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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Kevin McKidd Joins BBC Studios Drama ‘The Primrose Railway Children’
Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy, Six Four) will be starring in the 90-minute CBBC special The Primrose Railway Children on BBC kids channel CBBC Adapted by Tom Bidwell (The Velveteen Rabbit, The Irregulars) the feature-length family drama is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel of the same name, which is a modern reimagining of E. Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children. […]
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Dinosaurs in Space at Paramount as Nickelodeon, Channel 5’s Milkshake! Team on ‘Tim Rex in Space’
Paramount Global has been in the deal news with its big merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media. But on Wednesday, two of the company’s kids brands unveiled a deal of their own. Nickelodeon unveiled new animated series Tim Rex in Space, its first global co-production with Channel 5’s Milkshake! The show will premiere in 2025 […]
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Sharon Stone to Receive Taormina Film Fest Lifetime Achievement Honor
Sharon Stone will receive a lifetime achievement honor on the closing night of the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival next month. The fest will present her with the Cariddi d’oro alla carriera (Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement), which has previously been awarded to the likes of Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, […]
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Locarno Fest Lineup Includes Hong Sang-soo, Paz Vega Films, Honors for Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Canet
The Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland has unveiled an eclectic lineup for its 77th edition, taking place Aug. 7-17. The fest will screen 225 total films, including 104 world premieres, five international premieres and some debut features, including new films from such directors as Hong Sang-soo, Spanish actress Paz Vega and Radu Jude. Gianluca Jodice’s Le […]
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‘The Office’ Producer’s Roughcut TV, Fremantle Sign First-Look Drama Development Deal
Fremantle, part of media giant Bertelsmann’s RTL Group, has struck a first-look drama development deal with Roughcut Television, the production firm co-founded by CEO Ash Atalla, the producer of the original British version of The Office and The IT Crowd. The agreement follows the companies’ recent team-up on Paramount+ U.K. & Ireland psychological thriller series […]
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Paramount Analyst Downgrades Stock, Citing Lack of Breakup, Skydance’s “Lofty” Cost-Cutting Target
“Maybe We Have Different Dreams.” That was the headline of Wolfe Research analyst Peter Supino’s Tuesday report, in which he downgraded his stock rating on Paramount Global from “peer perform” to “underperform” following news of its deal to be acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance Media. He has a $10 price target on the stock. “With […]
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Many U.S. Streaming Users Regularly Cancel and Resubscribe, But Bundles Reduce Churn
With the competitive streaming video business having matured in the U.S. and companies focusing more on profitability, subscriber retention has become at least as important as subscriber growth. Now, the latest data from research firm Ampere Analysis shows that a recent trend to pool together streaming services into bundles reduces customer churn rates. Overall, 42 percent […]
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Skydance-Paramount Deal: How Wall Street Views the Details So Far
After months of back-and-forth, Shari Redstone has finally agreed to sell control of Paramount Global to a consortium led by Skydance Media, led by David Ellison, and RedBird Capital. Hours after an investors presentation, Wall Street analysts on Monday shared their latest takes on what Skydance’s acquisition of Redstone’s majority stake in National Amusements (which in turn controls Paramount) […]
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Willem Dafoe Named Artistic Director of Venice Biennale Theater Department: “I Am a Stage Animal”
Willem Dafoe is the new artistic director of the theater department of the Italian arts organization La Biennale di Venezia, the Venice Biennale, for a two-year term 2025-2026. “Theater is in fact the original home of his lustrous career,” said Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, chair of the board of directors of the Biennale, which is the foundation that oversees the Venice Film […]
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How A Song by The Cure Inspired Italian-French Film ‘My Summer With Irène’
Listening to The Cure song “To Wish Impossible Things” from 1992 was a key inspiration for Italian filmmaker Carlo Sironi in writing, with Silvana Tamma as co-writer, and directing the Italian-French drama My Summer With Irène. “The young and timid Clara meets the spirited Irène,” according to a plot description of the website of the […]
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Scandi Streamer Viaplay to Launch on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in U.K.
Scandinavian streaming service Viaplay is coming to Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in the U.K., starting on Tuesday. The news comes after Viaplay closed its own app and direct-to-consumer streaming service in the U.K. in May, instead focusing its international distribution strategy “on building growth via partnerships and on bringing the best of Nordic and European […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils Three Short Films for Season 3 of Black Britain Unspoken Program
Warner Bros. Discovery Access, the company’s talent development division for underrepresented creatives, on Monday unveiled Donell Atkinson-Johnson, Lauren Gee and Joladé Olusanya as the three filmmakers who will tell their stories of what it means to be Black and British in shorts as part of the third annual Black Britain Unspoken program. Launched in 2022, it aims […]
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