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PlayersTV Buys Expectation Media & Installs Michele Ghee As President
EXCLUSIVE: PlayersTV, the sports star-focused streamer, has acquired Michele Ghee’s tech and content agency Expectant Media. As part of the deal, financial terms of which were not revealed, veteran...
’Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston Hosts ‘Sentimental Value’ Love-In For Stellan Skarsgård & Joachim Trier
Sentimental Value filmmaker Joachim Trier, fresh from the film’s triumph at the European Film Awards, told Deadline that a “European coalition of the willing” had ensured the picture got made....
Valentino Dies: Legendary Italian Fashion Designer Was 93
Legendary Italian Fashion Designer Valentino has died at the age of 93, his foundation announced on Monday. The foundation said the designer, whose full name was Valentino Garavani, died...
Saudi Cinema Pioneer Mahmoud Sabbagh Strikes Digital Release Deal With Under The Milky Way On ‘Last Party In R. Desert’
EXCLUSIVE: Saudi director Mahmoud Sabbagh has struck a deal with France-based digital film distributor and aggregator for the international digital release of his feature Last Party in R. Desert....
Adrián Suar & Griselda Siciliani Lead Netflix Comedy Movie Based On Stage Play ‘Felicidades’ With Álex De La Iglesia Directing
EXCLUSIVE: A celebration, many secrets and a house that knows more than it should – that’s the topline for a new Netflix comedy movie out of Argentina and starring...
BBC & ‘The Apprentice’ Producer In Talks Over Whether Contestant Who Posted Offensive Tweets Will Appear On Spin-Off Show
EXCLUSIVE: Conversations are taking place between the BBC and The Apprentice producer Naked over whether an Apprentice contestant who posted offensive tweets will appear on the Unfinished Business spin-off...
BAFTA Hires Former Edinburgh TV Festival Boss Lisa Campbell
BAFTA has appointed ITN corp comms boss Lisa Campbell as its Executive Director of Programmes. Campbell, who used to run the Edinburgh Television Festival, will lead the BAFTA Programmes...
‘Love Is Blind: Habibi’ Season 2 & TV Version Of ‘AlKhallat+’ Unveiled On Netflix MENA Slate
A second season of Love is Blind: Habibi and a TV version of hit YouTube film-turned feature AlKhallat+ have been unveiled on a Netflix slate from the MENA region....
Trump Links Greenland Threat To Nobel Peace Prize Snub
In a bizarre message to Norway’s Prime Minister, U.S. President Donald Trump has said he “is no longer obliged to think purely of peace” because he wasn’t awarded the...
‘What We Hide’, Starring Mckenna Grace, Dacre Montgomery & Jesse Williams, Gets UK Distribution Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has acquired the UK and Irish rights to U.S. thriller What We Hide from Vaneast Pictures. Pic stars Mckenna Grace (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2), Dacre...
‘Matilda’ Star Reveals Fears About ‘Stranger Things’ Kids Getting Caught In AI’s “Deepfake Apocalypse” After Her Own Experience
Mara Wilson, the star of Danny DeVito’s 1996 movie Matilda, has revealed how she worried about the cast of Stranger Things getting caught in the “deepfake apocalypse” after she...
MAD World Boards Rotterdam Title ‘Home Bitter Home’ Exploring Struggles Of Lebanese Artists
EXCLUSIVE: Mad World, the film sales arm of Cairo-based Mad Solutions, has boarded sales on the Rotterdam-bound anthology of Lebanese short films Home Bitter Home. The collaborative Lebanese artwork,...