Warner Bros International Television Distribution is reshuffling its South East Asian sales operation with the promotion of Jae H. Chang and the departure of Tony Cornish.
Chang has been promoted to Senior Vice President, South East Asia and Korea Sales. He will move from Korea to Singapore to open an office in the…
The 2020 Berlin Film Festival, the first edition under new artistic director Carlo Chatrian, has unveiled its first wave of titles.
Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio, starring Roberto Benigni, will have its international premiere at the festival as a Berlinale Special Gala. The team have removed the 'out of competition'…
Nominations for the 40th edition of the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were announced today, with Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir out in front on seven nominations including Film, Screenwriter, Actor (Tom Burke), Supporting Actress (Tilda Swinton) and Young Performer (Honor Swinton Byrne).
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman…
The 11th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival's Industry Village program, which highlights film projects in development and work-in-progress stage, has crowned its winners.
The event, held in a French ski resort near the Swiss and Italian borders, has grown in reputation in recent years. Among the graduates of its…
At the BBC’s Christmas drinks earlier this month, I gatecrashed an animated conversation between two senior figures from the UK production sector. After a sheepish glance at each other, they revealed that the subject of their discussion was a certain Ian Katz, the director of programs at Channel 4. They are far from…
The British Film Institute has upped Ben Roberts to CEO, taking over from Amanda Nevill. He will start mid-February, 2020.
The appointment, widely tipped, was made by BFI Chair and Warner Bros UK chief Josh Berger on behalf of the BFI's Board of Governors after a recruitment process that began last summer.
As CEO of…
EXCLUSIVE: Outlander star Sam Heughan is to play Paul Newman in the untitled biopic of Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl.
Production wraps this week on the movie, which stars Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard) as American actress Neal and Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as her husband, the British children’s author Dahl.
Heughan has…
Caroline Flack, the host of ITV2'sLove Island, has quit the forthcoming season of the hit reality series after being charged with assault.
Last week, the British TV presenter was charged with assault after an incident involving her boyfriend. Police were called to her home in north London, where she lives with her…
Directors UK, the trade body for Brit screen directors, has named Andy Harrower as its new CEO following the retirement of Andrew Chowns after 10 years in the role. Harrower is joining from his position as director of licensing at collecting society PRS for Music, and is seen as a leader in the field of rights…
Netflix is teaming up with Indian outfit Tipping Point, the digital content arm of studio Viacom18, to produce three original series in the territory.
The shows are: Jamtara – Sabka Number Aayega, which explores the conflicts that emerge when a small town is identified as India's phishing capital; She, a gritty story…
The interstellar, multi-generational saga of House Skywalker reaches its concluding and (hopefully) climatic chapter with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth installment in the space opera that has captivated moviegoers since the Carter Administration. The mega-release from Disney’s Lucasfilm and…
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