[ Cinema owners, studios and indie distributors gathering in Las Vegas this week for exhibition’s biggest confab seek visibility into a theatrical landscape gut-punched by Hollywood strikes last year just as a post-Covid recovery was revving up. Production halted for months led to fewer releases on the schedule. But there’s reason for optimism, from Dune … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Bad Wolf is adopting a U.S.-style pilot strategy on BBC drama Dope Girls by finishing episode one months before the rest so that it can be shopped at the London and LA TV Screenings. Jane Tranter, who co-runs the Doctor Who and His Dark Materials producer, said this is the first time the … Read more
[ The boss of the Bectu union has urged British broadcasters to have an “open and honest conversation about what the future looks like” with the ailing freelance workforce, while revealing concerns over future U.S. strike action. Positing that the UK TV industry’s freelance community is currently at its lowest ebb since she took over … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. studios are aware of the dangers behind “making a wholesale shift to AI,” according to the CEO of a leading artificial intelligence dubbing outfit that says its content has been viewed by more than 1 billion people in the past year. Jesse Shemen, who runs Papercup, was speaking with Deadline after … Read more
[ A crew member on the set of Marvel’s Wonder Man died on Tuesday after suffering a fall from the rafters, per Deadline. According to the outlet, the tragic accident took place at Radford Studios in Studio City, California, where the individual, who has yet to be identified, was working as a rigger. The show … Read more
[ Nearly half of UK film and TV’s ailing freelance community are struggling financially, according to alarming research from the Film & TV Charity (FTVC). The charity surveyed more than 2,000 freelancers for its Money Matters report and found that 40% feel they wouldn’t be able to make ends meet for any more than a … Read more
[ Breakout Australia comedy Colin From Accounts is back in production. An official green light of Season 2 of the hit Binge sitcom came in August, after writers and stars Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer chose to down their pens in solidarity with WGA strike in the U.S. over the summer. Exec producer Alison Hurbert-Burns … Read more
