Special Edition
Cinema United Executive Board Elects Harkins Theatres President Mike Bowers As Chair
The Cinema United executive board of directors has elected Harkins Theatres President & CEO Mike Bowers as the new chair of its executive board. Bowers takes over from previous...
Nancylee Myatt Dies: ‘Night Court’ Writer, ‘Social Studies’ Creator Was 68
Nancylee Myatt, an Emmy-winning producer and a writer for such TV series as Night Court, Social Studies and the animated series Teacher’s Pet, died September 23 in Basel, Switzerland...
Keir Starmer Declares “Bollywood Is Back In Britain” As Yash Raj Films Unveils Trio Of UK Shoots
UK and India announced a new era of cooperation between their respective screen industries on Wednesday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer touched down in Mumbai for a trade...
‘Drops Of God’ Season 2 Sets Premiere Date & Unveils First-Look Image
Uncork your bottles, as Apple TV+‘s wine drama Drops of God is coming back early next year. The International Emmy-winning French-Japanese drama series will return on Wednesday, January 21,...
“Distribution Is Back”: MIPCOM Boss Lucy Smith On The Cannes Market & TV Landscape
With MIPCOM days away, the international TV biz is about to descend upon the Cote D’Azur for a few days of back-to-back meetings, buying and selling, and some networking...
The Indie Route: Why TV Producers Are Self-Financing Scripted Projects
Independent film financing has been a staple in the movie world for more than half a century. Back then, filmmakers began to seek greater creative control outside the studio...
Firebook Entertainment Signals Move Into Production As First Movie ‘Every Heavy Thing’ Heads To Sitges
EXCLUSIVE: Tulsa-based genre specialist Firebook Entertainment has announced the official launch of its production division as its first original feature Every Heavy Thing heads to the Sitges Film Festival this month....
Banijay Nordic Taps Netflix Exec Georgie Mathew As Filmlance CEO Ahead Of Hanne Palmquist Exit
Banijay Nordic has appointed Netflix exec Georgie Mathew to the role of CEO at Stockholm-based pan-Scandinavian production company Filmlance. He will take up his post in January 2026, arriving...
Sky Nabs Matthew Macfadyen Comedy; Incredible Film Inks Distribution For ‘The North’; Dinard Award Winners — Global Briefs
Sky Acquires Elizabeth Banks & Matthew Macfadyen Comedy Sky has acquired The Miniature Wife, a U.S. comedy-drama starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, ahead of MIPCOM. The show will...
Beta Cinema Unveils Fresh Deals For Fatih Akin’s Cannes-Selected End Of WWII Drama ‘Amrum’
Beta Cinema has unveiled a fresh set of deals for Fatih Akin’s Amrum – his Cannes-selected coming-of-age drama set in the final days of WWII – ahead of its...
Carl Lewis Feature Doc & Oscar Contender ‘Checkpoint Zoo’ Head To MIPCOM As Part Of Noah Media’s Market Line-Up
EXCLUSIVE: Noah Media’s Carl Lewis feature doc and Oscar contender Checkpoint Zoo are headed to the TV market, with MIPCOM pushes incoming for both projects. Both are big-ticket doc...
LFF Head Kristy Matheson On The Festival’s Buzzy Competition Lineup, Platforming Filmmakers Who Are “Moving The Art Form In A Different Or New Direction” & Expecting Protests
The 69th BFI London Film Festival rolls into action this evening, with a screening of Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man, at the Southbank Centre’s...