Channel 4 to Move Into Production Amid IP Focus: “Global Income to Drive U.K. Content Investment”

Channel 4 to Move Into Production Amid IP Focus: “Global Income to Drive U.K. Content Investment”

U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, led by CEO Alex Mahon, who recently said she would step down this summer after eight years, will move into in-house production in a sea change and will also start looking to buy production companies with “strong commercial potential” in an evolution of its acquisition strategy. Over the course of its 40-year history,…

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Elizabeth Hurley to Play Dead Glamorous Benefactor in Channel 4 Reality Show ‘The Deceased’

Elizabeth Hurley to Play Dead Glamorous Benefactor in Channel 4 Reality Show ‘The Deceased’

Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley will play a “dearly departed” and “fabulously glamorous benefactor” in the upcoming Channel 4 reality series The Deceased, the U.K. broadcaster unveiled on Wednesday. “Thirteen strangers are summoned to a grand stately home. They are there to compete for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased,” according…

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Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Eleanor the Great’ Draws Cheers, Tears at Cannes Premiere

Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Eleanor the Great’ Draws Cheers, Tears at Cannes Premiere

The Oscar campaign for Eleanor the Great starts now. Raucous cheers and quite a few tears greeted the world premiere of Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, which premiered in Cannes‘ Un Certain Regard section on Tuesday. The Cannes crowd warmly embraced the dramedy, which stars June Squibb at the titular Eleanor Morgenstern (Squibb), a fiercely independent…

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee on Trump, Cannes Scandals and the Knicks’ Championship Chances: “We’re Going to Win!”

‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee on Trump, Cannes Scandals and the Knicks’ Championship Chances: “We’re Going to Win!”

Spike Lee got off to a strong start. “No fuck ups today!” the director quipped, kicking off his press conference to Highest 2 Lowest, his electrifying new crime thriller that premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The director was referencing his last time in Cannes, when he was president of the 74th…

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Cannes: Wes Anderson Teases His Next Film

Cannes: Wes Anderson Teases His Next Film

Wes Anderson‘s next film project will be a collaboration with co-writer Roman Coppola and U.K. comedian and actor Richard Ayoade, who stars in the director’s The Phoenician Scheme, which premiered in the competition of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday night. Anderson teased his collaborators during a Cannes press conference on Monday without disclosing further…

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Cannes: ‘Corsage’ Director Marie Kreutzer Wins Investors Circle Prize for ‘Gentle Monster’

Cannes: ‘Corsage’ Director Marie Kreutzer Wins Investors Circle Prize for ‘Gentle Monster’

Gentle Monster, the new feature project from Austrian director Marie Kreutzer (Corsage), has won the 2025 ArteKino International Prize at this year’s Investors Circle in Cannes. Producers Alexander Glehr and Johanna Scherz of Film AG Produktions received the €20,000 ($22,000) award during a private pitching session that capped the third edition of the Marché du…

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