Lionsgate has kicked off MIPCOM Cannes with a string of early international deals for its unscripted and factual formats slate. The company announced multiple international sales for unscripted titles, including […]
YouTube Takes MIPCOM: EMEA Chief Pedro Pina and BBC Studios’ Jasmine Dawson Say It’s All About “Feeding Fandom”
YouTube has arrived on the Croisette. For the first time in the company’s 20-year history, the content behemoth — owned by Google — has come to MIPCOM and used its first keynote […]
MIPCOM Deal Wrap: ‘Sunny Nights,’ ‘A Party to Die for’ Score Sales
Turmoil and disruption in the traditional television business, from the new dominance of YouTube and streaming platforms to the rise of AI, will dominate conversations at the international TV confab […]
Johannes Jensen on Co-Leading Banijay’s Scripted Charge: “We Want Bold New Stories”
Johannes Jensen knows a thing or two about the laws of the TV jungle. After all, started his industry career in 1992 as a freelancer at Swedish production firm Strix […]
Yorgos Lanthimos Jokes He Needs an AI Avatar to Get Out of Promoting His Films: “Do I Have to Say the Same Thing a Thousand Times?”
Yorgos Lanthimos might be on board with AI, after all. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker, director of movies The Favourite, Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, jokingly told BFI London Film Festival […]
Marco Bellocchio Brings the Fall of Enzo Tortora to the Screen in HBO Max’s ‘Portobello’
For Portobello, its first Italian original production, HBO Max is taking us back to 1980s Italy and one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in the country’s history. Legendary […]
George Clooney, Adam Sandler Laud ‘Jay Kelly’ Co-Star Jim Broadbent at London Film Fest Premiere: “So Happy We Can Say We Did a Movie With Him”
Noah Baumbach, George Clooney and Adam Sandler had London’s South Bank abuzz on Friday night for the U.K. premiere of Jay Kelly. The acclaimed filmmaker was joined on the carpet […]
Jafar Panahi In-Person London Film Fest Talk Canceled “Due to Scheduling Conflict”
Iranian dissident auteur and Cannes Palme d’Or 2025 winner Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) didn’t make it to the U.K. for a planned Friday Screen Talk event at […]
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup That “Holds up a Mirror to Our World”
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in Estonia unveiled its competition and first feature competition lineups and the international jury for its 2025 official selection on Friday. The main […]
‘No Other Choice’: First Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Latest Masterpiece Reveals a Korean Dad Driven to Darkness
The first official trailer for Korean maestro Park Chan-wook‘s pitch-black comedy thriller No Other Choice has arrived. Neon dropped the extended look at the buzzy film (below) late Thursday — […]