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NewsCAA's Adam Berkowitz: Film talent still flocking to TV
The head of CAA’s television department was speaking on a Jerusalem Film Festival panel.
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NewsPaolo Sorrentino’s 'Young Pope' to bow at Venice Film Festival
Jude Law stars in the eight-episode HBO, Sky and Canal Plus series.
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NewsPiers Wenger appointed BBC head of drama
Channel 4 head of drama Piers Wenger has been appointed BBC director of drama commissioning after four years at the ad-supported broadcaster.
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NewsDocumentary commissioners look for heroes and hope in migrant crisis
La Rochelle’s Sunny Side of the Doc festival and market previewed Canal+ and BBC’s migrant documentary Exodus.
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NewsBavaria, Sky team for $28m 'Das Boot' TV series
The $28.5m eight-part series will serve as a sequel to the 1981 hit film.
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NewsWeinsteins acquire US TV rights to 'SS-GB'
The Weinstein Company has acquired US television rights to UK-based Sid Gentle Films’ upcoming alternate history thriller to star Sam Riley and Kate Bosworth.
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NewsStudiocanal acquires Paddington Bear brand
Multi-million pound deal will see the company develop an animated TV series and more films.
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NewsGuillermo Del Toro and Jeffrey Katzenberg talk animation in Annecy
Netflix and DreamWorks have 16 TV series in development, says DreamWorks CEO.
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NewsSky Movies rebrands as Sky Cinema
Sky Cinema will offer one movie premiere per day, an expanded library and improved HD.
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NewsFrom film to TV series: Annecy spotlights 'Ernest & Celestine'
Producer Didier Brunner talks updating the Oscar-nominated animation into a TV series backed by Canal+ and France Television.
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News"Challenge" to get ordinary Muslims on camera, says Doc/Fest panel
Media misrepresentation of Muslims, and fear of reproach from within their communities, are hindering depictions of the less “extreme” and pluralist aspects of Islam, according to leading filmmakers.
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NewsDavid Attenborough: BBC has an “incomparable responsibility”
Veteran broadcaster reflected on more than 60 years in television and the value of the BBC.
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NewsNumber 9, RED team on TV version of Henry James’ 'Portrait Of A Lady'
Carol producer Number 9 Films is making its first foray into TV.
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NewsUK executives back diversity quotas for tax incentives
Kate Harwood, Oona King among executives to express support for more regulation.
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NewsSony Pictures Television takes stake in Blueprint Television
SPT buys stake in TV arm of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel producer.
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NewsViki strikes content deal with China’s Huace Group
Fan-subbed streaming site Viki.com has signed a multi-territory content deal with China’s Huace Group.
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NewsIM Global poised for next step
Asian announcements were two-a-penny at the AFM last year, but away from the market bustle a deal was brewing that would have trumped any headline from Santa Monica.
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NewsLionsgate backs first British TV show
Company will co-produce and co-finance Channel 4 sitcom Damned.
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NewsJulien Temple to direct 'Ibiza - The Silent Movie'
Music documentary will mark the first feature for production company Whizz Kidd.
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NewsITV, Hulu team up for 'Harlots'
Period drama stars Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville and Jessica Brown Findlay.