Nothing ever dies. It’s true in television as much as it is in vampire fiction, as the last few decades of weaponized nostalgia have seen dozens of properties remade for the small screen.
08.09.2022 - 23:51 / deadline.com
AMC Networks is consolidating its distribution and affiliate operations with ad sales, promoting Kim Kelleher to the new role of chief commercial officer.
Josh Reader, who joined AMC Networks in 2011 and has been president of distribution and development since 2019, is exiting the company. He had previously informed top execs of his plan to run a new venture he has launched in the content creation and blockchain space. Reader plans to stay with AMC Networks through early 2023.
In her expanded role, Kelleher will report to Christina Spade, who recently became the company’s CEO after a stint as its CFO. As part of the realignment, three additional senior execs will now report to Kelleher: Roy Cho, who has been upped to EVP of distribution; Mike Pears, EVP of distribution and content sales; and Amy Leasca, SVP of partner management. Barbara Kalosieh, continuing in the key position of SVP of distribution, will report to Cho.
AMC Networks, parent of cable networks like AMC and IFC as well as streaming services like Shudder and Acorn TV, has projected that streaming will make up the majority of its revenue by 2025. The dual revenue stream of pay-TV continues to throw off significant cash but it is in secular decline as cord-cutting accelerates. In 2020, the company cut about 10% of its workforce in anticipation of that transition, and longtime CEO Josh Sapan and COO Ed Carroll departed the company in 2021.
“A cohesive, forward-looking commercial revenue team that has responsibility for all of our valuable partner relationships across advertisers, affiliates and new digital platforms makes strong strategic sense and Kim is the perfect executive to lead it,” Spade said. “She has brought her own unique talent, ingenuity and dynamic
Nothing ever dies. It’s true in television as much as it is in vampire fiction, as the last few decades of weaponized nostalgia have seen dozens of properties remade for the small screen.
the so-called feud between her pals and former “Sex and the City” co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall.“You know, we all can have separate friends,” she explained to People at the premiere of “Hocus Pocus 2” on Tuesday. “And you can love two people the same that are on, you know, different parts of the universe.”“Being friends with one person doesn’t mean you’re not friends with the other person,” Najimy, 65, added.She and Parker, 57, currently star in the Disney+ sequel, filmed nearly 30 years after the original haunting movie that’s since become beloved by fans.Despite playing loving friends on the iconic HBO series which began airing in 1998, Parker and Cattrall, 66, have been feuding for several years now, and it came to a tipping point when Cattrall didn’t sign onto a third “Sex and the City” movie or the revival series, “And Just Like That.”Parker got candid in a profile for the Hollywood Reporter in June about her issues with Cattrall.
AMC Networks studio and entertainment chief Dan McDermott said the company’s modest scale, multiplatform distribution and talent relationships have enabled it to compete against an array of deeper-pocketed rivals.
Showtime is targeting a November release for its Phil Spector docuseries and has unveiled a trailer that highlights the guns and mayhem surrounding the legendary and controversial record producer.
Shudder, the streaming service for horror, has announced that they’ve acquired the psychological horror film Spoonful of Sugar ahead of its premiere at Fantastic Fest. The movie will premiere on the streaming platform in 2023 in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Naman Ramachandran Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will be the co-artistic directors of the U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the Bard-centric troupe based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, from June 2023. Gregory Doran, who served as artistic director for a decade from 2012, decided to step down earlier this year and has taken on the role of artistic director emeritus until the end of 2023. He will direct his 50th production for the company in spring 2023. At the request of the RSC board, Erica Whyman will continue as acting artistic director until June 2023, and she will then leave to pursue a freelance career.
