#Disney to Spend B a Year in Europe, Warner Bros. Discovery Exec Looks to 2026 Max Launch in U.K.

#Disney to Spend $1B a Year in Europe, Warner Bros. Discovery Exec Looks to 2026 Max Launch in U.K.

Everyone agrees: the U.K. is and will remain a production hotspot. TV bosses from Warner Bros. Discovery, Sky, Disney, and Paramount Global on Tuesday hailed the knock-on impact of investment in the British and wider European market at the Royal Television Society’s London Convention on Tuesday. The conversation, which included Disney’s Nami Patel, senior vp,…

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#‘Barbie’ Producer, ‘Supacell,’ ‘Wonka’ Among Production Guild of Great Britain Awards Winners

#‘Barbie’ Producer, ‘Supacell,’ ‘Wonka’ Among Production Guild of Great Britain Awards Winners

The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) celebrated the likes of Warner Bros. film Wonka, Netflix series Supacell, and Barbie, Paddington and Harry Potter franchise producer David Heyman at its awards ceremony on Saturday night. Hosted by comedian, presenter and actor Patrick Kielty from Northern Ireland at The Grove Hotel in Watford, near London, Heyman…

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#Harris’s debate performance: Style over strategy

#Harris’s debate performance: Style over strategy

On style, Kamala Harris won her first debate with Donald Trump. She exceeded the low expectations that had been set for her, and she prepared sufficiently well to not have a meltdown like Joe Biden’s in June. But she failed to achieve four strategic goals to advance her candidacy with independent and undecided voters. Strategically,…

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#Nikolai Kinski, Director Florian Frerichs on Sex Scenes Always Being “Super Awkward” and ‘Traumnovelle,’ Their German-Style ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

#Nikolai Kinski, Director Florian Frerichs on Sex Scenes Always Being “Super Awkward” and ‘Traumnovelle,’ Their German-Style ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

Remember Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s exploration of marriage and relationships starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise? Of course, you do! Now, get ready for Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Eyes Wide Shut and that opens the Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday! The drama, from German director…

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#TIFF According to Sky Original Film’s Julia Stuart

#TIFF According to Sky Original Film’s Julia Stuart

Julia Stuart, the director of Sky Original Film, heads up a team that acquires exclusive rights and commissions original feature productions for Sky Cinema’s platform as well as theatrical release. Stuart and her team have brought several major titles to Sky, including Michael Mann’s Ferrari, May December starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, and The…

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