Lionsgate Shrinks Quarterly Loss Amid Rising TV Revenue: Lionsgate reported reduced losses due to increased TV revenue. CEO Jon Feltheimer discussed industry disruption and the end of Peak TV.
Screen Careers Announces First Board Members: Screen Careers is a new not-for-profit group that launched with top industry names to shape future careers in television.
UK Media Bill Passed inHouse of Lords: The UK's Media Bill, impacting global streamers like Netflix and Disney+, moved closer to becoming law.
Sony's India Head NP Singh to Step Down: NP Singh, Sony India's entertainment head, announced his resignation after the ZEEL merger deal collapsed.
Netflix's Potential Move Awayfrom Binge Model: Indications suggest Netflix may shift away from its binge-release model to capture better and retain audiences.
'The Last Stop in Yuma County' Casting Director Insights: David Guglielmo discussed assembling a dream cast for the film and working with first-time directors.
Meet the New A-List: Rising Hollywood Stars: New stars like Timothée Chalamet, Sydney Sweeney, and Glen Powell are poised to become Hollywood's next big names.
'The Fall Guy'Streams Early: Ryan Gosling's film 'The Fall Guy' began streaming just 17 days after its theatrical release, sparking debate on summer movie strategies.
Animated Films' Popularity on Netflix: Animated features dominated Netflix's latest data, with 33 of the top 100 viewed titles being animated.
UK General Election and Industry Expectations: With the UK general election approaching, TV and film producers are expressing their expectations for future industry policies.
Plus: Executive Moves, Insights, In Development, Deals, Renewals, Cancellations & Events.
NEWS
Lionsgate Shrinks Quarterly Loss Amid TV Revenue Rise
"We’re witnessing the most profound industry disruption in recent memory," studio CEO Jon Feltheimer said of the television business after the demise of Peak TV during an after-market analyst call.
From: The Hollywood Reporter
Screen Careers announces first Board members
Top names from the industry are getting behind the newly launched not-for-profit group to help shape future careers.
From: TV Tonight
UK Media Bill passed in House of Lords, ushering in new rules for global streamers
The UK’s long-gestating Media Bill has taken one step closer to being passed into law, with the legislation set to bring in new rules about how global streamers such as Netflix and Disney+ operate in the country.
From: TBI
Kodi, Canine Star of ‘Dog on Trial,’ Wins Cannes Palm Dog
The rescue mutt follows in the big paw prints of 'Anatomy of a Fall' canine star Messi, who won the Palm Dog red collar last year.
From: The Hollywood Reporter
Seriencamp Co-Production Projects 2024
With the help of our highly qualified Co-Production Advisory Board, which currently includes Jessica Wirdemann, Krisztina Gallo, and Elly Vervloet, we have selected eight promising series projects from a wide range of projects submitted to our call for projects.
From: Seriencamp
Sony’s India Head NP Singh to Step Down, Months After Merger Deal With ZEEL Collapses
NP Singh, the well-respected head of Sony’s entertainment businesses in India, will step down. The announcement was made on Friday local time. A precise timeline for his exit as MD and CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India was unavailable.
From: Variety
INSIGHTS
What’s In The Running To Win The Palme d’Or & Other Cannes Awards This Weekend?
The Cannes Film Festival will crown its Competition winners tomorrow night, and the consensus is building around a few titles.
From: Deadline
You Can’t Make 25 Seasons of a Hit Show Without a Great Crew
"The Voice" director Audrey Morrissey and host Carson Daly tell how they put on multiple live mini-concerts every season.
From: IndieWire
Is Netflix killing off the binge model it created? The signs say yes
Unless it’s a breakout hit, like Baby Reindeer, a new show on a streaming platform has a massive challenge in finding – and holding on to – an audience. In large part, that’s because a show’s entire life cycle from premiere to post-mortem happens within a week. They get a fortnight if they’re lucky.
