All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 165
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NewsMore WarnerMedia top executives to depart ahead of Discovery merger
Total of nine senior executives to leave.
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NewsNoomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks to star in Apple series ‘Constellation’ from Turbine Studios, Haut et Court TV
Show created by The War Of The Worlds, Doctor Who writer Peter Harness.
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News‘The Walking Dead’ star Jeffrey Dean Morgan to star in horror ‘Felix’ for producer Joe Carnahan, Highland boards sales (exclusive)
Principal photography scheduled for spring start in Winnipeg, Canada.
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NewsAcademy moves up Will Smith governors Zoom meeting to Friday
President David Rubin says Zoom call “in best interest of all involved” to be settled in timely manner.
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NewsAnn Sarnoff, Jason Kilar exiting WarnerMedia as Discovery merger nears completion
Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav hails ”passionate and committed steward of the world’s most formidable creative engine”.
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NewsNew York Film Critics Circle sets 2022 awards gala date
Jordan Hoffman to serve as 2022 chairperson.
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NewsSierra/Affinity reports brisk EFM trade on ‘Rich Flu’, ‘Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera’, ‘Orphan: First Kill’ (exclusive)
Buyers flock to genre slate starring Gerard Butler, Rosamund Pike, Julia Stiles.
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NewsCanadian documentarian and Oscar winner John Zaritsky dies at 79
Vancouver filmmaker’s career spanned more than 40 years.
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NewsPrime Video takes US rights to ‘Shotgun Wedding’
Streamer previously acquired select international territories at AFM 2020.
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NewsAlan Cumming documentary ‘My Old School’ lands at Magnolia Pictures
Hopscotch Films production received co-funding from Creative Scotland.
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NewsFocus Features picks up ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ director’s follow-up film
Of An Age wrapped production in Australia last December.
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CommentComment: Academy must reclaim its authority after Will Smith fiasco
Academy leadership needs to get in front of the news rather than merely reacting to developments – or not reacting, as the case may be.
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News‘Pulp Fiction’ leads Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson to star in Yale’s ‘The Kill Room’
Spring production scheduled for New Jersey, New York.
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NewsWill Smith resigns from Academy over “shocking, painful, and inexcusable” actions
Academy president David Rubin accepts resignation; says body will continue with ”disciplinary proceedings”.
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NewsOscars telecast producer Will Packer on why Will Smith was not removed from show
”Once I saw Will yelling at the stage with such vitriol my heart dropped.”
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NewsWill Smith apologised to Academy leadership in Tuesday Zoom call
Separately, Oscars ceremony producer Will Packer to appear on Friday talk show.
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NewsMGM, Participant, Macro team on story of 1968 Black Power salute Olympians
Carlos’s nephews Airrion and Shaun McCoy to co-produce with Smith’s wife DeLois Smith.
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NewsFilmNation, Range Media strike production and finance partnership
Companies expect to greenlight multiple projects imminently.
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NewsSony Classics sets US summer release for ‘The Phantom of The Open’
Simon Farnaby adapted screenplay from his book of same name co-authored by Scott Murray.
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NewsAcademy sets vote date on Will Smith “violations”, says actor refused to leave Oscars when asked
Body has option to suspend or expel Smith, or take other sanctions permitted by bylaws and standards of conduct.