Inside Sky Studios: Confusion, Power Struggles & The Heavy HBO Crown

EXCLUSIVE: Sky wanted to start 2023 with a bang. The premium Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) internet is also the yardstick by which Sky measures its own originals. ‘Chernobyl’Sky/HBO An eighth, the Emmy-winning triumphChernobyl, was co-produced by WBDs cable internet. There was no place for 2022s splashy premieres including Kenneth BranaghsThis EnglandandI Hate Suzie Too. By many accounts, Sky Studios is in a state of flux nearly four years after it was launched....

May 18, 2023 · 4 min · 711 words · Patricia Walters

Mavericks Francis Ford Coppola And Kevin Costner On Risking Their Fortunes Bankrolling Passion Pics ‘Megalopolis’ And ‘Horizon’

After all, its coming out of his pocket. Investing in himself isnt just frivolous affectation for Costner. Its in his DNA. Francis Ford Coppola on the set of ‘Megalopolis’Phil Caruso But I did it without a thought. It has thrown my accountant into a f*cking conniption fit. But its my life, and I believe in the idea and the story. I tell him later this must have been how General Patton did it, and he laughs....

May 18, 2023 · 9 min · 1790 words · Walter Griffin

Paramount’s ‘Gladiator’ Sequel Rounds Out Cast With ‘Moon Knight’ Breakout May Calamawy, ‘Fauda’ Star Lior Raz & Others; ‘White Lotus’ Actor Fred Hechinger In Talks For Emperor Geta Role; Barry Keoghan Exits

Ridley Scott is back to direct, with David Scarpa penning the script. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are exec producing. Paramount Pictures has dated the film for November 22, 2024. May Calamawy, Lior Raz and Fred HechingerWME/Jen Rozenbaum/Stephanie Diani Her breakout role came last year in Marvel StudiosMoon Knightseries, starring opposite Oscar Isaac in the Disney+ series. He also recently was seen in Scott CoopersPale Blue Eyeand HulusPam & Tommy....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 102 words · Margaret Rodriguez

SAG-AFTRA’s National Board Votes Unanimously To Ask Members For Strike Authorization

SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160,000 entertainment and media professionals. To get 100% ofthisboard to agree on something shows that we are united. SAG-AFTRA hasnt struck the film and TV industry since the merger of SAG and AFTRA in 2012. SAG-AFTRA headquarters building in Los AngelesGetty Images We must get all our ducks in a row should the need present itself. The prospect of a strike is not a first option, but a last resort....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 137 words · Mandy Rios

Sam Riley To Star In Thriller ‘Islands’; Augenschein Producing Amid Company Growth & Taste For Bigger Projects – Cannes Market

Funding comes from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the FFA, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the DFFF. Living an endless summer, Tom fills the emptiness inside with booze and brief affairs. When he crosses paths with a particular tourist family, it seems hes found an escape of his own. Sam RileyPablo Cuadra/WireImage BAFTA nominee Riley will next be seen in Cannes Film Festival entryFirebrand, alongside Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. The company, which has found a profitable niche in elevated genre, is scaling up and filling out....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 185 words · Wanda Woods

Stephen Colbert-Exec Produced Pair ‘Tooning Out The News’ & ‘Hell Of A Week With Charlamagne Tha God’ Canceled At Comedy Central

EXCLUSIVE:Comedy Centralis making changes to its late-night lineup. The Paramount Global online grid has canceled animated seriesTooning Out The NewsandHell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God. Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha Godran for two seasons on the web connection. Comedy Central It launched in September 2021, initially asTha Gods Honest Truthbefore it was rebranded for its second season. It was also nominated for a WGA Award. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 110 words · Gary Wood

Supreme Court Doesn’t Weigh In On Section 230 Questions, Rules For Twitter In Case Over Terrorist Group’s Posts

The Supreme Court rejected an effort to holdTwitterand other platforms responsible for aiding and abetting terrorism because the extremist groups posted fund-raising and recruiting content on their platforms. The judges, though, sidestepped a ruling onSection 230, the provision of a 1996 law that generally protects social media from liability over their moderation of third party content. The family of a victim of a terrorist attack on an Instanbul nightclub sued Twitter and other platforms under a 2016 antiterrorism statute....