From: The Sydney Morning Herald
‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ Casting Director Talks Assembling Film’s ‘Dream Cast’ and Why He Enjoys Working With First-Time DirectorsSee AlsoΠόσο αληθινή είναι η πραγματικότητα; Τέσσερα ντοκιμαντέρ προκαλούν τις αισθήσεις! - FLIXΤα #dontmissit ντοκιμαντέρ αυτού του μήνα είναι εδώ | in.gr‘The Masked Singer’ Finale Reveals Identities of Goldfish and Gumball: Here’s Who Won Season 11What to Watch this week: Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth hit the road for “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
David Guglielmo doesn’t have an acting background, but he has an empathy and understanding for actors serving him and others as a casting director.
From: Variety
11 talking points from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
From politics to buzz films, star appearances and deal-making, there was – as always – plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
From: Screen Daily
Meet the New A-List: The 10 Young Movie Stars Taking Hollywood by Storm
Are Timothée, Sydney and Glen the new Leo, Scarlett and Tom? Studio execs are hoping they are, with Hollywood betting on stars like Paul Mescal and Jenna Ortega to carry slates and save the box office.
From: The Hollywood Reporter
‘Hacks’ Creators Share the Secret to Writing Deborah Vance’s Comedy
Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello tell how they approach standup that’s supposed to fall flat on the Max series
From: The Wrap
‘The Fall Guy’ is now streaming after just 17 days in theatres. Are summer movies in trouble?
After a disappointing theatrical debut, Ryan Gosling’s would-be summer hit is already available online. But the move may not be as bad as it sounds.
From: Fast Company
Animated Films Are 33 Of The Most Watched In Netflix’s New Data Dump: How Streamer’s Originals Stacked Up Against Licensed Titles
When Netflix released its latest significant data set on Thursday — its second under the name of What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report — animated features continued to demonstrate a significant impact on the streamer. Of the top 100 most viewed titles in the review period, from July to December 2023, 33 were animated, bringing in 1,087,600,000 views.
From: Deadline
Peter Bart: Coppola’s Utopian Epic Stirs Debate At Cannes While Former Partner George Lucas Quietly Sets His Own Pricey, Futuristic Surprise
Last week, the Megalopolis parties and debates generously fed Cannes’ appetite for media buzz. Fest-goers were reminded that Francis Coppola’s journey had been a thrill ride for those who witnessed it, invested in it or were impacted by its turmoil.
From: Deadline
How Bonnie Hammer Turned ‘Uncommon Common Sense’ into a Book to Help Women Navigate Life in the C-Suite
The NBCUniversal vice chair discusses her motivation for writing '15 Lies Women Are Told at Work ... And the Truth We Need to Succeed.'
From: Variety
Getting Your Film Seen: 10 Rules Every Filmmaker Must Know Right Now
Distribution is changing in real-time. A veteran film consultant wants to tell filmmakerswhat’sgoing on and how they can respond.
From: IndieWire
UK General Election: Producers wishlists as the country prepares for polls
It has been a busy week for the UK’s TV & film producers, with the long-awaited Media Bill making its way through the House of Lords yesterday before Parliament is dissolved. The move followed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement this week that a general election will occur on 4 July – but what does the industry want to hear from those vying for their votes?
From: TBI
Gen Z Has No Interest In Disney+, Star Wars, Marvel According To Samba TV
The younger generation isn’t tuning in, but they are watching lots of Netflix.
From: Cosmic Book News
Is true crime immune to the industry downturn?
In the second of a two-part vox pop series, we ask true crime producers whether the genre, having previously bucked the trend for declining cable subscriptions, is immune to current commissioning downturns on both sides of the Atlantic.
From: C21
How savvy licensing & value-added originals are boosting Netflix’s numbers
Netflix has published the second edition of its biannual engagement reports, offering detailed viewing data for its shows and movies between July and December 2023. As with the first instalment at the end of last year, the global streamer aims to share the complete picture of what its audience is watching beyond the mercurial Top 10 list.
From: TBI
George Lucas Recalls Early Cannes Days With ‘THX 1138’, Besting Studios With ‘American Graffiti’ & ‘Star Wars’; “The Fact That People Make Money In The Movie Business Is A Myth”
In a wide-ranging chat before a packed Salle Debussy Theatre crowd, Lucas, who is here to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the 77th edition, shared how his THX-1138 was accepted into a new section at Cannes, the Director’s Fortnight, back in 1971, but Warner Bros didn’t want to send the filmmaker or his co-scribe Walter Murch to France for the premiere.
