Recent Cannes market pre-buys includeBreakoutstarring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nic Cages sequel toLords of War, and Daisy Ridley starrerCleaner. International co-production collaboration is key. The core of the message is for European content that can travel around the world. Al MunteanuDennis Koenig Were very well funded to create multiple hubs. Were well capitalised by our U.S. partner but the company is majority European. He continues: Were the architects of what were building....

STV has confirmed the acquisition ofLego MastersfirmGreenbird Media, following Deadlines exclusive report yesterday in the UK. Israels Keshet International was previously the majority owner, with a 60% stake. Greenbird networks will produce more than 350 hours of programming across 25 returning series this year. Lego MastersFox This is an exciting new chapter in Greenbirds history, said Mullin and Munro in a statement this morning. We are hugely proud of the Greenbird incubator model we have built....

Opening act for The Long Goodbye tour will beSteely Dan. See the full itinerary below. Guitarist and singer Deacon Frey is the son of original band member Glenn Frey. Joe Walsh, Vince Gill and Don Henley of the EaglesRoberto Ricciuti/Redferns/Getty We know how fortunate we are, and we are truly grateful. Our long run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed. But, everything has its time, and the time has come for us to exit the circle....

EXCLUSIVE:Is audience interest on the decline forNetflixsThe Witcher? The first five episodes of Season 3 hit the streamer on June 29. Since then, 1.1M U.S. households have tuned in to the premiere, according to L+5D data fromSamba TV. The WitcherNetflix Samba measured that about 893,000 households watched Episode 2, and that shrank to 750,000 for Episode 3. Season 1 ofThe Witcherremains one of Netflixs most popular TV seasons of all time....

This is about trying to create a machine that thinks like a human, Maier said. It is the big holy grail of artificial intelligence research. Depending on who you talk to, its either a couple of months away or decades. Tatjana Samopjan.Karlovy Vary Film Festival. This is mostly algorithms that are trained to do a certain task. For one, Maier added, there will be what he described as a job crunch....

Benedict Cumberbatchis seemingly not done playingDoctor Strangein theMarvelCinematic Universe. The actor recently hinted at his return in a new movie next year. Cumberbatch first played Dr. Stephen Strange in the 2016 filmDoctor Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Marvel Studios / Courtesy Everett Collection When Clea asks Strange if hes afraid he says, Not in the least. It felt like we had to shut the loop with he and Christine Palmer....

Eva Maria Daniels, producer on the 2020 Mark Wahlberg-starrerJoe Belland EP on the recentSydney SweeneyvehicleRealityfromHBO, has died. The news was announced by friend, filmmaker and fellow IcelanderBorkur Sigthorsson. Watch on Deadline This became her style, he wrote. Eva Maria DanielsValgarður Gíslason Realityis an adaptation of BroadwaysIs This A Roomfrom playwright Tina Satter, who also directed the film. We were introduced in 2007 by Ellen Kiras when Eva was running Company 3 in New York City....

The move follows the unions creation of a Commission on Artificial Intelligence in May. With AI, the stakes for IATSE members in all crafts is high, said IATSE president Matthew Loeb. Watch on Deadline Here are IATSEs Core Principles for the use of artificial intelligence: 1. Getty Education:IATSE Members will continue to be the best in the world at what we do. We will embrace new technologies and tackle the issue head on....

UPDATED with launch:Instagrams text-basedThreadslaunched Wednesday at 4 p.m. PT. TheMetaapp was built for sharing text updates and joining public conversations, according tothe blog postunveiling the launch. Users can sign on using their existing Instagram account. Instagram’s Threads shows up at the Apple App StoreApple App Store Originally, Meta said the app was expected to be available on Thursday. The app appeared in Apples iOS App Store and is expected to launch on July 6....

The interview was played out Wednesday in the UKs Southwark Crown Court, where Spacey is on trial. It is like telling tales out of school, in a way, he said. The court heard that Spacey grabbed the man like a cobra. Kevin SpaceyJordan Pettitt/PA Wire He took no responsibility for it, he just said Im gay. Hes still not hearing what he did was wrong thats sort of spurred me on a bit....

Watch on Deadline Locarno announced the tribute during its announcement on Wednesday of its full 2023 line-up. The festivals main International Competition will showcase 17 films this year, 16 of them world premieres. A moment that we have attempted to grasp and recount by dialoguing with the films we have selected. Riz AhmedGetty Images International Competition Titles AnimalDir.Sofia ExarchouGreece/Austria/Romania/Cyprus/BulgariaWorld premiere Baan(Home) (Portugal)Dir. Leonor TelesPortugalWorld premiere, First Feature El Auge Del Humano 3Dir....

Stephen A. Smithis opening up about theESPNlayoffs that saw about20 on-air personalities become redundantat the sports web connection. Watch on Deadline Got a lot of love for that brother, he added. Jalen Rose has always been good to me and I loved working with him on NBA Countdown. ESPN host Stephen A. SmithCindy Ord/Getty Images/ESPN He is a brilliant basketball mind, he is somebody that worked his ass off all the time....

I want to see bothBarbieandOppenheimer. Ill see them opening weekend, he said perThe Sydney Morning Herald. Friday Ill seeOppenheimerfirst and thenBarbieon Saturday. Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer,’ Tom Cruise in ‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning’ and Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’Universal Pictures / Christian Black / Paramount Pictures / Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection Both films are set to hit theaters on July 21 and will compete for audiences at the box office....