Special Edition
Versant In Flux As It Diversifies Business With Strategy Taking Shape In Q2, Stock Pops
Versant saw revenue and profit dip as it retools its assets base in a transitional June quarter that included the divestiture of SportsEngine and the acquisition of interactive sports...
Versant Posts Mixed Q2 Results As Advertising Trends Show Improvement
Versant delivered mixed results in its second quarter after spinning off from Comcast, with revenue and earnings per share both declining from the year-ago period. Total revenue slipped 4%...
Paramount’s Takeover Of Warner Bros. Cleared By UK Antitrust Authority
Paramount‘s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been given the green light by UK authorities. Lisa Nandy, the British culture secretary, has said she will not intervene...
ITV Doc ‘Inside Iran: War & Revolution’ Goes Undercover In Iran
EXCLUSIVE: ITV has greenlit Inside Iran: War & Revolution. The one-off doc goes undercover and inside Iran, with testimony from journalists and civilians during the 2025-2026 protests and, more...
‘Mission’ Clip: George MacKay & Rosy McEwen Lead Edinburgh Comp Title
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Wright’s latest feature Mission, starring George MacKay and Rosy McEwen, debuts in competition at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival and Deadline can unveil a first look clip....
Alexander Johnson, Saffron Burrows & Steven Berkoff Lead Psychological Thriller ‘The Sacrifice’
EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Johnson, the British actor who starred in Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, has written and will lead UK indie The Sacrifice. Filming has wrapped on the...
ReelShort On Course To Reach $1BN Revenue & First Profit In 2026 – MPA Report
Microdrama platform ReelShort is on track for a 34% increase in revenue to $1.05BN in 2026, according to a report from Asia-based analytics firm Media Partners Asia. The report,...
Rainn Wilson Voices New Zealand Rom-Com Series Settling
Rainn Wilson is lending his voice to Settling, a rom-com series out of New Zealand. Wilson, best known for playing Dwight Schrute in the U.S. version of The Office, provides the...
Piperplay Boards Sales & Unveils Trailer For ‘The City Of The Living’
EXCLUSIVE: Piperplay has boarded sales on Edoardo Gabbriellini’s true crime drama The City of the Living (La città dei vivi) ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Orizzonti competition...
Michelle Yeoh Named As Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Filmmaker Of The Year
Michelle Yeoh has been named ‘Asian Filmmaker of the Year’ at the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The annual award honors an Asian film professional or organization for...
Festival In Focus: Edinburgh Chief Paul Ridd On How The Event Is Becoming A “Legitimate Launchpad” For New & Established Filmmakers
This year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival will debut 21 feature films, 10 of which will screen as part of the festival’s official competition strand, which is set to...