From: Deadline
Oscar Winner Youn Yuh-Jung Reflects on Korean Cinema’s Early Days in Academy Retrospective
Youn came to the attention of many late in her career by playing the grandmother role in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari.” But her entertainment history dates back to one of Korean cinema’s golden eras and a screen-scorching 1971 debut in legendary director Kim Ki-young’s “Woman of Fire.”
From: Variety
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski on Andrea Arnold, Frog Poison, and First Meeting at the ‘Bird’ Makeup Truck
Cannes: "Bird" stars Keoghan and Rogowski talk about the loose, patient, and sometimes tricky set of an Arnold movie: "You kind of get found out if you’re acting."
From: IndieWire
Streaming: The battle of bundles
Streaming wars have evolved into the battle of the bundles. The bundling model is being utilised widely by streaming players as a tool to navigate the oversaturated market, with increasing new competition and pressures to keep pace with the market’s frontrunners.
From: Digital TV Europe
The Inspirations Behind 45 Years of 'Mad Max,' Explained by Furiosa's George Miller | Vanity Fair
Inside the horror boom driving Indonesia's film industry | 7.30
Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing film markets in the world, and a love of horror is driving it. Frightening films are so popular across the archipelago that they make up close to half the local films on cinema screens.
Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, and Danielle Brooks Join Michelle Pfeiffer in Amazon MGM’s Holiday Comedy, ‘Oh, What. Fun.’
Devery Jacobs and Maude Apatow are now on the call sheet.
From: The Hollywood Reporter
Lorenza Izzo To Lead Opposite Diego Boneta In Prime Video Comic Book Series ‘El Gato’
Lorenza Izzo (Hacks) has landed the female lead role in Prime Video‘s El Gato (w/t) opposite Diego Boneta. The series, based on the comic book series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez, was ordered to series in February.
From: Deadline
‘Knives Out 3’ Title Revealed as ‘Wake Up Dead Man’; Rian Johnson Confirms 2025 Release
Benoit Blanc is back to solve another mystery in Rian Johnson‘s third “Knives Out” film, “Wake Up Dead Man.” Johnson announced the title and a 2025 release date in a teaser posted to X Friday morning.
From: Variety
Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Boxer Oleksandr Usyk Joins Dwayne Johnson In ‘The Smashing Machine’ From A24 And Benny Safdie
Following his massive victory against Tyson Fury to become the newly crowned Undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Oleksandr Usyk has found his next opponent on the big screen as he is set to join the cast of A24’s The Smashing Machine as MMA legend Igor Vovchanchyn. The film stars Dwayne Johnson and Academy Award-nominated Emily Blunt.
From: Deadline
Jeffrey Wright Joins ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 in Video Game Role He Originated
The Oscar-nominated "American Fiction" star returns to HBO after appearing on "Westworld."
From: IndieWire
Banijay’s Screen Line Productions To Adapt The Declaration
Screen Line Productions, part of Banijay France, has acquired the rights to Gemma Malley’s young adult novel The Declaration to adapt for television.
From: TV Drama
Bradley Whitford, Shea Whigham, Stephen McKinley Henderson Among Five Added to ‘Death by Lightning’ at Netflix
“Death by Lighting,” Netflix’s upcoming series about the rise and eventual assassination of U.S. President James Garfield, is adding to its cast.
From: Variety
‘The Bear’ Season 3 Trailer: Kitchen Chaos Reigns at Carmy’s New Restaurant | Video
The FX series starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach returns on June 27 on Hulu.
From: The Wrap
DEALS
Paramount and Charter Spectrum Ink New Carriage Deal, Including Paramount+
The news comes at a critical moment for the entertainment company.
From: The Hollywood Reporter
Cannes Day 10: Netflix Spends Big on Jacques Audiard’s Buzzy Breakout
Also, Kelly Rowland explains her red-carpet drama and more reviews
From: The Wrap
Sales round-up: TVF Int’l strikes ANZ deals; 9 Story sells to Amazon & Roku
ABC and SBS are among Australian and New Zealand broadcasters to acquire factual content in a slew of deals struck by distributor TVF International. Kidoodle, Amazon Prime Video, Roku, Xumo, and Mediacorp’s meWatch platform in Singapore have also acquired kids’ content from 9 Story Distribution International.