May 18, 2023 · 2 min · 367 words · Elizabeth Butler

The CW New Series Trailers: ’61st Street’, ‘FBoy Island’, ‘Children Ruin Everything’, ‘Run The Burbs’ & More

61ST STREET Produced by AMC Studios. From creator Kurt Smeaton and executive producers Chuck Tatham, Mark Montefiore, Meaghan Rath and Alyson Richards. Nowhere near as good as that old, really great life. Clockwise from top left: ‘61st Street.’ ‘FBoy Island,’ ‘Children Ruin Everything’ and ‘Run the Burbs’The CW But still kind of nice. EVERYONE ELSE BURNS Produced by JAX Media/Universal International Studios. Patriarch David longs for the church to promote him....

May 18, 2023 · 2 min · 235 words · Robert Olson

Top Iranian Filmmakers Strike A Blow For Women’s Rights And Democracy Movement

Satrapi captured these experiences in the graphic novel seriesPersepolis, which she turned into an animated feature in 2007. Watch on Deadline Ive been called a liar and a spy. Ive learned in life not to be scared, she says. Marjane SatrapiSylvain Lefevre/Getty Images We artists must be humble but doing nothing is worse, being indifferent is worse. She would like to eventually make a film about what happened to her country under the Islamic Republic regime....

May 18, 2023 · 3 min · 591 words · Claudia Robinson

Weekly Release Or Binge Model? New Samba TV Study Suggests 2-Part Strategy Could Be Key For Streaming Viewership

Arestreamingservices better served by the bulk release strategy or the traditional weekly model? A new report fromSamba TVsuggests that there are actually benefits to both when it comes to maximizing viewership. TakeNetflixsWednesdayandHBOsHouse of the Dragon, for example. House of the Dragon, Wednesday, Stranger Things 4HBO, Netflix In that case,HotDreached a total of 16.3M households across all episodes, compared toWednesdays 12.2M. But Samba also found that bulk release shows are more likely to retain their initial fans throughout the season....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 143 words · Jennifer King

WTFilms Boards Iconoclast & Ladj Ly-Produced ‘Hood Witch’ Starring Golshifteh Farahani & Denis Lavant; Heads Talk Growing Prod Ambitions

The company is inCannesthis year as a producer on the Midnight Screening titleThe King Of Algiers. Co-head Gregory Chambet notes the diversity of the slate, spanning all types of genre and storytelling styles. It was one of the first novels to talk about vampires. Hood WitchIconoclaust, Lyly The novelty of the film is the vampire is represented by a puppet. Its got a Tim Burton feel to it. Now in its 11th year, WTFilms was a pioneer in the now increasingly busy genre space in France....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 132 words · Nicholas Mcguire

‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ Gets Five-Minute Standing Ovation In Cannes, Leaves Harrison Ford And James Mangold Emotional

They only stopped when director James Mangold was handed a mic to address the audience. One thing that was true then and true now is that this film was made by friends. Earlier in the evening,Ford received an honorary Palme dOr and career tribute. (L-R) ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge, James Mangold, Harrison Ford, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Boyd Holbrook and Mads Mikkelsen on ThursdayAndreas Rentz/Getty Images...

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 101 words · Jordan Olson

‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ Review: Indy’s Final Adventure Packed With Action And Nostalgia – Cannes Film Festival

There must be 50 ways to escape a Nazi. growls Indy, just before he leaps from a speeding train hundreds of yards down into a churning river. The lackluster result got the thumbs-down from critics and a lot of fans. Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’Lucasfilm It lacked that appealing aroma of cheap seats at the Saturday matinee. Since antiquity, however, the Antikythera has been divided in two....

May 18, 2023 · 1 min · 166 words · Roy Walton