Its been a blast.
As our counterparts across the pond like to say, we appreciate you.
Well be back in 2024 with plenty more.
Top Gun: MaverickParamount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Discovery(WBD)s David Zaslav andParamountGlobals Bob Bakish.
This of course only means one thing.
All players involved have had huge presences outside the U.S. for decades.
Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection / Jeff Spicer / Getty Images / Universal Pictures
Its well worth a gander.
But its not all bad news.
Stay tuned for Nancys weekly box office roundups next year to see if Gower Streets prediction rings true.
Read about the more surprising choices and see the full listherefor Nancys always on-point coverage.
BAFTA Tweaks
Attention streamers:BAFTAdoes love a tweak.
50 sites WPOR (widest point of release) or the equivalent of at least 350 screenings.
Lengthier and broader cinema screenings can only be a good thing.
BAFTAs move may go a little way to changing this.
A second: Disney+ Hotstar ismaking a scripted seriesabout Bollywood power struggles.
Another:Jonathan Prycejoined Steve Cooganin Peter Cattaneo and 42sThe Penguin Lessons.
West End:Nicole Scherzinger issetting sights onBroadway for herSunset Boulevardrevival, per Bazs insightful London theater look ahead.
Festival latest:Martin Scorsesewill be fetedwith Berlinales honorary Golden Bear.
More festivals:Agnieszka HollandsGreen BorderandThe Peasantswill bookendPolands Kinoteka Film Festival in London.
Setting up shop:Leonine hasopened an animation studioand upped its stake in Toon2Tango.
U-Turn:By British Airways, whichreinstated a Jewish sitcomafter initially dropping it due to the Israel-Hamas War.
- Shuttered:The news channelof Polands oldest state broadcaster, with TVP bosses removed.
Laurence Foxs misogynistic rantabout a female journalisttopped Ofcoms complaints list for 2023.
Signed up:NetflixsFinding Olastar Yasmina El-Abd, whosigned withArtist International Group.
