All articles by John Hazelton – Page 44
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NewsNatascha McElhone joins Showtime’s ‘Halo’ as premium cable network outlines original programming boost
Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot confirmed to play Hedy Lamarr.
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NewsCBS All Access orders StudioCanal-owned Tandem Productions’ ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ series
Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet (Star Trek franchise) on board as writers, showrunners. Kurtzman to direct.
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NewsHBO Max secures exclusive US streaming rights to ‘Doctor Who’
Platform also licenses 700 episodes of BBC series including UK version of The Office, Top Gear, Luther, The Honorable Woman.
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FeaturesEmmys 2019: Jean-Marc Vallée talks learning to work with a showrunner on ‘Sharp Objects’
Sharp Objects director Jean-Marc Vallée discusses the challenges of making the move from film to television with the multiple Emmy-nominated show.
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NewsNetflix refocuses licensing strategy to fill original content 'holes' in select territories
’We just brought in our first buyer for Africa and he’s making a lot of headway,’ top executive tells NATPE.
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NewsHBO Max orders Greek myth retelling 'Circe' straight to series
Planet Of The Apes producers, co-writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver to adapt eight-episode series.
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FeaturesEmmys 2019: How Jesse Armstrong, UK creator of HBO’s ‘Succession’, became a transatlantic TV superstar
He says he was ready to step up to the role of showrunner for the first time.
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NewsAmazon Studios head: ‘We’ll be known for a level of quality and curation’
Platform names teams of writers, producers on Lord Of The Rings series; open to Good Omens follow-up.
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NewsAmazon Studios signs production deals with Lena Waithe, Significant Productions
Separately, studio orders second season of Amazon, Legendary Television fantasy series Carnival Row.
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NewsStarz expects to double international footprint of digital service within next few years
Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch notes global ambitions informing programming choices.
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NewsStarz picks up Colin Callender’s TV version of ‘Dangerous Liaisons’
Eight-episode series tells story from female perspective; will be on Starzplay international streaming service.
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NewsHBO international co-pro strategy unlikely to change when HBO Max launches
Executive says programing choices driven more by creative taste than international expansion plans.
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NewsHBO programming chief defends position on 'Big Little Lies 2', Andrea Arnold
Executive says Game Of Thrones prequel ‘likely’ to shoot in Northern Ireland.
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NewsWarnerMedia names HBO Max senior executives
Joey Chavez, Jeniffer Kim, Suzanna Makkos, Jennifer O’Connell join.
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NewsNetflix second quarter subscriber growth falls well short of forecasts
Streamer calls reports of shift to ad-supported model ‘false’.
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NewsEmmy nominations: the key talking points
HBO dominates, Netflix wants a trophy, ‘Fleabag’ earns first nods.
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NewsHBO, 'Game Of Thrones' break Emmy nomination records
Game Of Thrones scores 32 nods, whilst HBO breaks its own record from 2015.
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NewsAmazon Studios to develop Jack Reacher TV series
Creator-novellist Lee Child previously told BBC that film version star Tom Cruise lacked Cruise ‘physicality’ for role.
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NewsHBO "extremely proud" of Andrea Arnold's work on 'Big Little Lies'
Reports suggested Arnold had lost creative control of the high profile series.
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NewsDisney’s FX closing add-on streaming service
The US pay TV network is expected to feed content to sister streamer Hulu instead.