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‘How Long Gone’ Podcast Moves Into Video With Spinoff Series
How Long Gone, a podcast aimed at the “bi-coastal elite”, is moving into the video world. Amplify Pictures, the company behind HBO’s 100 Foot Wave, and Talkhouse, which distributes...
‘Shazam!’ Star Zachary Levi “Gobsmacked” At Seedance 2.0 After AI Model Spooks Hollywood
Zachary Levi is shocked at the sophistication of Seedance 2.0. The Shazam! star has been posting about the ByteDance AI model in recent days, sharing user-generated videos and exclaiming...
‘The 1% Club’ Cements Position As Top-Selling British Format With Sweden & Italy Deals
EXCLUSIVE: The 1% Club has sold to Sweden and Italy, cementing its position as the top-selling new UK format of the past decade, according to BBC Studios. In terms...
Belgium’s Oldest Distributor Belga Films Collapses But “Future Looks Bright” For Sister Companies Belga Studios & Independent Films, Says CEO
In a stark sign of the challenges facing Europe’s independent distribution and exhibition sector, news broke on Tuesday that Belgium‘s oldest distributor Belga Films has been liquidated. Belgian newspaper...
Dinah Washington Biopic In The Works With British Playwright Winsome Pinnock To Pen Screenplay & Danny Glover On Board As Executive Producer
EXCLUSIVE: A large-scale biopic based on the life of the legendary jazz and blues vocalist Dinah Washington is in the works, with veteran British playwright Winsome Pinnock signed on...
Disney+ Creates Top Development Job In UK
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has created a top development job in the UK as the streamer continues to expand its EMEA team. A job ad posted two days ago said Disney...
Beta Film Boards Quebec Noir Series ‘Northern Traces’ Starring Danny Gilmore
EXCLUSIVE: Quebec noir is coming to London. Northern Traces is one of the most-watched shows of the last five years on French-language streamer illico+ in Canada, and Beta Film...
Get Your AI Off Our ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix Tells ByteDance In Latest Hollywood Cease & Desist Letter
Netflix “will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art,” the streamer told the TikTok owner tonight. In a short and...
Daniel Radcliffe Doesn’t Want New ‘Harry Potter’ Cast To Be Asked About Original Cast To Not Be “Weird Spectral Phantoms”
Daniel Radcliffe is looking out for the new Harry Potter cast and suggests fans not ask about the original cast. The actor portrayed The Boy Who Lived across eight films, which...
Stephen Colbert Calls Out CBS, Again, Over Equal-Time Furor, But Says “I Don’t Want An Adversarial Relationship With The Network”
Last night, after Stephen Colbert’s monologue and before his second act, he had to go backstage at the Ed Sullivan Theater to discuss FCC guidelines. Knowing that he was...
