ITV boss Adam Crozier today announced the UK-based broadcaster-producer would be looking to cut up to $32.8 million in costs to counteract the anticipated economic fallout from Brexit and the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
"Against a backdrop of wider economic uncertainty following the E.U…
The 41st edition of the Toronto Film Festival will open with Sony and MGM’s The Magnificent Seven, as Deadline predicted last night. The Antoine Fuqua-directed remake of the classic 1960s Western stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Haley Bennett and Peter Sarsgaard. It marks…
The 41st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival announces its opening night film as well as galas and special presentations today. You can watch the official press conference live here on the stream. Last year’s fest opened with Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Valee’s Demolition starring Jake Gyllenhaal…
AMC Networks International is launching five channels with Qatar’s ambitious pay TV platform beIN across the Middle East and North Africa. AMC will become exclusively available to beIN subscribers in the region in HD. Four other, newly localized premium channels will also launch on the platform including CBS…
Foodles Production, the Disney-owned production company responsible for working on the UK et of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has admitted two health and safety breaches following the accident that crushed Harrison Ford’s leg. Ford found himself pinned by a hydraulic door on the set of the Millennium Falcon…
Paramount Pictures and the European Union have finalized a deal as part of the EU’s anti-trust investigation into the six studios’ geoblocking of pay TV rights with Sky TV. The European Commission first launched its case in July last year against pay TV platform Sky and the six major Hollywood studios, arguing…
The boys are back in town. Ewan McGregor and Danny Boyle are reunited along with Iggy Pop’s iconic Lust for Life anthem in the teaser trailer for Trainspotting 2. Some 20 years after the original film brought a misfit group of Edinburgh-based junkies to global prominence and launched the international career of…
Only days after issuing a warning that it’s losses for the year would exceed expectations, Alibaba Pictures has launched a $300 million investment fund aimed at the entertainment business. The film unit of Jack Ma’s online giant, Alibaba Pictures is teaming with Wuhu Gopher Asset Management for the fund, which…
Looks like the Drudge Report won’t be coming to China anytime soon. China’s top online regulator, the intriguingly monikered Cyberspace Administration of China, is cracking down on internet companies’ original news reporting. A report by Bloomberg states the regulator has ordered leading internet companies such…
EXCLUSIVE: Tahar Rahim is in talks to play Judas Iscariot in Garth Davis’ Mary Magdalene opposite Rooney Mara in the lead role and Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus Christ. As Deadline previously reported, Chiwetel Ejiofor is also in talks to play Peter, one of Jesus' 12 apostles and his lead disciple.
The character of…
The film unit of Jack Ma’s online giant Alibaba has issued a warning that its half year losses will be higher than expected. Alibaba Pictures Group, which had been expanding aggressively in recent months, blamed the losses on increased marketing costs at its online film ticket portal Tao Piao Piao. The losses are…
Authorities in Singapore and Switzerland have seized assets connected to Malaysian businessman Jho Low. He is at the center of yesterday’s Department of Justice filing that also alleges Red Granite, a company that Low helped to finance through his alleged friendship with Riza Aziz, was used to launder funds…