And Sing!’ Revival
Micaela Diamond (Broadway‘s Parade, TV’s Grotesquerie) and Will Pullen (Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Netflix’s The Unforgivable) have been added to the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club‘s upcoming Broadway...
Cinemark Q2 Revenue Hits $1 Billion Milestone As Exhibitors Bask In Box Office Recovery
The nation’s third and fourth largest theater chains, Cinemark and Marcus Theatres, both posted upbeat earnings amid a long-awaited box office recovery. Plano, Texas-based Cinemark saw sales rise 15%...
AMC Global Media Stock Drops On Q2 Earnings Miss
As it announced a $500 million renewal of The Walking Dead with Netflix, AMC Global Media also reported second-quarter results below Wall Street‘s expectations. Shares in the media company,...
‘The Walking Dead’ Renewed By Netflix In 5-Year, $500M Co-Exclusive Deal With AMC Global Media
Netflix has renewed The Walking Dead, paying $500 million to AMC Global Media for five years of rights to the original zombie franchise and all of its spinoffs. The...
San Sebastian Sets 2026 New Directors Lineup 
The San Sebastian Film Festival has confirmed the lineup of filmmakers that will participate in the New Directors programme at this year’s festival, which is set to run from...
Mouly Surya, Reza Rehadian & Prasanna Vithanage Among Filmmakers Selected For Busan’s Asian Project Market 
Asian Project Market, the investment and co-production platform of Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), has selected 30 projects from 20 countries for this year’s edition.  The line-up features three...
Mark Jermin Contract Raises Questions About Unlawful Activity Denial
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Jermin Management, the prominent UK children’s agency, has stripped a clause from some actor contracts that made it “conditional” for clients to train at its sister stage...
Neil Reading Dies: Top UK Entertainment PR Whose Client List Included John Cleese & Lenny Henry Was 56
Neil Reading, UK publicist to the likes of John Cleese and Dawn French, has died aged 56. According to The Sun, which carried a number of tributes, the PR...
Claire Foy & Matthew Macfadyen To Lead ‘You Are Here’ For BBC & Starz
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession) and Claire Foy (All of Us Strangers) will star in You Are Here, a BBC and Starz adaptation of author David Nicholls‘ bestseller of the same...
Paramount Sacrifices Universal Deal, But Will It Keep Cinema Safe?
“Cinema may have peaked,” was how United International Pictures sales manager Kenneth Jønsson greeted the arrival of The Odyssey in Norway. “Trust me, this is one for the ages,...
‘This Is Birmingham’: TV Version Of Shock Prime Video UK Hit In Works
EXCLUSIVE: It’s the surprise Prime Video UK action breakout of the year, and now This is Birmingham is getting a TV series adaptation. The pic, made with a minimal...