President Obama Photographer Anna Wilding Launches Female-Focused Prodco & Plots $50M VC Raise For Content Fund

Its backed by unnamed private investment sources. BHE soft-launched as it went into production but is officially debuting now. The doc revisits the Woodstock music festival, with Wilding producing, directing and hosting. Wenn Also on board isAmerican Idolcasting producer Julie Donsky, editor Heidi Scharfe and composer Charles David Dealer. Private investors out of Wyoming and Atlanta are backing the film. The exhibitors doors are open. I have distributed direct successfully before....

September 11, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · Kelly Bailey

Sam Pressman Talks ‘The Crow’ Reboot, Continuing His Father’s Legacy And Why Industry Should Look To Embrace AI

Movies are deep inside of me, but I didnt always believe that I would go into film. I really loved it more as an art. Getting to work for my father and learn from him was the greatest privilege and opportunity, he says. Sam PressmanMax Loeb So, that ethic is really at the core of what I want to continue at Pressman Film. And theres plenty of work to be done at the small, L....

September 11, 2023 · 2 min · 239 words · Anne Chen

Top British Music Supervisors Nick Angel, Sarah Bridge, Iain Cooke & Catherine Grieves Join Forces To Launch Collective 45 RPM

; and Grieves has worked across series such asKilling EveandSlow Horses. Watch on Deadline The idea to band together was born from a conversation between Angel and Cooke. We wanted Cat and Sarah to join us and have a line of everybody being equal. From left: Iain Cooke, Catherine Grieves, Sarah Bridge & Nick Angel45 RPM Naturally people will come to us individually for projects, she said. Across the last few years TV has had a huge boom here in particular....

September 11, 2023 · 1 min · 106 words · Douglas Fisher

‘Hell Of A Summer’ Review: Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk’s Feature Helming Debut Takes A Nostalgic Dive Into Slasher Cinema – Toronto Film Festival

Bryk and Wolfhard also star. When one of them leaves to grab more alcohol, things end very badly for the two of them. They arrive early to train and wait for the kids to arrive. Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard in ‘Hell of a Summer’Neon Jason is the lovable weirdo whose heart is in the right place. Hes worried because John and Cathy arent there yet when they are usually the first ones at camp....

September 11, 2023 · 1 min · 116 words · Rebecca Boyer

‘Succession’ Star Hiam Abbass & Daughter Lina Soualem Meditate On Palestinian Roots, Exile & Scattered Family Ties In Doc ‘Bye Bye Tiberias’ – Toronto

Palestinian-French actressHiam Abbassand her filmmaker daughterLina Soualemtouch down at theTorontoInternational Film Festival on Monday with documentaryBye Bye Tiberias. Deadline talked to Abbass and Soualem in Venice. DEADLINE:Its a very intimate film. Hiam Abbass and Lina Soualem in Bye Bye TiberiasBeall Productions Why did you decide to lay bare your personal stories in this way? LINA SOUALEM: Its a continuation of what I started doing withTheir Algeria. I didnt think of the film as an intimate film at first....

September 11, 2023 · 3 min · 527 words · Gail Jones

‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Hit With Pickets As Audience Members Thrown Out For Wearing WGA Badges Amid Writers Strike

This is Day 133 ofthe WGA strikeand Day 60 of theSAG-AFTRA strike. There had been suggestions that guests included Oprah Winfrey and Brooke Shields, but Deadline understands that is incorrect. And then we get kicked out for supporting what is right. Strikers outside The Drew Barrymore ShowSean Piccoli/Deadline Added Carter, Im just really shocked, to be honest. A spokeswoman forThe Drew Barrymore Showtold Deadline, It is our policy to welcome everyone to our show tapings....

