Netflix, Fox, Bleacher Report, Coachella Music Festival On Very Long List Of FTX Creditors In Crypto Firm Bankruptcy

Creditors run 116 pages of small print in a bankruptcy filing in Delaware by the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange. Twitter is there, Time Magazine and Thompson Reuters. Theres Peloton, The Container Store, the Nasdaq, U.S. Department of Labor, the DOJ. FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan Federal Court Jan. 3Getty Images Verizon and Virgin Atlantic. League of Legends Championship Series. Reddit, The Real Deal. Its required in bankruptcies....

January 26, 2023 · 1 min · 119 words · Jacob Myers DVM

Noah Cowan Dies: Former Toronto Film Festival Co-Director, Indie Distributor & SFFILM Exec Was 55

Cowan died of glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in December 2021. He was promoted to Program Administrator in 1992, and co-ran Midnight Madness with Colin Geddes in 1997. From 2008-14, he was artistic director of TIFF Bell Lightbox. Noah CowanSteve Jennings/WireImage The companys client roster included the IFC and the Telluride Film Festival. Earlier in his career, Cowan co-founded Cowboy Pictures, a New York City-based distributor of arthouse fare....

January 26, 2023 · 1 min · 131 words · Michelle Payne

Pathé & Logical Pictures Team On Slate Financing Deal As French Studio Targets Big Budget Local & European Tentpoles

French studio Pathe and film and TV financier and producerLogical Pictureshave announced a three-year co-production and co-financing deal. Cinema keeps reinventing itself following the recent pandemic-stricken years. The Logical Pictures Group was launched in 2016 and has become a leading player in film and TV equity. Frederic Fiore, Ardavan Safaee@Léa Rener It produces, finances, and distributes all types of content, in France and internationally. The group launched its new fund Logical Content Ventures in 2022, targeting 100M in fundraising....

January 26, 2023 · 1 min · 110 words · Matthew Shaw

Peter Bart: Big Media Honchos Hunt For Ways To Accentuate The Positive In Turbulent Moment

Those were the words of Martin Davis, the only press agent ever to become CEO of a majormediacompany. The image of Netflix has also undergone a measure of turbulence affecting both its management and share price. Their forecast, he said, was akin to suggesting that the Albanian army is taking over the world. (L-R) Netflix’s headquarters, ABC Television headquarters at the Walt Disney Company studio lotGetty Images Bewkes reign ended in 2016 amid the dealmaking wreckage of AT&T....

January 26, 2023 · 1 min · 145 words · Patricia Hoffman

The Film Academy And Its Oscars Manage To Feed On Their Own Mistakes

Well, themostly predictableOscarnominationsarrived Tuesday morningwith no disasters or truly egregious missteps. Such normalcy is too bad. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Getty Images Let things go well or follow an expected path, and theOscarsturn into a yawn. Errors are an asset. The Academy is never so interesting as when it is just, plain, obviously wrong. This is not a casual mechanism. Pieties and proper judgment are boring....

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 228 words · Alexis Evans

‘Dateline’ Renewed For 7th Season On NBC Television Stations

Datelinewill be back for its seventh season in national broadcast syndication.NBCUniversal Syndication Studiosannounced Thursday that it has renewed the popular newsmagazine show with the NBC Owned Television Stations Group. The syndicated version ofDatelineairs weekdays on stations from leading broadcast groups, including NBC Owned TV Stations, Tegna, Fox, Gray, Cox Media Group, Scripps, Nexstar, Hearst, Sinclair, Sunbeam, Graham Media, Weigel, Block, Hubbard and more. Averaging 1.6 million daily viewers,Datelinein syndication has grown its audience +21% year-over-year and ranks as a Top 5 one-hour Monday-Friday show in syndication, according to NBCU and Nielsen....

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 297 words · Ryan Ortiz

‘Elvis’ Helmer Baz Luhrmann Still In The Building; He Makes First-Look Deal With Warner Bros Pictures After The King Biopic’s 8 Oscar Noms

The deal was made by Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chairs and CEOsMichael De LucaandPam Abdy. This comes on the heels ofeight Academy Award nominations including Best Picturethat the film received Tuesday. Hanks recovered, and soon every production in Hollywood shuttered as the world self-quarantined. Baz LuhrmannRoyal Television Society, Trent Mitchell He also directed the Kidman- and Hugh Jackman-starrerAustraliaandThe Great Gatsbywith DiCaprio. After choosing Butler over numerous contenders for the Elvis role, Butler is fast emerging as an A-list actor....

