Anthony Scaramucci To Host U.S. Edition Of ‘The Rest Is Politics‘ Anthony Scaramucci is getting into podcasting. The former White House Director of Communications will host an American edition of British podcast The Rest is Politics alongside Katty Kay, U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC Studios. Starting Friday (April 26) The pair will …
Read More »
The company that owns IP rights to the Lord of the Rings franchise is dividing its business. Embracer Group has unveiled plans to split into three operations: games publisher Asmodee Group, indie gaming label Coffee Stain & Friends and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends, which will house the Lord of the …
Read More »
Good afternoon Insiders, more news and analysis heading your way in the paragraphs below. Jesse Whittock at the helm today. Let’s go. Sign up for the newsletter here. Keeping Faith In ‘The Traitors‘ BBC/Studio Lambert/Paul Chappells Staying faithful: Has there been another entertainment show with an impact nearing that of The Traitors in …
Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: When Murray Ferguson left UK drama house Clerkenwell Films in 2021 after more than two decades, it was a true changing of the guard. Today marks a big day for his successors, Petra Fried and Wim de Greef. Not only is the Truelove and The End of the F***ing …
Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning stage actor Jos Vantyler and Niamh McCormack (Everything Now) are starring in an international action drama series the explores the dark side of detective work and artificial intelligence. The pair will star in Cold Mind, an indie production from Algarve-based Spy Manor Productions that begins principal photography in …
Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: Sherlock star Mark Gatiss is writing and starring in a British TV drama about a bookshop owner who helps police solve crimes. Bookish will be a six-part series for UKTV crime drama network Alibi set in post-war London in 1946. Gatiss, the co-creator of BBC shows such as Sherlock …
Read More »
Producers in Southeast Asia are facing a very different, much quieter landscape to the one in front of them just 12 months ago, as U.S. players rein in their spending to appease shareholders, and neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan and India draw attention. Southeast Asia, which at one point …
Read More »
EXCLUSIVE: The Hallyu march continues this week, as a major Korean content streaming service continues its global rollout. K-entertainment subscription streamer Kocowa+ has launched in Europe and Oceania, offering 30,000 hours — what Kocowa claims is the “largest Korean content library outside of Korea” — and with English, Spanish, Portuguese …
Read More »
Bonjour and hello, Insiders. This was the week in which the end of the historic MIPTV Cannes confab was confirmed after six decades. Jesse Whittock with you. Let’s begin, and sign up for the newsletter here. London Calling, Cannes Canned London’s Leicester Square and Cannes’ Palais des Festivals So long, …
Read More »
“Moving forward, our company will be different.” That was the vow of Viaplay Group President and CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann to shareholders in the troubled European streamer’s latest annual report, which released this morning in Europe and showed huge 2023 losses despite revenue growth. Viaplay faced extinction last year after …
Read More »
A Succession-style boardroom battle is playing out in Europe. Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 Media has rejected a set of proposals from lead shareholder MediaForEurope (MFE) to restructure the European media giant. The Berlusconi-family controlled MFE (formerly Mediaset) submitted a series of motions ahead of ProSieben’s annual general meeting on April 30, which …
Read More »
Leonard Cohen had a huge impact on generations of fans, and So Long, Marianne star Alex Wolff is no different. Speaking exclusively to Deadline ahead of So Long‘s worldwide premiere at Series Mania this week, Oppenheimer and Hereditary actor Wolff paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter. “His contribution to my …
Read More »