#Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene to Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Towards Zero’

#Anjelica Huston, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Mimi Keene to Star in Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Towards Zero’

An adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s mystery novel Towards Zero starring Anjelica Huston is in production, the BBC and BritBox International unveiled on Wednesday. The three-part series, starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Haunting of Hill House, The Invisible Man), Ella Lily Hyland (Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania), Huston (Prizzi’s Honor,…

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#Generative AI in the U.K.: 36 Percent Have Used It, But Deloitte Highlights Need to Improve “Fluency”

#U.K. Media Bosses Discuss AI Deals, Deepfakes

Generative AI was a topic of hot debate on Tuesday at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London where a panel of newspaper and media company bosses discussed deals with artificial intelligence firms. The executives on the panel included Anna Bateson, CEO of Guardian Media Group, The Sun publisher Dominic Carter, Telegraph…

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#Franz Kafka Romance ‘The Glory of Life’ Sells Wide

#Franz Kafka Romance ‘The Glory of Life’ Sells Wide

International buyers are swooning over The Glory of Life, a very un-kafkaesque love story about Franz Kafka and his last romance. The German-language drama, from directors Judith Kaufmann and Georg Maas, follows the romance between Franz Kafka (Sabin Tambrea) and Dora Diamant (Henriette Confurius) in the final year of the famed writer’s life, before his…

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#Nicki Minaj’s Amsterdam Gig Axed After Reported Detention at Airport

#Nicki Minaj’s Amsterdam Gig Axed After Reported Detention at Airport

Nicki Minaj‘s concert in Amsterdam has been canceled, its promoter said on Friday, after the rapper was reportedly detained last week at the city’s airport for “possession of soft drugs”. Dutch police had told NBC News that they “arrested a 41-year-old American woman at Schiphol Airport,” but the woman wasn’t named. “After consultation with the Public Prosecution…

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#Shanghai Film Festival Unveils 2024 Competition Lineup

#Shanghai Film Festival Unveils 2024 Competition Lineup

The Shanghai International Film Festival unveiled the competition selection for its upcoming 26th edition Wednesday, featuring a lineup characteristically heavy on Chinese titles. As in recent years, the lineup also includes a bevy of European, Japanese and Central Asian movies, but not a single film from the U.S. or South Korea. The most anticipated film…

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#Fremantle Names Mark Reynolds Global Head of Documentaries

#Fremantle Names Mark Reynolds Global Head of Documentaries

Production powerhouse Fremantle has appointed Mark Reynolds as its global head of documentaries, reporting to Andrea Scrosati, group COO and CEO, Continental Europe.  The executive had joined the company as interim global head of documentaries in January.  “In his role Mark will continue to support the growth of the Fremantle Global Documentaries business, driving collaboration…

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