January 26, 2023 · 1 min · 109 words · Glenn Robinson

‘Gossip Girl’ Boss Josh Safran Explains How He Re-Shaped The Season 2 Closer As A Series Finale & What He Had Planned For Season 3

This story contains details from the Season 2 finale ofHBOMaxsGossip Girl. Since news of the shows cancellation broke last week, the episode now also serves as aseries finale. I asked HBO Max if I actually could go back in [to the episode]. Gossip GirlHBO Max We got the editorial team back together. I went in and I lifted a bunch of stuff, I changed as much as I could. I couldnt do as much as I wanted, because I couldnt re-shoot anything, obviously....

January 26, 2023 · 8 min · 1535 words · Tiffany Nichols

‘Poker Face’: Natasha Lyonne Breaks Down Debut Episodes & Discusses Collaborating With Rian Johnson For Peacock Series

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details from the first four episodes ofPeacocksPoker Face. Shes not reading their faces or their body language. Related Stories Poker Face Review: No Lie! Natasha Lyonne in ‘Poker Face’.Peacock Rather than stick around and meet her own demise, Charlie goes on the lamb. DEADLINE:So, Rian came to you with the idea for this series fairly early on. How did you develop it with him intoPoker Face?...

January 26, 2023 · 3 min · 608 words · Casey Smith

‘Stranger Things’ Rules 2022 Streaming Charts, Nielsen Says; Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ & ‘Ozark’ Big Winners Too

The results are in, andNetflixundoubtedly dominated theNielsenU.S. streaming charts for 2022, led by originals includingStranger Things,WednesdayandOzark as well as acquisitions likeCocomelonandNCIS. 1 on both lists with 52B minutes viewed across all 34 episodes of the series. Stranger Things, Wednesday, OzarkNetflix Ozarkcame in at No. 2 on the streaming originals chart and No. Many of the series on the list have dozens or even hundreds of episodes. Prime Videomanaged to make an appearance in the Top 15 withThe Boyscoming in at No....

January 26, 2023 · 1 min · 128 words · Dawn Joseph

‘The 1619 Project’ Debuts On Hulu Tonight, Promising To Reignite Debate Over Critical Race Theory And America’s Undeniable History

We kind of acknowledge that our brute labor contributedsomethingto the economy of this country. Thats the argument that sets up the entire series. Adds showrunner Shoshana Guy, [Its] this idea of America, the land of the free. The New York Times But who is actually fighting for that freedom? Williams sought out Hannah-Jones to collaborate on the documentary adaptation. I had readThe 1619 Projectand was just moved on so many levels, Williams tells Deadline....

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 306 words · Michelle Willis

‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ & ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Renewed For Two Additional Seasons Through 2024-25

Foxhas handed early two-season renewals to three of its animation mainstays The Simpsons,Family GuyandBobs Burgers taking them through the 2024-25 broadcast cycle. The Simpsonswill extend its standing as the longest-running primetime scripted series in television history with a renewal for its 35th and 36th seasons.Bobs Burgerswill return for seasons 14 and 15 andFamily Guyfor its 22nd and 23rd seasons. Related Stories Well Be Back: Photo Gallery Of TV Series Renewed In 2023 Writers Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract With this trio of renewals, we celebrate excellence in animation on Fox, our wonderful, longtime partnership with 20th Television and the brilliant creators and incredible voices behind these forever favorites, said Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming forFox Entertainment....

January 26, 2023 · 3 min · 497 words · Katherine Gross

Annapurna Names Shayne Fiske Goldner EVP Physical Production As David Wolkis Exits; Skye Optican Promoted

EXCLUSIVE:Annapurnahas hired Picturestarts former EVP, Shayne Fiske Goldner as EVP of Physical Production. She replaces David Wolkis who is leaving the studio as their Head of Physical Production for TV and film. Meanwhile, Skye Optican has also been promoted to Creative Director of International Development and Production. Shayne Fiske Goldner and Skye OpticianCourtesy Goldner will oversee all aspects of production management for Annapurnas vast slate of film and television programming....

January 25, 2023 · 1 min · 134 words · Margaret Herrera