From: TBI
Canada’s Global Lines Up Crime Drama Hidden Assets
Season one of the Irish-Canadian-Belgian crime drama Hidden Assets is slated to debut next month on Global and STACKTV. Written by Peter McKenna and Morna Regan and directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan and Kadir Balci, it will launch June 5 at 9 p.m. Co-funded by the European Union, the series is a Saffron Moon, Facet4Media, and Potemkino production for RTÉ, Super Channel, and Acorn TV and is distributed in Canada by Incendo.
From: TV Drama
Cannes 2024 Sales: Alain Guiraudie’s ‘Miséricorde’ Sells to Sideshow and Janus Films
The film from the director of "Stranger by the Lake" is the third acquisition for the specialised distributors.
From: IndieWire
Two CJ ENM'S Formats Heads to Vietnam Through FPT Play
Korea's CJ ENM has signed an unscripted format deal with Vietnam's leading IPTV & OTT services, FPT Play, marking the first format licensing agreement between both companies. FPT Play has acquired the format rights for two of CJ ENM's hit shows, "My Boyfriend Is Better" and "Wedding Fighters".
From: Señal News
Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes Competition title ‘The Substance’ scores multiple international deals
The Match Factory has agreed on a string of sales for Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy Cannes Competition title, The Substance, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid.
From: Screen Daily
K-pop series Mamamoo: Where Are We Now? heads TVF Int’l sales in Oz and NZ
Sky in New Zealand and SBS in Australia have snapped up the Korean pop documentary series Mamamoo: Where Are We Now? The 4×25’ title, produced by ZanyBros, is one of several deals announced by London-based factual distributor TVF International (TVFI) in Australia and New Zealand.
From: C21
Cannes Competition title ‘All We Imagine As Light’ snapped up for UK-Ireland
BFI Distribution has acquired Payal Kapadia’s acclaimed Cannes Competition title All We Imagine As Light for theatrical release in the UK and Ireland.
From: Screen Daily
‘Emily in Paris’ Season 5 Role Auctioned Off in Cannes, but Netflix Denies Renewal
“Emily in Paris” Season 5? Not so fast. During the amfAR Gala at the Cannes Film Festival, which raises money for research to end HIV and AIDS, Winnie Harlow and Paris Jackson appeared onstage to auction off a walk-on role in a previously unannounced fifth season of the Netflix series. The auction winner shelled out €250,000 to appear in the series and the chance to attend the Season 4 premiere in Los Angeles. Harlow and Jackson also said that Season 5 of the popular series will begin shooting in mid-2025.
From: Variety
CANCELLATIONS
‘High School’ Canceled at Amazon’s Freevee
Railey Gilliland and Seazynn Gillilandstarred in the series, which was inspired by the memoir by Grammy-nominated twin sibling performers Tegan and Sara Quin.
From: The Hollywood Reporter
Gladiators reboot becomes latest WBD format to be axed by Australia’s Network 10
The Australian reboot was produced by WBD and hosted by former sports stars Liz Ellis and Beau Ryan, and the latest season premiered on January 15.
From: C21
‘Still Up’ Axed By Apple TV+ After One Season
Still Up, Apple TV+‘s insomnia comedy starring The Good Doctor fan favourite Antonia Thomas and Craig Roberts has been axed after one season. The series launched in September 2023 and was quietly shelved earlier this year.
From: Deadline
‘The Girls on the Bus’ Cancelled After One Season at Max
“We are so proud of this powerful story of found family and the celebration of journalism, in all its forms,” the streamer says
From: The Wrap
Documentary Spotlight - June 9 - LA
Documentary Spotlight (TV Edition) will host a spectacular line-up of creators for an afternoon of powerful discussions about the significance of documentary storytelling. The event will feature an all-star list of panellists and keynote speakers, present clips and conversations with leading filmmakers and executives illuminating their craft and their FYC projects in contention, and discuss the state of the industry.
From: Eventcreate
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