Pirates of the Caribbean that would not star Johnny Depp, the actor also made it clear during his defamation trial it would take “a million alpacas” and more to get him back to play Captain Jack Sparrow. Still, while he may not want to return for the next sequel (despite the still-viral Pirates of the Caribbean 6 petition), he also is still game to embody the infamous character for fans. In fact, in a recent video that went viral online, Depp brought up the line from the first Pirates film in which he and Keira Knightley.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … for Us Weekly‘s Stylish! New York Fashion Week is back, and your favorite celebrities showed up in style.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Bad Bunny and Harry Styles are back in the spots it’s been hard to force them out of for the last few months: at No. 1 on Billboard’s album and song charts, respectively. But the real achievement of the week may belong to someone who’s hovering below them: country star Morgan Wallen, who has set a record for his longevity in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” has just established a new mark for the album by a single artist that has spent the most weeks in the Billboard album chart’s top 10: 86. The previous record-holder (per Billboard) was the debut album by folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which spent 85 weeks in the top 10 in the early ’60s. He’s also recently passed longevity marks for Adele’s “21” and Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” each of which spent 84 weeks in the top 10.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Kim Kelleher added oversight of distribution revenue to her portfolio at AMC Networks, a substantial enlargement of her duties at the content company that was recently put under the aegis of a new CEO. Kelleher, who will continue to supervise advertising sales and partnerships, has been named chief commercial officer of the company, best known for its flagship cable network and influential series like “Better Call Saul” and “The Walking Dead.” “A cohesive, forward-looking commercial revenue team that has responsibility for all of our valuable partner relationships across advertisers, affiliates and new digital platforms makes strong strategic sense and Kim is the perfect executive to lead it,” said Christina Spade, who was recently named CEO of AMC Networks, in a statement. “She has brought her own unique talent, ingenuity and dynamic leadership to our commercial revenue group. We are thrilled to apply her abilities to an even more comprehensive role to drive the company’s top-line growth.” Kelleher will report to Spade.
Jack White has responded.The supervillain’s real name was featured in the Flashpoint Beyond comic series, a sequel to Flashpoint, which sees the Batman storyline taking place in an alternate reality. In it, Martha, who is that universe’s Joker, asks a character called Psycho-Pirate to reveal everything he knows about the DC universe, including the original Joker’s true name.White has called the Joker’s real name reveal as more than a “coincidence” since he had drawn inspiration from the character.“An interesting note; during the process of putting together the artwork for my album ‘Fear of the Dawn’ last year, I asked artist Rob Jones to communicate with the amazing DC comic artist Mikel Janin to see if he would be interested in a commission: illustrating me in the range of the style that he draws his version of The Joker for DC comics,” white said via Instagram.White added: “Bizarre patterns and coincidences emerge in the universe that we only see glimpses of at times, some meaningful, some meaningless.
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian-British director and artist Mehdi Norowzian has just wrapped the Iran shoot of his new drama A Time In Eternity starring Venice 2022 jury member Leila Hatami, best known for her roles in A Separation, The Pig and Imagine.
Screenwriter Billy Ray has confirmed that a sequel to Nicole Kidman‘s viral AMC Theatres ad is already in the works. “I got a text from the chairman of AMC about a month ago asking me if I would write the next one, and of course the answer to that is yes,” Ray told Vanity Fair.
Passionflix, a romance-focused streaming service run by Elon Musk’s sister, Tosca Musk, has raised $9.4 million in a funding round led by AMC Networks.
star Jack Gleeson is married! The 30-year-old actor married Róisín O'Mahony in a sweet ceremony at the Sacred Heart Church in The Glen, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland.Parish priest Father Patsy Lynch — who performed the ceremony on Saturday — shared photos from the celebration on Twitter on Monday. «Very simple, prayerful and dignified marriage ceremony for Film Celebrity Jason Gleeson and Roisin: The Glen Church,» Lynch wrote.In his post, Lynch shared three images from the special day — one of the couple facing the altar as guests looked at them and smiled, and two of the pair with the priest.
Game of Thrones star Jack Gleeson has married his long-term partner Roisin O’Mahony in an intimate ceremony this week.The 30 year old retired actor played the much-hated character Joffrey Baratheon on the HBO show up until his exit in the fourth season when his character was killed off. Appearing far removed from his cruel onscreen persona, Jack looked in happy spirits as he stood beside his new wife Roisin in photos shared on social media of their wedding day.The couple married in front of a modest congregation in Kerry, Ireland, and groom Jack was pictured sporting quite the unique outfit during the church nuptials.
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EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed three-time Academy Award winner Ang Lee. Lee is the director of such acclaimed films as Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon all of which won him an Oscar. Life of Pi was also nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning four, including Best Director for Lee and grossed more than $600 million worldwide, the groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain, which won three Academy Awards, including another Best Director win and four-time Academy Award-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is the highest-grossing foreign language film U.S. history and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.