September 11, 2023 · 2 min · 269 words · Carolyn Griffin

‘The News Agents’ Producer Persephonica Signs With WME, Preps Slavery Podcast & Sets Sights Stateside

Pushing into America is a big thing for us, Sofos told Deadline. That has been a bit of a calling card for us in America. The industry looks completely different now, he added. L to R: Dino Sofos (Persephonica CEO), Ed Balls (presenter), George Osborne (presenter), Ellie Clifford (Persephonica Executive Producer)Persephonica When we launched, streamers and media organizations were paying huge fees to talent and that has completely disappeared. Even advances dont really exist anymore....

September 11, 2023 · 2 min · 224 words · Chad Walters

Chuck Todd Signs Off As Moderator Of ‘Meet The Press,’ Successor Kristen Welker Says She’ll Approach New Role “As A Reporter”

I take this responsibility so seriously, Welker said. I am ready because you have helped me get ready, Chuck. She credited Todd for bringing her to D.C. and teaching her just about everything I know about politics. Kristen Welker and Chuck Todd on Todd’s final “Meet the Press"William B. Plowman/NBC News Watch on Deadline Todd asked Welker what her plans were for the show. I want to approach this as a reporter, she said....

September 10, 2023 · 2 min · 290 words · Ryan Davis

Gavin Newsom Says Debate With Ron DeSantis Hit A Snag Over “Venue Issue,” Calls Out Florida Governor And Donald Trump In Worry Over “Fetishness For Autocracy”

They wanted thousands of people and make it a performance. I wasnt interested in that. We were pretty clear on that. Getty Images And so I think were getting closer, Newsom said. OnMeet the Pressinterview, Todd asked Newsom whether he was still okay with Hannity as moderator. Watch on Deadline Well, I mean, its two against one, Newsom said. It goes to the point about rural California, goes to about red states, blue states....

September 10, 2023 · 1 min · 149 words · William Garcia

Prince William ‘Not Doing A Harry’; Declines All Interviews About Brother Harry On US Trip

Prince Williamwill be traveling to the U.S. next week, but it appears he wont be taking quite the same path as his younger brother, and has turned down interview requests with all the major networks. The Times of Londonreports that William, thePrince of Wales, will be stepping up his global statesman duties in the coming years, and this trip will concentrate on his high-priority Earthshot project, a 50million environmental award he is spearheading to inspire solutions to climate change....

September 10, 2023 · 2 min · 373 words · Dr. Jeremy Romero

Shawn Levy Provides Update On ‘Deadpool 3’; Marvel Threequel In The Spirit Of ‘Midnight Run,’ ’48 Hours’ – TIFF Studio

Well, like the rest of our industry, or at least large swath of it, were paused. Were halfway through filmingDeadpool,co-starring Wolverine. It was a joy every day and that chemistry is as relentless as we all hoped it would be. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool 3’Ryan Reynolds Instagram The threequel to the 20th Century Studios/MarvelStudios movie is currently scheduled to open in theaters on May 3. I wasnt going to mess with the DNA of that franchise, Levy tells Deadline....

September 10, 2023 · 1 min · 96 words · Debra Zamora

Venice Film Festival 2023: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews

Deadline is on the ground to watch all the key films. Its sometimes too oblique to be totally satisfying, but Seydoux is a revelation. Its as if someone commanded Larrain and Calderon to amaze and astonish, and they willingly obliged. The opening red carpet at the 80th Venice Film FestivalAndreas Rentz/Getty Images But the emotional input really earns its payoff in a confident, imaginatively mounted calling card. On the contrary; his story runs up hard against any kind of easy ending....

September 10, 2023 · 2 min · 231 words · Joshua Lee

‘Boy Kills World’ Review: Moritz Mohr Directs An Unsteady Narrative That Stands Between Gory Kills And Giggles – Toronto Film Festival

Dive into a world where chaos meets comedy, and gory kills are an everyday thing. Things go downhill as the townsfolk are killed by accident, thanks to the ineptitude of the duo. The Boy witnesses everything, and this inspires him to seek revenge for the death of his family. Bill Skarsgård in ‘Boy Kills World’Courtesy of TIFF Together they vow to take down the whole establishment even if it costs them their lives....

September 10, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · Tiffany Nguyen